Friday, May 16, 2025

Real Time Spiritual Discernment Tools via Robert Falconer

Good old Bob suggests the following when dealing with spiritual entities:

1.  How does the entity respond to your fear? If the entity senses your fear and pokes at it and makes it worse and worse, not a good sign.  The good entities almost always wait for an invitation, they respect you, you have to invite them.

2. Does having this spirit in you make you feel better than other people.  In a lot of spiritual groups, they get together and start feeling better than anyone on the planet.  If you start feeling special or better than other people when interacting with the spirit, its not a good sign.

3. There is a continuum, between gratitude and resentment and bitterness.  What impact does the entity have on moving you about this spectrum?   Obviously, gratitude/joy is good.  Resentment, not so good. 

Some of these entities are clever.  They make good lawyers and politicians.  

Me--I'm looking forward to the new books



Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Sacred Lessons, side view


From: Kellee Plascencia 
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2025 11:07 AM
To: Michael T. Kokal 
Cc: Mona Loring 
Subject: Re: End of the Road Podcast - Mike de la Rocha’s new Simon & Schuster book ‘Sacred Lessons’ Redefines Manhood

 

Thank you! Would it be possible to use THIS photo instead? Credit: Wade Brands


Response:  

Ok, I made the change.  But I don’t like it.  lol     

Our society is obsessed by images of our faces.   I have to laugh when Buddhists or other spiritual people talk about “no self” or non-duality or ego dissolution—but sure enough---they promote themselves with their picture.    I know I’m probably pissing in the wind here, but I take no self seriously.  We don’t exist in the way we think we do.  And pictures of faces are vestiges of colonialism that took away animism and collectivist culture so we can sell shit.  Don’t get me wrong, I really like Mike, but his book is not about him.  Its not about his face.  Its about something much bigger.  And that picture I found of him on Instagram is great because it suggests that is he part of something bigger.  And his pose of looking back is symbolic of  honoring his ancestors and what they have done. 

Sorry for the tirade…lol  I’ll stop now.  Love you Mona…lol