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**nushentelve** · 11-17-2008, 01:01 PM

I'm posting this for anyone interested in these issues - not just for you activetopics... we must have come across as a bunch of old nervous hens..

This is from Caroline Myss - Entering the Castle - and pertinent advice for all of us -
'among the many problems of this approach (taking stimulants for mystical experiences) is the fact that this ritual's entire paradigm of the sacred has no authentic sacred meaning for most nonnative msiitors. [...] You can't force your way into mystical consciousness- period.'

The last line is the point I wanted to make.

So many of us feel like we're not going fast enough... that we 'should' be getting closer to 'god' or improving our 'talents' faster... we deserve it, right? I mean, we've thrown ourself into a 'weird' way of living... put ourselves up for ridicule, we think we are doing our best, so where is our reward??

We're egotisical....
Just do your thing... love with no reward in mind, practice with no reward in mind - 'you can't force your way into mystical consciousness' - let it be said...

love to you all - and to me!

11-17-2008, 01:01 PM	#12
nushentelve Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 459 Senior Member	I'm posting this for anyone interested in these issues - not just for you activetopics... we must have come across as a bunch of old nervous hens.. This is from Caroline Myss - Entering the Castle - and pertinent advice for all of us - 'among the many problems of this approach (taking stimulants for mystical experiences) is the fact that this ritual's entire paradigm of the sacred has no authentic sacred meaning for most nonnative msiitors. [...] You can't force your way into mystical consciousness- period.' The last line is the point I wanted to make. So many of us feel like we're not going fast enough... that we 'should' be getting closer to 'god' or improving our 'talents' faster... we deserve it, right? I mean, we've thrown ourself into a 'weird' way of living... put ourselves up for ridicule, we think we are doing our best, so where is our reward?? We're egotisical.... Just do your thing... love with no reward in mind, practice with no reward in mind - 'you can't force your way into mystical consciousness' - let it be said... love to you all - and to me!
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