Ishanga

You can say it is both, it depends on what language and intention you want to access.. Its Gaining more Possibility in Your Life, or it is Losing everything that is not You in Your Life to realize what You really are, so the language is important if You realize how to use it but in the end it is not about the language or communication, its about what You want out of Life, how You want to Experience it and where does the Potential of Life take You and how far does it go!

This is true, this idea that Nothing has to be done, Nothing is happening, well can You do it is the real question, can You do nothing, no thinking, no believing, no egoism and so forth, most cannot because they don't even know what is happening within themselves, never mind stopping it.. Lots is happening, lots is going on, lots of action is taking place, its just in the manner of how conscious are you of these actions, within Yourself especially.. Its super funny seeing ppl post such comments saying nothing is happening and nothing has ever happen when they have 10,000+post to prove otherwise!!!

Yes, past is just Memory, future is just Imagination, this is super helpful for Surviving another day and this sort of stuff, its not useful for Spiritual Matters and Realization..In reality there is just NOW, life is a everlasting NOW moment..

The need for seminars, retreats and practices is simply to allow the Love to flow out of You! The Love is always there, as is the Hate, and any other Emotion or Feeling, but Hate destroys Life, Love Enhances it, so the choice has to be made within the Individual what they want to Experience and Exude, and if it is not a natural flow of Love coming out then there is usually something blocking this natural flow, the practices and such remove the blockages and allow nature to take its course!

Its not a Belief, or a Disbelief, its just an openness to it. we are not limited to believing or disbelieving, we can also just be open to a different possibility, and thru trial and error we find out, I don't know if I'll ever be able to find out for sure if the atoms in my body are in communication/connection with every other atom in existence but who knows eh? With reincarnation, some physical verification of some form can via a show I was watching with Neil Degrasse Tyson , in it he said within our DNA is the DNA of a flower, a bee, tree, and so forth, so if that is so it sort of confirms in a physical way our history thru this existence, if the dna of other life is within Us then maybe we were it in a previous life time??

Yes True, it is a hellscape, I'm living it now, but can go beyond it:)

We have limited control for sure, but as the stories and guru's over the ages have said, you can increase the amount of control you have, even to the point of choosing which body to reincarnate into when the present day body dies and you go into that sort of realm and such... It was a Rumi quote, as in reality all You have is You, You have never Experienced anything other that what is within Yourself, within this boundary of physical body and such but You can expand the Sensory and Energy Bodies up to a point where it includes all of Existence.. There are billions of cells and trillions of Atoms within our own Bodies, each atom is connected to all the other atoms in existence, we can be intouch with that, a sort of grand intelligence and connection, its our human capability, that is the ultimate point of Spirituality, to get to that place, Most never come close, but we have to start somewhere eh:)

@Something Funny You can use Sadhana for many reasons, if a person is super unhealthy, physically and mentally, then going for the ultimate like what Leo is all about, mostly would not work for them, 1st they need basic help to get healthy and be at peace, then they can go for more.. So for these types 15-20 min of Sadhana/Mediation daily for months/years at a time can give them that, then when its in place they can go longer depending on their needs and wants.. All of Life and pursuits are this way, there are levels to everything, why think of God, when You are not even at Peace within Yourself, and up and down emotionally and not physically healthy, lol, it makes no sense... This is the problem with too much talk and writings on God and Spirituality, ppl think only of the goal, not willing to put in the work to understand or get there...

Yes Agreed, we need more of this in the world, my studies have shown we are basically no different from the way we were millennia ago, we just have more tech, more convenience more comfort, but we still accumulate ppl, places and things, experiences too just to feel Alive, or feel real Love, but anything to do with Accumulating is just survival mode, not living up to our Potential at all...

Energy is the thing that allows all of this that we sense with our normal senses to exist, without Energy then how can anything material exists, atoms would not exist without some sort of Energy right or wrong? We can tap into the Source Energy, there are many methods, when You do then life opens up to higher up Capabilities and Awarenesses...this is the point of Human life, not working day to day 9-5 to have families and then die...

We have control of only how we react or respond, reacting is Unconscious, responding is conscious, as Human Beings this is our greatest potential while Embodied and here on this sort of Earthly Realm. I agree with Your post above when it comes to the fundamental of life, be the witness, live now in the moment, let things be as they are (Acceptance), fundamentally this is how we should be Experientially within ourselves, this will reflect in how we act and Become in the world!!

No, just too busy with normal life and needed a break:) Thank You!!!

I agree! But in that sort of Experience and Understanding, living within a Society and day to day tasks that are mostly survival based is not possible for most...Most of Us are Householders, we live in the Society of the Worlds, making them work for all of Us, for those that are in states and Experiences as You state above, Ashrams are the place, away from responsibilities of Survival life...But one can do it in the Societal World as well, its just takes balance and knowing, great Awareness up to a point where life is Lilla or a Game to be played... Game does not mean always fun and pleasant, rather it means cause and effect, situations, ups and downs, wins and loses but You go untouched by it basically...

@James123 Without these attachments then life as we observe it now as it is now on this Earth would not exist, nothing wrong with Attachments, Ego, Identity and such, the wrong as to do with how Aware are You of it, are You aware of Your Attachments, Ego and Identity? If You then there is no problem, You drop it all like You take of Your clothes every day and change into new ones, or none at all. But if Your not aware of it (as is the case with the majority of People alive today), that is where the problem exists, because now You believe, think, understand/experience yourself as that Ego, Attachments or Identity, which limits You in Experiencing anything really significant or profound like real Love or Life itself!

@James123 As Usual, by denying the Relative, Material/Physical, day to day lives and experiences, Independent Body/Mind complexes, Your missing out on the whole or what most call around here as Absolute. because Absolute contains All, all Potentials and Possibilities.. What Your saying is of the Absolute Realm for lack of a better word, as it cannot be explained or talked about via language and such, but as limited as we are, You and others here are describing the Absolute realm, where no physicality, materialism, duality, experience exists, but this place, this Earth we we all live is not that realm. What is here is Materialism, Physicality, Duality, Experience as such, it is only within You can You have the Experience of Absolute, if You or any of Us did not Exist as Body/Mind complexes then Experience would not exist, so therefore all these words, dogmas, philosophies and such would not either, but since that is not so, we do exist, here we are to Experience the Relative as it is, but we can Experience allot more as Humans, compared to other life forms, we can go basically all the way up to the point of dissolving this Body/Mind complex and having complete mergence with Absolute, but then there is no experience left or possible... Once You deny any Potential/Possibility, then it is not complete and basically wrong...Everyone here as a personal philosophy about Reality/Absolute/God, all of it is correct based on their own Individual Experience and Understanding (Compare Leo to someone on the street messed up on meth), its just that there is always more to it no matter who You are or at what level of Conscious Experience You are at...

Infinity = Absolute, so its all one and the same, what is it that makes Us as Humans, and other lower Conscious Life forms feel a sense of Separation and Why is it this way? One, all Life has a form of Identity, Humans have the most capability to Identify, most of Us have Multiple Identities, some not as important or intense as others, we identify as a Man/Woman, Rich/Poor, Single/Married, Father/Mother, and so on.. Other Life does this in a much more simple way, they just identify with what they are, a plant, animal or insect and they all strive to Survive well another Day... This is in place so that Embodied Life can function and prosper as a Life form on this planet, the way Reality is set up here with an Atmosphere, Atoms, Duality, Gravity, Social systems set up to function in a certain way, etc... If we really dive deep into it, if we Identify as the Cosmos or Absolute, our Survival Instinct will dissipate dramatically.. So life here is a certain way and is given to Us Automatically, we don't have to do anything really about Gravity and the Atmosphere working correctly so that life happens here, the same as what is happening within our own Bodies, Body is life orientated but its stuck at two levels of Survival and Procreation, it wants to find food and shelter/warmth and spread its seed but it is life orientated, Mind is not so much as it is more Conditioned than the Body... To live at a higher Potential we have to Strive for it, Seek it out, and that aspect is much easier to do Today than Ever Before, we have more access today as to how to live to a higher Potential that we ever have, we just have to seek it!!

This is only in relation to Absolute knowing and actions per say, I can see someone doing something and assume their motivation and intentions, and be completely wrong about that, but that is mind space judgining (which is a natural reflex, we need to judge or observe and quantify, etc, problem is now this has overtaken many to become an addiction, their doing all the time not just when they need to do it). My Ego does this all the time, I see a stranger, observe/judge what their wearing, how they walk, the look on their face, etc make a quick judgement and such, its a social conditioning trait as well as a natural one, they say communication is mostly about body language don't they? But I can override this Ego judgement and have space btwn it and what is truly there, another Life, just like Me making its way thru this thing we call Life and relate to it... Its obvious You take it seriously, as Your here daily posting daily lol!! I don't ask any questions, I've been thru that stage, I just reply to what is interesting to Me and maybe try to help when I can and to observe my Ego triggers...

Because we invented the concepts/meaning behind the words "something" and "nothing", which did not exist when Mankind was born... Potential being Manifested... The real question is How is all of this taking place, happening and being Manifested, that is the real question, maybe super duper AGI will figure it all out with a million page essay!

This is the crazy that will come to someone, like Yourself, when its continual Questions being raised, waiting for Answers, then taking those Answers and second guessing, asking countering questions and on and on it goes! First where is this Assumption stuff? I do not Assume I am alive and that there are ppl around Me, and buildings and planet Earth, I perceive it with senses provided to Me at birth as most all living things have, if I start to second guess this then that is where the Crazy starts to happen.. Now I am not saying I know completely what it is I am Perceiving, there are many layers to Life and Existence, our basic 5 senses just gives up enough data so we can survive another Day plus its conditioned, but as Humans we can Perceive in other ways as well...But when You start to Question everything that enters Your Mind, and keep in that Mind space for sure one will go Crazy as can be seen here...

The Ones asking Questions, and Questions are super important to them are trapped in the Mind (Thinking, Concepts, Thoughts, Data, Philosophy), this is expected in the Beginning, when life just comes to a point where the material and continual accumulation stuff just doesn't do it anymore, I would assume that is the case for most that come here and participate.. For those still asking Questions after a period of time, I would have a great concern about them, there are many that frequent this place, they are still trapped in the Mind, wanting "Answers", well whatever Answers You get are still just stories or concepts, not Truth in any way, and they will lead to more Questions and the cycle goes on and on endless almost... Sooner or Later it has to become a much stronger Desire than just Questions and Mind, to the point where You can't sleep or eat well without knowing.. When that happens You become Willing, which means You have to drop the Questions and Beliefs that You already have and are open to what IS, then via Experience it comes to You, because we are the best and most capable of all Life on this planet to Know what it is and Experience as it Is! What Existence? Its simple, just list the reasons why not Existence and reverse it, its just Potential being Expressed that is all, its has to happen somewhere otherwise it wouldn't be happening here and now...Problem is Your Mind is in the way of Experiencing it as it Is!

not empty either on the gross level, its all relative, which in the end is all one has, subjectivity and relativity, only here intellectually can we go further, which in the end is anti truth which is the paradox, it either inspires or dis empowers depending again on individual perspectives and choice..

nexusoflife just posted the grandest experience he has had, it has shaken his/her world in a good way it seems.. Santiago Ram in the mental health section is having the opposite experience, a hellscape of sorts.. If You deny Experience, the differences then that is fantasy, non reality, both can happen in one's life, that is the potential, we have to choose which one we want!

Not on this plane, on this plane there is duality, cause and effect, consequence and creation that then is destroyed, recycled and such, this is the gross realm or plane, the more subtle you go the less of this there is!

I agree, we are built to want more in all areas of life, just when it comes to this Absolute stuff what is more than that?? I've never had that Grand of Experience as the OP states, but he did say it was glimpses, I've heard of that happening, like samadhi states, which are sort of Glimpses I guess... Tricky to navigate for sure when all You know is shaken to the bone, then what to do!!!

Yes, all thoughts are recycled data just restructured to seem different...in other words nothing new is created...Humans though have the ability to create something new via thoughts that may come from recycled data, which is a sort of foundation of sorts, via that new thoughts/creations/experience may come about...