whatever you are THINKING, it really doesn't matter, everything is already a-okay. your words, your inner dialogue, is just cosmic foo foo. your "answers" (a.k.a. analyses) are never a lasting thing.
be mindful.
stop the regressive looping. put an end to repressive thinking.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
aleister crowley said:
"There are three ways to increase your intelligence:
1. Continually expand the scope, source, intensity of the information you receive.
2. Constantly revise your reality maps, and seek new metaphors about the future to understand what's happening now.
3. Develop external networks for increasing intelligence. In particular, spend all your time with people who are smart or smarter than you. We assume that you are the Intelligence Agent from your gene pool, so you will seek Intelligence Agents from other gene-pools who will stimulate you to get smarter.
1. Continually expand the scope, source, intensity of the information you receive.
2. Constantly revise your reality maps, and seek new metaphors about the future to understand what's happening now.
3. Develop external networks for increasing intelligence. In particular, spend all your time with people who are smart or smarter than you. We assume that you are the Intelligence Agent from your gene pool, so you will seek Intelligence Agents from other gene-pools who will stimulate you to get smarter.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
brave new world exerpt
"...Bradley. He defined philosophy as the finding of bad reason for what one believes by instinct. As if one believed anything by instinct! One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them. Finding bad reasons for what one believes for other bad reasons - that's philosophy. People believe in God because they've been conditioned to believe in God."
Monday, March 10, 2008
two resonating aphorisms of the baal shem tov
Your fellow is your mirror. If your own face is clean, so will be the image you perceive. But should you look upon your fellow and see a blemish, it is your own imperfection that you are encountering - you are being shown what it is that you must correct within yourself.
I asked the Moshiach, "When will you come?" and he said to me: "When your wellsprings shall spread to the outside."
I asked the Moshiach, "When will you come?" and he said to me: "When your wellsprings shall spread to the outside."
Sunday, March 9, 2008
favorite nietzsche quote
Those who were dancing were thought insane by those who did not hear the music.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
cosmic confliction

worthy advice for knowledge-seekers
Studying "spiritual" matters is always connected to a consciousness-related process. Every individual must be mentally prepared to confront himself with truth, and he should also get the chance to work for this preparedness himself.
The awesome respect for all life is an awesome attitude towards life that harbors only within itself the key to knowledge, truth and all realization.
Never let yourself be enticed—because of sheer enthusiasm for truth or a craving for recognition, among other things—to perform propaganda or missionize in order to win or convince other people of your own learnings. In doing so you can do great harm to yourself as well as to others.
Do not turn the study of lessons into a secret or impart a feeling into the fellow-man that he has not progressed far enough in order to understand this or that. Such behavior would not only represent an unjustified self-exaltation of the own person but also a lack of respect and awe for another individual. Likewise one should always bear in mind that one isn’t all-knowing and that one’s own understanding of lessons is always more or less limited.
It should be considered by everyone that oneself and the fellow-men are led astray with half- or false-truth and, because of this, the path to and the finding of truth is impeded.
Of course, no person shall hide his light under a bushel, and if any information is necessary or appropriate, or if interested people ask questions, then obviously they can get explanations—within reasonable limits and according to one’s best skill and abilities. Consequently, if one is talking about their learnings it shall always be in a general manner and according to one’s own understanding. Talking about all cognitions, assumptions etc. right from the start should be avoided.
The awesome respect for all life is an awesome attitude towards life that harbors only within itself the key to knowledge, truth and all realization.
Never let yourself be enticed—because of sheer enthusiasm for truth or a craving for recognition, among other things—to perform propaganda or missionize in order to win or convince other people of your own learnings. In doing so you can do great harm to yourself as well as to others.
Do not turn the study of lessons into a secret or impart a feeling into the fellow-man that he has not progressed far enough in order to understand this or that. Such behavior would not only represent an unjustified self-exaltation of the own person but also a lack of respect and awe for another individual. Likewise one should always bear in mind that one isn’t all-knowing and that one’s own understanding of lessons is always more or less limited.
It should be considered by everyone that oneself and the fellow-men are led astray with half- or false-truth and, because of this, the path to and the finding of truth is impeded.
Of course, no person shall hide his light under a bushel, and if any information is necessary or appropriate, or if interested people ask questions, then obviously they can get explanations—within reasonable limits and according to one’s best skill and abilities. Consequently, if one is talking about their learnings it shall always be in a general manner and according to one’s own understanding. Talking about all cognitions, assumptions etc. right from the start should be avoided.
your brain does not know the difference
The Exercise
1. Stand up, position your feet shoulder width apart, bend over as far as you can without any strain or force to your body and try to touch the floor while keeping your knees straight. (If this is quite easy for you to achieve then stand on something to raise yourself taller, for example stand on a couple solid books stacked on top of each other. Anything you can do to make it difficult to touch the floor without bending your knees.) Notice how close or far away your fingers are to the floor and stand up again.
2. Close your eyes and imagine/visualize bending over as far as you can again. In other words do not actually physically bend over again, but use your mental eye to vividly image yourself bending over except this time imagine yourself bending over and getting closer to the floor. Next, imagine yourself coming back up to an upright position.
3. Keep your eyes closed and imagine bending over as far as you can again. Visualize it so clear that it feels as if it is actually happening physically, but this time imagine your fingers touching to the point where your palms are almost flat on the floor. Again, visualize yourself standing straight up.
4. One more time with your eyes still closed imagine bending so far over, that your palms lay flat on the floor with painless effort, flexible ease, and enjoyment. Now visualize coming back to the vertical position.
5. Open your eyes and bend over as far as you can physically (without over extending or hurting yourself) while keeping your knees straight and notice how much closer you are to the floor now compared to the first time you tried!
This works on everyone who can follow the instructions above. It does not matter if you feel your visualization skills are not up to the part or if you think your imagination is weak. Everyone has his or her unique way of visualizing and imagining so you cannot fail or get it wrong, except by not trying it at all.
Why Did This Work?
Some people might say this is a misinterpretation of its actual nature and the only reason it works is that the first time you did it you stretched your mussels so the second time around you could go farther. If you have done this exercise and compared the difference between the first time and second time, you would automatically know that was not the case because the measurable distance is too significant. In fact, if you did the whole exercise again you would be able to bend even more.
This worked because the brain cannot recognize the difference between your imagination/visualization (memory, dreams, and fantasizing all fall under the same category) and your perceiving reality. Yet what does that mean? It means that if you visually imagine something, vividly, many times, your brain will produce that result! Why does that matter? It matters for the reason that you produce any result on every level of your life that you can imagine!
1. Stand up, position your feet shoulder width apart, bend over as far as you can without any strain or force to your body and try to touch the floor while keeping your knees straight. (If this is quite easy for you to achieve then stand on something to raise yourself taller, for example stand on a couple solid books stacked on top of each other. Anything you can do to make it difficult to touch the floor without bending your knees.) Notice how close or far away your fingers are to the floor and stand up again.
2. Close your eyes and imagine/visualize bending over as far as you can again. In other words do not actually physically bend over again, but use your mental eye to vividly image yourself bending over except this time imagine yourself bending over and getting closer to the floor. Next, imagine yourself coming back up to an upright position.
3. Keep your eyes closed and imagine bending over as far as you can again. Visualize it so clear that it feels as if it is actually happening physically, but this time imagine your fingers touching to the point where your palms are almost flat on the floor. Again, visualize yourself standing straight up.
4. One more time with your eyes still closed imagine bending so far over, that your palms lay flat on the floor with painless effort, flexible ease, and enjoyment. Now visualize coming back to the vertical position.
5. Open your eyes and bend over as far as you can physically (without over extending or hurting yourself) while keeping your knees straight and notice how much closer you are to the floor now compared to the first time you tried!
This works on everyone who can follow the instructions above. It does not matter if you feel your visualization skills are not up to the part or if you think your imagination is weak. Everyone has his or her unique way of visualizing and imagining so you cannot fail or get it wrong, except by not trying it at all.
Why Did This Work?
Some people might say this is a misinterpretation of its actual nature and the only reason it works is that the first time you did it you stretched your mussels so the second time around you could go farther. If you have done this exercise and compared the difference between the first time and second time, you would automatically know that was not the case because the measurable distance is too significant. In fact, if you did the whole exercise again you would be able to bend even more.
This worked because the brain cannot recognize the difference between your imagination/visualization (memory, dreams, and fantasizing all fall under the same category) and your perceiving reality. Yet what does that mean? It means that if you visually imagine something, vividly, many times, your brain will produce that result! Why does that matter? It matters for the reason that you produce any result on every level of your life that you can imagine!
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