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Hello guys, Ive posted here before once

I hate to sound negative, but how do you guys deal with severe burn out. I need to be honest, radically honest. I cant take anything anymore. Im autistic (28 single male), and about to be homeless soon. Do things really get better? Im serious, I cant mask anymore. I go through this stuff a few times a year, since middle school (I fantasized ending it all, but could never do it, I feel a dry lump in my throat right now). Its just the feeling that I have no support

My landlord told the guy who was about to hire me, talked shit about me, now Im not getting that job. Im done working, im done paying bills, im done driving, im done with everything

Maybe things will get better (I doubt it)

It shouldnt be this hard

Getting up in the morning to go to work feels like walking on shards of glass for me and my nervous system

NO I dont want to do worldpackers, Cooleorks, or anything else. Im not into Reiki, I dont want to be a therapist.

I want out of this place

English is not my native language. I write simple, but I try to share important thing. Please be patient with my grammar.

This is from shamanic session I did with subject I call Omar. He is adult man from Houston area. During healing soul journey, he dropped into theta brainwave trance. Past childhood. Past trauma. All way to before he was born.

What he found there was not what anyone expect.

Before incarnation, Omar and his mother were together. No bodies. No space between them. Just consciousness. He describe it like this: "Like there's no separation and there's no space. I feel more like a blob than anything else." She was close, another node of awareness next to him.

Then he saw something like checklist. Experiences this life would bring. Weakness. Helplessness. Hard things. And he did not want to go.

He said: "I don't think I want to go." It will be difficult.

But then he undrestood that this is how light expands into darkness and help others. "It feels like it's a required experience." His Higher Self showed him why. The point was not to fix anything. The point was to understand. "It's not for changing. It's for understanding." You can study suffering from outside. But you only know it by living it.

His mother agreed on soul level to play the harsh role. Her mission was to make him tough enough for this world. She did it. But there was cost. Some beings volunteer for dark roles. Not because they are evil. Because the plan requires it.

When we finished, Higher Self had simple message. "Love everyone. Let go. Learn to forgive."

The Lesson

You chose this life. Even the painful parts. Not because you deserve suffering, but because before incarnating you wanted to understand something that can only be learned through direct experience. The people who hurt you may have been volunteers too. This does not excuse what happened. But it can change how you carry it.

Practical Exercise

Find quiet place where nobody will disturb you for twenty minutes. Sit or lie down, whatever is comfortable. Close eyes.

Take five slow breaths. On each exhale, let your body get heavier. Feel the weight of your arms, your legs, your head sinking into whatever supports you.

Now imagine you are standing at the edge of a vast, dark space. Not scary dark. More like the dark before stars were born. Warm. Infinite. This is the space before incarnation. Before body. Before name.

Step into it. Let yourself float. There is no ground, no direction. Just awareness.

Ask silently: "Show me the moment before I came here."

Do not force anything. Let image, feeling, or knowing come on its own. Maybe you see light. Maybe you feel presence of other beings near you. Maybe you sense a decision being made. Maybe you feel reluctance, like something inside you did not want to go. That is okay. Just observe.

If you see or feel something, stay with it. Do not analyze. Do not judge. Just be there, like you are watching a memory that is older than your body.

When you feel ready, take three slow breaths and come back. Open eyes slowly. Write down whatever you got, even if it make no sense. Especially if it make no sense. The logical mind will try to explain it away. Let it be strange.

Do this for seven days in row. First time you may see nothing. That is normal. The door opens when you stop knocking so hard. By day three or four, something usually surface. A feeling, a image, a knowing that was not there before. Trust it.

Hey everyone,

I’ve been a student of *A Course in Miracles* (ACIM) for a long time, and my background is in trauma- informed mental health, medicine, and lightwork. Once i began to actually study ACIM (was kinda sitting on my shelf for a while) i noticed that the spiritual truths of ACIM coincide with the biological realities of trauma and nervous system dysregulation.

Eventually, I realized that ACIM's teachings perfectly map onto modern neuroscience and psychology. This realization led me to develop a 6-step cognitive framework called HEARTS (Highest intention, Ease the nervous system, Awareness, Reflect, Test for truth, Step from internal authority).

I wanted to share my top 4 favorite ACIM quotes and how they influenced my cognitive framework for returning to wholeness. I'd love to hear your thoughts and favorite quotes below!

### 1. "Purpose determines perception."

**What I learned (The 'H' in HEARTS - Highest Love Intention):**

This quote completely shifted how I approach decision-making. ACIM highlights that the world we see is not an objective reality, but a reflection of the goal or purpose the mind has chosen. Because perception is a choice based on internal desire, shifting from an ego-based purpose to a Holy Spirit-based purpose changes how we view the world. In the HEARTS framework, this became the very first step: setting the compass. I learned that if I intentionally prime my brain with the purpose of "highest love for myself and others," my perception automatically shifts to look for solutions based in safety and meaning.

### 2. "Peace is the condition for knowledge."

**What I learned (The 'E' in HEARTS - Ease the Nervous System):**

This quote agrees that we can only understand the truth when we are calm. It beautifully mirrors the clinical reality of trauma therapy: the body needs to feel calm before the mind can think clearly. In practice, this means we must ease the nervous system and invite physical safety first; you cannot access true spiritual knowledge or insight while your sympathetic nervous system is actively stuck in survival mode.

### 3. "All thoughts are either love or a call for love."

**What I learned (The 'A' in HEARTS - Awareness of Identification):**

This is perhaps one of the most comforting lines in the text. It taught me how to audit my thoughts without shame. When I find myself acting from (inappropriate) fear, exhaustion, or comparison, I no longer judge myself. I realize that fear is not a failure—it is simply a learned protector. This realization strips the ego of its power, and actually held the ego be in service of love. By viewing my own shadow self or reactive behavior as merely a "call for love" rather than a permanent flaw, I can restore my agency through awareness, without force. Ego basically shows us where we need more love in our lives.

### 4. "Illusions must be questioned to disappear."

**What I learned (The 'T' in HEARTS - Test Belief for Truth):**

This quote is the ultimate reality-check. In neuroscience & psychology, we know that beliefs are predictions, not facts. ACIM teaches that truth will correct all errors in the mind, provided we are willing to gently question the false concepts we hold. I learned that fear-based beliefs often crumble when we view them from a calm, regulated state. Truth is inherently stable, but fear must be actively maintained. Questioning the illusion doesn't mean attacking it; it just means asking, *"Does this belief require fear to stay alive?"*.

ACIM teaches us that healing isn't about becoming someone new, but rather about gently removing the identifications that obscure who we already are. I love these concepts so much that I made a website showing the research I've gathered.

**I’d love to open this up for discussion:**

* What are your top quotes from ACIM?

* How do you practically apply the Course's teachings when your body and nervous system feel triggered?

As always,

My intention is the pathway of highest Love for myself, others, and the planet.

Dr.B

website on my profile

Use this to notice if spirituality has become a performance.

​Do I feel judged easily by others on a similar spiritual path?
​Do I define myself by my spiritual roles or labels rather than by simply being?
​Do I feel a sense of superiority over those who are not "awakened"?
​Am I chasing validation for my spiritual insights or healing progress?
​Do I share my truth online for performance rather than genuine connection?
​Do I compare my spiritual journey to others online?
​Does my narrative create villains (the "unconscious") and heroes (the "healers")?
​Am I rigidly attached to spiritual rules to help me feel stable?
​Do I judge myself harshly for not being as "healed" as other people?
​Is my empathy being directed toward division (us vs. them) rather than collective love?
​Do I fear being ordinary?
​Do I believe my inner guidance is better or more special than someone else's?

Feedback is appreciated,

My intention is the pathway of highest love for myself, for you, and for the planet,

Sincerely,

Dr.B

There is such a thing as the yang voices and yin voices. The health comes from finding a balance between them. The sun and the stars have the yang. The night has the yin . All religion and mythology is basically voices. In ancient greece the person that spoke the message of the spirit was called an oracle.

I've noticed on several different platforms, this idea that "we should" or "should not" be aware of terrible things happening in politics, domestic and foreign. Here's my take, what's yours?

​​ i hear what people are saying on why is better to ignore or not talk about the negative atrocities  currently happening in the world. there's definitely a balance the collective is learning to navigate. What I also see,  is that spiritual bypassing is not the path of highest love and wisdom.  There is value in having balanced awareness of the physical Realities of this world,  and responding to it by going within.  When we deny the reality of collective suffering,  we are choosing to deny our role in that collective suffering- either as contributors,  or sufferers,  or whatever part of ourselves we are unwilling to look at. I agree in being anchors of light and love,  while understanding that we are one,  and my neighbors suffering is also my suffering.  To acknowledge my neighbor,  is a reflection that I can acknowledge myself deeply as well. The balance is so tricky!! Holding light,  holding space,  going within to see where I judge the collective since where i judge them is how I judge myself,  all the while facing childhood traumas AND increasing our capacity to be part of the forward progress by renewing our inner peace with more and more of the world,  phew!! We are one. I believe we are meant to shine the light on the shadow- bringing consciousness to new places where it was not, bringing love to places where it has not been- only way to do that- is to call it out plainly for what it is, while holding space and anchoring light within ourselves.

sorry for English, I learn still. These teachings come very often in shamanic sessions and I was guided to share them.

So my sister has this friend, Anna. She came over one day because my sister said I do these sessions and Anna was curious. But also she was desperate a little. She told me she feels confused all the time. Cannot trust herself to make any decision. She reads books, asks everyone for advice, always looking outside for answers. She said "I feel like I don't know anything. Everyone else has clarity, I have nothing."

I said okay, lie down, we see what comes.

We do body scan. She sees herself as small girl, maybe 5 years old. She is struggling. I ask what she sees.

"I'm struggling with these two chains. Heavy chains. Crisscross like an X for me."

I ask where chains come from. She says she doesn't know. So I ask her Higher Self to show us.

"Parents put them on you through their behavior."

Anna was born completely connected to Source, to her inner knowing. Like all children are. But from when she was small, her parents - through their own pain - installed programs on her. "You not good enough." "You don't know what you want." "Others know better." "Not trust yourself."

These programs become like chains. They wrap around the heart, around the connection to Higher Self. They create wall between person and their own inner guidance. The person grows up thinking they are naturally confused, that something is wrong with them. But truth is - these chains were put there.

I saw this pattern so many times. Friend of mine described ropes in her body, long like something, being pulled out by angels. "It's like a rope," she said, "just being pulled and pulled." She thought something was wrong with her. But it was external - programming placed on her.

Another person told me chains all over her upper body. Cold chains. She carried them for years until we traced them to root cause and Higher Self broke them. She said after: "I feel so much lighter. I didn't even know they were there."

So back to Anna. I asked - what is happening? Why she cannot connect to her answers?

Higher Self said: "She knows everything. She has always known. But she believes the chains."

Anna was shocked. She started to cry. She realized - the confusion was not hers. The confusion was the chains. Underneath all those programs, in her heart, she always knew.

So we did the work. Higher Self cut the chains. They fell away. And she felt it - this portal opening in her chest. She said: "I can feel it. I know now. I always knew."

THE LESSON:

You are not confused because you lack answers. You are confused because someone installed programs that block you from hearing what you already know. Your Higher Self, your connection to Source - it never left. It is still there. The chains placed on you as child create illusion that you are cut off. But you can reconnect. You always could.

PRACTICAL EXERCISE - Meditation to reconnect to heart portal:

Sit quietly. Close your eyes. Place hand on your heart.

Imagine a small light inside your chest. It has been there your whole life, even when you could not feel it.

Now imagine this light growing. Warming. Opening like a door inward.

Ask your Higher Self: "What do I already know that I have forgotten?"

Do not expect words. Just feel for answer. A knowing. A warmth. A sense of "yes" or "no." That is your heart portal. That is your connection to all answers.

Practice 10 minutes each morning. Within 2 weeks you will notice difference - that sense of knowing was always there. Slowly returning.

I need advice and hope I get positive feedback. I ended a 5 year abusive relationship in October. I’ve been doing a lot of healing since. Along the way, I’ve found my ex in on a similar “spiritual journey”. I put in quotations because this man was actively doing things to cause harm to my children and myself. (Examples-Keeping a cell phone I paid for which deprived my children of communication while I was at work, sent an ultimate end letter to my sister for me after being told to leave her out of it, refusing to give me permission to sell a vehicle titled to both of us so I could avoid eviction and homelessness (we were both on the lease), sending money from my PayPal to a female for a hookup, starting this spiritual journey because he was reading my book and stole it (it is a gift from my deceased foster mom) I am concerned for the community and feel perverted and violated and it has caused me to have what feels like a block. I feel it keeping me feathered to him. I find myself becoming more connected with earthly things when I was finding myself more centered and grounded. I need to do something with this energy, but I’m not sure where and how to direct it to continue and move on myself spiritually.
Any insight would be appreciated.

After many years of researching neuroscience and traditional contemplative wisdom/ practices, I found that stating an intention for love is extremely helpful and transformative. I'd love to share my findings below:

H - Highest Love Intention Set the Compass

Everything begins with where you aim your attention. Before making a decision or addressing a challenge, set your destination.

Pause and think or say

“My intention is the pathway of highest love for myself, for others, and the planet.”

Quick Check

Am I being led by Purpose (long-term value) or Impulse (immediate reaction)?

Does this choice avoid harm to myself and the larger whole?

Neuroscience Your brain is wired for connection. Setting a conscious intention primes your brain to look for solutions based in safety and meaning, rather than threat.

Psychological research has found that setting intentions that align with personal values allows us to live authentically.

Contemplative practices agree that deliberate intention guides perception toward wisdom and compassion.

If you'd like to go down the rabbit hole, Look up:

Sankalpa (Vedanta),

Right Intention (Buddhism),

Purpose determines perception (ACIM),

Set your minds on the things above (Colossians 3:2),

Aligning with the Dao (Taoism).

There are many other contemplative traditions I could add to this list which also discuss the power of setting our intention to love as the first step in awakening.

Hope this was an interesting read, I may share other parts of my research in other posts.

Cheers!

Some more neuro contemplative info in case it resonates. Step T of HEARTS, is truth testing. This is helpful to memorize to help people around you when they seek advice. Without "telling" them what you see, and instead asking the right questions- their own neurons make a discovery and it becomes learned information instead of you just giving instructions.

T - Test Belief for Truth

Reality Testing​

Fear-based nervous system beliefs often crumble when we view them from a calm state. There is no requirement to categorize thoughts, it is enough to simply observe how they operate. Agency returns through awareness, not force.   

The Reality Check

• The Calm Test: “When my body is calm, does this belief feel stronger or weaker?”
• The Pain Test: “Is there any other way to see this situation that is less painful?”
• The Dependency Test: “Does this belief require fear to stay alive? If I wasn't in survival mode, would this still be true?”
• The Compassion Test: “If I were speaking to myself with deep care rather than correction, what would I say?”
• Re-orienting ourselves to love happens gradually over time as it requires us to casually examine beliefs or values that we hold. These beliefs dictate each decision we make. Decisions are either extensions of love or projections of fear.

 

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Judo-Flip into Truth

Try speaking these statements to yourself:

• “Some beliefs often feel most convincing when the nervous system is in survival mode.”
• “A calm body allows for broader perspective.”
• “Strategies created by my younger self may no longer be needed in the present.”
• “Love does not require urgency to be true.”

 

Neuroscience The prefrontal cortex re-engages for Cognitive Restructuring, reducing amygdala dominance and allowing decreased emotional reactivity. Beliefs Dictate Decisions (Predictive Coding), No Belief is Neutral (Somatic Markers), Self-directed neuroplasticity is the process of interrupting and questioning old, automatic patterns to allow new, healthier pathways to form

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Psychology Truth testing allows reality to replace projection. Schema reappraisal, Cognitive Restructuring, Re-authoring Identity (narrative identity), loving integration of the shadow self for individuation (C.Jung); We cannot change our patterns without dismantling the core beliefs that drive them.

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Contemplative Practice 

Shoshin (Beginner's Mind) dropping all preconceived beliefs to experience reality with loving-kindness (Buddhism),

Neti-Neti: "Not this, not this"—discernment between the Real (Brahman) and the Unreal (Maya) (Hinduism),

"The truth will make you free" (John 8:32) and discerning the "Still Small Voice" (1 Kings 19:11-13),

Haqiqah: Arriving at the ultimate Truth/Reality after the path of practice (Sufism),

Seeing things as they are (straw dogs) without sentimental projection (Taoism),

Emet: Truth— recognizing the divine signature in reality (Judaism).

Cheers for holding the light!