I debate the value of my ideas within myself and with others! I appreciate those who can handle a rational debate on where the truth most likely lies. I am into spiritual growth, not just acceptance of ideas that a lot of people are overly attached to without much thought as to the real value they have in helping them perform well in this very complicated technological age we now exist in. People often think they have more of a handle on the truth than they actually have. Life is a complicated puzzle that will never be completely figured out. Mystery will always exist, which is a good thing! It takes a hard mental and spiritual effort to get more of a handle on what is true in any area one wants to excel in. Not questioning things or debating things is an approach that keeps people from understanding any subject more deeply! Some people just want to be around those who agree with them, and demonize those who do not! The truth is complicated, and requires the ability to see things from many sides and angles! I stay clear of people who stifle discussion!
Value of inner and outer debates in order to get more of a handle on the truth!
Posted by astrogoodwin on April 25, 2018
https://astrogoodwin.com/2018/04/25/value-of-inner-and-outer-debates-in-order-to-get-more-of-a-handle-on-the-truth/
How am I feeling 6 days after my shoulder was dislocated and put back early Easter Sunday?
At times not good at all: fever and nausea with intense pain in arm, at other times a lot better! Use ice on forehead and arm. Getting a little better over time. Must sleep sitting up using pillow on table or arm will hurt too much, Appointment Tuesday! Do not want to use the VA hospital too much! once cleared to rehab my injury I can do so myself using really good videos on youtube. I just did a lot of damage! I do not want a huge bill and do not trust the medical profession that much when it comes to understanding my unique body! I do feel that as soon as my tissues heals enough, I will start making really fast progress! I just have a very sensitive body that has been really pushed to the edge. But I am use to living on the edge and really trust my intuition will guide me well in the healing process! I do not take pain killers now, did take Ibuprofen at the beginning, but did not like the acid reflux and other side affects. So a lot of the pain is the result of this. But. I feel that I will heal faster if I feel the pain and am not knocked with pain killers. I am optimistic that I will come back stronger than ever! Tuesday will give me information on how the healing process is going! All so complicated. My body is use to being pushed hard by me, so I will continue to challenge it in any way I think will speed up its progress even if at times quite painful!
Posted by astrogoodwin on April 7, 2018
https://astrogoodwin.com/2018/04/07/how-am-i-feeling-6-days-after-my-shoulder-was-dislocated-and-put-back-early-easter-sunday/
Addictions tune one out from reality spiritually!
Included in addictions are anything one feels compelled to become strongly attached to despite their harmful impact on your ability to cope with reality! Cigarettes are extremely addictive and often are not considered for the spirit altering addictive impact they have on people! People would not smoke them and face the really harmful physical harm they do to them if they did not have such a psychological/spiritual hold on them! Food addictions also can be extremely strong and also can have a very negative impact on health! Obesity has reached an epidemic level in this world in recent times along with so many other serious health problems that result from overeating and eating unhealthy, but very addictive(flavorful)foods designed by the food industry to boost sales! One can develop enough hunger between meals especially if you exercise that you will find healthy foods attractive. Frequent small meals can help one to get a constant supply of nutrition! Just make them small enough that one will get a constant supply of nutrition!
Addiction to spiritual beliefs also cause harm by preventing people from improving them, which is really needed in an age in which advanced technology is causing so many serious problems that need to be addressed by people with their spiritual energy very tuned in and grounded in a rational way on the challenging physical reality we now exist in! Hedonism is the enemy of spiritual development, and is extremely present in this modern age we live in! The USA tends to have an economic system geared too much toward the pursuit of pleasure and unhealthy excesses!
Addictions also distort the mind making delusions more attractive than reality, and making the effort to connect with serious sources of information about the reality we exist in more difficult! So much misinformation is circulating in this world often that support extreme viewpoints which can be very intoxicating to those with out a good enough grip on the complex reality we exist in with all of its mysteries and variables that requires one being able to see many sides of any issue in order to figure out how to get a better picture of what is true. People often become addictive to extreme viewpoints and to the crazy conspiracy theories that support them! We have so many serious mental health problems in this world as a result of all the unhealthy addictions that tune people out from reality while harming their physical and spiritual health!
We badly need to advance further spiritually on this planet where its technology has advance a lot in recent history, but that has not advanced as much spiritually! We just do not have the spiritual maturity on this planet to handle the serious problems of our age. Addictions play a major role in holding us back spiritually! Addictions to the beliefs of the past keep us from developing a better spiritual connection to reality so that we can seriously recognize what we need to do to get more out of ourselves spiritually, and then as a result, better able to contribute in cooperation with others to making this world a better place to exist on!
Posted by astrogoodwin on March 19, 2018
https://astrogoodwin.com/2018/03/19/addictions-tune-one-out-from-reality-spiritually/
I find that orgasmic like bliss and hedonistic desire hinder meaningful spiritual development
Posted by astrogoodwin on March 15, 2018
https://astrogoodwin.com/2018/03/15/i-find-that-orgasmic-like-bliss-and-hedonistic-desire-hinder-meaningful-spiritual-development/
Moving toward eating healthier
I am not a professional in the field of nutrition, but do have a lot of understanding about diet from a spiritual perspective due to decades of focus in this area! Consulting with a competent medical professional with knowledge of nutrition is always advisable in order not to risk possible harm as a result of making drastic changes in ones diet! It can be quite risky if one does not know enough about what you are doing when making changes in your diet especially when they are quite strong ones!!!
Personally, I only eat food in order to perform better! I am extreme when it comes to my dietary strictness! My mainly oatmeal and cooked greens diet with vitamin and mineral supplements does enable me to push the edge intensely with the extreme spiritual-physical exercise routine I need to do to be the spiritual pioneer I am! Different diets work for different people! One needs to read up on diet from good/reliable sources and find the diet that works for you! Extreme diets like mine will work only for rare individuals with a very extreme focus on the spiritual with the extreme training and spiritual programming done over a long period of time that come with it! It takes a long time to adjust to an extreme type diet like mine and a lot of nutritional research and intuitive/spiritual awareness of what will work best for your individual/unique needs based on what types of demands you place on the body! Different body types are required to do different types of work and diets need to be tailored to meet the different demands put on your body! Again, nutritional experts should be consulted when needed to ensure one does not harm oneself with a diet that does not meet your needs well enough!
The body takes a while to change so one has to make gradually changes in it. One can not focus so much on weight, since it takes quite a while to lose it. One will feel healthier as you eat healthier and get more exercise! Walking is a good exercise to start with! Food can be very addictive since the food industry has designed a lot of its products to be that way. If you build up a good enough hunger you will find healthy food more appealing! You need to eat regularly so you get a constant supply of good nutrition especially protein! Eating small meals and lowering your daily calorie intake will help one to become hungrier between meals! One can eat less at a meal when one is less hungry and a little more when one is quite hungry! Building up a healthier appetite is good, but one should not go long periods without nutrition and stress the body too much!
Most people do not need a lot of protein, but a regular supply! Vegetables are important! The focus need to be on becoming healthier, and this takes time, but one will notice subtle changes over time. You will become more tuned in spiritually as you lose your addiction to food and eat mainly for health reasons! One needs to try to get one pleasure from doing positive things to make this world a better place by contributing what talent ones has to it. One needs to be spiritually strong in this world and understand that over indulgence and addictions are what is messing up this world spiritually! People just do not take this world and its problems seriously enough! Healing oneself and the traumas of ones past is not easy! One has to toughen oneself up, and that takes a continuous effort over a long period of time to achieve, But, one has to take one step at a time and understand that when one starts steering a good course in life one will get some benefits spiritually immediately! Remember that excess fat and refined sugar is what overloads the body with calories!
Here is a link to my blog post on this topic. We are all different so need to tailor our diet to fit what works best for us! https://astrogoodwin.wordpress.com/2015/08/28/the-diet-i-use-to-help-me-handle-my-intense-physicalspiritual-exercise-2/
Posted by astrogoodwin on March 14, 2018
https://astrogoodwin.com/2018/03/14/moving-toward-eating-healthier/
We all judge ourselves and others intuitively&badly need to work at improving at it!
Posted by astrogoodwin on March 3, 2018
https://astrogoodwin.com/2018/03/03/we-all-judge-ourselves-and-others-intuitivelybadly-need-to-work-at-improving-at-it/
DUALITY IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE SPIRITUALLY!
Duality is what gives us spiritual strength! My training helps me handle the challenges and deepness that comes with this duality that is so important to our reality! Without duality nothing would exist! Some people are spiritually attracted to nothingness! I try to stay clear of delusional beliefs. I am trying to do something about how backward we are spiritually in this world and the unhealthy physical and spiritual consequences that result to the individuals who exist here and to the planet as a whole. LOVE vs HATE: We would not be able to exist spiritually if we did not have strong connections with other spirits. When we are between lives our deep connection with other spirits that are incarnated in different physical worlds help us to maintain our identity while we are without a direct physical connection ourselves. Love does draw us to the special bonds required in order to be reincarnated in a new life. But hate plays a role. We would hate to not have the healthy spiritual connection we require. We would hate anything that would destroy or harm that which we need to function as we desire. If we do not hate losing something we need, then we do not truly value it. The more you hate losing something the more you value it! You love what you value, you hate that which you see as harmful to you! Contrast is not easy for some people to handle spiritually, but handling contrast is what gives one spiritual strength!
Posted by astrogoodwin on February 15, 2018
https://astrogoodwin.com/2018/02/15/duality-is-extremely-valuable-spiritually/
The Mandela effect theory weakens the reality we now stand on and depend heavily on spiritually!
Posted by astrogoodwin on January 7, 2018
https://astrogoodwin.com/2018/01/07/the-mandela-effect-theory-weakens-the-reality-we-now-stand-on-and-depend-heavily-on-spiritually/
Pain is an important and valuable part of life!!!!
Posted by astrogoodwin on January 5, 2018
https://astrogoodwin.com/2018/01/05/pain-is-an-important-and-valuable-part-of-life/
Theoretical Physics is not a good basis for developing spiritual theories
This is what I posted in response to this YouTube video: “Victor Stenger Skepticon 3 The Abuse of Physics by Theist and Spiritualists”
Theoretic physics is not a good basis for developing spiritual theories. One needs to use really effective intense and difficult meditative exercise techniques to fine tune ones spiritual sensitivity and build up ones spiritual/emotional strength so that one will be able to better figure out what spiritual theories will enable one to perform more effectively in this challenging physical universe we are part of. To anyone well tuned in spiritually, this world now will appear very backward spiritually when it comes to how well we are able to perform in a very challenging highly technologically advance world we now live in in which small mistakes can sometimes have extremely heavy consequences.
I avoid heavy polarization that tend to be so dominant in this world and adds to so much conflict and trouble in this world and prevents people from working together well to find better solutions to the difficult problems of our times. Often the truth will be found somewhere in the complicated middle where a lot of variables and angles need to be dealt with. I am a very unusual person who has his focus on the spiritual frontier, so I do tend to identify to quite a degree with those on the frontier of science. But, I feel science has gotten far ahead of where we are spiritually on this planet. I feel we are capable of getting a lot more out of ourselves spiritually/emotionally and that science will advance even farther once we advance further in how much we all can get out of ourselves spiritually!!
Posted by astrogoodwin on December 21, 2017
https://astrogoodwin.com/2017/12/21/theoretical-physics-is-not-a-good-basis-for-developing-spiritual-theories/
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