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Nothing is in control in the ultimate sense. Hence the paradoxes. In the relative sense you do have control and will, but is very limited that is all. One has to recognise this. What can be done, let it be done, what can't be done, let it be.

Where there is the continuum of pure thought, there definitely is a path to the diminution of karmas. As long as the goal is not attained, the fruit of action, non-action and wrong action has to be experienced - MA.

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@KoryKat I think this could be great, Leo would have to think it carefully but it would certainly be more interactive and human

Probably you have already watched them but in case not: I really recommend you the Motivational Speech video if you are just gonna watch one. Watch them in this order if you feel like it

I wouldn't say existence needs an I to exist. Consciousness is conscious of the "I" and in this way, I AM is the first word or self reflection of cosnciousness Consciousness in itself just is because is isness itself

@Princess Arabia Suffering is an inherent property of imagining that you are the body and mind That cognition you have, I am this human being, living creature on planet earth, this finite limited aspect of reality, inherently and in its root is fear There is no freedom from suffering till you stop identifying with your body more than you do with this screen or the room you think you are in. Look arround your room, you are actually seeing your brain not a room Since you find yourself in this cage called your body, the self-knot of fear is inherently present and that's why distraction is such a thing for conditioned existence. Distraction through spirituality and philosophy to avoid facing the raw fact that by believing you are a human you are unavoidably fearful and there's no way out of this point of view as you are locked in such paradigm. You are not the body, you are not the mind, you are not your thoughts, you are not the world, you are not others, you are not any sensation, nor suffering nor pain, nor pleasure nor bliss, nor up nor down, nothing percieved nor in the container of experience you can find an "I" or yourself. This is kindergarden advaita and buddhism that has to be realized. I am obviously not my car but I take great care of it. I feed it oil and take it to the mechanic if necessary and so on so forth. You can only transcend the body mind, THROUGH the body mind, in profound honesty and authenticity, in deep introspection, immense self love and diamond cut self awareness. You won't find any "I" in there you will just find awareness everywhere, being aware of an "I", of the thought of being a body and mind, of the thought of others, of how you have a literal tapestry in your mind that connect thoughts with thoughts and sensations with sensations that give rise to the ilusion of material earthly experience. In the same way a word in the dictionary is defined by other words in the dictionary and you can jump from one to the other in this perfectly arranged book where even dictionary and book is defined. In this same way, you create all sense of reality and meaning and jump from thought to thought and from believe to believe, from inner bodily sensations to exterior sensation and profs. It is in this complex web of self deception that is tight together by the self-knot of fear, inherently so, by the unconscious definition that you are finite and a human, it is the knot itself. There is no way out till this is seen through and of course forget any babies and whatever distraction you want to fall in and go to the root. The knot of the self has to be undone in order to be free from suffering, because the self by its nature is fear and creates conflicts with other figments of reality. Fear is the source of suffering. You fear because you are God imagining you are human and there is no way you can awaken to this because you believe that you are a human awakening to God. It's hilarious when you think about it ahhahahha. To sum up, imagining you are a finite figment of Reality is the reason why you fear and try to defend your borders, otherwise all that you think you are would cease to exist. So in this situation you find yourself in it is more than normal and healthy to have fear and survive from this self contracted knot, the real question here is: Is there is a way out of this? There is They call it Awakening... They call it God...

@Ishanga you desperately need to grow up from green stage Spyral Dynamics personal development to Stage Yellow. Everything can be added to stage yellow don't worry, nothing has to be relinquished. Till stage yellow doesn't come and you enter into Tier 2 you will keep getting into trouble with yourself and the world. Really study what I'm saying, this is the most transformative personal advice you will receive here. It's a maturity of the ego and mind that is missing for you, particularly this stage change (not state) in the way you cognise and handle yourself. Leo has plenty of material about this.

@Javfly33 keep pushing, you are close. You are gonna breakthrough soon. I've been there, that's why you feel like breaking something. You are gonna breakthrough soon, keep pushing, last round of the fight. This is the dragon that guards the treasure

Perform action with good intent. Try to rise up stepwise through actions. Hold on to Him in all work, then nothing has to be left aside. The quest for the Lord of the goal will also be easy. Your work will also be completed perfectly. Whenever you do any work, do it with your mind, body and speech, simply and with contentment. Then perfection in action will be there. In due time the dry leaves will fall off automatically and new leaves will appear - MA.

Also individual animals and plants can be more conscious than their peers. The same as some humans are more conscious than others but are more conscious than a pig. In the pictures above, I have specifically selected the most conscious individuals of that species, that I could find, to give you a taste of their maximum possibilities. Although the most aware tree will not surpass the most aware dolphin, nor will it surpass the most aware human, nor the most aware alien, and so forth. You must understand that there are not only human geniuses in certain domains, but also that animals within their respective realms can exhibit genius in some aspects of their world, including consciousness. The same applies to plants even inanimate objects, spanning this understanding to all levels of the holarchy. This sensitivity, I have to recognise, has only opened to me after many awakenings and also after a vegetarian diet. I do feel this precision is harder to get with other types of diets, this has also been confirmed and shared with other people interested in this domain of research, which I would call as Conscious Analysis of aware/self-aware figments of Reality.

Trees also have different levels of consciousness: The Bodhi tree: The Banyan tree: Cypress: Jerusalem pine: Pinecone: And my personal favourite, The Field Elm:

Why would you keep using if you are having bad side effects?

That's why it is so addictive, because it is not at all in the begining.

Here is some of the scientific results you will find on the book. It is a very serious book that won the Transmission Prize for the Communication of Ideas 2014 on Popular Medicine, British Medical Association awards. Making it both scientifically accurate and easy to read. When I read this I couldn't believe my eyes. Check the whole book to get the big picture.

Such claims are born from ignorance and heresay. They haven't done any deep research on the topic nor they have any direct experience on it. I'll recommend them to read: Drugs without the hot air: Making sense of legal and illegal drugs by David Nutt If they don't read it they weren't interested in truth to begin with. If they read it, all the moral and biased ideas about drugs will be seen as anti scientific. In an era where science is so worshiped is crazy to find that science itself is silenced when the results do not confirm our social compass of right and wrong. This was one of the crudest realization of science I had. Scientific truths don't matter when talking about drugs because they are wrong and bad.

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/09/758989641/the-cias-secret-quest-for-mind-control-torture-lsd-and-a-poisoner-in-chief

It is useless to expect peace in the world. Try to be only with Him. Perform all service as duty. The world is not a place of happiness. Take shelter only at the feet of God for peace. ~ Sri Anandamayi Ma

If man so wills, he can get rid of the veil of ignorance in his lifetime and realize God. The desire to know God is the natural desire of a Jiva. A human being does not want to remain ignorant as in reality he is the embodiment of Knowledge, of Peace. You do not relish falsehood, you crave for truth - since you are in fact Truth in essence. Tread the path leading to God, His grace is pouring forth perpetually. The reason why we are not aware of it, is that you are holding your vessel upside down and so His grace continually flows away. Keep your vessel right side up and it will fill to overflowing.

@Yimpa beautiful. Happy to hear that. I know how it feels, the clash and then opening up in vulnerability and then filling that space with love and acceptance. It's very intimate

For one second I thought it was another kind of trip

In a way yes In another your own controlling and intelligence is part of the symphony of infinite intelligence and cannot be distinguished from it As everything if we get too deep we encounter paradoxes as it must be so. Don't resist resistance, let go of let go, and so on

This came to me today: Maturity is proper action in every circumstance of life Maturity is also proper reaction to every circumstance in life

It is a pack A knife can prepare you dinner or cut your finger The invention of the knife is great However, don't fault the knife for your failure to apply your own intelligence while using it.

I agree so much with this phrasing I've been lately purifying myself at deep levels Everything that is not Godly is sickness in the body mind Everything that does not aid in the realization of God is sickness Or you are on the path of Immortality or you are on the path of sickness and death God is the death of death God is all encompasing utterly one as many and many as one Oh Divine God, Blessed be thy which is Absolutely Infinity