Month: October 2012

I commit myself to, as this 'observing presence' which I have experienced as 'enlightenment', challenge myself to stand in the shoes of those on Earth who suffer the worst conditions of abuse and neglect, and allow myself to actually care about them, and to let go of the fear of 'being negative' -- because how … Continue reading Day 136: Awareness and the Identification with Thought – Part 6 – Self Commitment Statements

I forgive myself that I have not accepted and allowed myself to ask myself the question of 'as this calm, observing presence, am I assisting and supporting myself to understand / realize how my mind actually works, and thus how the minds of other human beings work? Or am I accepting myself to be nothing … Continue reading Day 135: Awareness and the Identification with Thought – Part 5 – Self Forgiveness Continued

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to believe that if I am a 'calm observing presence' that only speaks in a calm, peaceful, serene tone of voice, and who only experiences myself as this warm, fuzzy, blissful experience, and who does not pay attention to any of the world's problems, that … Continue reading Day 134: Awareness and the Identification with Thought – Part 4 – Self Forgiveness Continued

So this 'Pure, Conscious Awareness' permeating / underlying all things, as a kind of 'non-judgmental' 'god' thing, at first seems to make sense, in terms of it being the 'solution' to freeing one's self from thoughts and Ego, because within Spirituality, 'Ego' is mostly defined / equated to specific types of thoughts like 'I need … Continue reading Day 133: Awareness and the Identification with Thought – Part 3 – Self Forgiveness

So, within Eckhart Tolle's teachings, thoughts are seen as Ego. And this message is presented within the context of the general Spiritual teaching that in essence says that who we really are is 'Pure Conscious Awareness' which permeates all things and exists eternally, and that within this 'thoughts' are like, a 'limited aspect' of Consciousness … Continue reading Day 132: Awareness and the Identification with Thought – Part 2

I watched a video with Eckhart Tolle titled: Are thoughts the Source of Ego?In the video, Tolle describes Ego as being the 'identification with thought'. Within this, the 'identification with thought' is where one derives one's identity / sense of self through thoughts / as thoughts. Tolle describes how thoughts are part of the 'collective … Continue reading Day 131: Awareness and the Identification with Thought – Part 1

Let's talk about Entertainment.Entertainment is a huge industry, and we human beings (those of us with money) spend a lot of our time entertaining ourselves. In fact, it's only when I started walking my Process that I started to see just how much of my time I had previously dedicated to entertainment. Entertainment is not … Continue reading Day 130: Humanity’s Obsession with Entertainment

Here I'm giving a practical example of how to apply Self Forgiveness in the context of one's work / job.The thing I've learned about jobs and skills, is that it's simply a matter of learning verbatim the vocabulary required to be able to speak about the products, concepts, subjects involved in the job, and making … Continue reading Day 129: Self Forgiveness on Job Experiences: Learning to use Computers

What we've failed to consider about policy and voting.Here are some of the Policies that we collectively Vote into Being every day through our Acceptance:The Policy that says it's okay to Profit off the basic needs of other beingsThe Policy that says it's okay to waste resources producing low quality goodsThe Policy that says it's … Continue reading Day 128: What We’ve Failed to Consider about Policy and Voting

So here we have a 'professional daredeveil' - Felix Baumgartner, who has spent his life jumping off high places and out of planes. Recently he became the first human being to reach 'supersonic' speeds in a skydive, as he jumped out of a pod that was lifted by a balloon to a height of 120,000 … Continue reading Day 127: A Supersonic Waste of Time