Posts Tagged "Robert Breszny"

”Subterranean Pronoia Therapy.”

1. The greatest gift you can give might be the gift that you yourself were never given.    Give that gift. 2.The most valuable service you have to offer your fellow humans may be the service you have always wished were performed for you. Offer that service. An experience that wounded you could move you to help people who’ve been similarly wounded.     Heal yourself by healing...

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Control? – HA!

“If everything seems under control,” said auto racer Mario Andretti, “you’re probably not moving fast enough.” I second that emotion. It applies to the entire human race, which is swirling through evolutionary tipping points at an accelerating speed. But it’s doubly apropos for you spiritual freedom fighters and renegade bodhisattvas, because you’re the...

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Wabi Sabi

“When you’re an aspiring master of pronoia, you see the cracks in the facades as opportunities; inspiration erupts as you careen over bumps in the road: you love the enticing magic that flows from situations that other people regard as rough or crooked “That which is not slightly distorted lacks sensible appeal,” wrote poet Charles Baudelaire, “from which it follows...

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Romancing the Paradox

How do we summon the right blend of practical love and constructive anger? How do we refrain from hating other people even as we fight fiercely against the hatred and danger they have helped unleash? How do we cultivate cheerful buoyancy even as we neutralize the bigoted, autocratic poisons that are on the loose? How can we be both wrathful insurrectionaries and exuberant lovers of life? How can...

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You are a genius…

You are a genius. Maybe not in the same way that Einstein and Beethoven were, but still: You possess exceptional capacities that are absolutely unique. You’re a masterpiece unlike any other that has ever lived in the history of the world. Furthermore, the precise instructions you need to ripen into your genius have always been with you, even from the time before you were born. In the words...

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You’re too crazy smart….

…. we are all one body, descended from the same primordial mother and made of identical stuff — the calcium in all of our bones and the iron in all of our blood originally forged in a red giant star that died billions of years ago. You came into this world as a radiant bundle of exuberant riddles. You slipped into this dimension as a shimmering burst of spiral hallelujahs. You blasted...

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How is enlightenment like a million dollar vacation home?

For some seekers, spiritual enlightenment is the ultimate commodity. They believe that through diligent meditation and self-improvement, there will come a day when it will no longer elude their grasp. Breaking through to the singular state of cosmic consciousness, they will forever after own it, free and clear. Permanently illuminated! Never to backslide into the dull ignominy of normal human...

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I, Me Wed….

…There’s another kind of holy matrimony we should make room for: one that climaxes not with the oath, “With this ring, I thee wed,” but rather, “With this ring, I me wed.” We need a ritual for getting married to oneself. Is that something you’re interested in? Do you have the nerve to go that far to prove your love? Are you ready to give yourself with...

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Your Brand New Name

In some spiritual traditions, devotees attempt an arduous process of self-transformation as they retrain themselves to perceive the world from God’s point of view. If they succeed, they’re honored with an initiation ritual and given a new name to consecrate their altered state. I have the same problem with this custom that I have with the idea of enlightenment: Once isn’t...

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What’s going right for you today?

Thousands of things go right for you every single day, beginning the moment you wake up. Through some magic you don’t fully understand, you’re still breathing and your heart is beating, even though you’ve been unconscious for many hours. The air is a mix of gases that’s just right for your body’s needs, as it was before you fell asleep. You can see! Light of many...

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