MGaff: the "Enemy" of CLARITY: This is seen as a fixation of the Assemblage point. lt is when you get someone who has taken a stance mentally that is fixed and unassailable. As the assemblage point is the point where perception is "Assembled" and remembering that perception creates the reality/illusion that we "experience" and that what you seek you "Shall" find, what happens is that the Enemy of CLARITY literaly creates all that is needed to bolster the Fixation. lt does this by interpreting what others say in such a way as to prove that they just don't understand what is being said. And so the fixation is bolstered, and from CLARITY the individual begins again trying to explain to the other why they just don't get the Truth of what is being said. This continues until such time as.
I see the truth in this---elements of ego and control. The manner and style with which we engage other people is going to determine how they respond to us. Everybody has his or her own style of engagement. Very few people, however, have stopped to consider what their style is. Yet it is a topic of the utmost importance because as you begin to engage the world differently, then all of the responses and reactions you get change, as well. Your style of engagement stimulates an entirely different quality of give-and-take with the world. I have realized and accepted through observation and experience, a fundamental truth about relating to others: You are either contributing to or contaminating all of your relationships. In any case, I'm not perfect by any means and have my moments, but I don't expect anyone else to be perfect according to my standards in the end---and that's my two cents
StressFree: I see the truth in this---elements of ego and control. The manner and style with which we engage other people is going to determine how they respond to us. Everybody has his or her own style of engagement. Very few people, however, have stopped to consider what their style is. Yet it is a topic of the utmost importance because as you begin to engage the world differently, then all of the responses and reactions you get change, as well. Your style of engagement stimulates an entirely different quality of give-and-take with the world. I have realized and accepted through observation and experience, a fundamental truth about relating to others: You are either contributing to or contaminating all of your relationships. In any case, I'm not perfect by any means and have my moments, but I don't expect anyone else to be perfect according to my standards in the end---and that's my two cents
Reminds me to reread "How to Win Friends and Influence People". I think you are totally bang on with this. Sometimes though I just honestly don't have the energy to deal with b.s. people and I think that I need to reassess where my time, energy and thoughts are focused. There are more productive and enlightening things that I could be engaging in.
langleygirl: Sometimes though I just honestly don't have the energy to deal with b.s. people and I think that I need to reassess where my time, energy and thoughts are focused. There are more productive and enlightening things that I could be engaging in.
I totally agree langleygirl and thanks for adding your awesome wisdom Dealing with bs people is a waste of time. Time is more efficiently spent with the people who we wish to surround ourselves with or to do--as you say--more productive and enlightening things.
StressFree: I totally agree langleygirl and thanks for adding your awesome wisdom Dealing with bs people is a waste of time. Time is more efficiently spent with the people who we wish to surround ourselves with or to do--as you say--more productive and enlightening things.
First off let me state that I don't believe the world will expire according to the Mayan calendar, nor do I believe in santa or the tooth fairy.. but I do have a tremendous amount of respect and awe in regards to how advanced the Mayas were in astronomy and mathematics, which is why this subject has always been interesting to me.
I recently saw a television program about a (supposedly) recently (1995) discovered Mayan sun god statue on Juan Fernandez Island, some 400 miles off the coast of Chile. The interesting things about this are that the final total solar eclipse on the Mayan calendar will occur in the year 2012, fall on a Baktun (Mayan religious holiday that occurs every so often), and will be visible from the peak of this statue (that is twice the size of the sphynx)at 1deg above the horizon.
For those of you not fluent with astronomy, a solar eclipse of this kind leaves 2 shadows on the earth. One is rather wide but will only dampen the sunlight a small bit and is called the Penumbra, the second is a very dark inner shadow that only covers about 1% of the Earths surface. The Umbra will be visible from the flat peak of this statue and (allegedly) will be the only piece of land that the Umbra will be visible from.
The second interesting thing is that the rarest visible event in our solar system (The transit of Venus between the earth and the sun)will also occur in the year 2012, on a Baktun and be visible from the peak of this statue.
Unfortunately it was the History channel so as usual they give no evidence for this being true other than the word of the man who happened to "stumble apon it". This man is also an expert in the Maya. There were no other Mayan experts brought along to verify on the TV expedition other than the man who found it. Asides from the fact that the Mayan could have easily navigated by the stars to get from point A to point B, I don't see how they could travel 400 miles across extremely rough ocean with dugout boats with enough supplies to sustain themselves while they constructed something so large, on an island they had no way of knowing existed originally... None-the-less it is very interesting for those of you who enjoy the Mayan calendar stuff! I believe they nick named the island "Apocalypse Island", feel free to Google it and read up if you'd like!
See you all again on this thread on December 22 2012!
MGaff: There are those Thoughts/Words/Actions that are Life-Supportive, and there are those the are Life-Destructive. l say without hesitation that l choose to perceive that those that are life-supportive as good, and those that are life-destructive as bad. There is nothing 3rd D about this. This is a stance of defining Self, and what that Self stands for. lt is not a philosophy, but the act of a Spiritual Being. lt is not conditioned by the illusion, it is the result of knowledge, awareness and reflection. lt is Free Will in action. . I however am speaking of the Nagual aspect, the underlying Reality/energy-dynamic which the Tonal is a manifest Mirror. "The only constant is change"? This is not True!
Interesting MGaff, this Nagual perspective is spot on concerning life supportive vs life destructive. It is indeed a stance of defining Self and what it stands for. Apart from the spiritual sense, I learned this in psychology---understanding your own self-concept in the sense of transforming to your authentic self in alignment with a balanced spiritual being saturated with happiness and a zest for life.
There is a clear distinction between good and bad in terms of what makes us feel good and how it effects others around us. And as you say, knowledge, awareness, and reflection are operations of defining self-concept from a psychological point of view. I'm using psychology to show that what you are saying is clinically proved out there in the realm of science. By that I mean that I must identify not just what the self is, but how it comes to be hat it is so that it's clear what you must do in order to make important changes in regards to internal dialog, internal-external actions, thought and feeling patterns that both influence and result how you see and feel about yourself, and beahviours, actions, and reactions that have created the results you have gotten in your everyday life and how we have the power of choice and free will to make new choices and new behaviours to create more productive and harmonious results.
For the record, I do adhere to the concept that the only constant is change---in terms of state of being. How do you see it?
StressFree: Interesting MGaff, this Nagual perspective is spot on concerning life supportive vs life destructive. It is indeed a stance of defining Self and what it stands for. Apart from the spiritual sense, I learned this in psychology---understanding your own self-concept in the sense of transforming to your authentic self in alignment with a balanced spiritual being saturated with happiness and a zest for life.
There is a clear distinction between good and bad in terms of what makes us feel good and how it effects others around us. And as you say, knowledge, awareness, and reflection are operations of defining self-concept from a psychological point of view. I'm using psychology to show that what you are saying is clinically proved out there in the realm of science. By that I mean that I must identify not just what the self is, but how it comes to be hat it is so that it's clear what you must do in order to make important changes in regards to internal dialog, internal-external actions, thought and feeling patterns that both influence and result how you see and feel about yourself, and beahviours, actions, and reactions that have created the results you have gotten in your everyday life and how we have the power of choice and free will to make new choices and new behaviours to create more productive and harmonious results.
For the record, I do adhere to the concept that the only constant is change---in terms of state of being. How do you see it?
Cool, with:"internal dialog, internal-external actions, thought and feeling patterns that both influence and result how you see and feel about yourself, and beahviours, actions" We use the Terms, "To be at cause" or "To be at effect". So to be at effect is to "react", or to re-enact the old pattern, ie. to just run through an unconscious program. To be at cause, is to respond, you take a step back for the stimulus, or the catalyst as prana would say, reflect on past interactions with this particular pattern, and then try another approach to breaking the pattern. This pattern being Karma, so looking for the gem at its heart, the lesson that frees you and sets you on the Dharmic path. With change, it is the same thing, Change as we perceive it is simply the Tonal expression of an underlying energy movement, it is essentially an "effect", but in fact the true Constant is which lies beneath, the cause. It is the Flow. But for me l can only say that l recognise this Constant, but to say that it is the only one, is to say that l know all there is to know! Always there is the Unknown and it is vast compared to what is Known, so l can never say that my Knowledge is absolute, for even that which l now know may change and no longer be true, and so become illusion. So again, always fluidity is needed even with what is known.
StressFree: Sorry you feel that way buddy. Before casting judgement and blame, look into a mirror first. When you will see your true self and your reflective weaknesses that you see in others, you'll understand other people much better and more importantly, yourself. That has always worked for me and I'm advising this as a friend.
Judgement? I call it observation of evidence. Do I think it was planned that way. Nah, partly and inadvertently premodelled- I don't think MG is that crazy are able as yet, but the prevailing coping mechanisms tend to rule the day (unless one is really aware) and then the monkey prophet's followers join in. It's just catalyst and entropic harmony. You have no idea how I feel. Assumption is your own self devised catalyst. (or as MG calls it "to be at effect" and IMO, one shouldn't assume it to be the wrong or right way to be anymore than one should assume that being fluid is the way to be. Just options.)
One day, if you're good and do your karma lessons, I may teach you to be the mirror.
In response to: I think you are way overreacting here and took things far too personal. If we don't agree with some of your zany theories that go against the most basic empirical laws and principles without offering proper evidence and respecting the definitions that are defined in a dictionary, then it's really hard to have a constructive dialog. You just can't change the meanings of words to leverage your position in an effort to consistently gain an edge over the person you are debating with. And that edge is most often an arrogant one of being the superior person with the most profound world and spiritual view and at the same time disrespecting others. And to perceive contrary challenges to your view as some form of control or indoctrination is a good example of a narrow mind. A mind cannot understand or respect other views if it is selfishly closed to understanding refuting views to yours and the true value that lies behind it. Open it up man, it won't bite you, but enlighten you. I learned that once I started to examine and refute my own world and spiritual views and made some astonishing discoveries about me and the world I perceive. I learned that I have much more to learn and more answers only lead to more questions. So I remain open to new discoveries, and I will do everything in my power to examine the source of where I get these new discoveries to make sure there is validity and proper support that may enhance my perception of myself and the world that I dream. You have no proof at all, you only think you do.
YOUR mirrors? or is your first paragraph above this one, just ego lipservice, flipping on the 'good' Tony switch when it serves your BS?. If you believe your fist paragraph you might actually learn something by really reading all the accusations you make in your second paragraph, the mirror above, some pretty cool and eye opening stuff man ....if that sort learning is important to you that is...I'm advising this as a friend ..personally I don't care, cuz you know what I think about learning. It's just experience Alice.
Antjo39: Light in him? Gotta be bloody blind myself...
Cheers my friend SF!!
monkey see monkey do.
I wonder if your awareness will set your ego mind aside long enough to pick up on your subconscious admission of blindness. New monkey tool! Use it wisely.
you say that like its a bad thing. You reacted least of all. It is said that the one who reacts least on the surface, is the one boiling underneathe and doing all he/she can do to stop the flow because he/she knows it's own eruptions and thinks them self destructive and so stops them.
Eruptions are pretty fluid and in harmony with mother nature.
StressFree: Interesting MGaff, this Nagual perspective is spot on concerning life supportive vs life destructive. It is indeed a stance of defining Self and what it stands for. Apart from the spiritual sense, I learned this in psychology---understanding your own self-concept in the sense of transforming to your authentic self in alignment with a balanced spiritual being saturated with happiness and a zest for life.
harmonic monkey. I thought you weren't going to buy MG's leader cuz he wasn't of mexican decent All of a sudden this non mexican is the all knowing wizard. Yummmm, coolaide. It's ok Save face little monkey.
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I see the truth in this---elements of ego and control. The manner and style with which we engage other people is going to determine how they respond to us. Everybody has his or her own style of engagement. Very few people, however, have stopped to consider what their style is. Yet it is a topic of the utmost importance because as you begin to engage the world differently, then all of the responses and reactions you get change, as well. Your style of engagement stimulates an entirely different quality of give-and-take with the world. I have realized and accepted through observation and experience, a fundamental truth about relating to others: You are either contributing to or contaminating all of your relationships. In any case, I'm not perfect by any means and have my moments, but I don't expect anyone else to be perfect according to my standards in the end---and that's my two cents