calling
"a strong urge towards a particular way of life or career" -- Google dictionary.
Spirituality
statement: heaven is not a location
Request: it seems the mind automatically assumes heaven is a place where some entity experienced as "me" is going to go to when we die or become enlightened... Some have said heaven is on earth, as in we create our own heaven or hell in a metaphorical sense.
statement: what we like/enjoy is important and spiritually valid
(Even if those things don’t include archetypal “spiritual” matters) -- Priority request.
statement: the ego is incapable of love
Request: God, Reality, the Self is the source and essence of all love. Does the ego share at all in that love, or it it simply a veil over the love of God?
statement: energy is an illusion
We can understand emotions and even thoughts are illusions, but what about manifest energy?
free will is God's will
The correlation between an individual's free will and God's will.
I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
"I Am That preserves Maharaj's dialogues with the followers who came from around the world seeking his guidance in destroying false identities" -- goodreads.
free will is [not] an illusion
Calibrations to note the levels in which free will is an illusion and the levels in which it is not an illusion. Subjectivity, man.
"If it's God's Will, it will just happen"
Priority request: Just trying to figure out to what degree we are responsible for "doing" God's Will, or doing some kind of work or effort to bring something about instead of trusting the field. It seems like a duality to me.
being a closeted spiritual student
Request: Not a single person in real life knows about me being into spirituality. Disclosing doesn't feel appropriate, nor do I feel the need to do it. There probably are other students in similar circumstances. Does being closeted hinder our spiritual progress?
the darkest illusions
Illusion seems subjectively and experientially real but is categorically unreal, subjecting us to suffering, misinformation and spiritualized ego manipulation. When the darkest illusions are transcended, we are liberated from these vulnerabilities.
A Course in Miracles: Complete and Annotated Edition
In 2017 Circle of Atonement released a "from scratch a new edition" of ACIM that draws upon Helen's notes of "approximately 45,000 words that are not included in the original book."
statement: suffering is a waste of time
Request: and I guess we all know Doc told us to waste no time.
guardian angel
"a type of angel that is assigned to protect and guide a particular person, group or nation" -- wikipedia.
asking God to speed up karma
Request: In order to get rid of bad karma faster, even if it leads to hardships and suffering.