Spirituality

Sat-Chit-Ananda (spiritual state)

Priority request. "In the stillness, all occurs of its own accord, autonomously and spontaneously. Sound has no effect on the silence that persists even within the sound. The state is traditionally and historically referred to as sat-chit-ananda (silent bliss)." -- TLC, Hawkins

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.

The Ego-Less Self, by Cardwell C. Nuckols

Request: This is the author's description of his journey to enlightenment and is where I first learned of Dr Hawkins and ACIM.

Alan Cohen (spiritual author)

Request: author of 30 popular inspirational books, including the bestselling A Course in Miracles Made Easy. He has a large following.

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

sage bath

Request: entering a relatively confined space, and then firing up a bunch of sage or incense in order to clear up negativity in one's aura

eye gazing (prolonged eye contact)

Request: It is prevalent in some spiritual communities. It may be a profound way of connecting when intentional and consensual, and could also be very socially awkward and inappropriate in other situations. What does consciousness calibration say about eye gazing? Is it dependent upon context?

the "now"

A popular notion among spiritual teachers who advise to neither be stuck in the past nor anticipate the future.

statement: "God determines my team's performance, not me"

Request: I manage at a restaurant, and I've been trying to apply spiritual practices to my work. Things don't go my way, but maybe that's the point lol.

Pema Chödrön

American Buddhist nun in the Tibetan tradition -- goodreads

auric narcissism

Energy manipulation by beliefs (all of which are not grounded in Reality) to control the nature of one's aura rather than accept one's authentic level of energy concordant with level of consciousness.

Frederick Dodson

"author of 25 books in 7 Languages, success coach, consciousness researcher and international speaker." --from his website

Mirra Alfassa, "The Mother"

a spiritual guru, occultist and yoga teacher, and a collaborator of Sri Aurobindo, who considered her to be of equal yogic stature to him and called her by the name "The Mother". She founded the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and established the town of Auroville --wikipedia

statement: I will be as God knows me

Request: I guess, maybe, in a sense it is an illusion to be something you are not. I tried calibrating “this is how God knows me” for different memories and attitudes, and I got “no” for so much of it. But for the spirited, that which feels close to my heart, it was a big “YES”

statement: it doesn't matter what I think

Given that the mind is an endless phantasmagoria, well...