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Perhaps I should now that Tao is before I respond, but anyhow: Sri Upanishad (very short) https://vedabase.io/en/library/iso/ Isha Upanishad (equally short 😁) https://shlokam.org/text/isha-upanishad-7ES7.htm Sermon on the mount: “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” -Matthew 6:25–34 The Gita (all of it, but a few favs): «For one who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, I am never lost, nor is he ever lost to Me.» «Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear.» Asscosation with great sages and bums (with a special shoutout to the Oracle popularly known as @Nungali) The heart sutra https://oshoworld.com/the-heart-sutra-by-osho-01-10 https://www.osho.com/osho-online-library/osho-talks/intelligence-awakening-intellect-e42f5cb9-2f2?p=097a03a2a79d3003f15ebfbd123f987f https://www.amazon.com/Alchemist-Spiritual-Self-Discovery-Novel_Get-Captivating/dp/0062315005 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GLT43ZF8 (By @dwai) Voluspa 61. In wondrous beauty | once again Shall the golden tables | stand mid the grass, Which the gods had owned | in the days of old, 62. Then fields unsowed | bear ripened fruit, All ills grow better, | and Baldr comes back; Baldr and Hoth dwell | in Hropt's battle-hall, And the mighty gods: | would you know yet more? 63. Then Hönir wins | the prophetic wand, And the sons of the brothers | of Tveggi abide In Vindheim now: | would you know yet more? 64. More fair than the sun, | a hall I see, Roofed with gold, | on Gimle it stands; There shall the righteous | rulers dwell, And happiness ever | there shall they have. 65. There comes on high, | all power to hold, A mighty lord, | all lands he rules. 66. From below the dragon | dark comes forth, Nithhogg flying | from Nithafjoll; The bodies of men on | his wings he bears, The serpent bright: | but now must I sink. Havamal 136. Strong is the beam | that raised must be To give an entrance to all; Give it a ring, | or grim will be The wish it would work on thee. 137. I rede thee, Loddfafnir! | and hear thou my rede,-- Profit thou hast if thou hearest, Great thy gain if thou learnest: When ale thou drinkest) | seek might of earth, (For earth cures drink, | and fire cures ills, The oak cures tightness, | the ear cures magic, Rye cures rupture, | the moon cures rage, Grass cures the scab, | and runes the sword-cut;) The field absorbs the flood. 138. I ween that I hung | on the windy tree, Hung there for nights full nine; With the spear I was wounded, | and offered I was To Othin, myself to myself, On the tree that none | may ever know What root beneath it runs. 139. None made me happy | with loaf or horn, And there below I looked; I took up the runes, | shrieking I took them, And forthwith back I fell. 140. Nine mighty songs | I got from the son Of Bolthorn, Bestla's father; And a drink I got | of the goodly mead Poured out from Othrörir. 141. Then began I to thrive, | and wisdom to get, I grew and well I was; Each word led me on | to another word, Each deed to another deed. 142. Runes shalt thou find, | and fateful signs, That the king of singers colored, And the mighty gods have made; Full strong the signs, | full mighty the signs That the ruler of gods doth write. 143. Othin for the gods, | Dain for the elves, And Dvalin for the dwarfs, Alsvith for giants | and all mankind, And some myself I wrote. 144. Knowest how one shall write, | knowest how one shall rede? Knowest how one shall tint, | knowest how one makes trial? Knowest how one shall ask, | knowest how one shall offer? Knowest how one shall send, | knowest how one shall sacrifice? 145. Better no prayer | than too big an offering, By thy getting measure thy gift; Better is none | than too big a sacrifice, . . . . . . . . . . So Thund of old wrote | ere man's race began, Where he rose on high | when home he came And also…. Music.

How do you distinguish between the two of them, and act accordingly?

Synchronicity happening. Recently I have developed a wish to study and work with chakras. In fact, an aquitance sent me an audio file (frequency) just a few days ago that is supposed to work on the root chakra. I hope this is something we can explore together

Beautifully written, @stirling. It made me think about the garden of Eden and the subsequent fall. Until man ate from the fruit of knowledge of good and evil, we excisted in a state of harmony and oneness. But with knowledge came the fall. The fall from oneness to seperation, from unity to shame. Best wishes.

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According to Alan Watts. One is that of seing it as seperate and hostile to us, the other as seing it as our home, a whole of where we are a part, and fundementally good. What mindset you choose, will again have an influence on how you experience life and life experience you. I am paraphrasing big time, but yeah, I’d like to hear your take on this? I belive the there is something to it. If you view yourself a natural part of a loving universe, and act according to its will and manage to see God even in darkness, then I belive the universe responds accordingly to you.

Going insane cause it is part of the game

Definitely not to much to ask, and I have given it five stars, but for some reason I am not qaulitified by Amazon to leave a written review.

@dwai I have now finished it. It was a very interresting experience that managed bypass my "logic mind" and a very good read, with a great ending and moral. It also fills me with a sense of wonder. If youd like to tell about your inspirations and such, id love to hear.

A lot of people here on daobums, myself included, do spiritual practises. But I have to ask... what are you practicing for? Ill answer for my self first, as is polite. Well, I dont really practise, but I am supposed to. By that I mean, I have been told/adviced to do certain practises by quite a lot of people. Some of them, truth be told, strike me as truly illuminated beings. I also has experimental evidence that the process does indeed work (for me). However, I am also very "obsternasig," in lack of a good sounding english word. So I let google translate that very funny sounding word, and it chose "cheesy nosed." So I dont really practise regulary. Hope that make sense. (the main practise of my cult is chanting the mahamantra) (also obstinate is the correct translation it seems, but ill let cheesy nose stay)

Stranger things so.. right now, I got a pop up on my phone, of a pic I had saved in my library 17 years ago, at an age of 12. And yeah, when I slept at temple for some days last year, I dreamt I was being fed by a heavenly cow. Mysterious world we live in, but God has spoken: my destiny is to be a heavenly cow. (the cow potraited is the cosmic cow Audhumbla from north myth. Name meaning abundant wealth). @Nungali, I humbly request you to transmute me from coach potato to heavenly cow. 🐮 And don’t dear you oppress me!

I don’t buy it either. Like, I do not like rape, therefore I am a rapist? Is that the logic here? I can understand the saying in a way where there might be a lesson in it (for god sake, I am not saying anyone deserves it or anything remotely similar, but let’s give one example: a person was raped, managed to heal and can know be a support for countless others because of that), or in the «all is one» sense, because if all is one then what you don’t like about others is indeed… things you don’t like about yourself. But no, I do not buy it either.

You know, I think artists who write lyrics like this, and people who think and feel like this, are more often then not viewed.. just as an angel.

Once again I have returned to the prophet, and once again I am blown away. I think you all can relate to rereading something that you loved before, and when you return to it again later, you find even more depth and beauty in it. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1998/1998-h/1998-h.htm#link2H_4_0013 Id also like to tag @Nungali in post, in hope that he will find beauty in the qouted chapter, for Nungali is my Zartathustra.

Feels relevant:

«If you see the Buddha, kill the Buddha»

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Trancendental hip hop The answer is not 42. The answer is music. And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

At times, the lines between me and the environment, the internal and the external, starts blurring for me. Sometimes it’s a wonderful, magic experience. Other times confusing. And at times the possibility of excistence being a giant echo chamber, me talking to my self, saddens me. Playing alone is no fun.