Brian Gibbs

Brian Gibbs

In Search of Excellence, by Thomas J. Peters

Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies.

T/F: yoga (asanas, pranayama) opens the door to demonic spirits

A former ashram yoga teacher claims they do: "Even though most yoga advocates are deeply desirous of a true experience of the spiritual world, what actually happens is demonic deception and possession." By request.

feeling a sense of accomplishment

Request: Doc said the little things can take us all the way.

"There is only life, there is no one who has a life"

Priority request: Quote by Nisargadatta Maharaj, came up as a follow up to: “There is no individual soul.“

making your bed every morning

Request: Kind of like the Jordan Peterson clean your room thing only more old school. In the army they have you make your bed every morning to instill discipline and persistence.

having one’s LoC calibrated

Priority request: I have no idea what my personal LoC is. I pray I am at 200. As a spiritual student of Doc... I am wondering if it is to the highest good to know my personal calibration so I can measure progress (or lack of) over time?

programmer

"Computer programmers write, test, debug, and maintain the detailed instructions, called computer programs, that computers must follow to perform their functions. Programmers also conceive, design, and test logical structures for solving problems by computer" -- wikipedia.

approximation

"the quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity)" --vocabulary.com.

Video: China Has Already COLLAPSED! You Just Don't Know It Yet...

"Today, I’m going to show you my deep dive into the reality that is the Chinese economy, and the reasons why its collapse has already begun" -- Stoic Finance.

awareness of positive possibilities without energy to actualize them

Priority request: I've experienced this since discovering Doc's work.

sacrificing one’s life to save another

Request: Arises from love?

reading books vs. listening to audio books

Different approaches, similar results...

The Art of Exceptional Living, by Jim Rohn

"You don't have to do exceptional things at all. Just do ordinary things exceptionally well. That's The Art of Exceptional Living."

David R. Hawkins' lowest level in his lifetime

Request: he struggled with issues like alcoholism and depression for some periods in his life.

believing one’s life is worth less than another’s

Request: Related in some way to defeatism?