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How much self love work have you done ? Something that helped me was to constantly overwhelm past memories with what I imagined infinite love to be. In other words, lets say you were rejected as a child, then imagine actually having a childhood where you were totally accepted, and feel what that feels like in your body. Use your imagination to overwhelm the past with a sense of infinite satisfaction. The more you do this, the more those old victim identities will begin to dissolve, and the more you will know yourself as the creator of your life.

Very cool, this reminds me of something I once heard Adyashanti say, that even when he's just walking, every step he takes, feels like a totally new enlightenment unto itself.

My biggest frustration with society has always been the sense of everyone just looking out for themselves. While listening to this episode I had a deep recognition of this irritation simply being a reflection of my own sense of self interest. It was like something popped and all of a sudden society started feeling less rigid and more dreamlike. Thanks Leo. I do sometimes wonder though if you are not underestimating the awakening happening on this planet. The mere fact that someone like you has a million subscribers is a miracle in itself. Somehow my intuition says that big positive changes are going to happen much sooner than a thousand years from now. Surely Reality itself is more powerful and intelligent than man's selfishness. (and I don't feel that chips in the brain need to play any significant part in such a future). ps I posted this topic in the enlightenment section because somehow it feels more relevant here. Lastly, I am curious as to what might be an example of a thought which is outside the social matrix. Seems like any thought we might have will still be linked in some subtle way to creating a more loving society.

Feels very surreal and a proper wake up call to know that Existence is more important than it's content.

I hear you, when I wrote that I was in shock and admittedly some fear. It helped me to go beyond it all for a while by just being the screen upon which everything was appearing. But I am sensing a return to it all within myself now, ie oneness of existence and it's content. And thus more compassion also. Thank you.

Can't help but feel that this is a miracle blessing in disguise, like some deep healing finally happening for this country.

@Leo Gura Thank you !

When awakening is described the phrase "the universe disappeared" is often mentioned. There seems to be different interpretations of this. Is it simply referring to the imaginary nature of things ? Or am I missing something here ?

@Mason Riggle Yeah that's full on for sure.

@Mason Riggle Wow, not being able to distinguish anything from anything else, sounds like a recipe for fearless living.

If the duality of subject and object is just an appearance, does it mean that at the deeper levels of reality choice and decision making don't actually exist ? Is everything simply happening automatically ? Any interesting perspectives on this topic would be most welcome.

@Endangered-EGO, @kinesin, @Nahm Thank you

@NoSelfSelf Thank you, I'm more interested in freedom with a capitol f

For the past couple of days I have felt very little sense of difference between anything. Even the economic system with it's hierarchical structures feel smoothed out in some way. I might see the president of a country on tv, and I can tell he thinks he's important, but I don't sense any more power there than in a plant growing in the garden. I'm pretty sure that if a tiger came for me I would probably notice some sense of difference and shit myself. But somehow everything just feels like "equal" beingness at the moment. I'm guessing this is just a phase ?

@Mason Riggle Wow, thanks !

@Mason Riggle Cool, thanks man. So it's simply our insistence on being a separate doer, ie trying to play God in a way, which prevents us from knowing that we have been God all along.

@Mason Riggle When you say it like that, it almost feels like there is no God.

@Mason Riggle Aha, so whatever this body appears to be doing is still actually only a beingness, because that's all there is.

@NoSelfSelf Thank you, so by a game you mean we are in charge of the importance we give to things, and thus also in control of the amount of suffering or bliss we experience, is that the extent of our freedom in this life ?

Cool, thanks.

Wow, thank you, that's magical

What is the best way to find the source of "I"- thinking ?

Why would you want to be with someone who enjoys being treated like trash ?

So true, without the need to be right, where is the problem ?

I think secretly they love men even if they don't want to admit it.