Robert Adams
He mainly advocated the path of jñāna yoga with an emphasis on the practice of self-enquiry. He died in 1997 in Sedona, AZ -- wikipedia.
Spirituality
etheric brain
A Hawkins term for the capability of spiritual sensitivity and a unique, individual karma, i.e. the soul.
Doc's relics in Sedona
at Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church columbarium in Sedona.
level: the mind CAN discern truth from falsehood
Request: As opposed to what doc said. Buddha did say that we can get either wholesome or unwholesome feedback from the mind (eg. whether [something] leads to less suffering or not), thus able to recognize what is true, what we should abide in.
David R. Hawkins
A nationally renowned psychiatrist, physician, researcher, spiritual teacher and lecturer. The uniqueness of his contribution to humanity comes from the advanced state of spiritual awareness known as "Enlightenment" -- veritaspub.
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.
integrating Doc’s work is all one needs to reach enlightenment
Simply having Doc's work on your bookshelf is not enough.
statement: doom is the endpoint of the ego
Request: that is, at the level of doom, the ego has used up all of its illusions.
anatta
In Buddhism, the term anattā is the doctrine of "non-self" – that no unchanging, permanent self exists, and is the absence of essence in any phenomenon -- wikipedia. By request.
your responsibility as the witness (article)
God doesn't see the ego as real, and the ego doesn't see God as real. You're in the space in between, seeing each as real. So you're in the position of a "negotiator" who sees both "sides."
deciding to live your life to do the best you can
Request: [rather than] "worrying or overthinking about your problems, trauma and shortcomings."
focusing on qualities one wants to attain vs. on weaknesses to overcome
Request: Which focus is more helpful when there is a wish to move forward?
forgiving something clears you of karmic liability for it
Request: so when you forgive yourself and others completely you are freed from all (personal) karma?
all suffering is due to the reign of perception and its attendant duality
A truth extracted from The Eye of the I, Chapter 9. Priority request.
comfort of the soul
Request: From the etymology, comfort stems from strength and is a lack of suffering.