Re: Possible agenda of Bernardo's "daemon"
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:22 am
Thus far, apparently no one here has found a single word of value in what I've written. If this is not true, please let me know.
I have tons of questions. I was hoping someone might take an interest in my writing, take my experiences seriously, leading to taking an interest in my situation, my tribulations (which I have not explained yet) and possibly shedding some light on it. That's all there is to it.Federica wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 4:27 pm xzardozx,
If I may ask again the question I asked before: "What is your reason to have come to this forum"?
Please don't take it badly. I only mean: if you have such certainty, as I understand you have, about the how and why of God's design, why are you here? Do you have a tiny bit of open questions that remain? Or is it rather to share a particular message? Or is it for other reasons?
Ok, this I think is a great attitude, to aspire to control, or dominate, thoughts and feelings, but before one can really do that, it's important to pause and ask what is thought, how it manifests, what makes it unique and different from feelings, where it comes from. For example, from an idealist perspective, thought is all there is. So let's get very clear about that first. Only later one can try to dominate it. Because thought is much more than the ephemeral bits of negative patterns that may clutter our minds. So until we do the necessary phenomenology and get clear on how the whole thing works, we can't look at how to dominate it. Do you know the so-called invasive plant called knotweed? It has an incredibly strong root system that develops horizontally at impressive speed. If you have it in your garden, it will get behind the house, pierce through its foundations and plumbing, and completely dislocate the house from underneath. Cutting the growth and even unrooting the individual plant will give you the impression that you have dominated it, and eradicated it, but that would only be wishful thinking. The roots are near to impossible to get in their manifold ramifications. Even the smallest bit of plant will quickly root itself again and immediately regrow. It will send out a powerful root system and new shoots will pierce through your kitchen floor and rise up at a speed of 10-12 centimeters per day. So, we need to understand the root system first, before we can dominate anything.xzardozx wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 12:25 am How do we clear a path for God's Kingdom/Christ Consciousness?
I can only say how I do it.
1. Relentlessly honest self-examination. I shine a spotlight on my consciousness in the present moment. I take note of everything that passes through my mind and just let go of all negative thought patterns. Saint Germain spoke of establishing "dominion" rather than "control" over one's thoughts and feelings. Thoughts don't have any significance in themselves unless one decides to provide it by focusing their attention on that thought - momentarily undesirable thoughts and feelings are not a failure. You just let them go. That's dominion. As an Eternal Spirit, one wouldn't want to actually control all of one's thoughts and feelings since it would be boring, I was told. Establishing that dominion is equivalent to mastering one's ego.
Yes, agreed. The question is, how objective and effective can we get when looking within, if number 1. is not fully clarified. Because Feeling and Thinking are always interplaying. We can hardly get feelings straight if Thinking is not properly attended to.
Good, but quite generic, in this formulation. But yes, the nature of reality has to be clarified first.xzardozx wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 12:25 am 3. Saint Germain said that the Spirit is looking "not so much for seekers as finders". In that Spirit, I have been investigating the nature of reality my entire life. I try not to take anything for granted, not to close my mind to any possibility. I actually find it glorious to change my mind whereas most people seem to find it shameful/embarrassing. "unless ye be as little children.."
Yes, we naturally develop self-defense mechanisms. But compassion does exist on the worldly plane too, and it's our job to expand on it.xzardozx wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 12:25 am 4. In my early 20s, I read something Alice Miller (a writer of non-fiction about child abuse) wrote that stuck with me throughout my life. She said that, in her quest for truth, she had always believed she would meet the people who had traveled her path before since she was simply guided by truth. Late in life, she was forced to realize that she was all alone out on her limb and there was no one waiting for her. So I knew there would be no wise mommy and daddy waiting for me either (on this worldly plane and I knew of no other, at that time) and she saved me 30 years finding that out. As Gandhi said, a truth held by just one man is still the truth.
5. There's a lot more...