divine feminine, divine masculine
Compare calibrations of the concept versus the actuality.
Spirituality
T/F: souls tend to incarnate within the same family line
Request: If I have a child, could it be the incarnation of my great grandfather? Have I known my brother in past lives?
correlation between gratitude and increased income
Does a spiritual posture of gratitude affect income?
level: life is like a dream
Authentic state vs. pathological state.
beginner's mind
or shoshin (初心), is a concept from Zen Buddhism that refers to having an attitude of openness, eagerness, and a lack of preconceptions when studying a subject, even at an advanced level -- Brave AI.
"Human effort is necessary only to learn that human effort as such is useless..."
"...and God’s will alone is the real power that controls and brings about all events. When you realise this truth, human effort ceases and divine will starts its work in you, and then you do all things in the freedom of the soul, liberated from care, fear and sorrow" ― Swami Ramdas.
"The finger pointing at the moon is not the moon"
The Buddhist saying emphasizes that the teachings or symbols (the finger) are not the ultimate truth or reality (the moon) they aim to describe -- Grok.
mystic
Request: what is the level of the mystic? Doc said: "God Immanent is the subject of the mystic."
past life recall
Priority request: Doc described it as a siddhi and explained that gathering info on past lives is extremely useful for the spiritual aspirant in uncovering karmic patterns.
“Wisdom is knowing I am nothing, Love is knowing I am everything.”
Request: quote from chapter 47 of I AM THAT by Nisargadatta.
desiring enlightenment
Hmmm, how to resolve? enlightenment = positive, desire = negative.
each level of consciousness is capped by "If I let that go, I won't be me"
Priority request: Doc describes how each LOC is being capped by a fear by a sense of losing who I am, my identity, my sense of self. That sense of losing myself is to be let go of over and over again at each LOC. (starts at minute 8:50 in the video).
"as the dawn comes closer, the night will become darker" (Osho quote)
"The dawn is not far away, but before you can reach the dawn, the dark night has to be passed through. And as the dawn comes closer, the night will become darker."
blocking God
Under-200 positionalities service the ego by blocking God, but where is the main pull, the locus?
divinity
The state or quality of being divine. The godhead; God. A deity, such as a god or goddess.