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@Faceless Yes, I do, and practices turn nails into things like not needing to be understood. ?

@Faceless You can keep insisting I don’t understand you, and I can keep understanding you. It’s getting loopy. Yes on the timeless, of course. There is so much more, but I know you ‘ain’t tryin to hear that’. It’s all well, and it’s all good.

@Dovahkiin Sounds like Vipassna resonated, good to have that. As to picking, I’d write each option on separate notecards, and do some simple breathe focus meditation, and allow the path to arise. Here’s a list I found useful with some short and direct explanations and cautions: For what it’s worth, I get the feeling you’re possibly being a little to hard on yourself. ?

@Faceless We are where we are, a few posts aren’t going to change anything. Life has it’s way of correction. ❤️ I think you’d benefit tremendously from a little shadow work, practices, psychedelics, and reading a few more sources in addition to J Krishnamurti - of course, I’m projecting too. And you have topped even your own passive aggressiveness (friend, buddy) with “old boy”. ? That’s a new one! I feel strongly, if we hung out for a night, we’d hit it off perfectly. I’m no authority, btw. Edit: Reminded me of that movie “Old Boy”, have you seen it by chance? What a doozy of a mind f.

@Source_Mystic Another projection. It is yours, the ‘respect for me’ issue, facts, etc. I’m with you on the finding out for one’s self though. Good stuff.

@DnoReally Yes or no, to what?

@Source_Mystic Grosse projection.

@Faceless I would have said the same thing prior. I understand. At least consider what Leo said months ago to heart, if all you have is a hammer, everything is a nail. It’s worth it! ❤️ RADICAL open mindedness. Or stay as is. I love ya either way. I have a buddy, he’s smart, he know’s He’s smart, he’s super cool and I love hangin with him, he has trouble when we’re with others though because he’s not aware of his arrogance, he’s not aware of nuanced body language and micro expressions - of what is not being said. He doesn’t see the connection between this and the troubles in his life. He is not willing to try meditation, yoga, psychedelics, breathework, nor check out YouTube videos to get a little knowledge, nor read a book - not only does he think this stuff is kind of a joke, he brags about his ignorance, and he doesn’t see how sweet people are being to him by not saying anything, and it’s obvious he’s not going to, so no one bothers. In your opinion, is my friend open minded?

@Hello from Russia When you lay down to sleep, within a few minute of not moving your body, your brain is gonna make something somewhere itch (checking to see if you’re body is awake or not) - don’t scratch it. You’ll be asleep within 10 minutes. Do this every night, and you won’t need to anymore.

@Friend Lion level bravery. Keep kickin ass.

@Joseph Maynor For some oneness is a thought, for others it is a permanent change in which the illusionary brain accommodates this change with a ‘rewiriing’. Then, there is nothing, nothing but the oneness. You are that one.

@SoothedByRain Great post. Welcome to the forum.

Double check your practice techniques, consider what practices to add. Isolate what you’re holding on to so you can let it go. Self inquire as to the suffering. It is persistent, but there is not an external factor, that’s for sure. Lots of practices. Takes a while. Enjoy making the foundation, then take a trip.

Don’t throw in the towel because you haven’t yet. Open mindedness will take you there. RADICAL open mindedness.

@perlita Imo, it’s a glimpse of relativity, like if you were sleeping, and a tiny noise woke you up a tiny bit - and you’re like ‘was that a noise or was that in my head?’. The negative thoughts are relative to your perspective, and they’re perpetuating the ‘complicated’ facet. It doesn’t need to be that way. In the ‘bigger picture’, it wouldn’t.

@Omario What is it you want to do? What is it you want to stop doing?

@Nexeternity Haven’t read em. I was referring to the quote. Speculating.

The answer to that is far outside the consciousness which asks the question. The answer is actually being kept at bay, directly from your assumption of no self. No self is the pinnacle of thinking. That’s how tricky thinking can be. The pinnacle of thought, is in actuality, still thought. Only the realized can spot this, and even understand this. No self is a very comfy place to stop. I suggest you discover your assumption.

@LiakosN That You may experience the love that you are more deeply.

@Malelekakis Pratices, psychadelics, honesty.

@Omario Could you describe what you mean by your neuroticism? What are you experiencing which you’re calling that? Break it down with some clarity. I think it will help to reveal the facets of how it was created, and allow for more specific advice on it’s undoing & healing.

@LiakosN In your thinking, you have split your consciousness into two, the higher, and therefore, lower, selves. Tell me, what is your experience of being two like? I am very curious, as I have only experienced being one. Allow the simplicity & clarity of direct experience. There is no need to add to it with thinking.

Yes. Mind is illusion too. The clock is also illusion. What I’m saying now, also.

Sit down and love yourself. (Actually) You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection. -Buddha ❤️

@littleBIG Feels bad cause you’re focused on what other people think, which on all levels, is falsity. Instead, focus on how you feel, what you think, and study the relationship between the two. Ask yourself, why do I struggle to love them, when they say such things? What thinking do I hold about myself which can be triggered so easily? Why do I hold such thinking when I could simply love myself, and love them? What prevents me? It’s impossible to believe, but the emotions are a truth compass. Look for a steady increase of awareness on your emotions. They are telling you what is false and what is not. Enlightenment is the most selfish scenario possible. Selfish just doesn’t mean what you think it means. Like the conscious choice of healthy eating over pizza, make a conscious choice of where to point your awareness. If you’re going to embody the truth, you’ll have to “forgive them”, it is true “they know not what they do”. The increased consciousness, is of self. The forgiveness, is for the self. Little bit of a paradoxical mind F, but the love too, is for the self.