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@PetarKa I often use the mantra "Om" to meditate: Om (A-U-M) , the three parts have meanings: A - our external perception , the one derived from our physical senses U - our mental awareness, the result of our external perception combined with our thoughts and ideas M - It is the quantum of our existence , the most basic felling of 'being' In meditation one should look to shed the layers described above. Shed physical perception - all our 'sensors' will be active but one should strive to stop processing these inputs. Shed mental awareness - probably the hardest part; ever been able to think of 'nothing' - this is what one needs to achieve. Stray thoughts will distract but one should strive to not chase them. Once you reach 'M' you must strive to acknowledge it and surrender it; beyond this lies the 'collective' - the stream of power that the universe overlays upon. Anything is possible if you achieve contact with the 'collective'

@SaynotoKlaus Maybe a good ol' mantra meditation world work? A point of focus. Whenever your mind starts to drift, gently and forgivingly bring attention back to the breath. A steady slow breath is always important. Slowly in- slowly out exhaling on the OM. Than as you get a repetition and calm mind, gently bring awareness to a point of focus on the stillness. I listen to this with headphones when I have a lot on my mind and it works good for me. After 20 minutes or so of this I usually have a really still mind and do self enquiry or just contemplate.. Try it for a week and after a while you will find that you just flow into that place of still mind after just a few minutes into the meditation.

This is like walking through a "MIND" field. Once your in the middle of it, where do you step next?

@Dodoster It's funny that I wake this morning and read this first thing. Great timing. I was having a dream, and in that dream I was having an in depth conversation with someone. It was my absolute reality. Than I became aware that I was dreaming and for a split second I found myself in a paradox caught between two realities. And just for that second, both where just as valid as the other. Now I'm sitting here in the waking world of life writing this but at the same time I'm asking myself, Am I dreaming this too? Are both just as valid as far as realities go? What makes waking reality any more valid than the dream reality?

Imagine that! The blueprint to the universe can be found in Donald Trumps Hair.

@Epiphany_Inspired I'm looking forward to seeing the movie "Collateral Beauty" soon. I hope it's a good one! Will Smith is the main character who looses his daughter at a young age and than he loses his love for life. He starts writing personal letters to Time, Love and Death to cope with his loss and they answer him with the truth of it all.

@Epiphany_Inspired Have you read the book "love is letting go of Fear"? I remember a quote but it's been a long time since I read it so this may not be exactly word for word. "Love is the only true reality while fear is of mind".

Something remains that is undeniable. Maybe it it's all just pat of the illusion. But like ashes after the flame is gone there still remains traces of what once was.

@abrakamowse I honestly don't know brother.

In 2016 you discovered something about yourself through meditation that the masses may not generally realize because they most often refuse to look. Explore what is you that is happening within reality. Take all the time you need. It's intriguing and at the same time a total paradox of the confines of mind. Welcome to the New Year and a new realization that you are not what you where last year.

We are all given a finite amount of time to say what we need to say. Choose carefully.

@Epiphany_Inspired It is so very easy when we let it all go. Why do we chose to make it otherwise?

@Epiphany_Inspired No, thank you. That bought me into a place of total love and acceptance.

I love you too.

@Epiphany_Inspired I love you. Yes, it is a process. Hang in there with every fiber of what you are.

Easier said than done though.. I mean. something of me remains. What the hell is that? It seems like a "Bull in a china shop".

Punch line: The disciple himself is an illusion. Not that funny? How do you like this one? The Zenkini bathing suite.. It doesn't exist!

No need to. Spacious, isn't it.

In Time it's just a few seconds- but infinity knows no such restraints as time. Did the endless void show you that? Did meditation begin to happen outside of you and time?

@Leo GuraRecently I've been getting the impression that reality is happening in multiples simultaneously. Is that just the mind playing it's tricks or could there be some truth to that on some level? Any thoughts either way on that from what you have experienced?

@Barna Mind has no safe environment.

@abrakamowse I did a total surrender when it happened. I let it all go and just put total faith behind it. Scary shit man! I never experienced ANYTHING like that before. Everybody is different but I don't know if I could have gone to work the next day. Good thing I didn't have to. *I wasn't feeling quite myself. haha BTW-that list is Leo's I think your referring to. From his steps to enlightenment discussion at the top of the forum. All good stuff there. If I could suggest, try his 60 minute exercise on being empty awareness. If that don't get it going, nothing will.

@abrakamowse My first no-self experience was that awareness had no location. The ego self "me" felt like a friggin ghost floating in reality. That was crazy for sure. There is nothing like your first experience. Call me Casper.