depression

About your path, or mine?

Travis

 

whichever you have insight about...

 

what do you mean by "striving"?

 

My path is accelerated by my sensitivity. I haven't had a lot of "drama" in my life, ever really, for the simple reason that I can have the same experience of separatism that may be induced in another person through a physical altercation by looking into the eyes of a cashier who has formed a judgement about me. This also means that I have to maintain an incredibely high degree of awareness at all times, and that seemingly trivial acts can actually produce severe consequences that one would normally associate with much more dramatic scenarios.

I'm not sure I could answer my question to you definitively, but my sense is that not all paths encompass the type of sensitivity that mine does. But I also don't think that all paths progress nearly as quickly as mine has.

I don't know, does any of that resonate for you?

Travis

 

Maintaining a sense of vigilance.

Travis

 

yes it absolutely resonates.

 

ah. I'm glad I asked. I agree.

 

Anyone else have some insights about their path? They sure are interesting to listen to.

I wish I could pinpoint mine. I feel like I just started, after wasting almost the first two decades of my life collecting ego distortions like they were trading cards. I feel that I am either in a vast open ocean, limitless, or that I am surrounded by stone, stuck, and am just starting to get a glimpse of how I end up differentiating between the two, based on what I do. I've always been sensitive, but feel a need to develop it further. Interactions with other people seem all too important, and I have a fascination with experiencing mystical phenomenon and energetic attuenement, most likely for the sake of having something to propel my devotion.

 

Jeezus, I just can't keep up with all you young whippersnappers...did I miss anything? Had to pick up my son from his youth group sleepover, and then haul three kids to my daughter's psychiatrist appointment...but the New England woods are beautiful, much better than driving through the damn prairie, thank God.

Learn anything? Hell, not a day goes by without it...

Ego schmego...as I said on my poetry site: The less said about Zen, the better.

What does that mean? Oh well, I could say something superduper condescending and superior...

Or I could just say something superduper condescending and superior instead. What's the difference?

Meet me on the other side and I'll tell you...

 

Just keep living, Neo. And do what you want. That's how to follow your path.

 

Hey Zg!
Keeping up with the fun da mentals? D)

 

You betcha, Lynn!

Thank God for dear friends...

 

you got that right!

Friendship - another excellent aid in the fight against depression.

 

Hi Zen...haven't had this much fun since Yeal...

 

Oh God yes...but the Yeal episode was much less subtle...

 

That's the ticket - others' love helps us see the possibility of self-love.

 

ah now...that's just damn beautiful AND logical.
At the risk of sounding completely stupid, I've never "seen" that - but I do now.
Thanks.

 

Does this apply even when I'm feeling not so compassionate?

 

Just do what you think is best Neo ... you seem a thoughtful and considerate person, i doubt you could go far wrong, ... and you're young too, i hadn't even heard of spirituality at that age ... despite growing up in Totnes which has a reputation of being like the spiritual hub of the whole of England (which in truth is a load of nonsense) ... i do find it wierd how i missed it all that time though. I was too busy having fun i guess.

I kinda like what Adyashanti says though; "All paths lead away from the truth." Why? Because 'path' implies that the truth is not here and now ... like it's somewhere else or not yet or something.

 

Perhaps the frequenters of the psychic forum have mistaken presumption for intuition. If when I was in Neo's position a few years ago someone had told me that the way to follow my path was to "just keep living and do what I want" I would have scoffed audibly and then felt disheartened by the amount of misinformation surrounding spirituality. And quite rightly so.

As far as Liquid's assertion that 19 is too young to pursue a spiritual path -- well, it's quite simply absurd. I know of parents who encourage children under the age of ten to meditate, be aware of their thoughts, cultivate compassion, etc. etc.

Do all paths lead away from the truth? If you're fixated on semantics, then yes. Otherwise, "path" is just like any other word in a spirtually-oriented lexicon: A finger pointing to the moon, not the moon itself.

Oh, and since the psychic forum "clique" seems so preoccupied with "fun", here's a little definition to ponder: Fun exists in direct proportion to one's ability to experience boredom. And boredom is just consciousness of repetition, which only exists when the linear stream of time has yet to be perceived as illusory. In timelessness, every moment is new and different.

When we really stop and reflect upon what's in our hearts, we find that it's not fun that we're after, but fulfillment.

Travis