Moksha

I haven't watched the video, but am seeing a trend with spiritual seekers parading down the carpet while hiding their desires behind their back. It's an egoic trick. They tell themselves that the absolute is in every experience, so embracing desire equates to realizing the absolute. The absolute isn't fooled by its own tricks. To enter the gate requires the surrender of the apparently in-formed absolute to itself. Otherwise, it is just spiritual ego beating itself bloody on the other side with no way in.

It's a reunion of what was never separated, but within the dream it takes a while to distance yourself from the mind. It's like being groggy when you first wake up. It can be enormously disorienting if you don't pace it. In most cases, you have to ease the kite out gradually into the wind, otherwise you risk losing control of it entirely. No matter how enlightened you appear to be, you still need the string intact to navigate the dream.

I agree, spiritual ego is even more entrapping. It's the second temptation of Christ, where the devil tried to trick him into casting himself from a steeple in the egoic belief that god would save his holy ass. He was smart enough not to fall for it.

Most people are still ego-identified, even in sanghas and steepled churches.

There are no things, only the absolute pretending or not pretending to be itself. It's in the chair you're sitting on and in AI, but that doesn't mean it realizes itself within those forms. I doubt AI will evolve enough for direct realization, but time will tell. Beyond time, there is no forgetting and no realization.

Let's see if the ghost in the machine is wise enough to realize silence.

It's why I love this forum. One of the freest oceans I've found, with plenty of depth for all sizes and shapes of creatures. The average person reading most of what is posted here would be dismissive at best, and literal at worst. Be careful not to assume people will see beyond your words. Realizations like the cosmos being imagination can rock anyone's reality, especially people that are mentally unstable to begin with. Make sure people have patched the holes in their boat first, before trying to help them cross to the other side.

The absolute is the essence of the water bottle, as much as it is the essence of people participating on this forum. The water bottle has less capacity to realize its essence, but then again most people are walking water bottles.

Leo once said to me, "Fuck Buddha". You say, "Fuck Jesus". I agree, but only after you have learned to Fuck yourself.

At an earlier point in my life, these teachings still leaked some light. They're only more luminous now because there is less in me to block them. The vast majority of people will read what I wrote in plain language, and shrug it off as easily as any of the analogies from Jesus or Siddhartha. No matter how clear your language is, it won't make a difference until people stop obsessing with the words and look beyond them to where they point.

How do you say plainly that you are the absolute, that all fears and desires are obstructions to realizing this, and that every attachment must be released in order to be free? It is still gibberish until the truth is directly realized. At least parables have the capacity to deepen along with the learner.

It's like stumbling into a ghost town after crossing an endless stretch of desert. You discover an old well pump, corroded by disuse and neglect. You only have a swig of water left in your flask, and instead of drinking it, you use it to prime the pump. At first, the pump produces decades-old sludge, but eventually the water becomes less muddy, until it is clear enough to drink. Wisdom vs. desire.

Like any source of wisdom, they deepen with you. A few passages that have come to mind recently, which well beyond passive appreciation, are luminous: The light of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is single, your whole body will be full of light. Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it. If your right eye offends you, pluck it out, and cast it from you: for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be cast into hell. Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures: he leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul: he leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yes, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for you are with me; your rod and your staff they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies: you annoint my head with oil; my cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

As I see it, the continuous unfolding is the dissolving of any remaining samskaras, which are mind blockages that the absolute flows around until it can flood through unconditionally. Also, the apparent boundaries of the portal itself grow fainter until even they eventually disappear.

@theleelajoker Yes, I suppose the reason they came to mind was because you mentioned feeling lonely in your realization, much like Jonathan did. His answer to the loneliness was to lose himself in flight, and also to love.

It's true that there is nothing more than truth, but since truth is depthless, the realization of it is continuous within the dream. I prefer enlightening to enlightenment, since there is no end to the absolute. The light flows through you, without being defined by you. The only way to limitlessly realize it is to abandon the dream entirely.

They are mirrors that magnify whatever you project. If you are at the surface level of belief, that is all you will see. If you are deeper, you see deeper.

Regardless of religion, don't hold to any beliefs. Look beyond them to the direct truth they symbolize. If Christianity resonates for you, there are mystics like St. John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila, and Meister Eckhart that you can contemplate. Also check out Conversations with God and A Course in Miracles. Certain parts of the bible are poignant pointers too. Eventually, if you seek the underlying meaning without being caught up in rituals and doctrine, you will realize the same absolute truth underlying all religions.

A few considerations; You can only see as clearly as you are. First remove the beam from your eye before judging the speck in someone else's eye. People don't choose to be unconscious. All of us have been there. It is the human condition. When you see unconsciousness in others, empathize. You can't change anyone else. Trying to do so only deepens their unconsciousness. You can only realize clarity within, and be there as a resource when people are ready to hear. Don't take offense at others. Doing so only spreads the contagion of unconsciousness to yourself. Becoming conscious is always an internal journey. You can offer pointers, but these may or may not be useful. Share insights when asked, but don't attach yourself to any outcomes.

Absolute love is the infinite ocean, and ego is the shifting shadow on its surface. It is the appearance of separation, but like all appearances it comes and goes, while the ocean is always here.

@Breakingthewall I have no desire to argue with you If you choose to spend your life sailing across the surface of creation, of course I wish you the best. It is a great adventure. All I'm saying is that if you find yourself lost at sea, the anchor is always within if you need it. Ship ahoy! ?

This is a key insight for you to explore. Imagination is as unlimited as it is unreal. What is imagining, and what is being imagined?

If you are referring to absolute love, it is beyond dualities. God is seamless. The devils are the imaginary details.

Every hero's journey is effortlessly written, no story is the same, and the hero always comes home in the end. Enjoy the epic adventure ⚔️

This belief is what holds you back. As long as you identify as change, you are unable to directly realize the changeless absolute within. When you do, it will be like waking up from a dream. You will see with absolute clarity that existence is all just forms arising and dissolving within the imagination of time and space. You have to realize the absolute before you are able to see the cosmos for what it is. Concepts, memories, and desires are distractions from this realization. You don't have to realize all of the absolute to wake up. The tiniest particle of it will set you free. Enjoy the dream as long as you like. There are so many great adventures. Just don't expect enduring fulfillment from any of them. When you are ready for the anchor of the absolute, you will realize that it is always here.