AlwaysBeNice

Aside from him being an incredibly happy giddy alive guy, with a very penetrating but child like gaze, I can see he has zero conditioned response rate to any one, he is fully being himself and joyfully playing his character. But the thing that impressed deeply from the start was reading his story, he had been seeking seriously from when he was 14, he had gone through multiple times of thinking he had become enlightened. BELOW I'VE CONDENSED THE STORY: SPOILER!! It might be cooler to read the full story with google translate: www.adsang.nl/mijn-verhaal/ condensed: But even towards the end, decades into it, he didn't resolve his ego completely, and at some point it was about to be absorbed, but he still couldn't let go completely, causing intense panic and depressions, he even made himself believe all the spirituality was just fake, he even felt sorry for all the masters he'd seen and believed for they too were just fooling themselves. As deep states of peace and bliss that he had experienced came and go, and yet, he still had no freedom! But through the unfold mend of the path eventually grace dissolved all his attachment, it was a very intimate process, which eventually brought full awakening and he was 'Overflowing with gratitiude'. And the thing that also helped me have a lot of faith in him was the fact that I had the most consistent high amount of synchronicities when listening to his satsangs.

I'd rather be a beggar than do online marketing. This is not to judge marketing as 'bad', but it adds nothing to society, in fact the opposite could be argued, that cannot be truly fulfilling ever. Also, marketing isn't the only options people have, I belief donation based services on the internet (+ a basic income) will be the future, but many streamers and youtubers already make good money through just the generous support of their fans.

I was thinking of Mooji given I remembered so much of an emphasis on being the watcher, maybe in a bit of a dissociating way.. which isn't bad advice per se but probably a bit incomplete, and that something looked off at times and him making a few statements that put me off that went something along the lines of: 'If you don't get this, go back to vipassana or something' (can't properly remember the part before the comma) and responding to a kundalini awakening of someone and saying: 'oh dear, that's childs play', whereas vipasanna is so legit and kundalini is I think the feminine aspect of awakening and from what I understand an be enormous even in the light of no-self. But actually, I don't know and I am not really in the position to make such a statement to begin with and when I look at him just now I see a very kind present open being, pointing to being in the heart and reaching massive amounts of people, seems good. But maybe there is more. ^ ^

Yes. Some take on 'the observer role', or you focus on spaciousness, but meanwhile you still don't do anything about emotional suppression. I think this can an okay or even necessary stage for some time. But the problem occurs when the suppression of the personal self actually becomes believed to the truly spiritual thing: becomes an addiction; a crutch and stagnates you. The ego was already used to denying the self, but now, even perhaps even worse, it does so under the supposed the spiritual mindset of: 'not me, not me, not me'. Someone might actually mistake their escapism for some sort of ultimate stage and might even try to seem like a teacher of the highest regard, not so rare according to Ad and I see the same, I think this is case for some of the most popular advaita teacher even, it's a nice easy escape mindset, which is of course appealing to the masses. x)

Yeah, Ad Oostendorp as mentioned in the post. But he's dutch.

You will always be identified with your ego automatically (unless you are in Samadhi), if someone would call your name, you would turn around. Partial identification with just the body/persona causes bondage, especially if the bondage includes a lot of cultural suppression, you will probably be caught up in fear and craving/being attached to temporary things. if you know you are everything/nothing playing a someone, you don't have to worry about others judging you, you don't have to worry about death (though you can be careful), you know the universe supports your positive actions. It's like if you would be playing World of Warcraft and thinking you are your character, you might never even get past the tutorial area -About the 4th point of 'awakening will happen by it's own accord' it will just happen to you, you can't do it. He said the Samadhi's and becoming true to the personal self are preliminary steps and are not the same as awakening in his definition, that final thing will just happen some day after these preliminary stages, but he wouldn't go into detail because that would just be for you to experience.

Was listening to a satsang of a dutch teacher (Ad Oostendorp, fantastic guy, if you can understand it). He was speaking about just deep sleep, and I was in my bed listening to it and for some reason this time I could really sense it for some reason, see it almost. It wasn't very developed or a big experiences, but I could sense it, and it's really cool and profound, and I think it's closer to our understanding our grasp than we think. So maybe now or if you go lie down before you go to sleep this night, just contemplate deep sleep, and how you actually do kind of know what it's like and that it's even already here in a sense.

I think it's dishonest to say or make it sound like it 'needs to happen' or 'will' (to everyone) whereas I think it's just you projecting your own personal unresolved fears on it.

How is it haunting you? I thought you had the experience in sleep sometimes and you cried of beauty?

Made a website about it that should be in my signature, but honestly, understanding it intellectually.. I don't know, better to strive to direct experience of No-Self or purify the stuck emotions.

So vaping the substances is mandatory, and you are sure on this? By the way, will we see a post 5-MeO video?

And at the same time paradoxically, with everyone being God, we can see clear a correlation between an increase in awareness and kind loving action: that instill hope, peace and joy, not fear.

A healthy environment is really important. People are consciousness transmitters and receivers (with all their being/beliefs-thoughts/words and action). For evolutionary purposes people are used to wanting to fit in really badly, so if you are not careful and or are ruled by unconsciousness (to various degrees), your attention could wander to pretty much about anyone in your environment and try to copy them (to a small or eventually large degree), perhaps not for your benefit, although a more consciousness (more harmonious/higher frequency) should override negative patterns, but there are more things at play like being used to be a follower and taking on that role. If you don't feel like you are surrounded by higher beings, ignore or lead. If you want to stay with yourself, do self-inquiry/mantra(-/breath meditation), body awareness.

After waking up from a narcosis, he literally woke up in a sense in his unique way. Of course upsetting to the woman still stuck in lower consciousness. Some Osho quotes ''I would like you to accept only one prayer, and that is laughter, because when you are totally laughing you are in the present. You cannot laugh in the future and you cannot laugh in the past. All those people who have created this retarded humanity have taken away all juice, all laughter, all smiles, and dragged everybody into being inauthentic. And if you are inauthentic, insincere, you can never grow the seed that has been given to you by this great compassionate universe.'' "Laughter certainly is very special. Your whole body laughs. Each atom, each cell of your body laughs, participates in it. I have always been against seriousness. I have never compared them, but you can see why I am against seriousness. Seriousness can never be total. It is always partial, the very other extreme of laughter. It goes on becoming narrower and narrower and narrower. The more serious you are, the more narrow you become. The more you go towards laughter, the more wide and the more open, the more vulnerable, the more total, you become. Laughter has something religious. Seriousness is sick and irreligious."

They find everything perfect

Walks into grocery, starts working there unasked

Haha he should gives satsangs 'Sir, does the Self control all or do I control myself?' HAHAHHAHAHA

Conversations with God is a classic http://www.universe-people.com/english/svetelna_knihovna/htm/en/en_kniha_conversations_with_god_1.htm

I don't know, maybe yes and no.

Pain is not bad or painful in and of itself. It is the suppressed emotional and mental frustration/fear that creates the suffering. That's why a little pain might not hurt you, or an intense sensation doesn't hurt until it's seen by the ego. Waking up is realizing this, it's the opposite of disconnecting, it is being with the pain fully but you knowing you are beyond it. All 'problems' are part of your dream. And the newfound energy could heal the body, maybe, depends on the flow of life, but either way it's fine, death's natural too.

After enlightenment yes, but the physical manifestation might still be there, but there won't any suffering. @OP, You can do concentration meditation, self-inquiry/labeling (labeling thoughts as thoughts), you are always ready to get to know yourself. I would recommend you do both (maybe do some metta (every once in a while as well)). The more you open to consciousness and your suppressed emotions, the less suffering and the more peace there will be, with that comes a more intense child-like experience of the world, and can opening you up psychicly, both are indeed psychedelic like. =)

Parents shouldn't be holding you back, keep in mind, people, whether parents are not, are largely very insane (I'm lolling when I say this, but it's true), very out of alignment with the true reality of things (God, synchronicity) etc. Parents relationships are really interesting in general I think: They are the ones who did almost all the work to make you unenlightened. Projection many frustrations onto you, often trying molding you into their idea of the 'ideal person' they crave to be, and you took with it all their fears intuitively. It's okay, that's what we singed up for, part of the human journey of this time, it's a co-created. I think they should be largely avoided when you get on this path, especially as 'mentors', because they aren't spiritual guides and worse, they often think themselves to be. So unless you still have loving parents who are really open to your process and are humble about it, and there can be a mutual adult relationship between two equals.. leave them alone (a lot, maybe not totally), until you are sufficiently enlightened you won't budge under their toxicity (because you are used to doing so) and you can truly help them (if they are willing of course, if they aren't just trust their God given path and part ways for the time being).

Fair enough. Then I mostly mean it in the context of solving a 'problem' or mystery or to find joy, instead practical philosophy.