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@FoxFoxFox I don't think so. Some think it's adyashanti, but his style is too different. I haven't been able to find who it is. Guess it also doens't matter who he is or she who knows.

@mandyjw If you're creating it, it can't be THE THRUTH? If it's not what you want it to be and you want to change it you're again deluding yourself in molding reality to somehting you want. How is this different than what everybody is doing conscious or unconscious?

@Preetom Does this come down to knowing without knowing? Don't know how else to say it.

@Jkris Write something that is true. Begin with a statement you belief is true and then write down all the things you have to suppose are true for it to be so. Do this until you're left with something that is THE TRUTH.

@Preetom I'm trying to figger out why we all have an ego, and then we seem to want to get rid of it. Why is it there in the first place? What's it purpose if it only creates suffering?

@Shin You ask me if I ever experienced death. But I don't get why not having experienced death means that death doesn't happen? Or did I misunderstand what you were trying to say?

@ShinI don't get where the notion of non experience means non existent comes from? @Preetom why is there an ego seems like a hassle?

@Jkris Jed mckenna is an alias, no body seems to know who the writer is. @Dumb Enlightened Existence is weird!

Death

@Shin guess that's what the fear of no self boils down to?

@Shin Because the price is everything and I'm still attached to it, or thats how it feels. Why pay everything is there is nothing after, why not ride the ride and pay when you die.

@Nahm I actually didn't know what his first book was about. I kind of stumbled upon it as an audiobook. I want to be the real me, i've been wearing masks that I don't like. But who or what that real me is, haven't experienced yet. @luckieluuke I don't think I even understood half of what Jed is talking about but yes it was an eye opener. And yes my ego is hating it every step of the way. I'm now listening to his third book, where he talks about spiritual adulthood, and I can feel myself hoping that that is something less scary than the enlightenment he talks about. It's a strange thing and I guess it will stay that way for a while.

@Truth Addict I was pretty ok until I started writing what I was thinking, so I'm seeing how his spiritual autolysis works. It just feels like getting pulled in all directions and but not moving anywhere. I'm trying to meditate on a daily basis and doing self inquiry. I guess I'm trying to find solid footing again, but thats no longer there, it never was! Why is god paradoxical? Because he, it, whatev has to be everything? Damn you Jed!!!

@Shin Do you mean as a spiritual practise or just in general? I'm just a bit lost. I don't know what to belief or to do because everything you do or belief seems to be just a way to take on another roll instead of letting go of one. I want everthing to be true,to believe that there are such things as old souls,twin flames and everything spiritual, but to me it sounds like a lot of bullshit, just more concepts. But then again is there some truth in them? If there is nothing to belief in what is there to do? Do I delude myself if I just choose something? I don't know if I make any sense.

Hi there, I've been meditating and doing personal development for more than a year now, so i'm still pretty new to this. I've been listening a lot to the talks of Alan Watts. One thing he speaks about is death and that after you die it's the same thing as before you were born. A few weeks ago I had this knowing that I couldn't die, that my my body will die but that,because we are all one and other people will be born after we die ,that there will always be one experiencing life. Basically I can feel that this is the case but I can't explain it. Now then I hear a lot of spiritual seekers about the idea that if one dies you shed the body and move on to another of their choosing. This to me sounds like a duality. They speak about a higher self and being an immortal being but where is the oneness in all of this. To me it sounds like they have upgraded their ego's to identify with the higher self but remain separated. I hope I explained my self as clearly as possible. As I said I’m pretty new to this and my experience with spirituality is still limited. Can someone clarify this for me?

@ivankiss Thanks,that makes more sense, at least conceptually for now. Hopefully in time they will experientially.

@who chit Thanks for your answer. Although I'm not at a point to understand what is said, if it can ever be understood. I'm not yet as comfortable with paradoxes as I should be. I had a feeling that what I experienced was only the beginning of the rabbit hole. @ivankiss It sounds like you remain an individual and at the same time you don't? Am I looking in the right direction? I know it's hard to put into words that which can not be talked about. Any tips on how to proceed with my practise? I feel like I'm at a wall and need to break through.