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Is thought really opposed to action? How to achieve spontaneity in action cos I am struggling with this problem of being decisive and sticking to a plan and rather burden myself with so many permutations and combinations of various scenarios that are gonna play out if I follow a course of action and, in the end, come to doubt the very plan itself. ๐Ÿง โšก๐Ÿงญ[…]

The difference between thought and action is a most common difficulty. Its reason is not that the physical mind gets into an obsessive mode. It

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I had a vivid dream after a long time, but I only remember parts of it.ย After reading Tales from Shakespeare, I had a layered dream: losing track of time at a cinema, then being taught acting by two friends while spontaneously translating Homerโ€™s Odyssey, alongside vivid imagery of a bizarre zig-zag skyscraper and strange facial distortions that woke me once I questioned them. ๐ŸŒ™๐Ÿ“–๐ŸŽญ[…]

The dream was, in all likelihood triggered by the reading of Shakespeare’s book giving you a glimpse into his mind which is the many tiered

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Today I had a strange experience during meditation. During recent sadhana, after intense fear and the sense of dark forces pervasive around and within me, an energy descended from the throat to the heart, bringing peace; yet severe pressure and resistance also resurfaced intensely around the jaw and facial nerves. ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ[…]

Go deeper and deeper into your heart. Do not concede to the pull of other sensations, however strong. Stay focused in the heart on the

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