fasting
Compare with and without spiritual intention. Intention makes a huge difference.
Spiritual Practice
the level of your writing indicates your destiny
Compared with "the level of your writing indicates your level of consciousness."
letting the energy run out
Related to letting go. Request: It seems similar to "letting the dust settle", but in a spiritual context.
statement: worrying is forcing
Priority request: …when we worry about something we get a surge of energy that shouts "DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS". So then force and ego control are likely to happen instead of surrender/order. I found recontextualizing worry as synonymous with force in this way made it easier to let go of.
making oneself God's problem
Request: as a spiritual practice.
adding "in the name of Jesus Christ" at the beginning or at the end of a prayer increases its LoC
A spiritual practice that declares dedication and invokes devotion to a higher power increases level of consciousness.
forgiving one's humanness
Also calibrated: "It's okay to be human."
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.
level: letting go of the letting go process itself
Does the letting go process eventually become a potential stumbling block on the spiritual journey?
living in the "infinite now" is spiritually protective
Request: Separates one from negativity in the psyche?
writing a letter to God
Request: I’m certain the Lord would reply.
"You don't ever have to forgive me"
Priority request: Basically forgiving someone's inability to forgive you for something. Relieving them of the sense of obligation of having to forgive you.
"It is because of my innate innocence that I can be exploited and made to feel guilty"
Priority request: Having an unwavering posture and stating this firmly usually handles the field of guilt quite effectively for me.
contemplation: what is it that is aligned (with a higher power)?
Request: A long time student of Doc asked me this once when I came to him with a question.
"to walk straight ahead no matter what" (Zen saying)
"Within the context of one's dedication to spiritual truth" -- by request.