Perspectives and Findings

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In between the waking state and dream state I heard the thoughtform this morning, "I don't want to help you."  This was accompanied with judgemental vibes.  Whoever this is, I've reached the point with research/application of stoicism and CBT to be in a position to no longer need anyone else's help.  Therefore, I request that whoever you are, please stand aside.  If you don't stand aside, I will simply know that you are trying to hinder my healing and development.  I will also know that you are powerless over me, and anything you might do to try to harm me only falls back upon you. Psychologically, I've made major breakthroughs.  I don't need a therapist, nor do I need the approval of others.  If anything, I am almost in a position to help others with their issues.  I thought about being a paid mentor, which doesn't require an advanced degree.  This is a great alternative to being a therapist.  (I am not 'qualified' to be a therapist be...

I've found freedom in not identifying who I am based on my: – Race – Gender – Sexuality  – Various worldly belief systems It's interesting that by not identifying oneself by these aspects, identity politics is rendered inert. Yes, one can still enjoy various roles.  Everyone has likes and dislikes.  However, there are aspects beyond all of this that can be accessed, as deeper levels of being connected to 'higher realms.'   Even someone with deep and strong destructive programming can access higher realms when disidentifying from this programming.  When someone dies, much of what they thought they were dissolves.  Often, those who die are in for quite a surprise.  I suspect this to be the case from a few experiences of being close to death. I postulate that the more one is ensnared in worldly identities, the smaller one is after death.  The more one knows oneself beyond worldly identities, the larger one is after death.  Ascension could b...

I posted this before as a comment on 2012 Portal, but I'll put this up one more time, with an added observation at the end: Clarification on Trump and Musk: The Light Forces did not say they unconditionally support Trump and Musk. Instead, according to conference notes, this was stated: "1 month ago the chances of cooperation between the Aldebarans and Trump/Musk were 40-45%. As of right now, it stands at 30-35% probability. We’ll see how things go in February and March." "There are two scenarios. The first scenario is that Donald Trump and Elon Musk cooperate and are contacted by the Aldebarans. Elon Musk will be the first person who the Aldebarans will contact. It may begin real disclosure. Elon Musk has a thick mind. He is good in some aspects. If the click happens between him and the Aldebarans, it will be a force for good. The second scenario is that the Aldebarans have a backup plan which will continue regardless of surface politicians. This is why the United S...

Here's my version of the stoic principle of focusing on what can be controlled and letting go of what cannot be controlled:  Years ago, I went jogging 3 hours or more a week.  I would get a runner's high from these jogs.  Life was really good during this time.  Then, however, I started feeling awful after the jogs, and my heart started flip-flopping like I was going to die.  This made me very upset.  I kept saying, "Why am I being punished for doing the right thing?"   Recently though, I decided to go on walks for an hour or more a day, most days of the week.  I feel invigorated with a 'walker's high' from these walks.  It's fantastic! The above is an example of finding ways around something beyond my control.  "If I can't do this, what can I do?"  Suppose it rains most of the time.  Then I would go on walks with a an umbrella or raincoat.  Suppose I had a leg injury.  Then I would go on walks with a cane. ...

Regarding this video, https://youtu.be/7wu4nE3jNSE?list=LL it's not all-or-nothing.  One can watch shows that have great depth.  One can play old school video games that are more artistic-looking.  One can go shopping for products that enhance health and activate higher potential.  One can share insightful material online.  One can do purposeful online research. And, one can get away from all technology and go for a long walk.  One can sit and do nothing for 10 minutes, as was suggested as a test in the above video.  One can do meditations.  One can discipline oneself to read and apply powerful self-help books.  One can learn a new skill set.   It's alright and even healthy to reward oneself for making progress by goofing around.  However, it's best that goofing around not be one's main objective. We all have a meter that can be gauged.  "Goofing around" can be at one end, and "self-disciplined development" can be at the o...

Pea protein powder (and probably rice protein powder - will have to isolate it to make sure) makes me extremely tired. I'm not the only one: https://www.reddit.com/r/vegan/comments/19bnbpb/vegan_protein_making_me_tired/?rdt=34541   One of the replies on the above site states: "I switched to vegan protein since I suspected the whey was causing me back acne, but I find the same thing with it making me soooo sleepy like that. Like feels like I took a Valium. I’m gonna have to switch back to the whey since I can’t function after the vegan protein powder. Sometimes whey will make me sleepy but not half as much…" Even a small amount makes me so tired I have to take a nap.  Other vegan powders do the same thing, such as pumpkin seed protein powder and tofu. When I switch to whey for a while the tiredness goes away.   I wasted a fair amount of money on these vegan protein powders.  Oh well.  It is what it is. I can't really think of anything to post lately; I'm...

If A Stoic Had a Gun to Their Head An unknown commenter stated on a recent post, "I would like to know the immediate response of a Stoic with a gun to their head." This comment may have been an attempt to invalidate stoicism by using an extreme situation for the purpose of shock value , or this may have been a legitimate curiosity.  M ost people in the world will never be in the situation of having a gun to their head.  We hear about it in the news all the time but out of 8 billion people it's statistically extremely rare.  However, stoicism addresses these kinds of scenarios.  "Stoicism and the Art of Happiness" by Donald Robertson states: "Epictetus says that when a terrifying sound surprises us, such as thunder or a falling building, or when we're suddenly confronted by news of some impending danger, even the Sage is necessarily disturbed, because the initial impression forces itself on his mind, and he may grow pale and shrink back automatically f...

Here is an excellent article on the three main antinutrients in plant foods: https://shawnwells.com/2020/07/02/your-guide-to-lectins-phytates-oxalates/   What I like about the above article is that it doesn't have a strict one-size-fits-all mentality.   There's a way to go vegetarian and still be low in lectins, phytates, and oxalates, which is something I've been trying to do for a long time.  When eaten together, pea protein isolate and rice protein isolate form a high-quality complete protein while being low in antinutrients.  By isolating the protein from these two plant foods, much of the antinutrients are processed out of them. Yet, it's interesting to note that antinutrients can have beneficial properties.  For example, phytic acid (inositol hexaphosphate) can have anti-cancer properties: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17044765/ It's even sold as a supplement:   Years ago, I tried an IP-6 supplement with beneficial physical (and even metaphysi...

CBT for Addictions (Disclaimer:  I am not a licensed professional.) The all-too-common addiction of porn addiction will be discussed here.   The worst thing someone with a porn addiction can do is punish oneself.  Guilt, shame, and stress over a porn addiction only serve to make the porn addiction worse.  Also, ultra-perfectionism standards in the 'spiritual community' make a porn addiction worse.  Those who point the finger with sanctimony only contribute to the problem.  Although not everyone in the spiritual community are this way, the number is large enough to be an issue.  It's very important to not buy into the judgements of such people, nor the mentality they promote.   Of course, non-judgement does not mean to celebrate the addiction either!  What's needed is a balanced, rational approach. AI came up with this: "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a widely used therapeutic approach for various behavioral addictions, includ...

Why it Can Be Difficult to get a Clear Signal in the Dreamstate  It can be difficult to get a clear signal in the dreamstate because the dreamstate often merges many different aspects.  For example, there can be a clear signal from God-Source being merged with abusive frequencies from the lurker/subquantum.  Another example is having a dream that gives precognition about a future meeting with someone in a safe setting, but this precognition gets merged with a war scenario from somewhere else in the world, so the result is a dream about a future meeting with someone in a war zone.  (These two examples are oversimplified to illustrate the key idea.  The number of different mergings can be dozens or more, which is why dreams can be so chaotic and not make sense.  Plus, the subconscious can have very strange ways of communicating when looked at consciously.) There can however, be clear, or mostly clear, constructive dreams from the higher self....

Regarding Processed Foods Not all processed foods are unhealthy.  For example, white bread is a processed food, but as has been proven, whole wheat and/or whole grain bread has dangerous levels of glyphosate while white bread does not.  (Also, many brands that sell oats, including organic brands, are also high in glyphosate: https://centerforintegrativehealth.com/blogs/think-twice-before-you-roundup-some-more-oats     It's the bran that absorbs the glyphosate the most.) The main processed foods to avoid are the ones that are high in fructose and/or vegetable oils, such as donuts and twinkies.  Also, avoid processed foods with added soft metals:   (So of course, avoid white bread with added aluminum.  And, let people look at you funny in the store if you read every ingredient list.  It's worth it.)  Another way of Being Attacked   Coming up this June, this will be the 6-year mark for me going alcohol free.  I know that if I ha...

Anything over 80 parts per billion of glyphosate (from Monsanto's Roundup) is in the category of "high level concern."  This is probably the real reason why whole wheat bread gave me so many issues.   Also, here are some tested levels of glyphosate in pea protein powders:     Note that organic brands can be even worse than non-organic brands. For pea protein I use the Naked brand, although it's in the category of "slight concern," with 39 parts per billion.  Still though, whole wheat bread has hundreds to over 1000 parts per billion by comparison!  White bread is the lowest, with less than 20 parts per billion.

Alternating between reading/applying stoicism and Cognitive Behavior Therapy is helping quite a bit! From "The Little Book of Stoicism: Timeless Wisdom to Gain Resilience, Confidence, and Calmness" by Jonas Salzgeber, practice 45: "Seneca advises to look at an insulter as an overgrown child.  Just as it would be foolish for a mother to get upset by remarks of her toddler, we’d be equally foolish to get hurt by insults of a childish person.  People with such a flawed character don’t deserve our anger, says Marcus, they only deserve our pity. Let’s remember that rational and wise people don’t insult others, at least not on purpose.  So if a person insults us, we can be certain this person has a flawed and immature character.  Irvine compares being insulted by another person is like taking the barking of a dog personally.  We’d be fools to become upset by that dog and think for the rest of the day, “Oh dear! That dog doesn’t like me!” Marcus Aurelius saw insulting ...

Regarding Cobra's latest post, I am confident that I will be ready for the upcoming clearing process of the deepest part of Lurker subquantum anomaly on the surface of the planet.  Here's why:   I'd like to re-mention that cognitive behavioral therapy from reading this book has been helping quite a bit:  "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple: 10 Strategies for Managing Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Panic, and Worry (Retrain Your Brain with CBT)" by Seth J. Gillihan I've gotten to the part where core belief systems are identified from one's own thoughts and imagined scenarios.  Here's an example: One thinks of all the times of being mistreated by others.  A core belief is then identified from this, which is "No one respects me."  Then, there is focus on evidence to the contrary.  One thinks about all the times of being treated nicely by others.  One thinks about any friends one had, and of times of being respected.  The core belief can then...

To Achieve True Victory The saying that a person can be killed but an idea cannot is untrue.   Dissolution of anomaly/subquantum anomaly leads to the dissolution of cognitive distortions.  People don't abuse each other if the source of their abusive tendencies – anomaly/subquantum anomaly – has been dissolved. Members of the dark forces can be killed, but as long as there is anomaly/subquantum anomaly, they will be replaced by new agents over time.  The source of anomalous ideas and ways of thinking must be dissolved to keep the dark forces from ever being replenished again.   The dark forces can continue to lose power while the source of their power continues to dissolve.   A List of Control One can make a list of all the things one can control and all the things one cannot control.   Creating such a list helps one to hone in focus on what one can control.   There are four categories:  "easy to control," "partial control," "difficult ...

Update (with massive facepalm): Later on in the book below, it promotes... flat earth theory.   It still has some interesting metaphysical knowledge.  Of course one must filter out what's useful.  Yet, I don't like the idea of promoting anything that has flat earth theory.  How very frustrating.   I should have known it was too good to be true.   My first impulse was to just remove this post entirely, but maybe it's enough to make this update giving people a heads up. I'll just say that in absolutely no way do I promote flat earth theory.  I even remote viewed the earth years ago and saw a sphere. ------- I came across a really interesting 119 page book today, titled "Book of Wisdom."  Here's someone making a short video on this, sent to me from a friend today: https://www.tiktok.com/@revivalofwisdom33/video/7462321765402938656?_r=1&_t=ZP-8uKNT8HqBaB   Here are the first couple pages:       The PDF is here (it said t...

1.  Personalizing Taking something personally that may not be personal.  Seeing events as consequences of your actions when there are other possibilities.  Example:  Believing someone’s brusque tone must be because they’re irritated with you. 2.  Mind reading Guessing what someone else is thinking, when they may not be thinking that. 3.  Negative predictions Overestimating the likelihood that an action will have a negative outcome. 4.  Underestimating coping ability Underestimating your ability to cope with negative events. 5.  Catastrophizing Thinking of unpleasant events as catastrophes. Example:  Imagine you're preparing for a big work presentation, and you accidentally mess up a small detail during your practice session.  You start thinking, "If I make this mistake during the actual presentation, everyone will think I'm incompetent.  I'll probably lose my job, and then I won’t be able to pay my bills. My whole life will fall apa...

A similar diagram is in the book, "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple: 10 Strategies for Managing Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Panic, and Worry" by Seth J. Gillihan.     (I found this diagram to have the best descriptions when doing an image search.  Sorry about the overlay about the paid version to remove the mark though. )   Update:   I decided to give an example for each one:   Catastrophizing Someone is preparing for a job interview.  They start thinking, "What if I completely mess up?  They'll think I'm incompetent, and I'll never get a job.  I'll end up ruining my career and won't be able to support myself."  This thought spiral escalates a single event – a challenging interview – into a disastrous, life-altering scenario without evidence. "Should" Statements Someone might think, "Life should always reward hard work and good intentions.  If it doesn’t, then life is cruel and meaningless." While it's natural to f...

The Event is not tangible because it hasn't happened yet, and no one knows when it will happen.  If someone were asked to have an imaginary house to live in while being physically homeless, this imagined house isn't enough.  The house needs to be physical.  Another example:  An imaginary boyfriend or girlfriend.  That just doesn't work.  He or she needs to be physically real.     Yes, the Event will be physically real, but because it hasn't happened yet, it's still within the realm of imagination.  A human being needs more than that.  A human being needs something to be real in the here and now in order to have purpose and meaning in the here and now.   The Event is strongly sought, and there is rebellion against 'matrix life.'  But when matrix life is thrown out, there isn't anything tangible to take its place.  People who are 'in the matrix' can actually be less toxic than some (but definitely not all) lightwork...