Galyna

@Key Elements Thanks, absolutely agree with you.

I never liked that kind of games...how long to wait or what to reply. In my opinion, if you meet the right person and you both have genuine interest in each other, it is impossible to hide. Intuition is the best thing here, because you can sense and adjust accordingly. If you feel that woman express the same interest in you and is excited when you text or call her, all rules fly out the window. But again, it should be "your person" who can set you free. You will feel it instantly. It all depends on you and person you meet. If you meet the right person, by opening up yourself, you will trigger that person to open up to you as well. Good luck

Hello guys, Can you please stop by and help me to sort one thing out. I have sometimes an interesting state of my consciousness. It occurs to me when I fall asleep and only in this state. I do not know what it is. I do not even know how to describe it. So today when watching "House" I fall asleep, but not completely, I could hear the voices and talks from the movie, however it is kinda like on the "backyard of my psyche". You hear the sound but the ability to analyze is completely turned off. It is just there. Sometimes when falling a asleep on my own, I close my eyes and when just ready to really fall asleep, it feels like my thoughts go through me, very similar to what we see at the end of the movie, black screen with running captions. I "hear" random words or phrases or even sentences, they are non-sense and not even connected, "somewhere on the backyard" but I do not analyze them, because I am so relaxed and part of me is turned off. They are running on their own. I become "empty" and detached from them. what is it? Do you have it in the meditative state as well? what kind of state of consciousness is it? Again, it happens only when I am about to fall into deep sleep, maybe couple minutes/seconds before. I do not really know how long it lasts, but it is a borderline state between being awake and half a sleep condition. has someone ever had it?

Thank you, guys, for helping me to dig deeper. So thankful for this forum and people.

@Elisabeth me too

@SLICKHAWK here read this, it is exactly what I am trying to emphasize here: "Similarly, by comparing the hypnagogic state to REM dreaming, a 2013 study by the same researchers confirmed the long-noted observation that while dreams often feel fully immersive, hypnagogia tends to be experienced as if we were passive observers—with the hallucinatory thoughts and images occurring as a projection on our existing sense of reality." -yeah, I am a passive observer, that is the coolest thing and the best way to wrap it into words. I was just wondering that this state of consciousness might be similar to what we all here want to achieve. what if we could be in this state longer, or know how to catch it to use it as a tool to enter the state of absolute pure awareness without any analysis.

yeah, I had five lucid dreams in my life. I was aware that I am sleeping and start to experiment with other people reactions, like giving a kiss to my female boss at work. ( I am straight, lol). Another one was in Europe, Vienna and I was aware of sleeping but could not figure of how my eyes could see, in fact I was trying to play with that sensory feeling. but here is my point, when I am falling asleep I am aware, that is the most beautiful feeling because I do not identify myself with the thoughts any more, I just observe them and they showering me with bunch of non-sense, they do not even connect to each other in meaning. I wish I could explain this better to you: it feels like I am a dark emptiness where the thoughts occur.

@brovakhiin yeah, but that is very interesting state of consciousness. It is almost disidentification with yourself.

here is what I found :" The term hypnagogia comes from the Greek words for “sleep” and “guide,” suggesting the period of being led into slumber. In this state, which lasts a few minutes at most, you’re essentially in limbo between two states of consciousness. You experience some elements of sleep mixed with some aspects of wakefulness, explains Pavlova." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hypnogogia-dreams-creativity_us_56c5d16ce4b0c3c55053de38 https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/04/deciphering-hypnagogia/478941/

Thank you a lot, I want to study this mental phenomena better, however it is hard to manipulate it, as soon as you become fully aware of it, it disappears. I have a feeling it can help you to approach the shift of consciousness that may lead to an interesting experience, but I do not know how to work with it.

I feel like I can relate to a lot of things he teaches. Plus he mentions not to create authority but use the information as a key to get out of the comfort zone. Don't put label or category: bad or good, false or truth. Manipulate with the information he gives to grow. He is just a messenger, like many others. You don't have to trust him, in fact creating authority would not make any good for you. Use him as a source to improve your life and if you see the results the question about trust will resolve itself.

I love him too also. However I don't post here a lot, I can not imagine what I will do if he is gone. Sometimes at work I re-listen to his videos so many times to grasp the idea. I wish we could meet him in person, something like conciousness convention. I love him but it has nothing to do with erotic or sexual desires. Yes, more like my guru.

@Yarco All the so called voices are still the same voice, read Uspensky and Gurdjieff, they describe pretty well all possible faulty "I" you can hold on to. You subconscious mind can play so many tricky things and while at meditation, your psyche can unfold unrevealed parts that went to subconscious level long time ago.

Guys, I feel like I formed my question in a wrong matter. I do not think by remove “I” or “my” or “me” we will get rid of the problem. I KNOW that it is illusion, but still something happens for this body RIGHT NOW, RIGHT AT THIS VERY MOMENT. What I am struggling to understand or accept is that this is the only Real Reality within the range of this illusory fiction “I”, please let us drop the “I”! Even we drop the “I”, we can not drop present moment. It is always here. Sounds crazy, but how this present moment that happens right now can be the most valid present moment ever with regard to “I”? I am not sure if people understand what I am asking here. Thank you very much, Galyna @Frogfucius

@Erik Hey Eric, I think that fundamental point that you have to realize here is that you DO NO have a free will to make decision about Enlightenment, whether to pursue it or not. It is not up to you to decide...

@Salaam " Non-duality goes against the theory of relativity, but multi-dimensionality and relativity work together for real practical success in life. " Reading you, feels like you have a lot of knowledge, but here is the thing, everything you mentioned here comes from an objective Reality, how can you prove Objectivity? Please support your arguments here. Everything you are talking about it is an Objective Reality that CAN NOT BE VERIFIED BY YOU. If you can not verify it, it is just a story in your mind. All that you can verify is "your" focal awareness, that is it!!!! "There are 118 elements on the periodic table and they all have different reactions and chemistry with each other. How would the world work if there was only one element? What would it combine with to form blood, bone, organ, and muscle tissue?" Here, what they are trying to claim is that everything is unified with regards to correlation and distinctions. Personally, I love Quantum Physics and respect people who work hard to discover things. But again, here is what bugs me is my subjective world VS objective Reality. I feel like it is the place where I should dig. All the facts you've mentioned here are just stories outside "your" focal awareness. You can not really know how Reality works since observer and observation can be the same, the only fact that by observing we bend Reality is so huge that scientific world exacerbate this conflict of opinions what really IS.

@charlie2dogs absolutely agree, it is just another agenda...

Hello there I feel like we can not articulate this way, insofar as awareness comes BEFORE, and it just IS, always, technically there is no such thing as PRESENT MOMENT! just a label or a word. I feel like we can not even separate which one comes first( awareness-thought-sensation ), it is a bundle, if we start to separate, this notion will tacitly predicate upon the fact that time really exists. I see the whole Reality as emergent phenomena.

@Leo Gura That is the most explicit way to point us in the right direction! However, when moving towards the Nothingness, and becoming it, everything disappears. Yep! Struggling with wrapping my mind about the idea that Enlightenment vs Existence. Seems like paradox to me.

Hello I really want to recommend the booked mentioned above. Reading it now and absolutely adore it. I love Anthony Peak. He managed to encompass quantum physics, theology, neurology and esoteric philosophy in his work.

well...but still great to read for outlook expansion

@Henri hey, Henri! what is the difference between feeling and emotion? Guess feeling is a continuous emotion and it is the same. what do you think?

@zer0 Rule of thumb: never go to bed the same day you have to wake up (means you have to go to bed before midnight). In order to wake up early, follow your body clocks, and the best time for bedding is 10:30-11:00 pm. Develop this habit and you will see the difference. It will be much easier to wake up early since you will be refreshed and restored. Body has its own cycles and biorhythms, by following the simple rules, it will take you no effort to wake up the time you need. Good luck with your exams. I feel you, just completed mine and free for the summer.

@Mulky I understand exactly how you feel. I feel the same sometimes. I feel so empty. Thank you for sharing this with us.

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