The observer

Too many assumptions here. And it's definitely not like heroin. When you have it, you will feel complete and stop seeking more. The high is not addictive by itself like heroin, but the person can get addicted to it. It's on the person to be aware of that. An idiot can get addicted to anything, even very ordinary things like food. That doesn't make food a bad thing, obviously. However, when you find your soul mate, they will cure you even if you are that idiot. Not that they will do anything in particular. Simply their presence is transformative. It's Ineffable. It's like being cured by God. Certainly, but you shouldn't lie to yourself about it either. If you aren't happy with who you are and where you are, then acknowledge it first. Having these ideals can be counter-productive. No one is born completely independent. It's a work-in-progress, and a soul mate can boost the process. If you can't be independent and happy, that's fine. Your soul mate will understand that and help you grow towards it. They won't try to possess you like other people will, but they will want you to choose them freely without pressuring you to love or accept them. That's the most beautiful and profound thing about it. Because they free you of obligation, you love them even more. Conditions are as important as no-conditions in love. There cannot be love without them, it's simply unmaintainable. Conditions give shape to the relationship and they're good for both partners. But there needs to be communication, which is the easiest thing when you meet the one.

No. God is a property of Turquoise and higher. LMAO.

Interesting questions! We could speculate. I would say it's due to the circumstances that were there. Someone had to be the son of God to guide people to God. Jesus happened to be that someone, and he was honest about it. Also, it could be a metaphor. Keep in mind that family units at that time were the most important thing in society. Fathers used to be rigid and rough with their children. Families were built in patriarchal formations. The father was the dominant force. Jesus came to set the children free and to correct the wrong ways of the fathers. He used the father-son analogy to illustrate that God is loving and gentle, not dictatorial. And also to illustrate that children should be willing pay their lives for their fathers (Cross). It's a correction of the problem from both ends with love. To end all the disagreements of who has the right or best religion. Islam was his vision of the one final all-encompassing religion of all religions.

It's obvious. I could become aware of it on demand. A little meditation to calm the mind down facilitates the process.

@Maxman Investigate the underlying emotions. Look particularly for the fear of being wrong, the fear of being wronged, the fear of being disliked, the fear of conflict, and the fear of getting hurt. Essentially, I believe that stems from a patriarchal environment during childhood. If that's the case, then here's the solution: some shadow work into your childhood traumas. That alone can fix the problem and some other neighbouring shadow problems.

Your brother's thoughts are your thoughts. Notice, whatever thoughts you have right now about your brother's thoughts are in fact occurring in the same nothingness. There's no person that is you or me or your brother. The person is a thought, a part of the Godhead. The Godhead is just one thing. Nothing.

Hmmm.. Okay. Sorry for the confusion.

Proven to whom exactly? You? Even if you say you are awake, who else is there to confirm that? That's all taken on faith by the quality of the marketing you make. Regardless of all that, even if we assume that you're awake, most people who take psychedelics aren't awake and will never become awake. The exception is not the rule, obviously. @raphaelbaumann You're demanding to experience your brother's life, but that's not how it works. Direct awareness of your experience does not say anything about your brother's experience. Your brother, right now, is your thoughts of him. When you meet him, he's the body and voices you experience alongside the thoughts. Your brother is himself, like you are, without distinctions. God.

@Gili Trawangan Dude, relax.

I'm surprised that you're even taking this thing seriously and asking questions and considering opinions. Dude, relax. You are having easy sex with someone who doesn't want to commit. That's the dream. She might be sleeping with others, but so what? As long as she's clean and without STDs, there's nothing to worry about.

Oh, you don't know... Of course, when you think about love, it doesn't make sense. You have to experience it. Conditional or unconditional is irrelevant, because all love is conditional in different degrees, even the so-called "God's love" is conditional and it depends on different factors. Love by definition means bias. If you love something, that means you have to hate something else. That's bias. Romantic love is about finding a partner who shares your biases and cares about them the same way you do or more, while at the same time you doing the same thing in return, without expectations from both sides. It's a perfect looking out for each other's best interests, even if the whole world is against either or both of you. The best metaphor I find is a lock and key. You find someone that completes your imperfections so that you feel perfect and complete, even when they're not there anymore. You may part ways with them, but you never become enemies. Love remains as it was, only it changes in form. Anything short of that is not true love. If you haven't found that yet, then you don't know what love is. The key opens the lock forever. There's no lock anymore. Of course, you can object to all of that with all sorts of arguments. And no one is forcing you to love or believe in romantic love. But that's my perspective from my experience. Make whatever you want out of it.

Oneness + duality = trinity (non-duality). 1 + 2 = 3 (which is all-encompassing, i.e. =1)

You could say that.

I'm exactly like you are, only 4 years younger. You're describing me perfectly. What is your Enneagram type? Mine is 9. I guess yours is the same.

Women, in general, enlighten in a different way than men. They tend to basically enlighten on the emotional level, while men tend to enlighten on the intellectual level. Left-brained vs. Right-brained enlightenment. Women don't make noises about it as much as men do, because women have less louder voices and more gentler hearts. Society imposes different roles, these roles shape the ways enlightenment manifest. There are no schools or teachers that teach feminine enlightenment, and there's not much of conceptual frameworks that cover the journey of the feminine enlightenment. So, the ones that become enlightened don't even know it. Only recently it's started to become a thing after psychoanalysis, Carl Jung, shadow work, and emotional healing, even though it's still not officially considered the feminine side of enlightenment.

@Recursoinominado Thanks. Now I can see 4 years into my future

@Leo Gura It's usually an indicator of collective ego being out of check. Nothing random about nature. We're not talking only about natural disasters though. Are you familiar with the religious narratives? Try reading the Bible or the Quran. Almost every single prophet warned his people of God's punishment because they were full of ego and ignorance and out of tune with nature. Excessive growth calls for a balancing force. Eventually, the punishments did come through. Genesis Flood and Noah's Ark as one example. If you don't believe in the wisdom of religion, then explain what WW1 and WW2 were.

Self-love is good, but never really enough. Other-love is required too. I came up with an analogy, kinda was inspired to me by God while I was meditating. Think of yourself as a tree. You not only need to be receptive of the sunlight, that's self-love, of course you should not block it. STILL, you need the sunlight to be present in your life in the first place, that's other-love, and clearly you can't grow without the sunlight. Now, the sunlight sometimes can be tough, hot, and might burn certain parts of you. Try to be receptive of that, that'll grow you, and you will come out stronger. Some other times, it can be gentle, caring, and protecting. And it's easy to receive that, although not for everyone. And here where self-love is most crucial. Because when it's difficult, rarely anyone can be receptive to begin with, and even if they did, they would vary in degrees. So there's no blame here. But to throw away the love that comes to help you, that's like spitting in God's face. Although, in a sense, rejecting anything is like spitting in God's face, including rejecting the very act of spitting. Especially don't reject that. Maybe God loves your spit. As a matter of fact, of course it does, because it is you, silly. .. Somehow, yesterday I got the feeling that someone has channeled something from a higher dimension down to me. I've realised many important things about my childhood. In return, I did some journaling/shadow work and was able to touch the child that's inside of me. I was able to relive certain parts of my past. I finally understood the reason for the break-up with my soul-mate. The picture was clear. The circle was complete. It was a wonderful experience overall. But most importantly, I've got a Turquoise level or higher insight into life and spirituality and how everything works in perfect sweet harmony. I realised that unconsciousness is not a bad thing, in a much deeper way than I ever did. It was perfectly clear, how everything lead me here, to the present moment. It was perfectly clear, why not being present in the now/unconsciousness is essential for growth. It has a purpose that only the blind/unconscious cannot see. I'm not sure if I can articulate it, and I won't even try. Just know and remember that no matter what happens, it's all good and part of the plan. There's nothing random at all. No matter how you feel, and no matter what happens. Even if you're going through hell. Know that it's necessary for burning the devils inside of you. I know this moment won't last forever, and that I will likely fall from grace pretty soon, but I am grateful for it and I feel completely satisfied right now. Thank you.

And yet, many of them have come true. It takes more than a few apocalypses to destroy a cancer like humanity. It's not likely that we're going to go extinct, but that does not disprove the possibility of huge disasters. Excessive growth calls for incisive surgeries by mother nature.

Be careful not to blend science with scientists. I wish scientists would define consciousness as you are saying. That's the whole problem. They define consciousness as some particular brain activities, and they assume that that equals perception. That is scientists' key mistake. When did science ever say that brain activity = perception? That's simply deluded scientists, not science. Science states clearly that there are correlations, but never a causation. Deluded materialist scientists make the mistake and jump to conclusions very quickly without examining their assumptions.

Oh, come on, Leo! Enough with the shitting on the advaitas. You're talking as if saying to someone that they're already enlightened would stop them from seeking. Of course it won't. Still, it is a valid pointer towards the NOW.

@Preetom Still ignorant

You're welcome.

Whoa! At least we know now that bots can project, misinterpret what others say, and get angry. You missed the strange-loop I created. Look again.

I know for a fact that this is bullshit.