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@Mikael89 do you man but don’t bitch about it unless you aren’t satisfied. We can only respect ourselves having integrity @now is forever enlightenment isn’t about perfection because perfection doesn’t exist. We can’t give it these sort of toxic expectations or people will be forced to trap themselves in their own delusions

Triggered. I’m sorry you see him as a person of authority and assume others do too But he is right, why should anyone assume enlightenment will perfect us? I think it’s quite dangerous expectations possibly equating to recklessness

@Shinhe’s right dude. If he says he can’t do it then he really can’t. Mikael89 if and when you might ever feel unsatisfied with your limitations, embrace your fear, yolo, there’s an animal inside you waiting to seduce himself with limitless persistence

Sounds like someone that doesn’t trust themselves

We grow through life experiencing many different ways to relate ourselves to the world. I’ll call these, fragmented states or ways of perceiving reality based off our knowledge and experience. There’s an infinite number of these states and they constantly evolve through personal development. For there to be an awakening, all of these states must collapse into complete wholeness of being or nothingness. As we get older, our identification with these states gets stronger and harder to integrate. I believe this is where psychedelics can be very useful in breaking down our attachments to certain thought patterns. Anyways, back on topic. Nearly all of us unknowingly form spiritual egos after having the realization of this Truth, and this too forms a fragment. Others realize this and begin the process of integration. Unfortunately this process can be really really challenging if we begin resisting the experiencing of old fragmented states, because this creates more conflicts/fragments. This resistance is what causes what’s often referred to as ego backlash and dark nights of the soul. if you’ve had an awakening then you will never not know the Truth, but this doesn’t negate the mechanics of the mind and prevent you from not falling into its survival tricks the mind will always want to believe it can find and embody wholeness but this is impossible. Wholeness can only find and embody you. This “you”, this separation, is then understood to be a belief The more love we bring to our fragments, the more wisdom we will gain and the more likely wholeness will come knocking on our ? to purify our existence

I Don’t Know.

Ego is friend let it do what it needs to do then learn from it

Stop focusing on her and work on yourself. Let her do her thing and stop expecting things out of her. Listen and share what you want about yourself but let go of expectations forget thinking about whatever she thinks. This is your biggest sign to learn about yourself, good luck

Good good ? you want to say hi but you are afraid. Should you embrace fear and say hi or listen to the fear and avoid the interaction... stop overthinking and do whatever you want to do and then learn ?

@zeroISinfinity yes there was never really a mask in the first place! So it’s simply allowing the layers of conditioning to be purified

Intuition is what makes creation and you (mind) possible. Safe to say it’s what arises from Truth

Keeping personal convictions for the sake of the whole? @zeroISinfinity We are but an appearance, I know but I’m seeing if there’s something I’m missing. Maybe exchanging with humans is a lot of bullshit for them but is there not an appreciation of it all for you?

Are you speaking for the importance of keeping personal truths (relatively) despite who you may be interacting with?

It’s all ego -all values, improvements and relationships. There’s no avoiding the illusion that is YOU! Both healthy and unhealthy illusion can build the false sense of self but neither necessarily have to ?

@zeroISinfinity as long as there isn’t the denying of experience ?

Be aware of your own mind at work here. Recently realized I was finding comfort in my own shadow and this possible disconnect was a subtle sign

@Jacobsrw what’s wrong? Can’t take a compliment? I didn’t ask you that, only answered for you.

Good stuff ? slow ? talking to myself like “toughen up buttercup” “what areya looking for? Your IT.” “How bad is it really to stay in the place of not-knowing?” “Oh you think sufferings good, try some spontaneous joy ” “I think maybe you’re compensating for something?” This thing sparked a few movie quotes from Shrek, donkey Shrek exchanges totally the mind gsmes “I like that boulder, that is a nice boulder!” “Sometimes things are more than they appear” “oh his another one of those onion things again isn’t it?” Damn completely new meanings to all the narration in that movie ?

Haven’t got the chance to read this thread yet but gonna send a dude over when he’s online @jbram2002

Love this

no you are. And that's not what my clock says

You guys may enjoy this if you haven’t seen it. I sure did

I assume escape from “what is” whether it be fear/identification w/ self/thoughts/ etc

Well said dude! This goes for all activities in life!

I simply do “body checks” every now and again to notice my emotional state and style of breathing, directing a little attention inward