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@Andre Quinonez If you’re feeling to attached to one mix it up and listen to a bunch, in between / during - living and making progress on what you want. ?

@Dantas Been there too. Every moment is a fresh new opportunity. One after another, after another. Thank God for that. ?

@Buba This state is the outcome of negative self inner talk. Likely due to past trauma inducing a strong sense of no control, and thus affirming a mental barrier, a wall of protection, to going within and discovering the self. In addition to at least 20 minutes breathe focus meditation every MORNING, practice 24/7 stomach breathing, practice your unconditional love 24/7 - as viscerally as possible - feel it - as much as possible, don’t effort, just get out of the way for it. Shine the light of awareness on your triggers, the light desolves them. Much love, and good luck. Right now, you can’t even imagine how precious your life is becoming. Hang in there. It’s unbelievably, unfathomably, worth it to stay strong and do the practices. Mindfulness desolves all triggers, then all questions.

@Mighty Mouse There are two kinds of seekers, masters of self deception, and the absolute. ?

@Joseph Maynor Congrats on your breakthrough. Feels pretty damn good, no? ?? ”Love”

Imagine taking one big step backwards, but your body, brain, and mind stayed where you were standing. Only consciousness took a step back. And then it see’s literally what the fuck is going on here, from outside / behind the entire human experience you were used to. Then you step ‘back in’, and see everything for what it always actually was. Every memory, every thought pattern, every preference, every idea, is know ‘seen’ very different. It’s the oldest, most engrained memories and concepts that are then seen to be the most facinating. Or, what you most knew to be true, was not true, and so now it’s mind blowing.

feeling no difference between the body and the world is ineffable and I cried a little bit sharing that with someone. It's not like it sounds and we don't get to talk about it with loved ones. That is why this place is special. ? .@eskwire Me too. ?? And it really is special.❤️

@Dantas I would not expect any dark side whatsoever. I know this is blunt, but if it was let go of, and genuinely not expected, there would be no experience of it. Too much too fast can throw our life for a loop, but the dark stuff challenge must be won in our minds - winning the “thoughts that become thought patterns” game. Practices empty it out, and reduce thinking until there is no chatter anymore. This makes it much easier to win the “find a little bit better feeling thought” game. I think it’s fun, quickly & highly rewarding, and momentum builds over time and when unwanted memories of events from our past are triggered, they arise to the new, higher, more positive state of mind, and are more easily seen from a higher vantage point, making it much easier to make peace with them finally. They just won’t fit in after a while. Peace of mind is always here, now. We must slow down to it’s speed. It will never speed up for us. Lol. But it really is available right now. You’ve been in one moment your whole life. Past & future are truly only thoughts. They are thoughts that mask, or veil the beauty and joy in this moment from us. So, be looking for the joy of the moment, try to realize, it is always the same moment, and the fabric of the moment happening around you, is joy. The name of the game is slowing down the mind, and body, positioning us to make headway on the better thoughts momentum. It’s specifically important to choose self appreciating, loving thoughts when referencing our I, me, myself. Every word holds power. ‘Sit’ through, and apply awareness to, any dark that arises. I see the overall pattern as killing it on the determination in practices, but resistance thinking based in doubt leaves you taking 2 steps forward and 1 step backwards. Without attachment to thoughts of the past, and without repetitive self doubt thoughts - it’s just stepping forward and stepping forward. Above all, be patient with yourself. Treat you at least as good as you treat others. All that contributes to foundation, which I think you’re doing great with. Then, consider taking some trips, you’re an artist right? Artists are leaders right?

@Dantas Thanks. Not tryin to be so contradictory, but it’s not a knowledge thing imo, this ‘dark stuff’. To me it’s like a riddle, always immediately around us, literally everywhere we are. It can be resolved now, or at any moment. The hard part is it’s like finding hay in a hay stack using a hay microscope. It’s the closet door that is the most intelligent, the most esoteric, and the funniest punchline as it carry’s no baggage. The power of self love, and unconditional love for all is so subtle & simple, it’s incomprehensible!! ? But it’ll light up the dark if we just let it.

@Dantas The progress is glorious, and blissful. What I was saying is, the other stuff - the dark stuff - that’s not on the path, it’s not of the connection so to speak, it’s of the separation, it’s removed from us while we stay on the path. Can’t bad mouth the path man, it never hurt a soul. jk ❤️

@Shroomdoctor The intense pressure and fear are the result of moving all of your presence in from the moment, to thoughts and ideas of potential futures. Just sit, meditate, whatever, get back to the moment without all the thoughts. Let go of everything. Get to your ‘happy place’ Get a pencil and a piece of paper in front of you. Write down things that come, categorize, draw time lines, whatever, but if it’s not fun and even a little exciting, go away from it for a bit, meditate, etc, and come back to it. The reason the ‘weight’ of the potential futures sucks is because the thoughts about what you’re gonna do, how it might be if and when you tell your parents, etc are just thoughts, and you are caught up in believing them. In truth, you are completely free, and when you let go and connect into the present, you are more connected to infinite intelligence, and that’s where the best books come from, where the best albums come from, etc, etc, etc, and that’s where your plans can come from. Don’t believe the thoughts. They are things, like appliances, and carpet. They are not even yours. Let it all go. This is an opportunity to practice this, if you don’t, you’ll always find something else to stress about. Pragmatically, I know a few social workers. They all hate the job and wish they would have picked something else. I am self employed, and it is heaven to me. I want freedom above all else. My advice would be, if you do go into psychology, make the goal to have your own practice, and to replace yourself by employing others. Though, it sounds like there might be a field you desire to work in more, but I don’t think you mentioned it. Go to the biggest picture you can, forget about college and career path for a minute, take deep stomach breathes and zoom all the way out.....ask yourself.....what do I love? What do I like? Am I a solve things person? Am I a people person? A nature person? An animals person?

@pluto and maybe life is about mastering love.

The gas ran out on this one, and you fired the whole machine back up.

I don’t know about the eyes, thats awesome that it worked though. ?? I’m sure your processing, right? Give it a few.

@Mighty Mouse omg ??????????

@Joseph Maynor That’s why the term Truth & Absolute are used. For what it’s worth, I see your trajectory, and you’ll experience it yourself soon enough.

@Charlotte You saved somebody’s fucking life man! Wow. You are the only person I ‘know’ who’s saved someone’s life. I am amazed by this.

@Jamie Universe How ya doing man? Good day today? ❤️

@pluto amen. @Mighty Mouse Shhh here he comes - omg dude that was so funny ? @Joseph Maynor There are stages and it could also happen all at once. The stages, anyone could do and get ‘there’. Anyone. The all at once, 1 in a billion odds I think. My 2 cents....There’s realization of the duality of one’s own mind, conceptual nonduality, mental equanimity, the oneness experience, the absolute experience, then the ultimate blow out that actual reality is literally you and there is no other thing (the Alone ❤️), they’re is no thing at all, you are not a thing and not not a thing either, everything sensed is completely your illusion, what you are in actuality is eternal. That last one, doesn’t matter if it’s on a trip or not, it is so permanent it could not be undone even if you tried. *It’s not that you experience that you are everything - you are still you - and you experience that everything is you. Sounds subtle, but it’s all the difference. There is no unseeing what you are and what is illusion. When someone says it’s not an illusion - lol - God, you, it telling you, that they are real and not illusionary. Consider how funny that is, when you know you are them the whole time. They just don’t know what they are. Nothing wrong with that (obviously lmao!), it’s just very funny in a mind f way. Wether this eternal you is love itself, or a void of nothingness without conscious awareness of it’s self...clearly we can agree no one believes anyone, nor should they, so it’s limited of course to experience of what you are. It is worth considering though, that if you consider yourself conscious as a result of the body & brain, but you don’t think God is conscious, you are actually saying you are conscious and God is not. Also, very funny. Side note, lots of people claiming it’s a void, who have not experienced the mental equanimity, let alone the rest. It is not helpful to anyone on the forum when someone speaks with false confidence from fear and ignorance. Every time someone does this, they are hurting themselves the most, that is the nature of self depreciation, you’re further from any realizations, as the path is through the self. One’s own healing should then be the priority, not a forum comment. Stating enlightenment is not real reveals you have not experienced it, or any of the most profound experiences, and solidifys that you won’t. Short of a human never having formed an ego or any concept of self as human, Enlightenment is a real experience.

Every end is also a beginning.

@khalifa The ‘divine’ doesn’t pick anything. It is love. Don’t believe me though, of course. It’s the simplest scenario possible, it’s the thinking that it’s too good to be true that births all the complexity.

@khalifa I don’t clearly understand what you’re asking. Can you dumb it down for me? thanks ?

@Heart of Space You’re kickin ass bro. Makes me happy to see. ❤️

Love obliterates!!!!!! Sooooooo happy for you Leo!!!!!!! Soooo happy!!! ❤️