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This is all par for the course in spirituality, more or less. Keep practicing and take breaks when it’s too much at once.

I mean I’m way stronger than ghosts and it fucking disappeared ASAP, so I was not afraid. It was afraid of me maybe though

Thank you for taking time to explain for others who may have not been graced with this yet ❤️

The highest knowledge in a recent awakening was that which was done so automatically that I couldn’t even really tell how I did something but just that is was done by the “not me” seeing the various “me’s” coming in each moment. Such as creating towels. That process was intuitive at that case, but I didn’t know how to do it at will. When omniscient, is this only while God Realized, or is it always happening yet we just overlook it?

Yes, I saw it and felt it as well as the other person there

This is what it feels like for me when I listen to my intuition.

It is sustainable if you learn to love watching yourself die and dissolve in front of you. I’m sorry, but any true enlightenment has that as an aspect to it even if you change it to fancy and pleasant language. All progress is death to the old. The only question is: How many balls do you have when it comes to embodying your authentic self will full honesty and emotion?

Just listen to this and feel your normal humanness. Allow being a normal person identity to be present and hold it and love it https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=7l2gnsgQXa8&feature=share We are not gods. We are something more special albeit with less control.

Has anyone here actually stopped that process? You find some new insight that makes you happy then it fades and is replaced by something that feels more everlasting. What are your thoughts?

Everything is Jhana to one who knows the true purpose of learning Jhana, and I’m starting to care about the Jhana about being a relatively moral and effective human being to reduce pain, suffering, and existential ignorance.

It means absolutely nothing to your practice as no one knows it. This is 100% a distraction from real practice. Stop yourself next time. God is here. God is now.

Get better at feeling emotions and allowing them to be in your space.

Reality has infinite breaks too. Just think about sleep.

Which occurred where? In a palace? Or ummm maybe nature…. Aha!

This is totally true.

Jhana is happening for you 24/7. Absorption allows you to see how each part works with the others which is huge for awakening work if you use vipassana based on the three characteristics to dissect the Jhana. Having some crazy high consciousness experience is not as impressive as to be able to clearly distinguish space from consciousness for example in a sensory level way.

I haven’t heard his descriptions but yes at some point.

Just don’t be too quick to discount how it’s working in other people’s lives. Just because they don’t look that way for you doesn’t mean they aren’t working as opposing ideas describe them

Taking ayahuasca is literally what allowed me to access my clairsentience permanently… you’re deluded and warning people who know something about being deluded

Psychedelics are very integral for serious spiritual work for many people. You’re speaking from a biased perspective. Meditation and mastering the jhanas and vipassana based on the jhanas is better than psychedelics for permanent baseline growth though.

Great to see some more people talking on Jhana here first off. Anyone who has played with the sixth Jhana will probably respect the name boundless consciousness more than infinite consciousness. Infinite consciousness in my book is far more related to intensity than the sixth Jhana which is focused on you realizing that you are all of the boundless space in fifth Jhana. Infinite consciousness blows your doors off in every way. Boundless consciousness feels like you are undoubtedly everything in your field.

With true moment-to-moment investigation, this is a path for growth and a greater ability to manipulate phenomena at will. You have all of your past and as much of a future you imagine to try to create a worthwhile framework for how to act. But really, at the end of the day, so much of your ego and body are perfectly trained to run themselves. You can get to states and even rather constant stages where you harmoniously interact in truly honest ways by sharing emotions, insight, and just good humanity with them effortlessly. You don’t have to try to be anyone anymore, and that’s when it’s possible to truly be yourself for the first time. I feel like I finally have overcome my social anxiety. I hope that lasts. -Brandon Rohe

You don’t get very far without a sturdy hull on your spaceship. In the same way, you don’t get far without a strong spiritual ego. Every being has an “ego” that will operate with others, but those who have spiritualized their ego have made spirituality a goal. It is part of their identity. And that’s okay. It can actually be used for growth if done and used in the right ways. I say this from direct experience.

The most growth came once I relaxed all practices, but it was after years of intense seeking.

The middle way! Don’t force things that are too difficult! If I wasn’t a lazy bastard, I’d be so much worse at this work! I remember the hustle and bustle days of trying to always improve, but just feel your whole body system. If it reacts badly, maybe that’s for a reason.