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What is the BIGGEST obstacle for awakening?

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Yea ego... but what aspect of it exactly? Fear or attachment or loss of control or fear of death or ?

 

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Too many obstacles, and they are dependant on the individual.


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Whoever lives in love lives in God

And God in them

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not deciding 100% on transcendence.

Lack of earnestness.

Lack of purity of intent.

Same deal


''Not this...

Not this...

PLEASE...Not this...''

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  • Taking the concepts as the truth.
  • No reading of spiritual books/scriptures/no learning of the concepts
  • Attachment to a religion/spiritual school/community
  • Attachment to a practice
  • Spiritual bypassing of any kind
  • No practice
  • Thinking the practice is only for a specific time of the day
  • No metaphysical inquiry and self inquiry
  • Not allowing yourself to be
  • Resisting what is

 

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God is love

Whoever lives in love lives in God

And God in them

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@Monkey-man Having a closed heart will be a huge hindrance. A close heart will ground you in the body, which in contact with time causes suffering. Once the heart opens you'll realize your true nature as God or Spirit and it coincides with the death of the "I-thought". One could say that having an open heart is the key to the fifth dimension of consciousness. 

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The mind, thoughts, society, fear of death, lack of discipline, lack of concentration, closed minded and lack of emotional control 

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That which conceals what actually is: God. That is the obstacle which has to be seen through and transcended. 

 

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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why he can't see the light

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4 hours ago, Monkey-man said:

Yea ego... but what aspect of it exactly? Fear or attachment or loss of control or fear of death or ?

 

All the above and more.

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All of it xD


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Whoever lives in love lives in God

And God in them

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Getting stuck in metaphysics.  Not fully transcending the Mind.  Of course you also need to transcend the Ego and locate being as well.  But that getting trapped in metaphysics thing is a huge trap that I see all the time.

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I ate too much pizza today, my stomach feels bloated and is in pain. This is making awakening very hard. 


Hark ye yet again — the little lower layer. All visible objects, man, are but as pasteboard masks. But in each event — in the living act, the undoubted deed — there, some unknown but still reasoning thing puts forth the mouldings of its features from behind the unreasoning mask. If man will strike, strike through the mask! How can the prisoner reach outside except by thrusting through the wall? To me, the white whale is that wall, shoved near to me. Sometimes I think there's naught beyond. But 'tis enough.

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2 minutes ago, lmfao said:

I ate too much pizza today, my stomach feels bloated and is in pain. This is making awakening very hard. 

What is the nature of everything?  I think I'll have a slice of delicious pizza.  Zen.

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4 minutes ago, lmfao said:

I ate too much pizza today, my stomach feels bloated and is in pain. This is making awakening very hard. 

Pizza are clearly devil in disguise !


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Whoever lives in love lives in God

And God in them

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2 minutes ago, Joseph Maynor said:

What is the nature of everything?  I think I'll have a slice of delicious pizza.  Zen.

Pretty much lol

 


Hark ye yet again — the little lower layer. All visible objects, man, are but as pasteboard masks. But in each event — in the living act, the undoubted deed — there, some unknown but still reasoning thing puts forth the mouldings of its features from behind the unreasoning mask. If man will strike, strike through the mask! How can the prisoner reach outside except by thrusting through the wall? To me, the white whale is that wall, shoved near to me. Sometimes I think there's naught beyond. But 'tis enough.

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3 hours ago, FoxFoxFox said:

@Monkey-man Having a closed heart will be a huge hindrance. A close heart will ground you in the body, which in contact with time causes suffering. Once the heart opens you'll realize your true nature as God or Spirit and it coincides with the death of the "I-thought". One could say that having an open heart is the key to the fifth dimension of consciousness. 

How to open heart if heart is closed? Can I open heart before awakening?

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A restless mind


“You don’t have problems; you are the problem.”

– Swami Chinmayananda

Namaste ? ?

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