The observer

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He does seem open but doesn't know how to properly be. And still, he doesn't seem to be able to follow the pointers on how to be so. I have no experience in how to successfully communicate in such cases. It's certainly difficult for both sides. I guess there needs to be at least a little bit of love/trust from the learning side, and a lot of patience from the teaching side.

@JohnD I said I talked bullshit. And now I also admit that I am ignorant.

That's actually a very good question! The problem with answering it, though, is that we assume that the hierarchy of levels of consciousness is a static structure. Which makes us assume that it can only be possible to achieve higher levels by reducing lower levels. But that's not how it works. Consciousness works in a transcendent integrative way. It builds higher levels on top of the lower ones. There cannot be high consciousness without low consciousness. So, if you demonise low consciousness, you will not reach higher levels. Complexity arises from simplicity by making the simple go into the subconscious mind (unconsciousness, low levels of consciousness) by repetition. The conscious mind is slow and cannot handle complexities so well. It has to always proxy processes down to the subconscious mind. Otherwise, no learning or evolution could ever occur. There's much depth to this but I would like to leave it at that for you to continue the contemplation on your own because you seem like the kind of person who loves deep contemplation.

@cetus I think he's trying his best and I believe we've all been there. We don't know what we don't know. Isn't that the whole problem in a nutshell?

@Florian I talk bullshit, that's it.

It is a relative term describing the most valuable outcome for spiritual seekers. From another relative perspective, it can be viewed as insanity, like for example from the materialistic paradigm. That would be an appearance of something desirable for the majority of spiritual seekers. It does not necessarily have to produce any results. Appearance is not actuality. And both are subject to grace.

They still need to be lucky. The number one most important factor is grace, and it's not distributed equally, otherwise it wouldn't be grace. You could hit a wall a thousand times without making a crack. And then suddenly someone else comes and the wall falls down immediately. There are no rules (more accurately, there are, but they're beyond the mind).

@Someone here Just so you don't limit yourself. It's possible to answer all your questions without psychedelics. It helps to ask questions sometimes outwardly, but the most juice comes out of deep contemplations on your own, drug-free or not.

Imaginary. Boundless. Infinite. Creative. Mysterious. All of that shares one same insight; that you don't exist as a someone behind the eyes.

It's way more fruitful to ask the questions and try to answer them for yourself. All answers are already inside of you. And sorry, was trying to lighten the mood a little bit since we've had multiple discussions I thought you're my friend and you'd take it lightly.

No. Life, obviously, is a physical world that we're born into and it has obvious rules and qualities that follow a certain logic. There's nothing mysterious about life. We have it all figured out, or let's be more honest, we have most of it figured out, thanks to science which will definitely figure out the rest in the near future. I don't have any.

You're obviously wrong! Two bottles of 5-Meo milk per day for the first years ought to be it. ?

Made a few changes in account settings. Added birthday, month, and year. Added location; city and country. Changed the "about me" quote. And turned on the "recently visited" monitor. 9 days left of Ramadan and my streak is still running. All almost completely effortless. My brother broke yesterday. He gave up the challenge. He could not take it anymore. The suffering was just too much for him. I understand where he's coming from. He perceives fasting as a pointless practice. Only if he could have a little faith. He told me he's at the other end of whatever that thing called "faith" is. Being present and authentic is good and it can help, but it's not enough. A shift in the subconscious mind needs to take place. Perception has to shift focus towards the full half of the glass. I might talk more about that later.

Keyhole said: "God is the ultimate sadist. Some people will live great lives who deserve absolute destruction and some who are pure hearted and good will suffer immensely, all in the name of love." I say: Could be, but exclusively from the human perspective. She also said: "That sounds like the rationalization an abuse victim would make. Most of the suffering in the world runs through this same sort of mechanism. If it was true love you wouldn't have suffered at all." I say: Anything anyone will ever say is a rationalization. Some rationalizations are made by victims, some are made by rebels, some are made by lovers, some are made by blind people, etc... You can scream in God's face all you want, or you can kiss God all you want. God remains untouched, because you're imagining God. He doesn't exist. A victim would imagine God to console himself. A rebel would imagine God to fight against himself. A narcissist would imagine God to further love himself. A deluded person would imagine God to remain blind. Pick your identity and imagine all you want. It's all about you. When I talk about God as infinite love, I acknowledge my projection. I know that God is not all loving. But no amount of expression of emotions will get you closer to liberation. All endeavours have a breaking point. They all become useless and addictive after reaching there. Only Truth will heal you and set you free. What you're seeking is not more attachment/stories. What you're seeking is the meta. It's the dis-identification. The perspective of no-perspective. The annihilation of the person. The more stories you attach yourself to, the further you will get from Truth/liberation/healing. The mind will likely come back at this by saying: "you're missing the feminine perspective, you heartless savage masculine bastard blah blah blah." Don't listen to the devil! That's just another trap on the path towards Truth. There's no masculine or feminine. They're both imaginary and interchangeable. Don't limit yourself with either of them. Always start with one, and go with one. You will arrive at the other. You will arrive at One. The circle will be complete, because there's nothing but One. Go all the way. Don't settle for less than full liberation. And remember, eventually, you will have to let go of this narrative too. You will have to face God completely pure, naked like you were born. She also said: "You can call God whatever you like, the only thing that matters is if you're lined up with how you feel authentically wherever that is at, light energy or dark energy." I say: Nothing matters at all. Lined up, out of touch, authenticity, hypocrisy, light energy, dark energy, blah blah blah. Just one more trap for keeping you stuck where you are. Traps don't matter either, but only if you're healed. If you're not yet healed, you would have to follow the pointers first. What are you gonna do about your suffering? That's the question. Are you gonna keep telling yourself comforting stories? Or are you gonna embrace the Truth without hesitation? Truth can cause a lot of turmoil to the person that's the obstacle to enlightenment. Does that mean that the Truth hurts? Or does it mean that the person must go away and allow space for Truth? Truth is not good, nor evil, nor neutral. Truth is just Truth.

I still think I understood what you meant initially. It's apparent that you aren't just mad at God for creating poverty and other "negative" things, but rather trying to convey a message. However, I was pointing at something else. What I'm trying to say is that God is not a sadist. Sadism is a projection from the human perspective. There's nothing personal between God and humans for it to be a sadist. That's all. And I agree with the rest of your comments.

That's the one question that would keep you stuck forever. Let it go. Because by staying, you're hurting the both of you more than you realise. If you don't, soon you're going to be depressed. Mark my words. And by the way, it sounds like you don't even contact her directly in real life. If that's the case, then I'd like to tell you that she's not vulnerable at all. She's taking good care of herself, and you're just imagining things and worrying like an idiot (sorry, that might be necessary to wake you up).

I'm guessing here, but calling God an asshole doesn't sound like forgiveness. It sounds more like submission by force.

Is he really a sadist? Or does the ego simply not want to submit? And no. God does not care about evolution either because there's no such thing as evolution.

@Carl-Richard then perhaps I misinterpreted what you said. I'm sorry.

Dude, you have no idea. Seriously. I've lived in a complete non-dual state for a couple of months last year. It was all about surrendering. The depth of pleasure that I've experienced is beyond description. I'd given up all my desires and merged with God. There was only love. I'd never really tasted food before! I'd never really watched a sunset before! Dude, I'm telling ya. There was nothing but pleasure. It was pure paradise. Every day I would go for a walk and melt from the love and beauty that I'd experience. But you're right that spirituality exists for this reason. It's not that I decided to become hedonistic. But rather that I'd given up everything, literally. I'd given up life, and I got paradise in return. Now I'm far from there. It took me a huge amount of suffering to get me to surrender to that level. My ego had to be broken and humiliated until annihilation. If I could have my life figured out right now, I would try to attempt another enlightenment experience.

To your imagination, duh! ?

There was a great thread here: But it does not work anymore. Here's its individual link: Secrets Of Concentration - Part 1 I wonder if @Leo Gura can do something about it to make it work. It was a really juicy thread.

It does not matter at all. The question is whether or not you desire to fly. This is completely up to you.

My result; https://www.truity.com/personality-test/17372/test-results/20149459 Type 9 sounds accurate.