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		<title>By: Katelyn</title>
		<link>http://www.youaretrulyloved.com/enlightenment/letting-the-stream-of-consciousness-flow/comment-page-1/#comment-1386</link>
		<dc:creator>Katelyn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks, I&#039;m 17 and my mom has taught me all that I know. Alright, that is a comfort. I&#039;m glad there&#039;s someone out there like you Ariel. I hope I get to meet someone like you in person some day. Thank you so much :clapping</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, I&#8217;m 17 and my mom has taught me all that I know. Alright, that is a comfort. I&#8217;m glad there&#8217;s someone out there like you Ariel. I hope I get to meet someone like you in person some day. Thank you so much <img src='http://www.youaretrulyloved.com/enlightenment/wp-includes/images/smilies/clapping.gif' alt=':clapping' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Ariel Bravy</title>
		<link>http://www.youaretrulyloved.com/enlightenment/letting-the-stream-of-consciousness-flow/comment-page-1/#comment-1385</link>
		<dc:creator>Ariel Bravy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ah, I see. Thanks for clarifying. Let&#039;s explore this then.

Talking, if it keeps one trapped at the level of belief systems, does keep one unconscious. The idea about going beyond the mind/belief/ego is about looking what&#039;s beyond the mind entirely in the silence, in the stillness.

It&#039;s urgent in that our ability to destroy ourselves due to unconsciousness... wars, nuclear weapons, etc. are at an all time high and we need conscious people to help deal with that. It&#039;s not like anything is wrong with the unconsciousness, however, as it too is part of the perfection of the evolution of humanity.

Having an egoic mind does not mean being imperfect. If anything, it&#039;s a perfect expression of an egoic self. Truly perfect. There are no mistakes and no such thing as imperfection, though we can believe and thus experience this false thing called imperfection.

People could talk about stuff like this all day, and indeed they have done so for thousands of years, so eventually it&#039;s something we must put into practice ourselves, to walk the walk in a sense. 

If you lose presence, it&#039;s no biggie. Just become present again and let go. It&#039;s not something you do once and are set for life. It&#039;s something that you do consciously, constantly.

The fact that you are aware of an ego in the first place is already a success and a sign of consciousness right there. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ah, I see. Thanks for clarifying. Let&#8217;s explore this then.</p>
<p>Talking, if it keeps one trapped at the level of belief systems, does keep one unconscious. The idea about going beyond the mind/belief/ego is about looking what&#8217;s beyond the mind entirely in the silence, in the stillness.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s urgent in that our ability to destroy ourselves due to unconsciousness&#8230; wars, nuclear weapons, etc. are at an all time high and we need conscious people to help deal with that. It&#8217;s not like anything is wrong with the unconsciousness, however, as it too is part of the perfection of the evolution of humanity.</p>
<p>Having an egoic mind does not mean being imperfect. If anything, it&#8217;s a perfect expression of an egoic self. Truly perfect. There are no mistakes and no such thing as imperfection, though we can believe and thus experience this false thing called imperfection.</p>
<p>People could talk about stuff like this all day, and indeed they have done so for thousands of years, so eventually it&#8217;s something we must put into practice ourselves, to walk the walk in a sense. </p>
<p>If you lose presence, it&#8217;s no biggie. Just become present again and let go. It&#8217;s not something you do once and are set for life. It&#8217;s something that you do consciously, constantly.</p>
<p>The fact that you are aware of an ego in the first place is already a success and a sign of consciousness right there. <img src='http://www.youaretrulyloved.com/enlightenment/wp-includes/images/smilies/smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Katelyn</title>
		<link>http://www.youaretrulyloved.com/enlightenment/letting-the-stream-of-consciousness-flow/comment-page-1/#comment-1384</link>
		<dc:creator>Katelyn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you for saying that, though what I was getting at was, doesn&#039;t talking eventually lead into some form of unconsciousness? From what he was saying it sounded like it was urgent, we all need to become Enlightened soon. I understand the message of inner stillness and inner peace but how can you say I&#039;m perfect as I am when words mean nothing? That the meaning behind words is nothing... and I am not perfect because I have a disease called the egoic mind. It runs my life. Course there are intercepts in my life where I can say I was Still but eventually my mind returns and I am no longer Present... do you understand where I am coming from? I&#039;m truly trying to get someone else&#039;s view... if they&#039;ve thought about this..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for saying that, though what I was getting at was, doesn&#8217;t talking eventually lead into some form of unconsciousness? From what he was saying it sounded like it was urgent, we all need to become Enlightened soon. I understand the message of inner stillness and inner peace but how can you say I&#8217;m perfect as I am when words mean nothing? That the meaning behind words is nothing&#8230; and I am not perfect because I have a disease called the egoic mind. It runs my life. Course there are intercepts in my life where I can say I was Still but eventually my mind returns and I am no longer Present&#8230; do you understand where I am coming from? I&#8217;m truly trying to get someone else&#8217;s view&#8230; if they&#8217;ve thought about this..</p>
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		<title>By: Ariel Bravy</title>
		<link>http://www.youaretrulyloved.com/enlightenment/letting-the-stream-of-consciousness-flow/comment-page-1/#comment-1381</link>
		<dc:creator>Ariel Bravy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Katelyn, :)

No worries. There&#039;s truly nothing other than perfection. Nothing&#039;s gone wrong. There&#039;s no mistakes. You&#039;re perfect just as you are, enlightened or not. :)

Regarding the stillness idea, it&#039;s about inner stillness. Enlightened people still speak, eat, laugh, go to the bathroom. They&#039;re not exactly immobile lumps of meat and bones.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Katelyn, <img src='http://www.youaretrulyloved.com/enlightenment/wp-includes/images/smilies/smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>No worries. There&#8217;s truly nothing other than perfection. Nothing&#8217;s gone wrong. There&#8217;s no mistakes. You&#8217;re perfect just as you are, enlightened or not. <img src='http://www.youaretrulyloved.com/enlightenment/wp-includes/images/smilies/smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Regarding the stillness idea, it&#8217;s about inner stillness. Enlightened people still speak, eat, laugh, go to the bathroom. They&#8217;re not exactly immobile lumps of meat and bones.</p>
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		<title>By: Katelyn</title>
		<link>http://www.youaretrulyloved.com/enlightenment/letting-the-stream-of-consciousness-flow/comment-page-1/#comment-1380</link>
		<dc:creator>Katelyn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, I believe every word yet at the same token I&#039;m wondering how one could live in a world the way he describes. Wouldn&#039;t talking and interacting within the human drama not be included in what Tolle is saying about the &quot;Stillness&quot; and &quot;Being&quot;? How can we do that? I almost feel like everything I&#039;m doing is wrong because I&#039;m not Enlightened like he is and I&#039;m adding to the negative collective energy created by the human unconscious created because for the most part, we are unconscious and live by the mind.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, I believe every word yet at the same token I&#8217;m wondering how one could live in a world the way he describes. Wouldn&#8217;t talking and interacting within the human drama not be included in what Tolle is saying about the &#8220;Stillness&#8221; and &#8220;Being&#8221;? How can we do that? I almost feel like everything I&#8217;m doing is wrong because I&#8217;m not Enlightened like he is and I&#8217;m adding to the negative collective energy created by the human unconscious created because for the most part, we are unconscious and live by the mind.</p>
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		<title>By: Psiplex</title>
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		<dc:creator>Psiplex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ariel,

Loved the post. The stream of consciousness when creating or being inspired is so beautiful. There is true joy when that life energy is streaming into your writing, drawing, music making or life affirming task that smiles and laughter just bubble out. Can really feel the play of existence enjoying itself.

One Love

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;Psiplexs last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://psiplex.blogspot.com/2008/12/w00t-joy-favorite-synths-and-gear.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;W00t Joy Favorite Synths and Gear&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ariel,</p>
<p>Loved the post. The stream of consciousness when creating or being inspired is so beautiful. There is true joy when that life energy is streaming into your writing, drawing, music making or life affirming task that smiles and laughter just bubble out. Can really feel the play of existence enjoying itself.</p>
<p>One Love</p>
<p><abbr><em>Psiplexs last blog post..<a href="http://psiplex.blogspot.com/2008/12/w00t-joy-favorite-synths-and-gear.html">W00t Joy Favorite Synths and Gear</a></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: Marko</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marko</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Marko here from Milwaukee Wisconsin.  I just came across this site and got on the email list.  I hope to join in the discussion here from time to time.
 
I just want to say hi and welcome all you ambassadors of compassion, diplomats of peace and harmony. Conjurers of better tomorrows, Ministers of technicolor grace and creativity, Dream makers and coffee drinkers.  

I want to also welcome you Master Appreciators and Master Blessers of life, who are charmed and spellbound by the endless possibilities that exist inside the matrix of our Imagination.  
 
It is your X-ray vision that cuts through the political, social and psychological dysfunctions.  You are the Prime Ministers of Whimsy, Propagandists of World Peace and Prosperity, magnificent cosmic bystanders that observe, as well as participate in, awakening this lucid dream world of the physical.
 

I was staring at some soap bubbles recently and saw into the future! 
 
The New Year will be blessed with multifarious, hypercoloured, melted Rubik&#039;s cubes, saturated in a technicolour goo of cross-cultural, 
bi-coastal, cosmic stardust, sprinkled with golden fairy dust and blessed by the Unicorns and the Pink Pony Brigade, percolated and supercooled by the ethers of overexposure to pure Awesomeness!  
 
This high-octane, Hyper-energetic Awesomeness will be spray painted in graffiti all over the Milky way stars, for your pure Awesome pleasure.
 
This will allow us to luxuriate in positive outrageousness and to opti-mystically, hyper-kinetically celebrate our lives 
with high voltage vibrancy and joy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Marko here from Milwaukee Wisconsin.  I just came across this site and got on the email list.  I hope to join in the discussion here from time to time.</p>
<p>I just want to say hi and welcome all you ambassadors of compassion, diplomats of peace and harmony. Conjurers of better tomorrows, Ministers of technicolor grace and creativity, Dream makers and coffee drinkers.  </p>
<p>I want to also welcome you Master Appreciators and Master Blessers of life, who are charmed and spellbound by the endless possibilities that exist inside the matrix of our Imagination.  </p>
<p>It is your X-ray vision that cuts through the political, social and psychological dysfunctions.  You are the Prime Ministers of Whimsy, Propagandists of World Peace and Prosperity, magnificent cosmic bystanders that observe, as well as participate in, awakening this lucid dream world of the physical.</p>
<p>I was staring at some soap bubbles recently and saw into the future! </p>
<p>The New Year will be blessed with multifarious, hypercoloured, melted Rubik&#8217;s cubes, saturated in a technicolour goo of cross-cultural,<br />
bi-coastal, cosmic stardust, sprinkled with golden fairy dust and blessed by the Unicorns and the Pink Pony Brigade, percolated and supercooled by the ethers of overexposure to pure Awesomeness!  </p>
<p>This high-octane, Hyper-energetic Awesomeness will be spray painted in graffiti all over the Milky way stars, for your pure Awesome pleasure.</p>
<p>This will allow us to luxuriate in positive outrageousness and to opti-mystically, hyper-kinetically celebrate our lives<br />
with high voltage vibrancy and joy.</p>
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		<title>By: Ariel Bravy</title>
		<link>http://www.youaretrulyloved.com/enlightenment/letting-the-stream-of-consciousness-flow/comment-page-1/#comment-1371</link>
		<dc:creator>Ariel Bravy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Katelyn, if you want a pic, you gotta upload one through &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.gravatar.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Gravatar&lt;/a&gt;. As for The Power of Now, yeah, I&#039;ve read it. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Katelyn, if you want a pic, you gotta upload one through <a href="http://en.gravatar.com/">Gravatar</a>. As for The Power of Now, yeah, I&#8217;ve read it. <img src='http://www.youaretrulyloved.com/enlightenment/wp-includes/images/smilies/smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Katelyn</title>
		<link>http://www.youaretrulyloved.com/enlightenment/letting-the-stream-of-consciousness-flow/comment-page-1/#comment-1370</link>
		<dc:creator>Katelyn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Ariel, I couldn&#039;t find a way to get my picture in so sorry about not having a face. I was wondering, have you read the Power of Now? If so, what do you think of it? :blink</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Ariel, I couldn&#8217;t find a way to get my picture in so sorry about not having a face. I was wondering, have you read the Power of Now? If so, what do you think of it? <img src='http://www.youaretrulyloved.com/enlightenment/wp-includes/images/smilies/blink.gif' alt=':blink' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Ariel Bravy</title>
		<link>http://www.youaretrulyloved.com/enlightenment/letting-the-stream-of-consciousness-flow/comment-page-1/#comment-1354</link>
		<dc:creator>Ariel Bravy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Leslie,

Thanks for the comment. I get what you&#039;re saying, but that&#039;s not what I meant. In my experience, most people I talk to are still learning about the concept of the ego and whatnot, whereas others already have a lot of experience when it comes to spirituality, some even more than I do. It&#039;s not about good or bad, smarter or dumber, but simply different levels of experience. It&#039;s not a judgment, but a simple recognition of where people are in the moment. Everyone is perfect exactly where they are. Truly. I&#039;ll reword the statement to reflect that. Thanks for expressing your concern. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Leslie,</p>
<p>Thanks for the comment. I get what you&#8217;re saying, but that&#8217;s not what I meant. In my experience, most people I talk to are still learning about the concept of the ego and whatnot, whereas others already have a lot of experience when it comes to spirituality, some even more than I do. It&#8217;s not about good or bad, smarter or dumber, but simply different levels of experience. It&#8217;s not a judgment, but a simple recognition of where people are in the moment. Everyone is perfect exactly where they are. Truly. I&#8217;ll reword the statement to reflect that. Thanks for expressing your concern. <img src='http://www.youaretrulyloved.com/enlightenment/wp-includes/images/smilies/smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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