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"When you cease trying to control and manipulate your experience, meditation spontaneously happens." -(The Impact of Awakening, pg 23)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adyashanti

Dogs Understand Fairness, Get Jealous, Study Finds

Interestingly, this just came up in my friendslist on LJ.

Love the Takuan quote. The others are pretty damn good too, thanks!

Surprisingly, some answers you want may not come from occultists (well, except those fishnet wearing emo kids on the Left Hand Path) but theology.

Suitheism is the act of self-deification.  In practice, this shares more in common with the Roman Imperial Cult, other personality cults.  Certain practices of Vajrayana Buddhism, other forms of Tantra (mostly Hindu, especially the Aghori cult), the highest levels of initiation among the Ism'aili Assassins and any monist worldviews are also good places to start looking.

This. Tread carefully. Carry a Big Stick.

In every human heart, there is a Book of Truth, bound with worn-out strings and torn bamboo-papers. In every human heart, there is also a Symphony of Nature, drowned out by sensual song and voluptuous dance. One must sweep away all externals and search inward in order to experience joy.

- Hung Ying-ming (1596)

The "strings and paper" refer to our overly reused abstract symbolic and linguistic languages, they are worn out so toss them away. Our Symphony is drowned out by sensual song and voluptuous dance. These are the rhythm of personal narrative and the sensuous but static dance of Karma. Sweep these away to rock out to your Original Beat.

Hah. You think that's bad, look at this Greyfaced behavior:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6150136.html

ATTN TEXAS:

You are no longer allowed to associate yourselves with the rest of the United States of America. Please hand over all your non-Christians and minorities, and detach your state from the North American continent within the next three months.

The Popes of the Floating Republic of Mu do hereby empower this deceleration. Texas, you now have 30 days to comply or face dire consequences (or fines and red tape, whichever is more annoying).

Hah. You think that's bad, look at this Greyfaced behavior:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6150136.html

Tell people that you love them unconditionally, but if they disobey you they will be punished eternally in roasting pits of shit. 

Advice:

Meditation practice. Breathwork practice. Envision yourself (specifically your own center of gravity) as the Universal Center.

Sitting (stillness of body/mind) meditation works really really well after about 3-5 minutes of aerobic exercise (remember your breathwork to calm the body down after exercise).

Read "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein (THOU ART GOD and GROK are the important memes here).

Read the Exercises to Mindfuck Yourself thread.

Read the Principia again with the firm belief that YOU are the prettiest one, and you ain't giving that apple to no-body.

A week later buy an apple ornament (should be easy to find a gold one or paint one this time of year), and decide who in your life besides yourself is most worthy of it. Draw personally symbolic images on the apple. Give it away.

Sweet, I've been waiting for some-one to review the audio book.

This is excellent work.

What are you using? (My school focuses on Maya and stuff like ZBrush)

Legalize Meth From Orbit! It's the Only Way to be Sure!


Seriously though, prohibition on shit like cannabis is ridiculous and causes widespread suffering (MERRY END OF {ALCOHOL} PROHIBITION DAY, LONG LIVE THE PROHIBITION!).

My only interest in this is how I can use it to masturbate.

this is the correct "for rapid technological development" motorcycle

Fuck, Really. This puts the field of teledildonics into whole new territory.