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Rhoda Makled @ Awakening Together
In this episode a quote from "NTI" 2 Peter, Chapter 3, "You are eternal, and that which is changeless is eternal with you, because that which is changeless is what you are." , and "Thought of Awakening" #129 were contemplated.
In this episode a quote from Joseph Campbell, "When you realize that eternity is right here now, that it is within your possibility to experience the eternity of your own truth and being, then you grasp the following: That which you are was never born and will never die." , "NTI" Hebrews Chapter 1 & 2 and "Thought of Awakening" #133 & 134 were contemplated.
In the episode a quote from John Mark Stroud, "I exist, I choose, I experience." , "Thought of Awakening" #131 & 132 and "NTI" Hebrews, excerpts from Chapter 3 & 4 were contemplated.
In this episode a quote from John Mark Stroud , "I exist, I choose, I experience." and "Thought of Awakening" #131 were contemplated.
In this episode a quote from Dr. David Hawkins, "Eventually even the illusion of witness/observer dissolves into awareness/ consciousness itself, which is discovered to be non-personal and autonomous." and a quote from Angelo DiLullo's, "Awake", "Everything in immediate experience is on fire with the radiance of living truth at this very moment." were contemplated.
In this episode a quote from Helen Hamilton's, "Dissolving The Ego", Chapter 12 was contemplated, "The fact is that you are conscious now or else you would not be able to read this. Consciousness comes before anything else is able to be observed. Confirm this fact for yourself.".
In this episode a quote from Terence McKenna was contemplated, "Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick. This is what all these teachers and philosophers who really counted, who really touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering it's a feather bed.".
In this episode a quote from Dr. David Hawkins book, "Letting Go", 'The rationalizing mind prefers to keep the true causes of emotion out of awareness and utilizes the mechanism of projection to do this.' and "Thought of Awakening" #114, were contemplated.
In this episode a quote from Angelo Dilullo's, "Awake", pg. 131, "There is only this body-world-universe seamlessly self-expressing and dissolving with perfect clarity and precision." and "Thought of Awakening" #113 were contemplated.
In this episode 'Awakening Together Core Value 3', and "Thoughts of Awakening" #1, #2 & #111 were contemplated.
In this episode a quote from Nisargadatta, "Keep on remembering: I Am neither the mind nor it's ideas. Do it patiently and with conviction." and "Thought of Awakening" #109 & 110 were contemplated.
In this episode we contemplated, "Thought of Awakening" #107, and 'Awakening Together Core Value #5'.
In this episode we contemplated, 'Awakening Together's Purpose and Core Values 1 - 5'. and "Thought of Awakening" #105.
In this episode we contemplated, 'Awakening Together Core Value #3', "We accept one true Self, which is one Presence or Being, non-dual, without beginning or end, and absolutely changeless. We live this value by practicing letting go of the belief in the individual self as who we are.".
In this episode we contemplated, 'Awakening Together Core Value #3', "We accept one true Self, which is one Presence or Being, non-dual, without beginning or end, and absolutely changeless. We live this value by practicing letting go of the belief in the individual self as who we are." and "Thought of Awakening" #103.
In this episode a quote from Angelo DiLullo's, "Awake", "Separation can never be found outside of thought.", and "Thoughts of Awakening" #97, 98 & 99 were contemplated.
In this episode a quote from Nisargadatta was contemplated, "The mistake of students consists in their imagining the inner to be something to get hold of, and forgetting that all perceivables are transient and, therefore, unreal. Only that which makes perception possible, call it Life or Brahman, or what you like, is real." "Thought of Awakening" #97, was also contemplated.
In this episode "Thought of Awakening" #95, was contemplated.
In this episode, "NTI" Matthew, Chapter 13, "Your choice is the key to this scripture. All that you do, you do by your choice. To deny this is to deny the essence of who you are. And yet, many deny themselves and believe they are victims of their own distractions.", and "Thought of Awakening" #89 & 90 were contemplated.
In this episode, "Thought of Awakening" #89 was contemplated, "To let go of illusion let go of your thoughts that judge the experience. Experience the experience and do not deny it, but also do not categorize it or make decisions about what it is. Observe your experience in innocence and curiosity realizing that innocence is a fresh and undecided point of view.".
In this episode a quote from Regina Dawn Akers, "Out of The Stillness", #658b, "Why don't we stop believing in ego and be done with it? Why do we spend years on the spiritual path, loving spiritual concepts, yet continuing with ego still intact? Because we love our sense of self." and "Thought of Awakening" 84, 85 & 86 were contemplated.
In this episode a quote from Regina Dawn Akers', "Out of The Stillness", #658a, "I have noticed a dense feeling that I can observe. It is the feeling 'I am this person.' It's difficult to describe. It is not the body. Compared to the body, this sense would be called formless, yet it is a dense sense. It is like a formless form." and "Thought of Awakening" #86 were contemplated.
In this episode a quote from Dr. David Hawkins, "The self identifies not only with the mind but also with its content - which becomes "my" memory, "my" feelings... . Identification presumes ownership and authorship; thus the ego sees and believes itself to be a personal, separate causal agent and the inferred source of its own existence." and "Thoughts of Awakening" #83 & 84 were contemplated.
In this episode a quote from "NTI", Ephesians, "You perceive yourself as a person, but you are not what you perceive yourself to be." and "Thought of Awakening" #83 were contemplated.
During this episode a quote from Father Thomas Keating was contemplated, "We can only receive God. So that puts the spiritual journey in a very simple but clear light. This is not about getting something; it's about receiving something so that the initiative has already been put in place. You already are something wonderful, an image and likeness of God, a light that never goes out and that is possibly eternal, but which has been placed in this mysterious situation of a body in an evolving universe.".
During this episode the quote, "As we understand ourselves, so we see the world." from Rupert Spira and "Thought of Awakening" #78 & 79 were contemplated.
In this episode a quote from Margaret Coble was contemplated, "We need a program by which we become realized in the totality of our Being, not merely with manifestation. We must consciously include the vast realm of the unmanifest! This is the great imbalance in humanity today." "Thought of Awakening" #77 was also contemplated.
During this episode a quote from Helen Hamilton's, "Dissolving The Ego", Chapter 7, "The stillness watches all movement that appears within it but is itself unmoving." and "Thought of Awakening" #76 were contemplated.
In this episode Thought of Awakening #72 and a quote from Inner Ramana, "When the mind forgets reality and sees the unreal as real, fear is a necessary component." were contemplated.
In this episode Thought of Awakening #71, "Trust the Awakening process. It is what it may not always seem to be." and a quote from Inner Ramana, Exposing The Attachment to Mind, "You have identified with the mind, which is an error, because you are before mind." were contemplated.
In this episode Thought of Awakening #70 and a quote from Inner Ramana were contemplated, How to awaken from the dream, Part Two, "Devotion is willingly awakening to what has always been by leaving everything else behind." .
In this episode Thought of Awakening #69 and a quote from NTI Matthew, Chapter 12 were contemplated, "The truth is not something that can be seen, except if one chooses to see it. When one chooses to see what is, he shall.".
During this episode a quote from "Inner Ramana" was contemplated, "Your choice is where, but not what. ... This is why knowing your Heart is your only business.", and Thought of Awakening #68, "All I want to do is want God. Everything else will take care of itself.".
In this episode Awakening Together's Core Value #3 was contemplated, "We accept one true Self, which is one Presence or Being, non- dual, without beginning or end, and absolutely changeless. We live this value by practicing letting go of the belief in the individual self as who we are." and "Thought of Awakening" #64.
In this episode a quote from Margaret Coble was contemplated, "We need a program by which we become realized in the totality of our Being, not merely with manifestation. We must consciously include the vast realm of the unmanifest! This is the great imbalance in humanity today. Man is unbalanced toward manifestation.".
In this episode we contemplated a quote from Helen Hamilton's, "Dissolving The Ego", Chapter 14, "We can learn to refocus our attention on the field itself rather than on the thoughts occurring in it. We can put our awareness on the space that thoughts are appearing in rather than the thoughts themselves. When we do this we begin to see that nothing could exist without this contextual field here first for it to appear in." and "Thought of Awakening" #62.
In this episode a quote from Dr. David Hawkins, "Dissolving The Ego, Realizing The Self", pages 27 - 30 was contemplated, "The narcissistic core of the ego is aligned with being 'right,' whether being 'right' means being in agreement with wisdom or rejecting it as invalid.... There is a secret payoff and satisfaction in being the victim, martyr, or loser.... The primary underpinning of the persistence of negativity is the ego's secret payoff from negativity ('juice'). This secret payoff is the ego's ONLY source of energy; so it sees forgiveness, as well as compassion, as the 'enemy.'"
In this episode a quote from NTI, Matthew, Chapter 12 was contemplated. "What is one cannot be separate and live.... The Spirit of God is one. This is the truth I would have you learn.".
In this episode "Thoughts of Awakening" #57 was contemplated, "Holiness is what you are. Unholiness is what you believe. What you are cannot be undone because it is your truth. What you believe must be undone because it is not truth. Give your willingness that untruth be undone from the mind.".
In this episode a quote from Dr. David Hawkins was contemplated, "The ultimate awareness and knowingness in the Presence of God is Peace.".
In this episode a quote from Dr. David Hawkins was contemplated, "The only simple task to be accomplished is to let go of the identification with the ego as one's real self.".
In this episode a quote from Dr. David Hawkins was contemplated, "All seeming separation is an artifact of thought. It is essential to see that the mind is at all times experiencing a point of view.".
In this episode a quote from Dr. David Hawkins was contemplated, "What is searching for higher truth is not a personal 'I'" and Thoughts of Awakening #51.
During this episode a quote from Rumi was contemplated. "Give up to Grace. The ocean takes care of each wave 'til it reaches the shore. You need more help than you know.".
During this episode a quote from Ramana Maharishi was contemplated. "Never through argument, but only by abiding in the heart as pure awareness which lights up and shines within the mind, can one enjoy the thrill, the throb, the bliss supreme of being the Self.".
During this episode a quote from Dr. David Hawkins was contemplated. "When mind stops talking, one is aware that one IS life. One is immersed in it rather than being on the surface, talking about it.".
In this episode a quote from Nisargadatta was contemplated. "Some events purify the mind and some stain it.".
During this episode a quote from Angelo DiLullo's book, "Awake" was contemplated. "Practice is the act of un-practicing the habituated tendencies that cause us to perceive reality as divided into subjects and objects, pasts and futures, and problems and solutions.".
In this episode a quote from Dr. David Hawkins was contemplated. "To the ego, gains lie without; to the spirit, they are internal, for the ever-present joy of existence is independent of content or form.".
In this episode a quote from Elise Morgan was contemplated. "Glow in the warmth of My love. My love springs from My life in your soul. I am limitless.".
In this episode a quote from Dr. David Hawkins was contemplated. "Each thought arises independently of all the others, like flying fish soaring out of the ocean.".