How to be wise

@Freyah I doubt most people would be able to handle that. The mind will resist. The friction between the mind and (virtual) reality will break most people.

@Yousef infinite forms is an idea. External reality always has one form only: the form that you’re seeing right now.

@Arhattobe I’ve been doing The Work for 9 months. And it was only very recently I noticed how far along the path I went. I didn’t notice any change, but I saw that all of a sudden people could not understand very simple non-dual ideas that are obscenely obvious to me now. I’m very aware of the nature of time, especially. Permanent awareness that is.

Wrong thread. This is the spirituality thread.

@Rilles The way that I see things, reality is finite. There is only the now. The past and future are actually just images in our heads. And right now, without any thoughts, there is nothing. What I can say for sure is that the ‘idea’ of infinity is wrong. When you think about infinity, whatever comes to your head is wrong. The true infinity is nothing. That is what I have direct experience of right now.

@Leo Gura You mentioned that with programming skills, we can start our own business. How do we do this? The reason is that I have my life purpose in mind, but it will take around 5-10 years of study and skill building to achieve. In the meantime, I would like to have the time and freedom to actually gain skill in my life purpose. That’s why I’m interested in the programming business. I’m currently in college, but I hate my degree and would like to start a business ASAP. Any tips?

@Charlotte I notice that many of your posts are just too kind. I’m wondering if this is due to some people-pleasing mentality that you got used to. Are you really being yourself when you write sweet posts? Or are you subconsciously seeking other people to love you? I was thinking about this, because usually people have a stage red repertoire we’re they just like to express themselves, regardless of what other people might think. It’s perfectly normal. I just don’t see it within you. Are you already aware that you have a people-pleasing mentality?

You seem to be one troubled young woman...

@Leo Gura But doesn’t ‘wanting’ something mean that you want it so you can be happy. That’s basically why people would want something. Also, if I change ‘happiness’ to ‘love’, would that still not be true. I just don’t understand why you would pursue the truth even if it makes you miserable.

@Leo Gura Can you explain why truth is higher than happiness? I don’t understand that.

@Charlotte Radical Islam is RED/blue, whilst general Muslims are red/BLUE or BLUE. In western countries they’re usually BLUE/orange. Muslim youngsters in western countries are blue/ORANGE.

@Leo Gura I agree with @stevegan928 . If I ask you why you want the truth, surely it will come down to wanting fulfilment of that desire. Which is basically happiness. Truth for truth’s sake doesn’t make much sense to me.

No thanks.

@Seed New Age is stage green. Most of them are not as open as you think. They’re buttons are very easily pushed. This is easy to see if you’ve watched Louis Theroux’s Altered States where he offended and triggered many stage green ‘new agers’ simply by asking them a few questions.

This is a discussion of Byron Katie where she intersects shadow work with enlightenment. Very useful for those of us who want to work towards enlightenment but are held back by fears, depression and any other negative emotion. The book is quite old, and probably out of print. But you can read it here: https://kupdf.net/downloadFile/58e601f7dc0d601f70da980d

@Amanaki so, for the past few years you have been living in bliss and ecstasy without a moment of interruption by negative emotions? Really?

@Amanaki when was the last time you felt ANY negative emotion?

That may have been true in Ramana’s time, but not so today. Sorry about that. But a stage Red/Blue country could not compete with other Orange/Green countries. India is no longer the “land of spirituality”.

I doubt I can convince you otherwise. But good luck anyways.

@AleksM Would you be so kind as to give me a few authors/websites where I could begin the research.

@AleksM How do we channel them. Can you show me a practical guide?

@Amanaki look at all of the spiritual teachers today. Are they from India? Other than Sadhguru, Ravi Shankar and a few others, look at where the rest of the enlightened beings are from. Where did they grow up in? Where did they become enlightened in? THE WEST.

@AleksM is it possible to channel people from the future?

@Anirban657 im saying that there is no longer something that can be found in India that we can’t get from the west. And as for ‘experience of India’, India is a very underdeveloped place, with weak infrastructure compared to the west.

@pluto8 people think they will get peace of mind from meditation. And then they discover after decades that it doesn’t work.