Anton Rogachevski

@Moritz221 Thank you so much. You just gave me a great idea

I like the idea about affirmations reminder Would you guys want a notification sayin "meditate now"?

This community is so beautiful : ) I just wanted to express my gratitude to you all. I'm deeply enjoying reading and answering your posts! Thank you

Hello everyone, I would like to hear your expirience in implementing that concept in your life. Lately I have been wondering wether I got it right. Sometimes it feels like I want to speak out, but then I ask myself, is it worth the possible arguments? What if the lower self wanted to make trouble. How can you tell between a lower self and higher self opinion?

Hey man, I used to affirm that also, until I realized it's in negative form. not dependant. Affirmation work only in positive form.

Tell me how you opened your mind to spirituality. I see how hard it is to hear the same old cliches and dismiss such beautiful ideas.

What if the true self were selfish? then you are selfish in an unselfish way ; ) We must accept our selfishness, it's an inseparable part of us, but at the same time ask what is this self we are selfish about. (we don't/can't know)

Being enlightened you do the most purposeful things without ever intending to. You might say that seeking a purpose from spiritual point of view is clutching to certainty. (You want to be sure your have found your "life purpose") There's a share of truth in this very statement. They realised their neediness, and therefor don't need it : )

There cannot be an experience without an experiencer, and visa versa. This suggests that they are the same. Imagine a world without experiences, who would logically be an experiencer? Credit to Alan Watts of course : )

In one of the last videos leo drew a beautiful metaphor of thoughts questioning thoughts collapse and tear a hole in consciousness through which light can shine through. So yes indeed the mind is used to collapse itself : ) You can't know that intellectually, since "mind" is only logical in terms of "not-mind". And if all were mind there wouldn't be such a definition. Come to think about it, everything you ever experience or know is an interpretation of the mind. So it's true from a metaphysical point of view. I think that the experience of that is exactly what that famous saying means. "All is one," which of course is illogical and thus ridiculed.

Now riddle me this, how can one be selfish without knowing one's true nature. Who is selfish?

Exactly! The mindfulness is allowing you to see the ways in which the lower self tricks us into unconsciousness. We should also consider that mindfulness alone without understanding the subtle ways in which the ego tricks us might not be enough.

The thing I was trying to find out was, how from close mindedness somehow you suddenly open your mind? What's the trigger or the key to shift? Right now I am open minded, or at least want to be : ) Im looking for ways to influence my family and friends to discover they same beauty, but in very subtle ways.

I think a meditation habbit is the most powerful of all. At least for me By the looks of it, you suffer from monkey mind. And it creates the fog, makes you restless and focused too much on immediate results. Personal development, is a 1000 jorney, which is built 1 step at a time, and in a beautiful way they all connect to singular path of feeling on track.It's about connecting the dots and see a new big picture. Start very small, and see what bugs you the most. Being mindful is important to find clues of these troubling thoughts. I hope i could help dude. Welcome and good luck fellow travler

We always hear how we should, live our life giving to others, forgetting about ourselves. But how do you do that? How to manage your life in such a way?

After watching Leo's new video about the nature of the true self, where he is saying to actively seek for it. I keep wondering if the process of looking should be any different, since it's basically proving to yourself that you don't exist.

I appreciate your detailed reply Arik, Right now I'm not familiar with many techniques, except for looking. I don't have much time to research more methods, and i trust that Leo's method is the best I can get realistically. How do you practice acceptance?