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Why arent there more?
#7383439 - 09/08/07 11:48 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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You would think that the drive towards waking up would be more predominant. Why is it that those on a quest of spiritual awakening are so few and far between? It is really depressing me right now...

EDIT: Not just spiritual awakening, but even the path of self betterment seems awfully barren.
Edited by Quoiyaien (09/08/07 11:52 AM)
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Re: Why arent there more? [Re: Quoiyaien]
#7383446 - 09/08/07 11:52 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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You don't need more than one person to pursue your quest for spiritual awakening.
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Re: Why arent there more? [Re: Quoiyaien]
#7383454 - 09/08/07 11:58 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Depends on what you mean by spiritual awakening because the opinions are spread and very different from each other. Also I think that you should take to account that each individual has his/her own rhythm and every stage in one's life is very important because it brings one to new realizations. If you are depressed by it, it's because you have some issues to resolve, not the world. Acceptance is the key to happiness and also the one who brings you to understanding. From the moment you accept the way reality flows, you're no longer bugged and obstructed by the shoulds, which in extent will make you able to analyze any life matter more in depth and then make changes and choices that come from wisdom. Furthermore, I don't see how this problem is keeping you in any way from evolving.
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Re: Why arent there more? [Re: Veritas]
#7383481 - 09/08/07 12:07 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Right. Once you fully engage yourself, what others are doing matters a whole lot less.
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MushroomTrip said: Depends on what you mean by spiritual awakening because the opinions are spread and very different from each other. Also I think that you should take to account that each individual has his/her own rhythm and every stage in one's life is very important because it brings one to new realizations. If you are depressed by it, it's because you have some issues to resolve, not the world. Acceptance is the key to happiness and also the one who brings you to understanding. From the moment you accept the way reality flows, you're no longer bugged and obstructed by the shoulds, which in extent will make you able to analyze any life matter more in depth and then make changes and choices that come from wisdom. Furthermore, I don't see how this problem is keeping you in any way from evolving.
It is a sticking point. I am over-questioning the "why's" perhaps and it is creating a lot of discursiveness.
I must remain mindful, let these feeling pass like the sting of a burn. It hit me really hard this morning for some reason. There was no particular event that triggered this, I just woke up and looked at my Wheeping Buddha rupa, and felt a bolt of unbearable sadness overwhelm me as I felt all the self-inflicted suffering that so many people endure. If they would just stop clinging to themselves so rigidly, then all the problems would fade away like the calming of a pond on a still day.
Alright, I will breathe this breath, and allow this know-in-space to untie itself.
Thank you for that 
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Re: Why arent there more? [Re: Icelander]
#7383538 - 09/08/07 12:23 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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people get caught up with their lives... they have money, or they have love, and they have so much meaning already in their lives (or so they think), so a spiritual awakening isn't necessary to them yet.
but love, in its own way, is a spiritual awakening in itself. in a way, it can also be an addiction. it's all in how you see it, or how it works out.
i feel that theres more culture in this western world now, and we're allowing ourselves to become more open with new ideas, peoples and beliefs, and we constantly find ourselves questioning our own realities.
i also feel that sometimes people get bored or depressed and they go down different roads in their lives to enlighten themselves more or to experience something new, to change their lives around.
theres so many factors that contribute to a spiritual or emotional awakening. but hold such factors close to you and use them to help you see things in a brighter, much more beautiful light.
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Re: Why arent there more? [Re: Quoiyaien]
#7383547 - 09/08/07 12:25 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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If they would just stop clinging to themselves so rigidly, then all the problems would fade away like the calming of a pond on a still day.
   Yeah, they should do that because you know the truth.
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Re: Why arent there more? [Re: Icelander]
#7383563 - 09/08/07 12:28 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Icelander said:
   Yeah, they should do that because you know the truth.
Yeah I just caught that. Alright well, I'll just stop worrying about it, I really dont know shit.
That actually helped 
I should stop clinging to myself so rigidly.
Edited by Quoiyaien (09/08/07 12:37 PM)
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Re: Why arent there more? [Re: Quoiyaien]
#7383585 - 09/08/07 12:34 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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it's important to explore yourself to understand the changes that are happening in your world.
don't cling to other people or emotions or anything else. but it's important to love yourself.
stay logical, stay open minded, and stay optimistic. always be true to yourself, and don't let doubt or anything else for that matter overwhelm you
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Re: Why arent there more? [Re: Quoiyaien]
#7383596 - 09/08/07 12:38 PM (16 years, 4 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: Why arent there more? [Re: Quoiyaien]
#7383602 - 09/08/07 12:39 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I am going to go hiking 
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Re: Why arent there more? [Re: Quoiyaien]
#7383607 - 09/08/07 12:41 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quoiyaien said: You would think that the drive towards waking up would be more predominant. Why is it that those on a quest of spiritual awakening are so few and far between? It is really depressing me right now...
Find solace in the subtle influences that one has provided that assist those who do find themselves on that path in monumental ways.
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very nicely put, fireworks.
it's hard to capture such a beautiful image in something as simple as language, but you seemingly always do a good job of it.
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Re: Why arent there more? [Re: Quoiyaien]
#7383762 - 09/08/07 01:40 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quoiyaien said: I am going to go hiking 
Nature is one of the best therapies.
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fireworks_god said: Find solace in the subtle influences that one has provided that assist those who do find themselves on that path in monumental ways.
I just got that now. I never associated that until just this moment 
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Re: Why arent there more? [Re: Quoiyaien]
#7401215 - 09/12/07 03:57 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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driving back after a meeting in which I got slaughtered for extra charges from the steel contractor, I really craved a cigarette, but I focussed and noticed how pretty the brakelight pattern of endless traffic before me seemed. addiction (to nicotine) shame (from being unable to negotiate in my favor) weariness (form too many hours of work) all seemed like unnecessary clouds in the face of the gorgeous heavy traffic that I was unwillingly - willingly part of.
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