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The Head, the Heart and What it Means to See
If a book guides you, my feeling is that such a book would not be as reliable a guide as love. Best to follow the heart, even foolishly at times, if one is to be a real human being.
My heart tells me that the world is in a desperate state of crisis right now. I feel driven to stand up and do my part to try to lead where I can, and to reduce suffering where I can, and to never lose sight of the reality that it's not really me who is doing any of it.
The human experience is but a fraction of who and what we are. The only way to truly know this is to find out for yourself. From a conscious state it is self evident that nothing needs to be done. Harmony and chaos are the same things, only called by different names, depending on where one is standing when it all goes down. Creation and destruction are the same thing.
It our is human heart that makes us care. Many new agers have told me that I should tune the world out, be somehow above it all, see it only as an illusion. I find the proposition to be heartless.
In fact, the world is real and unreal simultaneously. In fact there is no separation between the spiritual and material worlds. Religion is an attempt to organize all of this and in the process the essential truth is lost.
See the thread of truth that runs through the story, sometimes visibly and sometimes invisibly. This is not "belief". This is what is meant by "direct perception".
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Permalink Reply by Bette Kibble on -
WOW ...Wisdom Emanating From the Heart....Light House for All..
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Permalink Reply by Alexi on -
Love, love, love this post. The thing is, I still want to re-write this sentence:
"Religion is an attempt to organize all of this and in the process the essential truth is lost"
Religion is a set of beliefs that are taught, and at it's root is simply faith in "something higher". In trying to navigate the (often hypocritical/political/destructive) man-made set of rules & regulations + hierarchy inappropriately assigned to that religion that the essential truth is lost. Religion is not the obstacle, it's the misappropriation of religion for greed/subjugation/political agendas that is the obstacle. Religion is generically faith there is "something other".
IMHO, this blog is so spot on except for that one sentence, e.g. I try to "see the thread of truth that runs through", and is common to, all religions. Dismissing religion altogether seems counter-intuitive to understanding there is actually no separation from the spiritual and material worlds, as for me, this is probably the #1 most common thread repeated in popular religions.
I don't want to turn the blog comments into a debate about religion - instead, I'd love it if you would elaborate on what you mean by "belief" vs. "direct perception"
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Permalink Reply by Eric Allen Bell on -
Alexi - If somebody tells me that you are in the room with me, I might choose to "believe" them, especially if they repeat it enough times.
However, if I can see you directly, or hear you, or feel your presence, then that is what is meant by "direct perception".
Does that answer your question?
Peace :)
Eric
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Yes, thank you. Attunement (for me) is the key to direct perception. Recently I have taken a liking to abandoning all that I believe (e.g., things I was taught) and instead, focusing on what I feel, breath, touch, sense, experience, learn "in the now", and have "always known". If I were to describe the "sensory" experience of that approach, it would be hard to put into words - it feels like the picture you attached to this blog - one of the reasons I loved it it ; )
Namaste - Alexi
Eric Allen Bell said:Alexi - If somebody tells me that you are in the room with me, I might choose to "believe" them, especially if they repeat it enough times.
However, if I can see you directly, or hear you, or feel your presence, then that is what is meant by "direct perception".
Does that answer your question?
Peace :)
Eric
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Permalink Reply by Bette Kibble on
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RE Reading this again....The Heart Path of Love,can be a Path of it's own. Joseph Campbell wrote about this in "Hero with a Thousand Faces" and the "Power of the Myth" If the Path you are on does not have heart and Bring you Joy get off...Do What Brings you Bliss and Joy...Follow Your Bliss.....
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Eric - sorry for the delay in responding - yes, your reply answered my Q (and) it actually sparked a kind of intriguing revelation. I have re-read this post and appreciate the intriguing comments you made around duality even more now ; )
Peace - Alexi
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Cool, thanks :)
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Are you citing the "What Happens When I Die?" blog b/c it also addresses direct perception, or ?
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Permalink Reply by chris tidman on -
Throw in http://commongoodfinance.com and you will have the different civilization that you are looking for. A civilization is just a social hierarchy and it is, as always, run by social networks. The social networks (teams) have changed and we have a much better way of selecting the members of each team.
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