mantra: I don't have all the answers
Humility of the intellect.
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fear of rejection
Request: Common concern for people.
"Ask, and it will be given to you"
As spoken by Jesus. "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you" -- Matthew 7:7.
when the student is ready, the teacher appears
Request: Thank you Lord.
the manifest world is not causal
The senses perceive effects, not causes. Nothing in the linear world of form is causal.
compassion
"Genuine compassion must have both wisdom and lovingkindness" -- Dalai Lama.
karmic merit (concept)
"a type of karmic currency that is earned through good actions and intentions... actions and intentions have karmic consequences, and that merit and demerit accumulate over time to determine the quality of one's life" -- wikipedia.
karma as cause
Priority request: Seems to me that most of the events of ones life can be said to be "caused" by ones karma. It certainly seems like a better explanation than luck or randomness.
meditation with background music
Call it "meditation lite" as it makes meditation more accessible but lowers the potentiality.
meditation background music
By request.
meditation
"the act of remaining in a silent and calm state for a period of time" -- collinsdictionary.
smugness
An excessive feeling of self-satisfaction -- vocabulary.com.
NATO
An intergovernmental military alliance between 28 European countries and 2 North American countries. Established in the aftermath of World War II, the organization implements the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949 -- wikipedia.
duality
"the quality or state of having two different or opposite parts or elements" -- merriam-webster.
UN United Nations
193 member states, representing nearly all of the world's sovereign states, as well as two observer states, the Holy See and the State of Palestine -- wikipedia. Calibrated at 195 in 2005's Truth vs. Falsehood.