WelcometoReality

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  1. What I mean is, can the answer be told?
  2. Can there ever be an answer to that question though?
  3. @NTOgen Yes, like the rest of humanity.
  4. @Svartsaft Enlightenment might happen or it might not happen and I agree that having hope that it will happen will only hinder you to see the beauty of reality. But saying that it won't happen is actually on the same spectrum of bullshit just on the opposite end of it.
  5. @Aamir King The point of SDS is the pain. You will want to move to relieve the pain and the stiffness in the muscles and mind will start to go wild. Just watch the thoughts and the pain and sit still.
  6. It depends on how you want to define ego. Babies probably don't have a sense of self in the beginning so by that definition you are right, but I wouldn't say a dog has that either. That comes from the learning of a language.
  7. @BeginnerActualizer You can learn a dog to make tricks and feeding it treats. The dog learns it and does the trick in hope of getting that treat and it does it automatically and unconsciously. So it has behavior that has been learned from past experiences meaning it does have an ego. That said it does not have as complex ego as a human. A human ego can plan 30 years into the future. It can hold onto the memories of the past. A dog will always be in the present moment so in that regard it does not have as BIG an ego as humans do.
  8. @username Like any desire it's just a belief that it will make you happy once you get it but have that ever been true in your past experience? Have it given you an everlasting happiness?
  9. @Ry4n Real surrender cannot be practiced, it just happens. Trying to force or do surrender will only be more doing. Adyashanti explains it well here:
  10. I suggest doing self improvement before enlightenment because it might be the case that self improvement is not of interest to you anymore afterwards.
  11. Every reaction to something externally can be referenced to something internally. A belief that isn't in line with reality will trigger a certain behavior. Spirituality is about becoming aware of those internal triggers. Usually it is a thought combined with a tension in the body, usually in the stomach region.

  12. Veganism And Ethics

    WelcometoReality replied to WaveInTheOcean's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God

    @WaveInTheOcean Ethics are beliefs of what one should or shouldn't do. What is right and what is wrong. Higher consciousness is about seeing through those beliefs.
  13. @Marina Nevermind. Nothing important.
  14. @Marina Good! Don't try to hold onto the experience and don't chase it trying to gain it back. It will only distance you from it. Whatever is happening is happening, sometimes it will feel like you are very caught up in the personal and sometimes it will be effortlessly blissful. You cannot control it. Does relaxing into it or leaning back into it make any sense to you?
  15. @SaynotoKlaus Meditation has benefits on your health and happiness. It will also be a tool to reach enlightenment if you choose to go down that path. The real question is if you are willing to die to know the truth?
  16. @Travis It comes a time where you will just give up. When you see that nothing you do work. That there is nothing to really do. A surrender of the "me". And it will happen of itself.
  17. Sure you may believe whatever you want about me. I was just trying to point out some things that might be of help to you. If you don't find it helpful ignore it. Hopefully you do some introspection before tossing it.
  18. @kundalini Mind really likes to analyze to try to understand what happened but it can never understand. Just let it go.
  19. @Svartsaft I'm going to share with you a realization I had a couple of years ago. I was walking in the woods contemplating about what truth really is, when I saw a tree. A thought appeared saying "a tree". The next thought was "A tree is not a tree it just is." That realization scared the living **** out of me 'cause I just realized that no thought could ever be true and also no word could be true. I was a really sciencey guy and to me science was "the truth". My whole view of reality was smashed to pieces in an instant. My point is, thought appear in reality but the content of the thought is never true. Words point to truth at best but are never true. And what points to the words saying that they are true? Can that be true? Also this means that all I written is not true. But perhaps it points at truth. It is up to you to investigate it or not.
  20. @laurastarla I get the sense that all these techniques are used to trying to control all these thoughts and emotions. Why? Are there fear of letting go of the control, because you fear that these emotions will hurt you? Fear of not being able to handle them if you let them arise and fall on there own? Maybe a hope to be able to transcend them without having to deal with them? Skip those techniques and try just be aware of the thoughts and emotions that come up and look for any type of control. Drop that intention to control if it arises.
  21. @Orange The video explains it well. I would also like to add that when ego is no longer there to hold on to the awakened state enlightenment has occured. A.k.a ego death.
  22. @Andrea Marchetti There always have been a deepseeded curiosity for truth here. There's also been a drive to be listened to, to be someone (lol), all ego of course. The sacrifice? Friends, hobbies and me.
  23. Yes first there is awareness and everything else. Then those two will merge into one.
  24. You expected a more blissful experience yes? Not everyone experience that. Some experience bliss, some experience immense fear, and some don't have a powerful experience at all. Eventually that experience fades and then there is just peace and calm. Well I'm not going to convince you that is what you experienced because I can only guess but if this makes sense to you, try to lean back into that place. Maybe @Ayla can help clarify things for you.
  25. I can only guess but it sounds like an awakened state. There is calmness and a peacefulness, and you are fine with just being still. Mind can translate that into a sadness or depression. Was there a sense of detachment to everything around you?