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Feb 26th, 2014 at 7:53am
 
Has anyone read any of Paul Selig's books?
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Reply #1 - Feb 26th, 2014 at 2:03pm
 
I can't say for certain, but my guess is that he is channeling some misleading dark beings.

Don't you find that doublespeak thing he does odd?

Chances are that he got involved with channeling the beings he channels because he is naive and hasn't learned the importance of using discrimination. 

Fortunately, none of us needs to listen to him in order to get what we need in life.

I believe it's important to add that if we get involved with a source, to the degree we do so we make an energetic connection to that source. So we might want to take care.
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Reply #2 - Feb 26th, 2014 at 2:47pm
 
No.  Have you? 

  Personally, i have a bit of an inherent mistrust of channelers that charge 300 dollars per hour, or 175 per half hour, for readings with them.  Especially when they are popular and somewhat well known. 

  You might think someone devoted to service and the Light, once they became more well known and increase clientele and reading amounts, that they might lower their prices. 

Guess not.  The New Age is sure a booming, growing business.  Poor folks don't need readings as much as well off people.

   Here's the simple truth though.  Those who are truly very intune with PUL and the Creative Forces, care very little for money and material wealth beyond basic necessities and maybe a little extra spending for fun, and helping others.  (i'm not saying there aren't rich people more intune with PUL, but rather if they are, they often are spending a lot on others in some form or manner). 

 

    

 

   
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Reply #3 - Feb 27th, 2014 at 2:57am
 
   I listened to one of his channelings on youtube.  The messages seemed to be good and positive, though extremely generalized and repeating, for this one.

    My sense is that it's a combo of different things, mostly his unconscious mixed his conscious and with some guidance coming through. 

   But, i don't think it's more purely direct guidance as he might want us to believe.  Also, my sense that money and notoriety is a definite factor in it too. 

  I think if he was asked to verify specific type information, he would have a very difficult time of it.   Ever notice this about most psychic and channeled stuff, how broadly and purely philosophical in nature it is?   The reason why, is because there is not a direct and stronger connection to guidance. 

  When Rosalind McKnight was working with Bob Monroe and her guidance, her guidance would frequently read Bob's mind about questions and issues he had before he voiced them.  Yes, they were very philosophical in nature, but they could easily produce verifications via her.  This is not to even mention the strange electrical phenomena that sometimes happened during their more intense/deep sessions.  (cars parked too close to that part of the building would have the car batteries drained dead)

  These kind of channeled and psychic sources seem to be rather rare in this world. 

   However, there are A LOT of Paul Selig type channels and psychics in the world.   As long as their messages are basically positive and sound, i think it's ok, but i do have some disagreement when it becomes more about money and notoriety.

   I can't say for certain how much of that kind of intent and motivation is involved with Paul Selig.  I do know that the more that becomes a focus in a person, the more it tends to keep the channel static'y in relation to expanded guidance.
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Reply #4 - Feb 27th, 2014 at 5:11pm
 
For anyone who is interested, here is an interview with Paul Selig

http://www.afterlifetv.com/2014/01/30/reclaim-divine-self-worth-purpose/

I am reading his books

The aim seems to be to get the reader closer to Christ Conciousness

I don't know what I think of this material intellectually

It is touching me emotionally and helpng me examine some beliefs I have that are hurting me and I am in the middle of an ongoing crisis in my work life and so I am grateful for that

I don't know what I really think if channelled material it is all a little odd including Cayce (I admit I like Seth as a personality even though I haven't a clue what was going on; mSeth always seems so positive)

It seems good that Selig maintains his "private" life. He teaches I think. I didn't check what he charges but they all charge too much, including TMI, and they get it too!  (That reminds me of the story of the man who started Reiki. He tried to give it away and nobody wanted it. The audience doesn't like it as much if it is free. He was more successful when he charged for reiki). I was thinking of getting a workshop from someone who works with TMI and he wants $700 for it on sale.  what's the dif? the Selig  books were much cheaper.

Someone I know of in my area who has a(physical  place devoted to some alternative things is planning to try to get him to come for a workshop or talk so maybe I will have an opportunity to see him in the physical but not soon.
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Reply #5 - Feb 27th, 2014 at 6:20pm
 
Lucy wrote on Feb 27th, 2014 at 5:11pm:
For anyone who is interested, here is an interview with Paul Selig

http://www.afterlifetv.com/2014/01/30/reclaim-divine-self-worth-purpose/

I am reading his books

The aim seems to be to get the reader closer to Christ Consciousness

I don't know what I think of this material intellectually

It is touching me emotionally and helpng me examine some beliefs I have that are hurting me and I am in the middle of an ongoing crisis in my work life and so I am grateful for that

I don't know what I really think if channelled material it is all a little odd including Cayce (I admit I like Seth as a personality even though I haven't a clue what was going on; mSeth always seems so positive)

It seems good that Selig maintains his "private" life. He teaches I think. I didn't check what he charges but they all charge too much, including TMI, and they get it too!  (That reminds me of the story of the man who started Reiki. He tried to give it away and nobody wanted it. The audience doesn't like it as much if it is free. He was more successful when he charged for reiki). I was thinking of getting a workshop from someone who works with TMI and he wants $700 for it on sale.  what's the dif? the Selig  books were much cheaper.

Someone I know of in my area who has a(physical  place devoted to some alternative things is planning to try to get him to come for a workshop or talk so maybe I will have an opportunity to see him in the physical but not soon.


   Glad to hear that this material is helping you emotionally.  Certainly trying to get people to awaken Christ Consciousness is a good thing.  Like i said earlier, i thought the messages during that one session were pretty positive and good. 

  Yes, i think TMI charges a bit too much as well.  Becky and i were lucky and got a bit of a last minute discount.  I think we paid around 1700 some 7 years back for the Gateway program at Faber.

  But comparing a TMI program, to say a reading over the phone with a psychic/channel, i think is comparing apples and oranges to some extent. 

    For example, if you took the amount that Paul charges per hour and compare that to the time spent at The Monroe Institute during a program, not including sleeping, it comes out to a total of 28, 800 dollars.  But at a TMI program, you're also getting fed, housed, air conditioning or heat, they have various employees to pay, hot water, etc.

  So, in a direct apple to apple comparison, TMI is quite cheaper. 

    I don't think just because something is free, people aren't going to want it, or respect it.   Look at Alan's free remote viewings of members here.  People were coming out of the woodwork requesting these.  That thread is years old, and still people are asking for a free remote viewing.

   I use to do astrological charts for people for free, except when they insisted i take some payment.  I still had plenty of requests. 

  I guess what i'm saying is, stay skeptical but open minded.  If it's helping you on one level that is good.  I hope it continues to help you.   

   
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Reply #6 - Feb 27th, 2014 at 9:49pm
 
Thank you for the link, Lucy.
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Reply #7 - Feb 28th, 2014 at 4:42pm
 
Here's a past forum discussion about Paul Selig. I believe it is worthwhile to be careful about channeled sources that require a lot of involvement.

http://afterlife-knowledge.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1320995102/0

Consider reading the book "A Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts" by Joe Fischer. He visisted a number of channelers that had group-like followings. Rather than taking the channeled spirits word for everything he investigated their claims (e.g.; supposed past life connections between group members and the spirits channeled), and found that they weren't true. He wrote his book, the channeled spirits became unhappy about this, and haunted him until he committed suicide.

A good question to ask, "would a genuine being of love and light channel itself to a cult-like following for years?

http://www.anomalist.com/milestones/fisher.html
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Reply #8 - Mar 5th, 2014 at 4:18am
 
One of the joys of finding "new" people (authors etc) is finding links to other new people, who have for me a new perspective on this whole "evolution of conciousness" thing we are all trying to go through.

A link on Selig's website led me to this, a new approach to all these ideas.

http://jonescinemaarts.com/the-aoti-journal/2010/6/17/authors-of-the-impossible-...

which I find much more fun that just rehashing all the old arguments.
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Reply #9 - Mar 5th, 2014 at 1:54pm
 
Lucy:

Perhaps you are saying it is okay for you to be critical of people that are passionate enough about something that they will speak about it repeatedly, but it isn’t okay for such people to be critical.

Consider this analogy. Say there is Country A that wants to invade country B. Country A writes some books that serve the purpose of misleading people in Country B so it will be easier to invade Country B.

If such a scenario existed, would it be wrong for people from Country B to warn other people from Country B of what is taking place?

To what extent does my analogy apply? To what extent are unseen forces influencing this World in a negative way? I don’t have enough information to quantify this. But I do believe I have enough to speak as I do at times.

When people speak as if people such as myself can’t speak up, I don’t feel like I’m being repressed. Rather, I feel that the goodness that represents divine will gets repressed. It seems as if some people are okay with anybody who speaks on behalf of misleading sources, but not anybody who wants to speak on behalf of friendly sources. I find this somewhat upsetting.

Please don’t misconstrue what I said to mean that I am implying that I am some chosen speaker who speaks on the behalf of that which is divine. I believe that anybody who uses his (or her) discrimination to an extent where he is able to recognize misleading sources and out of a deep caring speaks up, helps that which is divine to some extent. 



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Reply #10 - Mar 5th, 2014 at 6:00pm
 
Thank you for the link, Lucy.
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Reply #11 - Mar 13th, 2014 at 2:56pm
 
I too have read Paul Selig's books and for the most part have found them powerful, though there has been a subtle "demanding" feeling with them as well.  By that I mean that I have felt a certain heaviness to them, not a light engaging vibration that is felt when you find yourself in a conversation with someone and there is a respectful give and take.  For all of the "good" that I connect with coming from these books, there is also a "bulling" side to them.  I have been to a workshop of his and have also had a private reading.  I am not here malign anyone but simply saying that it's alright to question.
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Reply #12 - Mar 13th, 2014 at 3:26pm
 
Hello Lulu:

Thank you for sharing your experience. The good news is that even if Paul has some good information to share, you don't have to become a hardcore devotee of whatever it is he channels to benefit. Smiley  Just  choose what is right for you.


Lulu wrote on Mar 13th, 2014 at 2:56pm:
I too have read Paul Selig's books and for the most part have found them powerful, though there has been a subtle "demanding" feeling with them as well.  By that I mean that I have felt a certain heaviness to them, not a light engaging vibration that is felt when you find yourself in a conversation with someone and there is a respectful give and take.  For all of the "good" that I connect with coming from these books, there is also a "bulling" side to them.  I have been to a workshop of his and have also had a private reading.  I am not here malign anyone but simply saying that it's alright to question.

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Reply #13 - Mar 14th, 2014 at 5:01am
 
The book starts off talking about the Word

In the beginning was the Word
and the Word was with God
and the Word was God

SO what the heck does that mean? When I was a kid (and still went to church..it was the Bible Belt after all) we spent a very little bit of time puzzling over that.

What a great place to start a book!

So the subject matter is raising frequency to achieve Christ Conciousness. Hey! Finally someone has a plan!

So I don't know if it "works" but it is an interesting read to me. If you affirm you are the Word...the frequency of Christ Conciousness, then will you achieve it?

But I don't see anything to be afraid of.

and of course, being me, that title makes other things start running in the back of my mind..like

Grease is the word
Grease is the word

so I refreshed my memory as to the words to that. Somehow it isn't totally disconnected from this....

"Their lips are lying, only real is real
We start to find right now, we got to be what we feel....

We start believing now that we can be who we are....

This is the life of illusion
Wrapped up in trouble, laced with confusion
What are we doing here?..."

http://www.metrolyrics.com/grease-lyrics-grease.html
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Reply #14 - Mar 14th, 2014 at 12:34pm
 
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If you affirm you are the Word...the frequency of Christ Conciousness, then will you achieve it?


  No.  Some part of us knows this already anyways.  At best, affirmations and programming of the subconscious mind can help facilitate the process, or maybe lubricate the process.

  But, it's still largely up to your conscious self's use of freewill in your daily interactions with others, and also how you treat self (including even the body). 

   I briefly lived with a woman (roommate) who had some eyesight and medical problems.  She was towards the New Agey in orientation and beliefs.   One time, i saw her very upset and crying about her problems, and she kept repeating an affirmation over and over again.  Basically it was about already being healed.

   It didn't change her reality or her condition(s).  She had same for deeper reasons related to growth towards Christ Consciousness. 

  There are no short cuts to growth of Christ Consciousness.  The only short cut, is to actually live it, to choose in that same manner.  To have positive intents and motivations, to step outside of self and let self be passed by when necessary, to attune to Love, to meditate-pray, to eat well and keep the body healthy, etc, etc, etc

   It is such a holistic endeavor.  It takes a deep dedication. In some cases, yes i do think that affirmations and the like, can help facilitate a little. 

   But honestly, what would help more, is prayer.  Prayer to those purely Creative Consciousnesses that already consciously live in that Christ Consciousness, and for their help, guidance, and an attitude within self of seeking to be led. 

The whole, "not my will, but the Will of Source (and the purely Creative forces) be done in and through me." 

   It's a type of little self sacrifice and putting aside, that tends to be hard for most humans, and at times even hard for those of us in-humans who came in from outside the ELS. 

   Do you begin to see a pattern here, a shift, an emphasis from the outside to the inner in this process?

   If you realize certain basic truths about reality and this process of growth, then you really don't need any more books, outside teachers or teachings, etc, all you need to do is to focus on living and choosing in a certain manner, and attuning self within to expanded guidance--the best and most effective teachers that there are.   

  Everything else is just side info, which is not that important.  It's only important if it helps to reorient self back to those fundamental principles and process, or helps you to see certain things related to same more clearly.

 
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Reply #15 - Mar 14th, 2014 at 3:51pm
 
re: Grease lyrics
Love it, Lucy. I was just watching a youtube video from that movie a few weeks ago. My senior year in high school. Brings back good memories.
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Reply #16 - Mar 17th, 2014 at 11:03am
 
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I briefly lived with a woman (roommate) who had some eyesight and medical problems.  She was towards the New Agey in orientation and beliefs.   One time, i saw her very upset and crying about her problems, and she kept repeating an affirmation over and over again.  Basically it was about already being healed.

   It didn't change her reality or her condition(s).  She had same for deeper reasons related to growth towards Christ Consciousness. 




Not sure what I think of this wrt affirmations. Maybe there are better or worse ways to use affirmations. Maybe no one ever showed your friend the better ways.

Like for instance if someone knew how to use EFT techniques, what would that change wrt how well the affirmations work? I'm not saying there is a quick way to develop Christ Conciousness or spiritual maturity, maybe the things that make affirmations work better are on the path to CC.

EFT works to affect my body in a positive way when it responds with anxiety. I won't advocate it for all the uses that have come into play with EFT, but if your friend had known EFT, it might have helped soothe her.

For anyone not familiar with the technique, here is a basic form of it. It has been picked up and used for so many things, and if someone is interested in exploring that, go for it but I won't advocate or criticize all that. But anyone can pick up the basic technique for free. Here is one place:

http://www.eft-alive.com/how-to-do-EFT.html


related link

http://www.eft-alive.com/eft-therapy.html

people report interesting results using this...not achieving CC overnight!....but maybe some smaller steps are made.

Maybe his videos still work...I'm in the library and alot of things are not working here, but I'll give the link anyway

http://www.eft-alive.com/eft-videos.html

I feel bad for your friend that her affirmations did not work then.
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Reply #17 - Mar 17th, 2014 at 9:00pm
 
  Thank you for the links Lucy.  It may be that affirmations can benefit some individuals more than others. Ultimately, it depends on how much total energy one invests into affirmations as they reflect one's ideals.

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I feel bad for your friend that her affirmations did not work then.


  Yes, i felt bad for her too.  At the same time, i realized that there were reasons of growth behind it--suffering often serves the purpose of being a catalyst.
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Reply #18 - Mar 27th, 2014 at 6:03am
 
I was reading this interview by Bob Olson and I thought it addressed this issue of why affirmations might not work. Danielle MacKinnon works out of a concept of soul contracts but it is explained in the talk. This is a transcript of a video; sometimes I like the leisure of reading the material.

The idea is that affirmations won't work if they contradict a belief held at a deeper level.

So maybe if an affirmation doesn't work it isn't a matter of trying harder but of going deeper to find out what blocks it. In Danielle's system, this is called a seed thought.

The illness thing complicates it more but it seems that on some level it should work the same way.

http://www.afterlifetv.com/2014/01/28/creating-soul-level-changes-lasting-growth...

the material in Selig's work is more concerned with getting right to some seed concepts, to use Danielle's terminology. It works on a deeper level than this.
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Reply #19 - Mar 27th, 2014 at 11:58am
 
Yes, I agree.  Affirmations will only work if we have no resistance to them.  Resistance usually does come from a contrary belief or a need we have, which also stems from a belief.  It's not a matter of will power.  Releasing our old beliefs that limit us or prevent us from living life fully need to be gently and lovingly unwoven, thread by thread, pattern by pattern that we'd developed over time.  If we create resistance to something we want to change, there's likely a fearful belief at the root of it and the resistance we feel to a change is an indicator that our "comfort zone" is being threatened.
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Reply #20 - Mar 27th, 2014 at 12:34pm
 
I think there may be various different reasons of why affirmations may or may not work.  For example, with illness, the Disk/Light Being level of that self, may want to work on certain emotional lessons or growth, want to balance karma, and/or affect others in a certain way for their own lessons or karma.  (with my Mom, it seemed to be all of the above).

   If they are not ready to be healed--meaning that process is still going on, then they won't be.  In cases like that, it's not just simply about beliefs, but being level goals.

   But yes, beliefs of the human can also be a factor and can act as a block.  But it's not always just about beliefs in that sense.  Also, to really change deep beliefs, to some extent often times requires change at a being level, which often requires a blend or balance of will, effort, focus (yang) and surrender/letting go/seeking to be led, etc (yin).   One without the other, is incomplete and not as effective. 

  Just as the right brain is not much effective without the left brain and vice versa.  A balance, an integration, a synthesis is usually best and most effective.  Again, those who tend to the primarily Yin, tend to stress the Yin side of the equation, those who tend to the primarily Yang tend to stress the Yang side of the equation, and those who tend to the more merged/integrated/balanced between the two within tend to stress that.  Like attracts, begets, resonates with, and likes Like. 

   
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Reply #21 - Mar 27th, 2014 at 1:17pm
 
Emanuel Swedenborg basically states that what we love determines where we go after we die. Physical restraints aside, I believe the same is true while in this World.

Therefore, if a person affirms something such as I am love, I am a piece of God, I want to be one with God, but at a deep level such a person loves other things more than love/God, how much will an affirmation work?

If a person works hard enough at it he can create a parrot like thought pattern that says "I am a piece of God," but this is just a belief if he isn't willing to let go of what will enable him to experience himself as a piece of God.

Such a belief might prove to be a hindrance for a while because a person will settle for a belief rather than the real deal.

I remember one day back in the 1980s when I was with the spiritual group I used to belong to. A visitor, who just happened to be a spiritual teacher at a smaller level than the guru of the group, said that he likes to teach others even though he isn't enlightened because he enjoys the  love and admiration he receives from the people he teaches (they believed he was enlightened because he told them so).

After this Satsang I ran into this man and spoke to him a little. He seemed happy and was stating that he isn't the body, he is the Self. I could tell that he wasn't speaking from experience, he was being assertive. His happiness probably came from his belief in being enlightened rather than actual enlightenment.

Years later I found an advertisement which showed that he was still a guru. The sense I got was that he still wasn't enlightened. The same is true for the Guru of the above group. Perhaps if these two men gave actual spiritual growth precedence over their ambition to be a guru, they would've given up the assertion game and found true spiritual growth.

It is much better to find love within than to receive admiration from others. Especially if this admiration is based on a big lie.

P.S. The man I speak of above (not the guru of the group) stayed at the house I lived in while he was visiting the group. When my roomates and I arrived home from work one day (the same day this man returned home), we found that things such as stereo equipment and my tools had been stolen. If this man did in fact steal from us, perhaps he asserted "I am not the body, so I can't steal anything. There is only one Self, so there is nobody to steal from."

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Reply #22 - Mar 27th, 2014 at 1:34pm
 
  Ok, realized my earlier post is very theoretical in nature.  Thought a more concrete example would illustrate this better.  Say a person has certain limiting beliefs about food and diet.  They eat what they want according to taste, emotions, etc, not caring about the body's health because they think it doesn't really matter too much what goes into the body, they are only going to be around for so long, why not enjoy oneself, etc.

    Releasing or changing these old, limiting beliefs may happen in different ways.  They may be open enough to guidance and get nudged from same to make changes to the diet, or they have some health problems which makes the consequences of not paying attention to same stand out more as wisdom or practical than the old beliefs and habits.  They may also realize that eating healthier allows their Consciousness to more clearly shine through the body and work with same more strongly, and clears the perceptions.

  So, they release the old beliefs, replace them with new, and say to self, "i'm gonna change, i'm going to eat better. It's important for reasons i haven't seen previously but see now"  And they endeavor to do same. 

  That releasing the old beliefs and being open to a different perception is more the "Yin" side of the process.  You could call it a type of surrendering..

  Yet, we find the body is a being and level unto itself, and that of habits, emotions, attachments.  Self may have new beliefs, but the body doesn't always follow exactly suit right away.  It doesn't tend to change as fast as the mind and Consciousness parts of self--it's inherently more "slow moving" in a sense. 

  So, self may need to put definite effort, will, and focus in this endeavor.  It's not enough to have the different belief and perception, but one must apply self and create new habits.  For many, this can take some definite time and practice and effort. 

  We may be tempted again and again to the old habits of the body even though the basic, limiting belief towards food has changed and we don't want to be in that old pattern anymore.  Self will have to watch/observe itself (yin) being tempted, and consciously correct or direct differently via ones will and thought process (yang) "yes, i really do want to change so i will eat better!"

    From this example, we can see how much both the Yin and Yang aspects of consciousness is involved in this process. 
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Reply #23 - Mar 27th, 2014 at 2:57pm
 
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Self will have to watch/observe itself (yin) being tempted, and consciously correct or direct differently via ones will and thought process (yang) "yes, i really do want to change so i will eat better!"


And what do you do if you feel resistance when you say, "Yes, I really do want to change so I will eat better!"???

Making an affirmation such as this will only work if you are not resistant to it, otherwise the next time you're faced with eating an unhealthy food you may cave in and eat it anyway because you'll be likely to take a detour by telling yourself it's ok to "cheat" occasionally or make some other excuse of why not.  Roll Eyes

It's the same as having cross purposes.
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Reply #24 - Apr 11th, 2014 at 9:33am
 
It would be nice to find a way to talk about this material without having to worry about whether it is channeled or not; i.e. take the material on its own merit rather than how it was assembled. As I read I often think "oh that is something I thought about before, or that is something I heard somewhere els" but here it is all assembled and that gives it more meaning, different meaning... Sometimes I have thought, "oh I knew that why did I not try harder to live it?"

The underlying message is (as always) that each of us is part of "god" and therefore Divine  (not saintly...but made of divine stuff. there is a difference!) But culture has taught us to think otherwise. So the point of this is to get us to realize our divine nature and increase what they call our frequency and thereby move closer to realization of Christ Conciousness. "Christ Conciousness" is meant to be a higher frequency level, and does not necessarily invoke Christianity and in fact there are other paths to this goal.

The comparisons and comments at the Nanci Dennison thread are very relevant as there is similar info coming from different sources. The issue is which souce affects me how and hwo can I implement this material. It is so vague to say "love is all that matters" (..reminds me of a line fromt eh Beatles...) but when I am in what is for me a negative situation that doesn't always give me the best thing to do... it doesn't explain what love is and how I balance self-love with loving others.. Or maybe those are meaningless terms. The Selig work imples love is a frequency, not an emotion.  All of this stuff is about love and I'm not sure what love (PUL or otherwise) is although I have experienced profound peace and I think that might be a form of love. But I don't know how to get (back) to that place. Especially when I am frustrated about something I have to do to survive the culture (taxes or otherwise).
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Reply #25 - Apr 11th, 2014 at 12:41pm
 
Lucy:

I believe it could be valuable to speak about the parts of the teachings that have meaning to you, without getting into where they come from.

The thing is, some people are so inwardly intuned that even if they read a Source that has misleading intentions, they'll wisely only apply those parts that are true.

For the sake of discussion let's assume ACIM is misleading. An inwardly intuned person teaches the course according to what he knows to be true. To some extent this person provides a service because he helps people interpret ACIM in a way that is beneficial rather than not.

That said, if you interpret some of Selig's work in a wise way, you provide a service.  Smiley

Whether love is a frequency rather than an emotion, well first of all, sometimes I try to "not" analyze love too much because I don't want the amount I experience to be limited by my intellectual parameters. That said, love is probably more like a frequency than emotion, but I'm not certain and perhaps it is okay that I'm not certain.

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Reply #26 - Apr 13th, 2014 at 2:51am
 
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Reply #27 - Apr 13th, 2014 at 5:28am
 
I put the link there (previous post) and then the computer (at work) was shut down...sorry! now I can't modify.

So this link to Bruce's post about the person from Poland who attended a workshop has a very interesting piece about his workshop experience.

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I discovered the dimension of unconditional love. It is extremely difficult to explain this love in words, as it is a radiation that fills the heart, the body and the surrounding space. You can send it to anyone in need of love, this love unites in the fullest possible understanding of this word; it gives rise to a community in which every person may look at others without feeling any fear, and thus see himself and God he believes in.


such a richer description than saying "frequency."

So what is lost or gained by thinking of love as a frequency as opposed to an emotion?

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Reply #28 - Apr 13th, 2014 at 5:59am
 
I don't have a modify button...

so you can send this frequency, radiating from the heart, towards someone you may not particularly like emotionally.

If I think of love as an emotion I find it more difficult to consider sending love to someone I dislike.  Or if I try, it warps the good intentions. or it sort of ...damages.. me because I think I SHOULD send love to my enemies so I supress either how I really feel about them, or I open myself to some kind of harm from them. This sounds odd but I am trying to generalize here.
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Reply #29 - Apr 14th, 2014 at 6:46am
 
I don't think you always have to think of love as being such an active quality. Or, of yourself sharing it in an active way, as if it were something in a gift box you were wrapping up in a pretty ribbon for someone else.

I think it is more of a releasing feeling, a kind of letting go of attachment to others. That attachment can be a negative in both people's lives. It is not so much about feeling positive feelings (which come and go on their own, and have more to do with gratitude than love, in my perspective).

When others are released that leaves room for them to be covered with the natural gifts of God, which they are due, no matter what I or anyone else thinks about it. Angry feelings of mine, or resentments, etc. block me from seeing what is real. A fresh new page is always there to turn.

I think we can send love to others in the form of positive thoughts, well-wishes. But, the love is already there, permeating all things, so we don't have to form an actual mental love laser beam to reach into another's life.

It is more of an intention for the well-being of others, a love of peace which is greater than conflict, a recognition of the fallibility of human nature and the inevitable suffering it brings to us no matter who we are.

So, the understanding is enough, in my mind. The stepping back to take a wider view. That is love, sometimes, taking that step a little further when it is helpful, or just standing your ground and being that person's mirror when it is helpful.

Have a blessed day.
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Reply #30 - Sep 7th, 2016 at 8:36am
 
I was searching on google for something else and it popped up a link to this old post I made.
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So I came and saw Alan's post about the site drying up a bit.

Yes it did get less lively and now there are so many options out there and less time in my personal life.

But maybe I will tr to stop by more often.

I found the posts to my original message here still interesting. I still have all the same questions! I must have stood still for two years. Well on this topic anyway. Lots of lateral work to do. (LOTS!) Smiley

So I am wondering if anyone else has checked out this material in the interim and if they have any thoughts.

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