credit: topastrodfogna A sure sign that you are a member of The Half Awake (Half Asleep) Club is the almost inevitable pair of questions that the mind loves to ask: What do I do with this… this… awakening thing that has happened to me? ..
Topics: half-awake, inquiry, Spiritual Inquiry

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But beauty, real beauty, ends where intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of a face. The moment one sits down to think, one becomes all nose, or all forehead, or something horrid. Look at..
Topics: beauty, Guru Quotes, Oscar Wilde, thinking

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credit: Indy Kethdy By using the term “Half-Awake” I’ve probably given a somewhat false impression to many people. Saying half-awake almost implies that there are 3 states that a person can exist in: Asleep Half-Awake (or...
Topics: half-awake, spiritual awakening

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Anything in life can and will disappoint you as long as you look for things to please you. Quit looking outside yourself for happiness. # Twitter makes even idiots sound like spiritual savants. Including yours truly! # I still like being forced to be.
Topics: Spirituality, twitter

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credit: bortescristian The further along I go with this awakening thing, the more it becomes apparent that the real key to waking up is wanting to wake up. I know it is a radical idea, but it just so happens to be the truth of the matter. Technique is..
Topics: control, Lead Article, Spiritual Awakening, Willingness

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