Do you ask why I'm sighing my son / You must inherit what mankind has done / In this world full of sorrow and woe / If you ask me why this is so I really don't know.
auditing (Scientology)
"involves repeated questioning forming an extended series. It may take several questions to complete a 'process', several processes together are a 'rundown', several rundowns completed and the Scientologist is deemed to have advanced another level on the Bridge to Total Freedom" -- wikipedia.
deciding something is yours
"You can just decide something is yours, without desire or any other negative position. Then it's a highest-good decision, meaning good for everyone. In this scenario, attachment doesn't come into play. Attachment doesn't occur in the context of the highest good" -- Brian's comment.
"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger"
Priority request: A quote attributed to Nietzche, of all people. It has become sort of a mantra for resilience in the face of adversity.
a negative field indicates karmic unreadiness for the flow of blessings (article)
With energy truly surrendered to God, we aren't exposed to pressure in local conditions, because God's blessings don't occur under forced conditions. We can't be simultaneously surrendered to God and inequitable to ourselves, "giving" energy that is actually being taken under false pretenses.
Medjugorje, as a spiritual center
"Since the [Marian] apparitions began in 1981, over 40 million people of all faiths, from all over the world, have visited Medjugorje and have left spiritually strengthened and renewed. Countless unbelievers and physically or mentally afflicted, have been converted and healed."
Christopher Langan
Langan's IQ was estimated on ABC's 20/20 to be between 195 and 210, and in 1999 he was described by some journalists as "the smartest man in America" or "in the world" -- wikipedia.
a scientific study showing Applied Kinesiology is unreliable as a diagnostic tool
"Of the 151 sets of trials, the toxic vial was identified correctly in 80 of them (53%)." The study concluded, "Applied Kinesiology has not demonstrated that it is a useful or reliable diagnostic tool upon which health decisions can be based."
"The best predictor of someone's future behavior is their past behavior"
Request: I just heard this in an interview of Jordan Peterson by Piers Morgan.
Om Namaha Shivaya
by Robert Gass and On Wings of Song. Video embedded.
clown (occupation)
"a performer in a circus who wears funny clothes and bright make-up, and does silly things in order to make people laugh" -- collinsdictionary.
contemplation: from what experience do I derive the certainty that I am?
Request: Suggested contemplation by Rupert Spira.
insomnia
A problem of too much energy.
The Perennial Philosophy, by Aldous Huxley
"drawing on a diverse array of faiths, including Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christian mysticism, and Islam—Huxley examines the spiritual beliefs of various religious traditions and explains how they are united by a common human yearning to experience the divine" -- amazon.
"no good deed goes unpunished"
a sardonic commentary on the frequency with which acts of kindness backfire on those who offer them -- wikipedia.