How to be wise

Then can you explain his quote that I mentioned earlier? Why is he distinguishing himself from other people?

The work of Byron Katie does lead to enlightenment. And very quickly to be honest. What else is standing between you and permanent enlightenment other than your beliefs? By the way, Byron Katie actually used ‘The Work’ for her enlightenment. Her first enlightenment experience was just an experience. She did ‘The Work’ on her self and became permanently enlightened after one year of doing it. There are similar stories from her clients. What is the difference between Ramana Maharishi and someone who completed ‘The Work’?

@Ether @Truth @Mikael89 @Prabhaker @DoubleYou Check out the book ‘one thousand names for joy’ where Byron Katie describes her day to day experiences as an enlightened person. It’s amazing!

@Shakazulu be sure to check out this technique. You can reach full enlightenment with it:

Meditation doesn’t work for me to be honest. But this might:

If you want permanent enlightenment for the smallest input of work, I would suggest that you check out this technique. Regular meditation will not get you to enlightenment (probably).

@Dodo By chasing it, I mean you’re working very hard to ‘get it open’. The point is, what is your goal. Is it enlightenment, or opening the chakras. If you’re goal is enlightenment, make sure to remember that opening the chakras is a means, a tool, and not the goal. Don’t get too obsessed with them.

@Dodo don’t get stuck in experiences or states. You’re goal is enlightenment. Stop chasing chakras and whatnot.

@Empty an enlightenment experience brings a lot of wisdom. What insights about reality did you receive? Did you realise that this world doesn’t exist. No space or time? Don’t confuse a blissful experience with an enlightenment experience. An enlightenment experience is metaphysical in nature.

@Empty everybody has that. People don’t meditate for hundreds of hours just for that.

So recently, I became aware of the fact that only the present moment exists. The past, to me, is just a bundle of thoughts and images in my mind. I only have direct experience of the present moment. And yet, I wonder, did yesterday actually happen? I mean, I remember waking up and doing things yesterday. But now, all that remains are images in my mind about yesterday. I have no proof of yesterday. All evidence of yesterday are memories in my head. Logically, you could argue that we humans can’t directly experience all of reality, so even though I can’t experience yesterday, it still existed. I don’t really know at this moment. It feels to me a bit that yesterday didn’t actually exist. But rationally, that doesn’t make sense to me. I’d love to hear your theories or experiences of this question.

@i am I AM I’m afraid the worst has happen about @vanish. Did you read his last post.

@Leightonm this can change your life:

@Leo Gura you mentioned in a previous post that hell-realms are a true phenomenon experienced by shamans. Could you please give more information on how to experience it. Btw, I intend to use it to grow myself, not for torturing purposes. Thanks.

Now I’m even more interested. How do you experience it? Name the psychedelic.

@carlowillo 1) just visualise air moving from muladhara through the sushumna nadi to kutastha. You don’t have to get it exactly right all the time. Just do your best. 2) When you breath, use ujjayi pranayama. You should get a feeling of cold air going up whilst inhaling, and warm air going down whilst exhaling. Visualise it going to the third eye. It doesn’t have to be perfect!

@Serotoninluv ‘the papers are evidence that the exam took place in a previous moment.’ Is that true. Can you absolutely know that that’s true.

@Keanu thoughts are the mental pictures and sounds in your head. Reality is what you see and hear ‘externally’. Be sure not to confuse the both.

@carlowillo in Kriya yoga, your objective is to attain kumbhaka. The special Kriya pranayama will be enough for that.

@Nahm yes, these days I wonder what ‘true’ means. Does it mean something is see. What does ‘exist’ mean? What does ‘happened’ mean? These words start losing their meanings with inquiry.

@Serotoninluv all evidence of yesterday is in your mind. The papers or your students can’t prove what doesn’t exist. @Keanu the thought didn’t change reality. Your actions did. ‘But what if you didn’t have that thought’ is an illusion. In reality, if you had that thought, it couldn’t have possibly been any other way. Because you don’t have free will to choose an alternative path. @Outer nothing is changing. Notice that ‘change’ is only your mind comparing your thoughts about a few seconds ago to the present. In your direct experience, there is no change at all.

@Keanu your belief doesn’t change reality @Nahm in the dream, the visual aspects of the pen that I see is true. It’s not physical in nature, because I can’t touch it. Btw, the pen is only ‘true’ in the moment that I’m seeing it, i.e. in the dream. When I wake up, it’s only a thought. So only the thought exists. When I’m looking at a pen, in the moment I’m seeing it, it’s definitely true because I can see it. Is your experience different?

@Nahm but I can see it. The proof is the visual aspect of the pen.

@Keanu but did the pen exist when you were not looking at it.

@Outer I don’t really understand that ‘consciousness’ talk. I only talk from my direct experience. By the way, by ‘exist’, I mean literally, metaphysically, does the pen exist when you’re not looking at it. If not, then why? Talk from your direct experience using your own words.