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George's Spiritual Journal
- Thread starter JustGeorge
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Catching up after my trip, that's a key point. Given the number of frauds and misguided people who believe they're gurus, it's very trickly
I heard it said once that the teacher saw several people and remarked that they were students of his but not in this lifetime.
And in the group I'm a member of, I had to wait a decade because I was not ready - I had more living to do first.
I suspect it's even more complicated than that.
I was reading the other day, and the author of the book stated something akin to "my life took some wrong turns, so I put spirituality on the back burner".
I don't think this was the wrong approach; each journey is unique. But it got me thinking how askew my own spiritual journey has gone from my own hardships.
I used to fast at regular intervals, do pujas or rituals as appropriate. So much of this, so much of that...
And then **** just fell apart.
Fasting... that's what I do when I'm too busy to eat. Worship... that's what I do what nothing but the wind is holding me up.
There's no schedule, no formal observances. I wanted so much to have an organized religious path... The casual, intuitive was what I wanted to avoid.
And now its all I've got.
At some point, I had to make the choice to let my spirituality take a new form... Or let it die.
I don't think this was the wrong approach; each journey is unique. But it got me thinking how askew my own spiritual journey has gone from my own hardships.
I used to fast at regular intervals, do pujas or rituals as appropriate. So much of this, so much of that...
And then **** just fell apart.
Fasting... that's what I do when I'm too busy to eat. Worship... that's what I do what nothing but the wind is holding me up.
There's no schedule, no formal observances. I wanted so much to have an organized religious path... The casual, intuitive was what I wanted to avoid.
And now its all I've got.
At some point, I had to make the choice to let my spirituality take a new form... Or let it die.
You wrote that it's all you have, but what do you feel you've gained on the path life put you on?
I'm not sure yet.
All I know is that when I let go of the idea that this was temporary, and that 'getting back into it' was just around the corner, something changed.
Rather than the Divine being something far away, it came to me.
When I try to be formal, it fails. Always. When I am myself... I just might get a response.
My experience has been that when we give up what we want, we might just be doing what life is asking us to do.
Saw a snail outside today. Never seen one in a yard before. Perhaps it has a message for me:
Today's work:
Practicing the art of "Not Doing ****".
Practicing the art of "Not Doing ****".
"The **** that can be spoken of is not the eternal ****".
Let me know if you need any pointers, this is kind of my field.
I think that happened in the bathroom the other night...
What do you do with your brain while you're not doin' ****?
I tell it to shut up and go watch cartoons.
wait...your brain has to go watch cartoons, or you want it to shut up so YOU can watch the cartoons?
Don't know what to tell you. I always see cartoons as soon as I close my eyes.
Yes.
That would be redundant. My life is a cartoon.
I aspire to that status!
I could give pointers on that too.I aspire to that status!
I'm almost up to the point where someone couod drop an anvil on me and I'd be back in the next frame.
Afraid I don't get that channel...
It seems to rotate between drama and static. Prefer static.
Life was better as a cartoon...
As a teen, I had a cartoon life. I loved to draw, and that's pretty much what I used school for.
I was married, had kids... (A lot more reasonable than the lot I ended up with, too.)
My sister's friend overheard me talking about 'cartoon land', and told her mom that I was pregnant. Her mom contacted my mom. "Are you aware your eldest daughter is pregnant?" she asked.
My mom said yeah, she thinks this will be the 8th time.
The poor woman about fell over. Then my mom explained. She still wasn't impressed.
I am tired of that scenario...I could give pointers on that too.
I'm almost up to the point where someone couod drop an anvil on me and I'd be back in the next frame.
I kind of visualize it like this:I could give pointers on that too.
I'm almost up to the point where someone couod drop an anvil on me and I'd be back in the next frame.