Posts by JamesThomas

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Am I nuts or something?

by Terry in

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i retired in the middle of may.. i know many of you would love to have endless free time on your hands too.. right?.

ummm, well..... i'm use to being very active.

i use to stand on my feet eight hours a day.. at the bookstore i'd have to squat, stoop, stretch, lift, walk.. i had to sort, answer question, make change.

JamesThomas

Seriously, perhaps being a hospice worker will satisfy you.

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Samadhi: The Ultimate Achievement of Spiritual Awakening

by frankiespeakin in

well just what is samadhi?.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/samadhi.

Ultimately, Are You Happy That The "Truth" Is Nonexistent?

by minimus in

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unless you're still searching for "the truth", are you happy to know this "truth" is not even out there?.

JamesThomas

Perhaps there in no absolute truth in anything we believe or think we know; as beliefs and knowledge about a tree, is not a tree.

Yet, the tree may reveal it's actual truth if we are silent and open to it. May the "ultimate Truth" not be revealed likewise?

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Samadhi: The Ultimate Achievement of Spiritual Awakening

by frankiespeakin in

well just what is samadhi?.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/samadhi.

Fuck all of it! There is no "achieving of spiritual awaking". No way of doing something to gain the Truth of what we genuinely are. How can we attain by some effort what already IS? This is insane. This is a trap that will only continue to veil what has always been.

Please trust that we are, right here, right now, the living freedom of truth which we seek. So the question is: what blinds us to it??? It all comes down to false beliefs generated by the mind that hides what we seek. So it's not a matter of how to get from point A. to point B., but rather clearly identifying what veils the truth from us. It's more about subtraction than addition. Nothing need be added. Nothing.

Lets really take to heart the wise guidance that Poppers has to share, and really look within at the workings of the mind. Lets be still and non-judgmentally and lovingly observe...and take special note of the silent and pure witnessing awareness.

j

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All about Shelby

by watersprout in

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i wanted to post this thread about shelby.. she get's a lot of grief by what she posts on this site, so i thought i would start a post on how shelby has helped ones that have left the borg.. i can't begin to explain how shelby has helped me, i felt like i was in a hole and she gave me answers to the many questions i had.

no matter how many emails i bombarded her with, she always took the time to answer.

yes there has been times when i haven't liked what she posted, but i asked christ to help me understand and he did...... shelby helped me to open my mind and come to the realisation that the borg can no longer stop me from becoming the beautiful person i was destined to become.. i think i speak for many when i say thank you shelby!!!!.

JamesThomas

Shelby, is a dear; no doubt about it.

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Do you yearn to know what we are, and why we are here, before you die?

by sabastious in

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lets face it, we don't know what humans are.

science is doing a good job at uncovering many facts about us, but even science cannot explain consciousness yet.

conciousness is still a strong mystery to us.

JamesThomas

We may think we know what we are, but beyond all the ideas and thoughts about "self", what am I??? (not just me but as a general question).

Take away all thoughts, ideas and sensations of a self and what remains?: Pure intimate consciousness. Delve into here and let us see what is revealed.

For if we do not know what we truly are, then how can we know anything about the rest of the universe? The journey starts with the deepest and most intimate silent sense of being, right here, right now......or never.

j

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Samadhi: The Ultimate Achievement of Spiritual Awakening

by frankiespeakin in

well just what is samadhi?.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/samadhi.

JamesThomas

@ Alias and talesin

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Samadhi: The Ultimate Achievement of Spiritual Awakening

by frankiespeakin in

well just what is samadhi?.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/samadhi.

JamesThomas

Poppers', explanations are extremely beautiful and clear. Certainly coming from a consciousness that lives what is being pointed to. Words to be deeply savored. We are blessed to have him here.

That said, if anyone would like to see a "teacher" with this same vivid message via YouTube, I suggest checking-out a wonderfully loving fellow named Mooji. There are dozens and dozens of his videos there, everyone of which points us back to the same intimate presence within that dear poppers does. It is time for our searching to end once and for all. We are what we seek.

Enjoy.

j

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Truth...Or Truth...truth?

by Voices in

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why do we normally get upset when someone talks about something.

i can't say this about everyone, but i guess it's only to myself.

fighting usually results when you think of something as truth.

JamesThomas

"How does one know Truth..."

It's simple: What is the one thing that you absolutely know to be true? It's that you exist = I am. The rest is just mind jabbering b.s..

Rest in the ONE thing you undeniably know to be true, and see what happens. Be still. be still. Be still from the mind story, and fall into the truth of your own silent, intimate existence.

j

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Do you listen...

by AGuest in

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with your eyes?

rhetorical question... no need to reply.

just food for thought.. may you all have peace!.

JamesThomas

True listening comes from that place beyond our mind. That which is pure consciousness void of judgment or extraneous commentary.

It comes from that place most intimate to us. A place without walls that in truly empathetic and open. Here, hearing happens in pure silence -- and it is here that hearing is genuinely heard.

We all have this ability naturally within us as it is the foundation of our being. It's what we really are.

j