Davino

This catapulted me into deep samadhi

@Razard86 That's a fair point. My commentary was certainly not specific to this thread but certainly inclusive of it. When I talk to you I sometimes get the feeling that while you are very awake, you sometimes miss parts of the puzzle that are obvious to me. It seems now that it is not that you miss them but that you don't give them as much importance as I may do, which is a fair point. Despite this, I agree mostly with what you say but if I had to take your stance on many things I wouldn't be writting on the forum or doing many things besides just self abiding in my own Awake luminosity. What is true though is that not everyone is at the same stage of Awakening. I've always researched the most enlightened and awakened people and contrasted everything carefully with my direct experience and Awakenings. That's why I can discuss about almost all teachers and gurus that people mention, with both theoretical understanding and practical experience of their message. This may be the reason why I am decisive when I talk about a master's state of realization and so I act accordingly. While you can certainly go wrong in guru obsession that leads nowhere you can certainly go wrong in dismissing valuable help in your path and ending up reinventing the wheel or worse even, not arriving anywhere. How many doctors would there be without universities? A few surely, but not many. Knowing which doctor is good and which doctor is bad and how good or bad he is; is defintely a valuable skill if you want to become a full time medicine practicioner. After a point, you are expected to be a doctor yourself and live from the pension of your past work indeed, yet you will still consult here and there with your peers and you are in no way done in your understanding of medicine.

This documentary is great. Should be posted in the Geography challenge. What a wild country

You can be gone yet thoughts still appear in the 360 sky of Awareness, as birds chirp, so do thoughts appear Thoughts exist but there is no thinker, because thinker is another thought Yet you keep talking about state changes, not about a stage perpetual shift. What is the biggest obstacle to a stage shift in this context? Control Hence why I started the thread

Maybe I could help you understand it This is how I phrase it to myself: True trascendentalist have discovered Masculine God or pure consciousness, pure abstraction, the beyond of the beyond, God-Head But haven't recognised Femenine God or Maya, the infinite universal shapeshifter, all substance and all qualia. All the colors and shapes in your computer right now are the "content" or phenomena being displayed on the trascendental groundless ground of the screen. When you watch a video of the ocean the screen doesn't get wet nor it heats when displaying fire. This is the position that so called enlightened people may take and which may be causing you confusion. In the ultimate sense, trascendental consciousness and phenomena merge in a sexual dance of union and eternal rejoice, this is liberation. To see the absolute in the relative and the relative in the absolute both codependently creating each other as one whole flawless cosmic harmony.

I think that a desire to awaken is present even when you are one in beingness. This doesn't compute with many spiritual people and think that wanting to Awaken more comes from ego Well, there is a point after wich you stop searching, but that doesn't mean you stop Awakening You stop searching because you recognise that it is everpresent From this everpresent context and nature search happens by itself on its own accord and law, like clouds and rain happen in the sky

Theoretically yes, but not practically. Or do you live your life according to that standard 24/7? No you don't

This semengly inocent question is in truth very complexed and very nuanced. I could talk for hours about this. But note that this is esential to consider in your inquiry about your initial question. Hope it helped you in your contemplation. I really made it with a lot of effort and work. I'm gonna have dinner now lol

6min read Not only mammals. I find that birds make the biggest consciousness jump when leaving with a human. I have to say that after taking care of a Cotorra Argentina birds are capable of high levels of intelligence and consciousness when living for long periods of time. Take into account they usually live up to 25 years. She is called Mint: Particularly Peacocks: Elephants are also one of the most conscious animals In water dolphins are the highest. Not all animals have the same consciousness. The above can recognise themselves in a mirror. Not all birds are equally conscious. Not all mammals are equally conscious either. Even funghi can become more conscious, psychedelic mushrooms are the king and even in this domain according to the species there are different degrees of consciousness. This is all well documented and I myself have verified in first hand experience. Even plants can become more conscious. Specially the lotus flower: The rose: And my favourite, the Orchid. I have one in my bedroom called Blanca (White in Spanish). Here is the specie: This is a pic of me happy because after months a new stem is being born Even physical objects can become more conscious. Specially jewelry, as the Atlantis ring I wear and a movement powered watch. This has been a deep area of research of mine. Very nerdy but is something I like, jewelry that makes me more conscious. Maybe I'll do something of that in the future. Continuing with the topic: Images can also be infused with consciousness. Like paintings in temples and churches featuring mystics and saints. Reliques are also special in this regard, this explains the phenomena that permeats all religions regarding relics as objects of veneration and adorations for centuries. Even christianity does this with the Sacramental bread and the holy blood wine, invoking God in an object so hard that then the object becomes God itself. Deities in hinduism go through insane multi year rituals to infuse consciousness and shakti (energy) into the Deity:

Exactly so I was a metaphor

@Princess Arabia Pleasure

Deepppp Cutting through bullshit and awakening to Truth directly is what marks an Awakened One

It is like a closed hand very tight Tight your hand real hard with me now Still A bit more And Release Let go Breathe Consciousness is like a chewing gum

Very Good documentary but focus more on the people than on the director. In Italian is a bit better, it is also in spanish as voice track

@ZenSwift Ohhhhhhh, thanks for sharing

@Yimpa ahahahahahhahahahahah you made me laugh

No

GOD IS LOVE

Indeed

The difference between Ego and God is Consciousness but in God consciousness you realize all there is is God and that's it, full stop

God and Ego are one. God is One. You are God. I am God. God is One

Wild

@Yimpa