Ishanga

Economically I think Canada becoming a part of the USA would be beneficial over all, even if just our dollar become American Dollars we would benefit greatly, and the trade and Us Becoming a part of the economy of the USA would make this region a super super power, with our resources combined with the USA that would make all of Us in North America almost Invincible Economically and National Security wise I think.. I'm not identified with Canada, its a Great Country no doubt, but all Countries for the most part have their Greatness, my generation maybe is the last one to have any sort of strong identification with Canada, my Dad's did big time, he was in WW2 and fought and was a proud Canadian, since being involved in Spiritual Matters, I've dropped most identifications at least lowered them, and in my POV overall the benefits out way the disadvantages (which I don't really see) in regards to joining the Union in the States, especially too if we could live and work their without Green Cards required and such perks!! From what I am hearing here on the media, Trump want to do something big this time to cement his legacy, and that is he wants to add land mass to the USA, so acquiring Canada (since we are one of the largest Countries land mass wise) would fulfill that desire he has, and he is going to do it via Economically making it hard for Canada to stay afloat, with all this uncertainty investors will not invest in Canada and we have our own trading problems btwn provinces that doesn't allow us to be self sufficient and our politics is messed up right now...

Yes, Consciousness in this context is present in all Creation...Simple enough answer? Problem is is Why or How, this is where it gets complex and logic cannot be used to define or describe it...

The Idea of making North America one Economic Unit, as a Canadian, I don't mind this idea, our currency turns into US dollars, we have no tariffs or customs taxes to pay when going back and forth, we are free to work or live in either country, trade is free, that sort of thing is appealing to me, but it doesn't have to go as far as Us becoming a state of the US, more like what they do in EU with the Euro and no Travel Restrictions... What is happening now will hurt all the countries involved, no doubts, mostly Americans I think...

Yes the Existence in its fundamental nature is Non Sense or Not Logical, but what You write here about Spiritual matters, which is what we are discussing here on this forum is nonsense...Nothing is Happening, No One is Here, this sort of language and understanding of Spirituality is dangerous actually!

Nonsense!!

Umm first Consciousness means the samething as Absolute or God or Life in this context.. So there is no Your Consciousness or my Consciousness, we are all Life, its just that You have a certain sized Bubble of it, I have a certain sized bubble of it and so forth for everyone else. Think of Yourself as a Bubble of Air, most of the bubble is made up of Air, but most ppl think of themselves as the Bubble lining, so that is the mis Conception or Experience.. There is no dream or imaginary life or situations in life, this sort of terminology I am against since it implies that it is not real, what is happening in Your life and others is Real. Its just how You Respond or React to it that is illusionary...Since most ppl are coming from the data collected by their 5 senses over a period of time from Birth until Now, they are thinking this is what Life is, but Life is completely within You, You've never Experienced Life outside of Yourself, so what one has to do is be in Complete Connection with what it is that they are, they are not the Body or Mind, what it is has to be Experienced, any explanation will fall short and not give You a clear understanding of what it is.. So if You know Yourself Completely, then you will Know the Universe Completely, since You Fundamentally are Absolute in Embodied Form, You can be intouch with Absolute (this is what Enlightenment is) as a Human, no other Life form on this planet is capable of this, so once that is set usually a Human drops the Body/Mind Complex, loses all Individuality and merges with Absolute, like a Bubble of Air getting burst! Inanimate objects like rocks, dead planets, asteroids have no ability to be Aware like we can, there very very limited in that nature, they are a part of the Life Force or Consciousness but no ability to be Aware...

@Schahin Don't go down the rabbit hole with Princess, it will lead You to more not knowing, she's not even in the field when it comes to Spiritual Matters, just saying to save You some grief!! In an instant, Absolute or God (don't think of God/Absolute as an Entity like You and I, its just a Potential and Possibility creating machine, and language fails miserably when trying to describe it, since language is logic based, logic has no place when it comes to these matters..) created Creation, in that instant all Potentials where encased into it, as we came from that moment of Creation, call it Big Bang or whatever to what is here today and Now, all this creation, all the Galaxies and Universes it came from that one instant, so all Potentials are like this. It is like when You were born, You were so little, no knowledge of anything or experience of anything and now today you are much bigger and more knowledgeable and curious about Life and Creation, its like that but much more complex.. Absolute does not need to be Conscious of all this creation because Absolute in Embodied/Material Form is the fundamental nature of all of it, saying or asking if it is Conscious of it implies a Separation between it and all Creation, there is no Separation in actuality, but Experientially as a Human most Experience a separation btwn them and most everything around them, that is the whole point of Spirituality, to get rid of this Experience of Separation and make it into what it is, an All Inclusive Creation, all atoms are connected to the other atoms and in communication, your made up of atoms and on and on it goes up the line.. So there is no need for Absolute to be Conscious of it all because it is IT on a fundamental Level!

Adam Chan out of Vancouver Canada.. He's also very much into Qi Gung, it healed him recently, he was in tremendous pain and almost died to overtraining and such from his years of MA training, nothing helped him so he went to his Qi Gung Master and did the practices (4hrs a day for two years), it totally cured him and he's never been happier and healthier he says, and its improved his Martial Arts skills too.. He's into Wing Chun, and his form of Jeet Kune Do, as he learned from Bruce Lee's 1st student and others as well, plus he's sort of a MA genius himself (he's never admit this) and added his own creations to it, being invovled with MA as long as I have I will verify he's top level and very humble but a realist in the end!

Look at someone's life as best You can then if what they are doing seems to be the way you would like to live then listen to them,, Forget information, stuff You see online, whatever You buy into there are so many counter arguments it make You confused, in fact there is too much sharing going on and for the wrong reasons, ppl want fame rather than sharing authenically what they know... I know a World Class Martial Artist, he's Bruce Lee level skill, he has a Youtube channel, he's been sharing videos for years and he still has a hard time getting 10K views for a particular video, whereas some dummy will post something I know doesn't work (30yrs+yrs in Martial Art) and he gets 100K views in a day, and the quality is not as good either, but if You look at the two there is no comparison in skill levels and knowledge..So if You can see how they live their lives, you'll find out the truth that way for sure...

Your too caught up in Your Mind, and what the Society (and here) is feeding it.. You have a vast intelligence within You, not the sort of Intelligence that figures out how to survive another day or how to do a rubiks cube, but a sort of intelligence that made the Creation Your 5 senses gather in everyday, most of which is not even the real reality, tap into that then what You are feeling will fade away...Don't focus on the WHY, focus on the HOW!

@Misato Katsuragi just get back to the basics.. Use Your Body senses, focus on everything You See, Hear, Touch, Taste and Smell, make all of that super intense, especially in unique situations like a cold shower, spicy food, loud annoying music or sound, stuff like that, create a big focus on Body, which is part of the Earth and that may help!!

There is no reply, since there is no You by which a reply can come forth from that is stating there is no Dog, stating that thinking that is a Dog creates the Dog that is not there... utter Bullshit!! no offence can happen since there is no reply, since no one is here to reply to or from, therefore no ego to offend.. perfect example of why this forum now should be shut down and closed to anything new..ppl losing their minds in philosophizing life and what it is about...

Suffering something like that is a choice, some use it to live full and complete lives while they still have a body to do so, but many suffer it, that is their choice... Suffering is not an absolute, its not a guarantee upon hearing bad news, there is no bad news, your response to it is what matters.. yes many do not have the consciousness level to be like this, so that is the point of Spiritual Practices, so that they have a means to be like this and live more complete lives..

Yes it is good, but don't look upon reading any book as some means to an end, just use the information, contemplate it a bit but sooner or later You have to get out of this intellectual pursuit of Truth and find it within Yourself, if it doesn't come naturally too You then Use already established and effective time proven methods (Yoga) to help You with it... "the kingdom of God is within you" appears in Luke 17:21. The full verse reads, "For, behold, the kingdom of God is within you".

Well I think she left her in good hands and I think the Daughter is doing Great!!!

This is the Ultimate Okay, and when one comes to that place of Experience and Realization then they can choose what is next for them, Mahasamahdi or stay here and function maybe to help the Society or something else, play the game, see what happens or whatever, but the point is that everything is now available to You, You can create consciously the karma so that You stay on, or just dissolve away.. Sadhguru's wife did this, she Mahasamadhi because she thought that now everything is perfect and she didn't want it too change, so she made the choice, that is how I understand it, he tried to talk here down as they had a daughter that was young and it was nearing the end of the consecration of the Dylanalinga temple at his Ashram in India, as a Husband he said he was Sad but as her Guru he was extremely proud of Her...

To be Human means Potential Expressed and Experienced, don't limit being Human to up one day down the next, living in Suffering and working and daily duties, family, friends, make money then die, that is societies conditioning upon Us.. Human means You can be whatever You want to be, live/experience below Animal nature or be God Like divine, in the East they call these sorts of ppl Devi which mean ppl that are living beyond normal day to day life and human activity, its being a God essentially, self creating what it is You want to Create...

Yes, but when it happens to You, Your Suffering like never before its not fun, so why is that so? Because Suffering sucks, no one wants to continually Suffering and in the end it comes down to YOU, not the Absolute or Reality as a whole, its a grand concept and good to contemplate and if possible Experience via Yogic methods or psychedelics, but its all within YOU the individual, so never forget that, we can think all we want about Absolute, the Universe, what is this or that, but in the end its all about YOU, as all You have is Subjectivity! Everything here discussed on this forum is just sharing of concept and personal Experience that's it, it the end its forgotten next week and the cycle continues, but YOU don't unless You die, so that is what is important to remember and consider, Claim all You want that Your Enlightened and far above anyone else here or on the planet (Not saying You are::)) but its only a Story to Me:)

Temples and Consecrations! Why???

Its not opinion, just look and see.. Its great to have an Experience of Perfection, because Fundamentally that is what Existence is, its set up Perfectly as anything and everything can happen, that is what Possibility Is! But as Humans we have choice and via the choices we have made, its obvious, we created lots and lots of Suffering. its a part of the circle, if Bliss exists Suffering has too as well, so we have to choose and we haven't been choosing Consciously hence we have what we have today, we live in the best time ever on all fronts, but we are suffering more than ever because we lack Consciousness as a whole! Perfection in all truth for me is not a good word to use especially when it comes to Human Life. It means complete Harmony. So just because there is unlimited Possibility does not mean all of it has to be expressed or experienced, Suffering as an Experience is one of those that does not need to be Experienced, Pain is needed on many levels, especially within the Body, if we had no experience of Pain we would not be here talking on this forum because we would not have evolved enough to invent forums or the internet or anything associated with it, so Pain is needed. But ppl are creating their own pain over and over again, this is what it means for Pain to turn into Suffering, and its mostly self inflicted due to Unconsciousness.. Lack of Awareness is imperfect because it means we are living below our Potential.. Just go on the Mental Health Threads, no one there is proclaim Life is Perfect, because there is a serious lack of Awareness from those ppl, that is the whole point of the many Spiritual Methods, to get them to a point of High Awareness and Consciousness so Suffering is avoided and Potentials arise within them, this is basic stuff!!! If You look at everything via the Absolute filter then Yes, everything is Perfect because everything is as it should be (this Moment is Inevitable), that does not mean it has to be this way or that individuals want it this way, its Acceptance that's all, this stops our Stress Response which creates more Suffering in the end.. You get into a Car Accident, You get injured, Your Health is now affected, Your capability is not as it was before, plus Your car is destroyed, having a Stress Response to it makes it worse, You further disable Your ability to deal with it, so as was said before there is Absolute Level of looking at things, then the Relative Level, go to Gaza tell them Life is Perfect, they will Stone You to Death for sure!!

My research into Hinduism via the Yogic Path tells me something similar, that we have Free Will at certain High Levels of Awareness in most Areas of our lives.. If Your Unaware then Free Will, the Ability to Respond, is not available to You, its that simple.. Life for a Human is mostly Subjective in nature, we have never Experienced anything outside of Ourselves, our 5 senses are outward bound but are experienced within the Body, so everything is Subjective and what happens within Your Body can be controlled by you up to an extremely high level.. The most important IMO is How You are Experiencing Life right NOW, Joyfully or Miserably, this set ups a great foundation for Potentials to be exposed to You that normally would not be available to You, in other words being Joyful of Your Own Nature leads directly to Enlightenment.. Karma is here to allow existence as it is on this planet with Dualism, Materialism and Cause/Affect/Consequence to be possible, without Karma there is not existence/creation..but as Humans we can go beyond Karma, via the realization of the NOW moment as You shared above, Life is only found in the NOW moment, we cannot do anything about what is happening or the situation in the NOW moment other than how we Respond to it, if it enslaves us as it does for most ppl, then we are never available to the future Moment that may or may not come but when it comes it is experienced only in the NOW..being available to it is primary as it can be anything we want it too be, unless we are enslaved to the past moments then we are trapped there and suffering it for the most part, which is why suffering is not a good tool to use if You want Enlightenment Possibility in this lifetime..

There's levels to it obviously, don't even think of Enlightenment if Your not already naturally at Ease and in Peaceful Experience regularly, then when that is established Enlightenment is in reach, otherwise if Your up and down emotionally, suffering one day, manic the next, fine the day after that forget it, any sort of Fear response then forget it, Enlightenment is not in your future if You don't take care of the basics.. What I described as ways to establish this foundation, bring Your inner nature too Ease, then go from there...

Not if it doesn't arise in Your Consciousness, but one can use the fact that one day they will die Bodily, and make it an empowerment by not wasting time on stupid things, expediting things and making only the important things to You primary, not flipping around on phones scrolling all day thru social media BS and other such activities that lead to know where fast!!

Yes, but there is way of out the suffering, that is what the methods shared are there for.. Its for Householders, ppl that cannot commit full time to their Sadhana and work with family responsibility and such... If one can even learn a bit of each of these, their suffering will decrease and eventually not arise.. Acceptance of What is, even 50% will take most suffering away.. Acceptance is not about Liking what is, its just a simple exercise of this is the way it is and not stressing about it, when we stop the stress response from happening (fight/flight) then fear will not arise at all.. Live in the NOW, being present moment Aware is crucial, use the past to get wise from not wounded, yes it takes work, this is dissolving the karma, unwinding it, via that and the previous one you cannot Suffer! Via these two the Ability to Respond arises in a strong way, this is Free Will being Exposed to You, then You can determine how to be within Yourself, then life opens up to new and more empowering Potentials!

Wat I'm saying is that generations ago they were too concerned with survival, tending to crops, finding food, secure shelter, and such things to get so trapped and identified with their Mind thinking ideological BS, that they had little fear of anything, when Your busy in life, really doing something worthwhile to You there is no Fear, but when Your Mind identified, everything outside of You is the most important thing, your phone, tik tok, outside information sites like news, entertainment, books/learning etc, then your trapped in garbage that is not even original too You.. Your Mind, everyone's Mind is just a Garbage bin, You have no choice of the Content of this Garbage Bin, but You have the Choice as to identify with it or not, that information is out there for ppl to read and learn about but they don't, hence they live in Fear and Suffering for the most part...