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In the past, the attempt was: "Given the person I am, what can I get?" This is unproductive.A better question: "What kind of person am I and can I be? What is my true nature?"Maybe a rejection of the relationships of the past is necessary. I own no allegiance to the dependencies of the person I used to be, the fractional person. Maybe something new will develop - if not with those people, then with someone(s) new.
Whatever I see, all the world around, is an affirmation of myself - it would not be here if I were not here. This affirmation is a doorway to consciousness of consciousness. Does the world need to exist, for me to also exist? No. When the world disappears, the Self remains. So I quit worrying about the world and investigate that.
11 Strategies for Waking Up and Other Notes from the Self Inquiry Group Oct 2009 "Enlightenment and Grace: Removing Resistance to Destiny" Spiritual Intensive Oct 9th-Oct 11th 2009 in Durant Nature Park - Raleigh, North Carolina Bart Marshall - Removing Resistance to Self-Realization 3 Habits: Self Inquiry, Prayer, and Betweenness Self Inquiry Read More »
11 Strategies for Waking Up and Other Notes from the Self Inquiry Group Oct 2009 "Enlightenment and Grace: Removing Resistance to Destiny" Spiritual Intensive
Oct 9th-Oct 11th 2009 in Durant Nature Park - Raleigh, North Carolina
Bart Marshall - Removing Resistance to Self-Realization
3 Habits: Self Inquiry, Prayer, and Betweenness
Self Inquiry
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"Go within" is a directive we hear ad infinitum, and so is "look inside". But what does it take in our development (if development is a valid term) to get to a place where we can actively do so? Read More »
Looking back at a recent retreat 7/27/2009 TAT Men's Retreat Sunday June 7th - Friday June 12th The retreat in June was very helpful in getting into a productive state of mind and for increasing my interest in the spiritual search. My goals for going into the retreat were threefold: -More inspiration to move in the direction I need to move in. -Finding out what that direction is. -I want to get and give valuable feedback, be a mirror. Before the retreat ... Read More »
Looking back at a recent retreat
7/27/2009
TAT Men's Retreat
Sunday June 7th - Friday June 12th
The retreat in June was very helpful in getting into a productive state of mind and for increasing my interest in the spiritual search. My goals for going into the retreat were threefold:
-More inspiration to move in the direction I need to move in.
-Finding out what that direction is.
-I want to get and give valuable feedback, be a mirror.
Before the retreat ...
First of all, let me admit that the description of the youthful seeker in my previous blog is autobiographical. The youthful seeker has turned into an “old-timer” still fighting the good fight. Now I would like to add some personal insights, which reveal how I stayed in this quandary for so long. Read More »
Tsong-Kha-Pa and Sogyal Rinpoche Read More »
Tsong-Kha-Pa and Sogyal Rinpoche
"...a massive awareness-identity problem solved with finality." Read More »
"...a massive awareness-identity problem solved with finality."
"I know that the intellect isn't infallible, nor is it something that places a person on a superior rung." Read More »
"I know that the intellect isn't infallible, nor is it something that places a person on a superior rung."
"paul is observed, so in what way is he connected to the Viewer or the Observer?" Read More »
"paul is observed, so in what way is he connected to the Viewer or the Observer?"
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