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@Serotoninluv Nailed it!

Who answers is no other then you.

How to know if Your Inside a Dream? Call to someone around you. If they answer it's a dream.

@Dodo Sorry but this topic needs to be locked now. Enough has already been said here and now it's gone completely off the rails. BTW- almost half of this topic (158 out of 326 replies) was about Mikael89 who has no intention to help himself.

@David Hammond @Amun Break it up guys. It's getting nasty now.

@Manjushri The same reason to climb Mt. Everest, "because it's there"

All spiritual teachings are just a "finger ponting to the moon". Look past the words to find what is actually being conveyed otherwise your only seeing the tip of the iceburg. He walked into a valley All alone And there he talked with water And then with the vine.

@Tony 845 Just my 2 cents worth. The kids best intrest comes first.

The body and mind will continue to knock around within the manifest realm. Why not feel it while it lasts?

@How to be wise Nice! Reminded me of a quote of Nisargadatta "I see the same world as you but I see it differently" The absolute is here - now.

Ever hear of the Mound Builders of north america?

That's an accurate way to put it. A one sided awakening.

Edit out the "when we die" and make it "when we become enlightened". The "D" word is a little harsh.

Sadhguru and Mooji are both what I call "feel good" teachers that give the ego something that it can resonate with. That is exactly right. Q; what did you get from becoming enlightened? A: nothing at all. If you feel that way about this then it shows you just how much you were doing the practices for all the wrong reasons. Hoping to find that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, so to speak. This is the essential teaching here. It is the point where the trancendence of ego mind takes place. Not from the point of view of the ego looking at it as being a negitive but an actual trancendence of ego mind to the full direct realization that -this IS all just a dream. I prefer using the phrase ego trancendence instead of ego death but this it what it should bring you to. That is what you are experiencing as a feeling of "depression". You've come to the realization that ego has no solid ground to stand on and nothing to gain out of any of this. Once that becomes fully realized then the true practice can begin in earnest and without any striving of the ego to reach it's goal. When you sit, just sit for the sake of sitting. Can you find the true beauty in just sitting for the sake of sitting. When all that remains is your humble presents.

@mandyjw I though the part about the tree being both a duality and non dual merged as one was a brilliant insight. Thanks for sharing!

@mandyjw Stephen Wolinsky address this too at the beginning of this video.

@Evelyn I would suggest seeking the help of a therapist again. Yes meditation can bring all kinds of hidden shit to the surface. The only way I know to free yourself from this is to forgive. Forgive your father in your heart. That's not saying what we did was right. But you must forgive for your own sake or you will spend the rest of your life with his shadow hanging over you.

@Aeris What a ridiculous idea being that it's common knowlage crack is highly addictive. Locking it.

@FoxFoxFoxThe more subtle a level of consciousness is the more expansive it is.

@FoxFoxFox A new level of consciousness is awakening.

@FoxFoxFox No not yet. I left the body behind but yet existed in a quite different way. I was listening to what you shared. That's a good one for a chill'n background sound.

@FoxFoxFox I've been meditating with it eyes closed with headphones and it's getting really deep. I just finished a session and I'm not sure what I became. There are just no words beside to say it was something very subtle.

@FoxFoxFox @Dumb Enlightened I've been listening to this lately and it's doing exactly that.

@Joseph Maynor Every day should start with a good laugh. Thanks!