Superfluo

@Leo Gura Is there an answer you could give me? I'm still searching for an explanation

I've found a video made by Teal Swan about going beyond the oneness truth that might be related to what I'm saying, even if I've never perceived it, so I don't know if it is possible. But maybe it can expand someone's mind. You can search it if you want, I've seen I can't share videos here. I know Teal Swan, and I think she's a wise woman. But again, there are no proofs ahahah

@Bluff But why? How does it work? These are the questions that continue to bother me. Yes, I know, we can't understand more if we continue to use language and reason in this topic. But I'm just trying to find a compromise between my personal experience and the materialistic point of view I held before. When you say enlightment is not about understanding but about seeing it sounds like a matter of faith, doesn't it? I know reality is pure magic, like Leo said in one of his videos, and I agree. I know you have to have faith to embody enlightment. But then it's like having faith in a mysterious man up in the clouds with a white beard we cannot see, isn't it? Yet people who have experienced some degree of deep consciousness believe there isn't a God in the clouds (like me. I'm applying skepticism even to my own ideas and experiences).

@Bluff Yeah, meditation makes you shut down the monkey mind, and the goal is to shut it up as far as possible as you said. Totally agree. Then you say that you can perceive what's left, i.e. consciousness. Totally agree again. But then let me make another example to explain my problem even further. We agree that the mind is full of thoughts, and that the absence of thoughts is the state of enlightment (I made it simple). Let's say the mind with thoughts is a box full of things (thoughts), and all there is outside the box is the "truth". I know this mental image I'm offering to you is wrong, because this example oversimplifies mind and Being. There are a lot of details to be aware of. But for explanation sake let's move on. So, meditation makes the box empty, like you said. But what's left is the empty box and the reality external to it, not just the reality. So how can the "empty mind" perceive Being if it's only an empty container? I don't know if I made my point of view clear, but the mind can't comprehend all this stuff. So thank you for your answer. @Nahm Yes, totally agree, when you realize you're inside a dream, then everything becomes less "heavy", more "transparent" to you, and you can live knowing everything that matters is having fun and experiencing the beauty of this magic journey. However you are in this dream, so better make it as wonderful as possible (even if free will doesn't exist i.m.o. ahahah), to maximize happiness (which I think has little to do with inner peace). So people, just relax and have fun and be kind each other. It's as simple as that