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That pretty much sums it for me also. I love you what you said. I'm not making any claims about how realized or not I am because it's all relative. I will say though that where I'm at now is all about staying in the connection and synchronicity. I'm there around 80 - 90 % of the time. I go weeks without noticing any resistant thought. I do love everything. It's on ongoing joke from my friends about how everything always works out for me. It has taken a very long time of aligning mind & body to get here. A weird thing is that the less ego and more connection, the more things just work out great, but the greater the things that works out, the greater the temptation to go back to ego. I'm getting good at staying connected and want to understand the more finite details. I'm always looking for beliefs I can become aware of and let go, trying to increase awareness of when the ego is about to come back. What is the next phase? Any experience there?

I think the root of the word sin meant more to speak ill of one's self, and then was morphed or hijacked by religion. Although, Moses was onto something great if we connect these dots: 1 Moses said God's name is "I am" 2 Moses wrote the commandments that defined the 'sins'. Perhaps the original intention was not to do those things because of the emotional hell we would inflect on ourselves? A good general rule would be not to have any negative impact on others, negative as in unwanted. Which is easy if you never speak or think ill of yourself. Only you can decide your morality. Some people insist they bear no responsibility for their past actions because it was destiny. I myself feel that I make choices and bear the responsibility for them. In the end, we only have to live with ourselves in this life.

@PetarKa The good news is you made it to earth somehow. The harder news is, if you're going to progress academically & get proper time in on your PD, and hold a job - you'll have to motivate and focus yourself. We all face this. It helps to see that no one is forcing you to do anything. I chose to do all of that when I was your age. I'm glad I did. It's not easy though, not at all. The more you can get yourself to a place of enjoying all of it, the easier it will be. It takes time.

That's a great question. Maybe if being serious feels good, it's good. If you're being serious and it feels bad, you're probably being slightly to hard on your self. Focus is helpful, but serious might mean you need a break or vacation because you've been focusing intensely and progressing for a long time, which is great.

@Loreena I like it. Funny thought, how when we pay, we get change. Go Beibs! Also, if I said that was ludacris, it'd be a little offensive, but very accurate.

@OhHiMark Awesome. I don't get any of this stuff. Compassion feels good to me also. Have a great day man.

Sorry for the CAPS, it just helps the response stick out. The thing you are missing, is seeing beyond the illusion that we are all in one reality. The uniqueness of an individual is unimaginable. But, what you're doing here, trumpeting something, or anything, is really the only way to discover the illusion, so keep it up! Maybe people will try your advice and find that they feel better eating meat.

@Everlast IME, fat in food (sugar, carbs, bread, noodles, etc) becomes of course fat in the body. Additional weight on the body is directly the same as additional weight in the mind, resulting in an almost total loss of the physiological sensation of clarity, which all else is chosen from. I have clarity because I don't eat that stuff. I do however, love that other people do. I appreciate the variety, and I can't even imagine how competitive the world would be were it not for fat. We are where we are.

@Zingo Made any progress on this particular inquiry?

Try to figure out how you attracted them in the first place. See they aren't "negative", that's a judgement you created. They just are where they are. Offer compassion if you are in a solid place. Otherwise, move on, they're fine.

@100rockets I feel that I was once where you are. I lost all sense of purpose, I lost all sense of even my own senses. Total LOST. I had absolutely zero to look forward to and nothing to appreciate. Death was attractive relative to where I was. The thing you have to have a little faith, reason, understanding in - you have no idea what the rebound or bounce is. I did not know how this worked when I was in that place, so admittedly, it's easy for me to say now, in hindsight - but OMG if only I would've known about this then!!!!!! What we experience constructs us. IMO there is a reliable universal law that says however bad it is now, it will be equally good as a result of it. Hang in there or you'll miss the miracle!!!! Try getting away for a few days. You will likely get some perspective. Also, seeing the "lie" is a gift. You are liberated. If it's all a lie, now you can do anything.

@Christian I agree with that. Good stuff thanks. Philosophically maybe, is happiness itself a plateau? Like, how would one know, if they're really happy all the time, if there is more beyond the plateau? Maybe only death / total oneness & liberation I think.

The thing that keeps one thinking they are anything other than everything, is the ego.

@Fitful Just a rando shot from an arbitrary angle, might help might not. If you try the method of saying, "my fear actually derives because there is something I keep doing that I consciously say I don't want to keep doing --- or, me fear actually derives because there is something I consciousness you want to start doing that I am not". I know this is not how we traditionally 'look' for fear, but I have had my biggest breakthroughs for this. When I star or stop, I Altman more with the intention of the higher self, which by default, in hindsight, leads me to laugh about my previous "fear". Food might be a reference point for you, having gone vegan. Food gave me a lot of stress but then I stopped eating sugar, meat, carbs, etc and started eating veggies, etc... ALL negative emotions relative to food just evaporated. Gone. Maybe excercise is next for you? Total guess. Best of luck and love you hair! @SLICKHAWK That looks sooo good!

Bonaroo is awesome. Can't beat the love culture there. EVeryone is very positive and kind. Fuck Kanye.

@rush IMO, you mixed detached and satisfied. They don't work together. Satisfaction is the result of having something you felt attached to. Detachment includes detachment to satisfaction, as it's the root desire of attachment. Desire and attachment are fine, if you can get to the place where they are fine. We're all working with connotations.

@Alex K Some people just aren't satisfied with repetition. Myself, I like delegating, public speaking & singing, no issues with excercise, health, meditation, etc. But I do, however, HATE, turing lights on and off. Meant with some homour.

LSD distorts reality, but that's the fun I suppose.

Happiness. (And dirty kinky sex)

A little far for me but I appreciate the share. Love Campbell!

I think there's a turning point when we realize we are creating our life, so from then on we actually are creating our life. That is an amazing feeling.

@egoeimai Can you elaborate?

@Lorcan Don't do anything violent. You just end up regretting that.

@Lorcan wow. That's lofty. Godspeed. Get a law degree. Watch Where to Invade Next. This is a cause you might need to be willing to die for. That's one serious rabbit hole you're looking into. They don't fuck around. However, I believe you can it.