statement: self-esteem is the way to happiness
Request: Is that true?
Spirituality
the Holy Spirit is what makes life livable
The Holy Spirit is the divine comfort and protection offered to us in this world. May it be your constant companion and source of direction. May it heal your psyche and divest you of all illusion.
past lives
Request: true at what level?
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
"With the expansion of knowledge to include the nonlinear nonduality of reality, it will become stunningly apparent that the most profound, radically scientific statement that is possible to make is, in fact, 'Gloria in Excelsis Deo'" -- The Eye of the I.
mantra : peace be with me
Request: I found it's effective for the thymus. How high does it calibrate?
term: awakened / awake
Request: As it is used today in spirituality.
Transcending the Levels of Consciousness, by David R. Hawkins
"By analyzing the various obstacles and levels to be transcended, certain principles that support spiritual evolution are self-revealing. It is, therefore a practical manual rather than a comprehensive analysis" -- veritaspub.
false beliefs
Calibrated locus and range of the field of false beliefs.
Life After Life, by Raymond A. Moody
"Originally published in 1975, it is the groundbreaking study of one hundred people who experienced 'clinical death' and were revived, and who tell, in their own words, what lies beyond death." -- amazon.
"God allows me that"
Priority request: I don't have to fight, because God allows me that. Sometimes a lot of resistance just comes up because there is the [subjective] reality that God is denying the fulfillment of one's needs.
love the small self, surrender the ego
Priority request: A statement that summarizes spiritual work and lifts the paradox of surrender/letting go vs. love and also the paradox of 'me' as divinity vs. 'me' as the ego. As Doc taught we ought to let go of attachments, and keep love as an alignment.
duty to one's parents
Priority request: I feel somewhat burdened by feeling like I have to please my parents, honor their wishes, fulfil their needs, which I recontextualize by telling myself that it is my duty to them. How far can this posture take me?
statement: suffering has no upside except to teach you to choose happiness
When will we learn? Happiness is a choice.
(peaceful) acceptance of being confused
Similar in effect to the peace of admitting "I don't know."
spiritual escapism
Head in the clouds, nose in a spiritual book, and resisting the practical matters of human life such as the body, sex, money, relationships, or expressing your talents in the world.