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@d0ornokey Dude, you can overcome the fear of DEATH! What you're talking about is shallow peanuts compared to what true growth can conquer. Time to roll up your sleeves.

@d0ornokey What is your specific obsession?

@unknownworld Atman is Brahman, Brahman is Atman. You're getting ahead of yourself. Have a direct experience of Atman first. Then have a direct experience of Brahman. Then things will be clear.

@unknownworld Nonduality includes duality. Absolute Infinity subdivides in infinite ways. Universalized consciousness is individualizing and "living" through specific forms which are different creatures.

Just sit and do nothing. Do that long enough, and enlightenment will reveal itself. Consciousness is infinite. It is everything possible. It can enfold into anything, create virtual partitions of itself, and become anything. Consciousness seems to store memories holographically as part of its infinite evolution process.

@Elzhi Not to get too political here, but if you're passionate about this issue, there are ways to get involved. This could be a life purpose opportunity for some. Wolf-pac.com for example: As long as we avoid nuclear and climactic holocaust (which is iffy), this rise of nationalism should end up being a win in the long run as all the closed-mindedness and corruption is exposed and aired-out. There will certainly be destruction, but from destruction also comes progress and reform. An important part of your growth is to make peace with the possible destruction of the species.

@Mondsee Ideally, aware of awareness itself. Awareness itself is distinct from the things found in awareness. But any kind of awareness is good for a start.

It starts pretty intellectual because that's where you're at. Over the months and years it will become less intellectual and more being-based. That's exactly right, create a daily habit using a timer. Yes, waking up is a chore. You have no idea yet how much of a chore. Which is why hardly anyone wakes up. 1) No 2) Some of them could be. But most likely they aren't fully enlightened. They've probably had some deep mystical experiences and are more conscious than most people. But I doubt they're Buddhas. There is probably a huge range of shamans, from deluded ones to fully enlightened ones. The fully enlightened ones would probably be the ones who've spent thousands of hours just sitting and doing nothing.

@Mondsee Before you start the session, set a background intention of: AWARENESS! AWARENESS! AWARENESS! You're not there to daydream. You're there to be more aware. But in a passive way. If daydreaming, happens, that's okay. Let it be. But have a background intention for awareness.

@Martin123 Of course different people resonate with different methods. Just be careful not to trick yourself. This work is extremely emotionally taxing. So of course the mind will exploit this point to get you to stop doing the work. Your mind will come up with all kinds of excuses like, "Oh, I'm not resonating with this." or, "I'm already enlightened.", etc. But in the end, only you can know what's truly right for you. Just remember, there's a good reason why 99.9999% of the population isn't enlightened. And your mind probably thinks along the same lines as them. You're very likely to end up just like them unless you take extraordinary measures.

This is something you're need to make small bets into and see what develops. And you'd want to keep your mind much more open to the possibilities within this field besides the traditional positions.

@Outer Fun? Self-inquiry is brutal. You should feel like you're going insane. If you expect it to be like video games, you might as well not even start. Ask the questions in whatever language you want. Doesn't matter. They are not complicated questions. You're just making excuses to not do the work.

@Elzhi You may be out of luck with France: http://www.economist.com/news/business-and-finance/21711265-readership-surging-stephen-bannons-alt-right-news-outfit-about-launch-french-and

@John Flores Less speculating, more inquiring.

@Not a shaolin monk No It's best to treat the word "Nothing" as X -- an unknown variable. You have no idea what Nothing is, and there's no way you can imagine it. Any ideas of it you can conjure are certainly wrong and are holding you back. You cannot symbolize the entire omniverse with a mental image. You have to become it. ACTUALLY! Believe it or not, that is within your power to do. You are God after all. You created it all.

@Psychonaut Buddha's first truth: all duality is suffering. You cannot escape that. You will never be happy stuck in duality, no matter how hard you self-actualize or what you achieve or do or don't do. The entire point of the self is to be constantly unsatisfied.

@jdeugarte You're just getting started in this work. Keep going.

@Inglorious Just the opposite. Try meditating on the noise of an airplane, your A/C blowing, or a lawnmower. You could become enlightened just through meditation on noises. Watch out for how your mind judges certain sensations as inferior to others. All sensations are equal.

No That's an insufficiently nuanced understanding. If it was that simple, all I'd be teaching is meditation.

Funny coincidence, I have a blog post lined up on this topic. Good example of science done right. Sophia University is one of the few holistic, transpersonal psychology programs around. Although it doesn't sound like they really grasp the full depth possible with nonduality yet. it goes way beyond brain states. The reason mystics mysticize nonduality is because they reach such extraordinary depths that the scientific realist paradigm becomes utterly untenable.

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@SeekingFreedom Try to enjoy the process. Don't treat it like you're being forced to do this. Exploring metaphysics should be a joy. The emotional mastery part is the hardest. It will take years and decades. But the joy of exploring metaphysics is something you can tap into right now. Are you ACTUALLY curious about exploring reality? << You should be. Get in touch with that!

Something like this does the trick: http://amzn.to/2lcABSz

Yeah, true not-knowing is harder than it would seem. You have to really unearth and drop a lot of totally taken-for-granted assumptions. Keep questioning everything. How do you know you're that body?

Contemplating the root of your resistance can be valuable. Contemplate: Why am I creating these emotions? What's the bottom line? What role is this resistance serving? But you gotta contemplate very self-honestly. Surface-level intellectual answers will not suffice.