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  3. Posted · Edited by Koeke

    @Leo Gura  I don't wanna harsh your vibe, man, but could you please explain your take on the alleged "discrepancy" between these two quotes?

    2 hours ago, Ananta said:

    Leo:  “I’m taking down the video because people are too immature and I won’t talk about it anymore”  

    …meanwhile, in the dating section…

    Leo: “You're never going to get sufficient sex in real life to replace porn unless you got a rotation of 5 girls. Nor will the quality of most girls you get match that of porn. Most girls suck at sex. ” 

    God has nothing to do with these choices you make in comparison to any other potential choice, so any God-talk is irrelevant.

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    On 12/20/2021 at 10:35 PM, thenondualtankie said:

     

    Another question I had was: what if I just skipped out on the tongue stretching in the first place? Is Kechari Mudra actually worth all the hassle? Based on the stuff I've seen, it seems quite powerful though, so I think the answer to my own question here would be no, don't skip out on Kechari Mudra.

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z3P-rWxcbc from 3:24 onwards. I have not achieved khechari mudra, only on weed a few times. It seemed quite powerful, but maybe that was just the initial excitement of achieving it. You don't have to do talabya kriya during practice time. Don't worry too much. A lot of kriya is about relaxation, developing a certain poise.

  8. Posted · Edited by Koeke

    On 9-2-2022 at 9:03 PM, TheAvatarState said:

     

    Could you please elaborate on what you mean?

    See other post and links

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    What that physically and experientially is like? Thanks!

    It feels more peaceful, easy, honest, direct, simple, sane. I have not mastered what I am talking about but I am going in this direction although I don't always zoom out enough to see that. About seeing that Life and life are the same: read the quote from Marcus Aurelius again and also try to imagine what a person you know personally, who you consider balanced, compassionate, open-minded and authentic, but who has no idea of non-duality or metaphysics; imagine what they would think of you and your posts. So without them judging you.

  10. Posted · Edited by Koeke

    @mandyjw sorry. This @ is an accident. Can't remove it

    6 minutes ago, Koeke said:

     

    Your sort of "dry", analytical ability to "see" the true nature of things seems to be strong (stronger than mine) (AKA mindfulness, investigation, energy), but you have not developed the qualities of joy, concentration, equanimity and tranquility. See the link I'll send in the next post. 

     

    https://www.mctb.org/mctb2/table-of-contents/part-i-the-fundamentals/7-the-seven-factors-of-awakening/

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    On 5-2-2022 at 9:23 PM, TheAvatarState said:

    I feel disillusioned to it all, essentially fed up with myself. Everything is a strange loop that points back in on itself, and I don't really care for the company. 

    There are not two yous. The mind creates that. Notice there can be an infinite amount of instances of finite self-reference. So you notice how your mind is perpetuating its tendencies, then you reference/include that by thinking that that is annoying, then you recognise/include that pattern and describe it like you do in the quote above. Go on... what do you think about the ego's expression formulated in the quote above? You see? You can go on forever. The better method is to FEEL into the ever-changing ego-mind's form that is more smooth and compassionate. 

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    There's a beautiful, life affirming way to spin reality so I wake up ready to "go get it.' to love and honor life. That life exists, and it wouldn't be a lie. What I don't understand is how to change my limited human perspective to see reality in a way that's beneficial.

    You are expressing/creating/changing a limited human perspective right now and in your post. What does it (you) want? 

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    this supposedly beautiful and incredible God amusement park ride feels like a painfully slow ferris wheel when I want to be on a thrilling rollercoaster. 

    Dig into this some more. Very relatable, beautifully expressed <3

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    I believe what I'm here to learn is patience and surrendering to whatever is. My ego mind has very addictive, impatient, and self-serving tendencies. But the process feels so slow, and it feels like (rightly) I have no say over when and how these things get ironed out."

    What process? There is only the Now. The sense of a process is at least partially produced by the feeling of lack you feel now. To deconstruct the sense of a process, you need to deconstruct the sense of lack, for that you need to FEEL into what you are lacking. These "addictive, impatient and self-serving tendencies" do not grasp the fundamental sense of lack, they serve to avoid the confrontation with it. They can't grasp the fundamental sense of lack because it is Infinitely Rich, Complex, Changing and Beautiful! 

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    "Another thing I'm here to learn is trust. Trust of myself = trust in others = trust in the universe."

    Yes exactly.

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    Conceptually this should be Nirvana, Liberation, but my life FEELS confusing, circular, and just plain wrong. I wouldn't wish this experience on anyone else, even an enemy

    Again: you seem to be reacting to a reaction to a thought instead of merging with the whole dynamic of reacting. This merging is what I mean by feeling.

     

    Your sort of "dry", analytical ability to "see" the true nature of things seems to be strong (stronger than mine) (AKA mindfulness, investigation, energy), but you have not developed the qualities of joy, concentration, equanimity and tranquility. See the link I'll send in the next post. 

    Writing this post was helpful for me, so I just sort of kept going and therefore I am sure I have projected a lot of myself onto you but cannot distinguish what is what, so please disregard the portions when you feel that is what's going on. Because of this and because I am on mobile I couldn't really make it more linear and easy to understand. Throughout this whole post I am trying to point to the same boundary you seem to create between thinking and feeling.

    I'll also send a link to a post of mine on this forum that describes sort of a similar situation. Someone there recommended me a book called "Seeing that frees" , which I haven't read yet but I like the title. You might want to check it out.

     

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    On 2/5/2022 at 9:23 PM, TheAvatarState said:

    despite my knowing of my true Being.

    Does this knowing occur now? Who does the knowing? Does the knowing continually happen or only when not engaged in any activity or thinking? What is the boundary of this knowing?

     

    On 2/5/2022 at 9:23 PM, TheAvatarState said:

    Conceptually this should be Nirvana, Liberation, but my life FEELS confusing, circular, and just plain wrong.

     

    On 2/5/2022 at 9:23 PM, TheAvatarState said:

    I know, Conceptually, how reality works

    Look for the boundary between feeling and knowing something conceptually.

     

    On 2/5/2022 at 9:23 PM, TheAvatarState said:

    But I'm frozen. It's not even my step to take. I have so many attachments I feel I have no control over. 

    I can only empathize. Personally I feel like I am attached to my conceptual knowing and want to apply that forcefully onto my being and feelings. 

    Perhaps I am merely projecting myself instead of empathizing. For me, this quote from Marcus Aurelius was helpful: 

    "Men seek retreats for themselves - in the country, by the sea, in the hills - and you yourself are particularly prone to this yearning. But all this is quite unphilosophic, when it is open to you, at any time you want, to retreat into yourself. No retreat offers someone more quiet and relaxation than that into his own mind, especially if he can dip into thoughts there which put him at immediate and complete ease: and by ease I simply mean a well-ordered life. So constantly give yourself this retreat, and renew yourself. The doctrines you will visit there should be few and fundamental, sufficient at one meeting to wash away all your pain and send you back free of resentment at what you must rejoin."              - Marcus Aurelius   Meditations 4:3

    "dip into thoughts there which put him at immeditae and complete ease: and by ease I simply mean a well-ordered life." this inspired me to realize life and Life are the same. Go to yourself where the boundary of feeling and thinking is, so to speak. And let your insights adjust your nervous system and sense of a disordered life.

     

  16. Posted · Edited by Koeke

    5 hours ago, Yarco said:

    I don't think true Christianity is compatible with modernity

    with "true Christianity" do you mean the original culture of Christianity or the Christian teaching that points to the Absolute Truth and other valuable timeless lessons? 

    If the former, I'd say we can't rely on a 2000 year old culture to get us through new challenges, so then of course it is not compatible. Meaning and significance is not objectively derived from words and we shouldn't have to fully endorse a valuable resource to use it. We can't exclude LGBTQ people anymore and we shouldn't.

    If the latter, then why wouldn't it be compatible with certain parts of modern culture and values and modernity?

  18. Posted · Edited by Koeke

    By keeping it a secret in this way you are effectively saying to yourself that you can have no integrity regarding this matter. You need to reflect on your progress every once in a while because how else do you know you are progressing? There is and isn't such a thing as spiritual progression. Talking to people is actually great for evaluating and reflecting on it. You find out a lot about what was inside you all along that you weren't aware of, you can talk about struggles you have and get feedback, someone else can see patterns of self-delusion you might not see, someone can be more knowledgeable about certain models of progression and apply it to you or teach you them. 

    But you're right in the sense that you shouldn't obsess over it, you shouldn't talk to people that aren't interested in it or are prone to jealousy and competition and you need to stay humble.

     

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    Beautiful post @Thought Art !  

    49 minutes ago, Thought Art said:

    I have to be a man of integrity and honour my word. I signed up for a reason. I might as well follow through all the way instead of being a fucking coward.

    Respect man. 

    Also, I respect that you can admit that you wanted to move too fast with your business. You can channel that energy into pushing your boundaries a little harder when working on your foundations. 

    Btw: shouldn't relationships be part of your foundations list?

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    53 minutes ago, kieranperez said:

    That said, I would argue (and I actually have gone back and forth with Brendan on this) that there is a place for lineages and worldviews and what not. As I’ve also gone back and forth with those that participate in lineages to get what they’re actually doing that take or believe in the form as a reality despite it creating powerful and effective results if done well.

    I don't understand the point you're trying to make here. That belief can be powerful and provide effective results?

    55 minutes ago, kieranperez said:

    Reach out, put your ass on the line, experience it for yourself and find out.

    Yes, will do.

    55 minutes ago, kieranperez said:

    Peter mostly did enlightenment intensives which was a secular orientation to contemplative practice that was 100% oriented towards having a breakthrough. That said, that very secular invention was founded upon the inventions made within Zen and Advaita so I think it’s rather hypocritical and dumb to trash organized practice and try to toss the baby out with the bath water as I think they tend to do. 

    So in your experience, how does Cheng Hsin compare to these more secularly orientated institutions in Zen and Advaita? What is the baby that Peter and Brendan throw out with the bathwater?

     

  24. Posted · Edited by Koeke

    4 hours ago, bejapuskas said:

    The racists people will see this as a green light to keep being mindless.

    4 hours ago, bejapuskas said:

    The racists people will see this as a green light to keep being mindless

    But not if they understand the context of the video. Then they would reflect on the hurt caused by the word, hopefully.

  25. Posted · Edited by Koeke

    @kieranperez Yeah, I really like his dogma-free style. I feel like you can't really find that level of 'pure', dogma-free principled teachings anywhere. But then again, I have barely looked :S . I am 20 years old and deliver food by bike for work, so taking time off work is not a problem. I will probably get the money by being a guinea pig for a few months for some medical research company.. I'll have to look into that some more though. 

    I assume you've been to a retreat of his. Have you been to other spiritual centres? How do they compare?