things that are usually a *bad* idea to say to someone who is going through a mental health challenge

[Giulia]

A very helpful post, Anthony. Thank you!

Let me just comment about why The Secret was such a dissapointing source of information.

Originally the documentary was supposed to be about the teachings of a group of Spirit Guides called Abraham, about the Law of Attraction as taught by Esther and Jerry Hicks. The first version of The Secret was filmed and I happen to have a copy. However, the producer wanted to have full copyright powers over the documentary in order to change it as she deemed fit. The Hicks did not agree, and the producer had to produce the existing version with other speakers, who presented a diluted and mostly useless version which simply doesn’t work.

There are plenty of books available now by the Hicks couple teaching the REAL Law of Attraction. People living in line with the Law of Attraction are able to see all the blessings that even mental health issues involve.

It is a pity that so many people got misled by the second version of The Secret

[Giulia]

Hello, Anthony.

There are so many off the mark or conspiracy concepts which demonize people or ideas and just seem sadly to keep themselves and their followers in constant turmoil ??

I don’t know about conspiracies involved. In the begging I felt the producer was trying to get hold of a sacred Law and bend it for materialistic purposes. However she only obtained the result of dissapointing many people, while the Hicks couple became increasingly popular.

Anyway, I cannot help wondering what would happen if the Law of Attraction were properly implemented by everyone: the world would heal and overflow with peace, joy and abundance.

[Giulia]

Hello, Anthony.

You said:

AS SOON AS our human point of view tries to explain our spiritual point of view, we are like a human molecule of water trying to explain an infinite spiritual ocean.

and I absolutely agree with you. The point with NDEs and ADCs being mistaken for dreams by some, and the need to use a very simple spiritual law to present a way to gain money and materialistic benefits, etc., probably springs from fear about the Big Picture and our natural gift to navigate across that ocean if only we are allowed to accept the idea.

Going back to mental health challenges, I have volunteered among some of these people and found they are more alligned with their Spirit Self than most people.

[Giulia]

Hello, Anthony

I expect that the feeling that physical life is just nonsense might be absolutely normal, after experiencing a NDE.

I have never experienced a NDE. In OBEs, on the other side, I have explored non-physical dimensions that seem to suggest that, beyond this physical reality, are various layers of existence and understanding.

Because of this, I tend not to see physical and spiritual as two opposed sides of reality. I have come to see a continuum connecting the various layers, and I have even experienced the fact that physical “things” have a spiritual essence.

I use the word “law” very loosely. It can mean many different things. The same may apply to words such as “physical” and “spiritual”.

So we may actually be saying the same thing.

You said:

My lifelong dream has been that we will become so enlightened spiritually that the physical reality will be seen as the nonsense that it is and will eventually disappear like a bad dream when we wake up ??

I am also hoping to see this happen during my lifetime.

[Giulia]

Hello, Anthony.

I definitely believe that spiritual wellness expresses itself within the physical life. I see this happening FROM the spiritual to the physical so I believe that spiritual actuality can be present within physical things. I see our spiritual presence as the love we have for those who love us and this certainly is expressed in physical life.

That is the way I see it too.

Even though the denser, physical reality is bound to come to an end, I see ourselves as eternal, powerful, spiritual beings having a physical experience.

The reason for having a physical experience may not be clear or may change depending on how we feel at the moment, but a 7-year-old child is certainly closer to understanding things than an adult, because a 7-year-old child has not yet been completely hypnotised by society to believe that physical reality is the only thing that matters and that death is the end of the story.

In my case, the social hypnosis shift started happening at the age of 6, when I started attending school and Sunday school. However, I was blessed with having open-minded parents and grandparents, and having the determination and the drive to join back with my 6-year-old self over the years. At the same time, I need to be careful never to watch the news, and nourish myself with spiritually healthy movies/literature/life experiences.

[Giulia]

Hello, Anthony

Many people in my generation complain about their parents an grandparents being that way. I handled it this way. To avoid having my son terrorized about hell and judjement, which I feel has nothing to do with Jesus’ teachings, I volunteered as a Sunday school teacher for nine years.

I sense there is a wave of new and spiritually healthy understanding crossing the world, but in order to sense it it is important not to watch the news. Have you noticed how they never give good news? I volunteered for a couple of years for an association trying to offer good news, but then had to give up.

This is an article I published in Italian in 2018: https://fracieloeterra.org/perche-il-gi ... la-realta/. I don’t know whether you can view a translation by Google.

On a different subject: what is a zero-gravity chair?

[Giulia]

Thank you, Anthony