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I myself am not fully awakened. I just understand awakening in theory. Or, you can say I'm awakened at the level of the mind. So, I still have a lot of work to do. You're welcome! ☺

Nothing, they come out of nowhere, but they probably come blended with thoughts about the future or the past, and thoughts come out of nowhere as well.

There's no perceiver. There's nothing perceived. The perceiver and the perceived are the same thing. Of course, to you that's just another story. If you want to verify it, do self-inquiry.

@nistake It's mostly a leadership issue. Search for how to become a leader.

Great! I wish you all the best! If you find value, then keep it up.

We think so, but 'is' it so? Why do you think that there is something called awareness? Have you ever seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched it? Could it be just an assumption? Why do you think that awareness is something other than the "objects"? It sure seems like this, but how do you know for sure? What if they are not-two but rather One and the same?

@andyjohnsonman Also, there is a basic assumption that you forget to question, and that is the subject-object duality. We think that there is someone who perceives and something that is perceived, by the same realisation that you have (everything is a thought-story), you will see that this assumption has no ground whatsoever, and only one thing really exists, which is 'you'.

Exactly, that's when direct experience comes in play. For example: if you look at a red apple, the colour red is your direct experience, you don't need to think: oh, this is an apple that has billions of cells and more billions of atoms, it reflects the light at some certain wavelengths to produce this colour experience. You just know that you are experiencing it, without even labelling it. We don't need language to experience anything. Likewise, you can observe your inner mind, the thoughts and the sensations, without having to think about them. Just observing them, that's what meditation basically is. Don't worry about the stories, they're only here to motivate you.

The one experiencing the illusion must be the truth.

@andyjohnsonman Realisation happens at a higher level than language and thoughts. All of these concepts are stories to get you motivated to do the work. So, do the work.

You look in your direct experience in the present moment. I look, I ask: do I know anything? I answer: of course not. And so, there's the direct experience of not-knowing. Of course I don't know.

@Shaun I believe no verbal answer is going to help you. You need more practice. But I wonder, why haven't anyone pointed out that making videos is part of Leo's survival? Leo is not an angel, he's just a human being with survival needs. Notice how people can worship their teachers, even though the teacher does not want them to do that. @Shin @Joseph Maynor you're projecting at each other.

No, it's not a thought, unless you let it become

And yet, you seem very sure about that. How do you know?

@theking00 Ironically, the answer would be a self-deception as well. Self-deception is self-deception.

@Recursoinominado Just be open and receptive all the time, and insights will find their way to you when you need them. Insights are everywhere if you know how to look. All you have to do is collect what comes in your way.

@mandyjw I can't think of something that is not a concept, that's what thinking originally means. If I think of nothing, this "nothing" becomes a thing, a thought. I know what you're pointing to, but I'm implying something more nuanced, which cannot be pointed to.

@Tistepiste Consider that maybe you are already accepting everything without you even knowing it. Sometimes resistance is acceptance. Maybe resistance is exactly what you need right now. Give it a thought.

Not possible. I always am in the now. You see? I still am the same, whether I identify with the illusion or the now. The content changes all the time, but what does not change?

Suffering also happens in the now.

@Neorez Just be aware of your thinking process. And instead of asking this: Try to ask yourself: why do I want anything to be some other way? Why not accept everything as it is? Whatever makes you feel depressed, question it until the end. And remember: it will pass, it always does. I'm no master myself, but I hope that helps you.

@Tony 845 What else do you want enlightened people to do? That's what they're good at, and they probably enjoy it. Enlightenment does not mean you're going to live in a cave for the rest of your life. I mean it could be that, but it doesn't have to. I suggest you stop hitting around the bush, and do some more work.

@Neorez I like Jed MacKenna. He is one of the most straightforward people in this business. Don't worry about anything right now, it's normal to feel depressed as you uncover your delusions. You will get used to it (just like you were used to be deluded), and it will pass. God is paradoxical, It does not make any sense, but at the same time, It does make all sense. Keep meditating and self-inquiring and other practices if you have already started. And if not, start at least with meditation. And breathe...

@saffron Why do you think there's something to be done? You see how sneaky the devil is? Nothing happens, you're exactly right at where you began, only with the realisation of your own selfishness and everyone else's. Keep it up.

@Tony 845 What if knowledge is the illusion?