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VeganAwake replied to VeganAwake's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
@Serotoninluv Thank you. Yes it's been quite an experience, and it still continues to unfold every day a little bit at a time. I believe I was going through a slow Awakening already and then I sped up the process by a lot of meditation and triggered what I have come to learn as a Samadhi type experience during this awakening. If you are interested in hearing a similar experience, check out the: Daniel Schmidt Buddha at the gas pump interview and producer of Samadhi (Maya the illusion of the self) movie. His experience of Samadhi mimicked my own experience which I found very interesting that I stumbled on this movie within 2 weeks after my experience. Felt like the Divine was sending me a resource because I was so confused at what had happened. -
VeganAwake replied to VeganAwake's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
@Nahm haha thank you very much. you are great as well it took me a long time to write it... there's a lot of other realizations and things I didn't mention but those were the main factors. Have a good evening -
VeganAwake replied to VeganAwake's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
The very essence of this pregnant nothingness is the essence of existence I'm sure of it... -
VeganAwake replied to Maycol's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
@Mikael89 lay on the floor with your eyes closed and die. Cease everything as if you went brain dead. Do this for an hour everyday for 30 days. -
The only thing that stands between you and enlightenment is seeking. ... Enlightenment is not a place to reach, it's not a thing to “get,” it's frankly not even an experience. It's the nature of the moment You are already enlightened spirit. There is nowhere you need to go and nothing to you need to do in order to be that which you already are. The only issue is that you believe the thoughts that say you have to do something to get “there,” and that’s why you suffer and have “problems.” The mind says you’re lacking something, you’re inadequate in some way, that “there” is better than “here,” and the second we buy into the mind’s story, is the moment when peace ends and suffering begins. In a sense, seeking kicks us out of heaven and plants us squarely in hell.
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VeganAwake replied to VictorB02's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
@VictorB02 you can also email certain spiritual teachers, enlightened people and such. You might be surprised how many are willing to set up Skype or phone conversation. -
VeganAwake replied to VeganAwake's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Be mindful of not turning your spiritual practice into just another conceptual effort that only distracts you from realizing the very thing you are seeking. Such activity is just another obstacle from the egoic mind, one of additional distraction and delusion. The truth is this—your presence requires no practice whatsoever. There’s nothing you can do to create more awareness within you. All that is needed is to let go of all preconceptions, assumptions, and expectations and abide in the present moment without thinking about the psychological entity you have created for yourself, which you call, 'I'. If you continue striving to attain something that you already are, then you will forever be occupied with needless busy-work which will only obscure the Truth that is always here and now. No effort is required to realize your Self—it is the very essence of your beingness which enables this very moment to be perceived. You are aware. You exist. Just leave that already-obvious realization to be as it is, being empty of anything additional from the mind. You are the field of infinite consciousness which silently rests underneath each and every sensation. No search can ever locate you, for you are everywhere and everything. You cannot be found, for you are the alert aliveness that knows this present-moment—forever fresh and flowing, never still nor stagnant. The ultimate realization is that there is no “you” whose efforts you need to control through a strict practice, or whose activities you need to manipulate or correct. You only need to awaken to that which is already here. You only need to stop imagining yourself to be something you are not. All else will naturally fall into place once you align your conviction of the truth with your undeniable selfless presence of undivided Being. Drop all opinions and simply be judgement-free. No longer busy yourself with discriminating notions of person, place, or thing. No longer concern yourself with this concept called ‘me’. What you believe yourself to be is not what you are. Attach yourself to nothing, for you are not a thing. You are That which watches the appearance of all forms and things, while you remain free from them all as the formless presence of absolute nothing. Abandon all belief and just quietly observe your body, your mind, and the world without giving your energy of attention away to any of the thoughts arising within consciousness. Be more concerned with the blissful emptiness in which each perception appears, rather than with the objects of perception themselves—this is enlightenment. Maintain focus on the aware presence which seems to accompany you wherever you go. Know that you are this alive emptiness—the space of consciousness that envelops your entire beingness wherever you go, wherever you are. You—Awareness—are all-pervading. As this understanding becomes more clear and vibrant within present consciousness you will realize that in truth, you don't move anywhere, ever—the world moves within you. You, Awareness, remain forever motionless—still, unchanging, deathless, timeless and eternal. You are Peace itself. Don’t allow your spiritual practice of meditation, mantra, mindfulness, or self-inquiry to become yet another obstacle to self-realization. While all such activities are of great benefit to the body and mind, if you imbue them too much conceptual effort they will become just another thing you will need to transcend. Awaken to the effortless simplicity of spontaneity—this is what it means to awaken. There is no strategy or action plan required. Surrender every idea you have of yourself. Let go of everything (conceptually). Know nothing, believe nothing, and just Be as you already are. As many teachers have said before, self-realization is simple—just do nothing. If 'you' are doing something then you are missing the entire point! There is no ‘one' to do anything at all—there is no one home! There are only things that appear to be happening, but they remain as nothing but an appearance arising within the awareness that you are, which is your Self. Notice that every sensation and perception is nothing but a reminder that you are here, that you are now, and that you are the invisible selfless presence which enables all of this to be. Awaken to the alive spontaneity that is your natural Self. -
VeganAwake replied to VeganAwake's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Ceasing to seek or believe something is not a conditioned action, it is the opposite. A belief leads to a belief system. Not having any beliefs leaves you empty. Not believing in beliefs is also not a belief because it does not lead to any belief structure or system. Osho used to talk about this non belief/no mind non action a lot. The great way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. The question of whether seeking enlightenment is a help or a hindrance is pretty clear amongst the saints and sages throughout time. The answer tends to be based around: The seeking itself is the distraction. Another self-imposed roadblock.. To seek is to move away... to turn within is the only way. -
VeganAwake replied to VeganAwake's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
@Danioover9000 I'm sorry you feel that way, it was not my intention at all. I used the voice text option a lot so it might sound like my words are lacking The Compassion but I can assure you I have the best intentions for everyone on this forum. I use it to get a lot of information out quickly.( I have 3 kids and I'm married) I am here to help anyone here and not talk down to anyone. We are equal and ultimately one. -
VeganAwake replied to VeganAwake's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
@Mikael89 Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die" --- and find that there is no death. Eckhart Tolle -
VeganAwake replied to VeganAwake's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Negativity and suffering can be a catalyst to take the plunge so yes you are correct... that was the case for me. -
VeganAwake replied to VeganAwake's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
When you just said or is 2 days enough? you just put up a mini roadblock without even knowing it. That's how tricky the mind is. Now it will be just out of Arm's Reach because you have allowed yourself to believe 2 days may not be long enough. Cease believing your story for 2 days. Drop it all become nobody and find out who you really are. TRUST..... -
VeganAwake replied to VeganAwake's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
@Jkris yes...think of it like this. When you are an innocent child you are pure and possess self love. As you get older you start acquiring all kinds of conditioned beliefs about who and what you are. Layers upon layers of illusion that we hold on to and call our selves. What I am pointing everyone to, is to completely cease holding on to this illusionary belief of the self. So it's essentially the falling Away of all the layers and labels of Maya and becoming like a new child again. Or to die before you die. That is why it's a completely internal event. To search for the answer outside of yourself is to move away from it. And as long as someone holds the belief that something external has to occur before the realization can happen... it will continue to stay just Out Of Reach.(the way that you ego likes it) With your kind of positive attitude open-mindedness and understanding you will have a better chance than most. -
VeganAwake replied to VeganAwake's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
That is correct when you are awake your Consciousness shines through your masks. It's not that you're ego necessarily ever dissolves completely but it can be deflated that's why I use the analogy of asking your ego to sit down in a chair with its nose in the corner and that you no longer require its services. Absolutely good and evil are just conditioned thought patterns. The value given to them are the value they possess for you. -
VeganAwake replied to VeganAwake's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
The roadblock is easy to identify when you sit back and observe. Your mind is making it a future event where if you just attain the right knowledge or correct amount of practices it will be the answer. This is not the answer this is the Trap of the mind it will always just be Out Of Reach. Cease adding any more tools to your tool bag and cease carrying around the heavy tool bag. It's not required. This is not just personal information. Dozens of Masters point to this ceasing. Why not try the ceasing to do. There is nothing to lose. -
VeganAwake replied to VeganAwake's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
@zeroISinfinity yes continue meditation it quites the mind. Don't make it into a future goal that's a trick of the mind it will always just be Out Of Reach. You can realize it now. -
VeganAwake replied to VeganAwake's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
@Mikael89 Think of it as a ceasing to believe who you are not, or a ceasing of being the knower. I know it sounds like an action of seeking but it's actually a non-action, and it is actually very easy once you catch on to it. When I mentioned diving into the abyss in my story, that was the non action of ceasing the hold on to my false self. I hope this helps... words can be very limiting and even confusing in this kind of work as we hear all the time. Remember the ego wants to do do do acquire acquire acquire gain gain gain more more more. Cease acquiring knowledge Cease the Seeking and turn within. Everything you need you already have!! I hope this helps!! -
VeganAwake replied to VeganAwake's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
It is absolutely the pathless path to the gateless gate where nobody realizes they're everything. -
VeganAwake replied to VeganAwake's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
@ajasatya it's kind of like the mind is programmed to acquire things. Like believing if I can just find that one piece of sacred Egyptian knowledge I will be able to attain Enlightenment...that is the ego or conditioned mind pattern. It doesn't like the answer to turn Within and let fall away. The ego knows that this will destroy it ...that's why it protects you from this with a lot of distractions and seeking outside of yourself. Let's be honest would you want to give your beautiful Ivory Tower of beliefs that you've collected your whole life away in one shot. No the ego doesn't like this... the ego says seek but do not find. This way you will feel like you're making progress while the ego sits back like the little boss whipping you and saying keep seeking it's right around the next corner don't give up lol. 1) cease to seek. 2) empty your glass. 3) turn within. 4) drop the labels/layers of your false self. 5) ask yourself who am I. 6) realize your true self. -
VeganAwake replied to VeganAwake's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
@Danioover9000 it's an interesting paradox what you said because that's actually exactly what you want to do cease going on the voyage all together burn your ship and sink it turn within see the truth drop the layers of your false self and then notice what's remaining. Samadhi is to die before you die no person can enter the gateless gate so be nobody. Good luck my friend!! It's right under your nose.. -
VeganAwake replied to VeganAwake's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
@Mikael89 Lets try this in steps: 1) Stop assuming you know anything about the process. Completely drop any idea that you have about enlightenment. Become empty. Allow everything you think about yourself to fall away. Cease knowing anything. Become like a 6 month old child viewing and observing everything for the very first time. Empty your glass and leave it empty. Almost like you don't even have a mind. Become the not knower. 2) Realize that you are not truly anything that anybody describes you as, not even yourself. You are not Michael the banker from Wisconsin who is often depressed has high anxiety, low self-esteem, and a decent work ethic sometimes. None of those things are really who you are they're just labels Society has created that you allowed yourself to believe. They are just beliefs ideas about who you are there not the truth in any way. There simply opinions and perceptions. 3) Cease believing any of these Illusions about yourself. Simply notice their make-believe and let them fall away, every single layer until there's nothing left because it's all imagination. Something you simply allowed yourself to believe about yourself and label yourself as. None of it is true, strip these layers off for good. It really doesn't require an action just cease believing them. 4) Simply sit in no mind land and Ponder, if i am not any of the things I believed myself to be then who am i really. What is left after all the make-believe Falls away. What is left after shedding all the layers of the false self. Who are you,what are you,what is left? Keep practicing these steps it's all within not without. -
VeganAwake replied to VeganAwake's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
The biggest road block to attaining samadhi is thinking that one already knows the path. "The biggest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge"... This can be the show stopper. In samadhi there is a saying... "No person can enter the gateless gate, So be nobody". This can be the hard part for some people, because it requires a "letting go" of ones sense of self, and all belief systems/structures a person is identified with and attached to, including all religious and culturally conditioned notions of the self. Simply put you drop your entire identity, and beliefs you have about yourself, and become like a young child new to the world and ready to learn.( come with your glass empty); ( become the not knower) This is of course where the ego feels the most threatened, because it knows that this will kill it. It will try to resist it in every way possible( mostly distractions). The trick is not to force it, but to ask it to sit down in the chair and that you no longer require its services. The letting go I'm describing also means to drop any past signs or beliefs of who or what you think you are. For example do not cling to nicknames, signs, or old beliefs about yourself that you have already used in your journey forward. The signs are there to point you 2 something, but do not cling and hang on to them to long. They are meant to be used and then transcended/outgrown and dropped( non-attachment/ non identification). Basically these were the hardest things for me to do in my own life, but once I caught on to this and trusted my own instincts, my motivation allowed me to completely drop everything, become the not knower, and dive into the abyss. This path for me has been an awakening in its self, but I can see its a definite permanent lifestyle shift as well. This was something I sent to my very good friend a few months ago.. -
VeganAwake replied to VeganAwake's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
People who are engaged in religious or spiritual practices such as yoga prayer meditation chanting or any kind of ritual are practicing techniques which are conditioned, which means they are just part of the ego construct, the seeking and the activity isn't the problem, thinking you have found the answer in some external form is the problem spirituality in its most common form is no different than pathological thinking that is going on everywhere, it is further agitation of the Mind more human doing as opposed to human being. The ego construct wants more money more power more love more of everything. Those on the so-called spiritual path desire to be more spiritual more awake more equanimous more peaceful more enlightened. Samadhi is not about attaining or adding something more to yourself, its to die before you die. -
VeganAwake replied to Yoshy's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Nonduality is the truth, duality is an illusion. -
VeganAwake replied to Identity's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
This is the craziest s*** ever. Will someone or something please tell me what is really going on. Or The small scared separate self (Maya) that created an idea of a higher power to feel comforted and not irrelevant and alone in a big scary universe. Those are my definitions.