Advice from Spirit
I was talking with someone today (last night?) and I had advice to give them, it just wasn't ready yet. I could feel a lack, and I had no idea logically what it was. Empty mind. Empty self. Ask the question and receive an answer.
The advice from spirit was a few things, first of all I understood the lack. Second the advice goes something like this:
"You should trust your Self to make the right decisions, knowing that Self knows the answer.
Your feelings should be all opened up one by one, examined and then either discarded or accepted. "
I realized this advice may be a truism, it applies to a few people I know. To another person I would add:
"If you cannot discard a feeling, then it is not a feeling to be discarded. Denying Self is not trusting Self."
Something else I've been thinking strongly but have no situation to present these thoughts:
"Don't kill the messenger, especially when the messenger speaks truths that are denied. Slay the messenger if they knowingly speak falsehood for personal gain, but admire them for truth."
I can't even think of the last thing as advice, because so few people value truth. When truth has no value, it makes sense to kill the messenger that speaks truth. That truth is uncomfortable, unwanted and painful. Reinforced lies are much easier to accept. When a comfortable lie is around you like a warm blanket, are you really happy? I don't know, I have never had the luxury except perhaps when I thought I would get married. Believing a promise against the warning signs you get... to trust someone else's lies. 'The most believable lies are the ones we tell ourselves.'
To someone else I would say that my beliefs are fundamentally grounded in observable reality. If my reality can be demonstrated to be false, then my reality was not accurate. How can I build an enduring reality on top of sand? Magic yes, but delusional magic at best. Does it work? On a personal level at best, but you cannot forge a civilization in such a way, for it would require denying the collective shortcomings and shortfalls to persist - another temporary state.
Notes: AEEED.
The advice from spirit was a few things, first of all I understood the lack. Second the advice goes something like this:
"You should trust your Self to make the right decisions, knowing that Self knows the answer.
Your feelings should be all opened up one by one, examined and then either discarded or accepted. "
I realized this advice may be a truism, it applies to a few people I know. To another person I would add:
"If you cannot discard a feeling, then it is not a feeling to be discarded. Denying Self is not trusting Self."
Something else I've been thinking strongly but have no situation to present these thoughts:
"Don't kill the messenger, especially when the messenger speaks truths that are denied. Slay the messenger if they knowingly speak falsehood for personal gain, but admire them for truth."
I can't even think of the last thing as advice, because so few people value truth. When truth has no value, it makes sense to kill the messenger that speaks truth. That truth is uncomfortable, unwanted and painful. Reinforced lies are much easier to accept. When a comfortable lie is around you like a warm blanket, are you really happy? I don't know, I have never had the luxury except perhaps when I thought I would get married. Believing a promise against the warning signs you get... to trust someone else's lies. 'The most believable lies are the ones we tell ourselves.'
To someone else I would say that my beliefs are fundamentally grounded in observable reality. If my reality can be demonstrated to be false, then my reality was not accurate. How can I build an enduring reality on top of sand? Magic yes, but delusional magic at best. Does it work? On a personal level at best, but you cannot forge a civilization in such a way, for it would require denying the collective shortcomings and shortfalls to persist - another temporary state.
Notes: AEEED.