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@Charlotte Maybe some time we can put some awareness on these panic attacks. ♥️

@Rilles Infinite, immaterial.

@AlwaysBeNice A dream of mind.

@Baotrader How’s this relative to you though? What’s the ‘juice’?

@Baotrader But what is it, your thoughts, or actuality / direct experience? (All of the content in the post) Maybe thinking is not material, maybe there is no material, and maybe thinking there is, is thinking at play. There’s no intent to be right here, the intention is move to the next realization. Am I a moderator? Does that boil down to your thought, in the way you use it, similar to Buddha & Einstein?

@Baotrader Thinking is thinking. Awareness is awareness. Are you aware of anything in that post? Or is it all thinking?

@xbcc Hi & welcome to the forum. Contemplate the “ I “ in your original post. Forget the rest of the words. If you mean “ I “ as in a person which is an individual entity, separate from all that is, then you do not have free will. Free will is only a question ( a thought) you are holding because you think you are an individual entity, separate from all that is. If you mean “ I “ as in all that is, then you do not have free will, as you are already all that is, leaving nothing to impose will, and nothing to impose any will upon.

@Emne Meditate, every morning. Be aware of the arising of “dumb shit bothering you”, and let it go. You are the creator.

@Wekz What is “of the lower self “ that you stand to be done with?

@yawning_ What do you mean, coral?

@SoonHei It’s all thinking. None of this is direct experience. Trust your own experience. Take look at it with a microscope. You’d have to see what you are to see what death is.

Big ol thought tree going. Relax. Live one moment at a time. Come back to now, and lighten up. Have fun with the new stuff. Apply some curiosity, interest, creativity. There’s no shortage of delicious ‘healthy’ recipes, shakes, etc, online, and plenty of facinating books. The “transition” is purification. Awareness being curative. Keep the practices going, and no beating up on yourself. No getting lost in past or future thoughts. Be present, reconnect with your breathing. Be patient with yourself. You know this. It’s the on again off again. It’s common. Feel so good, that you don’t keep the practices going. Don’t beat up on yourself for it. Let it go, breathe, set the intention to get a good night’s sleep, and tomorrow, everything will be much clearer - and you’ll get back on the practices. Sometimes we have to touch the stove again to remember it’s hot. “To feel the sensation of not wanting to do something and to know it will pass, and to do the thing I want. The sensation usually passes very quickly.” - anonymous wiseman

@Amadeusz Relationships are for your consciousness, not to make you happy. What does your friend help you to be conscious of? That is the adventure of self mastery. That is the joy in the journey.

@NoSelfSelf I hear that man. ? Inspiration, synchronicity, trust, unification, delightful way to live.

@NoSelfSelf Perhaps the settling of the mind is found in no self, and attraction found in Self. Is what you’re referring to as the subconscious something you’ve had direct experiences, glimpses, of? Something deeper which is known, but is not known through thinking nor not thinking?

@Gligorije Sounds like you’re asking about how / why you loose mindfulness / awareness to begin with...? Be attentive to the ways thought “sucks you back in”, and try to appreciate how sneaky it is.

@SoonHei The thought of feeling good is a thought of feeling good... it’s still thinking / efforting though. Whereas bliss is without “feeling good”? You sayin that kinda pointer so to speak?

@How to be wise Awesome post / share, thank you!❤️

@Mezanti Just need to get from the thinking ( “knowing” and therefore forgetting) to Being (no thinking, so no “forgetting” = Knowing) No self, “no me” realization is still dual, and not Self realization. No self can be communicated to an a-priori ‘other’ by referring to all that is (neti neti), through the a priori “ I “ , referencing everything or anything, and then stating I am not that / I am not that, creating the duality of Self and not that... “no me” (all that is self too, in appearance). Still, Self, is Being, no self experience. When nonduality is a state, equated with a state through contrast with other “more normal states” the Self is what is nondual, not the expereince, nor the state, nor the perception, nor the experience of the state - the Self is all of those, because it’s none of those. So the Self is prior to the thought or perspective, even if the perspective is nonduality, hence the confusion in No self / Self. In silent samadhi, Self. The noteworthy factor is before / after the absolute madness of identity / no identity, vs no before & after, and therefore, no “states”. Or rather, just skip all that, and Be, yourself. Look at what is denied specifically when implying no self, or ask, which “part of self” am I seeing as “not self”? It’s body related: food, self reliance, addiction, abuse, neglect, intimidation, self esteem, and this is precisely why it is missed with thinking, leaving realization at the thinking level. No self is still “outward”, fragmentation, but unknown. I’d loosy say no self is maximum conceptual, but not yet actual realization. If that is word salad, good, it should be really, do this... Sit down and take deep slow breaths, let every muscle go, sink into relaxation. Hold the thought, of the closest person to you dying, today, unexpectedly. Now, In thought ask the question, “do people die”? Intensify this thought by repeating it over and over, imagine it is your reality, today, right now - and you have no choice but to accept it and deal, until you know the truth of this matter. Now, free the question, by relaxing entirely, and allow the question to float up & out through the head, let that thought go, free forever. Gone. But don’t allow awareness to go up, into the thinking. Let the question float up & out.... But send awareness down, into the body, then deeper into the inner body. Now FEEL the answer / sensation, deeply feel it. No fear, accept it deeply, directly. Take note of that sensation. Now hold the thought / question of the next person closest to you dying today, unexpectedly. Focus on the thinking / question ‘in the head’. Now let the thought / question float out through the head, - but direct awareness downward, into the body, then into the inner body. Feel the sensation fully. Now do this again with the next closest person to you. Feel the inner, inner, sensation deeply. Again, Take note of that sensation deep inside of the body. Now think about the person closest to you again, and realize they are not dying today. Intensely focus on how much love you have for them, and focus on the question “what am I”, do not go “up” from the eyes into thinking, focus on the question in thought, then release it, let that thought float up and out of the head, go “down” from the eyes, direct awareness downward, into the inner body, be attentive to the physical sensation of the BOND of love, the actuality of the inner body sensation. Now think of the next closest person to you, and think about how they are not dying today, think about how much love you have for them, and think the question “what am I”, focus intensely on that question in thought, then release that thought, allow it to float up and out, and direct awareness downward into the body, then into the inner body. Take note of that inner sensation. Recall the inner sensation of the death contemplation. See the similarity in the inner body sensation. They are THE SAME. The appearing difference, is only ‘there’, in thought, not in sensation. In the sensation there is no difference between what you are, death, and love. This is a peek into direct experience of the difference between no-self (conceptual w or w/o sensation realization), and Self / Being (no longer conceptual, only sensation/actuality - Being - without fragmentation, or unaccepted facets of self, other, and or circumstances - all Self) Thought no longer “tricks” Being, it is laughable, I hope you experience the shocking humor that arises. It is funny, how you convinced yourself of death, is it not? You never “went” anywhere, or “became” anything. You been right here the whole time. .

@Ingit ??

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@Martin123 Thank you sir. @Artaemis Hugs.

@Emanyalpsid I already am the truth, and I appreciate the sentiment. Much love to you man. Very rare to come accross someone to have such conversation’s with. Can’t express how much I appreciate you, really, so I will just use the classic, over played, yet still enduring, emoji heart. ❤️ Lol.

@Pilgrim If you are interested, & willing to take a leap of faith, consider that maybe there is no such thing as a “serious” person, just kids, older, then I think you got your answer already.

@Martin123 Thanks for askin man. I’ve been outta the wounds work for a while now. I’m transitioning my life these days, and learning as I do. It’s not easy, and I like it.