Nahm

You can’t honestly be serious.

I think if you checked up on what God is doing right now, it would be this.

@willybilly30 lol!

@aurum Thanks! Great stuff.

You should start to feel benefits in weeks. If not, double check your techniques. But, do it for the ‘me time’, like, give a big “fuck off” to everything for a bit. There are no bad trips, and no unwanted effects from the practices. If it seems like it, keep going, and in hindsight, you’ll always be glad you did. You’ll have a broader vantage point & more clarity, and it will make sense. I’ve done practices daily for a little over twenty years. It has enhanced my life incrementally from being overweight & depressed, taking pills, a negative future outlook.. to healthy, fit, happy and just being present more. When you’re in that bind, where you question if it’s worth it (though, you already know it is) that’s when you dig deep. Or YouTube “motivation”. Lol. I’ll make a post on non duality and the basic of meditation techniques. Seems like a good time, forum wise.

If it works it works, but do nothing is a special thing, in that it reveals the extraordinary, so try that also. The bliss is already fully present. Can we just see it, is the matter at hand.

@Sevi @Charlotte Maybe consider more perspectives. Leo’s is his. Pick yours. It’s all one big deception / illusion anyways. It’s fun to uncover the authentic self, it’s deeply rewarding and liberating. Shedding the surface deceptions allows an ease of life. We can realize we’ve been creating our own stresses with our self importance. Let it inspire you. Resonate more and more with your god within. Remove the veils, reveal the beauty and joy.

@willybilly30 I am happy for you! Meditation is a great thing to bring into life. Focusing on breathing from the stomach works well - the thinking stops. Eventually, there’s more space than thoughts, it’s wonderful, and it’s so worthwhile imo. That ‘space’ is peaceful, even when life is turbulent. Try many approaches too of course, find what works best for you. Get your ‘money’s worth’ out of it by never missing a day. Makes a huge difference over time.

@Nathan Yeah. It’s really terrible, but then, kinda awesome.

@Annetta Beautiful!!!

@aurum What do you mean “if you know how to open her up”? Interest in where you’re coming from with that comment. Sensing there’s something there for me. Thanks man.

@Slade Your first post instantly brought me back to a memory of holding my daughter right when she was born. I remember thinking omg - so fragile, like hanging on to life by a thread, if I dropped her right now she probably wouldn’t make it. Weird thoughts, while emotionally there was a tremendous flood of love and purpose, and just being needed, just like that, instant and for the rest of my life. There was also this other emotion or epiphany of myself, like size, experience, knowledge...like the relative difference across the board between me and her - like I have every conceivable advantage imaginable, but all I want is to love her.

@saint_charming7 I mean it’s an inner game. Playing with my kids is my favorite part of the day. Meditating is my favorite part of the day. Picking out righteous bananas at Kroger is my favorite part of the day.

@Mighty Mouse @Faceless ?? Awesome convo. Thank you guys. Speaking of reality, gotta go to work now.

@Faceless Once experienced, all “if” statements become really pleasantly funny. I do not mean I am laughing at you or your words. I respect where you’re at. It’s an incommunicable change, and everything is light and funny as hell.

@Mighty Mouse Of course critical thinking would end there. That is why we must go beyond thinking.

@Faceless That is a great question, and phrased really well. IMO, it can’t be thought, that is why one must go very far beyond thinking to experience it. Then, after the experience...one would not question if it can be thought because they would be very blatantly aware all is taking place within what they are, as what they are would have completely changed. Changed in a sense that was not only unthinkable to them, but literally unimaginable. Unfathomable. So one can know what one really is, but can’t communicate it to someone what is even of the utmost in critical thinking.

@Mighty Mouse I experienced what I would refer to as unveiling / awakening, one day, a couple minutes into a regular morning meditation, after years of meditation, the Oneness just popped very out of the blue. But the experience of the absolute is like a quadrabillion times transcendent to the oneness - which btw, I am not trying to downplay at all. It’s beautiful and life changing in the best way on it’s own experiential note.

I agree. I would add that insight is a word that could be referencing the entire dynamic though. Do you differentiate between insight, epiphany, revolution, and ultimately absolute / God?

@Mighty Mouse Critical thinking is of the utmost importance in life. I am assuming you have experienced the absolute, and you are saying someone could ‘get there’ with critical thinking? Maybe I am misunderstanding you.

@Mighty Mouse yeah, but anything can be used to keep the mind’s status quo or expand it. Spirituality gets used like that too. I prefer to use all tools. It’s good to make a distinction between qm’s and science by and large. Topics like Schrödinger’s cat, superposition, entanglement, etc were very helpful to me. The brain topic is too tough (imo). Can’t think our way to transcending thinking. 99.9% of people will never get this without psychedelics. The problem is, if we’re in the thinking paradigm exclusively, then psychedelics seem scary as hell, so we badmouth them without realizing we’re shooting ourself in the foot. Pair that with a hurtful past we may be hanging on to, and the chances are slim to none. Brain & science paradigm life sentence. Still though, that person, even without the breakthrough, can certainly be present in the now, enjoy the isness, and live a perfectly happy life. Not me. Other people can do this.

@Mighty Mouse It’s all relative to where we’re coming from. Interest in quantum mechanics was a tool to open my mind up, inspired me to self inquire more realizing I am made of literally nothing. It’s not for everyone of course. Going within is the way, and all roads lead to the truth ultimately. Science is just inquiry of the illusion, I feel it can be very helpful in realizing what is not illusion. @SuperLuigi posted this, https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/12/what-makes-you-you.html, @star ark I thought you might find this useful / helpful.

@Crauli You’re aware of your aura. Congrats! Beautiful thing. If you’re in the mood for a mind blower, go get reiki with the bowls too.

If we’re intent on waking up, we can use all avenues, science is just one tool. There are some enlightened scientists.

@mohdanas Meditate in the morning. This experience was you falling asleep. No worries.