Understanding Maya

Who sees all beings in his own self, and his own self in all beings, loses all fear. – Isa Upanishad, Hindu Scripture

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Elva Thompson – The above quote from the Buddha is enlightening when viewed from an esoteric viewpoint. We may understand the world is an illusion with our intellect, but mental understanding is a very different state of affairs from listening with the heart.

The Buddha’s words allow an understanding of a simple truth that is contrary to our programming, in fact, to say the world is not real could be called counter-intuitive, but never the less, truth can so easily be misconstrued by our counterfeit ego self. Continue reading

Selfish or Self-Full

maryMary O’Malley – Most of the time growing up, I lived in the same bedroom with an older sister who I experienced as a bully. She let me know through her words and actions that I was a bother, that I was less than her and my needs didn’t matter.

I have healed most of the stories I took on while undergoing that kind of daily heartache and pressure.  One of the core ones was that I was less than everybody else. I now know I’m not less than nor am I better than anybody else. I am simply who I am and that is enough.

Another deep wound I took on during that time was that I was stupid. I had a B+ average in high school but she was salutatorian of her high school class and graduated summa cum laude from college. With those kinds of accomplishments, she let me know over and over again that I was not her equal. And I’m not. I don’t have the academic intelligence she has but I finally realized I carried the kind of intelligence that truly makes a difference in life and that my intelligence is heart savvy. Continue reading

The Difference Between True and False Resonance

resonanceBernhard Guenther – Many people (myself included) talk sometimes about “resonating” with something or not when determining the “truth” of a particular writing, teaching or information. It’s that non-verbal intuitive “knowing”.

However, there can also be “false resonating” (positively or negatively) when it is mistaken for wishful thinking or based on (unconscious) projections or triggers. Sometimes, the false part within us based on conditioning, programming, and wounding resonates with something which we mistake for our true self, resulting in false resonance, or we reject the truth of something because it challenges deep ingrained belief systems we are identified with and hence “don’t resonate with it” because it brings up uncomfortable feelings… which also ties into cognitive dissonance.

“Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore and even deny anything that doesn’t fit in with the core belief.” – Frantz Fanon Continue reading

Your real power

powerJon Rappoport ~ In deciding what you truly want to do in this life, your best answer should arouse a sense of your own power.

Not power over others, which is a counterfeit version, but a power that wells up inside you.

Which is a good and marvelous thing.

—Of course, we know that propagandists and their minions have been busy trying to defame individual power, but their mission is a dead mechanical operation. Leave them in the dust.

There are several roads here. One, you give up the whole idea of having power. That’s a dud from the get-go. It speaks of a profound misunderstanding.

Two, you opt for an impersonal power which is unconnected to the direction in which you truly want to go. That version of life dwindles.

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The Secret Of The 1%

realityJohan Oldenkamp – How is it possible that less then 1% of the human population on this planet is able to dominate the remaining 99%? The main reason for this is that this 1% is very well organized, based on a shared world view.

There is growing group of people who do no longer want to be dominated by this 1%. This is however not a homogeneous group at all, as it is divided into many subgroups. Each of these subgroups is not only promoting its own world view, there is also much rivalry between them. Due to this division, the ruling 1% is able to easily continue their conquest.

What we – the awakened people with pure intentions – need to do is rather straightforward to me. First we need to identify and expose all pseudo gooders, who are in reality only serving their own small-minded egoistic interests. Next, there are also many alternative researchers who actually share a lot of disinformation. Some do this intentionally, but the majority of them does this because they are ignorant of the truth. Continue reading