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  1. @Falk Just for shits and giggles, it would have been interesting to recorded your b-w function before and after your 6 hr. sit. and compare, any differences.
  2. Oh, the use of the word "gate" was only there for making conversation. All that really matters is how open we are to the oneness that surrounds us always. Yes, letting go of everything is when it happens and only than. But, I do find these experiences of heightened awareness interesting and if we understood more of what was happening under these circumstances, it could be repeated instantaneously without years of meditation and such. Others could experience this too with little effort. Besides using mind altering drugs, of course. I was researching brainwave mapping just now. That could possibly answer some questions. It seems that the abundance alpha brain wave activity may contribute greatly to the oneness and sense of well being that you experienced. I wish you many more experiences like the one you had.
  3. @Falk So getting back to the subject. Do you think there is a "gate" in perception as that article talks about? Next question would be, what is required to open that gate? And the next question, how to keep that gate open always? As I said, it would sometimes happen spontaneously as a child with no effort at all. This is what I find interesting. There were no drugs, no sitting, no meditation, no determination, no effort, no discipline, no contorting of the body in various postures. Just the sudden experience of oneness. Any clues?
  4. I did try shrooms once but I guess I didn't do enough to "trip". All that happened was that sounds had a echo to them and there was little feeling of euphoria. There was one guy in town who did a LOT of trip and one day he didn't come back. He became permanently tripped out. After that he was always talking to himself and walking the streets. So I guess that left me with a bad impression.
  5. @Falk Now that you know where that "gate" is, do you think you could enter through it next time with less than a 6 hr. sitting?
  6. @Falk These were not my words spoken. Something I found on the doors of perception and "gating" as it's called. (great term). I think that what you experienced after your 6 hr. of sitting may been due to the "absence" of a mental gate in perception because of that sitting? I have had an interest in this subject since a child having that profound experience myself so that is how this path all started for me. Substances have always seemed like something interesting but I never indulged in that type of exploration. I have to admit though, I have always wondered what I may be missing. But than again, there are no perfect shortcuts.
  7. @Falk What if you found out there was a key that would enable you to open and close your doors of perception at will, void of psychedelics? What if you found out you not only held the key, but you were the key? Would you unlock the doors, or keep them shut? Well, you are the key, and whether or not you choose to enter through the doors is a choice that, although invisible, is life changing. You are the vehicle for the trip, consider this but a mere travel summary. And for a detailed itinerary? Well, that can only be fetched by you -not the part of you reading this, but the altered dream state part of your consciousness that will travel beyond the doors of perception to the wildness of the world where there is a livingness to all things- as it can only be found in a place with exclusive access. A place where you can travel, but no one may follow -not even the conscious, waking state version of yourself scanning these very words. If you have experimented with psychedelics, you most likely know what it is like to sense the type of “livingness” to all things of which I speak. Even if you haven’t used psychedelics, though, you almost certainly have still experienced this same livingness to all things in the world around you to a noticeable degree at least once, but probably various times as a child -a moment where the world around you took on a shimmery glow, colours suddenly appeared brighter, sounds louder and clearer, physical sensations amplified and, most notably, you could FEEL the world around you. I am not referring to the physical, touching type of feeling, but to the intangible, energy sense of feeling where you could almost feel the luminosity of the world around you within, and you and the luminous rested in harmony as if you were one. You were present, your perceptions altered, your senses heightened. In short, your sensory gating channels opened to some degree, a process more commonly referred to as opening your doors of perception. Sensory Gating Explained: The Science Behind the Doors of Perception The “doors of perception” are the part of our brain and central nervous system responsible for filtering input from all external stimuli, involving all of your senses -feeling (both physical and nonphysical), sight, sound, taste and smell. This process, known as “sensory gating,” enables us to decipher the difference between “me” and “not me.” Through sensory gating, we are able to manage and comprehend the constant stream of sensory data from the external environment. Without it, we would be unable to filter out what matters and what doesn’t, and all sensory data would touch us deeply and ultimately, we would become overstimulated and overwhelmed and go “crazy” -according to modern medicine, that is. You see, many of the people who are now referred to as “schizophrenics” have wide sensory gating channels that they do not know how to close, causing an overload in stimulus. In indigenous cultures, these people would have instead been called SHAMANS, and would have been taught how to control their doors of perception and open and close them as need be. There are ways to begin opening the doors of perception, or sensory gating channels, without using psychedelics. Of course, the experience will not be as intense or immediate, but nor will it be short lived. Rather, by utilizing practices that help open your sensory gating channels to some degree by altering your state of consciousness, you learn to open the doors of perception into the metaphysical background of the world and continuously uncover deeper truths to yourself and the world around you. In essence, playing with the doors of perception in this manner, rather than through the use of mind altering substances, allows you to do more than have a life changing experience in which you see the deeper meanings to life for a brief period of time (i.e. a “trip”), but to change your life where every moment is an experience in a continuous journey into further, unexplored depths of life.
  8. Just for clarification the way the experience was conveyed at first, it seemed as if you were experiencing that in a conceptualized manner so I put the question in a conceptualized form (the mirror). What is the saying? "look deeply into nature and you will find it is looking back at you" (something like that). But yes, in truth only one field of awareness ever exists. The mind seems to experience that happening as a reflection of sorts. It gives the impression awareness has become aware of itself. And the beauty is in the fact that we can experience that pure field of awareness as a silent observer. It's like peeking in on the true workings of the universe and watching what is happening "behind the scenes". That's the "magic" as I experience it. I remember those same experiences very well as a child and again now since doing a lot of silent sitting and silently observing pure awareness at rest. Once the door is found, it becomes more easily accessed and so very natural and original. The "cleansing of the doors of perception".
  9. @Falk The " life magic" was the gardens awareness of you. Did it feel like awareness was looking into a mirror?
  10. @Teags There is no problem so there is no solution.
  11. Nope, it's not a cult. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (who started TM) bought mantra meditation to the general public of the "western world" in the 70's. The Beatles had something to do with bringing that "expansion in awareness" to young people of the time. And many other influences too. It was suddenly everywhere, the music, the message, the LSD, Hug a Tree, Nuke the Whales------ or was that "Save" the whales? Mother Earth, Allen Watts, Ram Dass, expanded awareness . People were suddenly experiencing something other than "what was" as the status quo and questioning, exchanging views on that open awareness. The next question was "How can that experience of open awareness exist at all times, without getting Burned Out? TM was suddenly a franchise to teach many people how to meditate for the first times in there lives. To find that "inner peace". Today there is so much great info on the internet to be thankful for >LEO. *Some Doctors prescribe TM to patients who suffer from stress related disorders. It's a basic mantra meditation and a lifetime membership.
  12. @Huz88 @SkyPanther TM is a teaching that promotes emptiness. Just look in your wallet after you get your personal mantra and experience the abundant emptiness.
  13. @Kallan Here is one view on making music and enlightenment by David Icke
  14. @Galyna This is true. But we can observe consciousness at rest in it's pure state. And what a blissful state that is. Pure perfect empty awareness. It's like an oasis within the mind.
  15. You say you studied for a year. That's a lot of knowledge stored up. See that on it's own merit. Don't let mind override that knowledge with a lot of imagined doubts and the knowledge will be freed to flow out on it's own. Step back from your situation and take a new look from the outside. Now ask yourself calmly, is there all the knowledge that is needed? Is anything missing? Is there any area that could get a second look? Again, just calmly look over the whole situation in a detached way and you will do just fine.
  16. I'm listening to it again because there is just so much there. I'm digesting one thought and missing what's being said next. I'm hitting pause after almost every statement. Haha
  17. @stephanie @Infinite @NatashaWhat is discussed here @ 32:00 is also on point with what you are both saying. I was just watching this and I read your replies after and it all all chimed . Synchronicity? "Is it possible to perceive without the movement of memory"
  18. I would imagine that an enlightened person who lives in modern society would blend in seamlessly. That could be anything from disappearing into the crowd to shaking the cage >Leo haha
  19. @DizIzMikey Everything around you is existence happening. Existence is bathed in nothingness. Look deeply into the meaning of "nothing". Do you find something special there? It's void of objects. Imagine, it has knowlage of everything -without containing a single thing. How sweet is that? Sounds like Heaven and it's all happening as we speak.
  20. @DizIzMikey I was just reading you views on nothing really exists. Here is something I would like to share on that point. Yesterday was an interesting afternoon. For about four hours I was experiencing existence from the opposite view than what is normally perceived and it changed the whole game. At this moment I am sitting in front of a computer occupying this space. I am experiencing myself within this space. If I move outside, I would be occupying that space. Follow me so far? But yesterday it was quite different, I was not occupying any space for a couple hours. Instead, all that existed was the space. I went out into the woods to sit for a while to give that space a chance to really pop open and reveal itself. It was not "me" sitting in the woods, there was only the woods. Awareness and existence became one field with no separation. When I looked deeply into the existence of the surrounding woods something amazing happened, existence was looking back at me. And it was smiling. Almost as if it where saying "I see you too". So I guess what I'm saying is that existence does exist. Very much so. In a very different way than how mind perceives it. Mind never truly occupies a space. But this space is what we are. This "space" or existence is connected to everything. It is a unified field of awareness. It contains everything, including what is happening beyond what the mind is directly experiencing at any given moment. Trust in knowing it's always there as a silent universal presence.
  21. @stephanie I was also digging around about enlightenment. Do you know what I discovered? I don't occupy this space, This space occupies me.
  22. @Naviy This is a brilliant talk by physicists David Bohm ( as Leo speaks of in his video ).
  23. @Ross Yes, it's not the meditation. Meditation is often prescribed at addiction centers as a tool to help overcome addictions.
  24. @Lorenzo Engel I experienced the same thing back in August a couple of times. It felt as if I was floating out of myself and I would pull back. Than in September it happened again but this time I surrendered to it by letting go of everything. That was when a breakthrough happened.
  25. @Locomike The fears arising could be the ego's way of defending itself so it is not seen for what it really is as an illusion. The ego self doesn't like to let go of it's reign. It wants to hold on and stay in control at all times by any means possible. Go through those fears and doubts and out the other side. This is where the real work starts and often takes us out of our "comfort zone". But doing that over and over in itself will tare the ego to shreds. The colors and images you understand. Treat them the same as thoughts. Let them pass. I sometimes jump with sudden loud sounds during meditation. That may be due to the fact that when meditating we "let our guard down" and become wide open and hyper sensitive. As far as these experiences "not being what you were looking for", what is, is what is. This work is not easy if mind is allowed to stay in charge of what is happening. Especially at first because it opens up a completely different view of what is true. There will be pains along the way for Mr. mind. That is the progress happening. Everything that arises within mind is an illusion created by mind. With practice, when a fear or doubt arises that causes distress, you will see that as a great opportunity to transcend the mind and move into a greater realm beyond what the mind is capable of. You will become freed from the fears, doubts, distractions and limitations that the mind endlessly creates.