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The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it. ~ Eckhart Tolle If you don't have very strong emotions or very intense thoughts about something, you cannot get depressed. ~ Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Life is rooted in reality, not in your thoughts and emotions. ~ Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Rather than being your thoughts and emotions, be the awareness behind them. ~ Eckhart Tolle The most beautiful moments in your life – moments of bliss, moments of joy, moments of ecstasy, moments of utter peace – were moments when you were not thinking about anything. You were just living. ~ Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

I know of an enlightened master called Devamrita who ate meat and drank beer as well. However, at the same time, he was also able to practice present moment awareness constantly and precisely for six months while working as a pharmacist to the point that he dissolved all his karma and became enlightened. Nisargadatta Maharaj also ate meat. These masters were blessed with excellent powers of application and this is why they were able to attain enlightenment. Application and completion makes the impossible possible. This power of application came from the daily practice of their careers or profession as a pharmacist and businessman which demanded diligence and precision. That said, vegetarianism and abstinence from intoxicants aids the spiritual process. I have noted that most quality meditators were vegetarians or abstained from meat.

There is a saying by Bruce Lee, " If one loves, one need not have an ideology of love." Similarly I don't think virtuous conduct and behavior needs ideologies to back them up. All ideologies are creations of thought, and nazism and fascism especially are bankrupt ideologies in terms of virtuous conduct, and guided by nihilist thought processes which undermine virtues and value systems. Imo, the Golden rule, which is there in almost every religion of the world and secular humanism, along with listening to the inner voice or conscience as Rajini Menon puts it, is enough for framing virtuous conduct and behavior.

An insightful article on female enlightened master Rajini Menon attaining enlightenment just through adhering to virtuous conduct and behavior. https://www.lifepositive.com/a-light-unto-herself/ If you do right, irrespective of what the other does, it will slow down the mind. - Rajini Menon Swami Satchidananda also states in this regard.... “When even one virtue becomes our nature, the mind becomes clean and tranquil. Then there is no need to practice meditation; we will automatically be meditating always.” - Swami Satchidananda I would say this showcases the importance of virtues and virtuous or ethical conduct as taught in the world religions and secular humanism, and shows that they are not limited to mere conditioning or are abstract contrivances as nihilism and existentialism believes them to be. Sound adherence to morals and ethical conduct can even enable an agnostic or nontheist to attain enlightenment, without religions or spiritual masters, as is the case with Rajini Menon.

Consciousness is subtler than thought, so thought is not the proper instrument to perceive it. Because we live in an intellectual culture which gives primacy to the intellect and thought, people find it hard to recognize the fact that there is something more subtler than thought itself. There are some masters who are very articulate and was able to teach the message properly to laymen, like Jiddu Krishnamurti, Eckhart Tolle, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Jean Klein and so on. But overall it is a very tough job due to the fact that the intellect is describing that which is even subtler than it. Imo, Zen Koans are also pretty useful teachings in this regard.

@ Arzack " Thought associated with the psychological past creates the thinker. Hence thoughts are not the problem, the psychological past is the problem. The psychological past manipulates thought so that the thinker can survive." An enlightened master wrote the above. Would you care to elaborate on it !

I must say this is a very original statement. I hope your present state of samadhi does not cease. Imho, even to write something like this indicates a high spiritual degree of understanding and development. Thank you for the elaborate post which is reasonable and well put.

For the good of the world and all sentient beings, I do sincerely wish that you are enlightened. The positive vibes can help a lot of beings. But, respectfully asking, isn't boredom and craving of attention, a sign of the ego and its need for sensation ! Shouldn't you be just content with the bliss and peace you must be feeling ?

As per eastern philosophy, the male and female energies exist in all human beings as our parents are both male and female, and in the state of enlightenment these energies are in a state of total harmony and balance. This is what the Taoist symbol of Yin and yang means, and also the Hindu concept of Ardhanareshwara. What Sadhguru means here is that the seemingly opposite qualities of the masculine and feminine have been reconciled in the enlightened person. The Self or pure consciousness is revealed when one goes beyond the pair of opposites. In the non-canonical Gospel of Thomas, which is often referred to by Adyashanti, there is a saying of Jesus very similar to the above theme. I am not a christian, and I am just putting this here for general reference...