Spirituality

Deepak Chopra

A prominent figure in the New Age movement, his books and videos have made him one of the best-known and wealthiest figures in alternative medicine. His discussions of quantum healing have been characterised as technobabble -- wikipedia

mantra: what is not of God is canceled by the Power of God

Not only a high truth, it is the consciousness by which it happens.

blaming all one's defects on ECs and onis

Request: Can’t it sometimes actually be you after all?

level: completely loving the Self dissolves all negative karma

The effect of true Self-love.

enduring suffering in the hope bad karma will eventually run out

Request: When asking God for help doesn't seem to have noticeable effects, can we assume that there is a karmic debt that cannot be written off just by asking?

up to 405, what is thought to be awareness is actually spiritual ego

The attraction to spiritual teachers under 405 is that the spiritual ego is nurtured and justified as a true pathway, that of awareness, rather than dissolved or disavowed as mere subjective, spiritual perception.

beliefs have a strong hold on you until this LoC

Beliefs are strongly held to be who you are and what makes you "you" until the level of intellect. Because beliefs are transparent to the holder, there is paradigm blindness which requires the help of an able teacher to transcend.

self-punishment

Punishing yourself might seem like a good strategy for self-improvement, but it’s not very helpful in the long run -- healthline.

subordinate / insubordinate duality

Transcending this duality is a milestone for spiritual evolution in the crown dimension, as it liberates consciousness from external authority. The duality is transcended at a higher level with regard to inner authority, God, and eternal justice, which sets the stage for a consciousness of Peace.

good karma runs out when you’re not building more of it

Does good karma expire or decay? Is karma subject to entropy over time?

“Divinity is self-revealing when the illusion of duality is removed”

Calibration of the statement.

Godliness and suffering, combined

The spiritual trap of thinking you're getting closer to God by suffering, such as by endless dark nights of the soul.

res cogitans

Descartes' concept for "a non-physical substance of which minds are composed," according to Wikipedia. Doc used the term in lectures and in his writing, including eight mentions in Truth vs. Falsehood.

belief-based energy vs. LoC-based energy

Self-esteem is a product of belief which can be manipulated by the ego. In fact, the ego is beliefs. Conversely, innate energy is concordant with level of consciousness.

level at which there's no such thing as failure

At what level of spiritual evolution can one expect failure is literally not possible?