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No. But it can make you aware of how deluded you already are.

Because that way the ego is triggered and easily exposed. It is easy to identify its nature if it's screaming in your face, so to speak.

In the centre. Therein lays your power. Fragmentation is the only way through which one is able to evolve. Evolution cannot occur without polarization. Integration cannot occur without polarization. There is no one without one. Down the hallway you will go. How will you do it is up to you. Evolution is your one and only intention. All else is you going down the hallway. How long will it take you and what will you encounter is completely up to you. Challenges must be. Contradiction must be. Opposition must be. Obstacles must be. It is how integration occurs. How transcendence occurs. Liberation. Expansion. The quality of challenges and your relation to them is completely up to you. The way in which you choose to integrate opposites is also up to you. But integrate you will. Love you will. One way or another. Knowing it or not. You love simply because you are. Being is loving. Loving is integrating. Like it or not; that's your job here. You must integrate opposites. Unite dualities. In fact, you want to do it. Otherwise polarization would not be. Fragmentation would not be. Separation would not be. Evolution would not be. This game is serious. Start playing for real. Do it consciously. Awake. Be conscious of your own unification. It is happening at this very moment.

God does not think. God is all thoughts.

Production skills; Learn how to mix and master your own material. Or count on investing in a good producer. Your ideas might be grand, unique or even ground-breaking, but if they sounds like crap; nobody will enjoy it. Your mix needs to be pleasant to the common ear and stand up to today's production standards. Or possibly transcend them. Promotion skills; You gotta put your stuff out there. Thank God you live in the era of internet. Much easier nowadays. But also; competition is huge. You gotta stick out, in some way or fashion. Find your niche. Your audience. Start building a fanbase. Slowly, gradually. Progressively, constantly. Get in touch with the people who dig your music often. Interact. Show interest in their opinions. Show appreciation, gratitude. Value their loyalty. They are your followers. Your army. And they will also, hopefully, buy your music and make you rich, lol. Collaborate Collabs are a great possibility for you to gain attention from fans that are already subscribed to a successful artist. Send them your material. Propose for a collab. Be nice and professional. Live performance Gotta hit the stage; sooner or later. People love hearing artists live. Work on your stage presence, charisma, connection with the audience. They gotta remember you. Be yourself. Do not give up! Not an easy road. You will have your ups and downs. It can get devastating. Especially if you decide to go with self-promotion. But you must persist. Believe in your talent. It is to be shared with the whole world. Practice, learn, grow. Be dedicated.

If the universe is the internet, your mind is a computer. You can download bunch of stuff. You can receive updates. Upgrades. Data. Info. Why? Cuz you're online. Connected.

@Leo Gura Thank you! This forum was a big game-changer. It is a true gem. @FredFred ?

I AM is nothingness being aware of itself. Right here. Right now. I AM is God seeing God. Hearing God. Feeling God. Being God. I AM is the ultimate free agent of Infinity. Of source. Of love. I AM is the primal design. The first expression. Purity. I AM is Consciousness. Conscious of itself. Of nothing. I AM is infinite intelligence manifested. Advance technology. I AM <-- THAT I AM I AM is nothingness activated. All else is nothing. All prior. All after. Only I AM. Right here. Right now. Forever I AM.

@Leo Gura Steady. Constant. At a natural pace. Mainly focused on transcending linearity now. The mind still sneaks itself in at times. No absence of awareness though. Obvious shift in baseline. No effort. No struggle. Emptiness prevails.

@now is forever ?

@now is forever Nothing ever happens

@Monkey-man I mean nothing. Precisely.

@Nahm Without I AM, the unseen would not see itself.

"Not a drop of blood is drawn But you know how it bleeds Beware of the sharp edged weapon Called human being" - Death What is pain? Where does it come from? What causes it? I have no idea. Maybe this thread will shed some light on pain. Perhaps the future holds some answers, hidden from this current point of view. It is always a good choice to dive deeper. Or so it seems. Ultimately, pain is an effect created by awareness, within awareness. All pain is self-inflicted. Absolutely. But that seems like an "easy way out". Does not cut deep enough. Does not fill the cup. No bells ringing. I do not intend to go way too technical about this. Or over-conceptualize things. There are no actual questions about anything, really. All point to one precise answer. But hey, I still play. I push the envelope, watch it bend... Despite knowing it's all a game; an illusion. I am equally dedicated to playing as I am to doing nothing. Can tell difference no more. If it hurts but you cannot see it, is it still magic? Physical pain seems rather simple and straight forward. Instant. Not so amusing, mysterious. You cut yourself; it hurts. You bleed. One thing to another. No time for questions. You are in pain. When I push the scissors against my leg; I am able to choose the intensity of the pain effect. It starts out as nothing. A slight sensation of pressure. But if I push harder, pain is activated. Intensified. The spectrum is infinite. From the gentlest kiss, to the deepest cut - it all happens within one spectrum. And you are it. Can get twisted. But what about the pain that you cannot locate? Or describe? Or explain it in a linear fashion? Or any, for that matter? What is it's origin? Nothing is not a good enough answer. You may argue it's resistance. Or perhaps a story. Trauma. Unresolved past. Attachment. But truth is, that too is a story. Who's to believe? No one. When pain strikes from nowhere, only silence hears you screaming. Only nothing knows the reason why. No form has ever soothed the formless. And so it remains. Certain things are not to be questioned. Only survived. "It is a shield of passion And strong will From this I am the victor Instead of the kill" Don't go looking for traces. They lead nowhere. Simply accept. Experience. Let through. Pain is change. Energy in motion. Motion is illusory and so is change. Does not stop pain from hurting. Pain is to hurt. It serves it's purpose perfectly, just as everything else does. Bite down.

@How to be wise Did not read her material, so far. Not familiar with the name, either. I often see people here recommending her book(s?). Must be for a reason. Might look after it some time. Mind sharing a word or two about the author?

@Leo Gura Agreed. You cannot give up understanding before reaching a full understanding of it. You cannot give up knowing yourself before truly coming to know yourself. Exclusion is not what this thread is about. I simply aim to see things for what they are; without denying the importance of any. It may seem contradictory, but this is exactly how unification and integration are playing themselves out. Each mind is unique, thus each one has its own unique process of transcendence. Thanks and Great to see ya back. Lookin sharp!

surrender to resistance. existence is non-existence. death is no bringer of end. birth is no bringer of life. nothing is. you come from nothing; nothing comes for you. you are your own birth, your own death. the alpha and omega. you resist death to feel alive. you surrender life to die, to rest. the past can be loud; future can be tempting. where to go when there is nowhere to go? go sleep or go home.

So you sayin'... A + B = C And C = 0 And A + B + C = 8 I choose 8.

All are hallucinating. All is hallucinating. All love it. Hallucination not the same. Depth of breath defines the game. What is your hallucination? Share the visions and sensations. All loves stories.

Linearity bugs ya. Ya think ya first did this than that. First achieved this than that. When in reality; there is no order. Your work is all over the place. All the time. You might have been presented with yet another unconscious part of yourself. Light must be shed onto it. Like nothing ever happened before. Cuz it didn't, really. You must do it "all over again", like its your first time doing it. All until it repeats itself. Until emptiness is all that is left. Nothing. Pure consciousness. Which knows no linearity.

Paradigms might not be the biggest concern or obstacle. No matter which paradigm you're in; your real issue is identification. Attachment.

@Rinne The game is not static. It is not predetermined. It is ever-changing. Rearranging. Adjusting... to you! Think liquid. Deeper breath = more awareness = more emptiness = epic game

@Jack River Unless all there is is nothing

Welcome @Tausif Ahmed "Spiritual experiences" are hallucinations, as well. All experiences are essentially, illusory. Simply because of there being an experiencer. Once the self is transcendend all there is; is nothing. Pure awareness. Emptiness. God. Awareness contains both the experience and the experiencer. It is awre of all simultaneously. aware of itself. Do not force spirituality into the rationalists' paradigm. Or the atheists'. Authentic awakening transcends all paradigms. Is beyond all perspectives. It is based on direct experience and awareness, purely. And all have access to that. No matter which paradigm they're trapped in. If you wish to raise your/their awareness all you have to and can do is shed light onto the present moment. The now. No one can deny "now". Many are not aware of it being eternal though. And its right in their face, all the time. Forever. Time exists only in their "mind". There is no actual time right here, right now. Never was, never will be. Time exists only in their "head". Yesterday is a story. Tomorrow never comes. There is only now and a... Massive hallucination. Being human is a story.

@How to be wise Yes. But concepts are also real.