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@@2141USMC thank you for sharing. I don’t have all of the answers, I have come to realize there are a lot of things we are not supposed to understand, we can just choose to accept the situation or not. If something is outside of our control we can surrender to it, if we want to make the most of it. I don’t know why some people have challenges that are perceived as much greater than others challenges…I’m still learning and growing. Peace to you and I hope you are able to receive grace in your situation.

I’m sorry you’re going through this. Stay the course and you will see why it’s happening. I will keep you in my thoughts.🫶🏼

@@QuakeChallenge I have a funny memory from high school. Class S state championship game against Derryfield school. Everyone saw Jesus on the field. Everyone but me. I always wondered if there something wrong with me. I knew there wasn’t. I don’t know if I just felt left out but it was a turning point in my faith. I’m not sure the universe or god have any plans for me. Life is tough. You have to make the best of it. I had a lot of plans before this. There were days I thought I couldn’t even work anymore. That it would be impossible to support my family because I was so sick. I’ve managed to get things under control with diet and steroid injections into my eardrum. I have to stay positive because stress and fatigue cause inflammation and trigger acute vertigo attacks and start the whole cycle over. The steroids gave me most of my hearing back. There’s that!

@@2141USMC I don’t think I saw Jesus on the field, or I don’t recall…it’s been a challenge to be able to get back to church after almost 30 years away, and I would never look down on anyone that doesn’t attend or label themselves,…I try not to label myself as anything. Glad you are doing better. I’m about to try the Wim Hof Method for some of my own health challenges, I am allowing the Iceman to speak some healing wisdom for me!😁🩵

@@marisollopez5015 you’re welcome! Thank you for listening.🩵

@@marcmccook9154 thank you, just want to share my message to encourage others who might benefit. ☺️

@@GregoryStone-j5g thank you, this means a lot to me!

You’re so welcome, thank you for watching/listening/commenting!❤

Yes, it got me good too! I’m glad you were able to get that takeaway.

Absolutely, takes a LOT of practice and repetition.❤

Yes, it’s so powerful!🫶🏼

@@StillnessNow-d9r you’re welcome 🙏❤️

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. And yes, I agree with what you’re saying about getting stuck, and needing to suffer and experience the pain of it all, so we can use that to propel ourselves forward with empathy for others. There are so many good outlets for emotional pain, creative ones and also outlets based in serving others and sharing our story. Hope to hear from you again, thank you.🙏 ❤

@@lauraormsby1387 bless you as well my friend!💕

@@wthomas5697 his message is more about transcending thought and accepting the moment.

@@QuakeChallenge That's just it, we can't "transcend thought". It's fundamental to our function as human beings. We evolved to think. You yourself can see that there is no mechanism for controlling thought. It arises from the subconscious. The most we can say is we become aware of the fact that we're thinking. We do so when we suffer our thinking. Or in other words, there is something about our current thought processing that has become problematic. It is inaccurate, not aligned with reality. There is no place where "choice" enters into the picture. Ekhart really doesn't go very deep into understanding what's actually going on here in us humans. Just curious, have you ever attended a vipassana meditation retreat, or a zen sesshin?

@@wthomas5697 we are capable of creating periods of time where we are free from thoughts, as short as they may be, we can cultivate that practice. We also have the capacity to control our thoughts to a point, such as what we choose to dwell on. We can’t control or predict every thought that arises, I agree that it isn’t possible.

@@QuakeChallenge Close examination reveals the effort involved in any act of creation on our part. A moment in time in which we are not engaging memory, (thought), is not associated with this effort. The experience cannot be "willed" into existence. Which is why it is referred to as grace. The absence of the associated effort is ultimately why we have a preference for the specific state of being. If you really pay attention you can see that you don't control any thought that arises. Never have, never will. I'd challenge you to find one. It's all cause and effect. The result of subconscious processing. Which, by definition, we are not privy to. As an example, right now are you even aware of the next thought you are going to have? If not, how can you say it's of your own volition? Consider that all of your so called choices are thoughts as well. I'm saying your choices, all of them, are driven by the mechanism of suffering. Another useful thing to observe is what we are referring to when we say we exhibit control. Is it simply a matter of whether we are conscious of our suffering, or not...?

@@wthomas5697 has suffering brought you to comment as you are today? It has brought me to make my videos and share with others.

@@7Denial7 definitely had a big crush on Eddie Vedder back in the day! His recent stuff is good too, soundtrack to Into the Wild…love it!

@@QuakeChallenge I remember the main character said "happiness is only real when shared"

@@7Denial7 thank you! What a journey.

@@7Denial7 thank you and enjoy those kids! My favorite parenting TH-cam lectures are from Dr Becky Kennedy, she has a powerful TedTalk available too. Enjoy!

@@7Denial7 how come?

@@QuakeChallenge Because I feel anxious about the future. The Last two years I feel like nothing has meaning anymore. It's Hard to have motivation when there's no safety, no good expectations about the future. I live in Russia, and the Last 2 years I live in mental nightmare, because I want peace. What about you? Whats ur story?

When I feel trapped I like to listen to Eckhart Tolle, Rupert Spira, Bernardo Castrup, and listen to conversations between David Bohm and Jiddu Krishnamurti. But all this helps only while I'm in the process of listening, even though I feel glimpses of deep understanding sometimes, like sparks of enlightenment, once I'm one on one with the reality it all goes to pieces

You know what the Word Cosmos means? It means "Order". So everything is in its right place. And even If we feel there's something wrong with the world, in the Grand scheme of things everything is in its right place. There's no good and evil on the level of The Universe as a whole, its only from a certain limited perspective that we feel something is wrong or bad. These thoughts kind of help sometimes

Would you tell me what brought you to this soul searching path? Was it some trauma from the childhood , insecurity? I had a pretty rough one, with the bullying and stuff, which I think still affects me, burried somewhere in my subconscious

Dr Becky Kennedy’s Ted Talk.

@@2141USMC thank you so much for sharing this experience. Being thoughtful in your response, and realizing that a response may not be necessary,…two powerful practices that you modeled, and as a result it sounds like the drama has mostly ended? I try to teach this to my kids, don’t engage, don’t take the bait, ignore. The younger we are when we start putting in the reps the easier it becomes. Thank you and be well.🙏❤️

@@2141USMC from the look of your username you have served? If that’s a correct assumption then thank you for your service.🙏

@@QuakeChallenge my name is Jeremy. We went to high school together.

@@2141USMC oooooh HI!!!! Jeremy L!! Thank you for sharing and I hope you are well!

@@QuakeChallenge I’m doing okay. Life is good.

Thank you! You too!

@@QuakeChallenge 😊😊

Thank you so much, I’m trying!😁