No matter. Never mind.

"Realism: Reality exists outside and independent of mind;

Idealism: Reality consists exclusively of mind and its contents.

Notice that materialism entails realism but goes beyond it: it postulates not only that matter exists outside mind, but that mind itself is generated by matter. For the remainder of this section I will, thus, discuss materialism, for it is the more specific term."

-- Why Materialsim is Balony - Bernardo Kastrup

#idealism #realism #materialism #metaphysics #philosophy

I first became aware of #nostr about 3 months ago.

Someone on #mastodon alerted me to it and were not particularly complementary about it.

But I liked that idea that it was / is truly decentralised. I didn't know a massive amount about Bitcoin - and am still a novice - but I was pleasantly surprised to find that there were more like-minded people here on Nostr, than I'd found on the #fediverse (which, TBH, I was beginning to tire of a bit) or any other social media network I've been a part of.

It's early days, but I'm liking the overall vibe. :)

I've had an usually busy couple of days (atypical).

Yesterday I spent most of the day looking into errors I'd suspected were present in the methodology involved in the compiling of one of the more recent 'Calibration of Consciousness' scales where the various levels of emotion and 'spirituality' are laid out in a hierarchical fashion.

It was quite a deep dive but rewarding - and confirmed my suspicions.

#consciousness #spirituality #duediligance

I was going to write a post today expressing the exact same sentiments. Thanks for the reminder. :)

Thank you for noticing! /\

"Do not believe in what you have heard; do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations; do not believe anything because it is rumoured and spoken of by many; do not believe merely because the written statement of some old sage is produced; do not believe in conjectures; do not believe merely in the authority of your teachers and elders. After observation and analysis, when it agrees with reason and it is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it."

– Kalama Sutta

#verify #verification

Typo. Should be 'detached' :)

It's been decades since I read it. A classic. The films don't do it justice.

#consciousness #beherenow #acim #spirituality

I've been wondering the same.

Street Art SE London

#London

The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

C. G. Jung

#jung #mind #nondual #nonduality

Oh thanks for the heads-up.

Relays?

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete”

— Buckminster Fuller

*Lots* of synchronicities occuring over the last 48 hours.

This for me was a very timely and synchronistic podcast. I resonated with the level at which the topics were addressed, and the community (yours, and the newly discovered BC one via Nostr) have answered a "what next?" question for me.

Like your guest Carri Cee, I've been actively involved with spirituality for 30 years or more.

Thank you.

Something weird going on. When I checked my profile this morning, all followers disappeared.

Attraction and Detraction

Today there is a great deal of buzz about the Law of Attraction. Unfortunately, few people understand this law at depth and a superficial understanding of this law often causes more harm than good. Instead of helping people manifest their dreams, an incomplete understanding of how this law works results in our repeated self-betrayal and failure. This reinforces our shame and powerlessness.

Why do we try to manifest our dreams and fail? Because we are creating from our wound, not from our Core Self. Until we heal our wounds, we cannot manifest our gift or give it to others. Until we heal our pain, all we will do is recreate it over and over again. Needless to say this can be very frustrating.

Until we heal our wounds and find out who we are and what we really want, we are going to create suffering. It’s that simple. The False Self can manifest only its own illusions.

Embracing Our True Self - Paul Ferrini.

#lawofattraction #manifestation #consciousness

Emmanuel Swedenborg was a man of many talents as the cover and back cover of this comic book which was friend recently gave me attest to.

#comic #comics #comicstrip #mystic #mysticism

I've heard a few spiritual teachers point out that they could be reading out of a kid's book, or even entries in Yellow Pages and if the #consciousness of the teacher or group was high enough, it wouldn't matter - the content would be irrelevant as The Silence beyond words and thought would comprise the Transmission.

https://void.cat/d/QhNFbu18PYAH14zzY8YP9H.webp