Nahm

@Lynnel ??♥️

Me too.

@Peo ???

@SunnyNewDay @VictorB02 When you get overwhelmed on the cushion, it’s working perfectly. Just need to know what to do. Write down how you’re feeling on paper. Don’t type. Use paper. You won’t notice immediate results (you might). Over time you will notice the meditation, that is, stopping the world and the busyness, allows emotions that you never dealt with to arise. That is exactly what is supposed to happen. In writing them down on paper, you see what’s going on inside that your eyes have literally never seen before. It can hurt, but over time you begin to understand yourself. When you understand yourself, you automatically understand where everyone else is coming from. Then more, deeper emotions surface in meditation, but now, you know exactly what to do. Write it down. This may go on for a while. It’s relative to how much emotional suppression there is. But that is perfect also. The more you’ve suppressed, the more you should look forward to understanding. The more understanding, the more peace you’ll experience in meditation. Then, bring that peace into your day with you. You will lose it so many times. That is perfect too. The more you use it, the more you should look forward to entire days of peace. Then you have entire days of peace, and you begin to feel Love. Then bring that Love into the world. You will lose it many times. But that is perfect too. There is infinite Love to look forward to. Days filled with Love and wonder. You have so much to look forward to. I’m getting jealous.

I lived only in thought stories, and suffering showed me this. I stopped believing the thought stories, and it wasn’t enough, suffering showed me this. I learned until I understood, I practiced until I was at peace. Tears of suffering revealed themselves as tears of Love. There are no more thought stories, there are no more thoughts. So there is no more suffering. There never was. Thought stories are made up. The suffering was the thought stories. Now the game is apparently not laughing nor crying inappropriately with respect to others.

@noselfnofun The one who lives a truly happy life, is indeed enlightened. The ‘middle ground’, as you have used the term, in and of itself is used to describe a less than truly happy life. (Middle level happiness, if you will) The truth is that there is no suffering. When you say “never get to the truth’, the actuality of that is more ‘if I continue deluding myself’. The truth is not something you get to, it is what you are, which you are covering up, with falsities.

The values shouldn’t get a free pass. You can’t trust them as a foundation for comparison to judging actions and responses. You have to learn to understand your sensations, emotions, and take 100% responsibility. If a thought story arises involving someone else, it’s a trap. If a thought story about yourself arises, it’s a trap. You will begin to notice the sensations are always telling you this. The level of listening goes up, by going ‘down’ into the nuances of the emotional guidance. The emotions can be trusted, but only when understood. Judging yourself, unfortunately, is a trap.

@moon777light Assuming there is one, have you shown them the website so they have some comfort with it? Is it close by, maybe they could go have a look? Maybe someone who went to the same retreat could share their experience with you parents? I agree with @SunnyNewDay you’re only shorting yourself if you circumvent.

@inFlow Awesome.

I love you man! ♥️

Here’s a GREAT QUESTION that the ego will likely immediately reject / project on..... What is your experience with crystals & other people?

Sure tastes like wine.

“The Middle Way”

@mandyjw BURN!!!!!!???

I suspect that as you experienced the creating of your kids, that could make if difficult to realize you created your kids. Likewise, all their bullshit kid fits etc - LOL - YOU!!! How freaking funny is that? If I visited your house, when you were in another room, I’d coach the kids how to ratchet it up a few more notches. We seek empty minds, listening so intently to those which are so full. ? So dumb we are. My littlest one wrote on the wall again. Same exact spot where I cleaned it off before, touched up the paint etc. She even literally wrote the same exact thing! HOw is that even possible!? WTF?! But it’s soooo funny to be cleaning it off again, because it’s not really possible. So I’m just cracking up, tears, as I’m cleaning “mommy is the best” off the wall. lol. How could anyone or thing be so lucky?? ? not possible. Please keep the videos coming, and please keep them so true to you. “This place is a dream, only a sleeper considers it real. Then death comes like dawn and you wake up laughing at what you thought was your grief!” - Rumi ?

@Swagala Just a word of caution, of course feel free to disregard, but careful with building an inner world. It can take a lot of undoing to ‘bring it to the outer world’ later down the path.

@Anton_Pierre ??

@EvilAngel You can. It’s under account settings....display name. And just imo...there’s no evil in you man. I hear you, I understand. Still though.

It’s the mind that limits, not the crystals.

@Mu_ ? Mu!

That is just beautiful imo. Intriguing avatar name for a creator-realized person. If & when resistant thinking (self doubt) arises, inspect the heck out of it, trace it to the root and cut it out. Also keep in mind consciousness (you) are the entirety. Be really open minded so you recognize what you visioned when it comes to you. Manifested opportunities come in all clothes. Godspeed man. Excited for you. ??

@theking00 Then why do you continue creating it? I think you secretly like it. Or at least, there’s something you’re getting out of it. Maybe you don’t realize what that is?

@EmptyInside It’s good to meet you. I hope you get as much out the forum as you can. And if you’re feeling alone, it really is only in thought, as God is always with you, and big love is always pointed directly right at you. Later when you’re self realized, there’s no conception of loneliness anymore, because the falsity in the thinking of it is completely realized and seen through.

@ActualizedDavid Why eat clean? Why stay fit? Why by curious, why learn? Why push yourself when it gets hard? Why learn how to work with other people communicatively & efficiently? Why make money? Why travel? Why fall in love? Why self realize?