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Our Karma – Karma Part 3

Posted on November 8, 2018November 17, 2018 by Metroman

our karma

How to deal with our karma "How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours." ~ Wayne Dyer Please click on the following if you have not read "part 1" or "part 2" of this series. The title of this last post is fitting because we need only concern ourselves with "our own karma." It is a natural tendency for people to fixate on the flaws of other people, (which ironically creates more bad karma,) we rarely turn inward to reflect on our own flaws. This is what our karma is meant to teach us. In his book "Letting Go" Dr. David R. Hawking answers the following regarding karma: Question: What if a negative feeling toward someone or a situation persists, despite my intention and effort to let it go? Answer: Sometimes one is more or less forced to surrender to a situation and presume that it’s karmic. With...

Karma part 2 – What Creates Karma ?

Posted on November 1, 2018November 17, 2018 by Metroman

what creates karma

What Creates Karma ? Before we can answer what creates karma we need to first define the types of karma. There are basically three different types of karma: Good karma Bad or negative karma Repeating experiential karma Note these definitions of "good" or "bad" are accepted "labels" and are not personal judgments. It may be better to define "good" as those actions which lead to less suffering and more happiness, unity and greater spiritual awareness. "Bad" can be defined as that which leads to less happiness and more isolation, pain and suffering. We must remember "bad" action ultimately leads to understanding through pain and suffering, so all karma, whether "good" or "bad" ultimately leads to greater awareness. This is karma's purpose, to teach and bring the soul to a greater awareness and understandin...

Unity Or Isolation?

Posted on October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 by Metroman

Unity love or isolation loneliness

Getting to unity from isolation The opposite of isolation is unity. It is the bond and loss of boundaries between a mother and her newborn. It is the sense of love and closeness experienced with family during the holidays or a special occasion. It is the timelessness and sense of oneness experienced by two people in love. It is the state of mind experienced by all enlightened humans throughout history. We have all felt examples of this type of unity in our life but unfortunately it erodes away with a growing ego. Love and unity is a natural spiritual state that exist between all things until we start down the path of isolation (see previous post on"Isolation") Unity is a conscious choice If we choose to live a life of love and unity then we must allow our spiritual nature to guide our life. Choosing love and unity i...

Life Purpose – A different view

Posted on September 20, 2018November 8, 2018 by Metroman

life purpose

Finding life purpose Many start out life with no real conception of a life purpose. In fact most people go through a significant portion of their life wanting only to satisfy their own personal desires. These desires are usually ego driven such as the accumulation of wealth or material possessions, or to rise to a position of power or recognition. This life purpose may also include wanting to satisfy a host of physical bodily desires. Finding purpose in life is something we eventually arrive at when most of those other desires are fulfilled. Once all those other desires are fulfilled people find they are still left with a certain emptiness. In other words, they find out fulfilling all their physical desires did not bring lasting happiness, contentment, satisfaction or sense of fulfillment. How to analyze your life pu...

Life Lessons From The Old

Posted on September 13, 2018November 8, 2018 by Metroman

life lessons

What life lessons can older people teach us? The old and elderly are probably the most qualified authority on life lessons. They acquire this knowledge through the perspective of living a full life while looking back at its end. If you are familiar with my Abyss theory of life, you will see this is the clear perspective of having risen to new plateaus while being able to look back on life and the lessons learned at the lower levels. What most people don't realize is all these life lessons involve learning about ourselves, specifically they are lessons in choosing between the ego and spirit. In reviewing many "Top Ten List" of life lessons learned from the elderly I have compiled a list of common advice. The common thread to all this advice is personal truths about our own growth in life. If you examine each more cl...

Self control lessons

Posted on August 23, 2018November 8, 2018 by Metroman

self control

A Lesson in self control. What do we really control in life? It seems we are conditioned from birth to control the world around us, yet we are taught very little about self control. From the moment we are born we struggle to control our body, movements and coordination and this is where much of our self control ends. As life moves on we start trying to control everything external to us or outside of our control. In other words we try to control things which we have no control over. These include situations, relationships and how other people think, etc.. The irony is many people struggle their entire life trying to control what they cannot control. Self control lesson #1 We have no absolute control over the world around us. Yes, we can exert influence over our world and we can also try to control things using the ...

Are you having happy thoughts ?

Posted on August 16, 2018November 8, 2018 by Metroman

happy thoughts

How can we start to think happy thoughts ? First, let’s figure out what happy thoughts are. What if you found out your private thoughts and conversations are not private at all; you might be terrified. Suppose your every thought and every conversation through the day was posted on your social media account? Terrifying? Yes, for most people this would be more terrifying then death itself. As a matter of fact many would choose suicide over the consequence of exposing our true thoughts. Yet this example will help to highlight the nature of our thoughts. The truth is many people are thinking thoughts which do not lead to happiness. The truth of this is available for anyone willing to seek it and ponder this social media scenario. No, of course your thoughts will not be broadcast through the internet, but your thoughts an...

Unconditional Love – or – Loving someone like a pet

Posted on August 9, 2018October 24, 2018 by Metroman

unconditional love

Loving someone like a pet. To love a pet is a demonstration of unconditional love. First let me clarify the statement of loving someone like a pet, this title can sound either condescending or downright disrespectful. Let me also clarify I am talking about a pet you love, not one that bears the brunt of ones anger and ignorance. Pets are wonderful for providing companionship but they mostly become the object of our affection. In other words, they become an object in which we can express our unconditional love. I have to be very clear about defining the type of pet owner I am referring to. Unfortunately there are some pet owners that seem to have pets to express their frustrations, anger, intolerance and ignorance, or they wish to have control over another creature. Oh these pet owners will show their pets love when...

Neural Pathways – Beating Down A Path In The Brain

Posted on August 2, 2018November 12, 2018 by Metroman

neural pathways - beating down a path in the brain

Have you ever walked through a field or in the woods and followed a path that already existed? This would be normal behavior by anyone’s standards. The brain does the same thing by creating neural pathways connecting various regions of the brain. In a previous house where I lived there was a small wooded section between my backyard and an open field that led to a pond. The first few times I made my way through the thick brush I had to fight my way through carefully avoiding the thorn bushes and weeds full of burs. Gradually I cut through the thicket and through the years a clear path developed. Each time the path was used it served to mat down the grass and weeds creating well-worn trail and easy access to my destination. Once this path was established there was no sense in taking any other way since it required great...

The Source Of Your Anxiety

Posted on July 19, 2018October 10, 2018 by Metroman

Absorbing information creates anxiety

Anxiety results from Garbage in, garbage out... How anxiety and the output of your life experience is created by the input of what you allow into your consciousness. Have you ever wondered where your thoughts come from? Have you ever wondered why you have anxiety or are scared of certain things? Have you ever asked yourself why your life is the way it is? Hopefully you answered yes to one of these questions, otherwise check your pulse, you might be dead... I had dream the other night that left me with a feeling of anxiety when I awoke. It involved a dog that had taken on a somewhat human persona and it was being mean to me. Wait I take that back, it was being downright nasty. I don't normally have bad dreams so it surprised me when I woke up with a sense of anxiety. I started thinking about how it might have ori...

Human Experience – Understanding The Soul – Part 6 of 6

Posted on April 26, 2018November 17, 2018 by Metroman

Understanding The Soul - Human Experience - Part 6 of 6 In this series we have talked about all aspects of the soul, its attributes, its purpose and its progression. Ok, so now let’s bring it back down to earth to discuss the human experience... Evolution in the physical phase of human experience is a long process. Souls who have mingled in the physical plane have experienced a great fall. They find themselves in bodies with minds more similar to animals rather than the spiritual beings which they are. Observing our closest relatives in the animal world we see many of those traits remain as part of the human experience. In the animal world we find territorial wars, male or female domination over a group, fighting for the right to mate, fighting for resources, etc.. The soul - Human experience - Animal instincts ...

Understanding The Soul – Part 2 of 6

Posted on March 29, 2018October 25, 2018 by Metroman

Understanding The Soul - The purpose of the soul Have you ever wondered where you came from? Have you ever wondered why you are here? Have you ever wondered what you are? Like all things in life, an awareness of something is the first step to understanding it. Throughout recorded history man has searched for the origins of his existence. What is the purpose of man's existence, what is the purpose of the soul? Contained within the remains of the oldest civilizations there seems to be some evidence we once knew the answer to this questions. Civilization is much older than what we are taught in school. With the recent discovery of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey dating to 9000 BC (i.e. 11,000 years ago,) we must question the historical view of civilization and what knowledge has been lost through time. There is ample ...

Understanding Consciousness – Part 6 – Summary

Posted on March 15, 2018October 10, 2018 by Metroman

Controlling our own emotions

In this six part series we have looked at consciousness in a variety of ways. Many people look at consciousness as being awake without any other thought about it. We don't think of it as something we have control of and in many respects perhaps this is true, because we cannot affect something we don’t know about. This series has been about awareness of consciousness, the second stage in learning. At the lower levels emotions tend to control our experience of consciousness. One way to think about awareness is with a food example. Let’s say all you ate were hot dogs, corn, muffins and milk and that was all you really knew about food. You probably wouldn't think too much about what other foods exist or the range of flavors that are possible, because you wouldn't know about them. As you began to experience other foods, ...

Understanding Consciousness Part 5 Consciousness Energy Levels

Posted on March 8, 2018October 10, 2018 by Metroman

Consciousness energy level Understanding the characteristics of each level of consciousness chriswmetz.com

Consciousness Energy Level As we review a detailed description of each consciousness energy level keep in mind that a person can be at various levels in different aspects of their life. It is the average aggregate of a persons overall consciousness that determines the level they are at. For instance someone may jump between Desire, Anger and Pride and therefore their average level may be Anger. It is not uncommon for someone to relate to many of these states at some time or another in their life, but one of them will tend to dominate our consciousness. Level descriptions Consciousness energy level 20: Shame Shame is a level at which death may be chosen through active suicide or the failure to actively prolong life. Shamed people feel humiliation or a sense of being discredited or of "losing face." They seek to hide...

Understanding Consciousness – Part 4 – Consciousness Levels

Posted on March 1, 2018October 10, 2018 by Metroman

Achieving higher consciousness levels

Consciousness Levels We have looked at consciousness in a variety of ways to this point. First from a basic analogy of what consciousness is like, to a general description of levels and what they are like. The last post looked at consciousness from an evolutionary perspective. We are now going to look at more specific consciousness levels. To my knowledge there is only one comprehensive map of consciousness, or list of descriptive consciousness levels. This can be extremely beneficial for giving us a more detailed view of the various levels. As you study these levels you may gain insight into where you stand in your own evolution of consciousness and gain a better understanding in how to move higher. Throughout history the goal of all great religions has concerned itself with techniques and teachings for rising up ...

Understanding Consciousness – Part 3 – Evolutionary Consciousness

Posted on February 22, 2018October 10, 2018 by Metroman

Evolutionary consciousness diagram rings of consciousness

Evolutionary Consciousness We have looked at various ways of understanding consciousness in the first and second post in this series. Now we will try to understand consciousness from an evolutionary standpoint. Reviewing evolutionary consciousness will help us better understand how consciousness has developed over time. Evolutionary Consciousness - Instinctual animal tendencies It is easy to forget that man has evolved over many thousands of years. The higher levels of consciousness we experience is a recent advance in our species. We humans have evolved from a primitive beginning rising up from ape like creatures. During this evolution natural selection favored certain characteristics, such as aggression, selfishness, paranoia and fear. These traits were advantageous to survival and procreation. The instinct to...