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I would like to add that if anyone asked me what I would suggest to them for good health, vitality, and spiritual growth I would have to tell them that focused deep breathing is what they should seriously practice.
Epiphanies are wonderful and wondrous things. I have had several in my life, and I'm sure this is true of many people.
My deep breathing experience literally changed WHO I WAS overnight. After a strange light appeared in the room and then just disappeared, I thought nothing of it. Coincidence I said. BUT The next day, I was transformed in some way. I completely walked away from my current life and "friends" because I was so transformed I could not abide them or their activities and attitudes any longer. I had no interest at all in that mindset. It was like they were living in an evil angry chaotic world. They held anger, fear, worry, revenge, greed in their hearts, and suddenly, almost over night, I was aware of a permanent feeling of joy and gratitude and love for life. Transformed over night I was. All from deep breathing. Try it. Maybe "spirit" really is breath.  How they come about though is truly a mystery. Personally, I think this is the major force behind the furtherance of various mataphysical views. It does seem that epiphany's are more likely to occur through metaphysical pursuits than through the regimentsd, deductive pursuits. Just my thoughts. 
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Edited by
Jeanniebean
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Fri 12/04/09 12:33 AM
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Epiphanies ?
I would not call what happened to me an epiphany. (I have had epiphanies and they are more like "Ah HA!" They are like mild realizations or awakenings.) This was no epiphany. This was an enlightenment or transformation of some sort. It was unprovoked. There was no eye opening experience behind it or that caused it. |
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Well shet mah mouf.
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Well shet mah mouf.
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Whether you call them epiphanies or moments of enlightenment or transformation, they are truly life changing. I have had a couple and it's a very powerful experience.
Unfortunately, they can lead you to lose some of your friends, like JB said. You are just no longer interested in the things that you used to do and talk about with them. You no longer hold similar views and it's such a drastic change that you have to leave. |
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Whether you call them epiphanies or moments of enlightenment or transformation, they are truly life changing. I have had a couple and it's a very powerful experience. Unfortunately, they can lead you to lose some of your friends, like JB said. You are just no longer interested in the things that you used to do and talk about with them. You no longer hold similar views and it's such a drastic change that you have to leave. Exactly. And yes, you have to walk away from your previous friends and even your job and/or marriage. Its like you wake up and you find yourself in a life you are not familiar with and you don't fit in there anymore. You simply can't stay and continue to do the same things you had been doing. In my case it was liberating. I was no longer attached to my life or my 'friends.' I was a different person. The transition was instant. But I new I had to gracefully 'bow out' of my life and move on. |
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