SoonHei

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  1. ☯️☯️☯️Huang Po says, "Most people allow their mind to be obstructed by the world and then try to escape from the world. They don't realize that their mind obstructs the world. If they could only let their minds be empty, the world would be empty. Don't misuse the mind. If you want to be free of the world, you should forget the mind. Once you forget the mind, the world becomes empty. And when the world becomes empty, the mind disappears. If you don't forget the mind and only get rid of the world, you only succeed in becoming more confused. Thus it is said, 'all things are only the mind.' But the mind cannot be found. When you can't find a thing, you have reached the final goal. Why bother running around looking for liberation? This is how you should control the mind. Once you see your own nature, you won't have any deluded thoughts. Once you have no deluded thoughts, you have controlled your mind."
  2. @Javfly33 Nope. Not really... consiousness is "awakened" in a baby/infant... But it's not much use is it? Same deal here.
  3. Q: What is this Parabrahman like? M: The answer is, what is Bombay? Don't give me the geography or the atmosphere of Bombay, give me a handful of Bombay. What is Bombay? It is impossible to say, so also with Parabrahman. There is no giving or taking of Parabrahman, you can only be That. Nisargadatta Maharaj
  4. Indeed. Automatically so. Just as there's no bravery needed to not be fearful of the 'snake' when it's seen to be only a rope. The fear vanishes instantly when the rope is seen. Same way, acceptance results with that discovery. @Highest ? Now and for eternity.
  5. @Jahmaine ego is suffering. Ego cannot stop being itself. When there is ego, there will be suffering. You can be free of the ego which = you can be free of suffering (as ego = suffering) You do this by realizing you're not the ego. When you are no longer the one who is suffering, then your suffering ends, automatically. Example, you find out that your mom got into a car accident. You rush to the hospital and are deeply troubled and worried. When you get there, you find out there's been a mistake and it was not your mother who got into the accident. The moment you realize this, the suffering ends. In this case, the one suffering is very intimate, close, personal. So seeing that you're not the ego (what you thought you were) It can be a very radical realization so can be a mixed bags of emotions which follow, but liberation is certainly on that list. That's the only way to be free of the suffering... To see you're not the one who suffers. And The ego / character must resolve/accept the situation and can find peace in that. No resistance to the circumstances.
  6. Maharaj: Whatever appears has really no existence. And whatever has not appeared also drops away; what remains is That, the Absolute. “That” is like Bombay. Visitor: Bombay certainly seems to be appearing at the moment. We should sell him another city. M: But I normally ask you this kind of question, whether Bombay sleeps, whether it wakes up in the morning, whether it is worried, whether it has pain and pleasure. I do not refer to the people of Bombay, nor to the land, but to that which remains. Now you know that you are. Prior to this moment, did you have this knowledge that you exist? This consciousness, beingness, which you are experiencing now, was it there earlier? V: It has been, on and off. (…) M: If you are about to photograph this land, I would say, no don’t photograph… take a photograph of it but without land. Whatever is Bombay, take a photograph of that and show me. Can you? V: I could not do it. M: So that is like photographing yourself without the body. You are that, like Bombay. https://realization.org/p/nisargadatta/quintessence/quintessence.1.html Nisargadatta Maharaj, The Ultimate Medicine
  7. @Blissout there isn't a how. There is only increasing the likelihood of the realization to happen. But still no guarantee. Like trying to get struck by lightening. Going on top of a mountain with a metal rod during a thunderstorm increase the chances but you still may not get struck... Vs a random passer by on the street can be hit Another way to understand the no "how" is picturing someone who wears glasses. Let's say Harry Potter. Now harry Potter is searching for his Glasses all over his room. He has been searching for them for 5 hours. Under the bed, in the drawers, behind the cabinet etc etc... No luck. Then he finally sits down, tired from the search when it's finally clear... So very obvious... His glasses were on his face the whole time... In the ignorance of this fact, he had been overlooking and looking right thru them while searching for them. Where is the HOW? there's no how. There's only the realization. Sure, a mirror can help in the Harry Potter story... But not with self realization... Because there is no mirror which can show you your face... Because the mirror is also your face. Teeth cannot chew themselves Finger tip cannot touch itself Eyes cannot see themselves REALIZE. RECOGNIZE No how. How to increase the likelihood? Meditation. Quiten the mind/thoughts... Distractions... Like Harry Potter... When he was too busy looking thru the glasses he overlooked them but when his focus turned front and very immediate, he saw the lens. That's the "how" And that "how" is infinitely varied.
  8. @WisdomSeeker don't worry about the lifestyle and Rolls-Royce. Don't project how an enlightened person should or should not be. An Enlightened person can be a beggar and also a porn star. There's no instruction manual. Reading a few of oshos books. It has Wisdom overflowing through and through.
  9. @dimitri hmmm Dog chasing its own tail ? Also, the seeking/quote used here refers to the spiritual seeking... Not really about helping... But yes. The seeking is what results when there's ignorance present. The seeker/you ARE the resistance... Not the one resisting. I like this one aswell, the fish in the water can never find the water if it's looking for it. if the fish is searching for water... It means there's ignorance for the fish about what water is... As it is never not in the water. The search/seeking implies ignorance. The seeking ends once it is realized what is being looked for was always here/now... Indeed. 100%! And what is this "you"? It is the seeker. You = seeker. You is the fish looking for water. And when would a seeker be present? When there's a search. Doesn't mean to just drop the search... That would be quitting. Search truly ends with the realization that nothing was ever lost = finding/discovering what's being searched for. (Yourself) Eyes don't suddenly find themselves. They realize they are themselves
  10. @zeroISinfinity yup. Only and ever One. But like a picture, there's a background and a foreground. Focus on background, lose the foreground. Focus on the foreground, lose the background.
  11. To know the world you forget the Self, to know the Self you forget the world.
  12. @Autumn You are what you're looking for. But you cannot find it like you do an object lost in the world out there. You can only discover this or realize this. It's like if your eyes were trying to look for themselves... Turn inwards... @traveler yes. The stopping off the search is liberating indeed, especially when the futility of that seeking is seen, which actually is simultaneous to when the seeking truly ends... After finding whatever you're looking for, why would you continue looking for it?
  13. @Highest ? This is a Bollywood song. It is a Love song about a guy singing for his girl... But there's this part at the end which is very beautiful... The translation is: my heart has spoken... it has bestowed upon me a secret; whomever's heart is filled with Love, is loved by my Lord. Start Living this out and see that yourLord showers his endless blessings upon you. Love, not for anyone or anything. But Love for all. Heart being filled with Love is just Love. Love erases all and leaves only itself. You become Love. Your discovery that you're part of God, which is infinite Love because it is only itself, will lead the way.
  14. @MattP from what I know. It is by design. Each individuation of consiousness started the journey and is asending upwards towards self realization (infinity) and beyond. So yes, all around you are people born at different level of consiousness / awareness / position in the infinite spiral. Leo often talks about this... About some people being "spirtuality gifted" Ramana had his realization when he was like 10 or whatever... He must have been very "close" previously to have been incarcerated in the form/condition/path he did to be able to attain realization. Or maybe already had it and "chose" to be reborn in that era and with a bit of that work attained realization and then lived the remaining portion helping others etc. In short, mind your own business. Don't compare. Keep your eyes on your own road. And don't expect similar experiences or whatever that others have had. Those might become obstacles or needless expectations which hold you back. Just enjoy yo ride brooooooo
  15. Why was this so hard to ignore? ? #don't think of a blue elephant ?
  16. @Highest indeed. It is a spiral. Never ending. There are "stages" until there aren't any, yet the spiral still continues, infintely. Your discovery now is what will eventually and surely carry you forward to the discovery that what you thought was the Supreme who you were kneeling before was actually a mirror. Till then, nice to see the place where you're at. ♥️? Liberation is never of the person, it is always from the person. -NM
  17. @Consilience ♥️? Been without the weed for a while too. And will be without it for approximately 2 months. It also Helps because I temporarily don't have access to get it anyways out of the country ? No withdrawals felt, but good natural vibes magnifying. Was great to read your experience and mine seems mirrored. God bless
  18. Beautiful ♥️? And the commentary as well ✨ Check it out!