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@Leo Gura Chopra doesn't even understand what he's saying. He's doing non-duality a disservice by applying to it to science in a haphazard way. Non-duality is not antagonistic to science. It can be incorporated. Chopra is just doing a bad job here.

@ardacigin Thank you very much. I did one day super long day of yoga, and meditation and I feel like that day turned me into true seeker. I will do another day like that. Tonight I will try to do at least a 2 hour sit.

@Fede83 Keep letting go. That will eventually encompass letting go of people who make you feel like wanting to let go.

@Preety_India So when you were writing about being depressed etc. You had negative momentum. Think of your life as a ball rolling down a hill. When your life sucks and you feel bad, the ball will roll down the hill and you will just feel worse and worse because every decision you made in the past was made while feeling bad. But now it seems like you're feeling a bit better. You are trying to improve your life, and are worrying about your own happiness. Now you have positive momentum. The more good things you do in the moment will feed the future you, and will have a ball rolling down a hill full of positive stuff. The more positive stuff you do now will lead to more positive things in the future. Try and be aware of when you are making decisions from a place of feeling bad or depressed. Compared to making decisions from a place of happiness and growth.

@Preety_India Do you know about the concept of momentum and how it relates to personal development?

@ardacigin Did you get all these insights just from following the book? I'm at a point in my practice where I have pretty stable attention and awareness, but I have virtually no joy or happiness from my practice. I'm basically just suffering, getting relief from suffering when i sit to meditate, and then i'm just lost in thought and procrastinating the rest of the day.

Why do gurus always claim that they can't actually point to the non-dual nature of reality. They always say whatever you think it is... that's not it. They say they can't actually show you it, they can only point you in it's direction. Can someone elaborate on this problem. What is it about non-dual awareness that makes it so difficult to point out. How can the non-dual teaching be ever present, and yet no one can actually point to it directly?

@FoxFoxFox Is everyone searching for truth? And they just don't realize it?

@Ingit I'm just talking shit. I'm not enlightened, don't listen to what i say as truth. I just said it cuz it felt right. Watch Leo's video about how to ace life. He talks about the role of resistance in improving your life. When your meditating though my advice would be investigate where you are scared to go, or are afraid to go.

@RaphaelHow did you get into the flow state during your meditation? Do you remember what steps you took? I can never get into flow, there is always so much resistance.

@Key Elements I don't understand. Do you mean the way we live our lives in total affects our progression through non-dual teachings/progression, not just the meditation practice or other spiritual practice?

I am unhappy. Why do I believe i'm unhappy? Because i expect something different than my current life. Where is the amazing feel? Where are my close friends, and girlfriend? Why don't I feel happy? Why Don't I feel happy? I don't know. But when I turn my attention to myself, I don't feel happy. So what do I feel? So what I do feel right now? I feel the feeling of my third eye in my head region. I feel a slight tingle/numbness in my feet. I feel a sensation in my jaw. I feel my clothes on my body? I don't feel bad. But i don't feel great either. Why do I want to feel great? I don't know why I want to feel great... I've had this belief for a long time but when i just asked this in the present momentI didn't know what to say. Why do i want to be happy? I can't really answer this one either right now. This is interesting... Do i not really want to be happy? Do I even give a fuck about happiness? If i don't want happiness then what I do want. Is what i want truth? And is truth love? I have noticed on this forum that there are not a lot people searching for happiness. But there are a lot of people searching for truth and awakenings. Maybe we only want to feel good and feel happiness when something is wrong or when we are actively unhappy or not feeling good. But once we overcome those feels of sadness and not feeling good then maybe we no longer seek happiness. When my attention goes to the feeling of me, and then i think about what I want then I don't really want anything. Hmm. Is this a huge insight or am i deluding myself with thinking. I think I need to stop looking for happiness. It might just be enough to recognize not good feelings as being lost in thought, and then just return to that feeling of me. I think the feeling of me is the non-dual awareness. I think i'm recognizing my true nature for moments at a time and then my ego or thoughts just come and suck me up again. This keeps happening over, and over, and over again. Conclusion: Stop trying to be happy. Happiness is not what I want. I think truth is enough. Sit with truth all day, everyday, for as long you can. The truth is you, the feeling of me. You are it. I might be off here though because i haven't had a huge aha moment with sparks etc. But people did say the shift would be subtle...

@Key Elements Is that what you experience?

Great video. But creepy presentation lol

@electroBeam not a bad plan tbh. Someone has to exploit the system and gain control. Why not a bunch of non-dualites

@Preety_India Ooo cool. Come to Canada, i'm Indian it's awesome here.

@Key Elements What is NRI?

@Nak Khid So if someone is enlightened they should never say, and let people who aren't enlightened decide how people should present their spiritual attainment lol?

@VeganAwake So it wasn't worth it? "I" will not like what I find at the end of this journey?

@Key Elements If people aren't ready to hear then you can say anything and they won't listen to it. I always wondered about people who were always happy and successful in life. I wonder for them if this journey is right. I think these people never had a reason to seek anything so they will never find this stuff anyways. But many people are seeking they just don't know what they're looking for. They seek money, fame, power, friends, etc but they don't stop to think why are they seeking those things. I'm trying to skip all the bullshit and go right to the why. I guess i'm skipping over stuff, but I like where i'm at i'm going to run with this.

@Key Elements I'm going right to the top. I'm ready, my life has never been lighter then it is right now. It's only going to get harder to accept and integrate the older I get. I have no kids, no partner, nothing i'm really afraid of losing besides dying I guess. This is it. I'm going all in.

@Serotoninluv But then what is there to get. If everything is within everything then i'm just stuck in a loop of looking for something that i'm never going to find. But even if there's nothing to get because everything in reality is just arising from formlessness then how come you seem to get it and I don't. Clearly you guys know something about my experience that i don't. That's what i'm trying to figure out. What am i missing here that seems so obvious to everyone else?

@Inliytened1 But what does the experience of formlessness feel like? I can sit here and just feel, and it feels different than my typical lost in thought all day type of living, but how do I know if this is it. How do i know when i actually get it vs when i'm deluding myself

@silene They can't point to IT, IT being the non-dual nature of reality (I think). They can only sort of nudge you along until you realize it for yourself. That makes sense, but I'm still confused as to what exactly i'm looking for here. Sometimes I think i get it, but then i just get lost in thought again and i'm confused.

@Inliytened1 not helpful (: