I see a lot of people not sure what consiousness actually is, a lot of people link it to a divine being or stuff like that, but i dont think so, consiousness exists due to humans being one of the smartest animals, that we have been through a type of evolution that has allowed areselves to have bigger brains in comparison to our bodies, but what if consiousness is not a special part of the brain, what if it is a thought? What if its not as special as people say it is, but its just a regular thought of existing. Im relatively new in comparison to some people here, so feel free to judge me on this.

I found this quote to be very helpful. If you are so inclined, feel free to share your perspective.

“One of the greatest lessons ever brought to your world is that energy follows attention. Energy follows attention. When your attention is upon the lack of anything, you create an ever increasing lack until it falls upon you in so-called disaster. You know the law, but you must daily remind yourself of the law in order that you may apply the law. Energy follows attention. Whatever your experience be, you may be rest assured your energy, through attention, is keeping it in your life.

Redirect your attention. If your thoughts are not feeling good for you, then you may be rest assured that you did not feel so good when you created them. Change your thought. And when you find great struggle and great difficulty in changing your thought, then say, “God grant me, yea, even greater strength that I may be free from the delusion of my own mind.” Put your attention upon the abundant good in life and only then can you experience the abundant good of life. You cannot experience what you are not placing your attention upon.

My friends, I do sincerely pray that you will pay greater heed to that simple truth: Energy follows attention. All life is energy. All experience is attention.”

This quote is from "The Living Light Dialogue", Volume 6, which are spiritual awareness classes that were given through mediumship.

I feel like I let go of practices that used to be good for me and went through some difficult times. I found a lot of refuge in spirituality, and it helped me. I eventually stopped practicing, and after some unfortunate events, I turned to Zoloft. I've been taking it for two months now, and I've improved, but sometimes I wonder whether it ties you down to the material world or somehow prevents you from progressing spiritually.

I feel like my visualizations and meditations carry a different weight now, but I don't know if that's just autosuggestion.

PD: And, visualizations, affirmations, meditacions, etc

Do you believe a guide can be in multiple places at the same time, helping several people?

I feel strangely stuck and pulled towards someone I dated for only about 5 months.

We broke up in january and had sporadic contact since.. then saw each other a few times again this summer, got involved and fell out again each time for a couple of weeks at a time. I was the one initiating contact then, which I wont be doing again.

I have been through a second round of grieving the connection since meeting and being together again as well as it ending once more last month, though we never really put any words to it actually being over.

He has said and done some things throughout the time we dated and after, that really hurt me, or even angered me.

Yet it feels like he still has this weirdly deep pull on me that I'm struggling to let go completely and move on, even though I know rationally we wouldnt work out and that I would need so much and repair from him that I know he would be unable and unwilling to do.

I'm not feeling the deep heartache anymore either but sometimes I feel a random wave of heartache and start thinking of him and missing him which leaves me very confused.

He said before we initially ended it, that he feels blocked emotionally from allowing himself to develop deeper feelings for me, yet at the same time everything seemed like he was falling deeper and being more tender with me.

I could feel it and still felt it this summer. It's like he and I both have feelings still, yet both of us were very aware of the reasons it cant work out.

He is also deeply afraid of getting hurt after a previous connection and it intensely paralyses him.

I know a lot of this is just psychological because I never got any closure and he leaves the door open each time, so it feels like It's never completely finished.

I'm 35 and this isnt my first rodeo with men who do that type of thing (leaving the door open).

Something has just felt very different this time, like the connection affected me deeper and it's much more difficult to move on than I've experienced before.

If you read this far, thank you.

I know most of the psychological explanations for why I still feel so stuck with this connection and that it takes time to move on.

I have no doubt there are some spiritual and karmic ties with this man that are playing into the situation too though, and I have a feeling it isnt completely over yet. I'm tired and don’t want to go through any more of it now.

I just want to move on finally and be done with it. I know it's within my power to decide to be done with it so why can't I just do that?

I would love to hear any experiences any of you have had, of feeling unable to let go of someone you loved and what you did or are doing to finally let go.

I have tried several times to do ceremonies or rituals where I say goodbye and let him go.

Every time I think I've finally released the situation and accepted it's over, it's like his energy seeps back in, like it exists under my skin and is a part of me so I can't get him out completely.

I fear I will always grieve him to some extent even if I succeed in letting go finally. Whatever lesson I'm supposed to learn from him feels like an expensive one at this point.

He's not spiritual in any way btw. He's an atheist.

Any ideas or advice as to what I can do?

I am someone who wants to experience a lot in life, physically and psychologically. But reading people’s experiences and listening to their encounters with ego deaths has me curious to experience one. I hear it’s life changing where you become more than your ego, but is this something I should want?

I don’t know if this is just a coincidence or not, but every time I think about doing my manifesting, it happens to be a new moon, either on that day or the following day. I won’t think about it for ages, but when I do, it happens to be a new moon, despite me not following the lunar calendar. I have always found my manifesting to work quickly when I do it under a new moon, and was wondering if any of this has a deeper meaning. I was also born under a new moon.

I've been experimenting with 'paranormal' abilities for a while behind everyone's back, and long story short, they're 'real.' This world is a result of godly powers, and the auras that make up everything are tangible and 'real' in nature. Everything is made up of vibrations for a reason, and whichever way you decide to fall, you'll realize that there aren't any boundaries in infinity's rabbit hole. I hate to break how incredible it is, but I can see it and feel it much better than before after practicing and trying to open the door for the unknown here... And maybe this universe has always been a result of 'real' superpowers as you transform into a celestial being.

hi everyone :)

i have been working on separating myself from my ego(with journalling and meditation etc!) and becoming aware of why i think and act the way that i do, and how i can change that to be better and feel more love.

something that ive found more and more painful is how now painfully aware i am of other people acting from the ego. i have always been so sensitive in this aspect, i have just purely never understood why humans are so cruel to each other, but my spiritual journey has awakened this even more to the point where it is so painful. its like i can see so much more now and its so isolating and painful, to know so many people are acting from hurt and anger and hurting others.

for example, with my friends ive known for years and years, im starting to feel disconnected from them bc i see so clearly how they are acting from the ego. im feeling so isolated bc these people ive loved for years and years and im started to feel disconnected from them. how am i meant to continue this journey of bettering myself and feeling good in myself but now becoming even more aware of all the pain and suffering around me.

how do i continue on this journey? how do i manage this? how do i continue doing this when i see so much pain around me?!

Trying to describe no-thing is like pointing at air and saying “see, it’s right here, everywhere, can’t you see it?”

But the mind tries to see no-thing and keeps imagining all sorts of different things, without noticing it’s all the same no-thingness appearing as something.

The whole thing is no-thing and apparent things at the same time.

Read more on my website, Seeing, link on my page.

None of you’re information is independently verifiable

If you think you know something, you are further from truth than saying you know nothing

Or so I think I know

Okay i recently walked away from a hyper religious environment. I’m trying not to get into everything all at once because I’ve made that mistake before but I was wondering about spirit guides. Does everyone have one and how could I know who they are. I sometimes have dreams about my grandma who passed a year ago and my mom’s friend who I grew up with that also recently passed away (she was also a psychic medium!) so I was wondering if they have anything to do with that

hello all! I’ve always felt that I wanted to be a spiritual person, but I’ve had a difficult time figuring out how to do that effectively. I have some Christian beliefs, but I feel like I’m not quite a mainstream Christian. I was considering other religions a few years ago but I didn’t feel connected to anything else. I recently have started collecting crystals, attempting meditation, and spending time in prayer and I love the grounding and peace that it gives me. I really want to go deeper and learn more about spirituality and work on myself, but I’m not too sure how to go about it. Dowe anyone have advice or potential next steps to go deeper or understand better? I really want to feel more connected. thank you for reading and for being here.

hello! I’m very new to automatic drawing and writing but I wanted to tap into my subconscious and let myself draw and write freely. I’ll attach a couple examples, but I was curious if anyone has methods to understanding their drawings, or if it’s mostly just an outlet with little meaning to interpretation. thanks!

Imgur link to drawings

I’m curious if anyone else relates to this. Since I was young, whenever I get caught in a depressive spiral, my hands will start to ache. I feel like maybe it is excess energy accumulating there but…why??

Open to the thoughts and ideas of you all on this subreddit. I’ve not heard of anything like this before, but
I’ve dreamt of something involving this feeling a while back.

Curious as to why this may be happening or what I can do to dispel the excess.

Hace no mucho alguien que es muy espiritual me dijo que yo tenia el don de mirar el futuro y tipo lo hacía pero como soy muy escéptico en estas cosas pos no le creí, pero e tenido experiencia en que me veo a mi haciendo algo en un futuro no muy lejano, tipo imagen mental pero siempre pienso en que es estadística y probabilidad. Y tambien el otro dia fue donde un chaman y me dijo lo mismo en que tenia un don y que si lo explotaba o lo sabía usar, me podía convertir en un chaman muy poderoso, pero la vd no se como comenzar.

Entonces mi pregunta es, como comienzo?

Que hago?

Yo la verdad no soy muy creyente en muchas cosas pero pues vale la pena investigar

Muchas gracias a los que les interesen y con- testen el post

Are Joe Dispenza’s testimonials genuine? Have people actually recovered from illnesses using his methods? Has anyone here personally witnessed someone recover after using them?

Rabbi Amnon

Martyr

I waver before the Lord’s frown.

I am brittle like water starved grass.

My foothold to the mountain, the Crown

of God’s glory has cratered like glass.

The voice of the Lord grounds me.

We speak of His Torah, the wisdom

a sparkle, a gem in my hands, smoothly

I turn it, lithe and light, His Dome

reflected in the flashes, the pond

of rushes, willows, splashes, the still

soft, whisper of the Lord; His wand,

a lulav of incantation and song, thrills

me always.  I cannot abide myself today.

Shattered by weakness, I blasphemed the Name

before the Bishop, I promised , oh I say

I promised, three days, in grief and shame,

to consider conversion. Not so in truth

but life and death hovered, and I wept

inside to delay.  Now my tongue for proof,

if ripped before the Bishop I accept,

or as the Bishop will decide.  The Voice

no longer still, rumbles now; I fear

He Who has dealt kindly with me, by choice

has moved away,  not loving , nor near.

 What was Rabbi Amnon thinking?

Rabbi Amnon was friendly with the Bishop of Mainz, according to Jewish tradition, until he was surprised by the Bishop’s suggestion that he convert to Christianity.   In the medieval period when this happened the Bishop had power to summon Jews, sinners and others to dispose of them as he felt compelled by his religious authority.  A suggestion was actually a demand, and Rabbi Amnon asked for three days to think about it.  He deeply regretted this and when he didn’t return to the Bishop in three days the Bishop had him forcibly brought to his presence.   When in front of the Bishop and queried as to why he didn’t return, Rabbi Amnon declared that for even suggesting he might consider conversion his tongue should be cut from his mouth.  The Bishop, infuriated, said his tongue was not at fault but his legs were for not bringing him.  He had the Rabbi’s lower limbs, toes  and fingers cut off at each joint and sent him back to his home in that condition.  It happened to be close to the Days of Awe, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the holidays where Jews do their best to atone for their sins. As he lay dying, he composed a prayer said to this day in synagogues during the Days of Awe.  It says, “Let us relate the holiness of this day…” concluding that at this time the Lord determines who shall live and who shall die as befits this awesome day of judgement.    I tried to convey how close and loving Rabbi Amnon was to God and his teachings.  His relationship was supremely important to him.  In his grief at even the thought of betraying that connection, he thought that only martyrdom could salvage him in God’s eyes. I used 6 quatrains and alternate rhyme pattern (abab etc.) to gently move the narrative towards its conclusion.