Thank you all. Helps to get that reassurance that I'm not "slipping away," or buying into something thats false. I actually feel like nothing can stop me but fear itself. I'm generally a very nervous person..
It's kinda scary reclaiming personal power, breaking out of the shell the matrix places in our minds. It puts the responsibility on yourself. Something you can only do when you trust yourself with all your heart.
They say the best teachers are the ones that teach to not need them anymore. Teaching self-reliance, trust and love, and to teach others in the same manner.
I see how one gets to that point now.
I think the main idea that puts fear in people's hearts as far as religion go is assuming that god and satan are having a contest to win souls.
It's a scary idea to break away from. Obedience vs. personal responsibility/freedom.
You know, accepting the darkness inside releases me from my addictions, like I don't need to drink and that's final, when I feel that way. but it also doesn't inhibit me should I want to drink. freedom of choice without guilt.
like dave matthews sang "till i was slave and master at the same d**n time"
"One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious." — Carl Gustav Jung
It's kinda scary reclaiming personal power, breaking out of the shell the matrix places in our minds. It puts the responsibility on yourself. Something you can only do when you trust yourself with all your heart.
They say the best teachers are the ones that teach to not need them anymore. Teaching self-reliance, trust and love, and to teach others in the same manner.
I see how one gets to that point now.
I think the main idea that puts fear in people's hearts as far as religion go is assuming that god and satan are having a contest to win souls.
It's a scary idea to break away from. Obedience vs. personal responsibility/freedom.(05-13-2011, 08:09 PM)3DMonkey Wrote: Years ago, a friend and I decided that alcohol doesn't release inhibitions, it creates an entirely different person. I am not a person that can drink only two beers. If I drink one, I'm drinking 6-11 more.
I have not had a drop since January 1. I was just telling my friend two days ago that I am coming to realize that I'm not interested in "running into" that old alter-ego-drunk-monkey. I don't even remember what that guy is like, but it's like "eh, I'm not interested in seeing him."
You know, accepting the darkness inside releases me from my addictions, like I don't need to drink and that's final, when I feel that way. but it also doesn't inhibit me should I want to drink. freedom of choice without guilt.
like dave matthews sang "till i was slave and master at the same d**n time"
Quote:accepting the darkness inside releases me from my addictions
"One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious." — Carl Gustav Jung