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    2 hours ago, freddyteisen said:

    How do u keep reminding yourself of the fact that you’re not your thoughts, but awareness.?

    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.

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    13 hours ago, mike41 said:

    1) Do you tell people you are enlightened?

    No - at best you will experience a complete lack of understanding, at worst everyone will project their own delusions of enlightenment or it's impossibility on you. 

    2) Would you tell a romantic partner?  When?

    I'll just leave that for the reason above.

    You wanted answers and you got them. Just not in the way you expected.

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    5 hours ago, Butters said:

    I guess my ego has a dislike for manipulation but of course I do it myself. 

    Don't feel too bad. A friend of mine stopped by one day and wasn't looking so good. So, I asked if everything was O.K. He said he did some acid the night before and hung out with God. I said wow that sounds very cool. He said it was totally cool up until the point he got brave and decided to have a peek under Gods glowing white robe.  I said what did you see? He replied, "A thong".