meanwhile my cognitive dissonance demon

by SLITHERBOP

Graphic definition of Samsara

Gebet zur Selbsthingabe:
Widmung an die innere Führung.


Du Wurzel der Mitte,
Mutter des Stamms;

O Pfad des Herzens,
belebender Atem;

Du Stoß zur Einsicht,
Liebe des Vaters;

O Wesen der Kraft,
hell funkelnde Glut;

Du stille Weisheit,
Frieden der Leere;

Mein fortwährender Segen -
Gnade der Erleuchtung!

Du, vollkommene Anmut!

Du, ewiges Licht!

Du, rechtschaffene Heimat!

Du, Entzücken meiner Seele!

Du, Lobpreis meiner Schutzgeister!

Deine Dienerin kniet vor Dir!
Dein Gefäß hat den Thron Dir bereitet!

Bediene Dich meiner Mittel!
Komm und ermächtige Dich meiner!
Mögen mein Leib und mein Leben Dir zum Sieg verhelfen!
Komm über mich mit Macht!

Dein Kelch ist gefüllt;
Komm und labe Dich!

OM AH HUM

Das Werk ist dann vollbracht, wenn Deine Hand die meine führt und mein Herz sich nur durch das Deine rührt;
wenn meine Stimme Deine Worte spricht und Dein Glanz aus meinen Augen bricht!

Leite mich! Forme mich!
Leite mich! Forme mich!
Leite mich! Forme mich!

Du Juwel göttlicher Tugend;
Erhabener Erlöser!
Mein Lehrer!
Wende Dein Gehör meinen Bitten zu!

When you get the breathing just right 🤌🏻🔥

C O G I T A T I O P E R S P I C U A
Intelligence of conception,
Speak eloquently.
Mind within the Brain,
Self passes through Experience.


A N I M U S A S C E N D I T
Intelligence of the heart,
Speak devoutly.
Spirit in the Mind,
Experience altered by Emotion.


P E R C E P T I O C O G N I T I O
R E G I T
Whole-body-intelligence,
Listen as it speaks.
Body within Mind,
Experience passes through the Organism.


C A E L E S T I S I N V A C U U M
Intelligence integrated with space,
Quiet expression of Logos.
Mind within all,
Space experiences itself as an Organism.


M E N S T O T I U S N A T U R A E
Intelligence beyond body and space,


S I L E N T I U M D E I

More Awareness = More Overwhelm IF there's a need to control every new thing.

No need to freak out about every new aspect you discover.
When driving a car you're able to take a turn effortlessly without thinking about what your hands are doing because you've internalised all mechanisms necessary. It's once been a conscious thing, you've gained competence and integrated it, now you're able to talk or listen to music with your eyes on the road and your hands and feet have the mapping down to the millimeter. Effortless driving.

Now remember the time when you first learned to drive. It's a lot at once. There was no reason to get anxious about it because with time, you figured it out just fine.

Trust that time and practice will ease you into being okay with ALL THAT AWARENESS.

Don't be afraid.
It's a lot when you open up to it.
It'll hit you like a tide of unknowns.
That's okay though.
Say hi to the waves.

Support yourself ❤️

Trust in protection and guidance.

Remember that when you're learning to drive there's
A) always a teacher next to you and
B) he will intervene before something happens until
C) you're capable to do it on your own.

On our life path, the teachers are always present, we just might not be able to recognize them in the relevant moment because of distorting phenomena that cloud our vision.

I just really hope you're not actually retaking your driving test again.

From a friend:

"I don't know how to explain it - but I feel God tells me things and I simply do them and my life becomes magical as a result. Simply allowing myself to be a vessel to which God makes my life incredible is the most profound knowledge that I have ever encountered."

I live my life the same way, and it's more incredible than you can imagine. I encourage you to discover this connection, nurture your intuitive sense and reap the rewards from fulfilling your destiny.

Dedication Prayer
To the Inner Teacher.


You, Root of the Core,
mother of the tribe;

O Path of the Heart,
invigorating breath;

You, Stroke of Insight,
fatherly love;

O Essence of Power,
brightly sparkling fervour;

You, Quiet Wisdom,
peace of emptiness;

My perpetual bliss -
You, Grace of Enlightenment!

You, Perfect Beauty!

You, Eternal Light!

You, Righteous Homeland!

You, Delight of my Soul!

Your servant kneels before you!
Your vessel has prepared your throne!

Make use of my resources!
Come and seize me as your own!
Rise to victory by means of my being!
Empower me!

Your cup is filled;
Come and refresh yourself!

OM AH HUM

The deed is done when your hand guides mine, and my heart is moved only by yours;
when my voice speaks your words and your splendor shines from my eyes!

Guide me! Shape me!
Guide me! Shape me!
Guide me! Shape me!

You paragon of divine virtue;
Exalted Liberator!
My Teacher!
Turn your hearing to my pleas!

meanwhile my cognitive integrity angel

(artwork: Thomas Blackshear)

T H E G E N E R A L
O V E R R U L E S
T HE S P E C I F I C

Find and eliminate the flaws in your principles. If you don't fix your pretermitted principles, you're never going to fix the smaller issues that arise from them. From a short-term perspective, fixing a broken principle may not seem as pressing because it's abstract and may therefore feel distant, diffuse and less "real". In the long run, suffering will keep on rising from it if it's not restored.

T H E S U P R A M U N D A N E
O V E R R U L E S
T H E C O N C E I V A B L E

Whatever is in your imagination will overpower your will eventually. Therefore, eliminate harmful, discouraging images from your inner workings. Imagination is the starting point of the mechanism that manifests your reality. It's your most powerful tool. Do not accidentally use it against yourself. Use it to enable growth and development. Use it to heal and liberate yourself and others. Use it to find peace.

T H E B I G G E R P U R P O S E
O V E R R U L E S
I N D I V I D U A L D E S I R E

While re-purposing the mind to serve as a tool for success, growth and power, there is ONE THING that you need to be absolutely clear about. The liberation of all living beings as well as protection of their peace as a standard of living for all is hierarchically superior to (and a possible consequence of) individual enlightenment.
Transferred to a smaller scale, this can mean: The perseverance and well-being of a people, a society, a tribe is of greater significance than the desires of the singular member. Aims and development of one are only meaningful and impactful as long as they can be lined up with the trajectory and needs of the group.

Only then do individual wishes evolve into a tool to weave magic for the interdependent group organism, and only then can the group be a tool to weave magic for the individual.

To employ such a mindset of servitude, practice unconditional Love, directed at the people you meet and the phenomena that occur to you.

Not unconditional passion.
Not unconditional self-righteousness.
Not unconditional blind-sightedness.
Not unconditional ignorance.
Not unconditional working-your-self-to-death-or-insanity.

Love.
The balanced kind that encompasses all, yourself included.

T O L O V E I S T O A C T
T O L O V E I S T O S E R V E
T O L O V E I S T O N O U R I S H
T O L O V E I S T O L E T G O
T O L O V E I S T O O F F E R
T O L O V E I S T O C O M M I T
T O L O V E I S T O F I G H T

consistently, again and again, and forever.

T O L O V E I S N O T
T O G R A S P
T O W A N T
T O P O S S E S S
T O H O L D O N
T O C O N T R O L
T O T A K E

Self-existence will have to cease.

B E R E A D Y T O G I V E I N .

Not your will,
but another
will be done.