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@Mppdidi I have no proof. That's the glitch. hehe

@FirstglimpseOMG That's what they get for not keeping their dogma on a leash.....

@rush That's not what I personally do. I place awareness on the in breath and out breath. If the mind does wander, as it surely will, I bring the awareness gently back to my point of focus, (the breath). Over time that helps to build good concentration, attention span and focus of mind. Also as that is practiced over time a silence of mind or stillness will also become more evident and that just feels darn good. That's my 2 cents worth anyway. Enjoy!

Your mind is not willing to let go of you than. This is the very thing that causes the fears and doubts because there is a conflict within you. You may have tasted the liberation from self but yet you hold on to self at the same time. Liberation comes only after the mind is let go of. Any resistance and holding on can cause paranoia from the conflict and could become Hellish. There is no going half way in this work. At some point you will have to make a choice, hold on to mind with all it's false doubts and fears, or let it go completely. Are you prepared to go all the way for a higher purpose? In Zen there is a saying, It's like having a red hot iron ball stuck in your throat, do you swallow it, or do you spit it out? This is good ! You are going to need to put all your inner faith into something that you may not trust at this moment. A faith that there is something much greater beyond mind and self. Are you willing to unconditionally trust? Only your faith in a higher purpose will carry you through to liberation from self. It's almost like there are dues to be paid first. You need to prove to yourself that you are truly worthy of something greater by giving it all up. Every last bit. Like the moth before the flame. If I may suggest, build on that faith until it gets stronger. And when you are ready, only than let yourself go and surrender. Trust that faith will carry you through when the time is right.

@FirstglimpseOMG Same here! I never experienced anything like that until I let it all go, than everything changed. It shown me something that I only understood on an intellectual level but never experienced directly. That's a day I'll never forget. I see now that you could do all kinds of meditation practices, and possibly for years and not get very far. But when you apply the all important total surrender of self, that's when things really start to happen.

@FirstglimpseOMG Physics breaks down the gross reality of objects to the point where you finally say to yourself, " wow, everything I thought I understood of reality has been wrong". Here is one fun fact for instance, Anti- matter time runs in the opposite direction as matter time. Could you imagine what would happen if the two should ever meet? Look out! haha But getting into physics is a good way of loosening your grip on what you may have took for granted as being a firm, cozy, stable existence. Everything is really in a state of flux. A space of probabilities only and no certainties what so ever. At CERN they have a statue of the Dancing Shiva Nataraja at the operation center. How appropriate. The lord of destruction and creation, holding a delicate balance between the two. "I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know his thoughts. The rest are details." Einstein

Leo calls this a "sandbox". You gotta laugh ! Each thought a grain of sand. I got my pile!

@JustinS I found one error. Me

@Joe SchmoejThis needs to be directly experienced. If you want to know what it really feels like to sky dive you will have to jump from a plane.

@Joe Schmoe Do you realize yet that all this is no more than two minds reflecting their personal illusions off each other? Mind is mind, a magic trick to keep you enthralled in the show.

@Joe Schmoe I believe you.

@Joe Schmoe Anything that is perceived or seen is discarded. Total stillness and emptiness is everything- and nothing at the same time.

Enlightenment is no more than the realization that everything is driven by one unified field of consciousness. That realization happens by tapping into that primordial field through the practice of silencing the mind. So who can't experience enlightenment? But the big hurdle is staying in that state of unity at all times and under all circumstances. When the silence finally prevails at all times over the noise of mind, that's full enlightenment or bliss consciousness. Of course that is much easier said than done when living day to day in the real world and the reason so many end up going into seclusion.

@FirstglimpseOMG TM is nothing more than a $1500.00 mantra, a 3 day meditation course and a lifetime membership. Dr.'s are prescribing it more often to their patients that suffer from anxiety. It's proven to be effective by the medical community. Patients take the quick course and their on their way. TM has been around since the 70's so it's nothing new. Conscionsceness and physics is a very interesting subject though. aside from the TM franchise stuff.

@FirstglimpseOMG You may have seen this already? Also, David Bohm with J. Krishnamurti, Einstein/Tagore. All good stuff!

@Names are labels My house backs to dense woods. I often meditate there and than I'll just sit and lose myself in the surroundings with a silent mind. Often all kinds of animals and birds will come close to me as long as I'm still of course. Sometimes even deer walk very close. I don't know if they know I'm there or not? Nothing like being alone in nature to bring out the silence of mind.

Now your talking! Living with the land. Yea, it's probably for the best if Mr. bear doesn't become one with me.

@Names are labels Take a break. Go out and do something you love to do. Something that has truth in it. Make doing that your practice for now. taking a break can be just the thing to balance everything out. You reminded me it's a good time to enjoy. I may need to go camping very soon. Be one with the bear. hehe

@Mat Pav You feeling it? Yea. You got me smiling too. I was feeling the collective consciousness of the plant as a whole. Yes, it just pours out. These experiences are very meaningful in some way I can't explain. Not just on an individual level but they seem to also resonate deeply through the very fabric of existence. Everything comes to life and just pops out. Do you ever wonder if all the searching for enlightenment is falsehood in a sense because it's really more about just remembering something we forgot about? Like that should be the experience all the time but something obscures it from our view more often than not? It sounds like you found that something missing and everything is suddenly just there where it's always been.

@John " I reached a tipping point, I had no other choice but to either surrender my ego, or spent the rest of my existence under it's torment".

@Patrick Hi Patrick. It sounds like you had a realization to some degree by your statement here. The ego throwing up resistance any way it can to protect it's fragile self. Your realization gave contrast to that ego by bringing it into the light and exposing it for what it is. This is a big part of the practice. Leo said in one of his video's "He loves fucking with his ego". If I may suggest, the next time it shows itself by putting up resistance, just laugh in it's face. Doing so will result in the liberation from it.

Don't worry about suddenly losing anything. That's not going to happen if you don't want it to. If you do have an awakening, live the middle way as explained here. An expanded view of the true nature of everything.