Brian Gibbs

Brian Gibbs

statement: worrying is forcing

Priority request: …when we worry about something we get a surge of energy that shouts "DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS". So then force and ego control are likely to happen instead of surrender/order. I found recontextualizing worry as synonymous with force in this way made it easier to let go of.

whole body "yes"

Priority request: Sometimes called the "Full Body Yes". Make decisions with head, heart and gut, only go for it if all say "yes".

exaggeration

Unreasonable or extravagant overstating or overdrawing in the representation of things -- the Century Dictionary.

premarital sex vs. its prohibition

A multifaceted moral question.

morality

"principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior" -- Google dictionary. Calibrated at 405 (awareness) in Truth vs. Falsehood.

California

Calibrated at 280 in 2005's Truth vs. Falsehood.

population size of China

Priority request: Estimates fluctuate between 1.4 billion to being a fraction of that number. If the number of Chinese citizens has significantly decreased over the years, this could have huge ramifications for both the country and the rest of the world.

Wyoming

Listed at 440 in 2005 (TvF).

energy vampirism

A predatory or parasitic way of being that draws on the spiritual energy field of others, depleting them and resulting in control over them. Mentioned in Hawkins' Healing & Recovery, if I recall correctly.

T/F: the aura of the teacher is transmitted by Doc’s relics

Request: Would be helpful to know.

premarital chastity

Some religious systems prohibit sexual activities between a person and anyone other than a spouse of that person, as have, in the past, legal systems and societal norms. In such contexts, sexual abstinence was prescribed for unmarried individuals for the purpose of chastity -- wikipedia.

open relationships

Swinging, open marriage, and polyamory.

USAID

Request: United States Agency for International Development— Been in the news lately for cuts and reform. Is it integrous?

samsara

Referred to with terms or phrases such as transmigration/reincarnation, karmic cycle, or Punarjanman, and "cycle of aimless drifting, wandering or mundane existence". When related to the theory of karma, it is the cycle of death and rebirth -- wikipedia.

Maslow's hierarchy of needs

Maslow used the terms "physiological", "safety", "belonging and love", "social needs" or "esteem", "self-actualization" and "transcendence" to describe the pattern through which human needs and motivations generally move -- wikipedia.