01-29-2012, 02:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-29-2012, 02:45 PM by abstrktion.)
Interesting list!
About the comments...much the same could be said for people excusing their weaknesses and inability to face life's challenges as symptoms of being a Wanderer... (wait--read the rest before you get upset!). I think Zenmaster does have a point that sometimes we choose a philosophy rather than an honest appraisal of what we are. To me, the proof is in the pudding, so to speak. Any belief about ourselves that will enable us to live better and more fully, with greater joy and in greater service to others, has merit (depending on the polarity you've chosen...although I doubt those on the service to self path would be hanging out on this site...
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However, I think each person has a "knowing" within of what these symptoms (ascension or otherwise) mean for him or herself--I've experienced some of the list (particularly about sleep and energy) that ring true as being significantly different from my way of being in the world before about a year ago. It was kind of the person to offer the list to us (thank you for the catalyst!); we now have the opportunity to weigh it against our own lives--and it is probably best to respect others enough to allow them to do the same, and then believe them when they offer their interpretation of their experiences (provided they aren't a danger to themselves or others!)
RA says that the goal of 3D (Book IV) is to clearly make The Choice, and live in the illusion of life in such a way that grants ourselves and others light and love--and the freedom to express their own Choice and being.
About the comments...much the same could be said for people excusing their weaknesses and inability to face life's challenges as symptoms of being a Wanderer... (wait--read the rest before you get upset!). I think Zenmaster does have a point that sometimes we choose a philosophy rather than an honest appraisal of what we are. To me, the proof is in the pudding, so to speak. Any belief about ourselves that will enable us to live better and more fully, with greater joy and in greater service to others, has merit (depending on the polarity you've chosen...although I doubt those on the service to self path would be hanging out on this site...
) However, I think each person has a "knowing" within of what these symptoms (ascension or otherwise) mean for him or herself--I've experienced some of the list (particularly about sleep and energy) that ring true as being significantly different from my way of being in the world before about a year ago. It was kind of the person to offer the list to us (thank you for the catalyst!); we now have the opportunity to weigh it against our own lives--and it is probably best to respect others enough to allow them to do the same, and then believe them when they offer their interpretation of their experiences (provided they aren't a danger to themselves or others!)
RA says that the goal of 3D (Book IV) is to clearly make The Choice, and live in the illusion of life in such a way that grants ourselves and others light and love--and the freedom to express their own Choice and being.