"your only responsibility is to love"
Let God handle the outcome.
By request
contemplation: "Why am I doing this to myself?"
Priority request: This was recommended by Brian on the forum as a way to dismiss experiential suffering as an illusion. "You don't need an answer. The question is enough to call out the absurdity of it."
a pure heart
Request: I feel like Enlightenment might be an overwhelming goal for someone who's not sufficiently evolved spiritually, and maybe aiming for purity of heart (which is suspect is around LoC 540) is a more realistic and practical goal for this lifetime.
Yin/Yang Tai Chi symbol
"seemingly opposite or contrary forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they may give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another" -- wikipedia.
mantra: I forgive myself for everything
Request: I said this in a moment of tiredness of guilt and suffering.
realm of "clockwork elves" entities on DMT
When people consume enough DMT... to have a “breakthrough” experience, they often encounter beings, commonly referred to as “elves,” who seem to be autonomous. Some people are convinced these beings exist in a reality that is separate or invisible from our own -- bigthink.com.
Vipassana meditation
"to see things as they really are... observing your thoughts and emotions as they are, without judging or dwelling on them" -- healthline.com.
Havening
by request: "Self-Havening practice to reduce anxiety, enhance wellbeing, and develop compassion and loving-kindness."
feeling pressured to do something you don't want to do
Priority request.
Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell
repeatedly mentions the "10,000-Hour Rule", claiming that the key to achieving world-class expertise in any skill, is, to a large extent, a matter of practicing the correct way, for a total of around 10,000 hours -- wikipedia.
Nocatee, FL
Priority request: Rated the best master planned community in Florida for families with many conservative families residing there.
mantra: my life is ruled by order and harmony
Request: suggested by Doc.
enjoyment
request: maybe not the same as joy (cal. 540)?
duality
"the quality or state of having two different or opposite parts or elements" -- merriam-webster.
Owen Benjamin
He was a stand-up comedian and actor who had roles in mainstream film and television between 2008 and 2015... In 2019, he was banned from several mainstream social media platforms for violations of their policies, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube -- wikipedia.