Moksha

We don't need love, we are Love. It is our essence. Within the dream, we need to first realize that we are not our thoughts, our feelings (including the human emotion that we call love), or our experiences. These are only attachments that suffocate us. We are not the character in the dream with all of its melodrama. When you realize what you are not, and realize that identifying with the character has only created suffering, you are preparing to realize what you actually are. Trapped within the character's perspective, this realization feels like death, but it is not. What was never born cannot die. It is the unveiling of the absolute radiance of your true nature. You are finally free from the conditioned stormclouds that have commanded your attention and obscured you all of your dreaming life. This dawning is not only possible within the dream, but it is the culmination of it. There is no clearer way of living than in the flow state of yourself, which is unconditional Love.

When the Subject <> Object duality collapses, there is only Love. No God loving you, no you loving God, only Love. Enlightenment is Love being itself unconditionally, even from within its dream.

Beliefs are born of the mind and lead to suffering, not healing. Experiencing Love is not a belief, it is direct realization of your true nature.

Nobody needs Love, but to realize the unconditional Love that we already are. You already realize this, but some may not. It is only words until the realization happens, and staying in the realization usually requires the self-shattering experience of suffering.

@LSD-Rumi Well said. The majority of spiritual seekers want an easy resolution to their suffering. I feel this is why 5-MeO is so enticing. People are convinced that if only they see clearly enough, their suffering will dissolve. In truth, realizing that you are not the mind is only the first step. You must then have the integrity and courage to integrate this seeing into your life. If it is authentic, your perspective on suffering will invert. Instead of trying to escape it, you will see it for the gift to yourself that it actually is. Instead of chasing insights, embrace the unconditional spaciousness within you so fully that you are willing to release identifying with the deep desires and aversions that bind you to life. They will still exist, but will no longer influence your life or contribute to your suffering. Only then will you be free to live fully. For most, it takes substantial suffering before you are humble enough to surrender to yourself. M: Don't be misled by the simplicity of the advice. Very few are those who have the courage to trust the innocent and the simple. To know that you are a prisoner of your mind, that you live in an imaginary world of your own creation is the dawn of wisdom. To want nothing of it, to be ready to abandon it entirely, is earnestness. Only such earnestness, born of true despair, will make you trust me. Q: Have I not suffered enough? M: Suffering has made you dull, unable to see its enormity. Your first task is to see the sorrow in you and around you; your next to long intensely for liberation. The very intensity of longing will guide you; you need no other guide.

You don't have to imagine yourself as them. You are them. When you realize that the same essence permeates everyone and everything, judgment disappears.

Even within relative reality, science has proven that time is not an absolute. If you travel at a very high speed to another planet and return, you will be younger than your identical twin. Whose perception of time is more real?

Concepts are born of the mind, based on experience within the cosmos. Both are bound to relative reality, and are incapable of representing ultimate reality. Whatever can be perceived, thought, or felt is not who you ultimately are. Your absolute nature is beyond change, beyond experience, and beyond comprehension.

In Sanskrit, supernatural powers are called siddhis. Like anything else in relative reality, they have the potential to distract from your ultimate nature. Enjoy them if you like, just don't identify with them. I spread before your eyes, Nachiketa, The fulfillment of all worldly desires: Power to dominate the earth, delights Celestial gained through religious rites, Miraculous powers beyond time and space. These with will and wisdom have you renounced.

As a name, Love is a clear pointer to ultimate reality. It describes the seamless essence that dissolves all boundaries, and is within and beyond everything. It is so loving that it even encompasses the void.

Suffering is a crossroads to enlightenment, not a direct path. When faced with suffering, some people take the path that winds up the mountain of awareness, while others take the path that plunges them further into darkness. It is ultimately a test of readiness, sincerity, courage, and intent. The ego needs suffering in order to survive. It is energized by your resistance to the moment, and by your attempts to cling to the moment instead of letting it freely pass through you. When you live in a flow state, the ego deflates because it has nothing to feed it. There is no value in seeking suffering. Life will bring it to you in abundance. Instead, focus on preparing yourself to learn the secret of suffering, which begins with the realization that you are not the thoughts, the feelings, or the experiences that induce suffering. Your true nature is unconditional spaciousness, and when you directly realize it, you will be free.

If by light you are referring to photons, it is bound to the cosmos just as darkness is bound to the void. The expression (cosmos) and the potential for the expression (void) are dualities, and neither can be without the other. Instead of asking which came first, realize the essence within and beyond both of them.

Exactly. That's why I prefer Law of Attention over Law of Attraction. People get caught up in manipulating reality to suit their preferences, which is precisely the opposite of spirituality. It is the perfect recipe for suffering. Let go of attracting something to you in the false belief that it will fulfill you in some way. It never does. Instead, surrender to what is. Embrace the full range of living. Denying reality is not only insane, but it blinds you to your true nature, which is already infinitely abundant. You will never find enduring happiness outside of yourself. Allow life to freely flow through you, rather than blocking or clinging to ephemeral experiences. Attend to what actually matters, which is the absolute essence of who you are.

Attention is a microscope. Whatever you focus on, you magnify. If you live in your head, your world will be a prison of thoughts. You will constantly be distracted from distraction by distraction, in a game of whac-a-mole that you can never win. If you let go of thoughts and attend to your essence, its light and creativity will dissolve you and realize itself throughout and beyond the cosmos. You could call it Law of Attention.

Causality is an illusion. It only appears in Newton’s map of the universe, and Einstein’s map is better. Setting aside maps, how could there be a cause and effect in ultimate reality, which is beyond all dualities?

From the absolute perspective, there is no who to be. There is simply being. Even after realization, there is still a personality in relative reality. Thoughts still seem to appear, you just don't identify with them. Lucidly enjoy the dream. It's phenomenal.

Enlightenment happens when you are ready for it to happen. You can prepare for it through meditation, psychedelic exploration, contemplation, etc. but because it is a direct realization, it is impossible to know precisely when you will awaken. Years (lifetimes?) of preparation may be necessary for some to awaken, and completely unnecessary for others. Your ultimate nature decides and makes it happen when the time is right. For me, the catalyst was suffering. It opened my eyes enough to realize that I was no longer willing to cling to the conditioned mind. But that was just the first step. The real work has been developing the courage, integrity, and humility to dissolve my aversions and desires. It happens naturally in the light of your essence, sometimes suddenly but more often gradually as a deepening expression of your realization.

It can be surprising once you let go of identification. The veil of you that is left isn't lost. It becomes more sublime. Life is relaxed, creative, intelligent, and authentic because it is a purer expression of your essence. Your only regret is that you didn't realize it sooner.

Disorientation is pretty common when your mind begins to cope with its unreality. We spend so much of our lives believing we are our thoughts, it isn't surprising that the mind takes time to adjust. I went through a period where I got physically dizzy, to the point where I was concerned about safely performing basic functions like driving. I noticed that the disorientation happened when I was thinking about (un)reality, rather than simply being. When I felt disoriented, I found that focusing inward as I do in meditation returned me to steadiness. Now, the dizziness rarely happens and when it does it only lasts for a moment. In addition to meditation, I recommend contemplating The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts. The third Greek maxim is: "Certainty brings ruin". With honest intent and discipline, you can learn to let go of the need for certainty and settle into the essence of who you are. It is said that before entering the sea a river trembles with fear. She looks back at the path she has traveled, from the peaks of the mountains, the long winding road crossing forests and villages. And in front of her, she sees an ocean so vast, that to enter there seems nothing more than to disappear forever. But there is no other way. The river can not go back. Nobody can go back. To go back is impossible in existence. The river needs to take the risk of entering the ocean because only then will fear disappear, because that’s where the river will know it’s not about disappearing into the ocean, but of becoming the ocean. - Khalil Gibran

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Some clarifications might be helpful. For me: Goodness: Intent and actions arising from alignment with your ultimate nature as God God: The absolute, within and beyond all dualities including the creation of the cosmos and the potentiality of the void Love: The ultimate seamless essence underlying all apparent differences; another word for God

I haven't watched the video, but goodness = god = love. It is light within light realizing light.

People lose their minds all the time, as an escape from suffering. They end up in insane asylums. That is the opposite from seeing the conditioned mind for the torture device that it is. This realization is the beginning of true sanity. When you no longer identify with your thoughts, you are free to train the mind until it aligns with your will. At that point, you are riding the elephant instead of being dragged around by it through the mud.

- Cause you insist on imposing your desires upon the cosmos, instead of surrendering to the gift of the cosmos working through you

Suffering is only a catalyst to awakening when the person is ready to surrender to the reality of the moment. The reason so few people awaken isn't due to lack of suffering. It is because they react to suffering by resisting it, which only increases their suffering. Most people would be tortured to death before realizing this. It's like being caught in a patch of thorns, and bloodying yourself by fighting against it rather than seeing it truly, and calmly responding by finding your way through it.