Self-inquiry, and I AM - meditation

I've been reading this book that has the most beautiful title that I know of any book,
Silence of the Heart.

I looked at some reviews on Amazon, someone described it as Eckhart Tolle on steroids, hehe. I don't know if that is true but ok.

I find that the attitude, the subjects and the language in this book sometimes remind me of Datre.


A couple of the methods Robert Adams is recommending is, first, Self-inquiry.

When you have a thought coming up, ask yourself: "Who am 'I' that these thoughts are coming to?"
"Who is this 'I' that are having these thoughts?"

Then wait for an answer.

If thoughts come up again, continue Self-inquiry.

This seems to be a method for all kinds of thinking, to change the focus from the mind on to the I.

As Robert says, "abide in the I".


Then there's the I AM meditation, that you can combine with Self-inquiry.

After you inquired and awaited an answer, if the mind have become still, start the I AM meditation, which goes like this


-  breath in

-  say "I"

-  breath out

-  say "AM"


-  inhale

-  I

-  exhale

-  AM


and continue that.


If a thought comes up during this process, you start Self-inquiry again. Then when the mind is still, continue with I AM meditation.

It's Just A Ride

I think Bill Hicks was on to something, but perhaps missed a couple of things.
The "us" part, I asked Datre once. They were very much pointing out, you don't have to be part 'of' something. The YOU that you are is complete in and of itself.

And the other one I think might be 'Respect'. Respect even those that kill Kennedy and Lennon, don't re-act, but allow. That may be a tricky one.
One might as well say it was the world that killed Kennedy and Lennon, like the world offers all other kinds of misery, hidden in worldly pleasure.

Spiritual Elysium and club theme

Telling Stories

Iđitguovssu by Máddji

Monsieur Ibrahim

I watched this movie the other day. The main character has been rejected by the girl he's in love with and the old shopkeeper Ibrahim explains to him, it doesn't matter if she loves you or not, its the love that you have for her that matters.

This is what Levenson discovered after getting the message that he only had a few weeks to live, - you are much happier loving than being loved.

Ibrahim and the boy goes on a journey, and they go to see the dancing dervishes. That's the way they pray, dancing.

This movie reminds me that I had in mind to read the Quran.
There's so many books to read, I looked at the book of Urantia, over a 1000 pages. Then I was thinking of rereading the Datre transcripts. I look at some parts differently now, from what I did 10 years ago.
Well, all in good time.
I'm reading Skomsvolds Monsterhuman, she's funny sometimes, but mostly there's a personality background of anxiety, sorrow and sadness. I recognize parts of her in me, with her fears.

Kjersti A. Skomsvold

A few weeks ago I went and saw this author. I'd recently bought her latest book, and she signed it for me. She said in an interview - it's a book about being afraid.
When I'm reading this book now it's strange reading about her lack of self confidence, her obsession with her looks, as she is a very beautiful woman, both inside and out.
I get the impression it's a very honest story, vulnurable, self-searching. Which suggest lacks of ego, which is to her benefit. She had to change focus to change her life.

Her second book is called Monsterhuman.

Hope you like the gift Kjersti, I don't know if it's to your taste, but that's what it was.
All the best :)

Observation - Farcry commercial

I was watching tv, and while the commercials was on there was one for the video game Farcry. I don't remember which version, 3 or 4 maybe. I did play the first Farcry like 10 years ago or so, and it was allright I guess, a straight shooter. The video game itself to me isn't that interesting.

But what caught my attention was what was said in the commercial, and again I don't remember exactly word by word, but it was perfect. I tried to search for it on the net, but haven't found it yet.

It went something like:


- You think you know who you are, but if you lost everything in your life, then who are you?


It wasn't exactly what was said, but along that line. Maybe someone else have seen it too? It was flawless as far as I'm concerned :)

It's fun when these things happen, and they're fairly easy to spot once they show up.  Especially those that can be understood by lots of people. The individual once can be a bit trickier.

Anyway, enjoy your pictures, they're all yours :)

Finding Your Life's Purpose

A good session with Eckhart Tolle

The Spirit of the Water

Barry Long mentioned the spirit of the water in one of his talks, and refered to the painting of Hylas and the nymphs.

The reference is at about 1 hour 12 min. into the video.

Robert Adams - No-thing No-body

Robert Adams seem to have been a contemporary of Lester Levenson, both born in New York, and eventually moved to Sedona, Arizona. Some of the dialogues with Robert was published in a book called Silence of the Heart.

Funny q/a to Eckhart Tolle

I thought this one was funny :)

Observations / messages

Messages that can come through the veil of mass consciousness.

Observations

Back when I used to read the Datre transcripts for the first time, I wondered what observations were really about.
What was the difference between looking and observing?
So I asked Datre, with examples of what I thought would be observations, and although they did acknowlede them, it seems I've not fully understood what observations can encompass.

The teahings of Eckhart Tolle eventually made me aware of this, as I realised that I can observe my emotions and thoughts as well. Previously I've looked at what would happen in the world and notice an observation or two, but didn't really look at my body or my emotions and thoughts that much.

I will probably write more on this in later posts, as for now I'll leave it be.

A blog for thoughts and discoveries

On this blog I plan to write about my thoughts and reflectations on teachings of Masters and my interpretations of those. Also any discoveries and observations I may come across.

I don't know how active I'll be with this, but I find sometimes that I would like to write a thing or to on a personal note, and I thought that my other blog which I've decided to dedicate to the Datre transcripts and books are better left with that.

So this is a more personal blog.