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@Koyaanisqatsi Thanks for taking the time to post this. Very helpful.

Meaning - it's what I create/imagine in order to prevent the realization that I am nothing.

Thank you @pluto . Namaste

Initially the ego may think that it has had this understanding, but as the understanding goes deeper, it is seen that the ego is just a self-thought (self-image) - ie, not something (someone) that can really understand at all.

I put a soft vertical pencil line (4B) in the margin by what I like and this can go up to 4 parallel vertical lines if I really like it . Then when rereading what I have marked up, I stick a small post-it poking out the top of the book on that page if I want to read more later, and there is a series of post-it colours too. The brighter the colour the more I want to re-read that page (in my system red is the highest). I find with this method I don't need to copy anything anywhere. With this system you can change the ranking of the pencil marks or the tabs easily.

This describes most of the human race. Do self-inquiry on it. Who has this condition?

@kieranperez Its not too late. I am 72 years of age and am currently reading A Course in Miracles. I am about half way through the Text and am getting a lot from it.

Any situation is in mind only. Now, the question is "which mind?" Is it in your little mind or in big mind, and is there really any difference?

Noticing that you have gone unconscious is becoming conscious again. The mind chattering away is not a problem as long as you are aware of it, what is a problem is you becoming involved in it and thus losing awareness.

What do you mean by "totally unconscious"? Do you mean distracted or not aware of anything? After watching breath for a while it is natural to not notice it - nor anything else; this is not that you have gone unconscious it is rather pure consciousness.

Unless I am mistaken, I was addressing the situation that KP thinks he is in. I was trying to say something more fitted to 'the situation of KP' rather than some absolutist jargon. Awareness already knows what it is. It is thought that can hide this.

The motive is always coming from the situation thought thinks it is in.

You wake up to the fact that this is a dream, it exists in and via thought/imagination. You can go into (be in) the dream consciously ie, you can consciously think/imagine you are here rather than unconsciously, ie, unconsciously think/imagine you are here.

You are seeing this as an all or nothing scenario. IME this is not the case. You rather find a way that does not force (manipulate) yourself to do things that you do not want to do, nor be what you do not want to be. This is essentially moving away from fear/anxiety to love/authenticity, from manipulation of yourself (falsity) to being your natural self (authenticity) - via small steps. Vigilance is required. Now, you may not know quite what you are moving to for quite a while, but that does not matter. What matters is the direction, what you are moving away from. You could say this is moving to a sweet spot similar to the one you mention.

How can you/I be mindful 24/7, ie all the time, when true mindfulness is prior to time. As far as I can see, if you/I are in time that means you/I are not being mindful.

Mind wandering does not perpetuate the I-thought. What perpetuates it is thinking about yourself. Watching the mind go where it goes and not getting involved is being mindful aware. How do you know it wanders if you are not aware of it? I think you mean that you get involved in the mind, in thought, and thus you get lost in the wandering of thought. And yes, that is not being mindful, aware.

Emotion is caused by specific thought. Eg, if you persistently think negative thoughts about yourself that thought will keep making you depressed. Or if you keep thinking of a rejection you will naturally continue to feel rejected. Same with loneliness. Watch what you are thinking.

The gap in your thinking is the answer.

The I that thinks it can find peace, the I that stops thinking, the I that feels threatened - That I is also a thought and thus part of the loop you talk of. That I is only what you think you are, it is not what you actually are outside the loop. You are not a self-image, a thought of what you are. You as you actually are cannot be defined. The stress, the tension, is the very splitting (fragmenting) or defining of yourself via thought. And once you (undefined) go into thought it is endless - you find yourself in endless situations - all situated IN thought. No it is not all thought and no belief is not the answer. Only everything other than awareness/nothing, ie true-you, is thought/imagination/belief. Stay as this nothing and observe the world of thought - the world we all think we live in. You are not actually in that world, you as awareness/nothing are merely observing it. This world happens by itself.

@kieranperez Your real desire has been granted, you are nothing. Now, don't spoil this by thinking - thinking you are something somewhere. This is surrender - there is no practical level left to surrender - the world is now unfettering, surrendered, set adrift, not involving you as nothing - it is all going on and you as nothing are simply observing it happening as it happens. You were trying to get to this unsuffering 'place' via thought. That would never work - as you can see now that you are not anything. That world (the world we all think we live in/on) is composed entirely of thought/imagination. One step out of that thought/imagination and now there is simply awareness of it, not involvement in it. Oh the loveliness of this. With best wishes,

Thanks for pointing that out @Nahm

@Pure Imagination Perhaps you are seeing that your name "Pure Imagination" is everything other than awareness... Previously your were identified by imagination/thought, but now you are most certainly not. This whole world we think we live in/on is total imagination/thought/belief/dream, and a very compelling one too as you have noted. Best wishes,

You're right. I guess the mind will reform itself while this recognition persists. I just wish that the thoughts that I, awareness, am aware of would be less compulsive Yes, initially you have to 'hold onto' awareness as the 'compulsive thoughts' try to compel you to be identified by them. But you now realise that you cannot really be defined nor confined by thought so you need to assert that realisation. And yes, wishing that thoughts would be less compulsive is just another thought to watch and not be sucked into. Vigilance is important.

Whatever arises, you, as awareness, are simply aware of it. Whether thought, action, confusion, whatever arises you are simply aware of it. You are not defined by any thought.

@Pure Imagination If you look closely you will see that the tasks are doing themselves, eg, making bread, getting the shopping, doing an arithmetic calculation, deciding what to have for dinner.... 'You' are only a thought about yourself that occurs from time to time, but you are not doing anything despite thought occurring that says you are.