VeganAwake

Relative absolute duality and non-duality are just words. The experience is where the answer lies. If the sense of self has not fallen away, the experience will feel like a separate individual here, experiencing existence out there. (This is a relative/dual experience) This is called Maya the illusion of the self / duality. If the sense of self has fallen away, the experience will feel like existence experiencing itself as itself. (This would be considered non-dual awareness or non-duality) But in the biggest picture possible and when Awakening occurs it's recognized that the separate self never actually existed, it was just an illusion. And what does the separate self represent? Duality. Duality isn't real, it only feels real from inside the illusion. ❤ You literally cannot grasp this with the mind because the mind thinks dualistically.

That communication isn't saying there isn't apparent consequences... It's saying that the consequences and outcome have no meaning purpose or value. Whether you keep the job whether you lose the job whether you find a better job whether you go on unemployment whether you're homeless... Nothing matters in that sense... who knows you may have the experience of your life living under the bridge with an enlightened homeless guy... Basically whatever path is taken isn't any better than any other path... Only the mind with an agenda thinks otherwise...

Try to beat THIS THIS...

Not having any resistance to what is. Full acceptance of the current situation. This does not not mean that you brainwash yourself into liking everything or become a meditating pacifist accepting all behaviors... Rather when there is no resistance to what is, suffering is reduced greatly and there's a peaceful undertone in all walks of life ❤

@Beginner Mind I was joking by the way hehe... I'm sure you figured that out but just in case ?

You better watch it dammit I don't want you to be eating magic brownies next week and posting threads about how you realized your brownies are Enlightenment because they make you happy. ...

I don't know whether you're being sarcastic or not but that's funny as hell either way ...? and it's THIS as well lol

Yeah bro you're not just going to sit there and stare in the mirror in amazement saying oh my God I am God... Get out go on dates with yourself drink yourself eat yourself s*** yourself out flush yourself... watch yourself making a movie about yourself on your cell phone which is also yourself.

@Beginner Mind If you haven't seen this full video yet ❤ It won a lot of awards at numerous film festivals including the Buddha International Film Festival. In my opinion it's one of the greatest films of all time depicting traditional Awakening/Enlightenment experiences described in yogic tradition.

Shocked lol? I really think there is a lot we don't know about each other my friend ❤ I was starting to assume you labeled me as an Eckhart Tolle Fanboy/Neo Advaitist's. I don't follow any belief system or have any kind of identity or attachment to any kind of teaching/teacher whatsoever. I am free.. Nonduality is just apparently the best word to describe the experience that occurred here for no-one. Awakening or Enlightenment isn't something to be rated... that's simply another form of dualistic perception causing division in the whole.

Haha yes we'll watch it together on my couch ...I got the cookies you bring the vegan eggnog with Soco...?

Yeah no problem... and that's totally perfect because it's what's happening ❤ What was said was not just their influences, it was my own Awakening experience along with dozens of other spiritual influencers / Masters.. Osho and Robert Wolfe we're also very big on the communication that nothing really matters and there is no goal.

What if there were no goals? What if there was no meaning purpose or value to anything and it was recognised these are just concepts created by the disease of the Mind. What if nothing really mattered.. Would you feel afraid or free?

There isn't any certain way anything needs to be... and no one can predict how things will turn out... and the opinion of how things turned out, would be just that, an opinion. Someone who believes they are God may have an amazing life.(but what is a great life, it's just an opinion).. one person may believe a great life is being single and having sex with thousands of partners... another might believe it's being happily married with a great family and kids. Some of what I considered the worst experiences at the time, I look back on and think wow what an incredible journey and amazing learning opportunity. There's no telling the outcome of a path... therefore whatever path is chosen is the right one unless you believe it isn't.. " The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction, however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart. If you wish to see the truth then hold no opinion for or against. The struggle of what one likes and what one dislikes is the disease of the mind" - Sengstan, Hsin Hsin Ming Suffering is caused by the resistance to what IS. I've heard it said to "take the middle way"... but what is "the middle way"... everybody's middle way or middle path is different lol. Any way you choose, becomes your way. And even if you didn't choose it it's still your way. The perception of the situation is what makes all the difference in the world. And I have a secret ...perception can be changed infinitely. Perception is your god-given power ❤

When the mechanism that creates suffering and separation(ego) is understood, it's much easier to have compassion and understanding for people's behavior. To me that's literally what unconditional love means. It doesn't mean you become a meditating pacifist, you still set your boundaries and hold your ground if someone's behaving inappropriately. Unconditional love was something that improved in increments as the effects of Awakening became clearer and clearer. The Paradox is you can really dislike someone's behavior and actions and simultaneously have a deep love respect and compassion for them. Like Leo says Awareness alone is Curative... It's typically not something that happens quickly... do not beat yourself up over it ❤

There's no real difference between knowledge insights or epiphanies... but to the separate sense of self, everything means something... a story gets created... how does knowledge effect the ME character... how does it supposedly benefit or not benefit ME. Judgement can still occur, its just not occurring for any one. There's still a conditioned body here that prefers coffee over tea or white rice over brown rice... Not that much changes in a certain sense... but the best way to describe how it feels is that it does not feel personal any longer. If a flat tire occurs it's just what's happening, a story isn't created about why this happened to ME.. the resistance to what is falls away. A complete surrender to beingness and all that it entails it's a great way to describe the feeling. When the illusion Falls away everything feels the same and radically different at the same time. ❤

@traveler this was one of the pictures I drew in Okinawa Japan during one of the big Awakenings. It was when I was starting to recognize rather quickly that the entire story of the ME character was just a compilation of beliefs ideas perceptions and thoughts that I held about myself and not any real entity within the human body ❤ ( forgive the horrible spelling) The tiny circle that says true self ended up being a complete void of emptiness that seemed to collapse back into the infinite energy... it was then I realized I am nothing and everything simultaneously...

They do that in Kuwait I've seen it... No one is getting beat over the head but beating over the head can happen. The separate sense of self would create a long complex story of how unfair it was that 'I' got beat over the head...

Yes the highest unteaching or unlearning.

Hehe, the southern lady thing is funny... I really do it as a kind gesture to illustrate the unconditional love I have for everyone whether it appears we are in agreeance or not ❤ ? I was a hardcore Seeker for a couple years prior to liberation( beginner's luck samadhi experience)... after Liberation occurred what was recognized is everything is absolute complete freedom... You are free to seek knowledge for the rest of your life or sit on your couch eating cookies none of it matters whatsoever.. We are already whole free complete it's just whether it's recognized or not... and even then it makes no difference at all. Liberation isn't any better than anything else... it's just something that apparently happens ❤

Cool story bud and isn't it incredible it's all happening within THIS... Nothing happens outside of THIS... Pertaining to your question about who shot the messenger, that would be the illusory separate sense of self and the same separate sense of self that got triggered to write this statement... Cool right...?

Traveler friend lol...? I really thought it was funny when that lady was pointing out to rupert that she had listened to all the Papaji's Ramaji's and mooji's before finding him... Old Rupert just gave a surprised / puzzled look to someone in the back near the camera... I was like come on Rupert seriously that s*** was funny as hell crack a smile at least.. I'm aware he was probably doing it out of respect for other teachers though ❤

It was obviously an opinion.. Didn't mean to offend.. Have watched probably almost all of his videos... it's good stuff .. just outgrew it. Also said he's a great guy and I love him LOL..❤ but you didn't mention that ?