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Yes, You had in your case a "Grand Experience" I would say, but there is still some karma at play that is not conscious to You yet, so what happens? A sort of panic maybe or resistance, so things of this nature have to be more slow and steady, like building a house or building, You don't put up the roof first, it will collapse without any walls, which will collapse if there is no foundation laid up first... This is the problem with the non dualist here, too unbalanced and not seeing the whole picture, they are half right I would say, but half right is dangerous!

@Someone here The Boundary is the Body and/or Sensory Body, so it is easy to draw a distinction between Me and the World, but at the same time it is also possible to expand this Sensory Body and make it encompass the Entire Universe, this is what the Spiritual Path is about, its a Potential, not a reality for those that are still in the Experience of Body is Me, my 5 sense organs are what is the boundary of my Experience beside what I feel within myself, so its relative, its not a set Truth until Experienced. So what You said is True, but so is the person experiencing the opposite, that they are NOT Everything, no connection, all Separation from Everything, that is where work is to go from one experience to the other... To just state 'This is the Truth" all else is false, is not totally correct, its too Absolutist, to focused on that Realm, which is not Relative at all, to encompass all of it, too see and understand the WHOLE picture, one has to see/Experience the Absolute in the Relative, which is why we are here as Humans, only we can do this, no other life form on this planet can... To go from the absolute Relative Experience to the Absolute Experience in one big leap is dangerous IMO, it will totally mess someone up if they do this without stabilizing and ground work done before hand, its like giving a Homeless person a Billion Dollars, they will be worse off in the end...

Yes, How can You even go in the direction if Your emotionally up and down everyday, so first baby steps, get to be Peaceful Naturally, then go from there, if Your Volition is to go all the way, then it will happen naturally, with less force and more Ease. If You go the Suffering route, then its a dbl edge sword, Suffering is also Intensity of Experience, but if You cannot handle it then You won't come back from the Suffering, you'll drowned in it, so I wouldn't recommend going that route.. Your obviously interested in Spiritual Path and such things, so first Establish Peace as Your Natural Experience, don't think or be concerned with anything else besides that, then when that is set you'll naturally go further..

@Sugarcoat Most do not want this, or total loss of Self, their live, family/friends, career and such, they just want less stress, more Ease, more Peace, and eventually overall Bliss and Well Being, and we are hardwired to be this way, just read a trip report, there is much fear when going on a strong trip, where is this fear coming from? Ego identity, self Identity, small little me and my situation identity, this is natural up until a point where it is not wanted, like going to grade school forever, sooner or later You want to go to high school, then college or university, and then to graduate right, its like this, but ppl get stuck along the way, or zig zag thru life, going in this direction then changing directions constantly, so they are really living by accident, Being Conscious means living on purpose with a road map and clarity of knowing where exactly to go...

Life is not really weird, its just most of Us are living via Experience on the surface level of it, just accumulating and gathering, we want more experience, more $$, more relationships, more knowing, more and more and more, this is a natural by the way, this is Desire, but we identify with a Body and Mind (thoughts, emotions, thinking, ideology) and via that identification, we only accumulate in a certain way, mostly physical, 5 sense organ gratification sort of way, most everything everyone is desiring is based on one of the sense organs, just look at it.. Now this is low level of Awareness, Survival Level of Living Life (Life is Absolute being Manifested and Realized in a Form of Sorts, on this dual, material, karmic planet), as Humans we have way more Potential.. Its like stating something is a Miracle! If You were to bring a person from 500yrs ago, even 100yrs ago and bring them into the society of today and show them the technology we are using, they would say it is a Miracle, but it is not really, its just Science being discovered (Reality being uncovered, or being put into Awareness), and then Usage of it being Applied to practical use, that is what Technology is, so it is the same with Living this Life, as Humans we can live way beyond Survival Level, whereas all other life forms are stuck in Survival Level, so once You go on this path, what seems like a Miracle to You if Your a Newbie, is normal if You've been into it for awhile, we get Used to Peace, Happiness, Intensity of Experience, Clarity and even Bliss, You want to eventually go beyond all of this, and be Liberated, but don't even think about that until You get the Peace thing down pat, as a normal Life Experience, if Your not at that level Yet, don't be concerned with Liberation or Enlightenment..

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Don't think of it as a Goal, think and understand it as Life Embodied as we are, with all the Potential that is within it, Ultimately it wants complete Freedom, that means no Body, No Mind, No Self, No Individuality, No Embodiment, just complete Freedom and Liberation.. This is the basis of all Desires, if You look at it in depth, what is it that You are Desiring???

You only ask Why if Suffering is involved, most all Why questions (when it comes to existential questions) come from a POV of Suffering, if You were Blissed out would You ask Why? Probably not, You'd be busy enjoying the Bliss. Ego is there to allow You to have a sense of Individuality, this is there because it brings forth in existence a Unique Life Form, Life itself is the representation of Absolute in a Manifested form in this realm we call planet Earth, that has Duality and Karma and Free Will. Ego just allows Absolute to experience itself in trillions of ways, without Ego then this uniqueness would not come about. Ego is there for other reasons as well, but I think this is the primary.. Identification with Ego is the problem, not the existence of the Ego itself, its needed to survive in a society and world where in the end we need to function with others... Self is just a combination of everything that encompasses what we are made up of, a Body, Mind, Emotions, Energy, Ego, Free Will, Consciousness, Awareness, mostly Unlimited Potential and Possibility...

Reality is what You make of IT! If You have a dream and it makes You sweat and scared and nightmareish then it was Real in Your Experience, so these words Dream and Imaginary are not the best words to use imo, because they imply not real, but if they bring forth a response in Your Body and Mind, You think about this dream afterwards and it creates Karma, then it a real as a brick falling on Your foot.. So that is why we are Here, to create this Life as we want ( be a God in essence, Creator), most ppl are doing this unconsciously, so the point of being Human is to do everything Consciously, if You did then how would You create this Life?

The old saying is that "When the Student is ready, the Master will appear", this takes some clarity within one to recognize a True Guru, they will come to You in most cases, if You Guru shop too much that won't work either, balance is key, Willingness is key as well, Openness and a Great Intensity to Know, if You cannot sleep thru the nights without Knowing what is Truth, what is Reality, then the Guru will be there, it can be in many forms too, but a Human one is super great to find if they come into Your Life!!

Define right and wrong, and who's to say what You say as being wrong is really wrong, if I think it is right, so these things are relative.. Plus there is a credibility problem.. Too solve that, if the Guru or Mentor is public, see how they live, what are they doing with their time, are they helping others, only helping themselves, this adds to another way of knowing someone/Guru other than listening or reading to their words..

LIke Leo said, You need a Guru or Mentor of sorts that can help You along the way... One trap though is picking someone that You "Like", ask Yourself where does this "Liking" come from? Its usually Ego agreements btwn ppl, you already have a personal philosophy created within You, it may be unconscious to You, but You read or watch a Guru and it confirms some of your Unconscious beliefs/philosophy, then You go for it with that Guru, this is not so good, as it will only further increase Your Identity with the Ego and false self.. Do some research, find someone that creates a bit of friction or someone that says something that is completely new for You, and it resonates within some how.. Then research what methods they share, is it just talking, writing, video intellectual stuff? If so that will only lead You so far, and You may become dependant on more intellectual reading, watching/hearing... Find someone that has that and methods that they share, try the methods and see what happens, be completely willing and open to it, not egoic ally or intellectually analysing it all the time, just open to doing it consistently and for at least 2-3 mths straight and see the results, if its something You want in Your life then keep going with it, if not drop it and move on...

There is allot of Talk around here about the "Dream", the "Construct", and its seems to Me that it is looked down upon, that this is not Reality.. Another way of saying "Dream" "Construct" is to say that You determine Your Experience within Yourself. All Experience is within Yourself, whether You are Depressed and want to Die, or You go on a 5 meodmt trip and feel like God and know the Infinity upon Infinities, it is all happening within the Boundary of Your Body and Mind. When I read trip reports, when the trip happened for that person, I was not Aware of it nor Experienced it at that moment, hence the person produces a Trip Report to tell us all what happened, because the Trip happened only within them, not Us.. Dreams, Constructs, Experiences, are what make up the Quality of one's Life, Life itself is the Realization and Manifestation of Absolute in a Realm like we are living in, this Planet, this Duality, this Karma and Situation that is set up for Us, if there was no ability to Dream/Construct/Experience then we would be no more than an Ameba which just exists for the sake of Existing and shape shifting for it too survive I would guess, the intensity of its Experience is it comparable to a Human Being? So we go thru this game of Creating Constructs, Realities within so that we can Experience it a certain way, this allows Us to be Unique to one another, which is a Creative Genius Invention Nature has allowed Us to participate in, its like no two snowflakes are the same, they are the same in many ways but as well unique, this is the Beauty of Creation as it is here on this Earth, its a sign of Super Intelligence for this process to happen, how it is possible to have each snowflake (Trillions upon Trillions of them that have been in existence and will come into Existence) be Unique without a sort of Intelligence allowing it to be this way, and express itself this way, and we are Involved with it as well, there have been Billions upon Billions of Ppl in this world some 100+Billion to have ever been alive, we in all practicality cannot Understand the magnitude of that Number, and each one of them is Unique in a way, Because we are allowed to Create Dreams, Constructs and Experiences, we don't do it to a high level yet, but that is within our Potential, and that is why they are Important and Useful and should not be looked down upon.. The only thing we have to be wary of is Identification with this Dream, Construct or Experience, if You think this is what You are, then Your Lost in it and Blinded by it, realizing this is only a Dream/Construct/Experience, be totally Involved with it, and then let it pass is the way to Live it and get Wise via it, and go Beyond it to more Potentials and Possibilities...

@BipolarGrowth I think when You are reading this much material, it should be used as a secondary path to Realization, if You get too hooked in by book reading, then the knowledge is purely Intellectual, it will get You not too far on the path, it has to be second or third in line of actual Sadhana or Spiritual Practice which is totally Internal, not Intellectual and most Experiential in nature.. All of Us have access to the most Intelligence thing in the known Universe, that is our own Body and Mind, I'm not talking about thinking, thoughts, ideologies picked up from outside sources, I'm talking about the Intelligence within Your own system, the thing that make Your Heart continue to beat when Your Unconscious of the world in Deep Sleep, the thing controlling the millions of chemical interactions going on each second of Your life, this thing that is watching all the systems within Your Body and regulates it via hormones, neurological firings and neuro pathways being formed or left behind, there are millions of things going on within each of out systems that we are unaware of , where do Your dreams come from, what is producing the content of the Dreams and why is it this way, do You know the answer?? Probably not, so focus primarily on this Intelligence that is within You, get Silent, have a space btwn the mind chatter and what is You, then this Intelligence will come into Your Awareness, now You are a virtual God!

This is why Raising of Human Consciousness is the primary act and Importance in Today's world.. In the past, wars here and there would happen, with the weapons they had available to them most of those wars were localized, now today with Technology on the rise, and the ease of access to this Technology for the Ppl of the World, a War now would be the end of everything on this planet, so we interdepently and Individually are more powerful than ever before in all aspects of Life, the only problem is a lack of Consciousness or Awareness of Reality, how Everything is connected and what it means to be Human. I am not sure if Humanity will make it, it still at the tipping point, if I go by what I see everyday while functioning within a big society, I don't see much hope, if we don't kill each other via War, we will do it via the Environment/Climate, or Culture Wars, Ideological Wars or some other conflict because most of Humanity does not see itself as One Big Whole, they see themselves as Independent Islands with huge wants and needs that can never be fulfilled...

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Trishula, the Hindu Concept of Equilibrium of Creation, Preservation and Annihilation, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, this is enable Cosmic Balance, Shiva is the Ideal of Destruction, for we must destroy what we think of ourselves (Ego Death, False Identity, Dream/Maya/Illusion) before Transformation is Possible, so Shiva is the vehicle of Transformation (that of the old is dead, only the New is Alive)...

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I'm out and about allot in my job, I'm in malls and hospitals and all kinds of places and I live in the biggest city in Canada, so I'm exposed to allot of different ppl during my days, and what I see is that most ppl are like automaton's, severely programed entities, I don't call them humans because being so compulsive they are living way below Human potential. Everyone is face down in their phones, oblivious to the outside nature and environment and how enriching it is, they are driven by very low level desires, they look at cloths in a window from a store at a mall like it is God himself, their totally owned by what is happening outside of themselves and see life outside of themselves, but it is not like this in Reality, Life is completely found within each person, and their totally blind to this.. Their not evil ppl, their just totally asleep, zombies.. Its sad really, its like a part of myself is sick and needs great healing, that is how it feels at times but I don't let that overwhelm me!!

@Javfly33 Yes, Bliss is not an Emotion, its a permanent State that is only available to those that Realize, it doesn't mean that one does not feel negative emotions like pain, frustration and such, but the underline of their current state is Bliss, which basically means I completely know that everything is alright! With that comes as Sadhguru says, a place where "What about Me" is not longer there, when that happens Fear is not possible and Your full stride ahead in Life, so Bliss is the basis of ones Potential and Possibility which each of Us has to explore and examine in depth, it may be realized as differences in one another but whatever You find out as Your Highest Potential is okay for You, it may change over time but its better than staying stuck in the doldrums of up and down emotions and survival accumulating and gathering ppl, places, things and experiences...

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People are confusing terms AGAIN! They are talking about Consciousness as the basis of Existence and Consciousness as to how Aware You are, or how intense Your Perception of Reality is and mixing up the conversation using both definitions as they communicate with one another.. By the way since this is happening, solipsism cannot be true since I do not agree with all Your Perceptions or Understandings and visa versa with most everyone here, if we all agreed then maybe solipsism would be true but we don't obviously!!:)

Ease is a consequence of One's Inner State of Being, this is what it means to Establish Your BEINGNESS, which is the first act we should do before we do anything else.. What You mentioned above are all good starting points, it will lead to Ease in Life Experience, as well a good Yoga practice, asanas, pranayama, and kriya practices too!

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