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He that won't be counselled, can't be helped
Originally posted 2011-10-02 16:40:24.
Vibrational Review: Gurjieff (G. I. Gurjieff 1866-1949)
I haven’t read full original writings of Gurjieff, though I have read a book about him, with lots of quotes by Colin Wilson. I also knew one person, for a while, who was a disciple of Gurjieff and he was quite messed up…
But it would be a mistake to judge a teacher by their students… really.
Continue reading “Vibrational Review: Gurjieff et. al.”
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It takes energy to go to the next level. It takes energy to be happy.
Where are you leaking energy? Reclaim your energy
I am reading a book by one of my absolute favorite writers, Colin Wilson.
This is the first non-fiction book I read in a month. I have put myself on a Tree-of-Knowledge withdrawal fast. I am breaking the fast with his book. The title is ‘Super Consciousness: In Quest for the Peak Experience‘ Continue reading “It takes energy to go to the next level, to be happy.”
For decades one of my sore spots was that people refused to serve me, even though I paid them.
I remember saying to myself: my money is not good enough for you? and wept.
I had no idea how I “accomplished” that… in 20/20 hindsight it is still a little spotty.
What wasn’t clear to me, never even occurred to me, how my attitude effected the service provider. My “To what degree you think of yourself:” starting point measure was, at the time, 70%. From my behavior I would have guessed it was higher.
Mainly I overrode what they said. I argued, I knew better, I acted with contempt…
What I didn’t know then is that being a service provider needs to be a win, or no service.
A customer who is not happy is a drag on an provider, and not worth the little (or even a lot of) money they pay.
I was that kind of customer…
Continue reading “Should you become a client? Would I even accept you as a client?”
I am a boat-rocker, a wave maker… I get banged up a lot, and I don’t even notice it. It is my nature to be bold and speak openly what I see is amiss.
And in other situations I tiptoe… I tread lightly… quite out of character, wouldn’t you say?
I watch you tiptoe in situations when I speak and speak when I tiptoe… i.e. do the opposite of what I do and what I recommend that you do.
Continue reading “Tiptoeing… treading lightly vs not rocking the boat or making waves”
In yesterday’s article about the story that marketers use to connect to you, to connect to your need, to prove that they are special, I made strong statements that I want to repeat and provide some evidence.
Some of the stuff that story-tellers sell to you actually work. Regardless of the story.
Now, I don’t have a lot of examples, because I am not a consumer of hyped up products, but I do have one example I’d like to share with you: it is very educational, and quite stunning.
Back in the year 2000 I met this flaky guy. He was quite cuckoo. Circumstances, story, blah blah blah later, he convinced me to buy an energy from his energy guy.
It turns out, the energy guy was Matt Schoener, the energy system was Omega Shakti System (no connection with the Omega Center in NY).
It was very expensive, and it was quite bs sounding, but I did it. (By the way, this guy loved to push me to spend my money on stuff he liked… I hated that, but on the long run I am grateful, I would have never become who I am today without those things.)
The energies were palpable, and they worked for me instantly. Meaning: energy shot out of my hand… wow. Quite amazing.
Continue reading “Can you wield energies? Do attunements work? Are they needed? Is Reiki real?”
Fixing: the number one way the mind leads you astray. If you are a fixer, know that fixing is stupid
Background: One of my favorite books is Colin Wilson’s Mind Parasites. I read it a few times, and it was, maybe, the first time I was alerted to the fact that the mind may not be your friend. Continue reading “Acidity, Cholesterol, Spirituality. fixing is stupid”
Experiencing higher states of consciousness… This has been the desire of millions of people. You have taken drugs, they have done seances, turned to sex, turned to racing, gambling.
Ordinary consciousness is not very attractive. Ordinary consciousness is boredom, sameness, or misery. It is also a kind of sleepwalking. Continue reading “What is consciousness? Higher states of consciousness?”
I am not sure who the original dark forces are… they have been around for about three thousand years.
They mean business. I mean business for themselves. These are individuals in a close knit clan, dispersed all over the world, spreading mayhem and fishing in troubled waters. Continue reading “Dark Forces: What They Are, How Do They Pull Your Strings?”
What is love?
When we are babies: love is attention. We can’t do anything for ourselves, and someone paying attention to us equals love to us. Our comfort, our survival depends on it.
We each “earned” the attention in different ways, and then settled on one or two ways that worked the best.
We cried for the bottle in a whiny way, suggesting to our caretaker that we are dying. Pleading, begging, modulating our cry until we got a response.
We cried for the bottle with anger, anguish, or threat. We cried to get a clean diaper. We cried to be picked up.
We also manipulated our caretakers by smiles, by reaching out to them, grabbing their fingers, maybe laugh, little manipulative signs that made them feel good, liked, maybe even loved.
Just like pets learn to push your buttons: it is all self-serving, to make us get attention and food, shelter, and petting.
Continue reading “what is love? how do you go about getting it? what is it buying you?”
