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There’d be a lot of laughter.

There’s a documentary on Netflix called Bikram in which this story plays out.

@Fede83 Think of it as if this was the very first thing, the first experience ever - that is only for you. As if you were the very first person ever, and this is the very first time you are choosing what to create. It can be anything you want. You can put anything you want on there, in any fashion or form you want. It’s only for you. If there is any pragmatic level resistance, grab a pad of paper and make a list of everything that you know (from all your life experience so far) that you do not want. Write anything & everything that you can, make it a long list. Then, look at that list, and flip the script. Flip to the other side of each duality, and write on your board what you do want. And Look at each thing you wrote on your pad of paper, that you don’t want...and catch yourself going to thoughts like “how could I ever do that”, “how could I ever get that position”, “how could I ever figure that out”, ”how could I ever _______” ? And flip that script to why. Why do I want that? Why do I want to do that? Why do I value this? Why is this important to me?

Fantastic. Happy for ya. ??♥️

You can call me a penguin if ya like.

@Matt23 I don’t mean to sound critical, but wouldn’t you want to first find out if it’s true?

@pink Much better.

@Mindfang413 You’re well on your way. As you said - “it’s the thought that...”. Gotta let thoughts go. A thought is just a thought. What I feel you’re lookin for is the magic of living & creating. Consider...you can claim to choose when you go to the bathroom, and you can claim to choose to sit down, but you can not claim to shit. You could claim to push, but you can’t take credit for the actually shitting. The body just - does it. You don’t think about it, or ruminate, you just choose to walk there & sit down. You can choose to go upstairs, and you can choose when. But you can’t claim to actually be Making the walking happen. Legs just move, etc. You can’t claim to be operating any internal mechanics of the walking. It’s all being done for you. You get to just choose when, and where. So you are a walking, talking, shitting, choosing being. And there is a higher power at play, making it all actually happen for you. Write down what you actually want. When a resistant thought arises, when you get psychologically caught up on the “how”...remember...you’re not actually doing the shitting. You just choose, and shit happens. So start choosing bigger. That will happen too.

You are creating the fear, with subtle sneakery. You are speaking, revealing that you are thinking, in terms of “my“ mind, “my“ self. There is “not two”. This reveals a subtle fear of taking responsibility. And also of believing your own thoughts. Holding yourself accountable, taking responsibility, taking your life into your own hands, working hard, etc., actually feels amazing. I thought about an experience is not that experience. Dream boarding inspires, because it’s not stuff you’re supposed to do, it’s not what you think other people or society wants you to do, it inspires because it literally comes out of you, it is what you want. This unifies the fragmentation of “my“ mind, “my“ whatever. Fear becomes nothing, The more you realize it was just an a rising and passing thought. simultaneously, the more you become aware of that, the more you realize you are awareness. You become unstoppable, You begin to realize you are actually invincible, you begin to realize you are actually invincible, unharmable, eternal, infinite, immortal. Meditation is for letting thoughts that you don’t even care for, that do not even feel good to you, that trust me, nobody else wants to hear, go. All that is known to you is known only through thoughts, perception, and sensation. Tell me, where in there is the fear?

@DMM710 ?? Please forgive any voice to text errors. What am I? What is reality? Is there a God? If there is, what is it? Where is it? When is it? Why is it? If there’s not, why not? Why is there an earth and an atmosphere and outer space in the first place? Why can science only to do it up to the big bang but not the moment of it and beyond? Why can’t I forget on purpose? Why can’t I materialize physical objects out of thin air? Why is there this apparent need to sleep at night? Where was I before I was here? Why don’t I remember being created? How come every single thing I do creates change? How come that is inescapable? What is there which is outside of my thinking, my perception, my sensation? Why can’t I find any actual lines or divisions between these? What is the difference between life and death? Why has no scientist or physicist ever actually found matter? Why has no therapist, psychologist, or psycho analyst ever found an actual mind? How is it that I walk and talk and move things with out having to orchestrate it? How come when I choose to orchestrate it, I can? What does it mean to create? Can I know what that means, without creating the very concepts which define creation? Is creation inescapable, if so why? Is there nonexistence? If not why is existence inescapable? What does this mean about the duality of life and death? Of me and other? What is love? What is heat? What is the same about these, what is different? What is the same about these which is not my thoughts, perception, sensation? What is the difference between these which is not simply my own thinking, my perspectives, and how do these affect my perception, my sensations? What is love really? How is it so abundant, ever present? What is its nature, that it can be known at any given moment in the blink of an eye? Where was it before I felt it? Where does it go when it appears not to be present? Why am I here even when I go “there”? Why does it seem like I am moving? Yet at the same time I’m always here? Why are some people selfish, and other people generous? Why do some people fear, while other people do not? What is it, exactly precisely specifically that I am really actually afraid of? What is that, when is that, where is that, when exactly do I believe I will encounter it? Will that be here, will that be there? Will that be now? Will that actually be in a past? Will that actually be in the future? How do I actually know I have not already encountered this? How do I actually know that I ever will? Do I even know what it is? Would I recognize it in my thinking, my perception, my sensation? If it is outside of those, how would I ever even know it? When all of my ignorance is gone, will I know it? What do I know that is beyond knowledge? Is knowing the same as knowledge? If not what is the difference? If it is the same, what is it with the knows knowledge? What do I actually want in this life? What will it take to create it? Whatever it takes, is that something I need to find? Where do I think I will find it? do I have free will? What is free will? Am I not already moving and choosing freely? What could free will be, if it is outside of my thinking, perception, and sensation? Have I ever known anything to be outside of these? Is that I would or could ever know anything outside of these, it’s self a thought? what exactly, specifically, precisely, is matter? Who would get to define it? How would I even know their definition, short of my thinking, perception, and sensation? Why has no human ever found matter? Why is science concerned with matter, the cosmos, etc.? as we have not yet found there to be intelligent life beyond that of a human, why aren’t all humans focused solely on the quality of life of humans? Just in general, what in the absolute fuck is going on here, right now, in this moment? Seriously what the fuck is this? why do I feel afraid to know? Why do I assume anything would change? Why have I assumed there is “badness“? Was it ever anything beyond what another human exemplified? How aware am I in the example I am setting? What is a belief? What would happen if I stopped believing, in beliefs? what is man? What is a man, a woman, a person? How do I personally define that?

How does this thinking feel ? Are you believing your thoughts, or letting them go, and listening to the feeling?

@Schahin There’s an outline in my link below.

One goes through a capacity stage, doing what one can to “contain” infinite love, joy, and happiness. If you saw Rupert in his immediate post awakening stages, it’d have been more obvious. He knows the fine line people draw between crazy, happy, and crazy happy. Careful with what you see, personality is a projection, not an object observed.

@28 cm unbuffed ??♥️

There is no such thing as enlightened people.

@Tetrapeter ??♥️ We all must ‘touch the stove’ a few times. ??‍♂️? Suffering is the only real teacher, which teaches us nothing “grows back”, we choose those thoughts in spite of the not feeling good, and we pay dearly for it. But of course, we are stubborn devils.

Mom & dad, my wife, my kids, grandma & grandpa, my friends, and suffering.

I remember when blue was blaming GTA, and before that Marilyn Manson, and before that Ozzy Osborne, and before that the devil. Sometimes I wonder if simply openly talking about this stuff, without blaming someone who dedicates their life to helping people, might be a more mature, wiser strategy. ?

Yes. Very nice.

@28 cm unbuffed No one can manipulate you, you actually proceed with it willingly, from not practicing...meditating...and choosing how you want to be spending your time. Is there nothing you’d rather be doing?

@RickyBalboa Awesome. Schrödinger’s cat is nice & puzzling too.

Yes and yes. Once you realize it was an unconscious activity, you’re already good to go. Nobody consciously thinks about what does not feel good to them. Awakening is not always the psychedelic firework show, it can be very subtle and then expand slowly.

@Raptorsin7 You just gotta relax. All this fear, demons, “facing it”, etc, enlightenment or truth being scary...it’s all entirely just thoughts. Evaluate your meditation duration & technique. Don’t over due it, and don’t hold thoughts like this most importantly. Thoughts come and go. You do not come and go. If you’re scared, it’s literally only because of what thoughts you are choosing to entertain. Meditation is for relaxation, letting go, peace, equanimity, tranquility, detaching from thoughts, not clinging and weaving scary stories. I would be a lot more choosy about what garbage you’re putting in front of you, and in your body. Like Anna is saying, I have ‘seen’ what there is to see, and if you’re encountering anything scary, it’s conditioning, it’s made up. There is love for you that you can’t even begin to imagine. Leave this nonsense behind. ??♥️

You might like some research on the tower of Babylon. Also Koans are very useful in cutting through language / mind.