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@How to be wise Great thread ? To me, the past is 99% destroyed. I have almost zero identification with the past, but at the same time, I always learn from it, and I couldn't be happier.

@Nahm 100%

@David Hammond Okay, and thanks. One last question, what do you mean by "movement" here:

@David Hammond I want you to be more bold if it's required, please. If you see me deluding myself, please punch me in the face. The last thing I want anyone to do near me is play nice with my ego. But, I can't really see how I am clinging to old times, if you please could be more specific. And from my point of view, I see drama happening on other people's side, because I don't find anything of real importance. Correct me if I'm wrong. I asked here because I wanted to get help, not caressing.

That's what I also inspected. My realisations were always superficial, I don't feel them on a cellular level. I have a book from adya, "Emptiness Dancing", I haven't read it yet. I'll definitely read it after your recommendation. Thank you for the support, I won't hesitate to ask you if I need anything. @David Hammond like what? And also, isn't it a judgement from the mind that inquiring doesn't matter?

Hmmm, interesting! Do you have the answers to them? Or you just don't think about them at all?

@FoxFoxFox I'm still in the third month of my self-inquiry practice, and I'm not even consistent. All the questions that point to the present moment does not satisfy me, because I already reside in the present moment most of the time, my concerns are more about the future, the after life, etc... If these things are even possible to be known. Anyway, I'll go on with self-inquiry until something clicks. Thank you for your time. @David Hammond well, I don't know what gave the impression that there's struggle. In fact, I am fine. I just don't know. To me, this existential inquiry is what I do effortlessly, of course not all the time. But when I'm free, that's what I do, it's kind of a hobby, and I'm curious. @Winter ?

@fortifyacacia3 Agnosticism is kind of an ideology, you believe that you can't know anything. Spirituality is the empirical exploration of that claim.

@Dodo To answer this question, we must understand that intelligence does NOT equal IQ. Everything is intelligent, or else it cannot exist. There's intelligence in being, it's inherent. Intelligent = alive (not dumb, not dead matter). And as you inspired this thread's title from mine, allow me to mention that even though I know that everything is intelligent, I am still numb, and I don't care.

This I is a thought. Maybe all I am is a thought. But nevertheless, there's still a being that couldn't be denied, a perception, or an existence. And I am witnessing it from the inside. I'm not saying this to be stubborn, or to argue with or deny your advice, I'm just being honest with you. Please be patient with me.

@Winter Ha! The link you posted seems very similar to me, yet not the same. I was always interested in figuring out what is happening in this life, and I still am. I want it, and I honestly don't have a single dream to achieve in my life, I could work as a slave or stay with my family and give them all of my money, I don't really want anything out of this life. I care about existing, but I don't care about other people existing or not. To me, what frightens me the most is if I lose my mind (illusion of control), and and even saying that, I'm not sure that'll be the case. I became aware of a lot of the ways I used to deceive myself in the past in order to survive, and now I can easily manipulate those ways to serve my survival, which I don't care about a lot, I mean I care about staying alive, but nothing more (the quality isn't important to me, I won't go out of my ways to improve the quality of my life). @FoxFoxFox I mean with "I don't exist" what the average person means with the word "exist". Which is the location of me in the body, behind the eyes, somewhere in the brain, etc... And no, I've overcome depression in its worst cases, so I won't worry about it. This last part I don't quite understand: I know that I am, but that does not explain anything to me, or at least not like a super realisation or something. It's like very superficial realisation to me. I believe I am just a part of God, not the entire God. I don't know if I am immortal, I understand that this could be the case, but I don't know what will happen after this experience dies, this omnipresence thing I have never known what it's like, etc... I'm quite convinced that nothing really matters. Nothing is important.

@mandyjw Cool YouTube channel! On a more serious note, yeah, I did become aware of that law recently, it has to do a lot with closed-mindedness, which I was.

@Patang Life is the house of illusion ?

@Monkey-man have you considered that maybe you are crazy, and Leo is the sane one? Hey, by the way, every sage, saint, and prophet had been called crazy and possessed.

@Patang Amazing insights! Thanks for sharing. Moreover, the past and the future always happen in the now. Literally. Could anything happen outside of the present moment? No. Then that means everything is happening simultaneously, and nothing is happening at all. Mindfuck!

I like Leo a lot now more than ever, and I liked him so much even before. To me, he seems even more authentic, and that's enough for me to like someone. I'm so excited to see what's coming next!

@Raphael I agree, this guy @Shin knows no boundaries where to stop being sarcastic. No offence, my friend.

Very simple. The devil is the part (of God), and God is the whole. God contains all the devils ?=?

Are these your beliefs or is it the truth?

@mandyjw

Someone might die, of course, they certainly will. But everything will get destroyed, haha. Not possible!

Somehow I'm receiving this thread as a rationalisation of love. That somehow someone should think about it, like when someone abuses a child it's out of love, but the child can't comprehend or accept that, and therefore the child won't be able to see the love. But there's one step above, which is emotions and direct experience. When a child is abused, he/she will at least feel pain and emotional reactions, right? Well, that's exactly what love is. God loves us through emotions, every emotion is an incarnation of God's love. Every emotion is there to protect us, to keep us alive as egos. Try to feel in your direct experience that everything you feel is there to keep you safe, notice how your mind and body feel and work when dealing with trauma or stress, it's all love, it was all love.

You are aware, and the one who's aware must always be meta. What does that mean? When you ask yourself the question: "Who am I?" , and then you try to locate yourself in your direct experience, you simply just go meta on yourself. Okay, so what does that process do? That allows you to disidentify from anything that is not you (the idea of you for example), and simply brings you closer to your true self, which is awareness (the meta), and then you keep persistent with the question, until being meta becomes a second nature, and then you will know who you are. Some of the practical benefits of self-inquiry: True happiness, which is peace of mind. You gain control over your thoughts and actions. Making decisions becomes a lot easier and of more quality. Most of your problems will seem ridiculously simple. Positive emotions become deeper and stronger. Negative emotions become deeper and stronger as well, but you become more comfortable and peaceful with them. That was my experience with self-inquiry, and everyday things are getting clearer and better. I hope this thread will be useful to someone who is in need.

@who chit Thank you so much, I wasn't exactly aware of this aspect, right now I don't know what I am. You gave me a light and a way to walk, thank you