Tippaporn

I've stated elsewhere just recently that the answers to any questions are always available. They were available at the birth of Christianity and resulted in the Bible. The answers are available at any point in time, whether past or future. And that's because the answers are within each and every individual. Whether that fact is recognised or not. So it is only natural that many of the answers found in the Bible are found elsewhere, such as in Buddhism and any other religion. And once one is apprised of this fact, that the answers lie within us, then it's becomes obvious that so many parallels exist. That information 2,000 years old resurfaces throughout history again and again, up until and including modern times. It will be there in any given future as well. The information given in the Bible, for instance, can be found in everyday life, also. And more often than one might be aware it is given in normal living circumstances. The answers can be found in nature as well. Seth had once stated, "You could learn more from observing the animals than you could from reading my books." he Of course the answers can be found in nature as we are a part of it and not separate from it. Nature does not exist outside of ourselves even though it apparently exists outside of our skin. So yes, you could say, in a sense, that Seth is a modern day Jesus. In the sense that he provides the same type of information. But that would be the limit of the comparison. There is one important point I'd make here regarding the difference between the information contained, say, within the Bible and that of Seth. The world was a much different place at the time of Christ. As were the people. The information which Christ gave was geared specifically in a way which the people of that time could understand. The information Seth provides is geared specifically towards the people of today and thus it is presented much differently. It is much more straightforward, in our terms. Which is my personal reason for not reading the Bible or delving into other religions. As I said, for one Seth's presentation of the information is much more straightforward. It's very easy to understand and relate to. For another it has not be altered as I would argue the Bible has been over the centuries. And finally, as all religions tend to become dogmatic there is a complete elimination of that aspect. The Bible and other religious teachings are no longer necessary for me. The information is as fresh today as a new blossom. "Our mind, our universe have some mystic with it, when people can wake up from coma, and speak a new language fluently, he bearly studied at school." I think much of the "mysticism" folks refer to is due to a lack of understanding of who and what we are. We can talk about the magic of our corporeal body and, say, how it can grow itself to adult form without the slightest awareness on our part of how it achieves this feat. There is no real magic happening. It appears so only because we lack awareness of the process. The same is true, I would say, of your example.

Go camping. Thailand has about 98 national parks and about 50 others that aren't official. Or head out to a national park for a day trip. There's plenty of hiking opportunities. Thailand is, after all, a well known backpacking mecca. While Thailand does not have mountains that compare with the Alps the mountains here are majestic in their own right. One of the beautiful aspects of a tropical climate is the amount and variety of flora. That itself is stunning. Bottom line, there's more than enough nature out here to satisfy the soul. And more than enough stunning landscapes to behold.

I hope you recognise that your interpretation is due to your beliefs. The song is not at all about AC/DC wanting to take you to hell as you make it appear. You despise the music and then find lyrics which you can use to twist it's meaning. What you're doing is as obvious as, well, hell.

Funny that. I don't think I've ever really listened to the lyrics of Stairway To Heaven. Oh, I wouldn't go so far as to read nefarious, evil intentions into Led Zeppelin's music. That interpretation is most definitely shaped by personal beliefs. I think you would recognise that for what it is.

I'm afraid of riding motorcycles because of getting bugs in my teeth.

Well, there's more to a song than lyrics. Sometimes I don't even listen to lyrics, just the music. If that's pleasing then all is good, right? It is my thing. And I'm certainly not ashamed for it. Again, different strokes for different folks. Variety is the spice of life. No two snowflakes are the same. That kind of thing. If the world was meant for everyone to have the same likes and dislikes then there need only be one person to come. The cupboards are overflowing. Pick what you like and leave what you don't prefer be. Perhaps one of the only circumstances where people are together and leave everyone else to their own is at a restaurant. No one ever complains about what anyone else is eating.

"Is this bold enough?" It's fair. Now some engrossing experiences with a bit of XXX would have been very bold. Next time, eh? Seriously, though, very wonderful stories. I'll have to add more to this reply later to make some points. But the remainder of my day is going to be spent on other things. My daughter just came home from school. She craves attention. Either that or she just likes being disruptive. BTW, you can change your Newbie status to anything you like via your profile.

No apologies needed, save the frogs. Come back anytime.

It's here and it's in reply to one of your posts. Click on the arrow in the upper right to take you to the full post.

No doubt everyone has different musical tastes. Led Zeppelin are a seminal band and Page is one of the premier guitarists of all time. Not for you, obviously. But they're talent cannot be denied, even if one doesn't like their music. What's crap to me, for the greater majority of it, is rap. I'm not anti-drug to the point of saying that no one should ever experience them. But I am anti-drug when they become a dependency. I'm especially anti-drug when it comes to pharmaceuticals. Which in my opinion is a much greater problem than recreational drugs. I don't do either. I'll avoid pharmaceuticals like the plague. Fortunately I'm healthy and have little if any need for doctors or medicines.

"Why would you reject the idea that everything in existence is a product of an interaction between two polarities? Do you think that conflicts with Seth's teachings?" I take it you're referring to dualities? It's not that I reject the concept. It's simply that I've never considered it because I've never been introduced to it and thus can't talk about what I don't know. So, also, I couldn't begin to opine on whether or not it conflicts with Seth's teachings. I recall Seth talking about inherent tension but I can't remember much about it. It was brief. I'll try and search for it. (As an aside, since I have the Seth books as PDFs it's recently dawned on me that I could use Windows built in CTRL + F search function. Type in a word or words and it will bring up all instances within the text. It's fast, even in a 500+ page book. I need to test it out some more and see if it might be a good solution to look for specific material.) "Maybe you remember what I said about my experience with the kundalini energy." Yes, I do. For whatever reasons I've not attempted any of Seth's exercises for exploring consciousness apart from my normal consciousness. I'm not sure where the reluctance is coming from. Sometimes I chide myself for not making the attempt. It's not to say I've never experienced an altered state of consciousness. I've just never purposely tried to initiate it. "This may all sound very self aggrandizing, but it's the truth. I can't tell it differently." Pfffttt! You don't ever have to worry about me thinking you're applauding yourself in an overrated fashion. Folks do have a tendency to play down their achievements because they fear that they might come off as attempting to glorify themselves or appear as braggarts. No worries, mate. "The practical way to use Seth's teachings you mention is a very good one. I used and still use it as well." Scripting was actually something Abraham introduced. Abraham offers lots and lots of creative ways to fulfill your desires. They're Seth based but do not get into depth as Seth does. Still, it's very good material. Go on YT and plug in "Abraham Hicks." Tons of videos available.

Thanks for that, Hummin. Much appreciated. By the way, how did you like the finbiff recipe?

Now that I've related my Cinderella fairy tale (see above) I do not wish this wonderful tale to be envied. What for? For each and every poster on this thread has their own Cinderella stories (yes, plural) to tell. No one alive on earth is without their own tales of dreams come true, large or small. And so for the rest of you posters, to prove it to yourselves that all of you have indeed created similar experiences in your lives . . . All That Is now trumpets, "Let the storytelling begin!!" Okay, I'm being a bit over the top with the melodrama. @Hummin @mauGR1 @save the frogs @Red Phoenix @Sunmaster Did I miss anyone? I believe that's the extent of the current regular posters here. Don't be bashful. Be bold. Who here is supremely happily married, perhaps to a poor Isaan girl from some dusty Isaan village but worth all the tea in China? How did that come about? Can you recall all of the seeming coincidences that brought the two of you together? A chance meeting? An impulse to be somewhere at the right time? Tell the story. Who here has found their way to the Land of Smiles, as I did, and felt blessed? How did it happen? What events were created which paved the way. What personal inclinations do you have that made Thailand a perfect fit? (Mine was the love for freedom, but that was only one of my personal propensities which Thailand satisfied.) Can you recall odd or seemingly Providential events which happened and which played a role in bringing you here? Tell the story. Who here has landed a job which they've desired? Who here has had phenomenal business success? Who here has ever received a windfall? Who here has ever avoided a disaster? Who here has experienced a disaster only to see the silver lining in the cloud upon reflection and come to appreciate the disaster as leading you to a better place? Just a few examples but the examples of experiences are endless. My list of "dreams" come true is a long one. Surely not all of them are life altering events, such as Thailand was and is. Large or small is irrelevant. All issues are the same issue in that the process is identical. The point of this exercise is to recognise the process. Everyone here has more than a single story to tell which holds the evidence that you create your own reality and shows you indubitably how life works.

A word of CAUTION, Sunmaster. There are do's and there are don'ts. Do the above. DO NOT entertain ideas about how fulfilling whatever desire you have is possible. As soon as you do that you f'd yourself. DO NOT try and figure out the how of it. That's not your job. Your job, your only job, is to captain your ship. Your shipmates, who are secretly the "universe" in disguise, will do all of the dirty work per your command. And one other word of ADVICE: Life is supposed to be fun. It's supposed to be effortless. It's supposed to be thrilling. It's supposed to be satisfying. It's supposed to be fulfilling. As you write paste this on yer forehead: THIS IS FUN.

Since you did ask I'll give you an excellent suggestion. One that has worked well for me. Here's the back story . . . Back in mid summer of '01 I was single, had my own house, and was working tons of overtime making decent money. Yet I felt empty. My life was pretty much nothing more than a routine, like a broken record, and I tried to put my finger on what that empty feeling was all about. I was quick to identify it. "There's no excitement in my life," is what I exclaimed as the revelation hit me. Now I've been with Seth for a long, long time, as well as another channeler, still active BTW and on YT, who call themselves Abraham. I had more than enough of a basic understanding of "you create your own reality" and how it worked in detail. So I got out a blank notebook and wrote a heading on the first page: If I Could Have It Any Way I Wanted It What Would It Be Like? The idea was taken from Abraham, which they call scripting. In other words, since we're the ones who script every detail of our lives, granted unconsciously most of the time, then why not write the script the way you want it to read? Deliberately. With full consciousness. And so I would spend time each day writing down my exciting life to be. Now I will note importantly that there is great benefit to actually putting pen to paper as it keeps you focused. Doing it mentally is not a good way to go because your mind tends to wander. Doing it mentally you will begin entertaining thoughts and before you know it the process of associative thought kicks in and you'll find yourself meandering way off track. Pen and paper keep you focused and as it's time consuming it allows you the time to experience the actual feeling which your thoughts and imagination naturally generate. As you are aware, Sunmaster, feelings are produced by thoughts. Not the other way around as most believe. And the feeling is what's most important. Because it is the feeling that acts as the propulsion mechanism that transforms subjective thought into physical form . . . either as an object or an event. So I wrote daily and it was an extremely enjoyable exercise. But mind you that it can only be enjoyable if you can believe that your musings can indeed be fulfilled. Without that belief the exercise becomes sheer torture. To imagine life as you would have it be whilst simultaneously having a firm belief that you cannot have what you want can be excruciatingly painful. Which is a prime reason people do not dwell on their desires. They've had much too much experience of having their desires denied and so to think of them does create mental anguish. Spare yourself the misery and do not focus on what you want. Just joking. Now I had always enjoyed woodworking, though I had never done much of it. I also had a full unfinished basement. So I planned to immerse myself into it. I bought numerous books. I bought a brand new computer to work out my designs. And I began to investigate woodworking tools and machinery. My new exciting path was being set and I was focused. Lo and behold a mere 2-1/2 months since my revelation and my writings began I was called into my boss' office in early October of '01. They wanted to ship me out to Thailand for half a month on a job. Now there's a lot of detail surrounding all of this which I could relate but I will keep this as short as possible. I landed in Thailand for the first time in the wee wee hours of Nov. 2nd, 2001. And everything changed in an instant. I was mesmerised. I felt an intensity of excitement such that I've never felt before or after. On my very first full day in country it was undeniably clear that Thailand was where I was to be. Again, I'll cut this short and not get into all of the wonderful small details. I returned back stateside towards the end of the month. My excitement had no subsided in the least and I eagerly sat back down at my kitchen table and wrote and wrote and wrote. 10 months later my company shipped me back on a permanent transfer. I was in like Flint. (BTW, going on 23 years later my excitement is still very strong. I doubt it will ever diminish.) It wasn't all quite smooth sailing, though. Upon my return I immediately called the managing director of the Thai operation, whom I knew from Ireland, and requested a transfer. The Thai facility was already slated to move to China. He told me he'd have no problem getting me in there. I did want to move to a communist country and I couldn't see any comparison with Thailand. Thailand was the only option I would settle for. I declined and made a backup plan. In June of '02 we had received a number of new and very large projects simultaneously and China was not up to capacity. Then one day in August I received an email from the Thai managing director asking me if I was still interested in transferring. Now how strange of a coincidence is that? Of course I don't believe in coincidences. Or luck. Or chance. I am, though, quite convinced that I create my own reality and that the "universe" arranges each and every detail required to manifest my desires. In short, there are literally no impediments for your source self. The interim period between my return stateside and my permanent move 10 months later I continued to write. Even though most of that time I had no earthly idea how I was going to get back in great detail I was convinced the entire time that this was a done deal. There was no stopping it. The only power in all of the universe and beyond that could stop it was . . . me. And I was very conscious about not shooting myself in the foot. All I had to do was to maintain my focus. So my writing resumed but now I began to write about how I wanted my life in Thailand to be. I jotted down perhaps a page and of half of expectations. About 80% of what I wrote eventually transpired. So there's my personal example of how life developed after I first began jotting down what my life would be if I could have it any way I wanted it. So that is my suggestion to you, Sunmaster. (And to anyone else courageous enough to overcome their doubts and attempt the same.) Script your life the way you would like it to be. You're doing it anyway, for Christ's sake. You may as well do it consciously. You have no trouble with your parking lot angel. Big or small matters not. As Abraham is fond of saying, "It's as easy to create a castle as it is to create a button." The only thing to know is that thought, feeling, expectation, and imagination must be flowing in the same direction. Only you can throw a monkey wrench into the works by mucking it all up with thoughts, feelings, expectations and imaginings which are counter to what you want. Just don't shoot yourself in the foot, is all. Otherwise, if you can keep the various energies all flowing in the same direction consider it a done deal. Take it to the bank. Physical reality must . . . must mirror your thoughts. That is how it works and reality can not do other. Now I would wish you "good luck" but since there is no such thing then I'll just say "have fun at it, boy."

Someone pass this dude a joint!! I just caught your edit, save the frogs. You certainly are gifted with discerning musical taste. You should frequent this thread: In the past I've dominated this thread but not so much lately. Haven't seen you on it lately, @mauGR1. You had some excellent contributions, I recall very well. BTW, don't bother posting this gem on there. I already ripped it and posted it there. When I depart from this world I am going to every single concert I missed whilst alive. Smoke dope, drink alcohol, maybe do a few 'shrooms, engage in some wild sex, and never-ending rock 'n' roll.

Led Zeppelin with an extraordinary live performance of Dazed And Confused from '70 at The Royal Albert Hall.

I can understand (I think) the concept of duality and non-duality but as I'm still not entirely clear I'll decline to opine on it. "Maybe Seth meant that purpose can be found in the world of being (creation/becoming/transformation/action/duality), and that it can not be found in "not being" (non-duality)." As far as I'm aware non-being is impossible. So the definition of non-duality as not-being is utterly confusing to me. I always be one thing or another but I cannot not-be. That would be to literally disappear and that, to my knowledge, is an impossibility. ". . . towards a nothingness = non-duality" The idea of "nothingness" is also quite puzzling to me and I don't believe a state of nothingness is possible. Unless "nothingness" means something other than the straightforward definition of the word. But if it does mean something else then why not use a more fitting word to describe the concept? Sure there is!! Video games!! Just kidding but I can't say I agree with the statement. It implies a singular purpose to life. Logic follows that all other endeavours then must be considered meaningless. I lean towards multi-purpose. I believe there are multiples upon multiple purposes in certainly this life. Perhaps the primary reason I never delved into eastern religion or philosophy is due to the all of the various concepts which have always struck me as vague and nebulous . . . duality and non-duality, yinyang, disambiguation, dynamism, continual change, mutual adjustment, flow of the Universe, karma, dharma, Ṛta, etc. Browsing through some literature I would ask myself, can anyone explain life in plain English, please? I know that all religions and philosophies have value within them, and more than enough nuggets of wisdom, but hey, I'm just looking for a new job, a long term mate, and a new house. How do I bring these into my experience? Jane was raised Catholic and the idea was floated to compare and contrast the information Seth was giving with Christian theology and the Bible for there were certainly parallels. But she decided against it. Knowledge and the answers to all of our questions are available now. They have been available at all points in history and they will continue to be available in the eternal future. After all, that knowledge and those answers are always within us. My interest very early on was to find something which would explain things to me in common, simple English without any special terminology or concepts or complex systems or mystical and cryptic vagarity. My most important criteria was that the information was to be practical. Taiji or tai chi (simplified Chinese: 太极; traditional Chinese: 太極; pinyin: tàijí; lit. 'great pole') is a Chinese cosmological term for the "Supreme Ultimate" state of undifferentiated absolute and infinite potential, the oneness before duality, from which yin and yang originate. It can be compared with the old wuji (無極, "without pole"). In the cosmology pertaining to yin and yang, the material energy which this universe was created from is known as qi. It is believed that the organization of qi in this cosmology of yin and yang has formed many things.[5] Included among these forms are humans. How does this get me a job? Or a lover? I outright reject the notion that yin and yang formed humans, though.

I just called to verify and no one answered. Email bounced back. Address doesn't exist. Hey, whaddaya tryin' ta pull here??

ID first, please.

Very true. Seth has made mention of this important aspect of teaching as well. You must first consider where the student is at. Else it all goes over his head. And just as any university subject matter, to advance to the next level in any subject there are prerequisites that must come before. Knowledge is literally built up. As for giving practical examples of Seth teachings which would improve one's life they are endless. The sticking point, though, is that any practical recommendations that could be given may, and often do, require an understanding of basic principles before anyone even attempts to follow them, let alone find success with them. For example, if I were to recommend choosing your thoughts with discrimination based on their beneficence to you, using your feelings as a guide in choosing thoughts, and yet one did not believe that thoughts create then my recommendation would be rather worthless, correct? For most believe that thoughts have zero effects and nothing at all to do with one's experience. One could suggest that one follow their thoughts and find the matches within their experience, and I have made this suggestion to certain posters before, there are few who are willing to expend even that minuscule amount of effort to prove it categorically to themselves. The belief that thoughts have naught to do with experience is more than enough to quash any impulse to deliberately choose one's thoughts. If thoughts produce nothing then it is the height of absurdity to pursue such a knowingly futile effort. But for those who recognise the fact that thoughts are energy, that they are precisely the paints that create our living, three dimensional picture, then that recommendation would be practical and be followed. The main problem with getting anyone to agree that thoughts create is that most lack even a basic understanding of who and what we are. On top of that, most have an erroneous understanding. Most believe, for instance, that they are powerless to effectuate their desired life. Anyone understanding who we are understands that the reverse is true. Again, I agree with Seth in that it is neigh on impossible to understand the world in which one finds themselves in without an understanding of who and what we are. It all really must begin there for so much other understanding hinges upon it. It is, indeed, a prerequisite.

Now that's a very astute observation, Sunmaster. Especially the part where, unlike a puzzle picture which has the completed picture on the box cover, we don't have a completed picture to follow. Or really any picture. A most excellent point! Hey, that just adds to the challenge, right?

Here's the dilemma in a nutshell. Existence is too vast to explain in full with a quote, with a sentence, with a paragraph, with a book. Or endless posts. That much should be understood. As best of an analogy I could think of it is very much like a picture puzzle. You begin by picking up the first piece and examining it. Of course that single puzzle piece, while it does contain information, is insufficient to arrive at the overall final picture. So you search to find another puzzle piece directly related to the one in your hand. And then another. Generally, when putting a picture puzzle together you work not just on a single part of the puzzle. You usually get stuck and move on to putting other pieces together that come from other portions of the picture. Eventually you begin to see parts of the final picture more clearly and begin tying in the other partially completed portions. So it is with arriving at a fuller explanation, or a fuller picture of who we are and our reality. As anyone who has put a puzzle picture knows it requires patience. And it is a fun endeavour which has a component of excitement as the picture becomes clearer and clearer. Anyone who seeks knowledge and understanding should understand that patience is required. Without patience a person will give up rather quickly. But the component of excitement also exists in the search for knowledge and understanding. The more one begins to understand the more they want to understand more. There's a drive to complete the puzzle. Also, when beginning a picture puzzle it is initially difficult as you have little to work with. As the puzzle progresses it becomes easier and easier as the pieces fall together at an ever accelerated clip. Towards the end you pick up remaining pieces and rather than staring at them to figure out where they go you need only glance at them and know exactly where they fit. To answer your question as to what a probable self is and have it make any sense at all would require some basic understanding of who and what we are. It would require a much broader concept of identity. For our current concept of identity includes only what is reflected back to us in the mirror. Of course there is much more than that. Any understanding of what a probable self is hinges also on relinquishing the false notion that there exists only a single reality, Our physical one. For as long as one subscribes to the one world, one universe view then probable selves would not only appear nonsensical but an impossibility as well.

Just so you know, it was I that gave your post the reaction. Credit where credit is due. "But that still doesn't answer how or why or what the purpose of any of it is or where anything is leading. " The answers are out there. One the one hand they're not simple and on the other hand they are very simple. But they certainly aren't hidden, either. You've looked at a few quotes from Seth and your effort seemed trained to be little more than to find something, anything about them which you could disagree with in order to declare it's all false. To invalidate those ideas. Rather, since the answers to your questions are there then it's up to you, and everyone, to do the work, to put in the effort, and satisfy your desire for knowledge and understanding. On the issue of "not meant to know" it is as I stated in a post to Sunmaster. "For there are no doubt a number of very practical considerations which account for our unawareness of the rest of us, our reincarnational selves, and our probable selves and other selves. Full awareness would make it impossible to have the type of experience we intended." Now I understand that that statement will not be entirely satisfying as an answer to your question. There's obviously much that's left out. But again, if you want further detail it's all there. As much detail as you like or can ask for. I can offer as much as I can. As much as I have time and willingness for. But I can't do it for everyone else. That's not within my purview and even if it was I wouldn't. Religion will not find the answers because they're too settled on their dogma. Besides, they believe they already have all the answers. There are no more answers to be found for religion. Science will not find the answers for science has committed itself to investigate only the physical world. The effects. Since there's a subjective world as well, which they reject, they foolishly believe they can arrive at all the answers whilst working with only half of the data.

Are you looking only for confirmation of your ideas? Of course you like to be challenged!!! I know that. All in good fun.