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Really cool, but I was becoming used to reset my password every time Lol just kidding, great job!!!

@All_Around_Me Don't worry, you will be Ok. I had an experience of no identity when I was waking up in the morning, and I was so scared because I never had an experience like that before. I was shocked, confused, I couldn't think well. I remember saying my wife that this was the worst nightmare I ever had in my life. I went to the hospital too, because I was so confused I didn't knew who I was for moments, and I forgot everything, then my memory came back, it was crazy... they gave me some pills, etc. Now I know what it was and I would like to repeat that experience, the ego gets ****ing scared of those experience of nothingness. Really you had a great experience, after you process it you will realize more and more things... you are going really fast :-)

Master [Hui-an] asked [Huai-jang], “Where are you coming from?” Huai-jang said, “Mount Sung.” The Master said, “What sort of thing comes here like this?” Huai-jang said, “To call it a ‘thing’ is to miss the mark.” The Master said, “Can it be cultivated or experienced?” Huai-jang said, “It’s not that it isn’t cultivated or experienced, but rather that it isn’t corrupted or defiled.” The Master said, “It’s just because it isn’t corrupted or defiled that it’s treasured by all buddhas. You’re like this. And I’m like this.” — The Platform Sutra

This post is good to refresh our memory, I am having one of "those days". Reading it helped me to clear the mind, sometimes I get tired of being identified with thoughts, I want enlightenment now!!! Lol

The right moment to learn about enlightenment = NOW!

Leo Babauta had in his blog a similar technique, when you do less you accomplish more. This is an ancient principle, not something that Leo is making up. It really works. He published a book about it, "THE POWER OF LESS" http://thepowerofless.com/

When asked why he practiced zen, the student said, “Because I intend to become a Buddha.” His teacher picked up a brick and started polishing it. The student asked “What are you doing?” The teacher replied, “I am trying to make a mirror.” “How can you make a mirror by polishing a brick?” “How can you become Buddha by doing zazen? If you understand sitting Zen, you will know that Zen is not about sitting or lying down. If you want to learn sitting Buddha, know that sitting Buddha is without any fixed form. Do not use discrimination in the non-abiding dharma. If you practice sitting as Buddha, you must kill Buddha. If you are attached to the sitting form, you are not yet mastering the essential principle.” The student heard this admonition and felt as if he had tasted sweet nectar. — Dōgen Zenji

@Khin Thanks for clarifying, I need to read more about reincarnation. I have the Tibetan book of the dead to read as soon as I finish other book I am reading, thanks!

Upāsaka Lu K'uan Yü: The aim of the Chan [Zen] is to strip the mind of all feelings and passions for the purpose of disentangling it from the phenomenal so that the self-nature can return to its normal state and operate in the normal way without hindrance. This stripping is not gradual but sudden. In that sudden moment we see for the first time our self-nature. This moment is called in Chan, jian-xing 見性, that is, seeing our self-nature. It can’t be put into words. It can only be hinted at by various means. In general what this further implies is that the phenomenal is only a dependent arising of this self-nature. This nature while singular and perfected can still give rise to countless differences within itself. Still, there is perfect harmony like waves and water. Disharmony arises when we do not see this self-nature leaving only the vast differences of phenomena.

@Huz88 I just realized that I always thought that the mind generated the thoughts. Thanks!

I think the feel anger, fear, etc. but they are not controlled by those emotions.

I don't get the idea of reincarnation if there's no self, what is it going to reincarnate? There's nothing to reincarnate.

I agree with that, the ones which more impact or attachment produce are the ones who try to keep our idea of identity and separation. I will try again tomorrow and I will post about it. @JustinS it's a technique were you study the thoughts that arise and try to see where it came from to find out the falsehood of thoughts and how unreal they are. But I think @Huz88 can explain it better than me.

Sometimes is easy to see the thoughts as unreal, but some other times is so difficult. It seems so logic that it is difficult to not be engaged in overthinking.

I was always curious about I Ching...

The mind creates the illusion of an ego through though, IMO

You can try walking meditation

I began to meditate again and it was difficult. It's incredible how easily we lose our routines. It was 5 minutes of meditation and I was looking at the timer as is it was too much, crazy. And finally I just meditate 20 mins and I have to stop. I think tonight I will be back to my 30 mins meditation as usual. So, I am back to Day 1 - 20 minutes meditation

@Huz88 Thanks!!! Much appreciated.

@Huz88 Thanks, I got you know. I was confused with a method to see reality as it was 2D, with no volume as it if were a painting. I don't remember if I saw that on a Leo's video and I don't really remember the purpose hehehehe... And I think he talked about it as a flattening technique, like watching things as if they were projected like a movie. Thanks again! I will try to do it again, I understand that I was making a judgment. The idea also is to become aware of how thoughts are created and the mechanism why thoughts appear, right?

@Huz88 Question: The technique is supposed to see the thoughts as they are, no meaning to them, they are unreal. What is hard to me is that when I saw something, for example a red cup of tea. I think, "that's a red cup of tea" and I don't have idea how to see something unreal on it. I understand if I go to a level where atoms are part of the cup I can make it, and if I think atoms are really mostly empty space I can make it... but what I can see is a cup of tea anyway. How can I make it unreal or flat, or with no meaning. I am confused if flattening is also watching the objects as if they were a 2D drawing or as if they just make no sense. I mean, trying not to label them and watch them as if they have no meaning. Any hints???

I was trying today to do it but I still can't accomplish anything, I guess I need to do it more frequently. Thanks for posting the topic, it's good to make a practice of it.

Jesus said on Mark 9:19 And he answered them, “O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me.”

@Huz88 I felt like I had holes all over my body

I think is for both reasons, they are being motivated by their emotions, feelings, their wrong thoughts, etc.