Spirituality

Taita Querubín Queta Alvarado (shaman)

Request: a revered Colombian shaman that just turned 110 years old this past July 1st. He has been taking Yage (i.e., Ayahuasca) since he was 8 years old. Where does he stand in AD calibration after 100+ years of intake of this plant-based decoction?

Serenity Prayer

Prayer written by Reinhold Niebuhr and adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous and other twelve-step programs -- wikipedia

I have options

Priority request: Seems like the only ignorance/bad karma people have is not knowing they have options.

Richard Rudd

Request: an international teacher, writer and award-winning poet. He is the founder of the Gene Keys Synthesis, an integral matrix of all human evolutionary potential.

sadness over suffering in the world

Request: Compassion? Sentimentality? Over-responsibility? Projecting grief? A complicated feeling, and I'm not sure if it is acceptable to have.

the intention and willingness to walk through the Final Door if it arises

Request: Doc mentioned the Final Door may arise at any moment for anyone, including for new spiritual students and those seemingly progressing slowly. In the last lecture of the 2002 series, Doc strongly advises all of us to walk through the Final Door if it comes.

Ostad Elahi

an influential thinker, jurist, and musician who founded an innovative approach to the pursuit of self-knowledge and existential meaning. Born in a remote village in Western Iran, his remarkable journey began as a classic mystic steeped in age-old ascetic practices -- ostadelahi.com

Hadj Nemat (ascetic dervish)

In describing his spiritual illumination, he states that around the age of 29, when he was gravely ill and those around him thought he had died, he had a spiritual vision in which he understood unique and concrete realms in the other world -- hadjnemat.com

"No Ego" mastermind course, by A. Douglas Webber

"Disclosure: WARNING: Completion of this course may cause unintentional love for all, spontaneous compassion, accidental peace and happiness and random acts of kindness. Proceed with passion."

statement: we are what we repeatedly do everyday

The relationship between doingness and beingness.

Healing Chakras, by Ilchi Lee

subtitle: awaken your body's energy system for complete health, happiness, and peace

“love can heal all wounds”

The result is unsurprising... 💖

good karma

good karma produces good effect on the actor -- wikipedia

self-punishment

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

feeling over-responsible to love / love as an obligation

An exploitative field that seeks to control us in name of love