Natasha

Not giving up

@Angelo John Gage Fat cells absorb and retain toxins, so full body detox would be the first step. Once toxins are flushed out of your body, you will easily shed those stubborn extra pounds.

Correction - banapples… Actualized signature hybrid invented by @Inliytened1

Banapple margarita, please!

From the unicorn under the rainbow kind?

Thank you, TA. My awakening was actually both. Awareness becomes aware of itself via a variety of ways. Both Daves' experiences are legit. But I would say the mystical manifestation of it was a more potent one, in my case.

You can actually listen to it, he reads it in a video

Hey Abra, you're already IT! Just have to realize it/embody it. I know you like Bible verses, so when Jesus said, "I and the Father are One"...well you and the Father are One too Read Rupert's poem, he's talking about you!

I had my shift while self-inquiring too about 4 years ago. It happened suddenly, unexpectedly, was simple yet profound. The initial ego backlash was also brutal, but soon after the awakening I came across Ken Wilber's work on ego integration and that put things in a better perspective for me. We don't have to kill the ego, it's got us this far after all. Integration and shadow work followed. Yes, I AM nothing and everything is contained within me. This was posted in another thread recently, the poem describes beautifully the nature of God. The Absolute and Relative merge into ONE, infinite I AM.

@jim123 I would say they can if used for the wrong reasons/unconsciously. Take the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders, for example. The part of the Charles Manson's hippy commune who also used a wide variety of psychedelics and supposedly stood for love, peace, and the value of living authenticly went on to steal, plot, and commit serial killings. Those few were disconnected from their Green purpose and gave in to their demons. Subsequently marking the end of the 60s Make Love Not War movement as we know it.

@TheAvatarState Listening to the poem was quite meditative and Self-reflective. Thank you for sharing.

Abra, this is a good one...and he's funny too

Once you get a direct experience of the Absolute, all doubt will fall away. You have the map, now get to the territory.

@Monkey-man There is no positive or negative, but the mind makes it so. God's perspective (if there is one) is a no-mind perspective, liberation.

Will check it out when I get home tonight. Thank you

Yes. Experiencing painful sensations doesn't have to induce suffering. The body-mind (ego) would 'feel' the pain, the YOU would observe those sensations.

I'm at work and all vids are blocked by the server. Could anyone tell me what the vid says at 10 mins on?

Yes, self-realized know there is no one to suffer. Sensations of pain might be present and experienced deeply, but because they are dis-identified from the ego, they are free to move on without psychological suffering.

"This is not a pipe" - Rene Magritte

His other woman

@now is forever Think big - banana being Truth, Love, the Universe, everything there is, YOU! So many great things can be done with a banana, by the banana, for the banana... and Sadguru would approve this message The moment you realized banana is YOU!

Ask not what a banana can do for you - ask what you can do with a banana!

Enlightened Shin, everybody We're going to wear out Sadguru's banana joke here. .. so Zen devilish