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@David Hammond ??♥️?

@David Hammond Practice it all you like. Eventually you’ll realize it is what you actually are. What you are can not become your nature. Your nature is quite simply, already your nature.

@Arnold666 By judging him, even in the subtle unnoticed manor that you are, you are reinforcing a mental belief that he is separate from you. This belief, especially when being reinforced repeatedly, makes it awfully hard to realize your own true infinite nature. Which not coincident;y, is the very thing he is displaying and sharing with you. But - you kinda judge him as a joke. This reinforces your superiority, just beneath your level of awareness and perception. “This guy has lost his freakin mind!” Lose yours too.

@Arnold666 Oh, my bad. What is the point?

@Arnold666 You’re better than him, more intelligent, yes?

@Anton_Pierre Great thread. I agree on the Transcript sharing. That’s a great insight.

@Serotoninluv Oh, sorry man. Lol. There weren’t any questions or prompts. If I was a teacher, and a deaf blind person came to me, asking for anything, I would help as best I could. I know the first thing I’d do is stop pretending I was a teacher, so I no longer saw them as a student. That way I would already know what they want, and I’d happily give it, for as long as I’m breathing I will be doing that, and maybe even after.

Perfect. Beautiful and perfect.

@mandyjw ?♥️ So true. ...imaging what meditation would be like if I was deaf and blind. Talk about “industrial strength”!

@Serotoninluv What would they need help with? What’s an example of what they’d say? (This just got interesting btw, awesome ??)

@Serotoninluv It’s helpful if a seeker thinks it’s helpful. A seeker with three kids can meditate in construction sites with ease, enjoying that quiet.

The quite is for the seekers. Some entangle a message, and often it takes a bit before someone notices they did. This is crazytown, admittedly, btw.

@Musica Welcome to the forum. You are like a breath of fresh truth. Beautiful writing.

@Serotoninluv They’d entangle it.

Pain, vs suffering. Reaction, vs creation. I’d pull that nail out. Without a me thinking. “I’d” pull that suffering out in the same manor. I could not agree more - no need to choose between one and the other. Indeed, inter-related. Thinking fails everyday.

@Paul92 Skype with me today. Just as guitarists. Like to show you the Taylor I bought after I beat my depression. It is a beauty.

@Aakash Love to hear how it goes. ??♥️

@Aakash Let us see.

@Serotoninluv Yes, agreed,absolutely. “Some”, (not me)...Tesla, Einstein, Disney, .....Hicks lol. “You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” -Dr. Suess “All work and no play doesn’t just make Jill and Jack dull, it kills the potential of discovery, mastery, and openness to change and flexibility and it hinders innovation and invention”. -Joline Godfrey “...As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” -Steve Jobs “It’s not about breaking the rules. It is about abandoning the concept of rules altogether.” -Paul Lemberg ”People!?!? You create your own reality!” - A. Hicks.

@Aakash ?

We’re afraid to be seen as without it, we do not love the intellect, we’re hardwired to know, and to take care of what need taking care of. It takes a minute to unravel all that, and see that everything really is ok. We can directly experience the truth of nondoership, and even Know we’ve only ever been safe & loved, absolutely humbly in God’s hands - and yet we still feel compelled to ‘do’, to ‘take care of’. Ultimately of course you’re right on the money. Inevitably all finite hearts are melted. With any luck, in this lifetime. And some would say thinking is naivety. @Aakash It is not complicated nor grandiose. There is a lot of falsity (beliefs) still and much suffering because of it. Some of the suffering can be put down right now. The duality of enlightenment or my life, this mindset of a single-pointed enlightenment path or expanding one other facet of my life, has got to be put down for good. The ‘rest’ of you is way past that. Got to let it go. That duality is reinforced with repetition / overthinking. The overthinking is fueled by limiting your emotional access (love, joy). The mind is always trying to resolve it. The amount of energy you’re experiencing is half what it actually is - what it is by default. The overthinking & limited emotion (inspiration, etc) is the resistant thinking; forward, back, forward, back, forward, back, internally speaking. I know it’s exhausting. I know meditation & some Light every morning eradicates it like the plague that it is. Get away, alone, in nature. Don’t power through right now after having been through so much lately. After you get away from everything - read up on the middle way, and adopt simple doable daily disciplines. Stay present. You’re not ever ‘dealing with’ your future. That’s future-overthinking (anxiety). Just get on with everything in your life, while also building a solid foundation of right view for all the life & awakening adventures to come. Ease out of 5th gear on this enlightenment thing and relax in 2nd gear for a bit. Zoom out for a bit. Read up, solidify your foundation. And omg dude - relish in your youth! It is the most precious gift there is. Do not squander it with overthinking and worrying. Live now. If God wanted to be an old grey bearded man, then He would be. “He” wants to be you, exactly - exactly! as you are right this very moment. Exactly as you have always been. Exactly how you will always be. https://www.amazon.com/Four-Noble-Truths-Eightfold-Buddhism-ebook/dp/B00R1Z3SHE https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Way (Spoiler alert, seed being planted) https://psychcentral.com/blog/7-good-reasons-to-cry-the-healing-property-of-tears/ 7. Tears release feelings. “Even if you haven’t just been through something traumatic or are severely depressed, the average Jo goes through his day accumulating conflicts and resentments. Sometimes they gather inside the limbic system of the brain and in certain corners of the heart. Crying is cathartic. It lets the devils out. Before they wreak all kind of havoc with the nervous and cardiovascular systems. All these feelings need to be felt. We need to stomp and storm; to sob and cry; to perspire and tremble.” .” - John Bradshaw (Home Coming)

@ThinAir Sweet man. Been aimin to go there also. Here’s some suggestions for ya on the fasting... Fasting does not = no food at all (unless you’re in a trained facility, in dire circumstances). To fast is to be steadfast, to have absolute conviction in your liberation, and absolute trust. Just mentioning this so you don’t starve yourself and effect your trip with unhealthy sugar levels, etc, etc. This shake is very helpful, vegan, lactose free, gluten free, ample protein and all the nutrient’s needed, and nothing unneeded. Very very energy & mood enhancing. I’d have 1 or 2 a day, depending on your weight and metabolism, and lots of water. Water not only curbs the appetite, but of course hydrates, and just as white light is so because it is every color, the clear purity of water is the lifeblood that is all things. 1 scoop of “Chocolate Raw Meal & greens” (amazon.com, most grocery stores) 1 - 2 cups of ice 1 - 2 cups of chocolate almond milk 1 or 2 bananas 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder (mood enhancing) add a tablespoon or two of peanut butter (only if you need it sweetened) Mix in Nutribullet or blender. You can also skip the ice and the mixer, and just shake the heck out of it. It works. Shake it enough and the banana will even mix in. You can pre-make this too without need for refrigeration (for a day) using water and or nondairy liquids (almond milk). For more intense fasting, you can simply mix the raw meal powder with water or chocolate almond milk or whatever liquid. I’d have around 3 of those a day. Have a great retreat!!! ♥️

@Anirban657 You are unthinkable, unbelievable, and unimaginable. Only direct experience will do.

@KyleR Very astute ?? The monkey mind is fueled by emotion filed away and suppressed from having misinterpreted experiences in life. When you meditate focus on breathing from the stomach. When the monkey mind just won’t stop and is too overwhelming, break from meditation and write about how you’re feeling what’s going on with you with pen and paper. Having a good cry as a result of this would be ideal, let it out. Do that as needed. Over practices meditations will have a less monkey mind and more peace and spaciousness. Then do the same thing but with self inquiry. If you feel stuck, or overwhelmed, just go to the pen and paper and let all those emotions out. With enough of a quiet mind and and emptying out, you should feel peaceful and moments of being overwhelmed should be few and far between. Then consider trying psychedelics and blowing the doors off of this place. It is indeed a dream, and only a sleeper considers it real.