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But that wasn't one of Sugarcoats choices......

@Mellowmarsh Then pick the label of you prefer most. Spiritual Awakening or Enlightenment.

What happened on that park bench happened. That's all there is to it. To label it wouldn't do it any justice.

Buddha on a park bench.

Please refrain from tripping balls while posting on the forum. Have a duckie day.

That's where a good Zen Koan comes in. A monk asked, "What is the meaning of the ancestral teacher's coming from the West?" and the master replied, "Three pounds of flax."

"I" am in love with my hallucination. Never lie to yourself. This is why you bought yourself here. To reveal yourself to yourself. After all, you created time. Perfect for such an occasion.

Look around the forum. How many times do you see questions like....... Why does God _ _ _? If God is _ _ _ ? Does God _ _ _? Who is this "God" you speak of? And is there a distance from where you are to where God is? And if there is. Then how long will it take to get there?

If you look at it this way. it's for the better that Buddhism doesn't speak of God because as soon as the word God comes up the mind externalizes what is meant by "God". That's probably mostly due to religious thinking/upbringing. Whereas in Buddhism, one is persuaded to discover the one true nature which dwells within each. -Never give away the power within. Call it God, call it Buddha nature, call it Christ consciousness, call it enlightenment, call it whatever you want.

My understanding is Buddhists meditate because a calm mind is fertile ground for insights to arise. They also practice contemplation which is a form of meditative thinking. (yoniso manasikara)

The mind refusing to let go of a belief that it created. Reality just "IS". It needs no meaning. In fact, when the mind starts assigning meaning to reality, you get farther away from the direct experience of reality. So, no need to paint a red rose red with a lot of meaning. Just let it be as it is.

That happened to me today and now I'm sitting here kicking myself in the ass for excusing myself and walking away. I was kind of on a mission at the time but looking back I wish I would have put what I was doing on hold long enough to investigate her true intentions. It's funny because as I was walking away, I could feel her standing there looking at me. Now I wish I would have stopped and turned around.

See. You're already confused and we haven't even gotten to the nuanced stuff yet. Truth needs to be directly experienced. "The Tao that can be spoken of is not the True Tao" "Words are just a finger pointing" -Kapish? There is Truth within Truth within Truth.........ad infinitum.

That would be like trying to nail JELLO to a tree.

@Mellowmarsh Let's not get nasty.

A verbal or silent mantra works nicely. Then when the mind settles down, you can stop with the mantra and just bask in the stillness. With daily practice it will take only a few minutes of mantra repetitions to get you to complete stillness of mind.

Evil is live spelled backward. Did your mind create concepts about that coincidence? It's the same with evil. Just a concept.

@Adrian colby I checked it out. A little hard to read the low res. download but watching some videos it's basically a map for a new age movement started by an artist/entrepreneur. It fits the bill here for sure.

What is that poster?

Insights seem to come out of the blue like a meteor sighting. It has a quality to it that you know is special. An alignment of sorts where everything comes together.

I started a solipsism support group, but nobody showed up.

"When the sage opens their eyes, the world comes into existence"

@Someone here The dots were only used to signify pauses between lyrics. Nothing more.

Sing with me.........and a one- and a two.... 'He knows when you are sleeping. He knows when you're awake. He knows if you've been good or not, so be good for goodness' sake. oh.....you better be good....you better be nice.....you better not pout I'm telling you twice.................God.... is always......... awake.

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