level: life is suffering
Request: "…that’s clear. There is no more basic, irrefutable truth. It’s basically what God tells Adam and Eve, immediately before he kicks them out of Paradise" -- 12 Rules for Life, Jordan Peterson.
Quotes
“Beliefs are the determinant of what you experience.” David R. Hawkins
From book “The Map of Consciousness Explained” page 298
"well, that's just your opinion, man"
A version of "Yeah? Well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man," from The Big Lebowski. Exhibits a posture that can be helpful in preserving psychic boundaries.
"Picture life exactly as you'd like it to be..."
"...then let go of all the blocks to it being that way." Priority request: Doc said this at the start of one lecture right after saying "nothing is causing anything" (which he always said). It surprised me when he said it because it sounds very law of attraction-y to me.
Quote by Epictetus...
"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."
Tony Robbins on change...
"Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change." Priority request.
“Disregard every self-seeking motive as soon as it is seen..."
"...and you need not search for truth; truth will find you” -- Nisargadatta Maharaj.
"The world is the theatrical stage for the comedy of the absurd"
Hawkins, from Reality, Subjectivity & Modern Man, 2008. Post includes an article with a spiritual practice at 595.
"The magic you're looking for is in the work you're avoiding"
Request: Not magic as magical... I would assume in the meaning of the beauty and the wonders of life you expect are things that you would access if you go [beyond] your own limits?
"The world is filled with love-play, from animal lust to sublime compassion"
Request: Quote by Alan Watts.
"God is still writing your story, stop trying to take the pen"
Priority request: Saw this on a T shirt and liked it.
"Let me assure you again that the Buddha dwells not in light..."
From Huangbo on the Transmission of Mind, translated by John Blofeld.
“pain is the background of all [your] pleasures”
Request: Maharaj’ words on page 36 in “I’m That.”
"The less you want, the richer you are"
Priority request: This is a quote attributed to Yanni. It basically just suggests that the issue of lack is created by desire and is an illusion or a projection rather than a reality.
"Right is right even if no one is doing it..."
"Wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it" -- St. Augustine.