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@SerpaeTetra being quiet is not a weakness it's a sign of wisdom. It took me a long time to learn that. Just don't have fear to say something if you feel it.

@Vegan Duff its a paradox or a strange loop if you will. It is everything and nothing.

@Leo Gura yeah but apparently when i state this i get blasted for being a "keyboard warrior" or something like that. So maybe we are speaking way too deep for most people here and that's what sets them off.

@SerpaeTetra thats a strength not a weakness. You have sensitivity and strong emotions. That's a good thing just work on mastering your emotions. I sometimes feel the same after a post - i worry or get emotional that i said something someone may not agree with - there are a lot of very intelligent people here. But then i remind myself that in the end it doesn't matter what other people think..its OK. No matter how embarrassing a moment may be or how much you blunder...that moment passes in an instant and is gone. There is only the present moment

@Autumn can you elaborate by giving an example of what you mean by the devil offering to help you up higher? Are you referring to robbing a bank or something ? LOL.. What i mean is there is not necessarily anything wrong with wealth or power. It is just that you have to be conscious/awake about it when you have it.

Love alone is actually what ultimately awakens someone.

@xthebentnecklady there are layers to imagination. Tiers if you will. The ego imagines it had 1 million - tier 3 The ego imagines killing leo - tier 3 The ego has 1 million - tier 2 The ego kills leo - tier 2 Leo dies and becomes god - Leo's tier 1

@tedens several individuals on the thread decided to trash me and that's fine - it doesn't bother me. Actually its expected with this stuff being so radical. My purpose by posting this is to say that i speak from life experience.

@kieranperez and no I'm not just a keyboard warrior or whatever - i am 48 and make over six figures and i want to give back to people that are younger. Take the advice or leave it. I am not just spitting BS or parroting anything.

@possibilities LOL. You gave me a chuckle. Not a bot or a hot chick just trying to provide wisdom with love. @kieranperez perhaps i was too high level but bullshitting you isn't gonna help you either. From a pragmatic POV which is from where you asked the question i will say this. Suck it up! There is no magic pill. You are gonna have to survive while you figure yourself out and there will be suffering involved. But there will also be bliss and good times. Embrace both and NEVER ever give in or give up. That's how you win in life. By losing so many times that it hurts. And then you win.

@Ingit #1 stop caring about what others think. They are not better than you. In fact they are projections of your own mind but that's way too advanced right now. So for now just stop worrying what others think. #2 You are God. Grow a backbone. Tell him what's up. If he doesn't like it - walk away. Eventually he will realize you have changed and he will change.

@xthebentnecklady "At least not on this realm" You made your own point. There is no difference between real and imagination within imagination.

@zeroISinfinity

@Mikael89 exactly. Which is exactly why you can awaken. Because you know this.

@Nahm indeed

@hamedsf yes from the vantage point that the fear of death is gone. Still have to eat in human form. And even then as the ego the fear of death may linger even if you are conscious there is nothing to fear anymore because you are God. @moon777light those are temporary states as @Enlightenment stated. A permanent state of non-duality there is no you.

A permanent state of pure being is death.

@Grant NZ well remember in order for something to have a form it will ultimately suffer. Purely because it is finite and also because It needs to maintain that form to survive - which ultimately cannot be sustained. The formless is Infinite, Absolute Love, Bliss/Nirvana and infinite Intelligence. Both form and formless - finite and infinite are still God and God loves all of itself. It is One. Awakening to yourself allows you to see this and to see that in fact everything is nirvana! That's God's intention and you are it!

@StarStruck self inquiry is discovering your true nature. The higher self. Self improvement/life purpose is the small self or ego. Both can be done in tandem.

@Commodent doubt of the self and skepticism are two different things.

@SoonHei bingo!

@Anton Rogachevski Great question! I believe you can do both - perhaps slowly work your way into it. For example you could publish some books on enlightenment and sell them - you would be helping others to awaken and the profits would go to your survival - so if that is something you could accept then it would be fine. Eventually you could have enough to live off and start your own spiritual school somewhere for free.

@tedens Yes he has a "loose identity" which definitely helps a ton in this work - he can step in out of any character. (jump between perspectives)

@Natasha Nice didn't know about Jim Carey -