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They don't hold any value when blindly believing them, they are just pointers along the way. Like road signs, you don't pick them up and bring them with you. They show the way to existence itself.

No wonder you feel sad but Love is always there underneath all these feelings. Luckily past traumas can be healed if we let them reemerge. Sometimes we do this work in hope of transcending these types of feelings so we don't have to deal with them. But all it takes is to be present with the feelings that arises and not push them away again. Journaling is a good way to get your feelings into the open. The sadness might be tangled with other feelings such as anger and journaling can "untangle" them. <3

@Haumea2018 Would be interested in your opinion.

@Jahmaine future and past is NOW as thought. Edit: @LastThursday Nice. Instead of a vacation on Fiji we might travel to our birth or maybe even to last thursday.

@LfcCharlie4 how have you integrated the shadow. What tools did you use and are there no shadow left to integrate, is that what 1000 means?

The mind will try to come up with answers. That's what the mind does but what is important to recognize is that every answer that the mind comes up with is not the answer to tye question. You ask: what am I? The mind answers: I'm this person. Which is a thought so that can't be true. So you ask again, what am I? The mind answers: I'm consciousness. Which is a thought. A thought of consciousness is not consciousness. That can't be true so you ask again and again and again until the mind quiets down. The answer comes as something broader than mind.

@Meditationdude Sometimes growth comes from dealing with the negative feelings we are experiencing. Have you investigated what the sadness is about?

Without thought which is constantly referencing to time the experienxe has a timeless aspect to it.

@VeganAwake Yeah it's as hard to kill an ego like it's hard to drink water from a mirage of an oasis. <3

@dyslexicFcuk You are the asshole that's creating this. <3

@traveler good one! @Amandine ?

Some of your thoughts are telling you that you SHOULD let go and forgive and others are hating and critizising. That creates division inside. They are telling you that you aren't ready to forgive yet. Give those thoughts and feelings attention. When they dissolve then you have forgiven and let go. You don't choose when it's time to do that.

@aklacor727 Then if you're curious about this work start examining the nature of your experience here and now. That's it.

Laughing is good. That means you can see the emptiness in it. Are you afraid of this fear?

This is almost like being reborn in a way. The old person falls away and something new emerges. Of course there can be grief about that. This is like riding a bike. It takes some falling and bruising it's all a part of learning to ride. You move through the world in a new way. It can be a marvelous thing to explore this new way. Months but I don't know how long exactly. Time has fallen away, I don't keep track of it anymore. <3

@actualizing25 You don't have to experience Truth to have a desire to know Truth. If the desire is there go for it.

@trenton You are not delusional. The only thing you can know is that you don't know. The mind wants to hold on to anything. It is scared to not know. Just see that energetic movement that tries to know, holds on, grasps at things. Let it fall away.

@aklacor727 If you feel like you're completely over your depression and dealt with the patterns that caused it, you probably will be better suited for this work than someone who haven't had a depression. But if these patterns aren't completely resolved they are going to resurface once you have your awakening and you have to deal with them then.

Yeah I've been there myself. Envying other people for their way they are. Wanting to be like them. Somewhere along the way I stopped caring about others and focused more on me. In a way others have nothing to with this journey it's all an inward discovery. Of course it's good to treat others with respect, acceptance and love if it is genuine. But when you feel like you can't do that. When you feel hate , blame, anger towards others. Go to the bottom of it. What is the belief that causes these feelings to arise?

@V-8 Yes there are different levels of awakening. Awakening from mind. The realization that you are nothingness. Awakening of the heart. The boundries of separation dissolve and you realize you are everything. The awakening from gut. The realization of being something. The awakening to the body.

@Spiral Wizard one of the traits of an introvert is that social interactions drain you of energy. Is that the case now?

It's a pretty nice place I've heard. I'm on my way back there myself. I'm glad you found what you were looking for. Perhaps that realization will deepen.

We learn from an early age to be someone we are not to satisfy other people. If that's what you want to do go ahead but it won't lead to happiness love acceptance.

To just be is awesome. Sometimes that is exactly what is needed. So you feel it's time to move on. Where are you going?

Yes it seems obvious. That is what is experienced. It's just this present moment, the thoughts about there being anything else than this has disappeared. It's funny how no one can prove that there is anything else and yet everyone believes it.