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Yeah, it is... I think the oxymoron begins when someone believes that there's something called matter, Lol...

This is still a materialistic approach, but maybe it can help to "see" that there's only consciousness... Probably this could be a first step to understand reality is an hallucination from the materialistic pov. But then you will see that the brain that is supposedly creating that hallucination, is also made of the same "matter" as that hallucination. So, it is basically hallucinating itself, like a strange loop as Leo said in his video about strange loops.

Don't talk to them the truth. Continue acting and observing you, how do you react but keep it for you. The truth is so harsh for them to accept it that they will isolate you. You can be with them without having to share anything. You don't need to share, only to those who you feel can be open to the truth or that they ask you about it. Remember what Jesus said: "Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces."

Let's do it like the sermon on the mount. Lol... Leo just go to a mount, and he talks there to everyone who is there to listen to him.

The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain. Buddha

NYC is better for that.

Bye, hope to read you again soon when you are enlightened

You are welcome!

Thanks for sharing Zoey, I found these ones some time ago... http://ashidakim.com/zenkoans/zenindex.html

hehehe...

What happens is that the ego always want something. But, if you want it, is because you don't have it. So... the ego says "I will get it in the future". When it gets it, it's disappointing. It's not what he expected, because in the imagination the ego created and idea of what that will be and is never close to what is in reality. So, he begin to search more, and to seek... and is never whole, never complete. Is always searching for a new thing. And that's what happens with enlightenment, he converts it in an object that you can have in time. And that is preventing you to see that you are NOW reality. You are NOW whole, and complete.

Yes, very close. Good! :-)

Send me The Concept for me too!!!

Time is created by the mind. The only real thing is the NOW. Now is the only thing that exists, when a second pass that NOW that passed is in our memory. And our memory doesn't capture the true moment, it distort it. The future is in our imagination. That creates an idea of time, that is psychological. Created by the mind. There's no past and no future, only NOW. You have to read Eckhart Tolle "The Power of Now"

He also said that miracles are not important, even they can be manifested once you know who you really are. In John 10:37-38

Just watch and arrive at your own conclusions, don't believe anyone. You are the way.

@zoey101 there's many perspectives, we all see reality from our experiences and we explain it in the way that it make sense to us. Just take what your intuition tells you is true, and continue investigating always with an open mind. Search for the answers inside you. I always listen to everything and I don't think I ever had the "ultimate truth", I am always open to learn new things. Don't get confused because everybody has different perspectives or I will better say "different ways of saying the same thing". For example, I continue in my experience seeing that enlightenment is another word for salvation. Others can see that differently. But, remember one Zen story that is very true... the story of the elephant and the blind monks. Alan Watts explain some of the things I told you in this video, watch it when you have time. Alan Watts is super interesting and he was a ordained as an Episcopal priest, then he continue studying others religions and philosophies , he's really good.

Oh my god... that is really bad. But that's because those who want to teach are blind too... sadly.

Emotional Freedom Techniques https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_Freedom_Techniques Wikipedia to the rescue! Lol

@zoey101 I had the same problem like you. It was very difficult to me to understand because in Christianity there's so much confusion about how to reach "salvation". For me salvation and enlightenment are the same thing. I didn't understand when Jesus said "deny yourself" what kind of denial he was talking about. Now is clear to me that he was talking about the Ego. Our "self" is the ego. When he denied the ego he was in reality fighting agains the devil, think about it. The ego is everything that we learn from the world. Our life is that, our parents, our family, friends... but Jesus was very clear that the most important things for him was his followers, his friends were those who shared the path with him. When he said "Me and the Father are one" he was saying that he was one with everything. God is everything. He also said, "before Abraham I AM". He didn't say before Abraham I was... he said I AM. Because he was so deeply identified with his true self, that is God. I have more similarities that I found in Christianity, mostly reading the Mystics, like John of the Cross, Meister Eckhart and others.... Undertanding non duality make a lot of sense with what Jesus taught, and it makes you have a more deep connection with the true Christian teachings.

We have to treat crypto like any other investment.

Fear sucks! Lol

Ok, thanks! It's awesome that you found that guy!

I am beginning to buy BTC again, I think it will go up again soon!