Priority request: And all the negative feelings that go with, shame, fear, desire and anger. How does one get out of this mess?
all suffering is due to resistance
How this truth illuminates the spiritual work of letting go and surrendering the world to God.
knowing about
Remarkably different from knowing as being.
you are the mediator between God and the vehicle for consciousness
An answer to "What am I?" The autonomous vehicle for consciousness (AVeC or avec) is the body and its human consciousness, including the senses, emotions, the mind and intellect. Being the mediator between God and avec is the transitional stage between being human and realizing enlightenment.
global love
Love on a global scale.
self-sabotage
Request: engaging in behaviors, either consciously or unconsciously, that lead to the end of a relationship. This might involve pushing the other person away or finding reasons to get out of the relationship.
The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle
The book's message is that enlightenment comes from being intensely present in the now, which involves leaving behind the analytical mind and its false created self, the ego -- Brave AI.
T/F: Jesus resurrected in a physical body
Request: the Bible teaches that Thomas touched Jesus' wounds. In one lecture Doc mentioned that in his understanding the disciples saw Jesus' etheric body after his resurrection.
leaving the Community and Database...
"...and reverting to vanilla Doc's teachings" -- request.
people pleasing
Used to gain approval from others. It can lead to self neglect, or disrespect from others -- request.
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.
the vehicle for consciousness
The body, senses, the mind, emotions and intellect, altogether – the whole human apparatus and the field that runs it.
spiritual escapism
Head in the clouds, nose in a spiritual book, and resisting the practical matters of human life such as the body, sex, money, relationships, or expressing your talents in the world.
refusing negativity
Letting go and refusing negativity are powerful but diametrical spiritual postures. Included: a short article of explanation.
a normal life that includes spirituality
Also calibrated: a spiritual life that includes normality.