ajasatya

jeez, that gives you a LOT of spare time to do whatever. take a weekend to go for a long walk or hiking. start dancing classes. learn an instrument and a new language. boring life? sounds more like you want to be boring.

@aclokay you think you own her. ditch porn and masturbation asap. you're misunderstanding the goal of a relationship. what if she's just disgusted and doesn't want to be with you because you drain her, like a vampire?

if you're wise enough, no woman will ever want to do that to you

anger is suffering. any aggressive emotion makes you suffer. the proper attitude towards angry people is compassion. if you're wise enough, you never get hurt by others unless they hurt you physically.

then you may need to suffer a little more

it is true, but it has nothing to do with your name in particular. it's about the fact that having a name can be highly conditioning because your name reminds you of your old patterns. on the peak of my seeking process i started to use another name. it felt weird in the beginning but in the end it was a powerful and effective tool for deconstruction. of course, "spiritual names" can be deceitful and harmful like any other tool. one can get attached to another identity and the pattern of attachment does not change.

words can hurt you only if part of you agrees with them.

what's the density of fire? are you sure water and wind are different things? it's possible to make H2O from H2 and O2 so... also, we inhale O2 and exhale CO2. is C made of earth or wind?

@Shaun you're still stuck in the mind. emotions feel like rollercoasters when you're too attached to beliefs.

this very moment!

watch the mind's thirst, already trying to make sense out of what cannot be made sense of. let it starve instead.

you can't try to grasp the absolute perspective and still imagine lower/higher purposes or individualities such as "I" or "God". Reality is ONE. the mind can't go any further than this.

"your" will is "god's" will unity means ONE there is an illusion of separation on the level of thoughts, only

ouch, the illusion of superiority/inferiority... suffering and more suffering...

it's nothing much. let go.

it's a phase. he's seeing his own bullshit on the "outside" and letting go. it's a good thing

none of them. you seem to have a mental image of those. let go and see what happens.

shikantaza

there you go again taking a book as your source of unshakable truths. this kind of work is certainly not for you (not yet, i guess). realizing True Nature leads to ultimate humbleness. it leads to a deep state of amazement because you realize that everything is the Perfect Beauty Itself. no more internal conflicts, no more external conflicts. just peace of mind and tons of love towards everyone and everything. you have a fantasized idea of god and that's why "i am god" sounds arrogant. it sounds arrogant because you may feel very distant from a steady and peaceful state of mind. it sounds arrogant because it may be a projection of your own arrogance, thinking that "i am god" means something like "i am superior to everyone else". you imagine god as something very far away. but i tell you this: the most sincere devotion to god is atheist. watch your internal triggers take over now.

@Shakazulu the background and your experience are the same thing.

your definition of enlightenment and awakening seems to be quite narrow to me. i rather be lost and confused than attached to some kind of moral religion and old religious texts. thankfully, i am not lost and confused

I have it. may i borrow it, please?

can anything have consciousness?

what exactly is that word "I" referring to?

@Belay kelemework you're stuck. good luck with your moral attachments.