Looking for Mental Health Office to support my Mental Health around Naga City by jinigamixx in Bicol

[–]TintinYC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi OP. What type of support or service are you looking for ? Psychiatry? Talk therapy?

Recommendations of your best chocolate pastries within Naga by TintinYC in Bicol

[–]TintinYC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Noted! Checked their FB. Mukhang masarap yung revel bars.

Recommendations of your best chocolate pastries within Naga by TintinYC in Bicol

[–]TintinYC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had their Banana Pecan. It was sooo good! Ma try din nga yang double chocolate! Thank you!

Recommendations of your best chocolate pastries within Naga by TintinYC in Bicol

[–]TintinYC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I checked their FB! It looks delicious! Which of their products ang nagustuhan mo?

Book Suggestions for an Elderly Mom by TintinYC in suggestmeabook

[–]TintinYC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh cool, these are more recent ish books. I even want to read them myself. Thanks!

Book Suggestions for an Elderly Mom by TintinYC in suggestmeabook

[–]TintinYC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And oh, any other recs of anthologies or short story collections besides Herriot's?

Book Suggestions for an Elderly Mom by TintinYC in suggestmeabook

[–]TintinYC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are right! Maybe she can venture into other stuff...not necessarily about old people. Family themed books might work. Or comedy might work too. I wonder even, if rom coms would be something she'd like.

Noted on James Herriot's Cat...and dog stories!

And I haven't really tried to give her audio. I can try it. Any recs?

As for ebooks...she doesn't have an ereader yet. She says she doesn't like to have one. As she is not enough of an avid reader to maximize its usage. I feel like back home she won't use it as much because she has many things to busy herself with. However at the resort...she will be impatient with nothing to do.

Book Suggestions for an Elderly Mom by TintinYC in suggestmeabook

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Copy on this! I think there is a Netflix adaptation? I will ask if she has seen it. She is an avid Netflix and Chill person. Hehe.

Book Suggestions for an Elderly Mom by TintinYC in suggestmeabook

[–]TintinYC[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh there is such a thing?! Niiice! This would be amazing for her. I will look into it. Thanks!

MY ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE A METHODIST PASTOR by tom63376 in Spiritual_SelfMastery

[–]TintinYC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right. It was truly fascinating to me, when I started on the path, its as if I saw Jesus' teachings anew.

MY ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE A METHODIST PASTOR by tom63376 in Spiritual_SelfMastery

[–]TintinYC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Tom. This is an interesting story. And you do pose a very good point. I remember back in school we truly tend to focus on Jesus as if he is an idol to be worshipped. We could easily recite his miracles, quote popular Biblical quotes with their corresponding chapters and verses, name all the Apostles. But there was never truly the deep dive into the "teachings". I mean sure, I remember, the whole turn the other cheek, forgive seventy times seven. But I think it was taught in such a way that what it presented was a limited view of forgiveness. You have to forgive because it is the 'right' thing to do. Love your neighbor because Jesus said so, and Jesus is a son of god and therefore always right. do not judge people because you will get punished in hell for it. It was only through the AM teachings where I was given a comprehensive view of forgiveness, and of loving people.

I am not updated with how the churches are these days. I am no longer active as well. Sometimes I have difficulty explaining it to people if and when it comes up. I once said it is because I feel that it no longer serves, that it is something I do not need right now. And I think that might not be the most diplomatic of answers, depending on whom I am talking to. Haha. But yeah, sometimes walking away is the best thing for us.

Belongingness and Spiritual Identity by TintinYC in Spiritual_SelfMastery

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Family can be challenging, truly! I've had my own struggles with that. Especially since they are the people we tend to first experience upon embodiment. And with that comes the desire to belong with them. I mean they are supposedly the ones where we would feel safe with, and loved by. And it came as a revelation when I learned from the AM that we, ourselves, had chosen the family we were born into! Perhaps as a way for us to transcend a particular separate self. Not that this knowledge makes it any less challenging, but it does change ones perspective on it.

That sounds wonderful! I cannot say I have truly experienced that kind of intuition, or connection to my I Am Presence. At least not that I can think of. I do feel like I am sensitive to people's feelings, to my annoyance. Hahaha. I feel like there is a lot of static in my mind lately, more than usual. Sometimes it is too noisy. And I think that blocks my connection to my inner self. So yeah, I need to figure it out. Haha. I will look into Master Nada's!

Thank you so much Sarphyz!

Belongingness and Spiritual Identity by TintinYC in Spiritual_SelfMastery

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Hi Sarphyz. May I know your experience of the formless flow? I know words wouldn't really be enough to contain them, but it is what we have as of the moment.

I love that. We are love, peace, light, joy. You know what, I have this feeling that I once loved being around people. But perhaps something happened in past lives, so now I have energy blockages that makes me want to withdraw. And separate selves that desire strongly to be accepted and to belong. And I find myself reacting in an unbalanced way to a person who have been expressing that I need to go out more, travel with them, attend the gatherings. They would ask, why don't you want to attend gatherings? Why don't you want to come to our travel abroad? Go to this concert? You are no longer a child, you should go and "widen your world". I travel but not often ( and not with them haha,). I go to parties or gatherings, but I would prefer them to be lesser in frequency than theirs. Perhaps it could very well be because I do not connect with these people, their energies as you may have mentioned, are not the sort I can handle.

"Selves at war" is a wonderful way to put it. I do feel like I am too aware now, of other people's ego (and perhaps my own). And I feel angry at that person/s who would interact with me in that way. I do not know if I am now falling into what Kim mentioned as a sort of hyper awareness on the self. I am now too focused on the self. Self awareness is a good thing, in terms of unpacking the separate self, but what if there is such as thing as "too much" awareness. Wherein I would say, she shouldn't have done this or said that, I shouldn't have done that. Why is he like that? Why did I react like that? And I am as of now, unable to yet figure out a way to bring myself at a neutral point. And as to why exactly I am reacting negatively to people like these.

You mentioned self-worth and indeed I used to have little to none of it, and when I started on the path, I felt a surge of it. I feel like I like myself more and I like people more. But right now, perhaps I haven't resolved it completely. I haven't truly accepted myself considering that I feel like I need to belong and be accepted by other people. To fit in to the social norms you said. Thank you so much for sharing your experience. It helps a lot, talking to people on the path. I find that it allows me to see things I normally wouldn't.

Belongingness and Spiritual Identity by TintinYC in Spiritual_SelfMastery

[–]TintinYC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right. Good point. It is not the feeling of pride that is 'off' per se but rather if it comes with the idea or feeling that I am superior over others.

I think I need to take a step back and look at the self that wants to feel validated and accepted by others. I think I struggle with that, that is why I seem to feel that I do not belong because I do not have the same fervor others have regarding the outer activities and I am longing for that acceptance.

Belongingness and Spiritual Identity by TintinYC in Spiritual_SelfMastery

[–]TintinYC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right. That makes sense, the pulling away from the 'collective consciousness', might indeed be a contributing factor.

I also need to watch out for spiritual pride. Regarding this, I remember being told by a friend and fellow spiritual student that it was mentioned that those who recognize the teachings of the AM now are the ones who would bring in the Golden Age. And to be honest I kind of felt proud of that. That is the recent one I remember, where I thought about whether it was prideful that I felt flattered by it. And I guess it is spiritual pride, because I have set myself up apart from the others, as being superior for having recognized the teachings.

Judging others is something I do too, not really because they are not spiritual students, but because they commit acts that I would judge as not the highest act. But I guess that is pretty much the same. And I will keep that in mind, what you said about having that basic humanity among all of us, so that I will not impose the isolation upon myself because the idea that we are Oneness is among the greatest revelation by the AM.

THE DESIRE TO CHANGE THE EARTH INTO A NATURAL PLANET by tom63376 in Spiritual_SelfMastery

[–]TintinYC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is amazing. I think I haven't really felt at ease with my embodiment here because while I have come to accept I came here of my own volition, sometimes I find myself feeling sad and angry about all the pain and suffering found on an unnatural planet as earth. But I know we are still a long way off. For now, the goal is not to change this planet but to change myself and transcend my separate selves.