By request

I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

"I Am That preserves Maharaj's dialogues with the followers who came from around the world seeking his guidance in destroying false identities" -- goodreads.

adopting pets from animal shelters or rescues

By request.

“Every day is judgement day”

An intellectual understanding of karma and its immediacy, though not an equivalent expression for absolute cosmic justice, which is not subject to time periods, i.e. days.

free will is [not] an illusion

Calibrations to note the levels in which free will is an illusion and the levels in which it is not an illusion. Subjectivity, man.

request: talking to trees as a spiritual practice

Affirming their beauty, stability, contribution to life, etc. an extension of “goodwill towards all of life in all its expressions” -- request.

"God loves me"

Calibration of statement.

free association (psychology)

The expression (as by speaking or writing) of the content of consciousness without censorship as an aid in gaining access to unconscious processes -- wikipedia.

The Big Lebowski (1998)

Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, John Turturro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Flea, Sam Elliott.

mantra: Jesus, I trust in You

“The graces of My mercy are drawn by means of one vessel only, and that is — trust. The more a soul trusts, the more it will receive.” — Diary of St. Faustina, 1578.

overtalking

To talk too much or too long about (something) --merriam-webster.

polyvagal theory

"A collection of proposed evolutionary, neuroscientific, and psychological constructs pertaining to the role of the vagus nerve in emotion regulation, social connection and fear response... [It] is not endorsed by current social neuroscience" -- wikipedia.

intercessory prayer shifts the field or context of what is being prayed on or about

Priority request. Is this the effect of praying on behalf of others?

"If it's God's Will, it will just happen"

Priority request: Just trying to figure out to what degree we are responsible for "doing" God's Will, or doing some kind of work or effort to bring something about instead of trusting the field. It seems like a duality to me.

"If you're going through hell, keep going"

-- Winston Churchill.

being a closeted spiritual student

Request: Not a single person in real life knows about me being into spirituality. Disclosing doesn't feel appropriate, nor do I feel the need to do it. There probably are other students in similar circumstances. Does being closeted hinder our spiritual progress?