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@Jay Ray Nice. Apply same realization to ‘your person’.

The experiential difference appears to be “self” referential thinking...thoughts about a self which isn’t a self, but rather an idea of a self, firmly believed to actually be a self. A simpler general way of saying that is identification with thoughts. His example of being in the shower thinking about winning a past debate is exemplary of believing the thoughts that there is a past and a him and a them, whereas she’d just be taking a shower, not thinking thoughts about a “self”, as the self is showering. Then of course there is no mind, no thoughts, as there is no one in a shower. In all cases there is no ‘inner monologue’. That’d be an example of a “self” referential thought. (There is not any actuality of that self).

Love can rewire ‘your’ entire brain and change how you experience ourself for the apparent duration. This is already the direction & actuality of all science.

It relates in that ‘people and their suffering’, ‘other peoples suffering’, ‘feeling what they feel’, ‘love them’ and ‘their baggage’ can be inspected and realized to be beliefs, your suffering, without a a justifiable or supporting actuality. The full circle is such that of course that comment has the potential to come across as down right offensive, or void of compassion, but that is the beginning of transcending suffering that one might assist another in the same endeavor. Perhaps spend some time reading on the nature of pain vs suffering. @latina25 ??

@Jay Ray Suffering is a misunderstanding. Compassion is visceral understanding, intelligence, knowing, feeling, the ‘fabric of reality’. Nothing,

@Rdj Where are you headed, what is in your future in terms of deduction of your present trajectory / direction? What don’t you want about what comes to mind in that? And much more importantly...what does that bring to the light which you do you want...in your future, in your life experience? Slow & steady wins the race. A single thought towards wanted, infused with youness...wanted is already unfolding. Good feeling is already the case. Resonate? Make any sense?

@kindayellow You have so much to offer. ”It’s a lie to think you’re not good enough...it’s a lie to think you’re not worth anything!!!”

@soos_mite_ah Start a company which employees at least ten people, and helps their families to eat, have medical & dental coverage, a retirement plan, etc. Also, construct the company in such a way that they are unlimited in terms of how much money they can make, and how many other families in kind they can assist. Alternatively, recognize arrogance, fear, and projection, then invent the next new ‘better than capitalism’. I’m all for that. I predict the inevitable outcome to be that of you no longer demonizing yourself.

@quan Nice. Great name btw. Get on down to prior to the act, depiction or behavior...to the supposition of the notion.

@ShugendoRa Follow the breadcrumbs. Let thoughts which are not aligned -go. And that is the end of their apparent existence. Goodness naturally arises. It already was. Focus on an undesirable thought is already emotional suppression of reality.

@Shunyata Careful not to overlook the entirety of relativity. It’s an easy blunder.

@Into The Void Welcome to the forum, thanks for sharing.

@The Don The resistance is hiding in the details, which I suspect are still written off as semantics.

@The Don Don’t care. At all.

@Adamq8 ?

Focus on something else that you like, that feels good. Receive that message of feeling. Listen to it as swiftly as possible. This is suffering. Like if you stubbed you toe and felt the pain...one direction from there is moving on. Another direction (suffering) is continuing to focus on it, finding other people who are also focused on what doesn’t feel good to them, seeing if there is maybe a foundation for this toe stubbing situation, etc.

You’re identifying yourself via the experience ‘behind the scenes’, that is what who you really are is not ‘going along with’. That’s why it feels terrible. Continuing in spite of receiving the message (the not good feeling) creates more resistance, resulting in “anger”. That you are forcing yourself to fully concentrate is a separate self identification misnomer. It’s not actually happening, and as such isn’t fitting.

I know it’s a direct way to say it...but you’re focusing on escaping is focusing on what you actually don’t want. A double negative in terms of mindset doesn’t end up creating a positive. The positive, as in good feeling, comes from you. What’s the opposite mindset, what mindset do you want?

@Adamq8 Same ‘no thing’. There is only creative power if there is a creator and creation, but of course, there are not two. It’s all ‘on the fly’, one eternal ‘now’. I’m just gonna make up a word now... stitlegus. And there it is. Where am I relative to that creation...where is that creation relative to me. Awareness aware of awareness. Pure magic...but I’m just making that up inescapably. I must be Omni-creative.

@Amit With respect to your request and appreciation for ‘telling it like it is’... I get what you mean, yet, that there are planes is a belief, and is sneakily employed as a boundary. There is ‘one substance’ so to speak, you’re creating ‘planes and huge problems’ of it, but you don’t have to. Spend ten minutes giving your absolute best to pretending to be straight faced. Absolutely no funny-ness whatsoever. Zero. None. Seriously. You’ll notice how funny it is. ....again, you’re asking for the straight skinny...”it” isn’t a thing at all, “it” is you. So a past isn’t a ‘problem’...repetition of the belief perpetuates the identification as a ‘person’, which is only a belief in and of itself. Were it not for that re-creating, misunderstanding & emotion would naturally release...the repeating of the belief suppresses...the natural response of the love that you truly are is “ahhh, no”...but is being labeled as “anger”, and identified with. Same for the seeking of validation, respect, and acceptance. These are things that serve only to perpetuate the false notion you are a person. (That’s pretty deep, specific, existential and direct, my apologies if it is offensive in any way.) TLDR: There’s no ‘you’ ‘somethings wrong with’. That’s what’s ‘going on’. Can’t resolve what already is resolution.

Yes, and also continuing to believe that.

Awareness is aware of awareness, appearing to intensify a thought about ‘things’ which do not actually exist, sans appearance of the very same awareness. The thoughts are relativity, appearance of ‘things’. Awareness can literally just let them go...and end up experiencing this stuff awareness appears to be talking about. Because there is a belief awareness is believing about “omni aware”, so awareness can continue the experience of ‘being a person’. Notice dogma and deluded are beliefs the awareness being discussed is believing. This is the direct experience. It is plain, simple, readily noticeable.

@Christian00 Welcome! When repressed energy is released the mind often attempts to add context. Ideally, let the thought about it go right along side the energy, especially considering you can be focusing on what feels good to you instead. ‘Refill’ with that . On a cautionary note, the belief the drug is responsible or making you or even suggesting you do anything is a slippery slope that is better off let go.

@zeroISinfinity