Blissout

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  1. Posted

    3 minutes ago, Ether said:

    im not saying its a fantasy, im saying he might have not reached enlightenment if he still has cravings (thoguhts)

    Yes I was talking about "other people" not you.

    I agree with you. enlightenment is completely the end of suffering, not to some degree, completely.

    Of course physical pain will be felt but who cares, not everyone gets beaten up on a daily basis

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    8 minutes ago, Ether said:

    Well, I havent reached enlightenment but if enlightenment means absence of suffering (happiness), then thats what happens ;)

    Non dualistic people are so funny. On the other self realization is the end of suffering, this is a fact. And when someone wants to get self realized to end suffering they tell you that's just a fantasy or whatever . 

     

    Sometimes I wonder if those people are right in the head 

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    4 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

    That's why it's called the Gateless Gate.

    Neo-Advaita has some good stuff in it, but it's also very flawed. People following Neo-Advaita are not likely to go all the way to the full depths of consciousness. Because consciousness is more nuanced and complex than Neo-Advaita leads us to believe. It over-simplifies things too much and can lead to Zen devilry.

    But there are dangers with every teaching, so... whatever.

    If Neo-Advaita were strictly right, why would any other teachings exist? Why would there be so many books written on this subject? Why so much complexity discussed?

     

    Ego entertainment 

  16. Posted · Edited by Blissout

    5 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

    This is just untrue.

    There are dozens of techniques which lead to nonduality/enlightenment.

    It's a mistake to assume that only one school or one technique has a monopoly on Truth. If that were really the case, everyone would be using that one technique and nothing else. The vast diversity you see in the spiritual marketplace bespeaks the multitude of paths up the mountaintop.

    As you do more research and experiment with diverse techniques yourself, you'll start to see this.

    I have done my research.

    Everyone who I consider genuinely self realized used the self inquiry practice and most of them in very little time it happened for them and a very very strong desire. and I am not just talking about those gurus you see out there, but just the average joe not marketing or selling you anything.

    I know plenty of people that have been strongly practicing breathing meditation for decades and none of them have realized the self, they have amazing experiences like entering jhana, hell even I used breath meditation at first and got into very bright lights entering a ocean of bliss and ecstasy and my mind would be totally disconnected from the external world. for years and dozens of time I have entered these states and none of them had any permanent lasting effect so to speak on me.

     

    And here I am more than 6 months doing self inquiry and my mind is more on the "non dualistic side" now.

    There is a sense of peace, bliss and love everywhere I am going (I am not going to claim this is permanent yet as it's not completely stable) however I see that even when I purposely don't practice anything the changes and effects are there.

    Seeing the self in everything is just wonderful, liberating as hell. feeling happy for no reason.

    Anyway like I Said this is my opinion.

    I don't believe object meditation to make the necessary changes in the brain for self realization to happen.

    Let's just say self inquiry have the highest rate to achieve this.

    I don't see this only in my self but also others who practice and practiced this.

     

    "It's a mistake to assume that only one school or one technique has a monopoly on Truth. If that were really the case, everyone would be using that one technique and nothing else."

    It doesn't work that way. not everyone is exposed and have done enough research to fall on the most direct practice and effective of them all.

    I myself have done a lot of other different school practices before. it's not that I didn't know about self inquiry it's just at that point of my life I didn't think much of it. people that tried to convince me that I should practice self inquiry I didn't take them seriously. which is really a shame because I could have made a lot of progress if I just have had listened to them.

     

  21. Posted

    12 hours ago, How to be wise said:

    In theory, yes. But it's impractical. We don't have the mental capacity to be mindful all the time. 

    You are limiting yourself.

    From the moment I wake up till the moment I go to sleep I am practicing self inquiry, and yes I have work and other shores to do and still able to apply it all the time with barely any distractions.

    So no more excuses. just do it!

    Formal sitting practice is important, but what about the rest of the day? you are going to let your mind wander again".

  23. Posted

    3 minutes ago, Shanmugam said:

    Once you have read the book, consider leaving a honest review about the book in Amazon. I will appreciate it very much. It will help me to reach more people. My main intention is to raise the awareness in bridging science and spirituality and in separating facts from myths..

    One of the forum users messaged me saying that he couldn't download it. If anyone has any problem, let me know. Also, you don't have to have a kindle device to read the book. Amazon has kindle apps for iphone and android. If you have android for example, just download the kindle app from playstore and search for the book title in the kindle app. You will need to create a free account in Amazon if you don't have one. Then you can download it for free until 28th November..

    Great book!

    I haven't read it all (I probably won't because I rather use that time for practice ;) )

    But kudos to you