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  1. 1 hour ago, Princess Arabia said:

    My question though wasn't where am I headed, but if I will know about the life I'm living now.

     From my experience the life I lived was there but a million miles away (so to speak) and very insignificant.

    Do you remember what you were doing at this time one week ago?

    Do you need to remember what you were doing at this time one week go?


  2. My experience with death is this. Not actual physical death but death of the attachment to self-identity.

    So, here's the story-

    A few years ago, I was into a serious meditation practice. Like 3 times a day for 30-40 min. ea. session for 3 years straight. To be honest not much was happening until I added cessation of the self to the practice. I was practicing no-self.

    That's when things started to get interesting.

    The first thing that started happening was consciousness was beginning to become liberated from the body. It felt sort of like an out-of-body experience, but I wasn't floating above myself or remote viewing or anything like that. But it was more like we normally experience conscious- awareness as projecting outward from the self. But that is what changed. Consciousness started to feel like it was outside the body location filling the room I was sitting in. When it first happened it was a bit of a surprise b-c I wasn't expecting that. So, I pulled back and consciousness returned to the usual experience of being projected outwardly from my body/mind's location. 

    Then I thought something here is presenting itself and if I don't muster up the courage to go with it then all the meditation practice will have been for nothing.

    So, I surrendered to it and just let whatever happens come.

    What happened next is hard to explain but I was no longer aware of the room I was in. I wasn't even in the body I was in.

    I became (and I use the word "I " loosely) what I can only describe as being the very fabric of all of reality. Pure Love, potential and intelligence.

    Suddenly there were no questions. Questions became totally irrelevant b-c everything was already answered and complete within itself. How else could it be?

    Since that experience, I know exactly where I'm headed when the body falls away.

     I will be (and I am) the Love and intelligence and pure potential for everything regardless of whether it is manifest or not. 


  3. 2 hours ago, Ima Freeman said:

    Sorry to hear that. How are you know? Is your condition stable?

    The short answer is I don't know yet. I was placed on an aggressive radiation and chemo treatment program back in Dec. and continues today. In the next week or two I'll be having a CT scan to find out if there is any shrinkage to the main tumor (was 5cm) and affected lymph nodes on my left lung.


  4. 5 hours ago, Ima Freeman said:

    How do you come to an acceptance of death, even in severe situations?
    Is it only a question of courage?
    Are insights necessary?
    Is the ego in the way?

    This was me about mid November. It was like shock and awe to the system (the ego self) when I ask the Dr. "how much time would I have if I did nothing"? And he tells me -about a month or so. And I'm thinking O.K. so I would have till about Christmas or New Year if I choose to do nothing. And I'm thinking how I liquidate the house and all its contents so it's not too much of a burden on my daughter and son. I totally wasn't prepared for this short notice. At the time I did make my final wishes known to a certain person here on the forum and asked them if they would be willing to step in for me in the event that I could no longer fulfill my Mod duties (they know who they are. And as a side note I asked them to keep it on the hush as a favor to me). Hopefully Leo gives them his final stamp of approval when the time comes. Or even before. @Leo Gura Sorry, didn't mean to put you on the spot. I know this is news to you.

    So, to answer your question: Life always hangs in the balance. It's a lesson in impermanence that each will learn to accept in their own way, in their own time.


  5. Welcome to the forum @Infinitehealer . If Leo says it's fine with him then that's fine with me.

    The only thing I'd say is I'm not sure if this topic would be more suited under the Philosophy, Science, Technology topic area rather than Spirituality, consciousness, awakening.

    Do you think black holes could be gateways to other universes/realities?

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  6. 58 minutes ago, Thought Art said:

    Moron isn’t a great word it has connotations of insult 

    It has gone from Stupid to Moron to Retarted.

    Just as side note: I'm not personally offended by anything said here, myself being over 60. My only concern is the use of language being well beneath what one would expect from a mod. It sounds more like childish playground name calling.


  7. Cognition: is the "mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience = (*Wisdom), and the senses". It encompasses all aspects of intellectual functions and processes such as: perception, attention, thought, imagination, intelligence, the formation of knowledge, memory and working memory, judgment and evaluation, reasoning and computation, problem-solving.


  8. 2 minutes ago, OBEler said:

    The topic is about how prevent becoming a 60 years old moron.

     

    I gave you the answer to that right up front. It's called neuroplasticity. -Or the lack of it.

    So, exercises that enhance one's neuroplasticity would be the answer. That is if there aren't other underlying factors in question such as the development of plaque on the brain.


  9. @OBEler

    2 hours ago, OBEler said:

    I used the word stupid because in my observation it is a big decline.

    "Substantial cognitive decline" would be the most accurate description of what you are trying to convey. Rather than stupid or moron.

    But I thought the topic was more about the elderly and new technology?

    22 hours ago, OBEler said:

    If you speak with 60 years old people, a lot of them are already not capable to comprehend complex new things. It's sad to watch and also a real problem for them. I would even call some of them retarded

    You don't need to feel sorry for them. From their perspective if they managed to live a healthy, happy life without the need for the latest technology why do they suddenly need it now?

    *How do you know they're not thinking " If this poor moron was lost and his batteries died in his cell phone he would be screwed". 


  10. 20 hours ago, OBEler said:

    I used the word stupid because in my observation it is a big decline.

    You were using the word 'stupid'. Now it has magically morphed into 'moron' since Leo used that word. Notice that?

    Leo- "This is so backwards. 25 year olds are morons.

    OBEler-"We all will be one day 60 and will be the same slow moron 

     I notice this same mimicry in my 4-year-old grandson too because of how impressionable he is. It's quite endearing watching him develop. You have to watch everything you say around him or he will repeat it.

     


  11. 31 minutes ago, thierry said:

    I get what they say and totally agree with them but I’m asking myself the question of can I lie and manipulate reality for a greater Truth eventhough I know there will be consequences.

    It's called 'gaslighting' and only the lowest form of human life employs its use. There is no 'greater Truth' in because it is a deception of the lowest form.