Moksha

It is an infinite cycle of dreaming and awakening, all within the ultimate Tat.

Consciousness is speaking through this idiot savant who doesn't even realize what he is channeling. If you sift through the slop of his ego, there are pearls. Consciousness infuses every form with its presence. It is not matter and motion, but is the awareness that enlivens matter and motion. It manifests a multitude of forms through diversifying and evolving those forms. It grows the capacity to realize itself. It is the grand game of life. He understands this, but he doesn't see.

@levani If you find yourself spiraling into depression, or into any other energy entrapment, just pull back. The beauty of meditation is that you are at the helm. There is only one rule: Be Conscious. When you are Conscious, thoughts and emotions have no power over you. Consciousness is the cocoon of light that keeps you safe. Stay peacefully present in the circle, and don't allow yourself to be pulled out of it into the void. Thoughts and emotions will probably float by. Observe them, explore them if you want, but don't identify with them. You may realize new insights and even experience healing as a result of this. The purest moments are when you are alone in the light. Enjoy the serenity. Feel the thriving energy that you are. When you are ready, dive into the sun, but not for too long. We have to build our capacity for light. It is astonishing and beautiful to bathe in it. Enjoy the spiritual spa

What a crazy, awakening, curious, creative, ruthless, caring, confused, primal, playful menagerie we are.

Very cool video on this that was posted last week, in case you missed it:

Consciousness = infinite = perfectly consistent = perfectly inconsistent. Consistency is Consciousness imbued in every form. Inconsistency is the infinite variety of Conscious manifestations.

Cool, van Gogh primal

Meditation doesn't make me feel depressed. Depression was the reason I started meditating

Pretty sure I've been here every day since I discovered the forum. I love it, and am thankful for the people I've "met", and the lessons I've learned here. @Leo Gura ? ? ?

Scientifically define Consciousness. Oh, and...the ultimate dipshit is the scientist with his head so dipped in shit that he can't see shit for dipshit

The present moment is a portal to reality. It is not ultimate reality.

@mandyjw No. No. That's not true. That's impossible! Noooooooooo!!! OMG, we tell a good story.

Enlightenment is a permanent state of awakening. Even then, the light can still grow brighter or dimmer, but it is always on.

@The0Self Is knowing itself not the ultimate illusion?

Isn't that the purpose of the antagonist in every good story?

Consciousness has no gender. Maybe boring, but at the end of the day (which is always), there is no gender. Aren't puppets fun though?

The ancient gurus used meditation as a paring knife. They peeled away each layer of their personality that was impermanent, turn by turn, until the only thing left was the solid core of Consciousness. Don't chase after "being". It will elude you, because it can't be caught. It is already there, deep inside of you, waiting to be released. When the time is right, you will be flooded with it. If you can create spaciousness in yourself by pulling back from your thoughts and simply observing them, that will be a good first step.

Yes The best stories open the most doors.

Welcome back Fighting only builds resistance. Meditation is judo, not karate. Allow everything to happen, even explore it, just don't identify with it.

When you wake up, you will realize that you and everything else are the same. Yes, stories about others waking up mean nothing for your own awakening They may act as pointers, but only you can awaken, and when you do, it will be a direct experience, not a thought.

The snake was the most subtle beast in the garden. The best lies are founded in truth. The lie was not that there is no spiritual death, but that Eve and Adam would live in the garden forever. Classic ego move: Swapping what seems to be changeless for what actually is changeless.

The biggest self-deception was mistaking my thoughts for myself. I suffered a lot because of it, but didn't know why I was suffering, or how to escape. I found a good therapist that carved out space for me to explore. I studied the insights of ancient and modern people that realized peace. I started meditating. All of this made a good garden. But I had built the same garden years ago, only to revert to complacency, once the storm had passed. My early garden fell fallow. This time, it was different. The decision that exposed my garden to the sun was the primal choice to let go of my suffering, no matter where it took me. I released my claw grip on the precipice that I had clung to my entire life, and fell into the void. I saw my conditioned mind for the devil that it was. Scary, confusing, but also liberating. The light caught me, and kept me safe in the middle of the void. My garden sprang to life. I finally found abundant peace. If there is a current self-deception, it is the desperate whispering of my ego back on the precipice, promising peace without a price, if I would just come back. But I know better, now. I hope I will always know better.

The core problem is identifying with the conditioned mind. When you realize that you are not your thoughts, there is suddenly spaciousness. You experience being the observer of your thoughts. It's like jailbreaking out of your conditioned mind, and directly realizing the Consciousness that you are.

Honesty about uncertainty is the beginning of wisdom Now learn to enjoy the spaciousness of the uncertainty. It's like floating in a void with a smile on your face. When you not only see it, but embrace it, everything finally makes sense. Not to the mind, but to the soul.

Yes To use the mind, rather than being used by it, is to live Consciously. The mind then becomes a magnifying lens for creativity and abundance, rather than a magnifying lens for confusion and suffering.