BlessedLion

University Of God

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Attaining God is the highest and most complex human aspiration, in my opinion. 
 

I was just thinking how wild it is that there aren’t legitimate universities for this. If you were planning to become a doctor, wouldn’t you want the best material, highest quality teachers, and testing to assure your confidence and success. 
 

How weird (and frustrating) is it that to find God we must sift through the seemingly endless array of bullshit and confusion? For the most important thing! 
 

Some fall into the trap of religion early and spend THEIR WHOLE LIVES under that delusion. Or Zen, they just follow Zen and never awaken to Love. I’m thankful for Leo as this channel has served as my university in many ways. But still, he’s wrong sometimes and has bias, it’s not efficient as a proper University would be. 
 

I hope the future generations have this. 
 

Also if you’re going to say an ashram or something, still, they usually have their own bias and dogma and aren’t regulated for efficient results. You can fuck up big time by going to the wrong ashram 

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This whole life is an Awakening University... following any so-called "spiritual teaching" is simply the equivalent of breaking open the professor's cabinet and snitching the final exam answers.


Why so serious?

 

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It is difficult to do a university of awakening because almost nobody is awake. Awakening is erasing all the fear that  creates the separation and merging with the infinite now. this cannot be taught. all teachings are false, they mean nothing. Only you can find the way. is exclusive to you. only your desire for the truth will lead you there. 

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Everyone goes through the same graduation ceremony, but does it really matter what their major is? Some people are science geeks, some study theology, some are athletes, some express themselves through art, and some philosophize. What matters isn't what classes they take, but whether their major meets their unique characteristics and circumstances.

I see spirituality as five primary paths, but there are countless varieties and combinations of each path. Using the analogy of hiking up a mountain to the summit:

  • Hatha (physical yoga) is applying brute force to move upward in any way you can, without worrying so much about the intricacies of the path. It is calming the mind through physical yoga and spoken mantras, and is the slowest path.
  • Raja (meditation/renunciation) is moving upward by deliberately pushing against the rocks beneath your feet. It is moving away from thoughts and mind attachments, toward freedom.
  • Bhakti (devotion) is clinging to the rope and climbing, while someone above you helps to pull you upward. It closes the distance by moving toward the radiant absolute in a realized other.
  • Karma (selfless action) is laterally traversing the cliff, to help someone on the same level as you, and then climbing together along the gradual ascent. It is realizing the absolute through service, by seeing the same essence in yourself and others.
  • Jnana (knowledge) is the pure realization of remaining still, clearly seeing yourself already at the summit, and teleporting to the top. It is direct inner inquiry, and is the fastest way, but also the most rare.

Just because God loves you doesn't mean it is going to shape the cosmos to suit you. God loves you so much that it will shape you to suit the cosmos.

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7 hours ago, Bazooka Jesus said:

This whole life is an Awakening University... following any so-called "spiritual teaching" is simply the equivalent of breaking open the professor's cabinet and snitching the final exam answers.

Haha ya. Without that cheat sheet you can consider yourself fucked unless you’re given immense grace

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7 hours ago, Breakingthewall said:

It is difficult to do a university of awakening because almost nobody is awake. Awakening is erasing all the fear that  creates the separation and merging with the infinite now. this cannot be taught. all teachings are false, they mean nothing. Only you can find the way. is exclusive to you. only your desire for the truth will lead you there. 

Agree and disagree. You’re right that the individual has to remove their fears and merge themselves, but it can absolutely be taught and facilitated by mentors and teachers.  Teachings have immense power without which you would still be a slave to societies programming

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1 hour ago, Moksha said:

Everyone goes through the same graduation ceremony, but does it really matter what their major is? Some people are science geeks, some study theology, some are athletes, some express themselves through art, and some philosophize. What matters isn't what classes they take, but whether their major meets their unique characteristics and circumstances.

I see spirituality as five primary paths, but there are countless varieties and combinations of each path. Using the analogy of hiking up a mountain to the summit:

  • Hatha (physical yoga) is applying brute force to move upward in any way you can, without worrying so much about the intricacies of the path. It is calming the mind through physical yoga and spoken mantras, and is the slowest path.
  • Raja (meditation/renunciation) is moving upward by deliberately pushing against the rocks beneath your feet. It is moving away from thoughts and mind attachments, toward freedom.
  • Bhakti (devotion) is clinging to the rope and climbing, while someone above you helps to pull you upward. It closes the distance by moving toward the radiant absolute in a realized other.
  • Karma (selfless action) is laterally traversing the cliff, to help someone on the same level as you, and then climbing together along the gradual ascent. It is realizing the absolute through service, by seeing the same essence in yourself and others.
  • Jnana (knowledge) is the pure realization of remaining still, clearly seeing yourself already at the summit, and teleporting to the top. It is direct inner inquiry, and is the fastest way, but also the most rare.

I love this. Great analogies! Where do psychedelics and contemplate fit in? 

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Just now, BlessedLion said:

Where do psychedelics and contemplate fit in? 

Psychedelics are climbing up the mountain and falling back, ad infinitum. Just kidding, psychonauts xD They do have a place for some people, and have been used in various forms for millennia, but the insights are insufficient for remaining awake until they are integrated. The same can be said of other spiritual practices.

Contemplation is common to both Raja and Jnana. With Raja, it includes meditating on a particular insight, allowing it to arise and deepen without interference. With Jnana, contemplation is proactively and solely directed toward the core insight of absolute realization.


Just because God loves you doesn't mean it is going to shape the cosmos to suit you. God loves you so much that it will shape you to suit the cosmos.

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spirituality is

how many times a day can you stop in your tracks and say wait, this here is all just some paint being sprayed on a canvas

until such time as it becomes your default vision

you don't need a university, you don't need a teacher, you don't need religion, you don't need a book

stop will you?

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The intentions might be good, but I don't see how you would keep these teachings from devolving into blind religion, just like has happened in the past with different, presumably enlightened sages and teachers. One person gives their knowledge to the next and they pass it on again and eventually you end up with people believing all sorts of religious stories about heaven and hell, God being a judgmental asshole, and jesus christ being the sole personification of God, but NOBODY else!

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23 hours ago, Moksha said:

Psychedelics are climbing up the mountain and falling back, ad infinitum. Just kidding, psychonauts xD They do have a place for some people, and have been used in various forms for millennia, but the insights are insufficient for remaining awake until they are integrated. The same can be said of other spiritual practices.

Contemplation is common to both Raja and Jnana. With Raja, it includes meditating on a particular insight, allowing it to arise and deepen without interference. With Jnana, contemplation is proactively and solely directed toward the core insight of absolute realization.

 Nice. I’d agree. Thanks!

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14 hours ago, gettoefl said:

spirituality is

how many times a day can you stop in your tracks and say wait, this here is all just some paint being sprayed on a canvas

until such time as it becomes your default vision

you don't need a university, you don't need a teacher, you don't need religion, you don't need a book

stop will you?

Without guidance or teachings you’d be absolutely fucked and lost in survival. Don’t act like you’re smarter than that 

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11 hours ago, DefinitelyNotARobot said:

The intentions might be good, but I don't see how you would keep these teachings from devolving into blind religion, just like has happened in the past with different, presumably enlightened sages and teachers. One person gives their knowledge to the next and they pass it on again and eventually you end up with people believing all sorts of religious stories about heaven and hell, God being a judgmental asshole, and jesus christ being the sole personification of God, but NOBODY else!

Yeah… that’s def a risk 

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