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@Genghis Khan And all the partitions came crumbling down. Happy for ya!

"May the Holy Spirit move you"

In Hinduisim it's known as Potti Samadhi

@okulele This could also be a factor. Highway hypnosis, also known as white line fever, first described in a 1921 article that mentioned the phenomenon of "road hypnotism": driving in a trance-like state while gazing at a fixed point.

Change the way you look at things and the things you look at will change

@Leo Gura Lol

@Ingit

@Outer How'd you know I was thinking about the parabrahaman even though I didn't mention it?

@OuterThis is one of the subjects where if you ask 50 ppl you'll get 50 different views. We could throw the word "conscious" or consciousness into the mix too just to make it really complicated. Perception vs awareness vs consciousness. I'll read the link you posted.

@Outer Have you never experianced perfectly empty awareness where even the perceiver was gone?

That's how I perceive it to be. I should add that "true self" and "mine" are all objects of perception. But yes awareness is "no object".

@Ingit Perception needs a perceiver. Awareness extends beyond perceivables and conceivables. in other words perception needs an object to be perceived. Awareness doesn't. It can be perfectly empty.

The greatest gift one can give themself is the freedom to move beyond the self. '

@Nahm Ain't that the truth "That's it, the last time you'll look like today. 'Cause ripples never come back"

@Nahm "Oh why don't you come out- whoever you are. You've followed me quite long enough"

@Nahm Don't forget this one too!

@Seed That's progress belive it or not. Welcome it. You are seeing through the vail of self and moving into something much bigger. Break through it and you will find great compassion for the limited self.. But know that you are not that. You are the absolute that surrounds the limited you. I'm not good with putting it into words but, I JUST HAD A BREAKTHROUGH. What I say is truth with a capital "T". Fresh off the vine. I'm not this. I am that! This is the realization. The greatest gift one can give themself is the freedom to move beyond the self.

@John Iverson See a doctor if it's persistant.

Irrelevant topic to meditation, spirituality, enlightenment, ect

@Barry J There are plenty of forums out there for you to express your boredom. But this isn't one of them.

@Serotoninluv Is that good or bad mental states? In the bottom video the translater guy in the green shirt seems super chill. Notice that? Like nothing could take him out of his mental state.

@Hellspeed Welcome. You got my interest and found some good videos on Zang Fu. Interesting stuff. Very holistic view of body and mind. For instance it's a must to have a bowl movement first thing in the morning before starting a day. If not the mind is dull and energy will be low. Or that excessive thinking and worry can damage the spleen. If the body isn't functioning properly the mind isn't either and everything is out sync. No way to start a day of practice.

@Good-boy Actually it's been 40 years since but I took a 34 year break from the work. 3 years than and 3 years now. I'd say I got farther in the last 3 years than I did in the first 3. Two factors. 1) there is so much more access to information now. 2) being that I'm older and closer to death this work takes on a whole new meaning than it did when I was young. It's true meaning is now much deeper than just a lofty concept to hold my interest when not playing video games or hanging with friends.

@who chit I get it now. It's like a Soylent Green kind of thing. Thanks