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Even if everyone on the forum was enlightened, there would still not be peace on the forum.

@Dan Arnautu This is off the subject but are you familiar with Calum Graham? He's got a bit of a different style to his playing.

@Dan Arnautu Sure. Maybe you'll find it of use.

@Dan Arnautu I never used a link before. Not sure how to. Page 2- 4th topic from the bottom you can find it.

@Dan Arnautu did you check out @Azrael's Anchor post yet?

What could be more Zen Devilish than a good distraction?

@Driven62 You gotta let go and trust. What are fears? Imaginary projections into the future, right? Illusions. Or give naked sky diving a try. Face fear and humiliation all at the same time by jumping out of a plane bare ass at 10,000 ft. That should cure you quick!

@Nexeternity Wow, for whatever it's worth, I just got done listening to Across the universe and Let it be. Synchronicity?

That's your job to figure out what that is and deconstruct it. But if you really want to cut to the chase. It's all of it. He who thinks he knows where he is standing- is in trouble.

Allen Watts: The system as a whole appears to be a distribution of solid entities or modes of energy in the midst of emptiness or space. Human consciousness preoccupies itself with these entities, and virtually ignores their spatial background. We consider it "nothing" in the sense of that which has neither importance nor significance, forgetting that without the spatial field, none of these entities could be manifested or distinguished. There is, however, between space and entity the same polar relationship as between crest and trough, for which reason "nothingness" is not simply the contrary or absence of "being", but rather its ground and origin. We believe so firmly in the maxim "ex nihilo nihil fit" – "nothing can come out of nothing" – that it is almost impossible for us to see that emptiness is the essential prerequisite for every form of being.

@egoless It folds through itself for all infinity.

@egoless Sounds like you've come full circle. Let it settle in.

@2000 I agree but the wording is a little misleading as only Samadhi remains. So the statement "No one knows what enlightenment is" is true in that sense. The "experience" of Samadhi (as beautiful as it is) can be transcended. At that point the know-er completely vanishes. It is no longer an experience within conscious awareness. There are no descriptions to convey as in heavenly light or sounds or experiencing union. It is a complete absorption.

@Petar Try loosening your grip on your practice. Sounds like maybe your trying a bit too hard. Instead welcome stillness and allow it to be the teacher. It will show you things if you let it. Trust in it.

I had surgery two weeks ago under general anesthesia. I don't remember being out but I do remember coming back. I could feel time and movement returning to awareness. Than I was back to where the "action" happens. It was quite a contrast. Somehow g/a is deeper than regular sleep. It felt almost like being reborn as I was came back. Experiencing time and movement (action) as something strange or 'other' than what I was. Than the mind came back along with time and movement as a full set. I don't know where 'I' was before time and movement returned, but I was just fine there. This place is noisy, bright, cold, never standing still, endlessly morphing, actions- interactions, hustle -bustle. Sheesh No wonder newborn babies cry.

Time is duration. Duration allows for change, movement, growth ect. If it wasn't for time everything would be piled up in one place all at one moment. Which it may very well be the case in reality. But it seems to me that the universe is a sort of warp field on the absolute. Hence such things as time, space, gravity, mind, matter,energy. A vortex of vibrations with light as it's driving force.

Here's something that goes nicely after a toke or two. Put on some headphones, close your eyes and contemplate this.

In a world full of people only some are to fly. Isn't that Crazy. Seal

@Parki If you dared to realize what you truly are, you could swallow the universe.

Q: Where does a Buddhist sleep? A: On a BuddhiRest mattress.

@Mart This probably won't be the last time it happens. As with all else, let it go and carry on.

@Elephant It wasn't an allergic reaction. The walnut husks have a chemical in them that causes staining after contact. That was just as an example though of things that can cause staining. Garden slugs can do it too. Weird!

@Elephant I once had a house with a walnut tree in the yard. I would get what looks like the same stains on my hands hours later from handling/cleaning up the fallen walnuts. You never know.

@Elephant It could be.

@Elephant It sure looks like some kind of staining to me. No worries. You probably came into contact with something and don't remember. It's not giving you any weird sensations at that location or anything? Like itching or something?