abrakamowse
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Anyway, it doesn't matter because none of us exist.
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abrakamowse replied to Dash Us Pain's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
It's incredible how the answer is our questions most of the time, but I still don't experience the truth, the nothing. But I am patient. -
abrakamowse replied to Dash Us Pain's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Mr Ego understand that, but it's a bit hard headed LOL... -
@MarkusR We are never sure while we are in a duality state. I am open to anything, but there are like guides to enlightenment that we can read from others. It's never going to be our experience but it helps. Until we can experience it by itself. I have the idea that the true self observes everything, the body, the mind, our feelings, but it can't be observed. Otherwise it would be an object, separated or different than itself by definition of the meaning of observation. When you think you observe yourself, you are not doing it. That's not your real self. It's your ego. The ego can be observed, that's how we know there's something more transcending it. But, maybe I am wrong.
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@Clay Curl I think you have a great idea. I have no idea how to implement it ... LOL... but sounds promising.
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Real self cannot be observed, it's not an object of study. That's the problem. Science has no way to measure it, it's like a scale who can weight other objects but can't weight itself. Or a knife, it can't cut itself. (Thanks Mooji).
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Anyone has experience with Acorns? or Digit? they are systems to save money automatically, while the first one make investments with your money. https://www.acorns.com/ https://digit.co/r/bJA_I I was thinking in using those services but I would like to know if anyone has had experience using them. Thanks!
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Cool @Neill and @Kevin Dunlop and thanks for the information, very valuable for me.
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Cool, thanks @Argue !!!
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No one?
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@Neill Yeah, that's true. That's why I was thinking in something really simple. But, let's see what I can do. :-)
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That's cool @Neill I like the idea of the app. I am a graphic designer, so... I am thinking about creating some applications, it's really interesting. I am thinking in doing a simple game, kind of like the one of flappy bird game. And I want to do it using Flash because I have the adobe creative cloud software. I think it can be also created for cellphones. The new flash app is called now Animate CC and Mobile Device packaging. I think it should be possible to make an app for cell phones with that.
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@Lorcan If you find out how to get a non biased answer, let me know. I am interested.
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I think Leo was referring to a different thing. Sometimes people use science to deny the existence of a God. They call it Universe hehehe... but they deny that the universe can be also God. Like Sam Harris, I agree with everything he says. The only difference is that he believes there's a big consciousness and that we are all one, so he says "there's no God"... I think, that's God. The problem is the labels we use, and the realities we create, to see the same thing differently and to arrive to different conclusions even when the facts are the same.
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abrakamowse replied to TTGARLAND's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
To long for me to read it completely hehehehe... -
I agree Lol... but I take whatever I think is Ok, or make sense to me. In fact I do that with everybody. I learn a lot from the grocery owner and from the pharmacist, from the bus driver, from people on the street . Lol :-)
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abrakamowse replied to Natasha's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
@Natasha Really cool. He's right. I am really on facebook because I found some childhood friends and old high school and university friends. But really it's a waste of time. I don't use it anymore. Thanks for sharing! -
@ranzo1 I am not enlightened but I have experienced oneness, emptiness, nothingness, love like I never experienced before. I have a T/R (truth realization) experience, where I saw that the reality we are living is like being dead, you are not alive until you begin to be "born again" or enlightened. You begin to live when you are enlightened, right now we are nothing. At least in my experience. Experiences like that are like gifts, you have to say thank you and don't think too much about them. I know I am not the "person" or "ego" because that ego changes all the time, I know that we must be something more permanent, that there's a real self that we have to look for. But my recommendation is to meditate, that will bring the awareness you need. You never will know by thinking. I am not enlightened but I am feeling much better than before and I know that everybody can be enlightened. There's a pattern you can see in the teachings of people who are enlightened, in their teachings. When you awareness begin to improve you will notice those patterns more easily and you won't need any guidance or guru. Your true self will guide you.
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You can have a "healthy" ego if you want, but you will be asleep like most of the population. You will doubt of yourself, you will be fearful (that's how ego keeps you in the illusion), you will desire one thing, then other, then another... that's how the ego works. The purpose of life is to discover your true self, that's why ego never is satisfied. In fact there's not such a thing of "healthy ego" the only healthy thing is your true self. Or no self.
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“Can't you just see all those enlightened monkey men sitting around a roaring woodfire around their Buddha saying nothing and knowing everything?” ― Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
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What's happening to you is normal. You are confused, that happens when you hear the truth. Your ego is confused, not your real "you" the "I AM". Your ego doesn't want to leave, so that's his way of keeping you slave of your ego, of your identity. But, when you leave that ego behind, your real self will be in charge, and you won't need to ask for guidance. The ego makes you think it is something scary, that's why we are trapped in the whole identity thing, in the idea of separation from the source. You will notice that when you begin to meditate you will begin to change, just continue meditating and change will come alone, no effort needed. Only the effort of sitting and meditating everyday no matter what. Your real self is much wiser than the fake self we think we are, our ego. Hope this helps.
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abrakamowse replied to Natasha's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
"Taking a break from Facebook" is this era's "soul searching." -
When you do nothing you accomplish a lot. Let me copy paste this, he explains it better than me: "Become the watcher of this procession of thoughts, this consciousness stream, and marvel at the range of memories, ideas, images, and opinions that come up. With practice at this, almost by working at your doing nothing, you will find that the train of thoughts actually slows down. After some time gaps will appear between thoughts. This is the emptiness that Buddha spoke of, the natural condition of the mind. It takes a while to master this, but it’s a great justification for doing nothing. As the emptiness between thoughts increases you will find that you develop a richer awareness of the world around you and also a great serenity. Next, you will find ideas and solutions begin to pop into your head almost automatically. So the next time that you sit down to do nothing, become aware of this great opportunity—and enjoy every minute of it." The whole article is here: http://tinybuddha.com/blog/how-doing-nothing-helps-you-get-more-done/
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abrakamowse replied to Emerald's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Awesome @Emerald Wilkins !!!! I would like to go to one too. I am considering going to meet Mooji someday too. -
@Andrew I know what you are saying, I had that problem too (and still have it). What it helped me was to know we have no free will, so it allowed me not to try to control things so much. I am more in "I have no control" mode. So I just don't think and plan too much about anything, and I am trying to plan less and less and let me guide by my intuition. hehehe... I know is a bit scary, but I am experimenting with that.