Moksha

Yes How can anything infused with God be "untrue"? There is joy in the dance of life. You are a wave on the surface of the ocean, but you are still the ocean. There will never be another wave like you, so celebrate it.

@Flyboy I was being truthful, but apparently not helpful. Don't mistake what I said for nihilism; it's the opposite. There are practical steps you can take toward enlightenment. Whether the motivating force is "free will" or Consciousness itself doesn't matter. The Buddha didn't teach everything he knew, and I now see the wisdom in that ? The traditional paths to enlightenment are meditation, dedication, renunciation, and selfless service. Find an enlightened teacher that you trust. Study the ancient and modern texts of people that have realized enlightenment (Bhagavad Gita, Rig Veda, Dhammapada, Gospels of Jesus, Power of Now, etc.). Learn through meditation to center yourself in awareness, without distraction from or identification with thoughts. Go into nature, and feel your connection with everything. Find joy in helping others. Live a life that honors your body and your mind, not as your identity, but as a precious gift. Allow your suffering to humble you, and realize that the source of your suffering is the denial of reality in the present moment. Recognize the ego for what it is, and refuse to listen to its lies. Be willing to sacrifice everything for the sole purpose of realizing the light that you are. There is absolutely and only Light at the end of the tunnel.

1) Some come to the spiritual life because of suffering 2) Some in order to understand life 3) Some come through a desire to achieve life’s purpose 4) Some come who are men and women of wisdom Consciousness wakes people up in different ways. It's creative that way. Peekaboo is boring if it's always the same wall.

Anyone here consider The Buddha to be enlightened? The Four Noble Truths are the essence of his teachings. They are 1) the truth of suffering, 2) the truth of the cause of suffering, 3) the truth of the end of suffering, and 4) the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering. A few good pointers from the Gita:

Just came across this thread. Thank you, @Nahm ???

The truth is hidden in plain sight. People look everywhere for it, when it is who they are the whole time.

And yet suffering is the reason most people wake up. You* can passionately pursue truth your entire life, but until you are willing to sacrifice your ego, you will never fully experience the Truth that is your Self. *You, in the general sense.

Happy warrior. The realization of Truth is the end of suffering

@snowyowl Love is all there is

Going over the border is seeing the face of God. You don't come back from that.

It literally is mind blowing. My avatar name means, "blown out." Goodbye, mind. Hello, I Am.

@snowyowl Hopefully Crysty will answer For me, the best way to prepare my children for my death is to love them along the path of awakening. The ultimate love is the willingness to sacrifice our need for certainty on the altar of ourselves. Accepting what is, without suffering over it, is the greatest gift we can give to ourselves and to our children.

Love.

Someone posted this a few days ago. A few that have tried 5-MeO said that he doesn't know what he's talking about. I agree with his basic point though, which is that the brain has its own dopamine receptors, and it is possible to be naturally high.

@Mafortu I was referring to nonduality being in the same sentence as "they perceive themselves". Ultimate nonduality means there is no "I" to perceive itself. It is transcendent, formless, Consciousness itself In other words, nobody on the planet gets to directly experience Tat. We can feel our connection with it and with everything else, but we are still bound to a personal perspective. We are Atman realizing ourselves as Brahman, but we are not Brahman. We are the ray of the sun, realizing our connection with the sun, but we are not the sun.

See what you did there? You can directly realize nonduality, but it is still from "your" perspective. Nonduality from the ultimate perspective is only possible when you are free from form, i.e., when "you" no longer exist. Atman vs. Brahman.

Every THING is imaginary. Every THING is infused with You. You make every THING real.

@James123 Consciousness cracks itself up, is it not so? @Juliano Zn ?

@Reciprocality I mostly agree. There are levels of intensity, even within people that are enlightened. The light is always on for them, but it shines more brightly sometimes. I'm not sure that meditation or drugs are necessary for enlightened people to experience Consciousness dialing the dimmer switch all the way to the right. They are always connected, and Consciousness decides the intensity of the connection, as required by the moment.

Bingo. I amness is only possible in the world of form. Once "you" drop the "I", there only is.

Yes You are all there is. The dream world is the world of name and form. In the dream, waking up to Yourself amplifies everything else You dream.

Consciousness experiences itself through the brain. It infuses everything else, even the rocks and trees, but the cool thing about brains is that they allow Consciousness to realize itself.

The "I" is Consciousness shining through your form. Even enlightened people still have a perspective of "I". They just realize the illusion for what it is, and see themselves in every other thing. When the form is gone, the "I' perspective goes with it. Consciousness is all there really is.

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