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@Lynnel You do the hardest thing possible. You do nothing.

@Alfox Consciousness is simply the space in which every experience happens. A more conscious being (lol) might be more loving and accepting but that still happens within that space.

These are good pointers. You could also say that acceptance is the realization that there is nothing to do. Any form of doership is resistance to what is.

Acceptance is to allow everything to be as it is. If there is resistance you allow it to be. If there is a negative emotion you allow it to be. If there are thoughts you allow it to be. Just notuce them arise and pass.

@Baotrader It can certainly be a trap but what wants to constantly be in that state? As long as you're holding onto any kind of state there is a subtle (or not so subtle) form of ego there. Which means that the enlightenment hasn't fully bloomed in that being.

So you're not depressed? Both meaning and meaninglessness are mental constructs. When we see there is no meaning the mind immediately grabs ahold of its opposite, meaninglessness. Which is equally untrue.

@cena655 Have you considered seeing a therapist?

The body is there, the person though is just a figment of your imagination. It's identification to thought and the body. When all identification to body and thought disappears there is no longer any relative identification so the experience is that you are nothing and everything at the same time. But not you as in what you think you means.

Yes isn't it extraordinary how such a simple practice can have such a huge impact.

@Emerald Letting go is all you need as a spiritual practice. Maybe look into what needs motivation and to what end it needs it for?

@EternalForestThere's no real answer to your questions. Basically it is the way it is because that's the way it is. Or if you really want a rational answer one could say that evolution has made humans strongly identify with ego. To never be content with the present moment has helped humankind survive. But it does come with the price of always have to suffer.

I guess it does. And maybe it depends on the practice one has as well?

Maybe it's not a complete model in your case. That would cause confusion for anybody. Hey, what if you were in a city with a map that was made 50 years ago. The city would probably have been rebuilt several times after the map was made. It would probably create alot of frustration and confusion trying to find your way through the city with that map? Maybe it's better to toss the map and explore the city without it.

More spooky than it disappearing in the blink of an I?

I've heard that for some people there is no satori. The self just gradually withers away into nothing. So gradual that one does not even notice it taking place

Would you call that ego death?

@mandyjw There is nothing you can do about any of this. Any attempt to interfere with what is IS resistance to what is. Accept your thoughts. Accept your wants and desires. Accept the resistance. Accept, Accept, accept until the sense of a doer disappears.

@SoonHei Use the pictures to determine where you are on the path and do the work necessary. You don't need to make sense of the pictures ahead of you.

@lmfao That usually what happens after the initial seeing. You can read more about it here.

@Tony 845 It's an enlightenment experience. The loss of self. A realization of your true nature.

@OneLittleHumanMind Sometimes the urge to make progress can hinder a real breakthrough so maybe that is something to look into?

You will. You won't be able to point to the one benefitting. So technically the is no one benefitting from it. At the same time there is still your body that you live your life through.

That's is a good question. I don't think I have a good answer to it. The truth is that nothing changes, life will continue on as ordinary. But also everything changes nothing will ever be the same. Desire will still be after the realization.

@Pouya the difference is wanting sex money and fame is an unending circle of suffering. Wanting enlightenment eventually leads to seeing that the circle never will make you happy.

@Tony 845 It's usually triggered by an experience such as a samadhi. The ego clings on to the experience and creates an identity around it. I've heard it's more common than not for it to happen and something I've experienced as well.