Moksha

Beyond being, You can still do. The difference is that doing itself becomes enlightened. Even simple tasks take on a quality that wasn't there before. Chopping wood and carrying water can make you smile.

Just noticing your thoughts will raise your consciousness. You don't have to be The Buddha to do that

When you wake up, you recognize thoughts for what they are. You no longer identify with them, and they have no power over you. You are the illuminated spaciousness in which they arise.

The ego will fight tooth and nail to keep you from waking up. It pretends that it is real, and fears the existential threat of enlightenment. It is the devil. It thrives on suffering, and cannot exist without it. The thing that wakes you up is not the ego. It is Consciousness itself. The devil cannot abide it. Waking up is nothing more than realizing who you are. It is the flood light of You, that pierces the veil of the ego, and dissolves all illusions.

The brain is a transmitter for Consciousness.

@Gesundheit Let me think about that

As it must be ?

You don't have to let go of the people you love. You just have to recognize them as yourself.

Even permanently enlightened people need some attachment in order to stay human. They are translucent, but not entirely dissolved.

Most people don't experience enlightenment in a constant state. It comes and goes. Some do finally break through the ego wall, in such a way that the light shines through perpetually.

Yes Consciousness is contagious. So is unconsciousness. People can take steps that will move them toward enlightenment, and certainly they should. My point was that they have no choice in whether they do or not. They are taking those steps because Consciousness is moving them in that direction. Whether or not they realize that doesn't actually matter. They wake up, when they wake up.

@Reciprocality You can intuit truths that you haven't directly experienced yet. What I'm asking is, do you believe there are other people on the planet that are enlightened, in a permanent altered state of consciousness, without needing to constantly meditate or do drugs?

Being is absolutely beautiful

@Someone here There is no try. Only be.

@Flyboy You don't get to choose. I wish it were different, but it's not. Immerse yourself in Yourself: the Bhagavad Gita, meditation, the Tao Te Ching, the Gospels...it is all You and only You. Meanwhile, enjoy you. You created you for a reason, after all

You are the gambler. You are the gambling. Enjoy the game.

@peachboy There can be only One

Thank you Jesus, he sees

@Rigel ?

"Relatively" profound is Self-limiting. Your mind will get you nowhere. It is an endless hamster wheel to madness. Ego oblivion. Forget about choosing. Just be. Now.

Then keep doing it Eating is for the birds. And the humans, I guess.

Even a quiet song, at the edge of awareness, is still a song.

When you actually break the wall, you break the wall. And it's not "you" doing it.

God losing itself: sock puppet. God finding itself: hand revealed. All this living, and the ultimate lesson is the childish game of Peekaboo.

@Mindflow Consciousness infuses everything, even (and maybe especially) Hawaiian style chips