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@Alex14 That is one of the wisest questions and points right at the heart of the ultimate Why.

@Faceless and wives.

@Empty Humans can’t think and focus on breathing from their stomachs at the same time, that might be the simple solution you’re looking for. 24/7 mindfully breathing from your stomach. Lots of subtle health benefits to the body too.

@Empty It doesn’t go away. This is what you’re doing. You’re still that. This is your true nature, whatever you’re doing. If you mean the thoughtless state, try eye’s aiming upward towards the frontal lobes during your practice. Don’t strain, it takes the muscles a long time to relax into this in a natural way. Then, you can close your eyes and do that at any point in the day, and also (eyes still open) focus your awareness there.

I LOVED The Alchemist!@moon777light When I read Celestine Prophecy, that was the first time I considered there was maybe something more to reality.

@sarapr lmao!

@sarapr Yeah. I get a lot of stuff done via the ipad while running and working out. Then I meditate, write some stuff on the walls. Then the walk is nice before doing some writing. (I’m running on an elliptical, with an ipad and laptop in front of me)

lol. Cold water on my face, chocolate almond milk latte / do nothing 30 mins, earbuds, run 5 miles, weights, meditate, send texts and emails while running, update manifestations on chalk paint walls, go for a walk, write.

@Rohit N Excellent on getting coaching! Are you stretching your diaphragm before singing? Doing the yawning / stretching the throat muscles?

@Sirius You can. Let go of the emotional suffering. It exists only by repeating it.

@Elisabeth Sounds like you’re in tune with it. ? I know the paradigm, the whole “brains exist or not” thing, I get it. Here’s a thought, for perspective’s sake, that I hope helps you lighten up on yourself even more, and to never feel ill towards that higher intelligence, and make a solid plan for inquiring & discover what it, is. It’s a good ‘thing’. Think about this for a minute: (Look around where you’re sitting right now and take a deep breathe). You could drink five grams of shroom tea right now, on this seventh day of May, at 1:09pm. You could do this, right now, if it was your intention, and you have done a little preparation. At 2:09 you’d be begging God for your life, in some manor, likely scared out of your fucking mind from the intensity of full on awareness. You would become hyper aware that you are a living breathing thing which will die one day, and that life is too short, and you realiza you are now dying and pissed the majority of it away. By 3:30, have falsity about reality and your self will have been “purified”, eradicated from your very consciousness. You would know first hand that brains don’t exist, that you are this God you’ve been hearing about, and every single little worry or frustration you ever had in your life would appear hilarious. You would laugh a laugh you can’t even imagine. You would be literally free. By 5:00, you’d be basking in the love that is the fabric of the universe knowing very well that is what you are. I’m not trying to get you to do psychedelics. I don’t care if you do or not. I’m just offering a perspective on these things you’re dealing with.

@Elisabeth Just one idiot’s perspective here, might be way off...really not sure.... I know some incredibly smart people, multimillionaires even, and I notice a pattern with high intelligence and ego. As in, they have, over the years, identified with their intelligence. They hold the belief that they are intelligent. As in, they are unaware they are actually infinite intelligence, and the brain is an illusion. The intelligence is not “theirs”, as there of course are no “who’s” in actuality. So they don’t meditate. Why would they? Right? I say they would if they knew where “their” intelligence is coming from. But these are very smart, very busy people I’m talking about. They’re very important people. They dont have time for this spiritual stuff. They don’t know that meditation is a way to release all their thoughts, to empty their cup, so that the answers - the path - to what they’re seeking can be revealed to them. I am so thankful that I am not this intelligent. I was diagnosed manic depressive. Went to therapy couple times a week. Was taking 3 medications daily. Killed my sex drive. I put on 60 pounds. My outlook was grim. Then I started meditating everyday.

Of course that’s fair. But what is the difference between a belief, and the truth? Do you really think you can believe your own truths? Does that statement even make logical sense to you?

I know I’m direct and I know it seems critical. If it helps, great, if it doesn’t, ignore me. ❤️

Whatcha afraid of?

@8Ball You’re perfectly fine without her, you’re going to bang more chicks in this life than you could even keep track of. You need nothing to feel great! Especially her! Not to mention, when you drop you’re false serious outlook on reality, you’re silly, funny, and downright hilarious! It’s infectious! You don’t need shit from her. She’d be lucky if you even noticed her. Now, go talk to her. Ask questions about what she’s into, and when you listen, she’ll notice it’s the first time in her life someone is actually listening. Keep it light.

@SelfHelpGuy Do you need validation from someone else or not?

@Artimus Why are you still talking & thinking about this? (Posting) It is done. Take the learning & the growth, and wake up, and move on. Have you nothing to do? Nothing you want to achieve? Nothing you want to be?

@okulele Just bask in the sweet peace and bliss of nonduality. It is nice to know!! Isn’t it?

@Marinador I think you’re right on that the root is how you think about yourself. What have you done so far about this? It does not “come from no where”. You build it atop an ocean of peace.

@cetus56

All of both. ❤️

@Dan Behm Great stuff bro and welcome to the forum!

@Preetom Expand your mind from short term to long term thinking, inspiring a worthwhile vision to pass on immediate gratifications in exchange for building the life you really want. Expand your consciousness.

@Theprofessional Honesty will set you free.