Indeed. In all indigenous cultures the way to experience God, or...

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13/12/19

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Originally posted by Trees: ↑

and @beforethebounce

to me it is just being simple (not an easy word to explain using the throttling control of words)

you will notice that some can handle much flow and some need very little to sustain their existence in this reality. eg some can handle many inputs whilst others need a few inputs (otherwise it is not easy to cope)

this may be conditioning or it may be an self protection mechanism

This is very similar to the number of faces humans can apply to the world.

Throttling is to me a protection mechanism, when the flow is too strong and from many directions humans sink into a turtle shell.

Flow can be the sense from the outside world or internal, it just depends on the ability/makeup and experience one has in this life cycle.

perception and experience and bias are powerful corridors in humans

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Indeed. In all indigenous cultures the way to experience God, or what may be called a spiritual experience is to turn off, to meditate or imbibe some substance that shuts the brain down. It is experiential.

It is interesting that for most Western and Middle Eastern religions the pursuit of such an experience is attempted by arguing over scriptural meaning and demonstrations of false piety. It is a purely cognitive pursuit.

Letting go has to be the path because no human is capable of conjuring up God in their mind, or via a thought.

A Baha'i prayer - Oh, God, make me a hollow reed, from which the pith of self hath been blown so that I may become as a clear channel through which Thy Love may flow to others.
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