Bazooka Jesus

Possibly the greatest moment in TV history.

Right on the money, brother.

Hell exists in order to make the experience of Heaven possible. Ain't no up without a down. And ironically, the most sure-fire way to end up in hell is to frantically try to run away from it. Per aspera ad astra, folks.

What's so bad about being human?

Being humble means that you don't take yourself and all of your fancy ideas about reality too serious, because you realize that all of those ideas are nothing but relative concepts, not absolute truth. Which is a fundamental prerequisite for so-called awakening to happen.

Enlightenment sickness... Love it! What a brilliant term. I shall immediately integrate it into my Bazookish vocabulary, and pretend that I came up with it myself. Lol. Spot on.

Who are you talking to when you say this? Are you speaking to yourself? You do realize the obvious irony of telling "someone else" that there is no such thing as non-unity, right? If there were no appearance of non-unity (aka. form), you could not even read these words. Duh.

Nice. This is exactly what many of our fellow Duality-denying spiritual bypassers on here are missing. Untiy expresses itself through (the appearance of) non-unity. Without the appearance of form/division/contrast/multilicity, the unity of the whole could not be experienced and recognized. Duality and nonduality are simply two sides of the same coin. And they are both perfect, beautiful and divine.

It's funny how this kind of thing (seemingly) used to be so enigmatic, so mysterious, so intangible... and now it's just the most obvious thing ever, like "yeah, of course the Here and Now is unlimited, timeless, spaceless, all encompassing, unified. How the hell could it not be?" LOL Strange how that works, huh?

Well yes, your shadow are all of your own aspects that you try to deny and suppress, and that are constantly being reflected back to you in other people. It creates a kind of push-pull dynamic where you always "magically" attract people who have those traits, while you simultaneously try to get away from them. And this cycle will go on and on and on until you accept these repressed parts within yourself and integrate them. That's the whole gist of shadow work theory.

@Javfly33 Delightful. Spreading bliss and love like nobody's business, lol. Feeling better now? Well, kindly allow me quote what you wrote earlier: Yeah, that kind of sounds like you are trying to stop the so-called "cycle of reincarnation", wouldn't you say so? Which begs the question: Why do you think that it is necessary to stop something which God has set in motion? Do you think that God is a fucking idiot who doesn't know what he's doing, and now it's up to you to clean up the mess he has created? And what the fuck would be the alternative? You do realize that without form there can be no experience of reality, right? (And please, just stick to answering the questions. Your petulant hissy fits are getting tiresome.)

Charming as always, lol. I don't know what to tell you, my friend. This is a self development forum where people write about their views and experiences in order to get honest (and at times challenging) feedback from others for the purpose of hearing different perspectives and, as a result, growing as a person. If you have a problem with that, then I honestly don't know what the hell you are doing here. And in case my comments trigger your delicate ego too much, feel free to put me on your ignore list.

Should I be jealous of someone who seemingly hates is earthly existence so much that he seemingly spends all of his waking hours trying to escape it? That really doesn't sound all too blissful to me. Exactly. So why get lost in conceptual stories about "death" and "empty bliss" and "breaking the cycle of reincarnation" instead of just living in the moment and appreciating the Here and Now as it is? All that there is is THIS. So you either embrace it, or you suffer. I didn't say "just fuck everything", I said "just love everything". Slight difference.

Where's the problem with me saying that? Recognizing yourself in others is the first step towards true forgiveness, and a very crucial step towards self-knowledge and shadow integration. If you keep pushing away your own shadows and project them onto other people, it will keep you stuck in a perpetual victim mindset, which is the recipe for a miserable life. Which is why I've told you before that if you reject your shadow, it will come back to bite you in the ass.

It can be. It can also be a journey to the mountain top... or to a bright forest clearing, or to a chill beach scenery complete with comfy sun loungers. Ideally, it's going to be a mix of all of those.

What if you stop asking "what if"? What if you stop fantasizing about death and Bliss and instead embrace life with all that it entails? What if you realize that everything is already perfect, divine, whole, complete? WHAT IF, indeed!

Well, like I just said in another thread... So yes, if you feel that it would be escapism for you to travel, then it might. But staying at home and coming up with excuses for why you shouldn't go travelling could be a form of escapism too, you see? That's why you need to learn to listen to your own intuition. Nobody else can tell you what is the right (or wrong) thing for you to do, only you can.

Of course, travelling can be escapism. You know what else can be escapism? Literally anything else. Work can be escapism. Being lazy can be escapism. Going shopping can be escapism. Not going shopping can be escapism. Eating can be escapism. Drinking can be escapism. Fasting can be escapism. Dating can be escapism. Being celibate can be escapism. Spending time with others can be escapism. Spending time alone can be escapism. Watching TV can be escapism. Reading books can be escapism. Studying can be escapism. Meditating can be escapism. Religion can be escapism. Atheism can be escapism. Spirituality can (definitely) be escapism. Doing nothing can be escapism. Dicking around on an online self development forum and writing threads about escapism can be escapism. See, it's never a question of what you do but of why you do it. Are you trying to patch up an inner void, distract yourself from something, run away from something / run towards something that will finally "fulfill" you? Or are you acting from a place of fulfillment where the things that you do are a genuine expression of the sheer joy of being alive, a genuine celebration of the miracle of existence, a big fat THANK YOU to the universe? Only you can answer these questions, nobody else can do it for you.

Sssshhhhh, I am having a nap over here!

People who have unresolved trauma are perpetually stuck in childhood; it's kind of like the part that gets hurt as a kid splits off and remains "frozen in time". The unresolved trauma is like a mental roadblock that prevents you from moving on and developing into an emotionally and psychologically mature adult. So yeah, these types of people are basically like little kids inside adult bodies, and their capacity to be competent parents and raise emotionally healthy kids of their own is dubious at best. I mean, you might ask yourself how far your own character traits are mirroring those of your parents... there may be more common ground than you'd like to admit.

Aaaaaaw, you don't need any psychedelics... you're trippy enough as you are. You know I love yer too, pumpkin pie.

Mmmmmm, that's why you got that weird white shade on your chin in your profile pic... dun-dun-dunnn, the plot thickens!

Have you read anything that Leo has posted on this forum, like, ever?

Judging from the level of maturity of your comments, you could have fooled me.