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@Buba This is normal. Maybe a bit excessive in your case, but normal.

That's what I'm saying!

That's because if they did find truth it wasn't what their ego wanted. You see it all stems around the ego.

There is no right way to think. That is illusion also. And believe me, there are plenty of ppl walking around believing they are thinking right and deeply buried in their illusion of themselves.

@Buba Have you talked to them about this? Meditation that is.

@Buba Who told you that? If anything maybe contentment but contentment comes from freedom from the ego's enslavement. This is why we meditate. Liberation.

@Buba Understand this is only an internet forum so don't take anything said here as being professional advise. If you think you may need professional advise please see a professional.

That's the ego!!!

@Buba Dark night of the soul is only a label for the fear that the imaginary ego creates. Both are illusions. When you say "I start to disappear" what you are really refering to is trancending the illusion of the ego. Happiness is also an illusion of the ego. There is only truth-liberation from the illusion that ego creates.

@Buba Yes to some extent but not usually to this degree or for this long. And you say it happens after only 8 min. of meditation.

@Buba Sounds like you could have latent fears hidden in your subconscious. Have you ever considered seeing a hypnotist?

@Manohar Sourcing drugs is against forum guidelines. Please read the guidelines!

Try floating outside yourself and watching all that happens. This is the method I recently found to be useful. I'm still exploring it so it's not happening 24/7 but in a way it feels like an OBE when it does. The body/mind is silently wittnessed and there is no attachment to it. No judgment.

It can be. Nisargadatta may have answered "whatever arises within consciousness is a paradigm". He wasn't in huge favor of "states". According to him non-duality is a state. So that could be seen as a paradigm. Absolute truth is no Knowing. When the "I am" has gone into oblivion all that remains is the absolute. Listen to what is said in the first 2 mins.

@StephenK That answers it and it makes perfect sense. I too had the same realization of toddler vs. adult.

@Nahm Sounds more like a dog food.

@PhilGR Did you see this yet?

@PsiloPutty

@Serotoninluv A single pointed thought can hold great power. With a well focused thought you can hover above yourself and watch.

@QandC Good point. I guess it's all about how enlightened they are. An understanding beyond paradox.

@QandC Would stopping the meteor be resisting what is?

@QandC Here's something to ponder. If a meteor was going to wipe out an entire planet of enlightened beings, if they could would they stop it from happening?

@tentacion Does a bear shit in the woods? Yea, it's all god. Have you realized who god is yet? That's the best part of it.

@Extreme Z7 It's interesting to look at the languages of some cultures to get insights into how they viewed reality. For instance in some native American languages there was no reference to time and space as in "than" or "there" or "when".

@Feel Good Do as you wish.