newestwarrior666
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I don't know much about him personally, so if anyone knows of any suspicious connections or circumstances then I'd be glad to know. I discovered the JOS at a young age. It took a lot of maturing and self discovery to understand, but I was always drawn back despite other spiritual exploration which I believe to be the work of the Gods. During those periods away from the path, Tolle's work really helped me as far as information that I could put into practice/ an introduction into mindfulness. When younger, I discarded his more inaccurate new age interpretations and religious comparisons and only engaged with his ideas on the present, the ego, and consciousness. The idea of people living in self created suffering from an unconscious identification with compulsive thinking was compelling to me, and his characterization of thought patterns + associated negative emotions into what he called the "pain body" was effective enough to guide child me to experiencing real mindful observation. The reason I bring this up is because I read his book A New Earth within the past couple of years, and minus new age silliness, the way that he explores the egoic mind / the pain body's impact across different contexts in society, and the way that he writes about collective pain in groups of people acting destructive like an agent is the first thing that I thought of when reading the newest explanations provided by the TOZ. (Only as a point of reference and it being the first time I was really introduced to the idea) I'm wondering if he was attempting to explain the accumulation of Izfet. He typically described collective pain in this manner as a sickness. As opposed to holding any specific people accountable, he offered that everyone had an individual responsibility to develop awareness. Unfortunately, it seems like he's lacking a lot of context in proposing that the solution is the dissolving of the ego in a more permanent sense, and while he acknowledges the existence of the soul, he talks about it only to describe bringing awareness to inner energy and largely disregards spiritual practice beyond mindfulness and certain kinds of meditations. Bottom line, as I continue to try and close the gap between my practice and knowledge, it becomes clear that the TOZ really is the primary resource that brings all of the information of the Gods together as intended. At best, individuals can speak to partial spiritual truths, but without the Gods, the picture is incomplete. It still amounts to a fraction of the whole, and there's only a limited opportunity for progression.
