Moksha

It's called Dark Night of the Soul. The ego doesn't want to surrender without a fight. Meditation is a lightsaber in your spiritual arsenal. It is a weapon that grows sharper the more you wield it. Eventually you will learn to be a Jedi I agree with @Chrism that there is wisdom in pacing yourself. Follow your instincts, and don't hesitate to reach out to others for help. We are all dancing in the same dream. When the time is right, you will realize the beautiful being that you are. At the end of fear, there is only love.

@levani Meditation is connecting with the light that you are. There's nothing to fear in that

You are not aware of being, you are being. The awareness itself is your essence.

All creativity arises out of Consciousness. There are different levels of enlightenment. An artist can be a vessel for Consciousness, with a limited realization of what is going on. Still, in the creative moment, the artist is Consciousness.

My take: Mind enlightenment is the conceptual realization of who you are. It is the mind trying to understand reality, which is to say, it isn't real enlightenment. Heart enlightenment is the nonconceptual realization. It is direct experience of Consciousness, free from thought. People sometimes mistake the former for the latter.

Enlightened people are the only sane ones. They are simple. They have nothing to prove, because they already are. Don't give up on India yet. Your ancient roots are still strong. Consciousness will eventually cast out the castes. Some words of encouragement (emphasis added):

Dissolve the italics and wake up

@Nahm Eckhart was 29 when he woke up. Siddhartha was 29 too, but that was just the beginning of his journey. For Eckhart, it was a supernova event. Siddhartha took 6 years before he became enlightened, more like a sunrise. Consciousness has its own cadence. We are all dancing to the same music. We meet ourselves when the dance brings us together, and only then.

@Nahm As all answers are.

Simply breathing will let you stay in the dream. Even when you are awake, there has to be some guna attachment to keep you here. Awake, but relaxed, because you realize that even in the dream you can enjoy being with every breath.

Eventually you reach the point where your mind is tamed. It may still strain at the harness every now and then, but it learns to behave.

@Danioover9000 Most of the stories I've heard about haunting seem to be specific to the location, rather than the person. What do you think is her relationship with consciousness? Do you believe that individual identities continue to exist beyond death, based on your experience with Crysty? I can't say I have experienced hauntings per se, but have had some strange experiences. There were times when I was younger, and was woken out of sleep by my bed shaking. It was always a freaky experience.

@Leo Nordin The ride is so much better with the top down.

Can you be a slave to yourself?

Consciousness is energy. No surprise that it is telling "you" to go out and help the world Eckhart Tolle spent the first 3 years after his awakening just being. He would sit on park benches and observe, simply enjoying the new perspective. After that period, he felt a strong drive from consciousness whipping him back into the world of doing, to share what he learned with others. The Buddha did the same. The important thing is to do whatever consciousness directs you to do, in other words do what you want

People that are awake don't usually talk about what happens after death. They are honest enough to admit they don't know anything, except themselves.

Waking up puts you at the helm of your life. What you do then is up to you.

God is one.

Trump doesn't have an enlightened bone in his body. Biden maybe has an enlightened right hip. I voted for the hip.

Conceptual understanding is in our human nature. Nonconceptual understanding is in our being nature. One leads to insanity, the other leads to clarity. Take your pick.

Yes, the Vedas are more vast Everything you need to know is in the Bhagavad Gita, but why not enjoy the view from some of the other windows as well?

Letting go of the human desire for approval and aversion to disapproval is very difficult, as long as your conditioned mind is at the helm. When you wake up, simply being present begins to dissolve all of these attachments. It takes time, but we have all the time there is, which is nothing

The ultimate letting go is our need for certainty itself. When you let go of the nattering mind, confusion dissolves as well. There is only beautiful clarity. You can still navigate in the world of form, but you are no longer defined by it.

Yes What is the source of your self-knowledge? We've been splashing around in the ocean of infinity, and I spotted a pearl: The deeper you dive into infinity, the less pronounceable it becomes. Dive into time, and you are infinitely immersed in moments. Dive into space, and you sail into it forever. Dive into matter, and you will never reach the bottom. Infinity is incomprehensible. We can point to it, but we cannot grasp it. The more we try to understand it, the more elusive it becomes. It is futile and meaningless. It is the road to insanity. Why even try to understand reality with the conceptual mind? We can experience it instead. When you open your spiritual eyes, everything suddenly makes sense. You realize that you are it.

You are more than a character That realization is the beginning of the end of suffering.