Author: Stephen Pickering
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What Must You Do to Start Your Life?
“Just as those ignorant of the spot might pass, time and time again, over a buried treasure of gold and not find it, so do all creatures go daily to that Brahma-world in sleep and not find it.” ~ Ch?ndogya Upanišad 8.4.2 It has to do with awareness. This door to awareness is somehow closed,…
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On Ego, Page 2, The Cure is Surrender
To become a god requires complete, unconditional surrender to the all, sacrificing your self (ego) to your Self (nature, Atman). In Norse Mythology, Woton hung himself upon a tree for 9 days, sacrificing himself to himself (Since he was already a god). The sense you get out of that is the need, in order for…
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On Ego, What it Is, What it Does, and How to Cure It
“Because the conscious mind has to be in control, even though it doesn’t know anything.” – Dolores Cannon [Youtube Link] I’ve heard Dolores say in other interviews that the Conscious Mind is the Ego. That makes the definition pretty simple. If that is the case then the cure would seem to be spending more time…
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Chords and Lyrics for The Happiness Waltz by Josh Rouse
“The Happiness Waltz” by Josh Rouse title track from the album “The Happiness Waltz” Eb Spring, spring, Winter’s sting Abmaj7 Is gone. / Eb Tomorrow I’ll be new. Eb Salt wind / Abmaj7…
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Song of the Day: A Song to Help You Sleep – Josh Rouse
Man, chose a doosey today! Musically it’s easy. Just a lot of lyrics to memorize. That’s the irony: The hard ones musically tend to have easy lyrics and vice versa. Oh well. What was the spark that made me choose this one? I was sitting around last night watching TV, strumming some chords, and out…
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Song of the Day: “Imaginary Girl” by The Silver Seas
Actually I’ve learned a couple others since the last “Song of the Day”, but they both took a couple or three days for the lyrics to really sink into the “officially” memorized zone, and by that time, like the irony of life itself, I sort of lose interest in them, and end up not blogging…