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@Aaron p That’s awesome. If you can play the piano & post ads, and read about seo, you got no business sellin ‘the other stuff’. I just double checked with the universe. It said keep your head on straight.

I believe someone could live a happy, healthy, fulfilled life never looking into the nature of reality. Beliefs are tricky things. If you want to question something, make it the duality your thinking is confined to. Takes twice the energy, always holding two perspectives.

@How to be wise The mind says the heart is the locale of love but it’s everything everyone everywhere. Feel it everywhere. Let go.

@Wisebaxter Doing ”the work”, the practices, and being serious about it, committed, disciplined, etc. It is important. Keep doin what you’re doin. When you encounter those ‘barriers’ within yourself, don’t avoid, don’t stop there, always keep going, look directly into fear - see what it’s made of. You’ll simultaneously see what you’re made of, and that is awesome.

“Your task is not to seek for love, but to seek and find all the barriers within yourself you have built against it” - Rumi

@Wisebaxter You got it man. So wise Baxter!

@Key Elements No wonder I wasn’t hearing ya. That’s a good reminder for me! Thanks! I came into it, relatively, backwards. Life purpose realization came to me in a trip. At 40. Lol. It’ll do me good to keep that in mind.

@Wisebaxter With meditation, awareness on what “pulls you out of” the meditation, after “meditation” when you are into your day. Often it’s habits, identifying with certain thoughts, reactional speaking vs creative response, etc - general inattention to our own sayings and doings. With self inquiry, it is wise to allocate time just for that, and also to be inquiring into the actions mentioned which “pull you out” of the meditation (after the allocated mediation period). This minimizes the back and forth or the cycle, meditative state, then lost in thought, meditate, lost, meditate, lost. Such a cycle can be a perfectly natural part of awakening. My intention in commenting is like a head’s up, to save time, get the most out of practices. There’s always plenty of topical focus on practices, but it’s equally important to allow awareness / attention on what “undoes” the practices too.

@Key Elements For the muggles, basically?

I’d say that’s about right. Meditation is great for clearing / emptying the mind, and then self inquire. Also, yet, both all day.

@Truth Addict ?

@Key Elements I want to understand, but I honestly don’t. What is the risk / loss of sharing? Aren’t they already one and the same, this, now?

@Serotoninluv Nice. It’s a stinker, that rigamaroll. Reminds me of the vigilance in not eating sweets. ? Like, oh, ya, this is why I don’t do that. @OneWithAll A curse implies there is someone who put a curse on you. Or I guess that you put a curse on yourself. On the love note, just think love, see what comes up. Probably nothing.

@Aaron p How’s synchro-world goin?

@Jack River ♥️?? Leave my mom outta this though. Jk ?

@Jack River I’d offer anything help wise absolutely, but I do believe there are other people on the forum who know better.

“Dreaming” does stop at a point. I suspect dreams are attempts of the brain’s self reconciliation.

@Jack River Hey, for what it’s worth, the “9 - 5” is really an old perspective / projection. If you dropped the identification with “not one for the 9 - 5” you might be pleasantly surprised there are lots of ways to financially support yourself otherwise, and lots of people available to help you.

@OneWithAll You are infinity?

Physical environment is a thought, that there is a separate you (we) “in” it, is a thought. Discovery of life purpose is wise, but wisdom is relativity, “within” The Self, immeasurably beyond these thoughts. The map is not the territory in either case, thought is a thought and only seems true because ‘you’ are so convincing. Thinking about what people think of you can be limiting. Our deepest fear comes to mind. The appearing paradox of fear / God & self is really worth contemplating. Hopefully this comment reaches you in love, and not fear. The intention is for your awakening - I am a fool and know absolutely nothing, and don’t think you should take psychedelics any time soon. Like @Serotoninluv...20 years of daily practices and still there was the belief in a physical me & reality, Zero truth. Thinking Chinese turned out to be a thought, a map. It’s shocking how sneaky the mind is, how convincing “physical” is. It would be next to impossible to open up emotionally and spend a half hour or so contemplating what he said in this thread, but just one opinion here, do whatever it takes to do so. Relativity, the younger the better. At the very least, contemplate that Nahm, Leo & Serotoninluv are all in agreement. Value that or don’t, again, the intention is opening the mind & awakening, not saying you need psychedelics. It might be hard to hear, but is worthwhile, that the answer to the question is that your answer is still no. Can you imagine knowing, and not having that question? @Serotoninluv The way you reference the unexplainables, the patience there, is sooo appreciated. Thanks. The Spanish / Chinese analogy is so simple and effective, it’s like it was right there all along! Nice!

@OneWithAll Inifnity is other-than-you?

@SQAAD ??

@corndjorn That’s interesting, thanks!

Keep calming the mind in meditation, and keep self inquiring, watch videos by a handful of teachers for different techniques, approaches, tips & perspectives. There is a sensible reason you can’t find certainty, and why people use the word ‘absolute’. Checking out some videos on qm’s & specifically superposition might connect some dots & aid in calming the mind too. When this arises just inquire, ‘what is aware of this?’, ‘what is aware of the science?’ ‘What is aware of these thoughts about science?’, and whatever answers arise, ask, ‘what is aware of that?’’ Also look to direct experience; There is awareness of thoughts, but notice you can’t think awareness. Notice that too is a concept. You don’t have to believe that one anymore than the others it references. Careful looking for magic. Ordinary reality as it is will blow your mind just fine. Take ownership of this. No one picks your perspective for you. No one ever did. There are as many positive examples in and of society. It might have to do with what you’re putting in front of you. The mind likes to condemn violence and play GTA 5 later that night. That kind of thing. Any time you notice you feel someone or something has “affected” you, turn the attention to inquiry into the aspect of you which is bothered. Ask, why does this bother me? Does it make sense for me to be bothered by simply observing? Am I doing that? Am I adding meaning which then makes it relative to “me”? It could turn out to be that conditioning is itself the worst possible scenario. (Speculating)...there might be some uncertainty from childhood, which was identified with and therefore not as easy to ‘see’ and let go of. Weird how what holds us back can be so difficult to release. Counter intuitive might be the way to go. Simply inquire again. It will be less needed, and quicker / more effective the more it’s done. Given the majority of people are held back back by unwillingness to experience all of their emotions, I hope you feel good about the work you’re doing. Keep at it, sounds like you’re doing great!

@Vaishnavi Doin the work. Nice. It’s the release of endorphins from the detox. Your inherent nature of healing and happiness. Your brain’s getting upgraded too. The parts of you that were rejected aren’t and you’re experiencing your wholeness. Keep rockin.