Spirituality

Barry Long

Long's teaching focuses on freeing the individual from unhappiness which he defined as "happy today, unhappy tomorrow". He stated that this fluctuating condition is set in motion and maintained by an addiction to thoughts and the emotions they create -- wikipedia.

Origins of Man and the Universe, by Barry Long

relates our inner life to the outer world in ways that draw us towards the solution of the ultimate puzzle: What's behind it all? What on earth are we doing here? --barrylongbooks.com

Alan Watts

He wrote more than 25 books and articles on religion and philosophy, introducing the emerging hippie counter culture to The Way of Zen (1957), one of the first best selling books on Buddhism -- wikipedia. He is calibrated in TvF at 485.

Power vs. Force, by David R. Hawkins

Calibrated at 850 (awareness) in the book itself.

Doc visiting his students in their dreams

Priority request: I heard many people including myself have gotten dreams of him usually giving a lesson or helping people out with certain issues.

spiritual entertainer vs. spiritual teacher

A matter of appearance vs. essence. Spiritual entertainers provide a high-magnitude performance of "knowing about" spirituality through the persona, often with costumes, pseudo-humility and affected speech to simulate a state of enlightenment, whereby they become celebrities.

T/F: people in intimate relationships share a non-local field of psyche

Request: Almost like a telepathic / intuitive relationship?

Mooji

One follower describes Mooji’s teaching as spiritual food that is neither esoteric nor hard to understand. Attendees come up one by one in front of a large crowd and ask personal questions that Mooji answers or uses for “riffs on faith.” --wikipedia

level: no longer being affected by others' anger

Priority request: Not as in "I don't care", but more just the ability to not take someone else's anger personally anymore. No longer feeling like it means something about oneself. Others may get angry "because" of this or that, but... a lot of it is actually outside of one's control.

statement: no sin is possible

Love doesn't perceive sin. Priority request.

The Art Of Happiness, by The Dalai Lama

"If you ask him if he's happy, even though he's suffered the loss of his country, the Dalai Lama will give you an unconditional yes. What's more, he'll tell you that happiness is the purpose of life, and that the very motion of our life is toward happiness" -- amazon.com

percent of people hypnotized by their persona

Up to 390, one's consciousness is hypnotized by its projection of persona, a believable false self that does not correspond with LoC.

looking for guilt in yourself or others

An unconscious behavior anathema to forgiveness and spiritual progress, it is the core of the spiritualized ego. With awareness all are innocent and simply programmed falsely, we wouldn't do it.

I: Reality and Subjectivity, by David R. Hawkins

"describes the very substrate and essence of consciousness as it evolved from its primordial appearance as life on earth on up through evolution as the human ego, and hence, to the ego’s transcendence as the spiritual Reality of Enlightenment and the Presence of Divinity" -- amazon.

Be As You Are, ed. by David Godman

"probably the most widely read book on Ramana Maharshi’s teachings. Since its first appearance in the mid-80s, it has been, outside India, the standard introduction to Bhagavan’s teachings" -- davidgodman.org