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@JoshB Consider it growth spurts.

@Joseph Maynor I think what most people don't realize is how lucky we are that the "I" has emerged in this experience of reality we share. Or perhaps better to say emerged "with" this reality.

What would you say about the "I' being a local and non-local awareness?

Give the mind enough pasture and it will never realize you've got it fenced in.

The "I Am" watches as thoughts arise.

Scary thoughts.......... Is it all a dream?

Got to love it when your comfort zone takes a hit. Adios Terra Firma. That's progress.

If I were Buddha sitting under a Bodi Tree while others bought me offerings all day, I'd be telling Mara to buzz off and get your own gig.

Easier said than done. Can you really live like that? Let's be honest.

Elon and Donald would disagree.

This may sound counter-intuitive, but the finite has many more parts than infinity. At the deepest level infinity is a singularity.

Yes. That is what enlightenment is. Otherwise, there would be no "arising". Infinity would just 'be'. Unmoving.

The universe needs ditch diggers too.

It's a big universe out there. What a waste of space it would be if all the other species were as stupid as we are.

I'm with you.

What happens is the ego says "Ooo Spiritual Enlightenment. I have to have some of that!" But what the ego doesn't realize is enlightenment is a lot like what a Venus Flytrap is to a bug. It attracts and consumes.

@Hojo Your mind is making up stories about death.

Do not fear death. It is a glorious transition to Absolute consciousness.

The notion of Hell was deeply instilled in the minds of commoners back in the days of kings and queens as a means to keep public order. Ever notice that every king had an archbishop standing by his side preaching fire and brimstone? Steal and you burn in Hell. Be disloyal to the king and you burn in Hell. Cheat on your taxes and you burn in Hell. Taxes were paid in material goods such as wears, crops, food/meat, craftsmanship, ect. Everyone was required to contribute a % to the king. Not doing so and you burn in Hell. Hope your mother does well.

When you buy into it you are manifesting. Just for someone else. lol

You're living in a manifest reality. Yes, it's going to take your participation and influence over reality to mold it into what you want. Maybe your mindset is all wrong. You should approach manifestation with the mindset of abundance instead of lack. When you live in abundance you will naturally attract the people and things to you that you desire to manifest. Try it for a month. Everyday live in abundance and spread that abundence and see what happens.

@Judy2 It was like watching a movie for the first time. Even though the movie has ended, one can still recall everything about it. But as far as the direct experience. I'd have to get back into mantra meditation again to get my mind back into that quiet/focused state that is prime for experiencing transcendent states. *Before when I described consciousness becoming hyper-focused. What I was really describing was a 'Flow state' in consciousness.

It was but it wasn't. lol After that 'transcendent' experience it felt as if I was inhabiting two realities. Like a spirit playing the role of someone living in the material world.

Fear creates the illusion of separation.

I was heavily into meditation for about a year than Leo introduced a new video where he was saying "That "you" that you think you are, doesn't exist". And I just sat with that until the "I" finally collapsed. At first, it gave me the impression I was leaving the body and that spooked me, so I backed off. Then I thought "what the hell go for it". And when I did it was as if consciousness became laser focused and I went with it. The next thing I knew I was no longer aware of my body and the room I was in, and I became something very similar to @PenguinPablo's avatar pic. The laser focused consciousness was the key part though. I never experienced anything like that happening before, but awareness came to a single point like it was hyper concentrated. After that experience I remember thinking to myself "that was very OBE like". *The meditation I was practicing at the time was silent/repetitious mantra meditation. Possibly that played a part in why consciousness became so laser focused as it did when I sat with "I don't exist"? I hate to label it this way because it kind of minimizes the experience, but just to give some idea it was almost like entering a trance state. -Which I never experienced before.