identity crisis
Request: portraying oneself as something else to hide a deeper issue
By request
choosing silence and peace constantly as a spiritual practice
Request: A spiritual practice recommended in Discovery of the Presence of God.
living off grid
Priority request: …a self-sufficient lifestyle in which a person is not dependent on external sources of energy, water, or other resources. This includes using renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and growing your own food and producing your own resources.
“Do what makes you happy”
Pretty good life advice.
"form is emptiness and emptiness is form"
Request: Most important phrase from Heart Sutra.
Thomas Sowell
Priority request. "Economist, economic historian, and social theorist. With widely published commentary and books—and as a guest on TV and radio—he is a well-known voice in the American conservative movement as a prominent black conservative" -- wikipedia.
letting go by coughing
Request: Lately I have been coughing at times almost violently. Is there something spiritual to it like processing out very low stuff like shame?
false reality
Life in the bubble or "echo chamber", whether it be social, academic, political or otherwise.
level: burning off bad karma
Priority request: Or, "paying off karmic debt." The levels at which these occur.
karma is undone in an instant by an act of the Will
The act of the Will instantly corrects perception and its ramifications for the individual, thereby liberating from illusion and the bondage of ignorance.
awareness of the silence out of which thoughts arise
An approach to meditation suggested by Dr. Hawkins.
GTA Grand Theft Auto
Crime simulator since 1997. Series sales: $235 million (2020).
level: money comes when it's needed
Request: I have a fear of losing money and sometimes get stingy.
Spiritual Will as cause
Priority request: This is similar to "karma as cause" but it seems useful to see to what degree the spiritual will can supersede karma.
level: meditation increases self-esteem
Request: I think we know the answer is probably, likely : yes it does. But how effective it is would be helpful to know.