"one can only go as high as they have been low"
From "Transcending the Levels of Consciousness."
David
doing nothing as a spiritual practice
Leads to the discovery that you are not the doer.
enjoyment
request: maybe not the same as joy (cal. 540)?
duality
"the quality or state of having two different or opposite parts or elements" -- merriam-webster.
extinction
request: seems a bit more severe than death... but maybe they're the same?
cozy
"giving a feeling of comfort, warmth, and relaxation" -- Google dictionary.
going down the rabbit hole
“To enter into a situation or begin a process or journey that is particularly strange, problematic, difficult, complex, or chaotic, especially one that becomes increasingly so as it develops or unfolds” — collinsdictionary.
repeated often enough, a choice becomes a karmic pattern
Request: i.e. you no longer have to choose it.
not allowing thoughts to arise
Rejecting thoughts, in contrast to letting them pass without particular focus.
“place no head above your own”
Attributed to the Buddha, but not likely from the Buddha.
statement: I am in no position to judge
Request: Not even myself. "We can see from the inherent complexity of even a simple act that only the omniscience of God would be capable of judging; thus arises the spiritual dictum, 'Judge not.'" -- I: Reality & Subjectivity.
Theo Von
"an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, actor, and former reality television personality" -- wikipedia.
statement: God doesn’t answer to the spiritual ego
While the spiritual ego ultimately believes it is God and that you are answerable to it, the Reality of God is unassailable.
statement: all is God
Level of realization or subjective reality.
letting God make the decisions
request: instead of trying to control them