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Shakespeare wasn't enlightened. Do not underestimate Inifnity. That duality collapses into the Absolute.

Yes there is and its a great question and one that probably isn't touched on enough here. But Goodness with a capital G is an Absolute. This is synonmous with Absolute Love. For example all evil is simply an unconscious form of Goodness. Just as hate is a finite form of Love. It's still Love in the Absolute sense but it is unconscious of what it truly is. This is a result of Oneness.

@VeganAwake Absolute Truth is not a belief. God / infinite Mind / Infinite Love is not a belief. Your awakening is yet to be complete.

This is the whole key right here. Embracing your ego while at the same time becoming more and more conscious of the deceptions of your mind so that you can elude self deception. This is a work in progress but the more conscious you become of your own self deceptions the better off you will be. Again you must strike a balance. Anything i have ever accomplished in life took me becoming obsessed with it and going all the way. Do or die. That is what it takes. Yet simultaneously you do need to relax and not be so hard on yourself. Your awakening should tell you that in the end its all just for fun so relax and enjoy. Failures will come and thats OK. That's how you grow. Take the negative with the positive. Finding balance is an ongoing process.

Go meta, realize the craving is hitting - and find the will to put your attention on something else!! Once attention is diverted it will pass.

Man that is all some deep truths there my man. And your awakening sounds a lot like mine. That's awesome. And i totally get the paradoxical nature - i have felt all the same feelings. All of them. Actually after my awakenings i was afraid of going insane for a while - with ego death and losing the sense of self..(and due to the seeming contradiction between ego and God).so i actually put the focus back on the ego for a while. See the thing is - i came to grasp That's its OK to embrace the imaginary ego as well as your True self. Just in a much more conscious way. And i know you have probably heard this before around here but think of it as a video game - when you play a video game you know the game isn't real - but yet you still enjoy the game and try to do the best you can in the game. Why? Just for the sake of the game. The fact that is a game in that case makes it even more glorious. That's kinda how reality works. Its OK to embrace the ego - its the only way you will really be able to enjoy this life. At the same time you can still minimize selfishness and show compassion for others. And you can still bask in the Truth as well, as it is always present but you need passion and drive in this life to put you into a position where you can enjoy just sitting and basking in the present moment. I would try to steer away from seeking another mystical experience though - it will just happen on its own like it did before. And if it doesn't that's OK. All is still divine. I know that's easier said then done - when you realize that God exists it is quite a thing. Just my take of course.

Are you referring to a why for self actualizing (personal development) or for spirituality (to discover Absolute Truth)? I know in the end they come together (self actualizing becomes Self Actualizing hehe) but what is your current focus?

Perhaps some self inquiry is in order? What you actually are is not localized in any way its omnipresent. Everywhere and nowhere. Hence pure Actuality!

Ofcourse- regardless of your level of consciousness you are always creating..and when you realize the Absolute you will dissolve into Absolute Love and Goodness. Which is not a finite thought or logical label. It simply IS. So yeah i wouldn't worry too much about the stages or take them on as dogma as they are just models - continue the work and find out for yourself. And as you mentioned take a meta POV on how you are currently viewing meaninglessness and realize that that is still applying a meaning to something. Just like non-existence is a thought within existence. (All there is is existence)

@Intraplanetary you are the Creator of meaning. And of meaninglessness.

@Javfly33 i think you will find stress in most jobs. Stress is a part of life. The key is how you respond to stress. Its vital to find a healthy release valve. For me that release valve is the gym. I do a run, lift some weights, and sit in the sauna. Afterwards i have this amazing feeling of well being where i can just sit and meditate for an hour or so. So that's a much healthier alternative than turning to let's say drugs or alcohol which are horrible on the body. (Besides all the other potentially negative affects they can have on your life) Just some thoughts my brother! Stay the course and much love

Maybe you will become conscious that we are you, and all in your Mind

Then by this point you are blind. Idiot is a lack of compassion. Unconscious is a better description.

Regardless of approval, he is using his "conquest" of Covid as a ploy to ignite his followers. We will see ultimately if his followers are enough to win four more years. There is a really good chance of it unfortunately. I hope the nation can pull forward and advance past his regime - but i am not so sure that is where we are at collectively.

Your soul is also a thought that appeared

Or before. There is really no body or before. There is no one truly alive or dead, there is just God. But God can trick itself so it can discover itself again over and over. Awaken.

Yes. It can because it is Infinite. Whatever perspective it takes is what it is. It is realizing that it is itself which is enlightenment.

Their light does shine beautifully - the light of Love. But that needs no powers. And yes even an enlightened master still has some impurities. Otherwise he would have already dissolved into Infinity and be dead. And if any of them tell you different they aren't yet awake.

Babies do not have a developed ego so they are free from devilry...but they are not yet conscious that they are God.

Be careful of materialistic definitions. Remember science today does not yet grasp that Consciousness is fundamental and that brains exist within consciousness not vice versa. Science has yet to catch up. And it could be hundreds of years Next - Consciousness is Infinity. Meaning infinity is all possibilities - which means it ultimately negates itself. And you get a Mind for reality. So Infinity itself is not an illusion as it is unlimited and eternal. What appears within infinity - or the limited parts within infnity - is the illusion - or you could say - what is imagined by Inifnity. Waking up is when what is being imagined by Infinity realizes it is in fact the whole thing, and so it becomes the whole thing. You can see the twisted paradoxical nature here. The serpent eating its own tail.

Indeed

@Persipnei to grasp this you really have to break away from the materialist paradigm or the paradigm of physicalism - which suggests a physical and thus objective, reality. Think of reality rather as a giant Mind. Think of it as Infinity. Infinity and Consciousness are synonymous. You can think of it as a field, but it is not truly a field - truly it is absolutely nothing. Completely formless. This is because it is absolutely infinite. That's what Consciousness actually is. And thats what you are in your Absolute form - which is nothing. That is the Absolute. The relative, or finite, is when Infinity splinters itself into finite parts. The substance of these parts are still nothing, but they appear as a particular type of finite form. Each part has its own angle or POV of reality. Because it is a piece of reality. It is whatever piece or POV of reality that it is. And so there appears to be nothing but these finite pieces of reality. This is how reality experiences itself. Through these subjective, finite points of view it is able to explore itself. Or you can think of it as Infinity imagines itself as a limited form so that it can see itself through that lens. And reality is a collection of these lenses. And simultaneously it is completely One and unsplintered.

Bingo. It comes full circle.

Alone is still an accurate description of the realization of Oneness because God can feel. That is the part that can't be described.

Well when God wakes up separation is shattered.