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Comment by Jon Vincent on December 6, 2011 at 5:46pm

http://issuu.com/jonvee/docs/the_one_straw_revolution   woops didn't embed properly.

Thanks for sharing Karen.  

Comment by Jon Vincent on December 6, 2011 at 5:44pm

I do share with your feeling of trying to find that "magic key."  

One day I just got it, and realize how foolish I was and laughing about serious I made certain things to be.  It doesn't mean of course to be irresponsible, but its a matter of knowing that you are where you are supposed to be, and when you are ready you'll just get it - all that truly matters is consistent effort.   

If there's anything I've experienced so far is that no one has all the answers.  I just laugh and some of the ideas of grandeur I used to have - mostly ego based, messianic and dualistic approach about how I was going to go out there and to save the world, only realizing that the only way to truly make any changes is to change yourself.   

When you wrote about how you have diffiulty with the application of knowledge, I feel you.  

It's that feeling like "I know what I'm supposed to do, but why am I not doing it..?"

I think one thing I had to do to overcome certain blocks was to really look deep into myself and face the ugly truth - to really look at my weakness, heal many buried traumas I had in the past.   

When we are brutally honest with ourselves, a certain kind of humility sets in, and we realize how much we didn't know.  Which is always a good thing, because its that kind of character that will enable to to continually experience growth - this in turn makes us less judgemental, less dualistic.   Once cultivated, we are in a more balanced state, where we ourselves are not judging the speaker or the author, we are in a sense just taking the essence of their ideas, to innerstand, expand, and grow.    

Then you realize "woah... i've been making things way to complicated... simplicity sets in, and boom... things start rolling"   Because truth is everywhere, and once we're able to see it in every aspect of our lives, we learn lessons at a much faster pace, because we can see or learn from it right there, with our own experience. 

This book may help with some insight.  Worth a read. "stages of the path/journey" 

Open publication - Free publishing

This book is interesting as well: its about farming, simplicity, value of life etc..

Comment by Azu Kosmos on November 27, 2011 at 2:09pm

Thank you for your encouraging words Juraj. I have started to experience some instances of deja vu. Usually when this happens it causes me to pause and wonder if I had a dream of the experience or something else. Next time it happens I will look at it differently. Also another thing I notice is signs, I mean literal signs. I was trying to find a shop yesterday and could not remember the street when on the side of the road there was a sign for the shop advertising a sale and giving the exact number of streets to pass before turning. This has happened a lot. Not covert signs but real actual signs answering a question I may have.  Thank you again for reading my rantings and you kind words.

Comment by Zbojnick on November 27, 2011 at 1:25pm

Thank you for sharing your rantings with us Karen, I feel what you mean.

About the "switch" you mentioned: I learned recently from many different sources, including personal experience, that the familiar feeling of de ja vue is an assurance that you are on the right path in life. If I were you I would look out for that. I hope this helps. Wholeness