"God helps those who help themselves"
Not from The Bible nor from Benjamin Franklin. Regardless of its source, It is evidently a rationalization of the ego...
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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.
irony
1: The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning. 2: An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning. 3: Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs -- wordnik.com.
paradox
"a situation or statement that seems impossible or is difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics" --dictionary.cambridge.com.
Book of Genesis (Lamsa Bible)
Request. The first book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament. Listed at 660 in TvF.
narcissistic personality disorder (NPD)
"NPD manifests in two primary forms: grandiose ("thick-skinned") individuals who display arrogance, social dominance, and exploitativeness, and vulnerable ("thin-skinned") individuals who experience shame, inferiority, hypersensitivity to criticism, and extreme rage when rejected" -- Brave AI.
"We're all just walking each other home"
Quote by Ram Dass.
fake apology
A statement in the form of an apology that does not express remorse, or assigns fault to those ostensibly receiving the apology. It is common in politics and public relations -- wikipedia.
"righteous anger"
Request: Is it ever righteous? I recall Doc talking about righteous indignation. I’ve been chewing on and trying to surrender the whole identity around community scapegoat and I find layers and layers of anger and desire to punish the “perpetrators” and a seeking of “justice”.
Pol Pot
Priority request. "His radical communist government forced the mass evacuations of cities, killed up to three million people during the Cambodian genocide (1976–78), and left a legacy of brutality and impoverishment" -- britannica.com.
Zoroaster
"In about 1000BC he founded the first documented monotheistic religion in the world and also had an impact on Plato, Pythagoras, and the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam" -- wikipedia. Calibrated at 1000 in Truth vs. Falsehood.
mantra: I am Eternal Consciousness
Referring to Consciousness beyond the body, emotions, and intellect.
dream analysis (as a spiritual practice)
In reference to the work of Jung.
family enmeshment
Request: I noticed close family often brings up heavy emotions to let go of. Sometimes it’s hard to differentiate who’s emotions belong to who.
The Kybalion / Seven Hermetic principles
A sacred text? um, no...