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@How to be wise Excellent answer. There is no mind-body problem to begin with.

@Luka Tepic I contemplated on this for a bit and have something to share: Let's assume for the sake of this discussion that it is in fact correct to talk about an enlightened being. Normally, this is not correct because there is nothing BUT the enlightened self. It is not correct to talk about someone or something that is enlightened because that assumes there is a duality between the enlightens Self and other things that are not enlightened. But nevertheless let's assume that we can. Let's also call this enlightened being by the Sanskrit term Jnani. The Jnani, having realized the truth of the Self, realizes that they are not the body. For them, there is no distinction between the different appearances within the self. For the Jnani there is no separation between the doer, the doing and the done. The Jnani understands that the Self alone is responsible for its own actions. The body being the Self, also functions independent of the "I" and therefore is only beholden to the undefinable will of the Self. Therefore we can say that Alan Watts was a Jnani because he was an alcoholic and depressed. He realized that these were the simply Karma, and thus mere appearances within the Self. Therefore he went with it. He did not assume an illusory responsibility for the wellbeing of the body, and so did not act to heal it, because he was liberated

Yeah, cats are masters of blissing out.

A true master.

@Truth Addict Dismantle. Get rid of all this nonesense. What you (specifically) need right now is an empty mind. Aim for that. I wish you success. Once you achieved that come back and we discuss the next step (ie. the illusion of the "I" @SoonHei tried to illustrate).

Jan Esman. Craig Holiday. Adyashanti. The three Kundalini masters that I know to be legitimate. Specially the first one I've had personal contact with and in fact was the person who activated my won kundalini.

@Tony 845 Sri Ramana's Maharshi's writing was particularly instructive. As for how it felt, it didn't feel any particular way. It was more like: "Oh yeah I've known this all the time."

Yes.

Kundalini dissolving into reality gives full enlightenment. If you have active kundalini, i sincerely recommend you seek out a qualified master.

@Salvijus Dismissing Kundalini is a real tragedy.

While rare, you can be simultaneously depressed and still enlightened. People don't want to believe this, but you can be the worst person in the earth and be enlightened. You can be depressed, suicidal, alcoholic, or a drug addict, and be enlightened. All of those things exist within the Self. The Self is independent of those things.

Well the pose does nothing. It has no importance in the scheme of things. You could just lie down but then you might fall asleep. I suggest you find something that works for you and stick to that. Once again, the pose does nothing.

Sit on a pillow.

It is preparing the body for upholding enlightenment. You can think of it as prepping you for enlightenment but once it happens you realize why the concepts of "I", "me" and "you" no longer make sense.

@Gligorije Who says there are things?

@caelanb Yes. The depth and breadth of his knowledge was phenomenal. I must have read his book "The Way of Zen" at least 10 times.

Not everybody has an active Kundalini. It's not that they skip it consciously but rather that they don't feel it. Kundalini is divine energy that by default lies dormant at the base of the spine above the muladhara chakra. When it's activated and energized properly it can break out of it's and begin to rewire your physiology in a way that allows you to uphold enlightenment at very intense levels. It is best worked on under the guidance of a qualified shaktipat master.

@caelanb Don't get me wrong, Alan Watts was without a shadow of a doubt an enlightened master, but, as he said himself, he loved to philosophize, and philosophy is not what enlightenment is about. Just be mindful of that.

@Rilles I feel for all these seekers. It is only mind games. One only has to bow out to realize.

Cutting, suffering, sufferer, pain, blood, knife, headache, forum, accounts, experiences. These are all thoughts. I am this, I am that. Be as you are, without these thoughts ever arising, and you will see for yourself how cutting "me" is really cutting "yourself". Really look into your direct experience of life and see if you can find the doer of actions. Go grab a glass of water and drink it, without there ever being the thought of the glass, the water, the drinking and the drinker. It's all the Self. Undivided. The Self is like the cinema screen on which different scenes play out. The mind divides the images into parts and assigns names to them. One of these is the "I".

Excellent. That is why the sages say that if enlightenment could be transmitted by words alone then all of mankind would be enlightened. All that we talk about is to be treated as signposts, pointing towards the direction of truth but never quite it. The truth is silent - mouna. Seeing, suffering, feeling etc. are all thoughts. You say I have a headache and I suffer. But sit down and really look into this experience. Can you really find the sufferer? There is no duality. Your present confusion is due to the beliefs held. Empty your head and look into your direct experience. There is just reality, and it is not split into parts. That is what the absolute is.

Hmm. This last one hits close to home.

@non_nothing Body, mirror, eyes, I. These are all thought forms. So is vision. You believe that thoughts don't exist. That is a thought. You believe that the source comes from your body. That is a thought. You believe that the feeling of existence emanates from the body. That is a thought. The important thing to realize here is that identification with body is an illusion. So is identification with any thought form, or any emotions. These are the three levels of detachment that are most pertinent to your case. Now only by inquiring the nature of all those thoughts can you begin to see through their illusion. But that is something that has to be done by you. You have to keep questioning these beliefs, and see if you can find evidence against them. Here's an example: In dreamless sleep, there is neither body nor mind, yet you continue to exist. Is this not so? Does your existence stop when you are in deep sleep? Even though there is no mind or body to experience the Self, and there is no awareness of the material world, being continues. Can you see that? I assume that you are interested in enlightenment. What do YOU think is the reason you are not enlightened?

@non_nothing Stop that belief and see for yourself. Identification with a body is based on the thought "I am the body." How would things be if that thought never occurred? Moreover, who is this "I"? Where is it? Can you point out to anywhere in the body and say, there it is, that's me? If you point to your head and say that's it, then who is it that is becoming aware of the head?

God is a concept (by which we measure our pain xD)