morning_star and sharpe -- the pot and kettle calling each other black   

Electro...

This is your first warning. Profanity and rudeness are not tolerated here. It is against the Acceptable Use Policy, which you agreed to when becoming a member.

Sarah...that was hysterical! 

Sorry Melody...I clicked the link and could only stomach the first 2 minutes before closing the window. Just not my thing. All he did was talk about how devil worship and satanism is mainstream everywhere you look. He didn't give any examples within the 2 minutes that I watched. The video was 8 minutes long. But all I could do was roll my eyes at him.

I didn't find him convincing, I found him a bit scary in his grip on his beliefs and religion and what he sees all around him as threatening that. I just don't 'do' conspiracy theories.



However, as for songs and stuff. I do agree with AM. I've noticed a lot of songs my teenage daughter listens to are much more ... inspirational than the stuff from my generation (barring a minority of songs). But Sarah makes a great point. Maybe it's not that society is awakening now, but that there are songs/movies/stuff available in each generation to help inspire and motivate. It's just an issue of what you gravitate towards.

Good stuff!

I think this was a better place for your post AM.

At first I thought I understood your question, but then I read volcomstone's response and now I'm not sure I do.

I have been in a scene and focused on one thing only, willing it to 'grow' and it happens instantly. For example, I was floating in space once and saw a bright orange cube way off in the distance. I thought "hmm, wonder what it would be like to be in that..." Then I was instantly inside the cube. Another time I looked at something and couldn't see it too well, so I focused on it and then I was beside it, or it had grown in size and was beside me, not sure which.

Is that what you are asking?

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dainch wrote:

if you are a member of these forums you know full well the power of the human mind and the fact that if enough mind power is directed toward an idea then that idea becomes a reality. Concepts and ideas are just as real as tangible objects except that they do not exist on the physical plan they exist on the mental plane

This is a common belief of AP members, however it is not a requirement. These forums are open to everyone regardless of their beliefs. So long as their posts are not derogatory or inflammatory, they can post as many diverse thoughts and ideas as they want.

These boards are specifically open for debate. so when debate comes, don't get too defensive if some disagree with you. I think disagreement is a great way to better understand things. 


morning_star wrote:

Ignorance plays a huge factor in incomplete ideas..... 

I wonder if you were addressing yourself here... 

Variables should be used only be used to teach high school algebra, not to be applied to fixed laws.  Most people (like someone here) don't understand that they don't know enough to form complete, correct, and logical ideas applicable to the universe.

Mathematics is intricately linked to fixed laws -- both physical and universal.

The sooner you realize you don't know or understand most things, the sooner you can sit down with a willing mind and learn the truth.

And what "truth" would that be?

I'm assuming from your post you are a teenager (still living at home and going to school). If so, then you are a bit limited to what you can do. Keep in mind, though, your parents are concerned because they care. They aren't trying to dominate, just make sure you are safe and healthy.

From what you've written, I don't see anything harmful in what you're reading (looking at it from someone not interested in this stuff). If they do call a psychologist, your parents may be surprised by the result. Psychology is one of the bigger proponents (believers) of affirmations. As for hermetic concepts like the Law of Attraction, that's a bit different, but not by much.  I don't think any reputable psychologist will do or suggest anything based on this stuff.

Now, if your parents are deeply religious and called a priest/rabbi/whatever (not sure of your faith) then I would worry. But that doesn't sound like an issue for you as you hadn't mentioned it.

Overall, I wouldn't stress out about it. Maybe you should be proactive and discuss this with your parents before they call anyone. That might help them understand what you are thinking.

Lastly, if you are an adult and living on your own, there isn't much they can do. They have no legal claim of dependency on you...unless you live at home.

Hope this helps!

...and I really think talking to them first is the best bet. Many times things get blown out of proportion simply due to lack of communication.

This question has been asked many, many times. If you do a search, you'll find a bunch of links with responses.

Here are two recent ones:

http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/welcome_to_obe_discussions/astral_lucid_dream_or_astral_projection-t26405.0.html

ttp://www.astralpulse.com/forums/welcome_to_obe_discussions/is_this_an_accurate_chart_of_conciousness-t26596.0.html

I'm going to lock this post since it is covered quite a bit in the most recent topic "is this an accurate chart of consciousness."  So if you want to post further questions, please do so to that thread.

I took some pictures to prove it because there are already too many people thinking that I'm crazy

you know?!  (hehe...just kidding -- couldn't resist)

Interesting pictures. I see what you're describing. Of course the skeptic in me (always nice to have one to balance out the optimist) wonders if the same thing happens if you move to different sections of the bridge versus at that one place. Also, it would be interesting to get a picture of you standing right beside someone else. Additionally, you standing off while someone else stands in the spot where you were standing.

I'm just curious, because you can't tell from the shots, but is light reflecting off of something above and behind you that is casting light on the water and it only appears brighter because your shadow is a stark contrast compared to the 'non-shadowed' water.

You mentioned its been happening for 3 weeks, so I'm assuming you see this as it follows you across the bridge, but the pictures all show that one spot -- hence the initial questionning in my mind. Also, you said it doesn't occur around anyone else, which is why I'd like to see a comparison.

Other than that...it looks pretty fascinating I must say. 

Scarred -- I've seen two other posts of yours this morning and not a single post has any punctuation at all. Can you please use periods? I'm sure I'm not the only one unable to easily follow what you wrote because we don't know where to stop and start.

Thanks!

Bird-
I'll leave the post as is, but in the future, can you please simply post a link if someone is interested. This post is huge and we like to keep the posts manageable for the members.

Thanks!

It sounds like you are describing energy sensations. The chinese call it chi. If you focus on it, you should be able to sense it all throughout your body, not just your spine (the common English word for vertegral column). If you stop and lift your hand, looking and paying attention ONLY to one of your fingers. You should, if you are attuned enough, be able to feel energy accumulating in it. With practice you can do this anywhere in your body -- it's called moving energy.

You may want to do some reading on tai chi and chi kung. Both deal with this type of stuff. Yoga works with prana, which is breath, but generates similar energy sensations as well as sensitivity to feeling energy. So that may be another thing to look into.

To me, soul is a temporary housing of the personality we are during physical life. The spirit, in the context of this discussion, is the uniqueness that is the sum total of all our experiences (so all of our souls added together from all physical lives = spirit). The soul is temporary while the spirit is eternal.

Just my current definition -- I change them as I learn and grow though.

I remember reading about this years ago, but couldn't recall exactly. Below is a section from the Univ of Mich website on Egyption mythology:

The Egyptians believed that every person was composed of three essential elements: body, ba, and ka.

The body is the physical body and is unique to each individual. As a person gets older, so the body ages and changes - the Egyptians' expressed the idea of growing up as a process of "making changes" - and death is the last change.

Each person also has a ba. Though the ba is also unique to each individual, it is not a physical entity.  Ba is sometimes translated as "manifestation," and can be thought of as the sum total of all the non-physical things that make a person different from others. In this sense, ba is very similar to what we call "personality" or "character." In the afterlife, the ba is represented as a bird, often with a human head.

Each person also has what is called a ka, or life-force, and it is the ka which is the difference between being alive and being dead. Unlike the ba, the ka is not individual, but common to all living people and the gods: in the beginning, the creator made ka, and ka enters each person's body at birth. Like the ba, the ka is not a physical entity, though it has a definite physical connection. In the plural, ka means "sustenance," linking it to the idea of food. In fact, ancient Egyptians would bring food to a dead person's tomb as an offering to his or her ka. But since the ka is not strictly physical, the food was not there to be literally eaten by the deceased or the deceased's ka, but it was the life-preserving force in the food that was being offered.

When a person dies, so the Egyptians believed, the ba and ka become seperated from the body, though they do not die. In the New Kingdom period and after, the Egyptians effected this seperation through the Opening of the Mouth ritual, in which the ba and ka are released to go to the next world.

In the next world, or underworld, the goal is to live with ones ka. In order for this to happen, the ka needs to be summoned back to the body and recognize it. But since the body is bound in its wrappings, it must rely on its ba to seek out its ka. During the nightime, when the sun god, Ra, is said to visit the underworld, the ba may roam freely in the underworld, or to popular places in this world, but it's anchor in this world, where it must return when Ra leaves the underworld, is the body, because together they are part of the same whole being.

In seeking a union with the ka, the ba must overcome many potential dangers in the underworld. But if it does succeed, it will reunite with the ka and form what is called akh. The Egyptian's believed that there are only three kinds of beings that inhabit the hereafter: the dead, the gods, and akhs. Akhs are those who have successfully made the transition to new life in the next world, where they live with the gods. The dead are those who have failed to make the transition. It is said that they have "died again," with no hope of renewed life.

My take on this is similar to yours. The ba is similar to soul and the ka is akin to spirit. However, they treat the interaction between the 2 (body, ba and ka) different than we do -- or at least different than what I've read.