How did the ( Illusion ) the sense of separation start?

[cetus]

Fear creates the illusion of separation.

[Breakingthewall]

5 hours ago, Grateful Dead said:

believe that is a misconception on your part. The difference is that I do not perceive living reality outside of myself in the world, but deep within, at the core of being.

Maybe I imagine what Ramana maharshi what to express and I'm wrong, and I thought you meant the same thing.

For me, there are like two types of meditative states. One is being in the pure fact of being; it feels bright, expansive, perfect, and vast. The other is opening yourself to the depth of what you are. It feels deep, alive, connected, and sensual. I have the feeling that for Ramana Maharshi, only the pure being is important to him; the depth doesn't interest him.

[Sugarcoat]

How do you guys even meditate, when I tried it it’s like my body is screaming at me to get tf up and exercise or something instead, why you sitting still. Like it’s not the ego tension preventing me it’s the muscle tension. I can’t relate to these yogis, who just sit there, and not only their ego dissolving but their muscles too, double death. Guess I’ll not be enlightened in this lifetime 

Edited 7 minutes ago by Sugarcoat