@Ikshulaa The Burger King. King of the Burgers. He and his people are just the worst. I don't know what they are but they are not like Us. Their whoppers are nothing like our big macs. Their fries are evil and violent and ours are just trying to protect their own chicken nuggets.
@Airendal Yup. I know that feel real well lol. Ever hear of the term the “spiritual desert” phase of practice? Where the old motivations dry up and the new ones haven’t quite kicked in yet. It can be really uncomfortable. Though most report it does begin to move in a new way eventually.
@Airendal I’m still learning how to do that, but I’ll say, it feels a hell of a lot better and more natural than the previous orientation. I’m also not saying this as advice, but it’s just how it happened for me. The previous mode was just way too uncomfortable and untrue.
@Airendal For me, it’s been a slow process of eliminating/seeing through all of these ideas we pick up of how we’re supposed to be in this world, what is right/wrong, smart/dumb, spiritual/unspirtual, etc. Then, how does this bodymind want to naturally move when it doesn’t know?
@Airendal I see. Well, that strategy never worked out for me either, and I’ve tried to re-construct it plenty of times. I think there’s another way forward that isn’t that.
@dewy_stars that's the magic of acting from wisdom. when you've really swallowed your own shit, skillful response can spontaneously arise when other's material comes up. the desire to want to help others transcend their material will only get in the way.
@sarabollman I’m assuming this is that sort of thing that is how it is “for the most part”. My mind went to the question of, if you need something other in order to develop it, then how did the early pioneers of that way of being embody it? Naturally, and very gradually probably.
Doing this, you will clash against those who wish to cast away entire sub-populations of human beings. It is enticing to join them, because you don't know how to contend with the most uncomfortable facets of human beings. Looking deeper into myself, the innocence becomes obvious.