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Re: I think the universe is trying to tell me something. [Re: Joolz]
#14163284 - 03/22/11 06:22 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Joolz said: Last night at work I read a whole bunch of texts talking about getting rid of the ego, and enlightening yourself. Finding your true self, and becoming one with the universe.
Now, I'm out of drugs, can't find more, and my vidjea game account was hacked. I think the universe wants me to meditate, agreed?
No, This is a common coincidence. The Universe has no specific intent to your so called spiritual growth.
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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Re: I think the universe is trying to tell me something. [Re: Icelander]
#14163421 - 03/22/11 07:42 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Re: I think the universe is trying to tell me something. *DELETED* [Re: Joolz]
#14163425 - 03/22/11 07:44 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Re: I think the universe is trying to tell me something. *DELETED* [Re: ahchela]
#14163591 - 03/22/11 09:09 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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Re: I think the universe is trying to tell me something. [Re: Icelander]
#14163606 - 03/22/11 09:16 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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How self-absorbed and narcissistic does a person have to be to anthropomorphize the universe?
-------------------- Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. -- Bob Dylan  fireworks_god said:It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.
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Re: I think the universe is trying to tell me something. [Re: Poid] 1
#14163723 - 03/22/11 09:55 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Well it is a projection so I guess the universe that you can be directly familar with (as subjective "spirituality") may well be anthropomorphic and you are essentially the centre of it.
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Re: I think the universe is trying to tell me something. [Re: Poid]
#14163775 - 03/22/11 10:11 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Poid said: How self-absorbed and narcissistic does a person have to be to anthropomorphize the universe?
everything that exists communicates something
the universe is always saying something
but I agree, it's easy to get self-absorbed and narcissistic about it. You have to be wary of that, I suppose.
the universe, and the song i'm listening to are telling me to do thangs
it's almost as if it were intended for me to hear, but
"thought I heard a song in your voice, but I was wrong
thought I heard your song in my head but it was my own"
and yet, there it is, if I listen
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Re: I think the universe is trying to tell me something. [Re: Grapefruit]
#14163787 - 03/22/11 10:15 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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i honestly did feel an initial push to first start going to temple, although it felt natural in a way, sometimes i feel the need to push myself back into it if i feel myself stray away from the path/back into ego. [it will take 2-3 months to fully change your brain functioning after meditation.] http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-mindfulness-meditation-brain-weeks.html
learn the teachings, apply them to your life like a scientist, observe results.
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Re: I think the universe is trying to tell me something. [Re: the bizzle]
#14163815 - 03/22/11 10:22 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Grapefruit said: Well it is a projection so I guess the universe that you can be directly familar with (as subjective "spirituality") may well be anthropomorphic and you are essentially the centre of it.
How self-absorbed and narcissistic does a human have to be in order to believe that the universe which they are directly familiar with is all that exists?
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the bizzle said:
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Poid said: How self-absorbed and narcissistic does a person have to be to anthropomorphize the universe?
everything that exists communicates something
the universe is always saying something
How are you defining 'communication'?
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the bizzle said: but I agree, it's easy to get self-absorbed and narcissistic about it. You have to be wary of that, I suppose.
the universe, and the song i'm listening to are telling me to do thangs
it's almost as if it were intended for me to hear, but
"thought I heard a song in your voice, but I was wrong
thought I heard your song in my head but it was my own"
and yet, there it is, if I listen
So?
-------------------- Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. -- Bob Dylan  fireworks_god said:It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.
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Re: I think the universe is trying to tell me something. [Re: Poid]
#14163929 - 03/22/11 10:47 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Every now and then, I get this nagging sensation that I need milk. I get hungry specifically for milk. Like that's what my body needs the most at that time
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Re: I think the universe is trying to tell me something. [Re: the bizzle]
#14163934 - 03/22/11 10:48 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Kind of like how pregnant chicks have strong cravings for certain foods?
-------------------- Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. -- Bob Dylan  fireworks_god said:It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.
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the bizzle
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Re: I think the universe is trying to tell me something. [Re: Poid]
#14164002 - 03/22/11 11:10 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Probably so. Seems logical.
but you've also got to be wary of "cravings", IME... to me there seems to be a subtle difference between a craving and a feeling that something is essential to your health. Example: sugar or drug cravings...but that's about as specific as i can get about that for now 
I also find that
much like watching a movie you havent seen in years, or relistening to your favorite album
your interpretation of what was said changes as you grow
but its not necessarily that it wasnt saying what it was saying
...experience is relative, so
its more about what it means to you at that moment, imo
and if it was wrong, then there you have it
in my life I have found that one must be careful of getting caught up in traps of narcissism...it can really sneak up on you almost like a cigarette addiction
but its really not so far-fetched to hear the universe speaking directly to you,
communicating -- very clearly in rare moments -- where to step next
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Re: I think the universe is trying to tell me something. [Re: the bizzle]
#14164011 - 03/22/11 11:12 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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the bizzle said: but its really not so far-fetched to hear the universe speaking directly to you...
Nothing is too far-fetched for the human imagination.
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Re: I think the universe is trying to tell me something. [Re: Poid]
#14164028 - 03/22/11 11:15 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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even a poid
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Re: I think the universe is trying to tell me something. [Re: the bizzle]
#14164060 - 03/22/11 11:20 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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-------------------- Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. -- Bob Dylan  fireworks_god said:It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.
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Re: I think the universe is trying to tell me something. [Re: Poid]
#14164261 - 03/22/11 12:05 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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How self-absorbed and narcissistic does a human have to be in order to believe that the universe which they are directly familiar with is all that exists?
Oh yeah I agree.
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Re: I think the universe is trying to tell me something. [Re: Poid]
#14164277 - 03/22/11 12:10 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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What? it's usually hard to hear over all the ruckus
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Re: I think the universe is trying to tell me something. [Re: Poid]
#14166385 - 03/22/11 06:41 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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grapefruit ur koan sig feels good man
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