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Before Enlightenment one must roll the boulder up the mountain, after Enlightenment one must still roll the boulder up the mountain.... what has changed? The resistance to what is... Sounds like you got the message loud and clear thanks for sharing that was a very interesting story ❤

I once saw a pigeon-toed albino giraffe with a crooked neck at the Santa Barbara Zoo it was quite the experience

@Gnosis ? Yes when a direct experience of awakening occurs it's not a debatable topic... Its no one abiding in Non-dual awareness stating opinions about everything and nothing to no one... I can absolutely see how it would resemble a stubborn opinionated know-it-all guy. ?

That's right but when it's recognized there are no separate individuals it's simultaneously recognized all is One AKA non-dual awareness/ Buddha nature. It's recognized the separate individual experiencing the absolute was never the case... it's always been the absolute experiencing itself as itself. Even Oneness or the absolute is realized to be illusion.. Ramana Maharshi spoke of this... emptiness within emptiness. I really don't usually discuss all the recognitions that follow the no self realization because it sounds like a complex story when it's really quite basic when it occurs.

It's not as easy as intellectually understanding the false self is an illusion.. The seeking energy has to actually dissolve.. If that doesn't happen first it doesn't matter what recognition/belief takes place you will continue to seek or run on the hamster wheel for the rest of your life because you are quite literally still identified as the seeking energy/separate self. "Three things that can't be hidden for long the Sun the Moon and Truth"

What happened here was when it was recognized by no one that the individual 'ME' was an illusion, the idea of anything truly having any meaning purpose or value dissolved because there wasn't an individual left for anything to matter for. The resistance to life died. Nothing matters is a freedom message for no one but I better shut up now before I get kicked off LOL

The debacle if it could be called that, is there is no longer a belief in an individual here that could become aware of something called God consciousness in the future. It was recognized quite clearly that not only is there no one here, but no one ever existed in the first place...( it was a misidentification) The excitement of finding anything fell away because it was realized there isn't anyone here that would actually benefit from finding or becoming conscious of anything.... Its a big non-issue for no one ?

And individual mind can say there's a benefit from things mattering or not mattering but that also doesn't matter and has no meaning purpose or value to it whatsoever....

Well what was recognized here was the belief that something has meaning purpose and value ends up being just a projection of the mind. You could say there's value in the recognition that there is no meaning purpose or value to anything but that just becomes another projection of the mind.

Yes that's all seeking energy can do is continue to seek ... the good news is there's nothing to find because nothing was ever missing... And whatever is found has no meaning purpose or value whatsoever... it's incredible ❤

And none of those realizations have any meaning purpose or value whatsoever.. they do not benefit anything in any way. And even if one was to say I've discovered the truth that has no meaning purpose or value whatsoever to anything at all.

The denial of our Natural Instincts is hurting Us.. It's not that we should act on all our instinctual desires.... that could get us thrown in prison. This energy needs to pass through us and be recognized for what it is. The suppression is becoming the prison. The answer is not to turn our attention away from it and stuff it down into the subconscious even farther... I've heard some interesting stories on people acting out scenarios to relieve this tension and energy... it's funny I think of Jim Carrey acting out in all of his movies... although his character always seem similar there's a subtle acting out and getting rid of a lot of built-up energy Society creates in us... Definitely going to explore this topic further ❤

When it's recognized that even the apparent mind that creates illusion is also illusion.... emptiness no thing pregnant nothingness... Boundlessness... holyshitness When Even Silence is not it.... Its......................

@Thewritersunion thank you for sharing I appreciate that... I love hearing all the different perspective ❤

We were just wearing dark sunglasses on a foggy day and we forgot to put our contacts in. When the fog lifts, the sunglasses are removed and the contacts are put in, the Map and the Territory merge and for the first time its recognized you have always been home... A joyous energy begins to arise because it's realized the destination was always right where You were standing. It's always been right under the nose... The sun has always been shining bright behind the clouds(veil), the dark cloudy day was the illusion. The finger-pointing was it.. What the finger was pointing at was it.. The one observing the finger-pointing was it.. The Seeker and the Sought were never something separate.. The journey and the destination was always Oneness. "Many are standing at the door, but it is the solitary that will enter the bridal chamber" " Whoever has ears let them hear" - Jesus (Gospel of Thomas)

I respect your opinion and I would personally like to hear everything you have to say about deeper stages ... in detail if possible please ?

By shining the light of awareness on it. When the light of awareness is shined on any situation it's easier to understand and unconditionally accept the situation because the mechanisms that create the suffering can be revealed.

Yes absolutely there's apparently Something Happening Here and it's completely empty... a pregnant nothingness happening for No One.. Nothing will die because nothing was born. Ultimate phenomenon.... best in town ?

Well love and unconditional love are just words.. These words are pointing to the unconditional acceptance of what is... What is happening doesn't have to be preferred or liked but it can be accepted because it's what's happening. Love = full acceptance of what is

Yep...The illusion is thinking there's something here now ?

@SOUL ❤...hehe yes agreed perfect!

When nothing matters there isn't an issue with loving or giving your dog water... if there was that would mean something mattered. Nothing matters has a deeper understanding... That's okay because I didn't take the time to explain everything in detail...❤ It's unconditional love ?

One of Leo's videos that helped is called "Distraction the egos favorite defense mechanism" When I look back now after several Awakening experiences it's easily recognized how important it was to Calm the whirlpool of the Mind or Chronic pathological over thinking( monkey chatter) Traditional yogis believe that our souls are divine and therefore our true nature is a state of peace and bliss. But the whirls of consciousness that disturb our minds prevent us from experiencing our true nature. To reach the state of stillness—known as Samadhi—that allows us to experience the divine within us, we must reach the point where all the whirls of consciousness completely cease. A very straightforward translation of the sutra that defines yoga. Is quieting the mind through meditation. Yoga is the ability to direct the mind exclusively toward an object and sustain that direction without any distractions. But either way, whether the aim of your practice is to experience the divine bliss that is your true nature or simply to become more present and comfortable with uncertainty, quieting the mind is the path that will get you there.

A very pivotal moment here was when I started to recognize although I couldn't control what thoughts would arise, they just seemed to be arising less often and without as much energy behind them. I had control of whether I entertained the thoughts or not. Until one day I had almost no mind chatter at all... I noticed it at 10am in the morning, it was just quiet. That same day I had a snapping out of the Matrix experience.... my mind was so quiet that I immediately recognized how everybody's Minds we're controlling them and having them run around in the rat race doing doing doing achieving achieving achieving. I recognized our own minds have us Tangled in The Matrix....not anyone or anything else... our own minds!!