"The finger pointing at the moon is not the moon"
The Buddhist saying emphasizes that the teachings or symbols (the finger) are not the ultimate truth or reality (the moon) they aim to describe -- Grok.
Spirituality
to stop looking for answers
Request: allowing life to unfold on its own.
T/F: it takes love to heal shame
Priority request: It seems if I am in the presence of love, shame always comes up to be felt and processed.
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
"You’ll discover what you can do to put an end to the habitual thoughts and emotions that limit your consciousness." by Michael A. Singer.
statement: there are no problems
At what level is this subjectively true?
Lucid Living: Experience Your Life Like a Lucid Dream, by Tim Freke
Request: Maps out the journey of awakening.
Spiritual Will as cause
Priority request: This is similar to "karma as cause" but it seems useful to see to what degree the spiritual will can supersede karma.
asking God to show you a higher context
Priority request: I often catch myself applying a negative meaning to a situation. The awareness is there, but I'm not able to "find" a higher context on my own.
statement: power is freedom
True, certainly, but at what level?
LoC of statement requested for calibration reflects requester's LoC
Possibly a good way to get a "back door" calibration of one's self?
percent of humans living in the defeatism-triumphalism duality
Request: I noticed that I've been living like this my whole life and I wonder how common it is in the human realm.
"The will of God for us is complete and total happiness, wholeness, and oneness"
Found the quote in Healing & Recovery, book by Doc. Heard similar thing in The Way of Mastery material as well -- by request.
karma as cause
Priority request: Seems to me that most of the events of ones life can be said to be "caused" by ones karma. It certainly seems like a better explanation than luck or randomness.
spiritual eye reading
Request: At what level do we read other's eyes - in order to roughly estimate their level of consciousness or distinguish good from evil?
calling
"a strong urge towards a particular way of life or career" -- Google dictionary.