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how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - Plenum - 08-09-2013 Icaro brought up this point in another thread: (08-08-2013, 11:21 AM)Icaro Wrote: Forgetting the concepts of evil and terrible acts, in the above a negative person is described as someone who feels others need their guidance and wisdom. The majority of so-called positive spiritual types and your non-spiritual adepts fall into this category. Enlightened people absolutely love to correct others and wake them up in an attempt create order. So simply put, someone who takes catalyst and attempts to control it or guide it is self-serving. and this is what Ra offers in response to one of Don's questions: Quote:17.2 Questioner: Is it possible to help an entity to reach fourth-density level in these last days? this is being the 'example of unity' so that others see what such a light and such a love is. Such a presence is inspiring in itself. and the passage (with some interim material) ends with: Quote:"We cannot offer shortcuts to enlightenment. Enlightenment is of the moment, is an opening to intelligent infinity. It can only be accomplished by the self, for the self. so what do we do here on the forums? we share information, we share inspiration, we share a love of the mystery. but what we can't do is learn for someone else, to absolve the karma that is theirs. namaste RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - Unbound - 08-09-2013 I don't think those that constantly seek to correct others can be considered "enlightened". I have always understood enlightenment to include a deep awareness and compassion for the place others are at. The Buddha would frequently adjust or make up or remove rules in order to best accomodate the learning styles and needs of each of his disciples, just as an example. Edit: Amusingly I have expressed an apparent correction aha RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - reeay - 08-09-2013 'No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness. If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.' Kahlil Gibran http://www.katsandogz.com/onteaching.html RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - BrownEye - 08-09-2013 (08-09-2013, 04:26 PM)rie Wrote: 'but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.And how does one lead another to this threshold? RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - reeay - 08-09-2013 (08-09-2013, 09:44 PM)BrownEye Wrote:(08-09-2013, 04:26 PM)rie Wrote: 'but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.And how does one lead another to this threshold? Student asks question, teacher responds with a question or a story (or like a buddhist Kōan). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kōan e.g., Student asks a question, teacher tells funny tale about unseemingly unconnected matter then wishes student good luck on finding answer. Student grumbles teacher did not answer question directly. Student reflects on conversation then finds his/her own answer thru the conversation. RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - GentleReckoning - 08-09-2013 I actually had a conversation about this exact subject with a Buddhist monk here in town over lunch. It came up as I realized that I experienced phenomenally rapid spiritual growth in Thailand, and then essentially lost all experiential progress (nothing is lost) coming back to the U.S. and fitting myself back into my social network. The reason for this is that Thailand is easily one of the most culturally accepting (and nice!) countries on the planet. This allowed me maximal freewill expression and acceptance in almost all aspects of my life. I come home, and my family tries using love to enslave me back to their dogmatic Christianity, and I revert back to a state that is similarly distorted to where I was before I left. The monk mentioned that our spiritual development is directly related to the relationships that we have in our life. If all of the mirrors around you only show you negative aspects of yourself, you won't want to show your 'self' to the mirrors around you. So, the best way to allow others to progress is simply to allow them to express themselves around you in any way they desire and (almost always) honestly react to what they express. Freewill, honesty, and loving acceptance is imo the best way to allow maximal spiritual growth of others. RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - Jeremy - 08-10-2013 This doesn't necessarily mean that one can not guide another no? I mean this would negate the need for any teachers or guides wouldn't it? Also this must be limited to adults because such a mentality is not valid when one has a child. RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - GentleReckoning - 08-10-2013 Simply offer advice where it is requested. If someone expresses frustration with part of their life, give them your viewpoint. If you feel like they are open to a concept, share yourself passionately. RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - Rake - 08-10-2013 It is my perception that we are always helping others simply by being our highest and most true self. By raising our vibrations we are like an antenna bring in 'higher' vibrations that will no doubt positively effect everyone no matter what path they walk. RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - Diana - 08-10-2013 In my opinion, you help others, and all of existence, by continually evolving and being the very best that you can be. If you are worrying about where someone else is at, you aren't focused on your part in it. For instance, you are talking to a family member and what they are saying is causing you to trigger (you want to tell them how it "really" is; their lack of honesty is appalling; you want to help them out of their prison of dogma; whatever it is that makes you want to tell them something that can change them). Instead, stay focused on you, and what opportunities are in this situation for you. Perhaps it is an opportunity to learn tolerance. Or an opportunity to communicate from the heart. Just stay focused on you and your own path, and the love will naturally flow from your heart to the other. Let me add that this is not easy to do, but it is so very worth the effort and vigilance. You'll just know, when you can train yourself to do this, that it is effective for evolution. The hardest part of it is to rise above the suffering caused by ignorance. But once again, you occupy your mind by focusing on yourself instead of succumbing to the sadness, and in this way create the future of peace and love everyone wants. It takes a lot of discipline and courage. But the intrepid explorers at the cutting edge of progress must always have those qualities. I don't mean to suggest that I am so evolved. I struggle constantly with this, but I keep going back to point: me. RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - AnthroHeart - 08-10-2013 My path is difficult enough in the spiritual sense. Physically, not so much. That I'd have trouble seeing clearly enough to help someone on their path. But I say just don't worry about it. I do what I feel is right, when I need to do it. And that's all that matters. That's all I can do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZAkOSpVumw RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - Adonai One - 08-10-2013 Even the dead shall rise. RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - michael430 - 08-10-2013 [deleted] RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - zenmaster - 08-10-2013 So why were the people of Maldek so inspired by their collective view of unity to blow up their planet? Yep views of unity are great things to share. This required intervention so that they could progress again eventually. Is that intervention a form of correction? RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - Unbound - 08-10-2013 Maybe they thought it would be a shortcut to harvest? Aha RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - Spaced - 08-10-2013 My response to the question in the OP is that you can't. You can work on your spiritual path and that may inspire others but ultimately it is them that does the work on their own path. RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - michael430 - 08-10-2013 [deleted] RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - reeay - 08-10-2013 I did something like a 'compassionate subjugation' or variations of intervention when there was imminent danger around me couple of times. Was that a violation of free will? RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - zenmaster - 08-10-2013 (08-10-2013, 07:26 PM)rie Wrote: I did something like a 'compassionate subjugation' or variations of intervention when there was imminent danger around me couple of times. Was that a violation of free will?I'd say seek to "find love within truth". If there's any degree of dilemma with a certain act, then that's catalyst otherwise this truth should be immediately apparent. Not finding love within truth denies the law of responsibility and ultimately will create discord within self, otherself or society. RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - Adonai One - 08-10-2013 (08-10-2013, 05:05 PM)michael430 Wrote:(08-10-2013, 01:26 PM)Adonai One Wrote: Even the dead shall rise. All life will reach unity with the infinite regardless. All choices and lack of choice evolves an entity. It is the very nature of this realm. RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - zenmaster - 08-10-2013 Within infinity, "grace" allows as long as we want or need. So this experience is "on loan". And there are always consequences to loan defaults. What are the consequences to denial of choice, lack of empowering one's progress? RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - Adonai One - 08-10-2013 We experience for ourselves. We owe ourselves nothing. There is no collateral. Statements of the contrary are illusions and products of human religion. RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - Unbound - 08-11-2013 Well that is strangely dogmatic... RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - michael430 - 08-11-2013 [deleted] RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - BlatzAdict - 08-11-2013 i'm seeing the topic in this thread get derailed or maybe that is just my own distortion. I'm going through this process of teaching learning and learning teaching now. I have this new student and he keeps asking me these questions constantly a lot of times these are questions which are better answered when asked in a logical sequence. I find that so much of the time there are things that I intrinsically feel, have the hardest time explaining, and know that some of the things he asks me are things I cannot teach him. My automatic response is overwhelmingly to stop teaching together. I'm trying to figure out why I'm reacting that way, sometimes I will do things and not know the reason why I do them. Like they are automatically things that my higher self decides okay do this without question. Since I have freewill I can question it but I generally don't understand very well why it is i am withholding information in the first place. my style has been as a result fluctuating and rising with difficulty, much like that master who kept changing his mind that someone mentioned earlier. I'd agree in that there are some things you just cannot teach people I'm also writing here to also ask for advice. Because as I understand it the way i'm going about teaching is backwards? so let me give some context: This guy in the Law of One study group in facebook, it's like he's never read LOO, at least front to back. and i think we've established that he's got add or adhd. After careful review I've found it necessary to give specific activities, which may of come off as being pushy, controlling or service to self. But in the moment of intelligent infinity I kept seeing a disconnect in his very thought line of reasoning. and I could not help but know that the waves in his brain are not or rather his choices in his quality of thoughts is affecting this and making this come to be. so i suggested or rather i directed, some solfeggio, and the first lesson which was to stare at a dot on the wall for at least 45 seconds without looking away. i wondered if that was wise after reading this thread. I wonder if I won't be able to teach due to impatience i want to copy the conversation on to here but i feel it would just make this message unnecessarily long RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - michael430 - 08-11-2013 (08-11-2013, 11:35 AM)BlatzAdict Wrote: i'm seeing the topic in this thread get derailed or maybe that is just my own distortion. Never stop teaching! What's the purpose of life except to learn/teach and teach/learn? Surely Ra says that a time or five. I'm sorry I don't have a better answer for you except that I know in my heart due to my experience that if we don't teach and learn from each other there's nothing. Some folks on this forum have a way of puffing up and expressing things that they "know" to be true through magic, channeling, aliens, etc, and I've found that leads to extreme arrogance. If I participated in the derailment of this topic in that way - I'm sorry folks! RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - GentleReckoning - 08-11-2013 You're doing good blatz. Remember that he is teaching you how to teach, just as you are trying to teach him how to learn. RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - BlatzAdict - 08-11-2013 Conversation started Wednesday 3:12pm Curtis O'Brien Existence seems like a theatre with few acts remaining. If I had a choice to learn how to speak without words I would take it. 3:18pm Curtis O'Brien . 5:08pm Curtis O'Brien Just ignore me for a while lol. I have my own distortion to work through Friday 11:17am Felix Boen http://traffic.libsyn.com/thesonsofthelawofone/Episode_Eighty_Four_-_The_Law_of_One_Study_Guide.mp3 11:36am Felix Boen i just sent you energy let me know how it goes 11:39am Curtis O'Brien I had a dream where I was trying to make a bridge to a denser part of the earth I'm watching it now 11:48am Curtis O'Brien I never knew how important it is to recognize you ego.... I want to support others with unconditional love 11:54am Curtis O'Brien Energy is a vibration of light bending to it's own inertia 12:11pm Curtis O'Brien We as a collective are anchoring the frequencies of new consciousness I remember that bravery is the same as fool hardyness 12:37pm Curtis O'Brien The matrix, the siginifier, the potential, the catalyst and the transformation Does each mark a signature of a dimension of thought? How to you 'recharge' your polarity? 3:23pm Curtis O'Brien Malkabuth is the answer to every red ray issue. Do emotions need to be balanced in any order? Joy is first I get that. Anger is then the pseudo-second and factor determining polarity. Energy is first balanced by associating it to a stimulus such as the brain wave. 3:24pm Felix Boen U ask too much 3:43pm Curtis O'Brien I don't know how to ask it? Well the first thing is I choose service to others path I recognized Malkabuuth as the first word that we need to know. 3:44pm Felix Boen malkuth 3:44pm Curtis O'Brien mal-kuth? YOu recharge polarity by releasing anger... Joy is everpresent because I choose not to be resulting anxiety of a fear based structure. Energy is the same as light. Strength of intent is determined by both physical and mental exertion Malkuth is the stimulus of memory need as ever present to balance the red ray to yellow light 3:47pm Felix Boen you're speaking to the choir 3:47pm Curtis O'Brien I see 3:47pm Felix Boen lol 3:47pm Curtis O'Brien Am I being helpful?...lol Let's see when does the energy I am feeling become the default for the planet? 3:48pm Felix Boen not really it's stuff i already know when you make it your default 3:49pm Curtis O'Brien O so we all have our own ..... 3:49pm Felix Boen lol we do it now there is no looking to the future for a utopia 3:49pm Curtis O'Brien hi 3:49pm Felix Boen or looking to the past that utopia is now right now did you 3:50pm Curtis O'Brien yeah It's pretty funny how obvious it is now that I can think about it 3:50pm Felix Boen feel the energy i sent you 3:50pm Curtis O'Brien Honestly I smoke weed... o god lol 3:51pm Felix Boen so u should still be able to 3:51pm Curtis O'Brien I think the energy you sent was used as support so I could balance the Makuth malkuth 3:51pm Felix Boen lol no well maybe that's what it ended up doing but that's not what i sent 3:51pm Curtis O'Brien o what was the intent behind it. I started the lightworker's way too 3:52pm Felix Boen it can make it's own decisions which is cool um i activated all 7 3:52pm Curtis O'Brien light has inertia 3:52pm Felix Boen and condensed them to my green ray 3:52pm Curtis O'Brien cool 3:52pm Felix Boen umm that's not what i sent either 3:52pm Curtis O'Brien Yea I think I had a similar experience, but 3:52pm Felix Boen but i did that 3:52pm Curtis O'Brien okay 3:53pm Felix Boen connected to the core of the earth and the galactic center and channeled light from the center to the core and back up the core through my chakras into my green ray and into a ball of limited sentience a helper and you were sent a portion 3:53pm Curtis O'Brien yea that's malkuth....yep...yeah..plus 2 thoughts 3:53pm Felix Boen helper/blessing malkuth is the red ray 3:54pm Curtis O'Brien this is so awesome lol 3:54pm Felix Boen yes it's part of it but not all 3:54pm Curtis O'Brien awe 3:54pm Felix Boen it's all the chakras 3:54pm Curtis O'Brien is the limit to 3:54pm Felix Boen no my power comes from a balancing only 3:54pm Curtis O'Brien just one? 3:54pm Felix Boen listen to that podcast all powers lead from the one source 3:54pm Curtis O'Brien I did...oooooo 3:55pm Felix Boen the one source is figuring out 3:55pm Curtis O'Brien yeah lol 3:55pm Felix Boen the balance between the emotional physical and mental worlds mind body spirit complex 3:55pm Curtis O'Brien right now? oo sub sub logoi 3:55pm Felix Boen with everything you are doing saying the intent by it the feelings associated with it and the reaction to the feelings 3:56pm Curtis O'Brien sense of law of confusion being the first idea of telepathic thought by...simple necessatity 3:56pm Felix Boen maybe 3:56pm Curtis O'Brien lol 3:56pm Felix Boen if you get sober first i don't know 3:57pm Curtis O'Brien yeah that never happens by weed 3:57pm Felix Boen i get it just fine weed or no weed 3:57pm Curtis O'Brien yeah I reached that point awhile ago ooooo lol 3:58pm Felix Boen umm yea ok i don't believe you lol 3:58pm Curtis O'Brien learn/teach teach.....\ lol It seems 3:58pm Felix Boen okay that podcast talked about ego a lot 3:59pm Curtis O'Brien oooo I feel foolish but braze... 3:59pm Felix Boen do u have add 3:59pm Curtis O'Brien no 3:59pm Felix Boen or adhd are you sure? 3:59pm Curtis O'Brien yes I thought you ment add as in 2+2 3:59pm Felix Boen when was the last time you meditated 4:00pm Curtis O'Brien yesterday. That's seeing through ego right, right to the heart. I have adhd 4:00pm Felix Boen okay now it makes more sense your thinking process is like that of light but not just one ray 4:01pm Curtis O'Brien lol sorry. I still learning 4:01pm Felix Boen but many because you think you can cover it all in one sweep but let me tell you there are worlds within just the one ray 4:01pm Curtis O'Brien o 4:01pm Felix Boen which is why you need to meditate 4:01pm Curtis O'Brien seriously? 4:01pm Felix Boen transcendental meditation where you sit there and think of nothing and for the adept i want you to start by visualizing 4:02pm Curtis O'Brien yeah just for balance or.....what else... 4:02pm Felix Boen draw a dot on the wall no it's for yoru focus draw a dot on the wall and stare at it get a timer and don't look away when you catch your eye wander start over until you can stare at the one dot on the wall for at least 4:03pm Curtis O'Brien lol this is the fun stuff 4:03pm Felix Boen 45 seconds and while you do it listen to this playlist with headphones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHM8-mT6CBo&list=PL63F241A5A9E0BF07&feature=mh_lolz make sure to use headphones this will help your attention deficit disorder but it will take some practice 4:04pm Curtis O'Brien okay I can't do it this second...lol 4:04pm Felix Boen well now you have your first homework assignment 4:04pm Curtis O'Brien lol How do you know all this? 4:04pm Felix Boen when you can stare at the dot for up to 2 minutes without looking away or your eyes wandering then you will be done and i'll give you the next lesson 4:05pm Curtis O'Brien okay do you go to school? 4:05pm Felix Boen 2 minutes is difficult school for what 4:05pm Curtis O'Brien yeah 15 seconds might be hard......college? 4:06pm Felix Boen no thats why i'm only telling you to start and try to get to 45 seconds 4:06pm Curtis O'Brien okay lol 4:06pm Felix Boen and work up to 2 minutes i'm not saying to do this all in one go if you can practice this during this week at least once every 2 days or once every day how do i know this 4:07pm Curtis O'Brien okay that sounds manageable yeah? 4:08pm Felix Boen http://www.youtube.com/user/BlatzAdict/videos 4:08pm Curtis O'Brien You never hide how you feel? 4:08pm Felix Boen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJy_TJoYGS8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9EMW6Yuasg from learning it on my own just do the homework do your homework lol 4:11pm Curtis O'Brien okay lol Is that how you started? This is how galactics school are...I know it? I want to go to one....lol cool 4:12pm Felix Boen umm it is not there for you to go to i am giving it to you to do so do it damnit 4:12pm Curtis O'Brien okay lol I planning to lol lol damnit I will 4:13pm Felix Boen that is part of focusing what you just said will will is important 4:13pm Curtis O'Brien yeah yellow is a foundation ray 4:13pm Felix Boen you know how you ever watch umm 4:14pm Curtis O'Brien ..... 4:14pm Felix Boen karate kid 4:14pm Curtis O'Brien a little lol I remember watching him break the ice 4:14pm Felix Boen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PycZtfns_U no that's a bad one but the staring at the dot thing that is the same thing it's going to teach you skills 4:18pm Curtis O'Brien lol I will 4:18pm Felix Boen so i can teach you skills to build on top of it that is how you stabilize your red, and yellow ray just do it jeesh 4:19pm Curtis O'Brien lol I need to find some headphones 4:21pm Felix Boen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T10ycFr770g this is a better way everything is kung fu then everything is meditation do you understand and when everything is. then you will be aware you will wake up when you can pay attention right now too many things are going through your mind you need to learn to focus it and quiet down the voices because they are running you instead of you being the boss of your own ship i can tell when you ask me all of your questions you never ask me the heart of the question the point of it all which led you to the tangent anyway that should hope help you're ready for step 2 when you can do 2 minutes 4:30pm Curtis O'Brien is the music important? lol I see I'll play ball 4:38pm Curtis O'Brien Do you have fun playing? 4:43pm Curtis O'Brien Lol stupid question 4:53pm Curtis O'Brien Lol that is à better video Saturday 3:32pm Curtis O'Brien I am ready to listen 3:36pm Felix Boen Ur not ready 3:39pm Curtis O'Brien yeah I know... 3:48pm Curtis O'Brien So everything we experience is like a dance as Ra put it. The moment we experience in it's totality is a vessel. The totality of that is called by Ra a mind body spirit complex. I need to learn to manage my thoughts and staring at the dot is the tool 3:57pm Curtis O'Brien I have difficultity expressing graditude.. 4:21pm Curtis O'Brien Are soul contracts real? I'm just putting it in cause why not, if i were in your perspective i'd want to read it lol when i read through this it's like so many scenes in movies and mostly i think of obi wan and luke lol RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - reeay - 08-11-2013 Personal catalyst is a great teacher. RE: how can we help someone on their spiritual path? - Unbound - 08-11-2013 Quote:Another self cannot teach/learn enlightenment, but only teach/learn information, inspiration, or a sharing of love, of mystery, of the unknown that makes the other-self reach out and begin the seeking process that ends in a moment, but who can know when an entity will open the gate to the present? Seems to me you have the right idea, Blatz. One cannot learn/teach for another but we are all capable of teach/learning. |