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Participants granitewalker21swiftcobra15Bradley Ramos11Matthew Lopez11rowdydriver52Harold James9James Cruz6Roger Hall15Melissa Garcia3Betty Cooper43Andrew HernandezAWilliam Morris2John Walker74nimblecobra79hiddenviper9
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#21 ·
You really have to test this out in the real world. That's the only way to truly live it and wrap your head around 😉 🙂

No struggle, no opposition, just a shift in perspective.
swiftcobra15 swiftcobra15 Regular
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#22 ·
Porto said:"Dance me to the end of love..."

Cohen knows exactly what he’s talking about. 🙂

👍 👍 👍
William Morris2 William Morris2 Member
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#23 ·
Worf says the body is nothing more than a shell.
John Walker74 John Walker74 Active Member
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#24 ·
To take a grand movement and distill it down to its simplest essence—to turn a dramatic pirouette into nothing more than a subtle twitch of a smile, or to shrink a massive leap into a mere brush of the hand—that is the true art of being able to dance with such quiet intensity that it resonates exactly as it should. It’s about doing it without being pushy, with genuine respect. No forcing it, just pure focus. And absolutely no showing off; just total clarity.
There’s no need for external noise, because every single movement you make already carries its own internal rhythm.
Even balance isn't something you "do" or force into existence; rather, it wells up from the very space you create by simply letting go...
And then there's that next thought, which follows you like an echo, inseparable from the beginning and the end... because it feels you just as deeply as you feel it...

But then, bam! You step right on someone's foot... suddenly, the drums and the cymbals start crashing loud and heavy.🙂

And just like that, you get the signal to start the whole cycle all over again...
granitewalker21 granitewalker21 NewcomerOP
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#25 ·
Keep dancing, even when everything’s falling apart.
Dance when you've finally ripped the band-aid off.
Dance right in the thick of the chaos.
Dance through the literal blood and guts.
And dance when you're feeling absolutely unstoppable.

Man, just dance... 😉 🙂
Betty Cooper43 Betty Cooper43 Member
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#26 ·
Solaris
what should I actually try out in practice?

And then there's this thought... it follows you like an echo, totally unbreakable from start to finish... because they're just silent about it (feeling it) the same way you feel them..

Thank God it isn't permanent...
nimblecobra79 nimblecobra79 Member
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#27 ·
Porto says:
hmmm, Betty Cooper43

since you know one of God's commandments is:

THOU SHALT NOT STEAL!
and that primarily applies to energy parasitism at someone else's expense?

Something just hit me. When we're in love, are we stealing energy from that person? You know—that feeling when you just look at someone and feel so happy, it's almost like you're drawing strength directly from them. Even Jesus felt it when a woman touched Him out of the crowd—He knew exactly who it was because she was reaching out to take His power, His healing, His love. Honestly, it probably would've worked even if she hadn't actually touched Him, just by looking, since her faith was that intense. My question is—is one-sided infatuation inherently bad?
Betty Cooper43 Betty Cooper43 Member
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#28 ·
haha, hey kiddo

you’re starting to get attached, so I guess it's time to step off the beaten path,
yeah, being head over heels is really just another way of being possessive,
like, you're mine...
I mean, is there anything even darker you could say to someone?
hiddenviper9 hiddenviper9 Active Member
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#29 ·
If you were to ask me—not that anyone actually does—I’d say this: your body is really just a container where
- you can pack in pretty much anything you want
- everything eventually finds its way out through the various exits
- and you can shove whatever you please right inside.
rowdydriver52 rowdydriver52 Member
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#30 ·
crazy child says:

rowdydriver52 said:hmmm, stone-cold...

since you know one of God's commandments is:

THOU SHALT NOT STEAL!
and that primarily applies to energy parasitism at someone else's expense?

Something just occurred to me. When we're in love, are we stealing energy from that person? You know that feeling where you just look at someone and feel this rush of happiness, almost as if you're drawing strength directly from them? Even Jesus felt it when the crowd was touching him—he knew one specific woman had touched him because her intention was to take strength, healing, or love from Him. That probably would have worked even if she hadn't physically touched Him, but just thought about Him, since her faith was just that strong. My question is—is one-sided infatuation inherently bad?

👍

Exactly!
I’ve actually touched on that example involving Jesus a few times here on this forum. Jesus sensed a transfer occurring at an eternal level between Himself and that woman, which resulted in her being healed from what could be called ETERNAL BLEEDING. That specific biblical passage describes "...the woman who suffered from a flow of blood."
Beyond the physical body, our personality consists of subtler sub-bodies—carriers of the microcosm: the eternal, astral, and mental planes.

However, Jesus primarily taught people about "Faith," which acts as the mechanism for the transfer of "Love"—a specific high-vibration radiation used mainly for healing by addressing the root cause of "illness" at the so-called karmic level. There's even a segment in the "Our Father" prayer that speaks to this:

"...And forgive us our (karmic) debts,
as we forgive our debtors (our predecessors within the microcosm)..."

Jesus felt that

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