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Not so long ago I asked myself the question - What if I didn't practice meditation? What if I quit spiritual pursuits altogether? I felt a sense of fear and beyond that a sense of liberation. I realized that I wanted these teachings to be true. Further than that I almost needed them to be true. The ...

This comes from Adyashanti's free e-book; "The Way of Liberation"; To clarify your aspiration means knowing exactly what it is that your spiritual life aspires to, not as a future goal but in each moment. In other words, what do you value most in your life—not in the sense of moral values, but in th...

Years ago I had the idea that meditating and practicing presence while stoned might be a cool experience. It was not what I expected. Practicing presence distanced me from the high and gave me space from it in the same way that it creates distance from thoughts. Rather than getting caught up in the ...

From the website... Here's what you can expect to experience in the program: A deepening into stillness, Presence, and your true power Fully grounding the essential practices for an awakened life Joining others on the path who are fully committed to living a life of Presence and a peaceful existence...

The more that I looked at my own suffering, the more I saw it in every single person around me. At my last job, I went out with coworkers for happy hour, and I was talking about the four agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. One persons first reaction was to use the agreements as a tool to condemn another...

Why did I read ET's book? Why do I try to follow the teachings? What is the purpose of it? What is supposed to happen? I ask myself what I hope to get out of this, and I can't come up with an answer. It bothers me that I feel compelled to pursue these kinds of teachings, but have no idea why. The on...

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The thing that I think of as me, is a collection of thoughts and beliefs, but just because they can change, or have not always been there, does that really mean they aren't me?

When there are no thoughts or beliefs...who are you?

I am

Here's how I perceive it: There is experience and there is that which experiences. The 'stuff' of experience - the internal beliefs that create a context of 'me', plus the interaction with external stuff such as others and life conditions - is temporary and exists for the purpose of exploration of ...

I've come back to this, and still don't really understand it. It seems like the argument is that because we cannot point to or directly identify to the thing we identify as ourselves, it cannot really be us. The thing that I think of as me, is a collection of thoughts and beliefs, but just because t...

Who/what you really can not be in conflict with the world, what-is, etc. Who/what you really are is now...and finds nothing gained or lost in the past or future. I was thinking about that yesterday. Doing the exact same thing I described in my first post. A frequent thought that I visit, is a ficti...

So you can replace your thoughts with your own chosen thoughts? This isn't gonna backfire, potentially making it worse? Here are some things to ponder: The desire for change often times seems to come from a dissatisfaction over what you perceive yourself to be. It is far too easy to envision a bett...

Why is it that my default state of mind seems to be to seek conflict in my own thoughts? Someone made a comment last night that really hurt me, and I've been replaying it over and over again, and with each iteration it becomes more deranged, and my response more aggressive. Finally, this afternoon, ...

The teachings have always been kind of a troublesome concept to me, and I think they probably are for most people at some point. The core of the problem is that most people want to change in some way. If they were perfectly happy and content, they wouldn't seek a different state of awareness or bein...

Thanks both of you for helping me with boundaries! I am looking for ways to implement them to stop her outbursts of anger in the house. Does anyone have any suggestions? I told her so many times, her behavior is unacceptable, but lecturing does not work. After such episodes I am usually quick to fo...

Check this out, this site in general, has some really good advice; https://www.7cups.com/boundaries/ Honestly... The teachings of ET, and other similar teachers have value, but they're not everything. I went through a period where I tried to be present all the time, tried to follow his advice, and i...