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Hmm, didn't see anyone recommending something that could actually help. Don't expect it to be easy because life is not, but if you want to have hope in life and improve your mental health - figure out who you are (existentialy), what life is (metaphysically), and how to reach enlightenment. Because you are not doing that of course you are depressed; you are wasting your life stuck in the matrix, and the matrix is evil. Everyone is depressed to varying degrees, you are probably simply more deeply in touch with it. Life is suffering, but there is a way out. Suicide doesn't help, because you die, stay a bit on the other side and reincarnate into the same shithole again. What works is spiritual practices. Everything else is playing around with shadows until you die and repeat. I'm not treating you with kiddy gloves here, so hopefully you are mature enough for it.

From the meta-perspective, life is based on duality and separation. If you are in a happy relationship, expect it to either end abruptly (unexpected death, cheating, etc.) or slowly deteriorate, just like everything else here. It will hurt a lot. That's why the only true relationship that will not hurt you and always love you is your relationship with God.

@James Swartz Did you discover answers to the most important questions in life? Like: The reason behind the creation of the universe? What is God/Self? Is life a dream, an illusion, maya? What is the practical process of coming back home (to Self)? How do we break the cycle of birth and death? If God is perfect Love and the Creator of this domain, why is there suffering, pain, and death? Are you aware of the activities of the unconscious mind and the thought system that is hidden there? Is life made out of vibrations? Is the universe infinite? Is the theory of multiverse correct? Is it holographic? Does manifestation work? Is diet important in awakening? Was Buddha enlightened? If so, why didn't he mention that God is Love? Perhaps he was mistaken and finished his journey by only attaining nothingness aka cessation?

Nope. You clear the contents of your consciousness by stopping inner activities, which is a relaxation, a non-doing, a resting in God. Might just be semantics at this point, though.

Inner silence is the one trusted path that you can't go wrong with. To confirm, go on a 1-month inner and outer silence intensive and see what happens. You don't need to do stuff to get enlightened; you need to clear the contents of your consciousness so they won't interfere with your already enlightened nature.

I'd ask him - which element of waking life proves to him that it is more real than his dreams at night? I would then tell him to notice that none of his arguments prove that. Although he probably wouldn't accept the correction.

Just a taste of Self

Just chill and it will end naturally.

Overcome what exactly?

There's a pretty strong ACIM (A Course in Miracles) community online. You can check out Keith Kavanagh on YouTube and join his Facebook group. People in the FB group are very kind and understanding. Can highly recommend it.

It might be a destined path for some and not for others. I know people who respond extremely well to kundalini yoga and Shaktipat (transmission of kundalini from teacher to student). Personally, I got Shaktipat from Jan Esmann, and I didn't feel a single thing. DId Kriya supreme fire as well and just got some headaches instead of bliss. Kundalini itself is real; it manifests as a snake-type condensed love at the bottom of your spine, and when it awakens and enters your spine, there's insane bliss and beauty. It feels like having sex with God because it enters you at the perineum and it actually feels like a snake-type condensed love is entering the spine. You can unlock it through simple silence, there is no need for any special techniques.

I think if you operate whilst identified with the mind then you are playing out a pre-written script, but if you constantly choose inner silence, then your destiny changes.

F the recently discovered Saint Thomas gospel where he qoutes Jesus directly. sayings there are what he actually said.

That an afterlife is just a more impressive illusion.

It's just letting go of all concepts. All the metaphysics you've learned must be let go before you can return home. It's not even possible to answer all the questions. Ego continuously comes up with new ones and entangles you into them, thus causing suffering and bondage. You don't need to figure out what to do, plan your career, or worry about the future. Just don't resist whatever comes, flow with it. And you can't flow if you are not silent. Just - shhhh! Be quiet. the end. of dreams.

@gettoefl love ACIM. "In quietness are all things answered, and is every problem quietly resolved."

Hmm, maybe, but it’s not fearful. More of a gentle step into freedom after realising the foolishnes of the mind. Like taking of a tightly fitting shirt.

Yessss! Nice, I completly agree with everything you said 😁 the final step is kinda fun, just let go, flow and dissolve into Self. The glimpses of Heaven are a nice benefit whilst doing so. 🕺🏻

You don't control the world, but you control the mind, and if you master your mind, you break away from the cycle of birth and death.

It’s all you - even the guides. You reincarnate because you didnt become enlightened during last lifetime. Simple.

Came in sceptical, left impressed

All I think about. Lol. turns out its just an insignificant dream of duality that is starting to slowly disintegrate.

Knowing life is an illusion doesnt amount to much. It wont awaken you. Its necessary, but the intelectual is not the end. The end is reached through the letting go of all concepts. When there is only silence - nothing to interfere with God’s Love.

Yes, that and problems are what sucks you in. Survival of the body is one of the main chains.