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  2. Mind does what it is supposed to. It projects the life just fucking enjoy, life is not to be problem to solve, it is beauty to live. Read here, final, mind comes and goes as world. don't focus on mind. Dont waste a life.
  3. Haha, especially true for before-&-afters of soccer players.
  4. That can’t be the reason. I come from a country where people drink natural tap water directly and rarely buy bottled water, yet girls there still tend to look older than their actual age. My country and continent is very natural
  5. Great videos!
  6. I liked it a lot, it's a really well crafted series. If you liked Predestination and time-travel theme in general, it's a must-watch.
  7. I agree that this isn’t entirely new. The difference is scale and intensity. A 13-year-old today has access to social media, beauty influencers, filters, editing apps, and makeup tutorials that previous generations never had.
  8. TikTok is definitely high up on the list.
  9. Yes
  10. Very true. I think Sweden and Norway are quite similar when it comes to this.
  11. I love you
  12. Interesting
  13. I believe there are enlightened people who still want to harm others. I don’t think realizing your true nature automatically makes you more loving or less corrupt. It may happen for many people, but not necessarily for everyone. In the end, nothing has any objective meaning anyway.
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  15. Love will kill you!

    Joseph Maynor replied to Dazgwny's topic in Personal Development -- [Main]

    I don't think at all times lol.
  16. "Just as the spider emits the thread (of the web) from within itself and again withdraws it into itself, so the mind projects the world from within itself and again withdraws it into itself." Isn't he saying here that the mind projects the dream? Or how do you interpret that?
  17. James123 Topic Starter James123 Member 5,777 posts Posted 14 hours ago · 14 hours ago, Grateful Dead said: So you believe that when the body-mind dies, the game simply comes to an end? And then what? No, I neither believe nor don't believe in anything. Beliefs, knowledges, experiences, feelings, thinking are function of the body. İf you say this is a belief, actually not. I move my hand and drink water. Same as that, I do not evaluate, imagine or assumption meaning of words, they are just what they are, that's all. Even reincarnation is a belief that's created via mind. When one deeply looks, it is inevitable not see nothing has never happened, only attachment to thoughts, that's all. Of course stimulation of body constant therefore, it is very hard to be always, yet in meditation, in bus, sleeping, when situation is not be solved via thinking or feeling (if the body stimulation is not constant) there is no life nor time for me. Do you see similarity? 😂 😂 😂
  18. @Grateful Dead this is exactly what I say. mind, body, existence, is all exist now, yet temporary, dream. What You are is always.
  19. This is actually really profound.
  20. So, he is saying mind is a dream, why are you insist? Lol You guys read, but mind understands the way to it want to understands 😂
  21. If perfect means sickness and death to you, then perhaps we simply have different definitions of the word. For me, it means indestructible, untouchable, eternal. So, if someone punches you in the face in your dream tonight, does that confirm the reality of your dream body for you? From my perspective, it only confirms the mind's commitment to projecting. Pain is the most powerful weapon the mind uses to limit itself as a body. Yes, the brain is merely a device that the mind uses to filter reality into a small, physical perspective. The brain is only matter in that sense, but matter cannot think; a kidney has no experience. I can also quote Ramana: "Just as the spider emits the thread (of the web) from within itself and again withdraws it into itself, so the mind projects the world from within itself and again withdraws it into itself." "The world is not external. Because you identify yourself with the body, you see the world as external. The world is but a form of the mind." "There is no world apart from the mind. In deep sleep there are no thoughts, and there is no world. In the wakeful and dream states, there are thoughts, and there is a world also." "The world is like a cinema film. The pictures are projected on the screen. The pictures come and go, but the screen remains. Similarly, the Self is the screen on which the pictures of the world come and go." All quotes from Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi and Who am I?
  22. I think you underestimate. I noticed the pun, death for me is true enlightenment. So I guess we both teaching the same enlightenment, appearing as both death and life.
  23. You didn't notice the pun at the end. I was hoping you would have.
  24. After a certain point you kinda just assume everyone is trying to tear your ideas down, but that's not always the case. Open-mindedness can be challenging. And yeah the literacy rate is absolutely plummeting, I think covid played a large part in making gen Alpha illiterate and education-resistant. Even if people have the basic foundations of intelligence, and are literate, ideology is the next barrier that most people will never surpass. Ideology and cultural bias is most of the reason why we even have wars and conflict.

  25. Love will kill you!

    ZenSwift replied to Dazgwny's topic in Personal Development -- [Main]

    I remember getting this insight on one of my trips: Reality is trying to kill you at all times.
  26. Okay.

  27. Spiritual Autolysis

    Spiritual Warrior replied to Spiritual Warrior's topic in Self-Actualization Journals

    Spiritual Autolysis Journal Entry #88~ Mon Jun 1 '26 ~ 2:35 AM Truth Must Exist Truth must exist. It just has to exist. But why though? Why can't there be no Truth to the universe, why can't it just be what it is without any inheritent truth whatsoever. Well, you have this thing, right? This thing, which is reality, thats what we're talking about here, this thing is a thing. How do you describe this thing? how would you describe reality? Try to describe it. I can't. Its too complex. And the reality is subjective, I'd be giving you my take on what reality is for ME, this finite being. Right, but its a thing, without your subjectivity, reality is something, is it not? I mean yeah reality would be here even if I wasn't perceiving it. Do you know that for sure though? No, I guess I'm just assuming. I mean when I'm sleeping, there is no reality. But in reality, there actually is because theres no lapse in my awareness. When I go to sleep, like when I actually fall asleep and lose consciousness, the next thing I experience is either a dream and then I wake up, or I just wake up in my bed. So theres no lapse in my experience of reality actually. I think thats the problem. I keep saying that reality is something out there, like its this material thing, but in reality, reality is right here, its right in front me and it can be explained by the sole fact that I am aware, I am conscious, I am present, I am here. Okay, good job. Now, what is reality, explain it to me. Reality is being aware, its being conscious, its this space in which a human being is able to be aware of what is going on around him. Its the little pocket that comes before the experience happens. And its sooooo damn slippery. Its so hard to grasp onto, but what is there to even grasp. Maybe I need to let go of the desire to grasp onto something, thats the mind trying to hold onto it. Its right there, just become aware of it. Go ahead, just do it... Much easier said than done. This is challenging work but I do feel the progress. Lets go back to the original question, so we understand that reality is right here, its whats right in front of me, and its not the content of whats going on in this persons experience, its the structure behind it, whatever the fuck that is. Its this little pocket that is very difficult to become aware of because of how often our minds are spewing out thoughts. Thats why meditation is so crucial. But yeah back to Truth, why does there have be Truth in this universe? Because again, reality is a thing, and for a thing to be a thing, it has to be made up of something that is true. For something to like really exist, which reality does, it exists, I am experiencing it. And as a matter of fact, reality is all that there is. I have no evidence that reality will end. Therefore itll go on forever and ever and ever. Now this reality that we're talking about, it is a real thing, its actually as real as it gets, you can't go any deeper, I know this, I've experienced it. If this right here is the real deal, then it has to have a true essence. What is that true essence, what is the True essence of reality itself. Its just awareness. I might thats it, thats what reality is. Its awareness. Everything is made up of awareness.... Hold on a minute.. I am looking at a statue of a duck right now, I am aware of whats going on, this is what reality is made up of... and its all that reality is made up of, therefore, that little statue is made up of awareness. But how does that make sense? I am staring at a physical object. A physical object that I can touch. Its a real thing. Yeah of course its a real thing, but is it a duck? NO of fuckin' course not, you made that label up, its not a duck thats just a fuckin word. But I dont understand how a physcial object can be made up of awareness. What else would it be made up of? You just said that reality is pure ever lasting awareness. Thats reality. That duck is within reality, therefore the duck is awareness. It was created out of awareness. And it exists in awareness and as awareness. See this is boggling my mind, how can I look at an object and say thats just made up of awareness. And what even is awareness. Awareness is what makes up the entire universe. Its what I'm experiencing right now. Do you think this actually a hand thats typing on the keyboard. What the fuck is a hand? That word has no metaphysical meaning to it whatsoever. Okay, well then Mr. Smarty Pants, what kind of metaphysical meaning does awareness. Ahhh... good question, it depends how you take it, if you take the word awareness at face value, yes its just a label exactly like the word "hand," but I am using awareness to point towards something. This something that I'm pointing towards is the make up of reality. But I can't explain it using labels. Do you see that? YOU have to become directly conscious of this awareness that I'm referring to and then you will realize that all of reality is made up of this one thing, which is pure awareness. And by the way, there are many names for this thing that I'm talking about, you could call it consciousness or nothingness, it doesn't even really matter, what matters is what the word is pointing towards. Sit on that for a little bit. The Ego (or the Dream State Character) It is important to go out into the real world because this is where your ego is going to show you his hand. Your job in this work is to become aware, to become more and more and more aware until the Truth slaps you in the fuckin' face. In order to do that, you need to see whats in the filing cabinet. What is the ego hiding in there. What is he made up, what makes him tick, what are his deepest and darkest secrets, what are his triggers, what are his fantasies, what does he want. Don't judge him, just experience him fully. And by the way, you are not in control of him. He is going to do what he does. So sit back and enjoy the show. There is a split within my mind: There is Ben, the clumsy, error- prone character who fucks up all the time and a fool of himself There is the Protectot, the wise and vigilant manager who has to micro manage Ben so that he survives the dance studio, doesn't look stupid in front of girls and pays the rent But don't you see, these two sides are me are two sides of the same coin. It is the same ego, it is the same dream character, these are just thoughts, but they are complex and intertwined thoughts and theyre more than that, they are a identity. Ben is dumb and clumsy but this is just one bundle of a self image. Theres another way in which he is cool and funny and competent. I feel that way sometimes, or he feels that way sometimes. And then you have this Protector, who feels different than the characters I just explained. It feels like he is on a higher plane, he's watching Ben, hes judging Ben, hes protecting Ben, making sure that theres a filter on before he speaks, making sure that he gets what he wants, making sure that people think highly of him. But this Ben isn't on a higher plane at all, its just more of the same, its another "thought bundle" but this one is judgemental as fuck. Its all the ego, and its not Truth. The ego is trying to play God here when he in "Protector" mode, but theres nothing he can even control. The protector might as well just sit back, grab some popcorn and enjoy the show that is Ben's life.
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