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@Dodoster How long have you been meditating for now? Do you have a set routine for it or do it more spontaneously? Another tip I heard from osho is meditate when you first wake up because you are closest to your center when you first wake up, and also it will help you bring your meditative state into your day ( if your still stressed out during work?) Another great thing to do when your laying down to meditate pretend your dead, and really try and make it as authentic as possible. Like when ramana Maharashi had his huge enlightenment. I haven't heard of m. Sealey I will have to check them out.

@Dodoster Haha That's what yourself will do, it doesn't want to die and when you have a deep experience of the void it will be a kind of death for the self, but thats okay. You can't die. Because we don't exist as a thing and only things die. I laid on my bed with the blindfold yesterday for about two hours. The whole time over and over again trying to relax the body more & more. You can always relax the body more. And if you try it the body will unconsciously tense up again and again. You will notice this. The more relaxed and still your body is the more expandedness you will feel. A sense of openness. Don't worry about sitting in a meditation position all the time, sometimes its good just to lay down and be extremely comfortable & relaxed. This can yield great results and its enjoyable.

@pluto @pluto Those are some hauntingly beautiful words there Pluto.

@Dodoster Haha its funny you said that because I did have headphones in my ears when I did it for the second time as well. Its a great meditation. Try it out!

1-I-Am-That-Nisargadatta-Maharaj-Resumo.pdf Don't pay no attention to what others are doing, focus on yourself only. Read this. I Am That. Get enlightened, simple! Terrence McKenna ~ quote

The Term Dao was coined by lao zu. No one knows really who lao zu was. All he left was the Dao de jing or Tao te ching. The eternal Dao, the endless ocean. This was clearly embodied by the Master lao zu. He was a very rare human being. There will only be a handful who truely go deep into the great Dao. Because it seems almost terrifying to your human self. Who likes to stay in its comfort zone. The more you go into it the deeper it goes. A silent realm of non being. A deep dark infinity. Doesn't a little part of yourself shake in its boots when you here that? This is why lao zu was rare. You know that your world will never be the same. you are not separate from the great dao. The dao is a endless ocean and yourself is a wave. Let go of your little wave identity and be the infinite ocean. The distinction of the wave is only a distinction, it still doesn't deny that the wave is a aspect of the whole sea. Just as yourself is a distinction it doesn't separate you from the rest of what you are. The dao is none other than yourself. Don't be afraid. You can be the next one to surrender to the dao.

@TJM1959 Good luck to you too.

@Valentin You had a awakening experience there. When it first happens yourself is so shocked & there are so many questions and your normal state of ego consciousness comes back in. Now you have to go further you not done by a long shot. You have to keep going intill you abide in a non dual awareness permanently. This may take countless enlightenments and a deep enquiry into your true nature.

@Dodoster Let's clear some things up, the true nature of yourself and everything else is nothingness. It is that which doesn't die. It is silent. Without quality. Immortal. Because it is the only thing that exist it has nothing to limit it. So it is infinitely intelligent, and creative. So if your nothing what do you do you create a "experience" or being something its genuis. So you have your avatar that you currently inhabit. You need to be a player in order to play in the game. Your so hooked on negative & positive. And pecieve & relate everything to your survival and self. In till you have a deep enough enlightenment yourself may have many confusions and questions. They are all distractions from being. because the answers you seek come from a deeper reality that won't be found here.

I haven't researched paranormal Activity Yet, it is something I am interested in finding more information on. After going deep into enlightenment it opens you up for more investigation into areas were you might of been more close minded. And for most of my life have always thought it was bullshit, like ghost & demons & exorcisms ect. Have any of you out there done any research at all that you could share or even a personal experience with this kind of stuff. It is something I will be researching at some point in the future, if any of you have any recommendations for books,websites ect to check out. And also does anyone know anything about this sort of stuff when it comes to enlightenment & meditation, is it more likely to happen? For example after years of meditation?? Let me know

It seems to be the case that enlightenment is a rare phenomenon. Every generation only a handful of human beings find what's already here. Because of its simplicity many miss it expecting something else. If you are to abide in your Self, then a good "place" to start is the I Am. The I am is the sense of being. Its always here. If you stay in the I Am consistently, your chances of living in truth is more possible. Again its so simple that most will handwave it away. But do not underestimate "I AM" In the I am you will become conscious you are the "witness". When people say they are having trouble with thoughts its because they haven't fully drank that they are the witness. "Witness" does not care about thoughts. Thoughts are irrelevant to the witness. Thoughts only have significants to one who is getting entangled in thought. Giving it power! Giving it food! Giving it identity. So when I here people say that "thoughts are getting too strong" all that shows is the witness is still being tricked in some way! There's still some attachment. Because the only one that has trouble with thoughts, is the thought " thoughts are to strong" When one has stayed in the I am, along with there moment by moment enquiry, & ruthless honesty. The Image of the human form will appear less and less. Intill your sense of self "Image" will disappear! The distinction of inside & outside will fade. As the beliefs and pull of delusion gradually falls away. One will know with 100% certainty They witness and are not anything in the screen of consciousness. And yet the witness & screen of consciousness & all phenomena on the screen of consciousness are not separate. The thoughts will come up with all kinds of objections because its a paradox and thoughts get confused. When these types of confusion appear only observe and stay in the I Am. This is the key. With a deep enough enlightenment these confusions will fall away by themselves. No matter what thoughts come, no matter what emotions come, STAY IN THE I AM! The I am sense springs from being, being springs from non being. Non being is the true nature of everything. It is informationless. Without any quality. It is the only that doesn't come or go. After enough time of staying in the I am, the mind will become still, intill there is only pure silence. Stay in the still silents long enough and all will become clear. You are then more receptive and able to abide "as the absolute" consciously. Notice I said abide "AS the absolute" not IN the absolute. The Absolute is beginningless & endless. Enjoy.

@SOUL When I say enlightenment I mean true enlightenment. Deep deep enlightenment. That is rare from what I can tell. I could be wrong because quite frankly how would I know. All the folks down your street could be abiding as the self and I am non the wiser! But yeah I mean a abiding, deep, true enlightenment. Its sounds like you are describing a moment of presents when the "observer image" dissapears for a moment. True enlightenment is profound!

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@Loreena Thats crazy you say that, I just saw a ghostly figure of a T Rex out my window!!! P.S That's a lie! & a joke

@Anirban657 I know It was just a light hearted joke, I will look into the real reason in regards to cows at some point in the future to find out why.

@electroBeam I will check out chi energy at some point, do you have any good books that you recommend on it?

@Scholar interesting point!

@Anirban657 I will order my ticket today!! Hahaha Something I want to ask is why are cows considered to be god like? is it because they give Us Delicious yogurts?

@electroBeam Thanks for sharing, I really wish you would post these things you talk about, ego or no ego that would be interesting to see

@Anirban657 Wow that's sounds like quiet a party! Am I invited to the next one?

@Joel3102 Thanks for sharing I will check it out

~ The Lense of the Absolute ~ What is this mysterious absolute? Direct consciousness of Infinity! There is no depth to it, it goes on forever! So there is never a limit of how deep you can go into it. Looking out of the eyes, there is the manifest world, the dynamic world full of movement & life. This is the creative consciousness, full of Light & colour. When there is a inward turning, one opens the doorknob of the absolute, it is the doorway between being & non being. This is the dimensionless. It has no beginning or end. There isn't anything there. It is the source of all. The Source of creation has its roots in all things & all beings. It is the substance, and essence of existence. who knows what else is out there?

@electroBeam I don't know anything about the dark night of the soul ( enlightenments evil twin?) And quiet frankly do not care. The only security one can find is in the grave. There is no security, security is for the dead not the living. Any sense of security is a fleeting phenomenon. Isn't it? Look I am not trying to put you down at all, I have have tremendous fear come up for me many times, but this is the egos resistance, it doesn't want to let go, it wonts to survive any way it can. So the fear comes as a manipulation to get you to avoid doing what you doing. But by you asking how to avoid it shows you are getting intagled in this bluff of the mind. Letting go right now may have serious repercussions, or may allow for complete freedom instead. And why can't it be a joke, is not you trying to look for you! the biggest joke of all? Its like looking around your house for your favourite hat when its infact on top of your head lol Sounds like a pretty funny joke to me.

@electroBeam I know your looking for some advice on how to alleviate your fear, let me give the hard truth. There is no alleviation, the self that wants to escape the fear is the fear! And to put it frankly, if your ego can't even handle some gazing into the mirror, how the fuck are you ever going to reach the absolute. You won't. And you will waist years of your life. in theory all this enlightenment stuff sounds very nice to people. But when push comes to shove, who is gona take the leap into the unknown, Fear or no fear. You can lay down and surrender yourself right now! But not a lot wana do that. Most people wana work up to that. Fucking ridiculous! Do you think Leo didn't have mountains of fear when taking 5 meo for the second time? But fuck it! And fuck fear! Are you going to let it control you for the rest of your life? Or surrender the fearful ego, whether it goes kicking or screaming or not. Think about it.

The crucial aspect overlooked is that you assume you are an object. without inspecting what's True and even with lots and lots of inspection, and thoroughly failing to truly locate yourself you still assume that you are a object of some sort. 5:44 Genius of being ~ Peter Ralston. Its a very interesting notion to hear, that you are not a object. For most people it would seem to far fetched and would be dismissed straight away prior to any investigation. Not to mention that this is something not many can stomach. But the fear maybe unnecessary because if it is the case that you are not a object, then its all ready true and your still fine. Now we find our sense of self in a (inner world) to which we are only privy. This inner world consist of thoughts & feelings. And off course with the power of belief this appears rather convincing. Take a look now, in your direct experience, do you feel like you are a object? Of course if you have had a taste of the absolute you will know that you are not a object and in fact all the apparent objects infront of you turn into a sort of vibration of being. Suggesting a formless oneness of all things. And with the belief of being a object whether some inner object residing in the body, or the body itself. Whatever you identify with is some form of a "object" And of course this comes with some consequences, first one that springs to mind is death. If you are a object you will die. And it really doesnt make a difference whether you believe you are not a object, when you are lying on your death bed probably won't give much comfort. This is why eckart tolle has been known to say something like " die before you die and realize there is no death " When you are not a object, like REALLY NOT A OBJECT! Then you will have no troubles of being insufficient in any way. You can not improve, you cannot be bad or good. Ugly or beautiful, right or wrong or whatever. Which if your honest with yourself these types of notions are probley what occupy your thought space a lot of the time. Comparing & contrasting with the apparent "other" worrying about how your not what you wana be and all this stuff that plagues the mind. Well anyway best wishes in your investigations.