right now, i feel like my mind is at war with itself.. on the one side is reason, logic.. on the other is tradition, hope and fear.. reason and logic are challenging life-long beliefs.
they are telling me, "is this any more believable than the story of the lord of the rings?".
certain doctrines of my belief system are crumbling.. my mind still wants to hold on to the belief in a creator, his son jesus and the bible.
Cappy,
Look closer at your own innate wisdom.
You are clearly aware that your mind is at war. So leave the battle for a while.
Perhaps meditation and getting in-touch with the silent feelings and sensations in your body. may help.
Many people find Eckhart Tolle's teachings supportive in this regard.
The mind is a dumping ground for anything and everything. It helps to be grounded in a healthy silence in order to efficiently sift through all the stuff.
i was so proud of the optimizations i just did.
some of it optimized things so much it didn't even load the scripts !.
erm ... which may have stopped you posting.. sorry about that .
Ya, this morning I was going to post and then something in my head said: "NO, DON'T DO THAT CAUSE YOU'LL JUST SAY SOME CRAZY THING!"
Is that what you mean?
the year 2015 will have an extra second which could wreak havoc on the infrastructure powering the internet.. at 11:59 p.m. on june 30, clocks will count up all the way to 60 seconds.
that will allow the earth's spin to catch up with atomic time.. the earth's spin is gradually slowing down, by about two thousandths of a second per day, but atomic clocks are constant.
that means that occasionally years have to be lengthened slightly, to allow the slowing earth to catch up with the constant clock.. but last time it happened, in 2012, it took down much of the internet.
Kinda like the Superman effect were he turned the earth backwards to save Lois Lane, only this time forward 1 second.
Makes sense to me.
synchronicity - the simultaneous occurrence of events that appear significantly related but have no discernible causal connection.
today is the first day of the rest of my life.
freedom.
When you finally realize that most of what you had been taught was false and you wake up to the lie; you have to pinch yourself to see if you’re dreaming. Then you wonder, how you could have been fooled when the answers were right in front of you.
So very wise and true, 7starz (welcome).
However, letting go of once cherished JW beliefs, is only the beginning of clear seeing of what is unreal.
What answers remains in front of us -- unseen?
Be diligent and watch as old beliefs are replaced by new ones. Perhaps even beliefs we call non-beliefs, but still we take our imaginations to be “true”.
The characters may change, but the story remains the same.
stop begging for crumbs like a pigeon in the park!.
nobody anywhere has truth tied up with a red ribbon to hand to you so you.
can go skipping down the road with a smile!.
As I've said many times and many ways: a mystic may not believe reality is anything but what the
mind of man convinces him of--but--the mystic always enters and leaves the room through the door and NOT the WALL!
As long as the mind is the sole arbitrator of “reality”, there is only the “room”, a seemingly door-less one.
The “mystic” (or whatever) simply sees the always open portal, lets go and falls in (yet, from the view of others, everything remains pretty much the same).
Seems like we're back at the Analogy of the Cave. Wouldn't it be nice to strip naked, run outside and get some sun?
i'm looking for those who have found the path/way of reason.
i include a few notes to those i have approached so far.
these past attempts seem too slow.
believe what we will, we still live in the real world and what happens to us proceeds from confrontations unavoidable.. the christian scientist can die from an illness which (to him) does not exist.. the hindu can starve to death in a pasture full of sacred cattle.. the jehovah's witness can sell his house and pioneer full time as he tears the pages from his 1975 calendar in exasperation.. and many is the parent who prays for mercy over the child who dies.. to think or not think is our choice.
the content of our thought can be real or illusory.
the progress report comes at the end of each day as we lie in bed and count the costs of our beliefs.. .
For me, eating nuts is a form of cannibalism.
Alone with a cold beer and a bowl of nuts = a pleasant family get-together.
believe what we will, we still live in the real world and what happens to us proceeds from confrontations unavoidable.. the christian scientist can die from an illness which (to him) does not exist.. the hindu can starve to death in a pasture full of sacred cattle.. the jehovah's witness can sell his house and pioneer full time as he tears the pages from his 1975 calendar in exasperation.. and many is the parent who prays for mercy over the child who dies.. to think or not think is our choice.
the content of our thought can be real or illusory.
the progress report comes at the end of each day as we lie in bed and count the costs of our beliefs.. .
Actually, if we stop THINKING about anything, and just be silently present with the reality and beauty of life in and around us, the world would be way friendlier. Or better yet, lets all get anxious and think our way into the nut-house with Terry. Think of the parties we could have.
The fork in the road is always just right here below our feet.
i have protestants, jw's and mormons praying for my soul, (think you very much).. what do you say when you are told that??
i am so much better since i left the borg, physically, mentally and financially.
but just in case the protestants(jesus) are right or the mormons or maybe jw, if i meet my maker i will tell him or her i plea insanity.. my deity, i knew not who's prayers was being answers on my behalf, my eyes were open but didn't know where it came from.
Just thank God that all these people are telling the Source of all existence, what to do.
Yes, it's even more crazy than that sounds....so is the dance of egoistic insanity.
