Ishanga

I am challenging his belief system, it hurts his ego, he defends it, this is how wars begin, first little ones, then bigger ones, then countries and millions of ppl fight and kill,, ego kills!

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Its egoic to think some creator somewhere else, in another realm or place that is superior of sorts, its concerned about You, or Me, or any living thing here on this tiny spec of a planet within this Huge Universe we cannot understand on any sort of level of Experience in size, scope or existence! It is like You being concerned about a grain of sand when there are 7.5 sextillion of them, would You be?

Lol I hit a nerve I see, that is good:)

The is no God or other Entity, Universe out there and then You here on Earth functioning, and it loving or hating You or anyone, this is ego saying "I am Important, therefore the creator must know of me, care about me, love me and do what I need to have done" Bullshit.. Whatever happens in Your life, no one cares other than family and loved ones, You are the only one that really cares, just drop all of this sort of awareness and thinking, just live life totally, we are pop ups, blips on a screen, we are here such a small amount of time. Do You know of the person living in Kanas City in 1806, are You aware of their existence?? Of course You aren't, no body is, but someone was there and alive and living their life and to them it was as important as yours it too you, but no one knows of this person or remembers or cares, so just live life to its fullest while You are here and now...

Yup, so there is a method or many methods to allow this too happen, no problem with that, no different from leaning a safe way to drive, or to fix a car, or manufacture this or that, its a method, Use it, see what happens, if You go from being Bored, Depressed, Numb to being at Peace, Happy, Healthy then its working, see where it goes from there, this is not rocket science, its pretty simple:) We complicated it too much with intellectual discussions like the ones happening here everyday, repeating same subject matters over and over again, discussing world events, but nothing changes or transforms, just let it all go and do what has to be done, simple!

Yes, I see no problem with that, Enlightenment is just another label for Potential, we all have it within us, Your Potential has arisen since the day You were born has it not? Take it too its ultimate Limit, that is Enlightenment, Spiritual Sadhana and Methods allow this too happen, as certain karmas and concitions are in place to not allow this too happen naturally for most ppl, we have to strive and seek it, like learning ABC and 123, its not natural for us to know it, we seek it out by going to school and learning it, that is Potential being exposed...

It would be better with Osho and Leo, that would have been grand to see, very entertaining:) I would say this "Love of creating Models" is egoic in essence, not real or meant to really help anyone else other than themselves... We already have too many ppl sharing this sort of stuff, it causes mass confusion, who is right, who is wrong, who is on top, who is this that or the other thing, all of this leads one away from what Spirituality is all about!

The Methods are not about "Getting Enlightened", its about removing obstacles then realizing I am Enlightened, the methods remove the obstacles!

who is too standardize it and why would I follow that standardization, how come I am not the one standardizing it??? who makes one more capable than the other in this endeavour??? You quoted the Yoga Sutras, its already been done lol, why go back to reinvent the wheel and do it all over again(this is the stupidity of modern humanity, we think we are smarter and more knowing than ever, when we are not!), follow what it says, see if it works, if life experience has improved then continue on, super simple:)

That's a Nice Sharing!! If all peoples of the world had this experience it would transform this world, that is the whole idea of Spiritual Path, to bring about this Experience for everyone, as everyone is equally capable of having it! I would call it the realization of Sat Chit Ananda, or Truth Consciousness Bliss, this is the Fundamental Reality, but us as Humans have to Seek it out, its there within each of Us, but we have a great Survival Aspect within us, it overrides this experience as You had above, if all ppl where in that sort of experience all the time, they would not care of Survival so the Tiger would eat You easily, so its suppressed for that purpose, but now with our ability to secure food and shelter, basic survival needs its the best time to regain this sort of Sat Chi Ananda experience and strive for it!

Everything with a Boundary has a cycle, everything Physical has a Boundary, that is why we call it Physical, no Physicality present then that means there is no Boundary perceivable and therefore there are no cycles.. Cycles are ruled by Karma, cause and effect, conditioned Memory on all sorts of levels, every part of Your Body is Karma stored in it, cells, atoms, molecules, bones, skin, hair, dna, rna, its a form of memory intelligence, so hence without Karma being present then no Physicality, whether its Us or the Planet/Universe is possible... We are here to play this Karma Game, within it is all sorts of Potentials (one can live like a beast or a saint), add in Free Will and Choice and it can be a Beautiful Game or a Miserable One, its Existence way of getting to know itself!

Consciousness is on two levels.. 1) How Aware and Awake/Alive You are in this present Moment.. Think of Waking State compared to Deep Sleep state, or being in a strange dark room then the lights come on, what is the difference? 2) Consciousness is the same as Absolute, Brahman/Shiva in Hinduism (That which is Not, the basis of Everything, what was there before the Big Bang, Grand Intelligence),, As Humans we have the most ability to be Conscious (#1) of Reality (#2), compared to other Life forms, they are limited we are not.. Rocks are not Conscious, but they have Consciousness (#2) within them since they are a part of creation, all matter is a part of consciousness (#2) but not all of it is Alive and Dynamic and full of Potential Like Living things are, and Humans are the most evolved on the list in the Living things arena!

This is the problem with trying to apply labels and such, that I must see Beauty in all things since God/Reality/Absolute is perfect and all encompassing bla bla bla, it sets up a conundrum for sure.. We have to drop these labels, most ppl (99.9999%) do not know anything about this so called God/Absolute/Reality, so drop the labels that it is this or that. The only thing You know is how You are Experiencing Life right now, that is primary. Animal Suffering is not Beautiful, but if You Suffer the animals that are Suffering then You have added to the suffering of the world, and by suffering it You lessen You ability to change it, so don't suffer anyone elses suffering, just be at Peace with it, then see what You can do to change it and makes things better! Suffering disables You, being at Peace with things (Acceptance) Empowers You!

Yes, as well Living Now as an Intense Experience will bring in more Perception and a Sense that everything Perceived is always Fresh and New, most ppl today, their Minds are heavy identified and fixated on past or future, so their never Present in this Moment, so Life is only found Now within this Moment, never in the past or future, so that is why ppl take things for granted, they put it in a past context and then its not a Living Thing per say. So become more Present, then whatever is happening within You and Around You becomes More Alive and Intense in Experience, Taking things for Granted cannot happen when this is the case!

Rather than Missing and Craving the Experience again, Cherish it and feel Blessed that it happened, change the context, right now Your Craving it, whether it is the relationship with the Nephew, or something or someone else, its the "Lack" of it not being here that is bothering You, so then You begin to Crave it, like a drug addict wanting their fix, change the context, be Thankful and Grateful that the Relationship blossomed as it did, now You have a strong connection with the Boy, that is healthy, and it will continue on again...

Yes this is True, so it acknowledges that Levels exist, there is a Survival Level, we need to Survive another day to procreate, at this level if You were to be in Admiration of the Beauty/Perfection of Reality every moment, the Tiger would eat You up easily, so we don't naturally Perceive it this way, only when we are born and very young, as we grow older we learn to Survive better, but a Human can live Beyond this and Perceive Life as it is in all its Perfection and Unity!

Brahmananda Swarupa | Chant | 1 Hour Version This is a consecrated Chant, reciting it or even listening to it and having it played in Your Home is Empowering, it brings a sense of Ease into One's Life!

Yoga is one of the most powerful tools on this planet, its tried and true for many Millenia now, we don't have to reinvent the wheel anymore, its already here and ready to use.. Stress relief is the least effectiveness it can provide, its a total system to become One with Everything and even Beyond that!

First there's too many Assumptions in Your Questions, who says God is eternally Loving and/or Indifferent, did You read this somewhere or someone told You this, how do you know this is Truth/Reality via that way of finding out? What is Love anyways? Love is Inclusion, I include You as Me! Indifference is I don't care, if one says this is Love then they don't know what Love is! The key to it all is that You still care and are completely involved with everyone and everything, but none of it affects Your Inner Experience, You don't suffer another's Suffering, if You do then Your a Slave to them and less unable to help them, if You can maintain a high level of Experience within (Peace, Joy, Bliss) then Your more Enabled to help those that are Suffering, its that simple!

Yes lower our identification with likes/dislikes and then You see/experience the reality of Life/God.. Of course on the basic level of Living we will still have preferences and simple likes/dislikes, it always a matter of Identification and Awareness, most ppl are not Aware of anything that is going on within them, that this process is happening, so they are like living with a very dim Perception, no beauty in life just Likes/Dislikes and a perverse need to Gain more Likes/Pleasure and avoid Pain, its a simple calculation being done every second of every day!

Everything is predetermined to have happened After the Fact, or After the Moment has happened, before the Moment has happened everything is an open Possibility! The only question for Us Humans is are we open to the next Possibility or closed to it?? The Body and Mind are full of Karma, which is just conditioned memory of sorts, which can be interpreted as Predetermined stuffs, but You are not the Body and Mind, but Life, that has a Body and Mind to use on this realm/planet dual world to play out the Game of Life! What is really You is not predetermined in any way, its dynamic, alive and full of Potential!

The problem with asking Why when You want to find an Answer, is that it forces someone (others!) to tell You a story and for You to either Believe or Disbelieve, this in the end does not cease the questions of WHY. If You ask Why to find knowing, then You can use it to become a Seeker, this enhances everything about You to find the Knowing, its like walking around a strange room in the dark, then suddenly there is light, true Seeking is like that, now You can see clearly the path and You stay on it, so use the Why for this reason, not to find answers from others!

i said it was practical, or that practicality is a part of the whole... If one is just an Absolutist then they miss the complete picture, if one is just a practicalist they miss it too, see the whole of it, on logical, discretionary POV there are levels to it all, but this pov just makes the separations more apparent and appealing, better to look at it holistically and with a Complete Overview, that is some ways we are one, there is only One, that is Fundamental Existence, Absolute, God Source, Grand Intelligence that allows all creation to appear and disappear, then there is You and Me, and the Dog Shit on the street left behind!

The cool thing about being Human is that we can do whatever, be conscious of that I am the only thing in existence, imagining everything else, or I am a part of everything else, connected to it and Inclusive in Experience with it, that is the choice, its all potential and possibility, not just one or the other, we can choose!