#desire for fame

[shinymoonbird]

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🕉️ 🔱  Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Arunachala Ramanaya   🔱 🕉️

The Paramount Importance of Self Attention, by Sri Sadhu Om, As recorded by Michael James

Part One - Mountain Path: April-June 2012 - Excerpt

Note of 9th December 1977

Sadhu Om: We must be careful not to feed the 'I' in any way. That is an important part of spiritual practice (sādhanā). At every twist and turn, we must be alert against the rising of this 'I'. To sit in the hall [Bhagavan's 'old hall' in Ramanasramam] is good, but it is also necessary to watch all the time that we do not feed 'I'.

We should not even think of becoming a guru or guiding others. Avoiding such ideas is good discipleship. We must always be humble and self-effacing. If we want fame or the good opinions of others, then we are no better than worldly people, because we are still thinking that happiness comes from things outside ourself.

How can an aspirant mix with worldly-minded people? Their thought-current is completely opposed to ours. If one feels increasingly out of place in this world, and if one has less and less liking to mix with worldly-minded people, that is a sign of progress.

True progress is not raising kundalini to here or there, but is just humility. To be constantly self-effacing in every way is a sure means to samādhi.

Bhagavan told us to be quiet, but nowadays so-called 'yogis' and 'maharishis' are shouting so much. Bhagavan lived as a perfect example of the state of jñāna, but where can you see such an example among all the famous 'sages' today? Tinnai Swami [1] is the nearest I have seen to what Bhagavan taught us: complete non-interference. To keep quiet and not to interfere is the best way of living in the world.

When an old woman cursed Bhagavan for roaming about the hill in the heat of the sun among all the thorny plants, asking him why he did not just keep quiet, he did not reply arrogantly, 'But I am a great maharishi', but merely thought, 'Yes, that is also good. Why not? To keep quiet is best'.

We should not want to have anything or to be anything. Great saints have prayed, 'Send me to heaven or hell. I do not even ask for liberation (moksa). Only let me always cling to you alone'.

What use is the good opinion of others? At most it will last only for the lifetime of this body.

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[1] Tinnai Swami was a devotee of Bhagavan, and an article that I (Michael James) wrote about him was published on pp. 75-83 of the Aradhana 2004 issue of The Mountain Path.

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[goodmiffy]

i literally despise men so fucking much

[goldensunset]

xemnas powerwalking down stairs/a ramp in crunchy gif form (for no reason in particular)

[reiashiftsrealities]

tips for musician dr shifters <3

hey guys! thought i’d post something a lil different cause i have been SLACKING on posts, so sorry abt that. but in my fame dr, i am the head manager for my family’s band, and i have learned a bunch of things from that experience so i’m sharing it here :)

✧ kindness is a virtue when it comes to venue workers. they can really make or break a show if they wanted to. also they’re extremely underpaid for the amount of work they do, so just be kind and patient with them unless they do something to you first.

✧ goes out to all fame dr shifters—don’t pay attention to headlines too much. people are gonna hate no matter what so don’t waste your time listening <3

✧ get a bodyguard/security guard asap. even if you think you don’t need one.

✧ pay close attention to your record label because some of them aren’t in it for the music but more in it for the brand.

✧ ^also don’t let them pressure you to do features. while it can help with popularity/recognition, you will be fine without it if you don’t want to do it.

✧ if you use fog machines; if it starts to smell like how the outside smells after it rains or like broccoli, change it out. that means it’s outdated and prolonged exposure will make you sick (my brother almost lost a lung because of complications from it ☹️)

✧ get a really good PR manager. shit will save your life.

✧ if you’re struggling with lyrics, go outside. no matter the weather GO OUTSIDE!! it works wonders.

✧ keep the barricade at least 3-5ft away from the stage to prevent people from being able to grab onto the stage itself

✧ CONNECTIONS ARE EVERYTHING!!!! make friends with other musicians. trust me, you’ll be glad you did.

✧ never sample someone’s song/music without permission. you WILL get a cease and desist or sued 93% of the time.

✧ you only get a small amount of revenue from streams!! touring is where most of your profit will ensue.

✧ try to get to your venue 3-4 hours early. that gives you time to fix wardrobe/equipment/transportation malfunctions should they occur.

✧ fans remember EVERYTHING, so be careful with what you say/do cause i swear they keep tabs on that shit😭

p.s. if you scripted some of these to be different or out completely, then ignore them! these are just general tips, they may not apply to everyone’s drs :)

let me know if y’all want a part 2 cause i have so many more🫶

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[pl-uuto]

bro… a youtuber i follow JUST made a video on shifting and its… something. basically bashing us and the comment section is no better.

“so they discovered….daydreaming?”

“*trying to say we might have schizophrenia*”

“*shifters who have quit and apply their situation to everyone*”

“I used to shift when i was a child” 🙄

like bro- im not saying you cant learn about shifting or nothing but if all you’re gonna do is credit shifters as being “teenagers that want to go to Hogwarts” and use tik tok videos to prove ts, then leave us ALONE???

like… so many other things to make videos on iswr. fuck off.

Like if we really were “immersive daydreaming” then let us be- im so sick of shifting being called an internet trend and then being used in videos for views. 😭

and then (in the article where they used a psychologist to say “shifting is more akin to lucid dreaming) they used a tumblr user as a “credible” source for why shifting is real.

at least he tried to be considerate at the end, “if you’re going to reality shift or fan-fiction daydream, do it in moderation”.

[cosmicswan]

ik im gonna have a fucking blast scrolling through my name on tumblr & twitter in my fame drs, it’s actually what i anticipate most from those drs LMAOOO MORE THAN MY S/O😭

imagine all the headcanons & ppl thirsting over me. just thinking about it triggers the michevious music in my head.

AND THE EDITS? it’s legit gonna be the first thing i do when i shift there for the first time.

[eneablack]

i shifted again help- two times in three days after robotic affirming for one week.

i affirmed that i accidentally shift every night to random realities and also my drs, like constant shifts every day, and it’s starting to happen as i’ve clearly noticed.

this time was a minishift for some minutes to a random fame dr but it was cool anyway :) and i did it via lucid dreaming.

in the dream I was lowkey desperate to shift because of some issues going on in my cr, so I looked up to the moon and prayed her to allow me to do it (so i was of course talking directly to my subconscious), and suddenly this guy appears and takes me far away on his motorcycle and I find myself in a supermarket with my dad, we were going towards the exit but my steps stopped and I couldn’t walk any further, so I said "please let me move" thinking that if I had walked beyond the exit I would have shifted, then after crying people around took my hands and helped me walk out and I tried so hard and I finally succeed and went out with the help of those kind individuals, and I find myself in a parking lot with two women and I was still sick because I thought I was still dreaming so I cried, then the two asked me what's wrong so I explain it to them and they tell me "no you're not dreaming, you've shifted".

(this is gonna be in present tense because i wrote it in the notes app after coming back).

then i shifted, and everything suddenly becomes clear and detailed, I feel the wind on my face and the cold and rough texture of the floor under my hands, the locks of hair on my cheeks and the tears on my face that are drying with the wind, so I cry even more and I'm like this shocked that I don't have memories yet, then they call me “Nicole?” (so apparently I was a woman) and I see that the people around me are looking at me strangely so I try to recover but it seems impossible because I have made it, and at that moment my phone rings, I don’t recognise the name so my hypothetical two friends tell me to hurry up “come on answer it's him!” so I pick up and I see this asian guy on a video call who calls me a nickname (that i won’t share cause it’s personal and cringe but it’s okay cause it was in an ironic way) then I panic thinking that at this point it was my boyfriend so I decline the call then someone else calls me and I hear the voice of a woman who I understand is my manager but I don't get anything at that moment and I still don't have the memories and at some point the woman on the phone asks me annoyed "what's wrong with you?" then I suddenly say that my boyfriend asked me to marry him and at the same time my two friends also say the same thing, so it was a memory of mine that was resurfacing and actually I had to get married for real and he was a famous guy and I was too. and then I came back probably because I was too agitated.

[yuxinmi]

Yea i'm gonna roll over, affirm that i'm in my DR and sleep. That's my shifting method ♡

[vwbugggie]

Also universe if ur reading this I’ll take any DR over this 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

I don’t give a fuck get me out of here

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[tarasmithshifts]

GUYS IDK WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING IT’S MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHERE I LIVE AND I JUST WOKE UP AFTER MINISHIFTING WHAT

IDK WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON

IG I WILL JUST GO TO SLEEP AND TRY TO SAY MORE ABOUT IT IN THE MORNING

(OH MY GOOOOOOD????) 😭😭😭😭😭

[florashifting]

I'm gonna be honest if ANYONE throws shade at me in my fame dr I'm not gonna be the bigger person imma go for the throat cause I don't play like that

[katzmultiverse]

big messy rooms >>>>

eclectic room claims for your desired realities 💕

[chisane]

saying „i can‘t shift“ „i didn’t shift tonight because i …“ „i have blockages“ won‘t help in any way for you to shift. This is your sign to stop your negative thoughts.

in simple words, imagine your conscious mind as a captain and your subconscious mind as the engineers of the ship. The captain gives the orders and the engineers work, without seeing where they‘re going = your conscious mind gives your subconscious mind the orders that they‘ll fulfill.

this means simply by thinking positively and saying positive affirmations daily, your subconscious mind takes it as a order and makes it work. It can take hours, days or even weeks but it WILL happen.

the book above in the picture is called „The power of your subconscious mind“ from Dr. Joseph Murphy!

[reiashiftsrealities]

if any of y’all have fame DRs, is there a celebrity you’ve had drama with? what was it? i’m so invested in this kendrick vs. drake shit i wanna hear some of the beef y’all have had cause i KNOWWWW i have some.

[pl-uuto]

realizing that there are gonna be times in my DR where I’m constipated to the point where I’m gripping the sink and praying to god to let me shit is actually devastating. 😞