Journal Discourse Part 55

August 13th

The coolest part is when you tap in to your power. When you do, you can literally use anything as an instrument to transfer that power to someone else in order to show them their power for themselves.
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Sept 29th 2021

My greatest loves have always been my greatest teachers.

I’m learning what I am drawn to, what is most beneficial for me or for another in a relationship.

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I could make a new Bible tonight and it would be no different than the interpretations of man because I could make it based off of my own interpretations of life.

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Eckhart Tolle Lecture Notes

Buddha talk in the negation so no one could transform what he said into a mental idol out of it.
People take the positive term and begin to believe in it.
Jesus said “the kingdom does not come with signs to be perceived”
Then people say, "Oh here it is or we can show it is coming."
It can never be an object of consciousness.
Consciousness is the eternal subject so you cannot translate it into an object of perception.
Buddha smiling represents the transcendant dimension often called the kingdom of heaven.
The Chinese daoist buddhists look like they are laughing and are fat.

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May 26th

Can you imagine the Creator of the Universe telling us to always forgive our brothers, no matter how many times they wrongs us, but then the Creator also refusing to forgive his children for believing in him “wrongly” after they are pronounced dead?

That theology makes a mockery of God’s love and forgiveness and makes it seem like God asks us to do something that he won’t even do himself.

Let’s move past theology that doesn’t make sense.

Jesus exemplified the law of reciprocity in his teachings. He said love your neighbor as yourself and do unto others as you would have done unto yourself.

That theology makes a lot more sense.
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May 27th

A big reason why a lot of people are afraid of the ouija board and in general is because they don’t trust themselves…

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May 29th

What is fear?

It is identification with the ego.

It is identification with the body.

It is the resistance to the impermanent expression of life in that present moment.

It is wanting things to be different.

It is wanting things to be our way rather than how they currently are.

It is when a person, situation, entity, thing, or psychological belief makes us feel powerless or out of control.

It is identification with gross matter rather than spiritual dimensionless.

Shift one’s consciousness from gross matter to spiritual dimensionless, and the concept of fear dissolves away.

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If you truly want to be like Jesus, then you must learn how to transcend the boundaries of religion. The way to do that is by embodying the boundless state of the I Am. It is learning your inherent, unending identification with eternal life.

If you realize you are one with eternal life, then any boundary one comes across inside or outside of religion, has no ability to imprison us in a bound mindset. The question to ask is what are you identified with?

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Think about why we do what we do.


If you work to make money, you will embody the rat race mentality which induces unnecessary suffering.

If you work to enjoy life, you will embody the enjoyment you are in.

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May 30th

Things I didn’t know as a Protestant Christian:

The Bible and other Jewish books mention reincarnation multiple times in multiple books.

Reincarnation is a belief that all major religions have, including Judaism and Christianity.

The idea is not stressed as dogma in Judaism because Jews are less dogmatic about the afterlife and more open minded.

Jesus mentioned that John the Baptist was Elijah who is to come (Matthew 11:14).

Other Jews thought Jesus was Elijah and were confused (they obviously believed in reincarnation if they were assuming that).

And there are more examples, but if you grew up in fundamental Christianity, there’s a good chance that you never heard this or the verses on reincarnation. These verses most likely were never spoken about because it didn’t support that denomination’s doctrinal beliefs on the afterlife that ironically mirror pagan religions more than they do with the Jewish religion on the afterlife.
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I thought I followed God, but I really just followed the concepts of who I thought God was.

Even the word “God” comes with its own history of carnal images from every predisposed religion.

When I attached God to concepts, I imprisoned myself through them which accomplished nothing besides erecting walls between me and the limitless I Am.

When I dropped all concepts, I became free from my own cage.

Be okay with not trying to conceptualize or define God. Just be. Just breathe. Everything is going to be okay.

You’re not going to burn forever in hell for believing God wrongly.

Also book of the week is the Math Book. 📕

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At a macrocosmic level (God-level)

There’s a difference between believing and knowing.
A belief is in the realm of thoughts, concepts, ideas and images.
Knowing is in the realm beyond the caricatures of the mind.

At a microcosmic level (Human-level)
A belief is assuming 2 + 2 equals fish. You believe it regardless of any evidence because to you, your belief equates to ultimate reality.
Knowing is 2 + 2 = 4. You have empirical evidence to prove something as the reality that everyone has agreed upon universally.

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June 1st

When are we going to stop fighting over concepts, beliefs, and ideas in the head? When are we going to stop shaming and blaming one another so that we can move on from the past and start anew together in this present moment?

It is vital that we learn from the shitty mistakes from the past, but to hold their mistakes against them for the rest of their lives is only imprisoning the person who is stuck in the past, whether that be the victim or the perpetrator.

The people who learn from the past, act in the present, and plan for the future are the world changers. It doesn’t matter if you were a certain party in the past, if you voted a certain way in the past, if you did certain actions that were reprimanded in the past. All we have is right now. The labels we slap on ourselves are temporary. What matters most is that we come together and act presently in the best way possibly so that we don’t repeat the past mistakes, and so that we can fortify our future with better outcomes.

It doesn’t mean inside of this whirlwind of duality that we will always have things go perfectly as planned. Does not the universe rest on a bed or probabilities? To be equanimous and to practice juggling rational improvements from the past with realistic action in the present, we will make amazing advances for our world. May we be the change the earth has been praying for.

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June 2nd

In the marvel universe, they may battle more with their bodies, but in our universe, we battle with our minds.

We label others as enemies based on their beliefs and label others as loyalists using a similar stick of measurement.


We kill or preserve based on if someone agrees with us or not. 

How foolish yet how telling is this of our current state of consciousness.

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I read the book 'What the Buddha Taught' and I find it interesting that the author notes Buddhas position on life as “realistic” that everything: birth, life, death, eating, drinking, wedding, having kids, working, even meditating is all suffering.

It’s like if you were to have two guys in a room, and one guy says, “the glass is half empty. I’m just being realistic.” And then you were to have another guy come in and say, “the glass is half full. I’m just being realistic.” Well of course they both think they are the most realistic. If you choose a position or a doctrine that you prefer over others, that one will be most realistic to you because you chose it.

But then what happens when a guy comes in and says, “I believe the glass is both half empty and both half full because half of it contains water and the other half is occupying air.” It seems the neutral position that considers both the air and the water to now be most realistic. It takes in account that both positions are true to the eye of the beholder; that our beliefs really do shape our personal reality. And even our own beliefs and doctrines of life can be a source of suffering for us if we attach to them.

So when Buddha comes along and says “everything is suffering” or “the glass is half empty”, I don’t see that as realistic. I see it as a way he perceived life. Then when Jesus came along and said “I am the life” or “the glass is half full”, I also see that as another valid way he perceived life.

I don’t think it’s the best to create a whole doctrine around negatively charged words because most people need to first remove the emotional distress from words before they can receive the benefit of the teaching. I think that’s why Jesus used mainly positively charged words that gave the people hope and faith because it induced optimism into their hearts for a better future. Though it has its potential setbacks, such as people having the predisposed intention to attach their happiness to positively charged doctrines, it at least does not make someone believe that all of life as suffering.

I think the most neutral position that one might find from these enlightened masters is that there is both good and bad in the world, suffering from attachments and peace from non-attachment, aversion and connection. It does better to notice both sides of the coin as well as to know one is beyond the sides of the coin and the coin itself.

I personally do not see all of life as suffering because, how could it? If I currently experience heaven on earth and I have no where I need to go, no one I need to be, nothing I need to do… If I’m perfectly content with where I am at, why would I need to share a doctrine on the discontents of life? Won’t suffering naturally subside as one becomes more liberated each day?

One can dissolve suffering in multiple ways but one doesn’t have to paint it as the meaning or the result for our existence on earth. Again, focusing on how all of life is suffering, comes off as a pretty bleak belief to me. I’m not saying Buddha was, but focusing on the idea of suffering is like focusing on the glass is half empty to myself. Yes you can do that, but why not hold a more neutral stance on the many stages of life? Why not hold a more neutral stance on experiencing All That Is?
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