Natasha

Better than "Time and your personal story are just an illusion. Go back to sleep"

A self-realized (enlightened) man would experience same emotions of sadness and grief as anyone else would upon losing a loved one. But his perspective, though, would allow him not to get attached to those feelings nor feel like a victim. He would see everything as life at play, even in the midst of a tragic event like this, and that's what would make him truly untouchable.

@abrakamowse This is cool

@dboyle Any kind of drug will alter your brain chemistry and potentially make you dependent on it. Many a ruined life started with one innocent first try. Also, watch Leo's video about the root cause of every addiction (not just drugs):

@Bruno Did you watch this one of Leo's?

Yes, these are just concepts, and you can't think your way into truth. And we can't really know what's absolutely true... unless the conceptual boundary between 'you' as a human being and the external world you're interacting with is removed. I say 'conceptual' because it's not a physical boundary. Once it's removed, a direct access to reality becomes a possibility, you get truth straight from the source, so to speak. So you might ask what's sense then of listening to what people on this forum have to say if all this is just more concepts? And this is what's paradoxical - we're fighting illusion with illusion. Most illusion that you hear from society, other people, books - they give you illusion that doesn't call itself out as illusion. The difference here is that we're telling you that what we're telling you is the illusion. And you can be wise enough to register that to read between the lines and to start to question your own knowledge. Also, @Mal hit nail on the head in the post above.

@Mal Nihilism is a belief that life has no intrinsic meaning or value. Belief is a construct of thoughts. Thought content is illusory. Illusion is the opposite of reality. Reality is truth. Ok, so what is reality existentially? Pure transparent empty awareness. It's everything (all forms seen and unseen) and nothing (everything beyond object reality). Notice - it's not just 'nothing', that 'nothing' is actually 'something' special, and it's 'EVERYTHING' as well. Nihilism would only suggest the 'nothing' part. It would be impossible to integrate and include nothing into nothing. Object/ form reality is to be taken into consideration - manifest unfolding, the means awareness happens to experience itself. There is no denial in that everything is just happening for whatever reason or no reason at all. We now know from neuroscience that our unconscious brain processes 11 million bits per second (10 million times as fast a computer), but our consciousness is only 60 bits per second. That means we have no idea what we're doing So sometimes not knowing comes as a relief and in those brief moments we rest in the bliss of 'this'. So go ahead and use the 60 bits you got to appreciate a song and a story - both NOTHING and EVERYTHING, life at play, a miracle, reality, truth. Hugs Edit: Just thought of adding Ayla's thread 'Mind Attacks After Initial Seeing', you might also find helpful:

Don't believe everything your mind is feeding you. Thoughts come from the collective ego-mind, realize you've been conditioned to think and feel certain way (by family, school, society, media, friends, etc). It sounds like it's time for you to start the process of ridding yourself of all that mental 'garbage'. Start meditating. Leo has a whole library of video material on how to and the benefits of meditation, the main benefit being to tame the 'monkey mind' and its endless 'nonsense' chatter.

Cos it's hilarious

You're welcome. Anytime Hugs

Yes, the video is a funny parody, if you care to LOL

@Raven_Mike Being aware means you're observing your emotions/ behavior from the 3rd person perspective. You don't take any of what you see on the screen in a movie personally, do you? Just observe, don't judge or label as good or bad. Watch how it makes you feel and if you want to stick around that feeling. Gradually you'll start getting detached from the emotion/ behavior that doesn't make you feel good. Would you want to hang out with someone who annoys you and make you feel like crap? No. Be aware of the fact that your negative emotion/ depression/ pain, etc. is that 'friend' you don't want to hang out with any longer.

Done seeking

@Raven_Mike You will find this helpful too. Hugs

@Raven_Mike Start up with watching this: http://www.actualized.org/articles/how-to-deal-with-strong-negative-emotions Leo also has vids on motivation and dealing with victim mentality, check them out too.

@Raven_Mike Shit happens. You'll be fine. Hugs

That was also a reminder to self Oh wait.. there's no one there to be reminded of anything (sigh) And we go again..

@strwbrycough Gonna check them out, thanks.

Travel, go to retreats, help family and friends financially, donate (humane society, education), get a massage every day!

Sounds familiar?

@DrMatthewsausage Congratulations!! Glad to hear. Your hard work and perseverance paid off. Enjoy the summer now

@jes Glutathione 500 mg/ day (Alpha Lipoic Acid 300 mg + L-Carnitine 500 mg)/ day Chlorella Alkaline ionized water (LeVai) is antioxidant water, drink half your weight in ounces daily Another powerful anti-oxidant combination is Bio PQQ 20 mg + Kaneka ubiquinol. I've taken them and they work great too. There is an in-home non-invasive test I use called OxiData that measures the level of free radical damage in your body on a scale of 0 to 5 (0 the least damage, 5 the most damage). The goal is to stay near the middle around 2-3. If your results are 3 and up, that means you need to stock up on antioxidants to neutralize the damage caused by the free radicals. The test is available for purchase: http://www.healthquestradio.com/the-oxidata-test/

As you pointed correctly excessive talking is a habit and the only way to break a habit is by quiet sitting:

These are hilarious