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Short story: When is a cold not a cold? When you are a Zen master

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 6 Sep

The Zen master coughed loudly, as it appeared that he had a cold, but when his student asked him if he did have a cold, the Zen master had replied, "Zen masters do not get colds." The student thought hard, and...

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Will there ever come a time where our minds will not mind playing second fiddle?

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 13 Nov 20

Our mind has been described sometimes in many derogatory ways, as crazy, addictive, compared to being like a monkey, of no real substance, etc. etc., and that we should drop it, or let go of it, altogether. [i]Of...

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Are you rooted in Hell, or in Heaven?

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 28 Dec 19

"No tree can grow to heaven until it's roots reach down to hell." Carl Jung, (1875 to 1961) the well-known, and respected, psychoanalyst said this. I would say that he meant well, something like that we need to integrate...

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Our thoughts, our mind, and our soul. Are any of these the real us, or not?

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 17 Dec 19

I have heard it said that our mind is undisciplined, and largely runs free of us, whoever we are. Our mind is a tool that we have trouble controlling then, but who is this we, and why is our mind like this? Who gave us such a...

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Our shadow self. How real is it really? Do we need to hang onto it at all? Has it any value?

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 10 Apr 17

The psychologists tell us that we have a dark side, an inner enemy, or an inner demon even. They give it many other names too, even calling it just our reactive mind, or our unconscious drives, at times. They tell us that we...

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Would the real me please stand up and tell me who I am

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 7 Dec 16

Yesterday I was in the city with my wife and another lady. We went to a Korean restaurant for lunch, and we all ordered a "mango slush" as an accompanying drink to our food. A "mango slush" is an icy slushy drink, with some solid...

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How can we stand up as our old self, but then sit down being our real self?

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 15 Aug 16

Some people tell us to get a grip on ourselves, or to be our real self, or even to grow up, and to be who we are really meant to be. Why do some people talk about this idea that we should listen to our self more, or to try to be...

growing past our old self

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Can You Meditate on Your Own?

Artgirl @owstalaga (4825) • Philippines 4 Sep 15

I have a thing with meditation... It's either I'm not sure if I'm doing it right or I just don't find the time to do it. I always think about doing it properly but until now I haven't done it seriously. It always feels like I'm...

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What are dreams anyway?

Ravenladyj @Ravenladyj (22902) • United States 6 Jul 07

When I ask that I'm not meaning what is a dream in the sense of can you explain it to me...I'm asking what you think CAUSES dreams or better yet WHY do we have them in the first place... I personally believe that we have them...

dreams

higher self

solutions

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Spirit Guides, higher self

minds_eye @minds_eye (58) • Philippines 20 Jan 07

I have fairly read books on the topic; "channeling," and more specifically "how to connect with the guide" however, i wasn't able to actually connect with the high level guides. And I don't know if I'm progressing too. So, please...

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