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Full stop & reverse. What is being attributed to the body is actually attachment with thought. The mind can not find satisfaction in these outward antibody movements and modes of ‘trying’, ‘being more’, ‘evolving past’, fasting, celibacy, judgement, blaming, achieving, etc because this is the very cover story, the veiling activity of the mind, which you are always prior to as the awareness of. Just as evolution is an apparent yet convincing vestige of now, the ‘body’ thought is the cloak of the true nature of experience. Likewise, ‘things’ have no ‘pull’. Things are not pulling you, you are not a thing, you are attracting all “things”. There is not a source of this right now experience and a secondary source of ‘things’, there is one auspicious source inseparable of ‘experience’. When awareness is reoriented back upon itself the hallowed truth of the thinking mind is divulged and the true nature of experience (what was thought to be ‘a world’ and ‘things’) is remembered in self recognition as the one whole & seamless divine perfection, or, perception, as it always was and will be.

@ivankiss Zen slap?

SEEING YOURSELF WITH LOVE Practicing Seeing Yourself with Love can help shift your perspective to see the good qualities within you that others see every day. Through this practice, you can begin to reclaim and embrace the good that you have overlooked, and see how lovable you really are. Imagine seeing yourself and good qualities through the eyes of someone who loves you. Then, come back to your own perspective and notice how it feels to possess these qualities. Choose someone in your life who truly loves you. If you have trouble thinking of someone, try choosing a person that you knew previously or briefly who made you feel “seen” and accepted. Or, try choosing a pet. Now, imagine you and this person sitting across from each other beholding one another. Begin to see yourself through this person’s eyes, focusing on the good qualities he or she sees in you, and this person’s love for you. Ask yourself, “Why does this person love me? What does he/she see?” Go slowly with this exercise until you can really see and feel what this person sees and feels for you. When you are ready, come back to yourself and notice how it feels to possess these good qualities. Really take in the good of this experience, savoring the love, worthiness, and good that exist within you. If you wish, write down these good qualities and read them daily to remind yourself of them. ? “Wonderer, worshipper, lover of leaving. It doesn't matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vow a thousand times Come, yet again, come, come.” Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi

@qormolq Can there be the recognition that this is the activity of thoughts, a story about you progressing, reaching levels, etc? Can there be the recognition that that ‘self’ cannot be pointed to in feeling or perception, because it’s actually thoughts about a self, and not a self? Can it be recognized that is a story about a yourself which is repeated, in a reactionary manor? Can awareness be what a thought implies, when awareness is already the awareness of the very thought? Can there continue to be self doubt, without the repeating of the story about the ‘self’...a thought story which doesn’t resonate in feeling?

Meditations. (The non-thinking, non-conceptual, non thought-believing, non-self referencing, non-depressing, non-ignoring, of the true nature.) It’s SO simple. Allow it to be as it is. Having An Inner Smile Sometimes we can get in our own way by striving too hard or taking life too seriously. Smiling and lightening up can be beneficial for both physical and mental health. Having an inner smile means we’re greeting our experience with more kindness and openness. As Thich Nhat Hahn says, “You need to smile to your sorrow because you are more than your sorrow.” Holding an inner smile also reminds us to keep a sense of humor and avoid being too hard on ourselves. You can maintain an inner smile in everyday life as well as during formal practices such as yoga, prayer, or meditation; gently smile to yourself, with kindness, appreciation, and a sense of perspective. Gently smile to yourself. The smile is not so much a physical gesture, but is more of a gentle, internal smile. Let this smile remind you not to strive too hard or criticize yourself. Also, let it make your thoughts, words, and deeds more gentle and accepting. Be mindful of what it’s like to maintain this gentle smile, and notice if any reactions arise. If you notice that you have become caught up in striving or struggling, remember to smile. See if you can find any humor in your thoughts or experience. Also, if you notice strong thoughts, emotions, or sensations arise that are particularly challenging, see if you can meet them with a smile. You are not denying them or resisting them. You are just opening to the possibility that these experiences are not your true identify, and you are much more than them. Practice “smiling” at difficult situations or relationships to honor and acknowledge them with friendliness. Notice what happens when you do this. Please note that by smiling at your experience you are not trying to deny or diminish it, you are simply meeting what is present with friendliness.

@Heaven Thought says anxiety is in the body like my kid with chocolate all around his mouth says he didn’t eat my donut.

This forgets and that appears. Eternal forgets and time (forever) appears. Infinite forgets and space appears (to continue in). One forgets and causation appears (continuance), and aspects appear (a perception of a perceiver by a secondary perceiver). Not knowing forgets as meaning such as this appears.

I experience that buzzing, turbulence, and ‘different route’ pretty much everyday. I know exactly what you’re talking about. It’s a very normal, natural ‘part’ of experience. It too is you. It seems you believe the uncomfortable feeling is coming from a secondary source, which you consider an adversary. Meditation is ideal for addressing thought attachment / letting go of beliefs. Body meditation will help you realize empowerment in address this. Grounding meditation will help with stability addressing it, and Emotional Awareness meditation will bring clarity to what is direct experience, and what is a thought / belief. Expressive writing is great for emptying emotional misunderstanding of the past out so clarity, presence & emotional understanding, which are now, can fill you up. I would really utilize the Emotional Scale, and if I can be of any help pm me anytime.

@BartekD Awesome. Beautiful. So great to hear! .....I might have misspoke btw, I suggest allowing the energy ‘up & out’, (in comparison to ‘moving it up & down’).

@Scholar I believe I feel where you’re coming from. I was way into politics in my thirties. I even served in a small local volunteer role for a while, chamber member, etc, you know. Hung with some Mayors, saw some different perspectives, nothing ‘big’, very grass roots. After a while it seemed like a pretty clear ‘garbage in garbage out’ scene. I’m not sayin I’m above it at all, but I saw through it in a way. I do sometimes wonder who, as in which party will be the first to wake up and turn the other cheek, choosing absorption for the absolute win. I imagine a Biden asking a Trump how he got so dialed into law of attraction people will go against their own conscience following him, and a Trump who asks a Biden how we can unify in accordance with it. I imagine a debate rooted in competitive inclusion. Could you even imagine that? “You know, we’ve seen the light recently on this whole gun thing. Folks, we now get it, it’s important to you and we’re making it important to us. We’re also with you on making sure you kids are safe, and we wanna regulate this with you, not against you.” ”Uhhhh...ok...ok...alright, alright....(for the win....) we...uh...we....we... we love & embrace minorities now! Watcha got on that!”. ? ? “...?” (This is not to bash a section or anything, I just found cheeseburgers made me lethargic after awhile.)

@Vibroverse More of a ‘do this and extract from the direct experience’ pointer than a comment of conceptual philosophy or existential notions. You can do it! ??

If somebody’s choking, don’t feed em. Help em get it up and out. Drowning waves don’t care about oceanic wave concepts. Sometimes a nut is just a nut. Lives saved: ocean; 0. Heimlich maneuver; countless. “For where two or more gather in my name, there I am among them.” - Matt

There is a hero, if you look inside your heart, you don't have to be afraid of what you are. There is an answer if you reach into your soul. The sorrow that you know melts away, and a hero comes along. With the strength to carry on, you cast your fears aside, and you know you can survive. So when you feel like hope is gone, look inside you and be strong! You'll finally see the truth, that a hero lies in you! It's a long road, and you face the world alone. No one reaches out a hand, for you to hold. You can find love if you search within yourself, and the emptiness you felt will disappear. The hero comes along as the strength to carry on, as you cast your fears aside, and you know you can survive. So when you feel like hope is gone, look inside you and be strong. You’ll finally see the truth - that the hero lies in you! Lord Knows Dreams are hard to follow, but don't let anyone tear them away. Hold on! There will be tomorrow! In time, you find the way!

Smile and the world smile with you, cry and you cry alone. Once I lived the life of a millionaire, spent all my money, didn't have any care. Took all my friends out for a mighty good time, bought bootleg liquor, champagne and wine. Then I began to fall so low, lost all my good friends, had nowhere to go. If I get my hands on a dollar again, I'll hang on to it 'til that old eagle grins. Be cause Nobody knows you,when you're down and out. In your pocket, not one penny, and as for friends... you won’t have many. When you get back on your feet again, Everybody wants to be your long-lost friend. I said it’s strange without any doubt - nobody knows you when you're down and out. Oh, nobody knows you when you're down and out. In your pocket, not one penny, and as for friends, you won’t have many. When you get back on your feet again, Everybody wants to be your long-lost friend. I set it straight without any doubt, Nobody knows you... Nobody knows you - Nobody knows you! When you are, ‘down and out’.

Start with downloading the knowledge from a movie. Lots of resources for that, just need some empty hard drive space. Just don’t download the movie, only the knowledge from it.

@OBEler She is traumatized. She is not the one who is traumatized. It does not belong to her. It never did. Therein lies the liberation. The belief well being is found without, rather than the nature of within, can run deep. An experience of giving our power away, interpreted, a story which is not true, and a feeling misunderstood, which keeps repeating. It doesn’t fit, cause it’s not who she really is. Misunderstanding, misinterpretation, misidentification can be very convincing. Experience can be most confusing, and convincing. She could be more realistic in the contemporary sense with the statistical odds. If she is seen by a thousand doctors there is a good chance she will come across one who actually sees her, and that one will know who she is not, and she will begin to liberate in that knowing as well. If you happen to share this sentiment with her, be careful not to put too much stock in me either. I’m no doctor.

@AlwaysJoggin Wow. Ya. When you put it that way it’s as if there’s something within that already makes sense of it all. Doesn’t seem so random or fearsome anymore, like we’re already home either way. Seems funny now! Thanks for that. ??

Bad judgment call and what a horrible situation to endure, glad he recovered. It really highlights the opportunity for worldwide education around psychedelics. Hats off to the writer for getting that zinger in there at the end of the article in the true spirit of the topic.

I had a buddy who had that same idea, and he started an actual Happiness club. Tons of people joined rather quickly, but as they were all looking for happiness, unfortunately he could not let any of them in.

God wouldn’t even know what you’re talking about.

@Javfly33 ??

Not at all man, I like where your head’s at. I would say yes in the sense silence is that from which realization arises...in the absence of thinking, or, thought activity. Enjoy. ☺️

?? As a testament to just how sneaky thought is...to the extent there is non-physical & physical, thought falls on the physical side. More so though, thought is so sneaky it seems to claim there is a physical, and that the body is physical & thought is not, while the only reality of thought & physical is Mind, which is unreal. ? It is this very misunderstanding of the true nature and reality which leads to anger, anxiety, and restlessness. Be most mindful to self love, and not to ‘beat up on yourself’ at all...EVER...but again on the sneakery front...thoughts arise such as “anger”, “anxiety” and “restlessness”...and while these are useful, appropriate, necessary, to communicate what’s going on with you...each of those thoughts is the finite mind hijacking the actual sensation. That is, anger, anxiety, and restlessness are not sensation. They point to the experience of raw sensation, or, that-there-is sensation....mixed, or combined with the thoughts “anger”, “anxiety”, “restlessness”. When these thoughts are believed to be that which they seem to label, the experience keeps repeating. When it is recognized these labels are only the thoughts, and not sensation, you are on your way to letting those experiences go, for the duration of this lifetime. In no longer believing the thoughts, the body is no longer hijacked, and releases. If you hold luck in one hand and let a thought go with the other, at least you have one hand free to do something you want to.

@BartekD Appreciating you as well. Now you might briefly not like me, but...you can also zoom out and consider a bigger picture. That it is not about anything the mind will offer. Anything. This could be an insight to just how infinitely sneaky the mind is, and an insight into relativity and thought, in that there is no end to it. Every thought can be put in a category of “thought”, and let go. This helps to notice when one is believing a thought, by taking a stand with respect to All thought just being, thought, and never more. This brings to mind the old phrase “empty your cup”. “Cup” is a thought, and is not that which it points to as a label. Empty your mind of the attachment to thoughts like “cup” by recognizing thoughts as labels, not actually what anything is, and reality begins to be seen as it is, so to speak. Godspeed! ??

The most impactful response would be to completely let it go because it’s a thought. The next best response I can offer is to scrutinize the direct experience these words describe. This might be with questions like... “What was it like when I experienced a ‘we know’ ?” This seems highly semantically picky, even tedious, but only at first. It might lead to falling in love with inspection. Never know until directly experienced. Likewise, if it is said that Truth exists, what is the direct experience of Truth existing? It can be most efficient to write these answers that arise on paper. The mind does not function with seeing and reading the same as it does with thoughts, especially in regard to inspecting, thoughts. You can also probe with “what does it mean for something to exist”? And you can help clarify that inquiry (and thus the response that arises within you) with the contemplation of it’s opposite, “what does it mean for something to not exist”? Then you can question the causation implied with “so”. “What is cause, what is effect”? “What would be the first cause”? What could be the last effect”? “How, in the most literal sense, is a cause different, separate of, an effect”. ”One Truth”... Lots of ways to approach that thought. Again, the ideal is recognizing it as only a thought and letting it go as effortlessly as it came. COuld also question what the direct experience of this one Truth is, which is referred to, uncovering the distinction between a reference to direct experience and a reference to a belief.