Shin

If you want to ask something, just ask. If it was really a stupid question, you wouldn't just ask it in the first place

It's not just that. News fills your head with lots of subjects, and we already have enough monkey mind to deal with to want to add 20 differents stories on top of it everyday. There is also the "articles eating" bullshit, where you read too much articles on different topics, but those articles aren't substantials enough to have a deep understanding about anything, unless you laser focus on a certain topic. Even that isn't enough, there needs to be books to read on top of that.

Enlightenment confirmed ... ... or acting career found

I think he thinks that you can experience the absolute suffering entirely for a lifetime, and not just as a ritual passage. @Ocean We could say there is the one soul The beloved ! RUMI REINCARNATION INCOMING !

I'm just using the most common term used ...

@SgtPepper I feel the same way as you, but If I'm honest, I can't say I really know if that's what I really want ... As long as there is fear, how can we really know that ?

Probably Not working though, it's hard but I feel that going through this without going back will be worth it. @Sevi From your perspective maybe, from mine you're like 3000km away

I wouldn't have use shame in that quote, but I don't know for what word I would have replace it.

Well yeah, but you won't experience that. If you're talking about the dark night of the soul, not everyone goes through this (from what I read).

How is that terrifying ?

@Source_Mystic Did you try headspace ?

Plz tell me how to stop being stupid and move to the second group, it's been 2 years, it doesn't want to stop its messiah complex bullshit

Quick look at an enlightened person: Impressive

So, unless I have no desire to communicate that I am enlightened (when it happens, not if someone ask), then it is genuine. Otherwise, bullshit ?

A little reminder:

That's not a very enlightening answer ...

But have you the authority to talk about this, are you enlightened ? Are you the 0 of my 1 ?

I knew it existed (the term I didn't), I even saw porn about it, I just didn't want to see that kind of pictures right now ^^

You still don't answer the question you're like a politician who knows who can't answer but still wants to (no offense though) Well I don't really care that much, I'll see it myself soon enough (like in 1/15 years ).

There is still a fine line to draw here. You could want to be likeable to EVERYONE, by being extremely neurotics and unauthentic (a lot of people are this way). Or you can be likeable as much as you can by being authentic and constantly working on yourself in the area that you truely want to progress. We still have a distinct personality, and a lot of people just don't (want to) understand that and tries to change you to match their line of thinking (which is relative and biased for the most part).

Nono, I mixed up my post before editing correctly When I talked about Adyashanti, he talked about different types of awakenings. You could experience infinite (heart) but no nothingness (mind) (or vice versa). The way he phrased it was that you could be enlightened from the mind for a long time (so you only see that reality has no substance and you are it), then you open your heart and experience infinity too (divine love and deep connection with everything you interact). It corroborate with what Rali from Naked Reality said in multiple videos. @Shanmugam Doesn't answer my question though

I don't see how we could really know that no enlightened dude feels special, you only have your own experience right ? Event if it look stupid and impossible when you are it, you can't really know for sure right ? Adyashanti talks about the mind vs heart awakening, so in a sense you can't be right, you could still only partially experience the truth, to a large degree, no ?

One of the more important thing shouldn't be too get too cocky once you get enlightened ? Like thinking there is nothing more and you got it, and you're so special ? After all isn't possible to become only partially enlightened (mind vs heart) ?

Yeah, that will happen sooner or later, but you may have more important things to do now I don't personally think it's a good idea to have some deep realizations if you struggle with your psychology, because it will make things even worse. Some people become completely crazy because they didn't care about their psychology before doing this kind of work, they've gone too far too quick. Too much psychedelics, too much retreat etc ... At the same time I don't like saying things like that because it can be used as a defense mechanism to not do anything towards it.