statement: thankfulness for something potentiates receiving more of it
Priority request: being grateful for things like opportunities, relationships, and material things will tend to increase their presence in our lives as love dissipates the expectation of loss... It brings awareness to positivity and recontextualizes disappointment.
Put One Foot in Front of the Other (music)
Priority request: Song/video from the classic animated Christmas special, Santa Claus is Comin' to Town.
Lourdes (Sanctuary) France
Calibrated at 510 in Truth vs. Falsehood, it is a pilgrimage destination for seekers of miraculous healing.
T/F: the further one is on the spiritual path, the more ridiculous the content of thought becomes
Request: This comes to me from time to time when the thoughts that come are really absurd. I wonder if this is true and a manifestation of ego resistance or just wishful thinking.
Ozora festival
Request: a so-called transformational festival about psychedelic music and psychedelic art.
the essence of faith is the letting go of conceptual thought
Request: The integration of the paths of Devotion and Knowledge.
Eat, Pray, Love (2010)
biographical romantic drama film starring Julia Roberts as Elizabeth Gilbert, based on Gilbert's 2006 memoir of the same name -- wikipedia.
hesychasm
contemplative monastic tradition in the Eastern Christian traditions... in which stillness (hēsychia) is sought through uninterrupted Jesus prayer -- wikipedia.
Blood Money, by Peter Schweizer
Request: His next major book on Joe Biden, his family, & other politicians who are benefitting from an illegal relationship with China & other foreign actors.
level at which apologizing no longer applies
Request: At a certain level apologizing seems correct and at another level it can be juicing guilt/shame. Is there a higher level where no apology is needed or required from others because everything is happening of its own?
selflessness
unselfish concern for the welfare of others -- vocabulary.com
situationship
"characterized by emotional intimacy, spending time together, and often involves a physical and sexual component. However, partners won’t define their relationship, place it into a category, or set clear boundaries" -- choosingtherapy.com
level: your body is a vehicle of consciousness
The body is not conscious, obviously.
praying without knowing what for
Priority request: Sometimes one has an understanding about the need for a Higher Power, but doesn't see the root of the problem, and doesn't know it's supposed solution. So one just prays.