05-02-2010, 12:00 AM
"But what desert and where?"
being surrounded by wide open desert is really beautiful at times. Especially at night when the moons big and the landscape is lit up like day with a silvery glow. Imagine peyoteying in that! I live in california though its one of the only states I still like. Still, if I threw a rock really hard itd land in Arizona! LoL.
To me emotions are real and I have no intent or desire to stuff them, but rather to blow them up. I also feel though that nothing I think or say is true and that destiny will unfold no matter what I do. This makes me feel free.
I am also vexed by dissipation and everything I do tends to blow away into nothingness.
"This is a good thread and I'd hate to see it fade away."
Ahh, yes. Perhaps then you have a cure for the dissipation that vexs me. Seems unlikely.
"Herb, can you comment a bit more on selfish and un-selfish?
What makes one, one or the other?? Our personal judgement of it? Something external to us? Societies morals and values?"
Yes. According to the story selfish actions are specifically executed to benefit oneself, and unselfish actions to benefit someone else. You see though there are some circular arguments in this line of reasoning since if one does something to benefit themself they are then more capable of doing things to benefit someone else should that be their intention.
"What exactly is Personal Power?
How do each of us go about obtaining it? (If that's even a valid question).
SHM"
That's a much more challenging question! I think I experience PP as synchronicities, but its more than that. Literally Id say it sits in our belly buttons, where our third chakra lays and our umbilical chords originally gave us the power of nourishment that brought us to life..
So along that line I think that doing kundalini yoga exercises that strengthen the third chakra and "lifeline nerve" develop personal power. I feel that simply focusing on ones belly button as they go about their life also increases the personal power, and also the eating of very vital and alive foods.
Now a note of interest this year the year of 2010 when each digit is taking singularly and added to the next as is done in yogic numerology you get the #3. Synchronicity? This is the year of power. The year of the pookah.
being surrounded by wide open desert is really beautiful at times. Especially at night when the moons big and the landscape is lit up like day with a silvery glow. Imagine peyoteying in that! I live in california though its one of the only states I still like. Still, if I threw a rock really hard itd land in Arizona! LoL.
To me emotions are real and I have no intent or desire to stuff them, but rather to blow them up. I also feel though that nothing I think or say is true and that destiny will unfold no matter what I do. This makes me feel free.
I am also vexed by dissipation and everything I do tends to blow away into nothingness.
"This is a good thread and I'd hate to see it fade away."
Ahh, yes. Perhaps then you have a cure for the dissipation that vexs me. Seems unlikely.
"Herb, can you comment a bit more on selfish and un-selfish?
What makes one, one or the other?? Our personal judgement of it? Something external to us? Societies morals and values?"
Yes. According to the story selfish actions are specifically executed to benefit oneself, and unselfish actions to benefit someone else. You see though there are some circular arguments in this line of reasoning since if one does something to benefit themself they are then more capable of doing things to benefit someone else should that be their intention.
"What exactly is Personal Power?
How do each of us go about obtaining it? (If that's even a valid question).
SHM"
That's a much more challenging question! I think I experience PP as synchronicities, but its more than that. Literally Id say it sits in our belly buttons, where our third chakra lays and our umbilical chords originally gave us the power of nourishment that brought us to life..
So along that line I think that doing kundalini yoga exercises that strengthen the third chakra and "lifeline nerve" develop personal power. I feel that simply focusing on ones belly button as they go about their life also increases the personal power, and also the eating of very vital and alive foods.
Now a note of interest this year the year of 2010 when each digit is taking singularly and added to the next as is done in yogic numerology you get the #3. Synchronicity? This is the year of power. The year of the pookah.