learning something new

HI all,

I thought I would start a post that let us all share something new that was learned this week.

This week I learned a few things I found interesting.

1. I am starting a new accounting course that deals with fraud investigation and one of the things I learned is that there can't be fraud unless there is trust.

2. In reading a book for my Reiki 3 class I learned the history of Reiki and its many
 branches/offshoots.

3. I learned that our unconscious is connected to our “feelings” and our conscious is connected to our thinking.


Peace

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I learned that most people have plans for tomorrow, right before they die.

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This is a good one, Bob.
Most of our plans are ill-conceived.  Life will happen plan or no plan. 
You make this  really great plan and then…
the piano falls on your head..
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Ouch Mimi,

Is that what that sharp thump was?

Seriously, I make an effort to learn something “new” every day. Otherwise, what is the point? Maybe there is no point. But hey, I still ENJOY learning new stuff. Helps me feel like I am evolving.  Maybe the enjoyment is all that matters.  Maybe it is only the sharp thump that matters.

Relax.  H.

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“Otherwise, what is the point?”

- I dunno, is there “a point”?
or “the point'?

I think there are things we choose to learn; and then there are the lessons we are taught.
We may not choose to learn, but we will be taught.  That's what I think.  I could be wrong….
I have been wrong 1 or 2 thousand times at least.

The Universe is filled with surprises.
I just try to keep breathing and enjoying  every moment as it is
and make wise choices when need be (TNEFP) and keep it simple.

namaste,
mimi
PS –look out above!!!  helmet or foil beanie might be required

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Let me see … one thing I learned is … how to explain this? Let's see … We can inter into a relationship with a wonderful and solid appearing presented self/individual that can be usurped by another self within them that is very much the antithesis of what was originally presented.  laughing And all of this is subject to conditions … that in some cases, conditions determine which self or selves shall arises in certain individuals … not in the sense of normally manifested subpersonalities that are aware of one another but in the sense that they are disassociated to varying degrees … and rather disturbing in their disassociated status. Of course, I was academically aware of this but experiencing it in a relationship is another matter altogether.  And I learned that I can intuit such  things and be aware of them from the beginning but deny what I intuited. So, I am at this time rather vigilant but more trusting of my intuitive responses - less likely now to deny what I intuit and viscerally sense.

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Sean,

Am I sensing some hurt has occured at seeing this knoweldge( that you knew years ago) played out in your current life ?

It is best to trust ones intuition , as I understand it, it comes from our higher/ true Self.

Peace

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Peace,

YES!

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interesting

it is an absurd world is it not
or at least may seem to be

people are crazy are they not

but one thing is often forgotten that must be remembered
when i say people are crazy i include myself

how could i really be fundamentally different from others
it must be only a question of degree

as gurdjieff has said
man is not one
he is not a unity not an individual
he is legion
a multiplicity

have you ever met an animal you could not trust

even if an animal is aggressive
he does not hide it

you know what the case is right away

animals arent cunning
they dont try to portray what they are not

there may be exceptions but in general its true enuff is it not

funny world where animals are honest
and human beings are liars
but such is our predicament
and we must make some sense of it
or continue to suffer it

to make some sense
perhaps even complete sense
of the apparent absurdity disorder and chaos

who is up to the task

love

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sounds fun! haha.

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Peace, you inspired me to take a couple of chances at my day job. As a result, I figured out how to do some different things with a computer program that I have been using every day for over a year. Prior to this, I used the program tamely. Today I allowed myself to test and try new things with it. I feel pleased about the outcome, and can see how this new-found confidence will help me in my day job.  Thanks for the idea!

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This week I learned that the wood in pianos sing when played and the wood in guitars hum along with the strings as well.  I knew on some level this was true, but experiencing it was a big surprise.  This probably stems from this flower I saw about a month ago that wanted to hug me.

Since I'm going through this upsurge in awareness, I can't wait to see what I have been missing in people.

It occurs to me that I have been seeing and hearing in something like 2 dimensions and that somethings have hidden facets on sides I've never known.

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Please talk about this more, Teka.

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I find that I learn things many times before I truly understand them and I also find that there are many different levels of understanding, of which one I am on I am not sure haha…. It's like I learn things over and over again and I suppose that would be like me scraping a match over and over again and it almost ignites but not quite.  And then once I have learned something enough the match ignites and I feel a change within me and without me.

So this week I truly began to understand the power that is behind keeping a still mind.

Yesterday I said some thing like this to a friend: “You know how people always say that Silence is deafening? It is because when most people are in complete Silence their minds are still chattering away! And the mind can be much louder than any sound producing thing outside of the body.  When a person with a still mind is in Silence, they are indeed in Silence and that Silence allows waves of tranquility to move through him/her.”

I also learned that Miles Davis had Synesthesia…I also learned what Synesthesia means haha, and what its implications are. Very interesting…

Namaste,

Love Kevin

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During any cognitive stage of development, we assimilate information until it is accommodated (Jean Piaget). Although there is some continuity between stages, radical changes in consciousness occur when a lower cognitive stage is left for a higher one. In this sense, apprehension of reality is qualitative and stage-bound but increasingly inclusive and abstract as one ascends.

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How did gain such a deep understanding of psychology?  I mean most people who major in psychology don't seem to understand it as well as you do.  And the only reason I understand it as well as I do is because of my experiences in therapy.  How did you get to where you are? haha.

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Hi Kevin,

I spent four years studying cognitive development and human relations. Much of this stuff is burned into my brain. During that time, I read thousands of research publications ranging a wide variety of interests, and my course work was extensive and solid. I loved that area of study! It came very easily to me. After graduating, I applied for the Department's combined Masters/PhD program but the new Department Head hated my guts for reasons unknown to me, and he banned my entrance while my supporting professors were out for the summer. This was a tragedy because I could have added much to the field. I wanted to do research, probably in Human Relations and Behavior Genetics, as well as teach on the university level. I had to regroup, and got another degree in Hydrology.

Looking back, I would have gotten PhDs in Fine Art and Philosophy/Theology. I didn't listen to my intuition. It was a big mistake.

Sean    

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well I will take your advice and listen closely to my own intuition. =)

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Silelent temple… I am learning counselling and have just studied Skinner, Piaget, a whole crew or theorists and theories…. it's so interesting…..Maybe if I have questions can I ask you? Or insights…Do you practice as a therapist or psychologist?

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Soul,

You are such a wonderful and depth-filled person, I know you would make a top-notch therapist.

You can ask me anything. I will try to answer.

I am not a therapist. After completing my 1st degree, I was going to enter a therapist program but found it was not accredited, and did not have the resources to move the family to another university.  I think I would have loved being a therapist, however.

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“I would have loved……….being a therapist..”(You have lots of interests and talents.)
There is still time. 
A few years……a degree
The years will pass anyway.

When I was 18, my wonderful doctor said this:
 “Don't be an old lady with regrets”. 
I never forgot those words.
PS –I have not been 100% successful ;>)

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” 'Don't be an old lady with regrets.' 
I never forgot those words.
PS –I have not been 100% successful ;>)”

laughing

Before my last friend died, he said, “Don't become a bitter old man.” This statement has never left me, also.

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Beautiful thread…

Kevin …
Looks like you learned something already this week :)

What about for this week… 3 insights that come….

1. That the best satsang (meeting in truth) is when you hear the sound of your own voice telling you everything is ok when you are in a situation where you used to react and suffer…and as a result you don't enter into the old habit of thought….

That's all so far….

may be more insights… may not be…

love to All

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2. Living in the unknown…..living without knowing or having to know is amazing and freeing :)


peace to everyone here…

may you want it more than anything else…
including knowing…

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another insight…
 
3. I'm not part of the human RACE…. I'm a human BEING…

Hey if anyone wants to put that on a t-shirt …go ahead….


love
soul

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:O)

And this is interesting: It is not even the human race, it is the human species. And I think you are a Being. Period. So light. So free.

Hamilton, Dogji, (He be dah dog) has been talking about maintaining our will to be groovy. I am thinking … maybe we should change Silent Temple to Groovy Temple …

 

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hahahaha

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I like the name of the pod …

the

“silent temple”

is always here

when things are groovy  or not so groovy

there is always the silent temple within (well it's not locatable)

always here behind and including the groovy and not so groovy times in our lives….

love
soul

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That's right!