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@electroBeam Cause they have less self.

@Socrates What are your top values? Look along those lines. Surely you can find people who exemplify those values.

@How to be wise Modern science (quantum mechanics and general relativity) already says that all conventional notions of reality are untenable. Science has shown that reality doesn't really exist. But it doesn't matter. To the ego that's all theory. Even if science perfectly explained enlightenment, that alone wouldn't enlighten people. Enlightenment isn't hard. The hard part about is it is that no one wants it. If you give a magic pill to someone who doesn't want it, it will just freak them out and make them demonize the magic pill. Which is happened in the 60's with the psychedelic revolution. Society wasn't ready for it. Reforms are needed at all level of society: pop culture, religion, economy, government, education, law, etc.

@AlexB If you're young and ambitious, I would keep your options open and not tie yourself down with a mortgage. Yes, the rent is a bit wasteful, but it's worth flexibility. Once you get a house, you tend to get stuck. That's why I've avoided buying a house, even though I could.

@Slade Have you considered stand-up comedy? That might be right up alley. You could definitely make a successful niche in spiritual/enlightenment + stand-up. That would bring a new twist to an otherwise low-consciousness field.

@Hardkill Sounds like you should do it. It will grow you enormously, even if you end up utterly failing. Being dependent on your parents at 29 is lame. You're capable of much more than that. You can't listen to parents who you work for whether you should stop working for them. Talk about conflict of interest. Of course they want to keep you under their thumb. They've grown very comfortable with that arrangement. Working with your family is problematic. It's incestuous. You're not getting enough diversity of perspective there. Go actualize your life purpose. Working for your parents is NOT your LP. That's just your comfort zone.

@Serotoninluv Yeah, the territory is singular and undefinable. It has no name and no value-judgments say anything true about it. It just is. It's unknown what it is. It is itself. To see this requires dropping as many ideas about it as possible. The more ideas you have about it, the more distorted your perception of it.

@aniss Look around, see what everyone else is doing, and do the exact opposite.

@Joseph Maynor Being is undefinable. It is neither real nor unreal, neither illusory nor non-illusory, neither existent nor non-existent. All of these are just concepts and labels. All language is relative and works by positing dualities. But being is just ONE. You cannot name it anything because it has no name. To call it by any name is to not be aware that the name you give it is itself just more undefined being. Naming things is a game. The problem is that the mind gets lost in this naming game, thinking it's understanding things when really it's just slapping names on things. Naming a thing doesn't get you any closer to understanding what it is existentially. Calling something "energy", or "matter", or "physical", or "evil", or "an illusion", or "spiritual", or "material", or anything else, doesn't mean anything. It says nothing about the underlying phenomena. All it does is weave a web of concepts, an augmented reality. It creates relationships between your labels which give you the illusion of understanding. Drop the desire to label things.

@Serotoninluv The only thing that exist is the territory! Look around. Everything you see is territory. Even maps are made out of the territory.

@Serotoninluv The map is whatever ideas you have about reality. The territory is BEING.

@egoless That's like asking, "Will it rain tomorrow next year?"

You're more likely to catch an STD there than getting enlightened. It's a giant party. Which is not to say it's bad or that you shouldn't go. But enlightened it will not make you.

1) Nothing stops him. He's totally free. What stops you from sticking your finger in your butt? Nothing 2) There are no who's.

@egoless 1) It's not possible to be alive and not kill. Doesn't matter how enlightened you get. You're gonna kill lots of stuff. The nature of reality is ever-flux. It must feed upon itself. An enlightened person can do everything an unenlightened person can do. In fact, there is zero difference between them. Enlightenment is not about becoming "good". It's about becoming aware of what reality is. Just because you learn that 5+5=10, doesn't mean you won't murder someone. See? Awareness of Truth doesn't constrain action. 2) No, no-free-will means that there is no one who's in control of your body's actions. If you sit in a chair for the rest of your life, that will not be your choice. And if you climb Mt Everest every year, that will not be your choice. No matter what happens, it's not your choice. Because "YOU" are a concept. Like Santa Claus. Santa Claus does not cause Christmas presents to be distributed to kids. See? Because Santa Claus is a conceptual fabrication. 3) This is impossible to comprehend at your current level of consciousness. You must do self-inquiry if you want to grasp it.

I have read reports of people taking Jeffery's course and benefiting a lot from it. If you seek the most efficient spiritual technology in existence, you need look no further than 5-MeO-DMT. It's a veritable spiritual nuclear weapon. But be careful what you wish for Truth is not for the faint of heart.

That's part of the problem. You think I am better than Hitler.

Of course. You were literally Hitler. The only reason you have any knowledge of Hitler is because you are him. Consciousness happens through BEing. You cannot be conscious of a thing without being it. Literally. Ego denies this of course. That's what it means to create the self/other boundary. Nonduality = no boundaries When you can look Hitler in the eye and love him as much as you'd love your child, in that moment you will vanquish all evil in the world. But note: he might still throw you into a gas chamber. But you'll be at peace about it. You will understand why it is necessary.

@Lauritz That's gonna be intense. Good luck! Write us a trip report when you get back.

@The White Belt Instead of "meditating", try to sit normally, like you would on a park bench waiting for a friend, and JUST BE CONSCIOUS. Be conscious of being. Take a small object in your hand like a pen or pencil, and start wondering what it is.

@Serotoninluv And yet, Sean is still confusing the map for the territory. No language, including math or physics, gets at the existential nature of reality.

@mathieu Sometimes haters gonna hate. If you don't go out of your way to piss people off, usually it's not a problem. Just ignore it and carry on with your life purpose and consciousness work. If you are surrounded by haters constantly, change your surroundings. Don't stay in a place where you aren't appreciated for being you. See my video about Toxic Relationships. Cut those out of your life.

These are teaching aids. Pointing towards something transcendental. Don't take them too literally.

@sgn Yes, it sure seems that way when you've not awoken yet.

Guys, watch your projections, name-calling, and finger-pointing. The Devil is going a great job working this thread