Hyperion

ᚠᛇᚹ✨

Great. Not to (overly) toot my own horn, but I suggest you read my previous three threads over and over and over again until they really land... I am not saying that my grandiloquent ramblings are necessarily the be-all end-all of spiritual wisdom, but perhaps they'll do the trick and disimbue you of the kind of sloppy, deceptive, half-baked, self-contradictory dogmatic nondualistic horseshit that mostly passes for spiritual teaching these days. All of that popular Advaita slop might serve as a valuable pointer in the beginning, but if you don't let go of it and transcend it at some point, you'll probably end up more lost and deluded than the most duality-driven egomaniac out there. Just my two cents, of course. Make of it what you will. 😌

You're kidding, right? Feel free to re-read my "What Are Illusions" thread (as well as my theory of everything while you're at it) where I explain at length why illusions are in fact the only things that exist. Sorry, but I really don't know how to make it any more clear than that.

Good insight, especially the 'belief' part. Solipsism is a valid relative perspective, but so is the opposite point of view. "Enlightenment" is about seeing relative perspectives for what they really are (and recognizing that which is the source/sum/essence of all relative things); living a good life is about discerning between helpful/healthy and unhelpful/unhealthy perspectives. And as far as helpful & healthy perspectives go, solipsism is pretty damn near the very bottom of the list.

A valid counterperspective. 🙏

Whatever you are conscious of is what you experience. Whatever you experience is a part of reality. Whatever is a part of reality is an aspect of the Absolute. Being conscious of something = the Absolute looking at itself from a certain perspective. (This is the function of the ego btw. No ego = no consciousness / experience of reality.) So yes, whatever you experience is relatively true. That which is absolutely true is the source, the sum and the essence of all possible relative truths. You're welcome.

Letting go ≠ getting rid of. If you drop a bag of bricks it will fall to the ground, but it is still going to be there. So, just let the anger be there. Don't resist it. Feel it fully. Feel it in all of its raw, amazing, ineffable power. Don't look at it as something that "shouldn't be there"; rather perceive it as an impersonal force of nature that is simply rising to the surface and discharging itself in the present moment, like an electric current that is flowing through your body. It only gets stuck in your body (and your mind) when you try to repress it; if on the other hand you just let it be there, allow it to wash over you and discharge itself, it will eventually run its course and fade away. Does this mean that you need to act on it? No, it doesn't. This is where the art of nondoership comes into play... just feel whatever you feel and stay as outwardly calm as possible in the situation. Express whatever needs to be expressed, but do it in a way that is constructive rather than destructive. Easier said than done? You bet your ass it is. But life just wouldn't be fun without some epic challenges. Good luck.

Nothing, which is exactly why I don't rely on it. Why not, indeed? As long as it still feels like "work", there hasn't been a true breakthrough. The real magic happens where the real work stops.

...which is why it has been said: Tao called Tao is not Tao. Names can name no lasting name. Nameless: the origin of heaven and earth. Naming: the mother of ten thousand things. Empty of desire, perceive mystery. Filled with desire, perceive manifestations. These have the same source, but different names. Call them both deep - Deep and again deep: The gateway to all mystery. I would say that it is a function of high-frequency multi-perspectival meta-awareness that leads to a unification and integration of opposites. Which, for the purpose of brevity and catchiness, is more commonly referred as "enlightenment".

Read the OP. It's all in there.

@Breakingthewall That which is translogical incorporates logic and transcends it; that which is illogical denies logic and therefore doesn'thold water, no matter how you slice it. Don't fall for the pre/trans fallacy. It's not a pretty place to dwell in.

Trust me... once you really get this, you will laugh out loud at any mention of dogmatic & incoherent Advaita nonsense and wonder how you could ever take it seriously. It's actually hilarious once you see it for what it is.

I feel like this thread deserves a 😌