(03-26-2021, 09:40 AM)Shannon Wrote:(03-26-2021, 07:58 AM)Darwin Wrote: Thanks Shannon. It's clear you have a level of insight into things that can't be elaborated too much in a public forum. Can I ask what led you to the understanding you have? was it teachers, books, realisations through your work?
And how would someone like me progress along a path of better understanding?
I have experience, teachers, those who guide and advise me, books, observations, contemplation, a good brain, some interesting memories and more to account for my current level of understanding. Many things contributed. Nobody is an island, and nobody is just one thing, or the result of just one thing.
Progressing along the path to better, deeper and higher levels of understanding is done as you might expect. Seek out sources of knowledge and wisdom. Seek out useful experiences. But first and most importantly, seek out how to know what is true, vs what is misunderstood, vs what is partially true, vs what is wholly untrue vs. what is intended to mislead through partial or whole untruth. That is the most difficult and important part of your journey. Discerning the truth.
Remember that there is only one living being in the entirety of existence, and with that knowledge, treat that being well. Be kind, understanding, loving, forgiving and wise. Seek to make this world a better place when you leave it than when you arrived. Attune yourself to love and positive energy. That will attract to you what and who you need to advance. When you are lost, ask for guidance. When you are experiencing abundance, use your abundance to make the world better. Teach the hungry man to fish instead of giving him a fish. Empower yourself and others. Resist the urge to pettiness and selfishness. See money for what it really is. Understand greed, fear and hate. Know how to heal and neutralize them. Do so. Heal and forgive yourself, that you may know how to heal and forgive others. Be patient with those who refuse your help. Be patient with yourself. Allow yourself to make mistakes, but always learn from and improve from your mistakes, and never make them again. Be the change you wish to see in the world. Be as water when necessary, and as granite when necessary. Contemplate your self, know yourself, master yourself. Pass on what you understand, and help others advance. Teaching is the best way to learn. And attune yourself to what you seek and what you wish to experience.
Hopefully, this gives you some wind at your back.
Thanks Shannon. A while back I asked for a sub which was aimed exactly at truth. More than discerning what is true externally, being able to discern what is true in my consciousness and being able to assert that truth, to live in honest accord with consciousness.
It's because when I make Truth my highest motive, all the neuroticism and madness of my life fades away and I'm able to have a real life. I'm able to love, work, and enjoy my life with clarity.
Of course I'd like to experience wealth, abundance, status - all of which have eluded me so far, but more than anything I'd like to be truly strong and independent, which is the other thing that comes out of practicing truth. S
Probably the most important thing I want is to not come to the end of my life with regrets. Right now in my late 30s I look back and find that whilst I have many blessings I've limited my potential through fear, laziness and non-clarity and I want very much for whatever life I have remaining to be spent in real consciousness which is another way of saying I want to live in truth., and provide my family with with the role model they deserve.
I'm not sure if my idea of a truth sub is right, but it is clear from my experience and what you've said about discerning truth being the most important part of this journey (i'm going to extend and say generally the journey of life) that I'm on to somthing.
If you want to really teach us to fish, then the best tools seem to be truth (consciousness), love and some kind of self assertion power (such as finding somthing to take responsibility for in improving our part of the world). Do you agree?
