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You are a wise man LH, and thankyou for your posts. They give much food for thought.
I have found the greatest value of this site for me to be the alternatives paths which others have found and have talked about. I have read Tolle's book also on recommendation from Emma. This has taken me down a whole new path of discovery. The discussions of ego-less state by David Graham on his mate series of posts was the first exposure I had to this idea. Losing the hope that scientology provided for me when I realised it was not the path I was looking for was a real blow. But discovering such a wealth of knowledge outside scn has rekindled my own personal quest and search that I was on before I contacted scio. Now I think it is possible again to myself succeed in this search.
Thankyou PAB! That was just what I needed to watch this morning. To me he embodies serenity, that elusive state we sought through Scn.
It might be a good idea to post these videos in the video section as well for quick reference.
"Being in the Now wouldn't have helped in either of those situations" because you believe it wouldn't! This is meant with tenderness, I do understand, but it isn't that simple, because you believe it is complicated.
If the tech helps you, then great! But do look to see if the tech could be contributing in any way to your idea that the level of charge and misemotion was too great.
What happened to get you out of those two "case states"?
If you like the idea of balance between two opposites, you could try holistic releasing described briefly below.
When one is really "in" heavy emotion it is natural to want to change it or get rid of it. What works really well is just letting it be, just accepting and welcoming the emotion.
Holistic releasing works like this: Allow the emotion, welcome it and try not to resist it. Ask yourself what the opposite emotion would be and then see if you can allow the opposite emotion to be there just as much or as little as it is. Then see if you can allow the first emotion to be as strong as it is, then allow the opposite to be as strong as it is right now. Backwards and forwards and you may find the opposite emotions discharge against each other and you will feel released.
If you want to use the tech, is there any part of it you can use in those situations that you find works?
Finished PON about a week ago and immersed in New Earth.
Ekhart is awakening me in deeper and more profound ways than 9 years of Scn ever did. Also watching his courses on Oprah's site. Great stuff. Truly, truly great stuff.
Snuffy: Cool on reading and enjoying PON!
Start on A New Earth, next!
And we've been using Holosync for a few months now...working so well, that we've taken a break for past month or so....we're mid-Awakening Level 1.
Great stuff tho, isn't it?
I read, "Practicing the Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle. It was alright. I've read a lot of books on Buddhism and it was pretty consistant with that.
My suggestions of "existentalist" heavy hitter books:
1. Zen Mind Beginners Mind - Shunryu Suzuki (the best book on zen ever)
2. How to See Your Self as You Really Are - Dalai Lama (the real thing)
3. Meister Eckhart - From Whom God Hid Nothing (what we should have been taught in Catholic school)
4. Jesus and the Lost Goddess - Timothy Freke, Peter Gandy (the gnostic mysteries revealed - finding the Christ in you)
5. The Road - Cormac MacCarthy (existential angst on steriods)
I read, "Practicing the Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle. It was alright. I've read a lot of books on Buddhism and it was pretty consistant with that.
My suggestions of "existentalist" heavy hitter books:
1. Zen Mind Beginners Mind - Shunryu Suzuki (the best book on zen ever)
2. How to See Your Self as You Really Are - Dalai Lama (the real thing)
3. Meister Eckhart - From Whom God Hid Nothing (what we should have been taught in Catholic school)
4. Jesus and the Lost Goddess - Timothy Freke, Peter Gandy (the gnostic mysteries revealed - finding the Christ in you)
5. The Road - Cormac MacCarthy (existential angst on steriods)