Priority request: I often catch myself applying a negative meaning to a situation. The awareness is there, but I'm not able to "find" a higher context on my own.
"no pain, no gain"
An exercise motto meaning that pain and stress are required to achieve excellence.
statement: power is freedom
True, certainly, but at what level?
LoC of statement requested for calibration reflects requester's LoC
Possibly a good way to get a "back door" calibration of one's self?
percent of humans living in the defeatism-triumphalism duality
Request: I noticed that I've been living like this my whole life and I wonder how common it is in the human realm.
"The will of God for us is complete and total happiness, wholeness, and oneness"
Found the quote in Healing & Recovery, book by Doc. Heard similar thing in The Way of Mastery material as well -- by request.
"Chad" concept
Request: a stereotypical alpha male admired or scorned for brazen self-confidence.
fraternal correction
Request: a practice where one Christian privately confronts another about a perceived wrongdoing or sin, with the goal of helping them grow in holiness. It's an act of charity and love, aimed at preventing further sin and promoting repentance.
work-life balance
Priority request. "achieve the desired work and life satisfaction and needs in a conflict situation" -- wikipedia.
karma as cause
Priority request: Seems to me that most of the events of ones life can be said to be "caused" by ones karma. It certainly seems like a better explanation than luck or randomness.
blaming God for what is the consequence of the human ego
Request: as Doc put it.
"Oh Lord, we do pray to Thee that Thy Truth prevail in mankind for the sake of Peace. Amen"
Attributed to Doc, by request.
Buddhist causation
Request: Earnestly understanding is a part of right view in the Eightfold Noble Path. [Requester provided an explainer, show below].
Jesuit Priest Anthony DeMello
A spiritual teacher, writer, and public speaker, de Mello wrote several books on spirituality and hosted numerous spiritual retreats and conferences. d.1987 --wikipedia.
spiritual eye reading
Request: At what level do we read other's eyes - in order to roughly estimate their level of consciousness or distinguish good from evil?