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The point is your experience of now, and that’s it. The point of the entire cosmos existing is literally Paul’s experience. So let the “what’s the point” story go man. Of course “Close the deal”! “Make Paul great again”! Universe: here’s the point buddy! (Super hot girl manifests) Paul: meh.

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Appreciating the contributions everybody, thanks!

Right. Obviously. Was going from your op.

I’m financially independent (no boss / self employed but still dependent on the economy). Paper route at 12, expanded & subcontracted it, full time hours via 3 part time jobs at 13. Developed focus, letting go, breathe control / inner body awareness, flow & confidence playing guitar & singing. Learned perseverance & commitment producing albums, sacrifice from having a family, management working up in retail, law of attraction from Ester Hicks, entrepreneurship, marketing, seo etc owning an agency, parlaying profits into rental properties. Currently 43, writing a book, having awakening conversations / starting a new life / company. I agree that mindset is most fundamental. “Wether you think you can or can’t, you’re right”, cause you’re creating a life. Habits...Wake up early, self inquiry for a few minutes, 5 - 6 miles on elliptical, minor lifting, meditation / yoga, clean eating, mindfulness that experience is paramount, enjoying, loving, listening & asking questions, zooming in & out, practicing. Non-Habits...Watching tv etc, eating sugar / sweets, carbs, breads... partying, enabling, justifying, blaming, wishing, hoping. Yes, I was ‘entrepreneurially-minded’ from the womb, as well as wanting to understanding all of reality.

The floors analogy was a light hearted pointer, like the video your post is about. You’re talking about a video talking about something. I was suggesting you take the video as a pointer and discover the truth within your self.

@Jack Walter Leon Nice!

@tecladocasio You’re on floor 2, thinking. Floor 1 is awareness. Go to the basement yourself and see what all the hoopla’s about. See where words come from.

One approach would be, before you say (or type) anything, first pause until you can see the opposite perspective as equally true. The relative (ego) is conditional perspectives, absolute is unconditional (all & no perspectives). This is a way of peeling conditions (thoughts & perspectives) off to realize unconditional (what is - prior to thoughts & perspectives). Another way to say this is the point is amplifying / realizing the impersonal unconditional awareness (you / truth) which knows the experience of all personal conditional perspectives (duality / ego). Another way is to let every thought / perspective go, and agree with no perspectives. Only detachment, always impartial. This flirts with suppression, careful with the distinction. If desire for achievement is strong, this might not be the ideal practice. Another way is expression, in any form. Expressing your perspective all the way through, until there is no desire to express anymore. Journaling daily is great for this, and it’s an accumulative practice / result. It’s key to make note of when the perspective has been expressed all the way through, and no longer remains. The nugget in this, is realizing nothing changed for having expressed the conditional perspective - that thinking and emotions arose in the expressing, but afterwards returned to ‘baseline’ (awareness is constant & unchanging). Seeing that you are still you, now (didn’t actually go anywhere, nor change what you are). It was just a perspective, just an expression. You were always prior to it, through the entire observation, and part of what was observed is the appearance that you were attached to the perspective. Another approach is inner self study. Observing the inner proccess / experience / causation of: what is seen (object), what is seeing it (object), & what knows of the seeing & thinking (awareness). Anything observed with ample scrutiny literally disappears (nothing was there the whole time is revealed). With ample oberservation it is revealed there is no proccess, and that it was a deep rooted assumption all along that there was, leaving only the truth (I am / being / now). One more way is “understanding understanding”, knowing understanding as “of the true identity”. This is a little more complicated, and sounds silly initially. Pick something which you don’t understand how it works. For example, a combustible engine. Read / watch videos about how it works. But be mindful that the aim is not about the engine, but attempting to witness the actual understanding itself. I didn’t understand how it works, now I understand how it works - where did the understanding itself take place. Isolate & locate the understanding as specifically as possible, point to the understanding, describe properties of it. One more...not very popular but... Take the most basic, fundamental, scientific pragmatic approach, to looking into the distinctions between the known, and the knower. For example, a cup sitting on the counter is known. You are the knower / what knows there is a cup sitting on the counter. Start googling / researching what the cup is, and what you are. Examples of googles might be what is a cup made out of, what are molecules made out of, what are atoms made out of, what are quarks made out of, and so on. Then do the same for the knower; what is a human body made out of, what are cells made out of, etc, etc. The similarities & distinctions realized can be profound in terms of self realization, but also, this is a practice. Thinking about doing this is the same as doing nothing, actually doing it can yield the realization. These are suggestions of which the aim is the outcome of knowing being through scrutiny, by exhausting the distinctions.

Satisfied is dualistic, still in the matrix.

It’s like you’re saying you want to look at the situation, but stop at a point, and employ mechanisms to stop looking without realizing why, or, what habit / conditioning is at play. Awareness of this is the way, resistance has been built up in anticipation of how it will feel to look. But you have to look all the way to realize the falsity behind the resistence / anticipation. Fine by me if you just project it on me instead. I hope you feel better whatever way works for you.

I wish you the best, and of course get all the help you can. Why is asking you if you can see a perspective in addition to the one you are expressing narscasistic? Why do you see it as opposition? Are you considering that this is not spiritual kundalini related at all, but that the past you referred to, your “karma” and “it” all “flooding back” is having an influence? In addition to energy / body / spiritual perspective, have you tried a good therapist, for at least a few months or so? What exactly is the karma you say is hitting you in the face? What is “it”, specifically, which all flooded back? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ninOz5ValUM What are your thoughts on this...? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wpqVezKradg

What does “being out of alignment” mean for you? Can you name 2 or 3 things / habits / perspectives / life situations, etc which are what you are referring to? What is fragmentation to you? I’ve heard of it but what does it mean to you, how is there fragmentation in your life now? Try becoming aware of what’s going on, without any perspective, without beating up on yourself. What would the ideal “quantum leap” look like, in terms of body, in terms of mind, changes in actions, changes to your life, your directions, etc?

@JayG84 Don’t stop half way.

@Serotoninluv I’ll read it, but I hope it’s really convincing.

@Serotoninluv Wait...what’s the first one?

@Serotoninluv Thank nonduality for popcorn though.

When only Mu will do.

Same thing going on, both convo’s here. @corndjorn

Thanks. I have to say though, that is a weird definition. If you inquire into the meaning behind it, you’ll arrive back at nonduality.

Research & try different meditation techniques, and try therapy. Correct meditation practice reveals spaciousness around thoughts, and you / awareness will be less attached / convinced / reactional to the perspectives you’ve been repeating. When you see the ‘problem’ differently, proceeding is easier and easier. Carried out full circle, the entirety of perspective will change. Make one small change each day with the habits. It’s enough to be aware of what you’re doing as you’re doing it. Don’t beat up on yourself. Change things just for the experience of changing things.

That’s it.

@outlandish Nice post. Wife, kids, Self discovery, living & disappearing.