Inliytened1

If we don't have stories then what the hell else do we have ? To me - becoming immersed- completely lost in your own dream - is the ultimate experience. It is in fantasy that we find true liberation. Yes, realizing it is a fantasy and waking up is from it is crucial, and part of the steps - but it's not anything special. A dreaming state is just as good.

There is no reason to physically harm yourself or even harm yourself mentally. But the essence of spirituality is ego death. Reality is a mental construct, and so is the ego. So the dissolution of this mental construct is what leads to awakening and what spirituality ultimately is. It is dangerous. There is no guarantee you will return. But it wouldn't be spirituality any other way. And besides- if you do return, as a mystic, life will be much grander.

@Javfly33 you're not getting it. One who has already awakened from the dream chooses to believe it! See the difference? And that makes it not so horrible. You can say they are still attached to the ego - and this would be true. But you are too - despite your enlightenment. You are, otherwise you would not be in human form right now.

@Javfly33 what you are talking about can work - it is basically dissassociation from the self and thus disassociating from the trauma. But notice that this IS a form of healing that you are doing. Or to properly put in context - it is a defense mechanism. The wound will still end up coming back because it is not a permanent heal. You could technically float through life like this and be happy- which is why I said it could work. I've used this method myself and I know it works. But ultimately its better if you address baggage you are holding and resolve it so that it can't come back and nag at you later.

@Javfly33 if you dont think about your trauma it doesnt exist. Thats from the Absolute POV. So from that point of view you are correct. The ego is an illusion and thus so is any trauma. The issue is we don't dwell in the Absolute - we dwell within our minds. So healing through shadow work is necessary. I would love to live in the Absolute 24/7, but it's just not realistic when we look out through finite eyes. What is finite can be wounded, and healing is necessary.

Alone is only a limitation in your Mind. If you think about Infinity - it has to be one. It cannot have separate parts. "I" am alone is not technically correct. Alone (All One) is

@Intraplanetary @Arthogaan its the egos fight against solipsism. It has no end. But i digress, because i dont like to use that word either. But not because it means alone, but because I prefer Oneness.

You say that - but when you have suffered enough in this world you will have enlightenment. You will know when you know. Only then will you become God. And even then, your job here is not yet done. There is still much in this dream to be harvested. Only when the harvesting is complete will you move on to another dream. A lot of work was put into everything you see around you - and the finite eyes from which you gaze out. It is not something God will toss away easily.

To be that - to truly be that - you have to give up all wants and control. All selfishness must be sacrificed. If that makes sense. Can you do that? It's not that easy. That's what you did to stop being God. You became a self.

The infinity of Gods falls apart because it assumes that within the dream anyone with a brain or who supposedly has consciousness is having their own experience. But what if brains don't have consciousness? Then a person becomes no different than a chair. So if you want to go that route, break a chair down to atoms having their own experiences. Then quarks. Then what's smaller then quarks. You can keep going to Infinity You can keep going- to Infinity You are left with Infinity

Splendid. Not all of your psyche rebels against Truth. Otherwise you would not become the Truth on 5-MeO. Many would take it and it would do nothing. Your mind is curious about the nature of reality - and open to anything- and that is what sets you apart.

What have you found out about the Absolute in your deepest trips?

Look at Bazooka - just layin' it down.

You can awaken to being completely alone as God. You can call this whatever you want. Bit you can awaken to being God - with all other being you - no different than a dream at night. Does that make you alone? Yes, from the sense that you for the first time realize that everything else including the idea of you is held within your mind as an idea. It will shock you to the core. But that is God realization. It also comes with Divine Bliss. It is not all bleak. It is only bleak for the first time God realizes it is by itself. It is a responsibility no one wants.

The fun is in not being God - for God.

And remember- it's Inliytened1 not enlightened one.

You were always the coolest member of the forum - regardless of your level of consciousness. Your humor is unmatched - making you the coolest! The rest of us are just enlightened dorks. But alas - as any awakened master must admit - that makes me the funniest - since you are indeed a projection of my own mind as God.

How much serious self inquiry have you done prior? How many hours of concentration meditation or do nothing?

@SQAAD little beknownst to you, if you had all the cheat codes right now there would be zero challenge. You wouldn't be able to sit here and ask yourself - why cant i be God?

Yup. By the way - I am glad there is another enlightened one among us now. That makes the two of us ?

You are experiencing it right now. You are just experiencing it in a limited state of consciousness. But you can experience it as an unlimited state as well.

Everything is possible because of Infinity. So a complete understanding of reality is possible in a non-dual state of Consciousness. AKA omniscience. It is something I've accessed as the God Mind but only while in that state of God Consciousness. Becoming God is becoming Infinity itself - so you ARE Infinity. Understanding and Being are One. Or you can say it as first order is the totality of both 2nd and 1st order.

Stop there.

You will never awaken with this line of thought. The ego is an illusion and awakening is the dissolution of such illusion. But I understand the dilemma. I do. @Enlightement Awakening cannot be attained by an ego. But one must realize that beneath the veil of the illusion lies God or Truth. Truth is Consciousness- and Consciousness is all there is. And you are it. Thus, the glass can be broken. But it must be done with such a precise delicacy. A delicacy that cannot be explained here. Because knowing is not knowing. A simple curiosity into the nature of reality might do. Do not press down too hard with the drill, or you will strip the bolt. The perfect balance must be struck

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