Princess Arabia

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Interesting thread. I love talking about passion. Something to consider: What if you were "assigned" (not as in some master, but by your higher self perse) a mission to complete while here on earth in the form of passion. What if you, and only you, can fulfill this in your own unique way, like a fingerprint. What if your contribution to society was to honor your passion, the reason behind your passion. I believe everything in life has a purpose, not necessarily in the Absolute sense where there's a purpose for life itself because life itself is its own purpose. Hard to really relate this, but you guys are intelligent enough to read between the lines of what I'm trying to say here. Not that I actually believe this, just a thought that popped up while reading the thread. Thoughts?

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Ok guys, thank you all for the wonderful explanations. The only thing I know is that divine love is flowing through me to the extent of which I'm aware of it, and I'm fully aware of it. I'm aware that I'm aware and that nothing exists outside my consciousness or else i'd be aware of that too. I know there's no turning back now that I've been exposed to some parts of the Truth and I cannot unsee what I've seen through my own direct experience. My body is still purging out some of it's impurities and I try to be easy with it because I recognize how conditioned it has been. I try not to beat myself up too much because I'm just here to experience life and the challenges that comes with it. I've learnt alot through this forum and other teachers; but I know at the end of the day I'm my own inner guru and I have to learn to listen to my heart more because that's where my true home is. I'm at peace with not knowing everything and I'll continue to listen to all the wise minds here and read the posts and comments and I appreciate the knowledge and wisdom I have been exposed to. Many will go to their grave not knowing who they really are and I have had the opportunity to experience that knowing. Everything else will fall into place through divine timing and I truly understand what it means to not know. It's a mystery unto itself and that's part of the beauty.

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@Water by the Riverthank you for addressing my questions. In your last paragraph when you say "love is what throws it all out and pulls it all back", is that what's known to us as "Gravity"?

Thanks for the responses. Since the ego doesn't exist and God is everything including you and me, who is there to be enlightened or awakened? I'm going to try to ask all the questions in one post. 1. What is being awakened God or the Ego. 2. If I'm one with everything and everyone, and there's no distinction between me and a tree because that's just a distinction the mind created, and the false sense of self recognizes this, why do I need to get enlightened or awakened to that fact if I can intellectually understand this and live my life accordingly. 3. I understand enlightenment is a stripping of all beliefs, ideologies concepts etc. and everything the ego believes itself to be, and is our true nature, why can't I just empty myself of all those concepts and become enlightened. I'm using the word "I" for the sake of clarity here. 4. Is the end of suffering the only "benefit" to acquiring the enlightenment state; and I'm not saying the pursuit to enlightenment should have any benefits because that suggests there's an "I" to gain something, but I notice a lot of "end of suffering" statements when explaining what enlightenment is. 5. If everything is perfect and there's an intelligent design at play here, and God put itself to sleep so it can awaken to itself, why do we need to pursue enlightenment and to recognize there's no Self if it's part of God's plan to trick itself into being human so it can experience itself through the ego. Is that part of the plan, to see if it can awaken to itself. If so, then what, and if not, why doesn't it just stay unenlightened to have the experience. These questions might seem a bit silly to some; and it's not that I really need to know the answers because I've surrendered and have trust in the process that's unfolding and know that I'm ok no matter what happens in my experience, but I'm just curious and would like to explore myself from other's perspectives. Thank you.

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Can someone on this thread please tell me what it REALLY means to be awake and the difference between being awake and being enlightened.

I have no idea what you just said. So I guess my not knowing what you just said is my mind being minimalistic. ????????????

I know, it did that to me for a long time then it finally gave up keeping me in suspense when I was about to give up the search. No more searching for me. ?

This pic got my attention. So beautiful. I think a dozen of the same thing vs a dozen different things, the latter will seem more cluttered to the mind because it processes sameness differently than it does differences. E.g, 12 of the exact same tree will seem less cluttered than 12 different trees in the sane space.

I was going to mention that in my response, then I said doesn't matter the message is more important. But funny how I did think of that. He/she will clarify if feels the need, I guess.

Doesn't he. He speaks with a lot of wisdom.

Two brokes who don't realize to stop claiming being broke have potential to create more brokenness. Stop saying you're broke. You are God claiming that state and will remain in that state.

A dog.

@Ajax I like your viewpoint on relationships. Seems very unattached and non clingy. You value your space so you value others'. I wouldnt entertain @LSD-Rumi's idea much on how it must be your fault why she cheated and you must be doing something wrong and how you need psychotherapy. There are a lot of misconceptions about women when it comes to relationships. Women can cheat even if they're presumably happy with their partners and vice versa, even tho I find men are more likely to cheat if the opportunity reveals itself. You value yourself and, I believe, cheating on you is a sign she doesn't value you, nor the relationship. There are many reasons why people cheat. Men and women. No one size fits all. Some will tolerate and some won't. I don't know why it is so widely believed that women in relationships are more emotional than men. In my experience, men are just as emotional, they just tend to hide it more. They express it differently. This is why they can become more aggressive and channel that energy towards abuse, neglect or reckless behaviour.

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No autographs please.

Ok. But just realize he asked about 7+ women, not just women.

Men will get laid easier if they stop chasing women. It's the chase that keeps women running. Why did the cat chase the mouse. Because it wasn't a dog. Hehe...haha..hehe.

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Anything is possible. I dont know him why would I dislike him. What do you mean what else is there to do. The only thing there's to do is to stay homeless, drink and do drugs and to pick up unsuspecting women if you're young and seemingly healthy? I guess that's a message to share. Not judging the guy, because i empathize with his position but the message isn't good for someone who claims he's broke and wondering if he can still sleep with women. Maybe he will not get ambitious to wanna get out his broke situation if he emulates this guy's situation. I'm just saying this in response to the OPs post. Nothing wrong with the video per se to each is own. I guess I wish when I was younger I was taught the power of the mind. The power of thought, how we're creating our own reality and how to get out of victim mindset and all the things they don't teach you in school about how Reality works in respect to practical day-to-day living. Now people have to struggle in life to try to survive and turn to drugs and deceive people in order to maintain their survival strategy. I'm probably, as usual, taking this to heart and just see no point in sharing this under this post's heading. The guy needs to get out of his "broke" mentality and not stay in it by realizing its possible to still pick up women. He probably needs a better incentive to try to achieve better for himself. Especially on a forum where the Admin teaches differently.

Where's the magic.

What's the point in sharing this video on a post where a guy is asking if he can sleep with hot girls while broke. What is the message. I don't get it. Are you telling him its possible because this guy did it. If that is the reason you shared it, that's not helping him.