Ishanga

This is quite easy to figure out and explain.. Without Perception and the Ability to Experience, then there is only the Absolute/God/Infinite/Brahman, but this is only one side of the coin.. Since that realm contains All, is One, is Complete, it holds all Potential and Possibility but there is No Perception and Experience in that exact realm, its it here though in this realm, this place, this Earth, we are the Potential and Possibility being played out, I don't know if its being played out in another way on some other planet or dimension, but it is here.. Reality is One Yes, but Perception happens on different levels, some perceive on survival levels only, animals and such, for Humans we can perceive on this level only too (as most do) but we have more potential within Us to Perceive at Higher Levels of Perception, what most would say is a higher State of Consciousness or Awareness, when One is in that state they Feel as they are One with Everything, when they are not at that level they feel Separate from Everything, so Reality is One, but we can Perceive it at all sorts of Levels of Perception, from Gross to Subtle!

If You just for a second see a bit of the hypocrisy that Your your writing here. you jus wrote in the OP that You had a "Dream" that felt Real, then You woke Up, lol.. Its all real, the brain does not know the difference btwn something vividly imagined and a real experience, so in one way the dream is real for You Subjectively. Objectively everything is Real, but Real on certain level of Reality. In some Hinduism they say anything that is Impermanent is not Real, so Our Bodies, Our Thoughts, our Dreams, our Buildings and all that sort of stuff, anything that will deteriorate and/or Die is impermanent and therefore not Real or Reality, and in a certain way that is True in an Objective Way of viewing it, but Subjectively it is not so..So as I've always been saying, there are levels to Reality, Gross to Subtle, Your too focused on the Subtle realm, we need balance to know all of Reality and that is the goal of all Spiritual Paths and Traditions..

The fact of the matter is You've gone under the spell of some Ideology, what You say is half true I would say, but its not the whole story,,someday You'll wake up to it...I'm not saying I have the whole truth either, at least not experientially, but I know the theories of reality well, and its not non duality!

lol, I'm a huge Rocky fan too, I think Rocky III has the best elements of the whole series, it has a bit of the first movie in it, and the character and all the others evolve in Rocky III which is nice to see, they who they are but better versions of it.. Besides the Rocky's I like... 1) Heat with De Niro and Pacino 2) Civil War Captain America, good action and pacing! 3) Star Trek Stuff.. 4) Bruce Lee movies, since I'm a Martial Artist by trade he influenced me allot in that way 5) Star is Born with Streisand and Kristofferson, the 70's version, my parents listened to the soundtrack always on long road trips, lol I like that music!! 6) lots of others that I can remember, anything will some good substance and not too too recent lol...

In the End its all Bullshit, the Theoretical parts, the Intellect trying to dissect Reality to a point where our mind can understand it, you can study all this shit and still experience nothing differently, Experience is all You really have.. We just have to keep in our minds the moments before our Body dies, if Your still able to have some quality of Awareness at that point, and you look back on Your Experiences from being Born to this moment of Body Death, who cares about what Theory says this or that, did You fuckin have a Good Time, did You contribute to Others, did You live beyond Sleep, Work, Eat, Shit, Procreate, repeat repeat then Die sort of situation?? All of the above Theories will take You so off course in the study of them, you will waste the most precious resource You have while here on Planet Earth, that is TIME!

I think there is a time and place to have this sort of Realization, what You say above is for sure I think an Ego destroyer, but if we plan on staying here on Earth to do Earthly work while our Inner World is fully Awakened or Enlightened, then we need not have to destroy the Ego, just stop identifying with it. But its true, in the fundamental essence of Reality and Life, we are just speks of dust, we are here in the blink of an eye, less than that compared to the age of the Universe, so no matter what we do, it is very short lived and its true soon after Your physical death most will forget You lol, but our Ego luv's the Legacy thing and it strives for it today, the only thing to do about it is to Enjoy it to the Fullest I think... Its a very weird situation we are in as Human Beings, lots of complex but simple things going on, opportunities galore are here for us to reach unseen Potentials, lots of pitfalls too. I agree God/Absolute is all about Intelligence of a sort that we know little of, unless Your Awareness is super high, everything is really a Miracle of sorts, but we take it for granted mostly, so strange this place called Earth and everything in it!

I think nowadays Martial Arts is mostly about Ego, when I was training I was truly interested in learning the Art I was learning, it just fascinated me that much that I practiced and trained allot like almost full time for years at a time, it consumed me, then it subsided after I gained some skills, but I'm no "Fighter", i know how to fight but I don't have the natural Killer Instinct that is needed to really finish someone off, unless of course I was protecting family and such things.. Back in the day though, hundreds or thousands of years ago, it was more about survival and waring times, things needed to be developed and done to survive another day, in the east they took up differently, than the west for sure, fighting arts developed as a Way of Life, in the west it was not this way, it probably has something to do with how they view life compared to Us here...

Yes Totally, Ignorance rules... Sadhguru actually says we should stay ignorant in a way, as knowledge is limited, but Ignorance is unlimited, but to do this we have to Experience Life as a game or Leela, and to play it Joyfully no matter what is happening around Us, that means establishing our Bliss/Being first then going out and performing action and having this or that come as a result!

That's what I mean, this is most a forum about Spirituality, Self Improvement and such, its good that Leo put other Sub Forums on it too, so things can be discussed and learned, but to be posting and drawn into the Trump incident because it is "Drama" is anti everything that we are trying to do in Spirituality and Self Improvement or Awareness, even Leo himself is posting like mad on that thing, its nuts, its a complete drama shit show, the whole world it caught up in it, giving opinions and theories on what happened and why it happened, this is the crazy that I am talking about. I just bring it up as an Example, I'm not going on that sub thread or anything to check it out, but on other sites it pops up infront of me so it unavoidable in a way the crazy that is happening, its very sad indeed...

We all have to ask ourselves why we do what we do? For eg...Why are so many ppl posting on the Social/Political forum under the "Trump got Shot" thread? Its over 14.000 view and such, why is that such a big thing and drawing so much attention, each person involved with that thread should ask themselves... So what he gets shot and whatever, 50% of the ppl hate him, the other 50% luv him, i don't care about it, both him and Biden are bad choices, maybe it would be good if one of them would be taken out so someone with some sanity can take over, not that I am approving that being done by violence which is not acceptable, but in other ways someone has to do something! But why are You and any of Us posting here? I post here because I have no one else to discuss these topics with, and it challenges my Ego, and my understanding of things to read others perpectives and debate, and I like to share so that if someone gets something out of it, this world I am in and involved with becomes a better place because right now its not such a great place in many ways...

Oh No, now we know your on the wrong path!!

Its a common phase I think, I went thru that too, sourcing all I could to digest the information, I thought that flooding my mind with this sort of information will help the process along and channel my thoughts towards "Enlightenment" thinking loops, it works in the beginning, but sooner or later we have to drop this and go via the energetic route and fix that aspect, without that nothing really changes, you cannot really stop the mind from what it is doing, as the mind is meant to do just that, think and identify and figure things out, the content of the Mind is not in your control, but if You have a space btwn what is You and what is not You (Body/Mind complex) then the mind is no longer a problem. Link to Isha Kriya the whole process here...

The line btwn Sanity and Insanity is very very thin, I personally think most of the ppl in a way are very insane, I look around and see how we have structured our society and it seems very insane, as it is promoting chaos and lost souls, and I'm totally involved with it, but there is a space created btwn it and me, the insanity and chaos part anyways... I think using psychedelics can be dangerous when playing this game, one has to be very stable naturally in normal state to play that game, good Luck Man!!

Yes, I agree, these practices, as with Yoga, have been around forever, Adam talks about this, he explains it as Mystical Path or Meditative Path, and the Shamanic Path, Meditative path is slower but more stable, you won't fall backwards when climbing the steps, the Shamanic path brings You right there, but You fall back,, In my opinion one should follow the Meditative path first, build a very solid foundation of Well Being and Awareness, then if they want to try some Psychedelics to see the finish line per say:)

Adam talking about some tips about how to get your mind and body in the right state so that you can meditate and quiet the brain chatter... This is simple stuff, we neglect it or take it for granted but its the simple things done right that make a huge difference in Your Life, and it gets You out of Your Head space which many of Us are trapped in, just breathing right makes a huge difference, but everyone thinks they know how to breath right which they don't!! Adam is offering Free Online Teaching of Chi Kung/Qi Gong here --> Join our FREE online Qi Gong Classes https://www.adamchanqigong.com

I would slightly differ on this, we are not so different from One Another, that is a huge myth, yes we have different likes and dislikes, and some genetic differences, but most everyone is addicted to their phones, social media, drama and bullshit, and we all breath, bleed, think, dream, sleep, wake up, eat and a million other things that are exactly the same... Just learn to sit right, breath right, think right, settle ones emotions which we all have, we all have desire, like/dislikes, love and hates and such, so we are very much alike not the opposite.. there are already paths available that align with the differeing personalities out there, find one, try a few and find one that matches your karmic makeup and personality and stick to it..,

@Wizardking Listen, this is a common huge problem in the world, we are so identified with our Mind, Thoughts, Thinking, Intellect that it is making us Nuts! Do not try to "Understand" Spiritual ideas and concepts, as Spirituality is not a Concept or Ideology, its that simple...because You and most everyone else is trying to "Understand" it fucks them up, just work on simple things, first settle Your emotional stability, become Peaceful of Your own nature, Accept Now as it is, Live Now absolutely, Respond to Now, and for sure keep up with your Meditation, try Isha Kriya its 12 min and is very powerful.. Drop all thinking and analysing of what anyone says, Leo is too much intellectualizing of it all, drop all that stuff and just create Peace within, then Your on Your Way..

@Keryo Koffa FUCK YOU!! Psyche lol..My Chinese Zodiak is Monkey, so watch out for the Monkey:) Glad Your here and that we are all here and trying to live to Higher Possibilities in whatever way works best for each of Us:)

Yes, and the way he explains it, explains Truth, at least for Me there is no other like him, its simple yet complex but very understandable, and he is diverse in the methods he shares, its on an intellectual level (live Now, aceept Now, respond to Now and your there) and its energetic and more, but ppl will say that he is unique.. He says he is only sharing about 2% of what he knows, we don't have to know all of it, we just have to get the Bliss part of it settled then we are on our way naturally, its so simple and easy!!!

I would say anytime Your in a State of Awareness where Bliss comes up, that is good! It means Your on Your Way. Just stop thinking about it, and analysing it too death, that will stop the process completely and allow Karma to keep its hold on You. Karma is a sort of Conditioning and "Software" per say that makes Your Personality, Beliefs, and the essential condition of Your Life as it is Now, if You want something new and more Profound and to access Your Potential, then Karma has to be dealt with and set aside...

I agree with most of what You said, but I/We also have the ability to perceive what is outside of Us, yes it is not a Complete Perception, we are missing many things in our normal 5 perception capacity, if we were to perceive everything, we wouldn't be good at Surviving another moment, we would be too engrossed in what we were perceiving to be concerned about food or shelter or our safety, so nature has lowered it, but we can still perceive that there is LIfe outside our own bodies and mind scapes, we've all experienced it.. When I leave a building or go to sleep, the world is still existing outside of my own individual awareness.. We are Embodied aspect of Life, we are connected to Life and in fundamental essence we are Life itself (Life is not situational, it is the very force/intelligence that allows all existence and creation to happen, and non existence as well), but in this Embodied form we have the ability to have an Individual Experience of it, so we are like drops in the ocean, Enlightenment or Moskha is about putting that drop back into the Ocean, losing Individuality and merging with Absolute/Oneness...

For Creation and Reality as we perceive it via the 5 senses, we need for sure a past, this is what Karma is based on, the residual effect of all actions from the past, that comes up in the present moment and makes You into what You are experiencing right now.. No Karma no Existence, No Creation... The key to dealing with Karma is: 1)Live Now absolutely, that does not mean neglecting past/memory or future/imagination, just don't identify or live in those places emotionally, this is key, both past and future do not exist, only NOW exists, focus on NOW and Life Experience changes, but don't be stupid and lose all awareness of past/future..2) Respond to NOW Consciously, rather than react Compulsively, Responding gives You Free Will..3)Accept all that IS as it IS, this moment is Inevitable as it is right now, if You can accept it, then Your open to what may happen in the future, if you do not accept it, then your a slave to the past events and karma...

All this means is that Subjectivity is all that really exists, as all Your Experience and non experience if there is such a phenomenon, happens only within You.. But that does not mean no one or anything else does not exist, I can only say I experience "Others" to exist, that is all the proof I need.. Prove Your own existence try it, it won't work, anything You say is just a story to me, and visa versa, but I know that You are not in Experience of what I am Experiencing and the same goes for Me towards You.. There is so much going on in this world on Just a Human level, never mind everything else in nature and animal, insect life, that too think only "I" exist and that everything else is made up imagination is what I call Spiritual Narcissism, in other words You are going in the wrong direction to experience or think such things...

I can relate to what You said above! I'm not sure if its negative thinking to see the world and the chaos that is happening in it (Human related, otherwise the world/planet is just fine), or one is just seeing it as it is? I'm very much out and about in the world in my job on a daily basis, while I can see the beauty in the natural world, and how we as Humans have integrated into it in inventive ways, and at times there is beauty in that as well, I can see the craziness that is happening as well. I live in Toronto, there is too many ppl here, its lineups and chaos everywhere, You cannot go anywhere here where this is really any peace and quiet, maybe a few places, if You have an idea to do something here, 10,000 other ppl have the same idea and are doing it too, so because of that, there is chaos everywhere, I honestly feel we could do much better than how we are doing it now.. Canada is a huge country, why does everyone want to live in only a few places is beyond Me lol.. Walks in nature bring us intouch with Nature which is a sort of perfection in Creation, we are a part of that Creation too, so when in nature we instantly connect if You have some Awareness within You that is intense, if not then You won't feel it at all, too much thinking going on which is part of the path to Enlightenment, stop the "Compulsive" thinking, its not the thinking itself that is the problem, its the Compulsiveness of it that is problematic!