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BLACK FOREST GRMNY 

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Choicelessly sat chit ananda

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The concepts of id, ego, and superego come from Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, while transactional analysis (TA) is a psychological framework developed by Eric Berne. Let’s break down both and understand how they relate to each other.

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🧠 Freud’s Structural Model of Personality

1. Id (The Instinctual Drive – "I want it now!")

   • Nature: Unconscious, primitive, and driven by the pleasure principle (immediate gratification).
   • Function: Seeks to satisfy basic instincts (hunger, sex, aggression).
   • Example: A child wanting candy immediately, without caring about consequences.

2. Ego (The Rational Self – "Let’s find a compromise.")

   • Nature: Conscious and preconscious, governed by the reality principle (delayed gratification).
   • Function: Mediates between the id’s desires, the superego’s morals, and reality.
   • Example: Negotiating a time to have the candy later if it’s not appropriate now.

3. Superego (The Moral Compass – "Is it the right thing to do?")

   • Nature: Partly conscious, represents internalized societal rules and morals.
   • Function: Judges actions and feelings, causing pride (when following rules) or guilt (when violating them).
   • Example: Feeling guilty about eating candy before dinner because it’s "wrong."

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🔄 Transactional Analysis (TA) by Eric Berne

Berne expanded on Freud’s ideas but framed them as "ego states" to describe how people interact. TA focuses on three key states:

1. Parent (Taught State)

   • Critical Parent: Judgmental, controlling, imposing rules (similar to the superego).
   • Nurturing Parent: Caring, supportive, protective.
   • Example: "You should always follow the rules."

2. Adult (Thought State)

   • Rational, objective, problem-solving (similar to the ego).
   • Processes facts without emotional interference.
   • Example: "If we plan carefully, we can both have dessert later."

3. Child (Felt State)

   • Free Child: Spontaneous, curious, playful (like the id).
   • Adapted Child: Conforms to rules or rebels against them.
   • Example: "I want candy now!"

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📊 How Id, Ego, Superego Relate to TA

Freud’s Model	Transactional Analysis
Id (instinctual)	Child Ego State (impulsive, emotional)
Ego (rational)	Adult Ego State (logical, practical)
Superego (moral)	Parent Ego State (rule-driven, moralistic)

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💬 Practical Example in Action:

Imagine you want to eat a cake but are on a diet:

• Id (Child): "I want to eat the cake—now!"
• Ego (Adult): "If I have a small slice and exercise later, I can enjoy it responsibly."
• Superego (Parent): "It’s wrong to break your diet; you should stick to the rules."

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Would you like to dive deeper into how TA is used in communication or how these models apply to everyday relationships? 😊

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Utkraman. Transmigration of soul

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people are generally happier and report better mental health first thing in the morning.

MEMORY X MISINFORMATION EFFECT

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The misinformation effect refers to the phenomenon where a person’s memory of an event can be altered or distorted by post-event information. This effect demonstrates how memories are malleable and can be influenced by external factors, leading to inaccurate recollections.

🔍 Key Aspects of the Misinformation Effect:

1. Post-Event Information: Memories can be changed when exposed to misleading information after an event.
2. False Memories: People may confidently recall details that never occurred due to misinformation.
3. Memory Distortion: New information can blend with or replace original memories, making them unreliable.

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📚 Classic Study – Loftus and Palmer (1974):

Elizabeth Loftus and John Palmer conducted a famous study where participants watched a video of a car crash. They were later asked questions with varying wording:

• "How fast were the cars going when they smashed into each other?"
• "How fast were the cars going when they hit each other?"

✅ Findings: Participants given the word “smashed” estimated higher speeds and were more likely to recall seeing broken glass (which wasn’t there). This demonstrated how language influences memory recall.

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🧠 Why Does the Misinformation Effect Happen?

1. Memory Reconstruction: Memory is not a perfect recording—when recalling, the brain rebuilds the event using both real and new information.
2. Source Confusion: People may forget where information came from (the event vs. post-event sources).
3. Social Influence: Repeated exposure to incorrect narratives (e.g., through media or other people) can shape and distort memories over time.

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📊 Real-Life Examples of the Misinformation Effect:

• Eyewitness Testimony: Witnesses can misremember crime details after hearing leading questions or media reports.
• False Memories in Therapy: Suggestive questioning can lead to fabricated memories of childhood events.
• Media Influence: Misreporting of events (like public tragedies) can shape collective memory inaccurately.

Would you like to dive deeper into how to prevent misinformation or explore more studies on memory?

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ET RESIST NOTHING

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“If landscape reveals one certainty, it is that the extravagant gesture is the very stuff of creation. After the one extravagant gesture of creation in the first place, the universe has continued to deal exclusively in extravagances, flinging intricacies and colossi down aeons of emptiness, heaping profusions on profligacies with ever-fresh vigor. The whole show has been on fire from the word go.”

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On the Self and Individuation

1. "The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are."
   – Emphasizing the lifelong process of self-discovery and individuation.

2. "Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate."
   – Highlighting the power of the unconscious mind in shaping our experiences.

3. "Your vision will become clear only when you look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes."
   – The journey of self-awareness comes from introspection rather than external validation.

On Shadow and the Unconscious

4. "Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual’s conscious life, the blacker and denser it is."
   – Acknowledging the hidden, darker aspects of the psyche that need to be integrated.

5. "I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become."
   – Stressing personal responsibility and the ability to shape one’s future.

On Symbols and the Collective Unconscious

6. "The psyche is not of today. Its ancestry goes back many millions of years."
   – Referring to the collective unconscious, a shared reservoir of archetypes across humanity.

7. "Man cannot stand a meaningless life."
   – Expressing the deep human need to find purpose and meaning.

On Relationships and the Human Experience

8. "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed."
   – Relationships have the power to change and shape us.

9. "Loneliness does not come from having no people around, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to you."
   – True connection comes from meaningful communication, not just presence.

On Healing and Transformation

10. "We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses."
    – Healing begins with acceptance rather than repression.

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When one lights a candle from another candle, the flame of the first candle does not diminish” KEWISH

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TURKISH MED 

From the Zhuangzi (by Zhuangzi):

1. "Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness."
   – Letting go of desires leads to natural contentment.

2. "A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean."
   – Limited perspectives prevent us from seeing the bigger picture.

3. "Flow with whatever may happen, and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate."
   – Emphasizing spontaneity and harmony with the natural world.

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DAOISM

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The term Daoism was coined in the French language in the 1830s, in the context of the French colonization of Indo-China, so present day Vietnam and southern China.

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Daojia or Daojiao which is this philosophical and religious movement that began in the Axial Age. It’s often traced back in its own mytho-history to this figure, Laozi, who is believed to have lived around the same time as the Buddha—we’re talking sixth century BC or so.

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The Axial Age refers to a period in human history (approximately 800 BCE to 200 BCE) when many of the world's major philosophical, religious, and cultural traditions emerged independently across different regions. The term was coined by the German philosopher Karl Jaspers in his book "The Origin and Goal of History" (1949).

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From the Tao Te Ching (by Laozi):

1. "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
   – Emphasizing the importance of starting small to achieve great things.

2. "When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."
   – Contentment and inner peace come from appreciating what you already have.

3. "Be like water."
   – Adaptability and softness can overcome the hardest obstacles.

4. "Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."
   – Reflecting the Daoist value of wu wei (effortless action).

5. "He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened."
   – True wisdom comes from self-understanding.

From the Zhuangzi (by Zhuangzi):

1. "Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness."
   – Letting go of desires leads to natural contentment.

2. "A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean."
   – Limited perspectives prevent us from seeing the bigger picture.

3. "Flow with whatever may happen, and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate."
   – Emphasizing spontaneity and harmony with the natural world.

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TRIGUNA X BAD BRGHTNESS ACTY DRKNESS

DMHC TLA DLY MNY

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TOKYO 

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Solomon said 3,000 years ago, there is nothing new under the sun."

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EVEN NOS ARE FAMILIAR, ODD NUMBERS ARE REVERED

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BASALT ROCK X NORWAY 

Even numbers are familiar because they’re often seen as stable and predictable (e.g., pairs, symmetry).

Odd numbers are revered due to their uniqueness and association with mystical or spiritual meanings (e.g., the Trinity, the number 7 being lucky).

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DMHC X NO MORE RES X TLS

Mid life crss Is this it? End Lf crss Is this how it ends?

Long slow fade. Stairlift to heaven. Almost there. One foot in the grave. Shoshon jatrir chithi

Each of our ancestors was, in effect, on a camping trip that lasted an entire lifetime, and this way of life endured for most of the last 10 million years THENCE EVO PSY

MILE X MISTK IS LEARNING EXPERIENCE

LIVE REG ROTA CHECK DAILY

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my sneeze evokes
wild neighbors
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Alone, elegantly, a wolf on a rock, old pale and dry, dry bones rattling in the leather bag, eyes alight, high, dry, cool, far off, dim distance alone, free as a dying wolf on a pale dry rock gurgling quietly alone between the agony-spasms of beauty and delight; when the first flash of hatred comes to crawl, ease off casually forward into space the old useless body, falling, turning, glimpsing for one more time the blue evening sky and the far distant lonesome rocks below — before the crash, before… 

With none to say no, none.

Way off yonder in the evening blue, in the gloaming.

When he did die a lifetime later, alone in his desert home, Abbey left a winking note for anyone seeking his final words: “No Comment.” He requested that his useless body be used “to help fertilize the growth of a cactus or cliff rose or sagebrush or tree.

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What is the role of Advaita Vedanta in exploring our consciousness?

Consciousness is the central focus of Vedānta since God is defined as as Consciousness-Without-an-Object.

The core of our Being is Consciousness and the goal of spiritual practice is the realisation of this fact. Our journey through samsāra is propelled by false self identifications (asmita) arising from external factors such as body and social relationships and possessions as well as by internal factors arising from Ego (ahankāra) such as ideas and feelings.

The human self-model is just a virtual model projected by the constrained consciousness - a consciousness which has been conditioned by countless past incarnations and the accumulated mass of subliminal activators (saṁskāras) and habitual pattern formations (vāsanas).

The goal of Vedānta is Self-realisation (ātma-bodha) - the clarification of consciousness and the divesting of all false notions of “self”, and relinquishing of the self-models we have generated and through which we project ourselves into the world.

I would like to quote Arthur Stanley Eddington

The stuff of the world is mind-stuff. The mind-stuff is not spread in space and time. Recognizing the entire world is abstract and without ‘actuality’ apart from its linkage to consciousness. We restore consciousness to a fundamental position.

The mind-stuff of the world is, of course, something more general than our individual conscious minds ... The mind-stuff is not spread in space and time; these are part of the cyclic scheme ultimately derived out of it ... It is necessary to keep reminding ourselves that all knowledge of our environment from which the world of physics is constructed, has entered in the form of messages transmitted along the nerves to the seat of consciousness ... Consciousness is not sharply defined, but fades into subconsciousness; and beyond that we must postulate something indefinite but yet continuous with our mental nature ... It is difficult for the matter-of-fact physicist to accept the view that the substratum of everything is of mental character. But no one can deny that mind is the first and most direct thing in our experience, and all else is remote inference.

— Eddington, The Nature of the Physical World, 276–81.

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Ramanujacharya stated that even after the great dissolution (MahApralaya), jivAs will not fully merge with the universal consciousness (brahman), but will remain attached to it, until the new expansion starts.

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Maha Pralaya is not moksha. Jivas will remain attached to their kaarana Sareera and wait for the time for manifestation.

Only when the kaarana sareera is completely cleared (of the three gunas), a person can achieve Moksha (also called atyantika pralaya). That person need not take birth again.

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Here are some profound quotes about facing mortality:

On Acceptance and Peace:

1. "Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it." — Haruki Murakami
2. "To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure." — J.K. Rowling
3. "Endings are not always a bad thing; they just mean that something else is about to begin." — C. JoyBell C.

On the Fragility of Life:

4. "What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others." — Pericles
5. "No one here gets out alive." — Jim Morrison
6. "It is not length of life, but depth of life." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

On Living Fully:

7. "Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life." — Bertolt Brecht
8. "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." — Mahatma Gandhi
9. "Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back." — Marcus Aurelius

On Legacy and Memory:

10. "Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them." — George Eliot
11. "To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die." — Thomas Campbell

Would you like these quotes in a particular format or for a specific purpose?

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"Atmadarshini" is a comprehensive four-volume treatise authored by Brahmavadini Karra Suryakantam, aiming to make ancient spiritual scriptures accessible and practical for contemporary seekers. The work integrates material life with spiritual practice, allowing individuals to pursue self-realization without renouncing their daily routines. citeturn0search0

Below is a summary of the volumes:

Volume	Key Topics Covered
1	- Introduction to various paths of spiritual practice- Discussion on the necessity of integrating material and spiritual lives- Overview of traditional scriptures and their relevance to modern life
2	- Detailed exposition of the eightfold steps of Kriya Yoga- Benefits and applicability of Kriya Yoga in the current age- Exploration of Taraka Yoga: methods, benefits, and relevance- Analysis of Samkhya Yoga- Qualities of spiritual preceptors and disciples- In-depth discussion on the Yoga of Action, including: - Modes and principles of action - Good deeds, worship, and religious vows - Concepts of action-related bondage and results (Agami, Samchita, Prarabdha) - Significance of renouncing the fruits of actions - Importance of performing one's own duty- Examination of the Yoga of Devotion, covering: - Significance and necessity of devotion - Stages of devotion: common, ideal, and eminent - Characteristics of a perfect devotee - Personal and impersonal devotion - Tamasic, Rajasic, and Sattvic devotion
3	- Continuation of the Yoga of Devotion- Exploration of the Yoga of Knowledge- Discussion on the Yoga of Un-mindedness- Insights into Raja Yoga and its practices
4	- Synthesis of various yogic practices- Guidance on integrating spiritual practices into daily life- Practical advice for aspirants on the path to self-realization

This structured approach provides readers with a holistic understanding of spiritual disciplines, tailored to align with the demands of modern life.

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This is all speculation since one cannot even begin to conceptualise what the situation of the jīva will be in Moksha. Neither is a future state of any interest or benefit when one is trying to get through the current cycle.

Aṇḍāl says - “let me take seven birth times seven - here on earth so that I can continue to serve you O Lord!”

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1. Indeed Ramanuja was a great logician as evinced from the Sribhāshyam. I’m not so sure that Ramanuja did deny the possibility of sāyujyam - I’d have to check the references in context.
2. Anādikāla-karma is another way of expressing AVIDYA, and it simply means that we have been in Samsāra for incalculable eons. Like there is a mountain, every hundred years a bird comes and sharpen its beak on the mountain, when that mountain is thus reduced to rubble - that is how long we have been cycling through Samsāra. Karmas are not negated in the Mahāpralaya, the seed remains.
3. Vaikuṇṭha must not be conceived of as another “svarga” - Vaikuṇṭha literally means “free from obstruction or limitation” and it is acintya. Vaikuṇṭha Gadya was probably not written by Ramanuja himself - it is a forgery.

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Logic and evidence only operate in the sphere of human epistemology, and that requires certain markers such as jāti, guṇa, kriya, sambandha. Brahman does not have any of them because IT is the ground-of-being.

The thing being investigated must have:-

1. jāti - belong to a known species of being.
2. guṇa - have qualities which can be ascertained, verified and tested.
3. kriya - fulfil a specific function.
4. sambandha - must have connectivity or linkage to other things or systems.

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Meditation is the practice of visualising God within yourself.

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Have patience and endure; this unhappiness will one day be beneficial.” OVID

Will act with determination

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Summary Table: Existing in a Permanent or Prolonged State of Non-Duality

Concept	Explanation
Photograph Analogy	Similar to viewing a color photo and its black-and-white negative—although they appear different, both represent the same image. Non-duality suggests focusing on their shared structure rather than the superficial differences.
Perception vs. Reality	Our minds are conditioned to perceive contrast and opposites, but this dualistic view obscures the underlying unity that exists beneath surface-level distinctions.
Biblical Dictionary Insight	Definitions of "conservative" and "liberal" in the biblical dictionary reflected each other, revealing that seemingly opposing concepts can share the same essence when viewed from a broader perspective.
Non-Dualistic Universe	The world is not inherently dualistic—our minds impose labels and categories on experiences. Letting go of these mental divisions allows us to perceive reality as unified and interconnected.
Choice to Refrain from Judgment	By choosing not to label experiences as "good" or "bad" and instead observing them from multiple perspectives, we can move beyond reactivity and see events as neutral occurrences.
Freedom from Mental Conditioning	Non-duality invites us to transcend habitual patterns of judgment and separation, recognizing that all experiences are interconnected and part of a singular reality.

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Existing in a permenate or prolonged state of non-duality…can we find a suitable explanation for you? I think, most certainly, that we can.

Picture that you are staring at a color photograph, side by side to its black and white negative. Its the exact same picture. Yet we identify them as different because our mind is programmed to notice variation. We then say that the photo being presented in two oppossing visual filters must be considered different.

But what if we chose to ignore the superficial differences and just acknowledged the identical structure of both photos? It is not color vs black and white. Rather, its two identical photos. Their superficial color doesnt change the fact that its still the exact same picture.

My grandfather gave me a biblical dictionary eight years ago. I was compelled to look up the defenitions for conservative and liberal. I was shocked then enlightened to find that they shared the same defenition. They referred to the other as words that mean the same thing.

This is not a duelistic universe. We are just programmed to labrl and seperate everything into oppossing categories. What if you chose to stop labelling everything? What if you refused to make a judgement and instead, just looked at the situation from the eqaul opposite perspective. Events are neither good or bad. Theyre just events. We can choose not to react to them.

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UFTOE. Pre BioSar dth. Palliate

Penance you earn. Closure you find

Consequence of choosing wrong

SN TV. Yellowstone. Good v bad. Property and land

No. Is dth to the question

Lyf is not fair. Best I can offer is peace. Yellowstone

Seek contentment not happiness

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Here are some notable quotes by Annie Dillard, known for her profound reflections on nature, spirituality, and the human experience:

On Time and Life:

• "How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."
  (The Writing Life)

• "You can't test courage cautiously."
  (The Writing Life)

On Nature and Beauty:

• "We are here to abet creation and to witness it, to notice each thing so each thing gets noticed."
  (The Writing Life)

• "The mind wants to live forever, or to learn a very good reason why not."
  (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek)

• "Nature is, above all, profligate. Don't believe them when they tell you how economical and thrifty nature is, whose leaves return to the soil. Wouldn't it be cheaper to leave them on the tree in the first place?"
  (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek)

On Writing and Creativity:

• "One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time."
  (The Writing Life)

• "Write as if you were dying. At the same time, assume you write for an audience consisting solely of terminal patients. That is, after all, the case."
  (The Writing Life)

On Mystery and Wonder:

• "I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam."
  (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek)

• "The way we live our days is the way we live our lives."
  (The Writing Life)

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NHK. Just a smile of LD MI dtr

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All pains are not equally felt. There is no pain when you are asleep. It is only when the mind is connected with the body that pain arises. It is the identification with the mind and body, Abhimana owing to Avidya, that causes pain.

- Swami Sivananda

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Started by Adi Shankaracharya.  Vivek Chudamani

DMHC WTCH CRSS X DTWR LINE

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We all get a little sad sometimes. It feels like the universe is a twisted gameshow called “How Can We Torture This Poor Soul Today?” — and you’re the contestant.

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The lifetime risk of depression is actually pretty high: roughly 20 percent for women and 10 percent for men.

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But how much positivity do we need? Here’s where it gets interesting: it’s not an amount; it’s a ratio. 3 to 1. Three positive feelings for every negative one. (This ratio issue seems to be a pattern in human flourishing. Research shows the best work teams have six positive experiences for every negative and happy marriages have a 5 to 1 ratio.)

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Mindfulness. Yeah, that Swiss Army knife of inner peace. No, you don’t have to pay $2,000 to spend a week with strangers in the woods, meditating for 18 hours a day. (That’s not spiritual growth, my friends; that’s a hostage situation.)

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BIG RIP TRAVEL 

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Spending more time at school could keep you sharp into old age, but there are other factors that might explain the effect, finds Liam Drew

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COOLING WHITE RICE - RES STARCH- LESS DRAMATIC GLUCOSE SPIKES

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RD BK NASTERY OF LYF TOLTEC

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The Mastery of Life in Toltec wisdom is about living with awareness, authenticity, and intentionality. Rooted in ancient Mesoamerican spiritual traditions and popularized by teachers like Don Miguel Ruiz (The Four Agreements), Toltec philosophy teaches that life is an art—and you are the artist.

Core Principles of Toltec Mastery of Life:

1. Awareness (The Mastery of Awareness)

   • Recognizing that we live in a world shaped by societal conditioning, beliefs, and assumptions (the dream of the planet).
   • Becoming aware of these mental programs allows us to reclaim our personal power and live consciously.

2. Transformation (The Mastery of Transformation)

   • Shifting from unconscious patterns of fear, judgment, and suffering to conscious choices based on love, truth, and joy.
   • This involves unlearning limiting beliefs (domestication) and replacing them with empowering perspectives.

3. Intent (The Mastery of Intent)

   • Using focused intent to create the life you desire. Intent, in Toltec terms, is the life force that moves us toward our goals.
   • It requires clarity about what you truly want and the discipline to stay aligned with it.

Key Toltec Teachings (e.g., from The Four Agreements):

• Be impeccable with your word.
• Don’t take anything personally.
• Don’t make assumptions.
• Always do your best.

The Goal:

To live as a spiritual warrior—someone who masters their inner world, finds personal freedom, and expresses their authentic self with love, wisdom, and creativity.

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DESTINY BELIEFS

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Destiny beliefs refer to the idea that certain events, relationships, or life paths are predetermined or meant to be. These beliefs often suggest that life follows a specific plan or purpose, whether guided by fate, a higher power, or cosmic forces.

Key Aspects of Destiny Beliefs:

1. Fixed vs. Growth Mindsets:

   • People with strong destiny beliefs might see outcomes—like relationships or careers—as either meant to be or not meant to be.
   • In contrast, growth-oriented individuals might believe success comes from effort and adaptability rather than fate.

2. Romantic Destiny Beliefs:

   • The belief in soulmates or one true love. Someone with strong romantic destiny beliefs might feel a relationship is doomed after conflict, believing it wasn’t "meant to be."

3. Cultural and Spiritual Roots:

   • Destiny beliefs appear in many spiritual and philosophical traditions, like karma in Hinduism or the concept of fate in ancient Greek mythology.

4. Psychological Impact:

• Destiny beliefs can offer comfort during difficult times ("everything happens for a reason"), but they might also lead to passivity if someone believes their actions don’t influence outcomes.

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Sometimes God’s angel can be a big, burly man with tattooed arms." — Mary Potter Kenyon

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"Be an angel to someone else whenever you can, as a way of thanking God for the help your angel has given you." — Eileen Elias Freeman

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"Insight is better than eyesight when it comes to seeing an angel." — Eileen Elias Freeman

There is no experience without duality. There is no self without the other. It is two sides of the same coin. You cannot experience both sides at once. When you finally see the young woman and the old hag in that famed illusion drawing, you become aware of them both, but you cannot see them simultaneously.

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WATCHER STATE

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how to stay in the state of watcher even after meditation ends. The ego and the watcher tussle with each other. 

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OPTIMISTIC NIHILISM

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Optimistic nihilism is a philosophical perspective that blends nihilism (the belief that life has no inherent meaning) with an optimistic outlook. It suggests that, since life has no predetermined purpose, we are free to create our own meaning.

Here’s the core idea:

• Nihilism: The universe is vast, indifferent, and inherently meaningless. Our existence is fleeting in the grand cosmic timeline.
• Optimistic Twist: If nothing matters objectively, we have the freedom to define what matters to us personally—love, creativity, curiosity, growth, connection.

It’s like standing in an empty canvas gallery and realizing: If nothing is pre-painted, I can paint whatever I want.

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VASANAS 

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Toltec refers to a civilization, culture, and philosophical tradition from ancient Mesoamerica, particularly in central Mexico, flourishing around 900–1150 CE. The Toltecs were known for their advanced knowledge in architecture, art, astronomy, and spirituality. The ruins of Tula (their capital) showcase impressive pyramids, warrior statues, and intricate carvings. Beyond the historical context, the term Toltec has also gained spiritual significance, especially through the modern interpretations of Toltec wisdom popularized by authors like Don Miguel Ruiz (The Four Agreements). In this context, being a "Toltec" means being an artist of life—someone who creates their reality with awareness, integrity, and love.

NAGUAL

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Nagual (sometimes spelled nahual) comes from the indigenous Mesoamerican traditions, particularly the Toltec and Nahua cultures. It has a few related meanings:

1. Shapeshifter/Spirit Guide: In traditional beliefs, a nagual is a person (often a shaman or spiritual guide) who can transform into an animal or has a deep, spiritual connection with a specific animal spirit (like a jaguar, eagle, or coyote). This animal is considered their tonal, representing aspects of their soul or life energy.

2. Concept in Toltec Wisdom: In the spiritual teachings popularized by authors like Carlos Castaneda, nagual represents the unknown, the unseen, or the infinite potential beyond ordinary perception. It contrasts with the tonal, which is the known, material world. The nagual is the realm of mystery, creativity, and spiritual insight.

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Toltec refers to a civilization, culture, and philosophical tradition from ancient Mesoamerica, particularly in central Mexico, flourishing around 900–1150 CE. The Toltecs were known for their advanced knowledge in architecture, art, astronomy, and spirituality. The ruins of Tula (their capital) showcase impressive pyramids, warrior statues, and intricate carvings.

Beyond the historical context, the term Toltec has also gained spiritual significance, especially through the modern interpretations of Toltec wisdom popularized by authors like Don Miguel Ruiz (The Four Agreements). In this context, being a "Toltec" means being an artist of life—someone who creates their reality with awareness, integrity, and love.

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Stoicism Is a Practice, Not Just a Philosophy

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Why can’t we just be happy all the time?

From a neuroscience perspective, the best answer is probably “because of habituation.”

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"See all women as mothers, serve them as your mother. When you see the entire world as the mother, the ego falls away." - Neem Karoli Baba

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The one who perceives all beings as his own Self and experiences his own Self in all beings harbors neither hatred nor discrimination.

For such a realized soul, the entire creation becomes an extension of the Self, dissolving all attachments and sorrows. Established in divine oneness, he attains the ultimate truth of non-duality.

When we truly experience the unity of the Self in this cosmos, all dualities and limitations vanish. Distinctions fade away, leaving only love, compassion, and unbroken peace. This is the supreme truth of Advaita—the gateway to liberation.

💫 Jagadguru Swami Sandeepani

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