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These thoughts and feelings come up so we can fully heal them. I have gone through something similiar. Alot of fear and anger over quite some time. When we sit with those feelings they start to dissolve and start to lessen in intensity. It's all part of the purification process.

Everything we say is just a limited perspective. No matter how well we express it or whether we think it's a personal opinion or the truth. Realizing the absolute is not enlightenment but it's a start.

Meet the hopelessness and boredom. Let it arise and stop running from it. Then you'll notice that these feelings can't hurt you.

To me the 10th picture represents seeing everythings enlightened nature. Love, compassion, humbleness and ordinariness. Not about being more enlightened or better or "external looks".

@James12345 The 8th oxherding picture And the 10th oxherding picture

Yes, one could say that any rigid stance is self and fluidity is no self. So even holding on to no self is self. No single point of reference is the whole truth so what is there but to be total fluidness. That's a nut for the self to crack... but it might be the self that cracks. ? ??

Ant then the fascination of that fades away because what has changed. What is there to say about that. Life goes on as usual yet it's magical and ordinary at the same time.

This resonates, the video does not. It seems like many get stuck in that perspective or rather holding on to it. There is a point where all teachings need to be dropped and get back to planet earth. ?

The thinker is a thought and after realizing the absolute the belief that one is the thinker falls away. Thought begin to recontextualize when realization happens wouldn't you say?

I'm just using the words you are using. ? Thinking implies that there is a thinker which is a duality. But words are just words. I know what you meant by the word "thinking".

So everything but thinking. ☺

And what are you?

What feelings come up when you don't try to alleviate this brokenness? Try sitting with those feelings instead of distracting yourself and see what happens.

Sure, if that's what you prefer.

Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing. And what's holding onto nothing?

@Godishere Nice. Hope you continue to practice.

@Gianna A feeling can "trigger" several thoughts. By letting go of the feeling we also deal with the thoughts that was triggered by it. Yeah, It's both. We can trigger fear by thinking of public speaking for example and the fear will trigger new thoughts like "I can't" with the accompanying feeling apathy. Fear can also be triggered by doing public speaking. There's probably several ways of doing shadow work but what is the "problem". Is it the thought of public speaking or is it the fear of public speaking? So why not deal with the root of the problem directly.

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@Blackhawk You start off as a separate self and as you do the work the sense of separation dissolves. It's not about trusting what 99.9% of people says or the 0.1%. It's about examining what you are experiencing for yourself if you are interested.

@Nivsch It's all about meeting those uncomfortable feelings. Sit with them, be with them until they dissolve. Let go of the need to do something about them.

There is no separation between "consciousness" and "The contents appearing to it", it's the same one. The thoughts are a reflection of the feelings and the quality of feelings determine how we operate in 'the world'.

@Javfly33 Good luck to you. I hope you succeed to make your life situation better. ???

@Ultraanova That's awesome. I'm very happy for you! ??

For most people that is their experience. Being something inside the head of their body, a state of separation. As we start to have these glimpses you speak of things start to loosen up alittle. It's used as a teaching tool. We are usually very identified with out thoughts so by being the watcher of our thoughts we start disidentifying with them and can see that the I-thought is no more I than anything else.

@RoerAmit It might take you 10 minutes or 10 years to become a master but if you do what you enjoy doing then those 10 years will feel like 10 minutes because it will be effortless.