Spirituality

the spiritualized ego

Religious, spiritual or social "good" person posture yielding a psychic energy boost for obedience or energy suppression (internal punishment) for disobedience. Includes lip-service to truly positive principles with a "to be seen of men" motivation, e.g. virtue signaling.

"all is well"

request: for challenging experiences and situations.

statement: all suffering is due to attachment

Compared with: all suffering is due to **resistance**.

"There is no such thing as a person"

Request attributes the quote to Nisargadatta Maharaj.

the meaning of life is spiritual work

Part of the meaning of life series...

statement: one cannot help but be what one is

Priority request: In one of Doc's lectures he talks about if one could do better one would.

AwakenTheWorldFilm (YouTube channel)

Request: It seems like an incredibly aware/enlightened YouTube channel that creates films on awakening. They have 647k subscribers at the time of writing.

Betty Eadie

Request: Author mentioned in Fran Grace’s book The Power of Love. Has written various spiritual books & accounts an NDE.

Embraced by the Light, by Betty Eadie

Request: Book referenced in Fran Grace’s book Power of Love. Detailed account of an NDE.

statement: karma is equivalent to ignorance

Request: By not seeing the world as it truly is and creating vulnerabilities within ourselves, we suffer from the wounds and distortions that separate us from the divine... The mind, imprisoned by its conditioning, creates according to cultural narratives.

taking control of your destiny

Is it an ego illusion, or is it actually constructive?

non-pointedness of mind

Request: In “Discovery” in Ch. 7, “The Razor's Edge," there is a section called “one-pointedness of mind.” In this section he describes “non-pointedness” of mind.

"focusing on form is de-energizing"

Request: Doc, from Realizing the Root of Consciousness: Meditative and Contemplative Techniques Jun 2002 (part 1/3, 1:35:44).

the payoff of an experience is the experience itself

This largely explains ego payoffs.

The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran

a book of 26 prose poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese-American poet -- wikipedia.