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| Use this thread to discuss the following entry from Steve Pavlina's blog: StevePavlina.com Podcast #021 - Being Psychic |
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| 96 minutes?! Talk about a lot of bandwidth being used. Must need a pretty big series of tubes to support such a thing. |
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What can I say? We got chatty.
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| I enjoyed the religion topic. But I did find it odd that you so easily dismiss mainstream beliefs as myths yet believe in such equally scientifically dubious beliefs such as psychic ability, projection, spirits, etc. Well, I can't wait to hear the podcast and I look forward to being thought-provoked. That's what I love about your site. Thanks for sharing... |
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| That was an excellent podcast. I thank you both for the many reminders that I received while listening to this. I look forward to seeing more of this type of podcast sometime in the future.
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| I don't think his "religion" rants are about beliefs. I think they're about religions. There's a difference between opening your mind and being told what to think. |
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| It's funny; after listening, I had a question about suicide (what happens if a higher consciousness person does it, you know, just to see what happens!) Buuuuuut Erin's already got a great article on this - so if anyone else is curious - go ahead and read up! |
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| That was a marathon podcast, Steve and Erin. Lots of good insights and information. Took me two sessions to get through it. I enjoyed the rapport you two had throughout the podcast and look forward to applying some of the ideas presented in your podcast. I have to say that you have some of the best free content on the web. Both websites. And I'm sure you are all being paid accordingly. |
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| Thanks for the positive feedback ya'll. We had a lot of fun doing it which I'm sure came through. We're talking about topics for another one.
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I'm not a religious person and I enjoyed your other article about religion, but I have to ask, why is it bad when many people share the same belief and ok when you make up your own just as questionable answers to many of the universe unanswered questions? Now I'm stuck with the feeling that I can hear your podcast, but I must assume you are trying to brainwash me, so I must not believe your "theory" of many of the questions most religions try to answer. |
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| Udda, There is a big difference between organized religion and spiritual beliefs that does not require belonging to a specific organized religion. The blog post was against organized religion, but the podcast I believe is about spiritual beliefs and practice that does not require you to belong to any organized religion. Last edited by seeker5 : 06-05-2008 at 07:14 PM. |
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| Psychic development is a mental skill. You can turn it into something spiritual if you'd like, but it really has nothing to do with the control structure of organized religion. When you get the limiting beliefs out of the way (including those installed by organized religion), it's easier to develop your psychic senses to the point where they can be quite useful and practical. In this podcast I mentioned how developing my intuitive abilities has helped me tremendously in business over the years. For making big decisions I probably rely on my intuitive sense more than my eyes and ears. This includes picking up impressions on how a particular line of action is likely to pan out. Although I didn't mention this in the podcast, I call it "reading the timestream." The best teacher is personal experience. I don't need faith to rely on my intuitive senses any more than I need faith to trust my eyes and ears. The tricky part is learning how to interpret those impressions, just as we must learn to interpret sounds as language or visual data as objects. It just takes practice to make sense of the stream of information that comes through. Developing your psychic abilities is like adding a whole other sensory input channel. It can cut years off your learning curve and help you avoid many problems. IMO psychic development is the same thing as learning to identify sights, sounds, smells, and textures. The input channel is there, but you have to put in the practice to make sense of the raw data. Otherwise all you can perceive is noise.
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| The conversation about skepticism starting at about minute 26 was the most interesting part of this podcast, to me. Skepticism as a creative process seems to have pretty serious real-world consequences. For example, what if I began to doubt my ability to do a push-up? Would I eventually lose the strength to do something that is now easy for me? On the other hand, what if I stopped doubting my ability to lift 200 lbs.? Would I then develop previously untapped strength? I would love to hear more about this topic in the future, Steve. BTW, loved the interaction between Steve & Erin. They are a great broadcasting team.
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| I'm half way through listening to this... love the vibe between you guys. One question: what's the difference between hallucinations (say drug induced, rather than schizophrenia) and these psychic experiences?
__________________ Swing it, shake it, move it, make it, Who do you think you are? |
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| When your podcasts get this large is there a way to sub-index/ToC it for future reference? I know I've had the experience of going "Steve said something of immediate relevance in this podcasts, but it's over an hour long and I'm not sure how far in it is". Probably hard to do for a candid recording specifically, but it would be useful in general.
__________________ When people see things as beautiful, ugliness is created. When people see things as good, evil is created. When the way is forgotten, 'morality' and 'piety' need to be taught. -Dao De Jing, Chapter 2 |
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| Listened to the podcast this morning, and thoroughly enjoyed it! The interaction between you two was fantastic - I felt like I'd dropped into your lounge and had the privilege of listening to a conversation between you two
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| Thanks to this podcast, we set a new one-day record for this site's bandwidth usage -- 154 GB on June 5th.
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