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One picture is worth a thousand words. Keep up the good work. For all it's worth I think you're on to something.

-True. Therefore, the suffering is not real as the suffering is created in the illusory ego/mind when the ego mind's illusory desires are not met. Two illusions that bolster each other. Actually, three b-c you can add "pleasure" to the list. Pleasure and suffering set up the persistent illusion of grasping to one while attempting to avoid the other. The illusory ego/mind constantly grasping for illusory pleasure while attempting to avoid illusory suffering.

@Paul5480 Because you said; "It shall be".

Resistance to what is = suffering. No resistance, no suffering.

Opinion and perspective. P.O.V.

@Davino Great quote!

Time and space once played a major role in how I defined what is "real" but those days are long gone.

@SeaMonster I was there in the 60's and 70's and I can say "Dropping Out" isn't what it's about. I've seen good friends and a brother who dropped out and if they're not dead by now (like my brother) they're still living on the streets somewhere. What would happen is when they lived at home with their parents they would quit school to spend their time just "Hanging Out" with friends, getting high not working and "crashing" at other hippies places (Pads) because their parents would hassle them to "go to school or get a job or your out of here". Then when their friends would lose their pad they would try to get back into the parents' house as a last resort. But the parents didn't want them back because they considered them a "Loser". So most, but not all, ended up living on the streets working temporary grunt jobs just for a little cash to get by on.

@matoriii The Hippie days are gone dude.

Than you would also disagree with what Leo said here: "You must be careful not to turn spirituality into a bypass or form of escape from managing your survival and life. If you struggle to get dressed, what good is your spirituality? Spirituality is good, but at your age you need to put a lot of time and energy into just mastering survival. Build a decent life for yourself. Don't just sit around hoping that your life will get great all by itself. It won't. You have to put work into it. Be careful about neglecting core areas of your life like family, relationships, career, building skills, sex, friendship, finances, diet, fitness, health, etc. You have to invest energy into all these in addition to whatever spiritual work you do. It's very hard to be happy if you neglect all those areas and only do spirituality. You can get yourself trapped that way." Edited yesterday at 06:38 AM by Leo Gura

@Asia P My suggestion is for you to put spirituality on the back burner until you get your life together. Then come back to it once you are "settled in". Why I'm saying is this because spirituality should complement your life purpose not conflict with it.

@An young being You picked up on that ha.

@Simbruh Please explain, if you would, why you require more than one Sadhgura conveying the same teachings.

@Princess Arabia Dissolve the Sense Of Location (Enlightenment) - Bentinho Massaro (youtube.com)

Only when my mind is empty do I enter a state of Samadi (absolute union) with reality. Just as I did as a child. I have re-awakened.

If Santa appears in front of you yet doesn't exist, that would be quite magical.

I heard a good quote by Rupert Spira yesterday "Reality is a dream in God's mind."

Why did humans invent the concept of gods? -to solidify the concept of an afterlife. "Valhalla awaits you!"

Less than the chance this topic gets locked for low quality.

I Just turned 67 and I started this journey when I was about the same age as you. And as life goes, I started working a steady job, got married, two children came shortly after. You get the idea. Life happens. And even though life took center stage over enlightenment I never forgot my first taste of awakening. It may have been overshadowed at times by life's events, but it was always very close. And even to this day it's a bit of a struggle not to be swept away by certain life events as they pop up. I'll tell you one thing that has recently happened that has upped my level of consciousness 10 fold 24/7. I have recently been diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition. So, I have become almost hyper-conscious no matter what is happening in the external world. So, my suggestion is very simple. Appreciate each moment like it's your last. And every time you find that you have slipped into an unconscious state bring yourself back to awareness being at the forefront just as you are doing now. A mantra meditation is often used to bring the attention back to a point of focus. When one catches themself wandering from their point of focus, they gently bring themself back to awareness. And one can learn to expand that practice to living life as if it were one long mantra meditation.

@freddyteisen Stick with it and it will all integrate over time. You're young and off to a great start. Some may not discover what you have until their 30's 40's or even later. Cudos to you!

It will all fall into place. How could it not?

Nice! It's run its course. I like that!

Meeting the best living spiritual teacher is like being handed the best violin on Earth. If you don't know how to play all you'll get is a lot of noise.