Nahm

What is the “amount of concentration” to realize the suppression of sensations has sent one on the wildest of goose chases. Pede-stalling with the teachings of teachers’ teachings. See reference; The Wizard of Oz.

What are you referring to with “That was said” ? Can you post the video here?

What is “spirituality stuff” to you?

Are you aware of how it relates to the content in this post?

What’s your direct experience of the sleeping...in which you dream? When you wake up and remember a dream, does it convince you you’re awake? If both have no inherent existence, what’s this? What are you? Is the moon illuminating, or illuminated?

It’s vulnerable & brave to ask the questions, you should’t be apologizing. What knows full and well it is infinite, understands precisely why it can not experience finite, and here we are, with these questions. What is aware of it’s infinitude, has not want, or need. Need is one of the deepest, most fundamentally challenging beliefs, and want is it’s offshoot, it’s odor. There truly is no such thing as a human being, sans an idea(s) of yours. There is also no such thing as an ego, that too is your idea. You don’t have someone else’s ideas there btw, those are your ideas. The having of the question of if these acts are at the fault of having “lost connection”...arises in the same atmosphere, of having “lost connection”. Upon the “reconnection”, is the very consciousness which is essentially and ultimately, being asked about, currently appearing in discord. It’s good to ask the questions, but only to exhaust the asking, to reach the ceiling of questions, logic, concept, and the outer world examples. It’s good to expand the mind, but ultimately you must turn perception inward upon itself. There is choice, there is experience, there is freedom to create, yes. Is it within our essential nature to inflict harm? That’s a grosse question of self discovery. One who discovers one’s true nature, discovers the whole as well, and knows the truth of others. You can’t possibly overestimate the sneakiness. The localization is so transparent, it appears all pervasive. Try to not be you. Try to forget something on purpose.

The “spiritual stuff” is a write off, and it’s where the maturity & understanding comes in. We are sneaky creatures man. Gotta keep the intellect in tandem, not rogue.

There’s deep wisdom within you already, but you’re stifling it with write offs. Notice how you ruled out the actual answer before stating your question. It’s like saying, don’t answer anything about cows, but, where does beef actually come from?

@ThomasT What do your daily practices and studies look like?

@Alex bliss No one but you could become enlightened.

No, it isn’t. You’re awareness, directly aware of sensations. You’re awareness, directly aware of thoughts. You’re mixing them. They are not mixed. When all is let go, consciousness alone remains. One who holds onto consciousness, sacrifices consciousness, for a thought. (The thought: I am holding consciousness)

Though the theme of most answers will be ‘do the work’, at the same time, so to speak - the one who asks the most questions wins. Also, there’s no “sucking up resources”. Though this paradigm is rampant in the world, it’s not grounded in truth. For every one who has a question, there is one who likes to answer. Any two people should be aware, appreciative, that without both, there’s no experience at all.

There is no pusher. Are you aware that you are aware? Are you aware of thoughts?

Focus on that you exist, look not with your thinking but feel that you exist. Feel existence. This can ‘uproot’ the “ I “, the stories, the preferences, partitions, beliefs, grievances, etc. Where ever you are, there is nothing. Literally, there is no thing there, no I. Nothing. Feel into “it”. See. The I, is of parts and pieces, identity, conditions. None of which exists. Feel - feel - feel - there is nothing there! There is no I, right now - notice what arises to the contrary, just be aware of “that”. Notice, you created “it”. Just now, you did. There is nothing.

@Extreme Z7 Give this stuff a try. Universe literally could not want more for you, could not hold more love for you. That is what is impossible. Silly, the reasons we put in the way, but we can let them go. Same universe will alleviate you, and in love, make all things anew.

@AleksM Of course, you know this. Pair it with direct communication, silence, & nothing...”shaktipat”. @Nexeternity Different content, same fulcrum, assertion, of which there is not.

@krockerman You are experiencing the life you are creating. You are choosing such things. Are you though? Are you living on purpose? The thing about the ‘pesky dots’, is only direct experience will do. See about this nothing.

I’d say you’re in luck.... As you want this for how you’d feel. And this feels far, far, far better, and is already the actuality.

@krockerman Sounds great. Then what?

@Ones ?

@krockerman What would you say is the perfect life? Can you describe it a little?

@Schahin You’re crushing one perspective. Daily meditation awakens the second one. Then the paradoxes collapse like dualities. You’re familiar with collapsing thought dualities...think of the second perspective as the one which collapses meta- dualities, paradigms & paradox. The second perspective is like a ghost in a way, if you can’t see it, it’s the same as it not being there.

It’s experiential so you’d have to try it and see, but writing the question, “what do I really want” on a large dry erase board and writing everything that comes to mind can change everything. There’s a good chance things will come up which you might not have thought of previously. Being able to see it visually brings clarity, ease, and understanding of what’s going on emotionally, which the mind doesn’t readily have clarity to decipher within itself, so to speak. Honest expression of desire is like a light on ‘what’s stopping us’. This can “pull more of you out of you” and there is tremendous healing in the process both bodily and psychologically. The synchronicities which present themselves in this endeavor are delightful, rewarding, and revealing. In allowing what is wanted to come, in choosing a better, more aligned thought, one is on the path to realizing effortlessness. A deeper connection with sensations comes about, a new meaning and purpose in sensation, if you will. The universe itself begins to experienced quite differently. Of course, write anything ‘going on with you’ on the board too, so you can have a look at it. This does make the understanding much, much easier. It also pairs nicely into contemplation, and the development of an inner world connection which is very helpful in terms of guidance through your new adventures.

Any thoughts on this?

@Jack River ??