Passing the time

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Hi Folk-love. Thanks for making this topic, this is something that I can really relate to, and thanks for your insights Tanner, I think a lot of it is very poignant.

I suffer from the sort of feelings you describe Folk-love, though I have found some ways of treating them and I have noticed much improvement in my day to day experience. Here's some tips I can share:

Take some time to sit quietly and turn your mind off. This isn't as easy as it sounds I know, but there are ways which I find helpful. You could, for example, ask your ego to stand aside, maybe imagining it as a little you sitting on your shoulder. It can still chime in but you can chose to just let the ideas pass. You could also choose to focus on the breath. Personally I like to visualize myself as a mountain with my thoughts appearing as clouds, they gather around the peak of the mountain but I can just let them drift away. You can find something that works for you. Once you are in this state the attention can then be turned to the body. Just take the time to feel your body, you can focus on one part at a time or you can just let sensation wash over you. The body is a living thing, a creature in it's own right which lovingly submits itself to the control of the mind. It has it's own desires but it depends on the mind to accomplish them. In a way the body can be seen as the child of the mind, and treating it with the love and care of a loving parent is a great way to build up a foundation of red-ray energy which should help relieve the lack of energy you are feeling.

I think it's fruitful to check in with the body from time to time because remember, your being is not just the mind, but a complex made up of mind, body and spirit working together. This might seem weird but I like to have conversation with some of my organs my heart sometimes has a lot to say, and it's always worth listening to the advice of your gut.

There are also the exercises recommended by Ra. (I think exercise 1 and 3 are especially applicable here):

10.14 Questioner: For general development [of the] reader of this book, could you state some of the practices or exercises to perform to produce an acceleration toward the Law of One?

Ra: I am Ra.

Exercise One. This is the most nearly centered and usable within your illusion complex. The moment contains love. That is the lesson/goal of this illusion or density. The exercise is to consciously seek that love in awareness and understanding distortions. The first attempt is the cornerstone. Upon this choosing rests the remainder of the life-experience of an entity. The second seeking of love within the moment begins the addition. The third seeking powers the second, the fourth powering or doubling the third. As with the previous type of empowerment, there will be some loss of power due to flaws within the seeking in the distortion of insincerity. However, the conscious statement of self to self of the desire to seek love is so central an act of will that, as before, the loss of power due to this friction is inconsequential.

Exercise Two. The universe is one being. When a mind/body/spirit complex views another mind/body/spirit complex, see the Creator. This is an helpful exercise.

Exercise Three. Gaze within a mirror. See the Creator.

Exercise Four. Gaze at the creation which lies about the mind/body/spirit complex of each entity. See the Creator.

The foundation or prerequisite of these exercises is a predilection towards what may be called meditation, contemplation, or prayer. With this attitude, these exercises can be processed. Without it, the data will not sink down into the roots of the tree of mind, thus enabling and ennobling the body and touching the spirit.

The mirror one in particular is quite helpful. If you can get to the point where you can look in the mirror and feel nothing but love for the person you see there, it's a great feeling!