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@Nivsch It's hopeless trying to convince such people (strong right-wing Blue) because they will always project their own biases onto you or the model you're presenting. Because they are not aware of how their mind is working backwards from their conclusions. Their dogmatic position is that right-wing is superior to left-wing. This is held as an absolute. And they have no interest in questioning that. So their mind will do all sorts of mental gymnastics to have that look true for them. They will cherry-pick evidence and use whatever rationalizations are available in order to generate their conclusion. Of course left-wingers also do this to some extent because this is not a left vs right thing, but a fundamental mechanic of the ego-mind. But right-wingers do it a lot more precisely because they are less cognitively developed on average. Of course you are never going to be able to convince them of this, precisely because they are not open to it. There is no cure for closedmindness. "The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract." — Oliver Wendell Holms If everyone could be convinced of their bigotry and closedmindedness, half the world's problems would be solved overnight. The whole trick is that people are in denial about it. And what's worse they are in denial that they are in denial. That's just the nature of ignorance. It cannot help being ignorant. It is also almost always the case that such right-wingers have a very poor understanding of history. Right-wingers do not have an accurate historical understanding of Hitler, Stalin, nationalism, white supremacy, Marxism, capitalism, racism, civil rights, slavery, feminism, The Constitution, etc, and government in general. They are not interested in deeply exploring these issues other than as a way of justifying their pre-existing dogmas. Because the whole point of being a right-winger is that you have some position which you wish to defend out of a sense of fear of losing it. You have some position which you hold as absolute which is actually merely relative. This makes genuine inquiry virtually impossible. Such reactive egoic motives corrupt all inquiry towards truth. But good luck convincing a Blue/Orange right-winger of any of this. Of course the left-wing in also not immune. But still better.

@SQAAD Ultimately you are all things at all times happening NOW. One of those is your present human experience. Try not to think of Nirvana as somewhere or somewhen else. It is precisely THIS and NOW! But you ain't conscious of it.

@nowimhere Yeah, been there. Plugging can last as long as 1-2 hrs. Usually closer to 1 hr. You struggle to remember it because it is not a memory but the very present moment. So any memory of it will not be it. You can't capture Nothingness in any way. It must be located NOW, NOW, NOW. No symbols can be used.

It's a figure of speech. Don't take it too literally.

@Billy Shears I use that concept loosely. It's a tricky notion.

No, but I'm fairly sure it's possible.

There may be very radical posibilities of incarnation. For example, imagine incarnating as a demi-god being who can architect his entire own universe of lesser beings and look after them like an ant farm. Imagine if you could split your consciousness into a million lesser beings and play through all of them at once. Just a crazy idea It stops when you reach total oneness in all possible ways. Total God. And then you being again from the bottom. Don't take any of this on faith. It could be wrong as far as you know. I'm just throwing out some ideas to open your mind. Direct experience is king.

Trolls love being trolls. It's like their daily dose of drug. They love to be right, they love to be smartasses, they love to "own" others. It's their way of power tripping.

His teachings are top notch.

No I'm saying those people who agree with my teachings the most are devils. It's like with the most zealous Christians. They are not true Christians, they are Christians in name only, not in action.

You can only expect so much from a celeb gossip show. True happiness is a very radical and counterintuitive thing. Most people are not interested in it. If either of those men understood what true happiness is, their careers would be over. So it's not in their interest to understand it.

Guys, it's not complicated. The instructions are clearly laid out in the books. All you have to do it follow them and practice. Everything will fall into place with a bit of practice. When in doubt, re-read that part of the book. You should not be here asking how to find a chakra. It's clearly explained in the books. If you can't follow that instruction how will a forum post help you?

@Pernani Lol, what more could you want? Reading books and "scriptures" is also important.

@andyjohnsonman This is explained by the notion of a soul. A soul is an individuated unit of cosmic consciousness which holds data even if you as the body/mind disappear. All souls are still ultimately one so this doesn't contradict nonduality. It just means there are layers to reality you are not aware of yet. Don't hold your body as primary. Soul is primary, body is just a costume it wears. Think of yourself as a hydra creature. Each head is one lifetime. Any head can be lost and the creature still lives on.

All the practices you've been told: Psychedelics Meditation Self inquiry Concentration Kriya yoga Contemplation Solo retreats Dark room retreats Shamanic breathing Etc You just refuse to do them seriously. Precisely because they produce results.

I don't really say anything new. Most of these things have been written in various arcane scriptures which no one bothers to read for over 5000 years. If you care to understand reality in its fullest there is no getting around reading at least 200 books. You're not really serious otherwise. Your curiosity is too weak. If you really cared, reading 200 books would be a small price to pay to understand the whole universe. Yes, most people will never do it. Psychedelics are the next best thing. But most people won't do that properly either. The reason is: you don't really want to know the truth. It's not comfortable or easy.

You will do it gladly. With love. Don't think of it as being the same stuck on a loop. You can make new choices each incarnation. It's like playing a video game. Each playthrough is different. Life's not a movie, it's a video game!

It tends to be ever-increasing. It doesn't make such sense for Albert Einstein to incarnate into a kangaroo. That would be a step down. Consider the possibility that there are higher beings than humans that you can incarnate into after you've maxed out being human. Consider the possibility of an entire chain of beings which are not even physical or part of our universe

Religion is not created by the mystic but by his unrealized, unpracticing followers. It's not about me, it's about you! What will you create? Will you be a devil? Or will you actualize Godliness? Of course ego will come in and corrupt my teachings -- and all teachings. It cannot be otherwise. Wherever there is truth there is devilry not far behind. The devil will never allow a mountain of truth to sit uncorrupted out in the open.

@Shaun But you're also infinitely loving and infinitely selfless so you have no needs, including the need to be free of suffering and manifestation.

@tedens Nah...

You already have! You got bored with that and incarnated into a human. So here you are! And now you want to go back??? What's the rush? After you end all manifestation you will be bored and re-create your human self again a million times over. You'll keep doing this for infinity. The end of manifestation, beginning of manifestation, and the middle of manifestation are all ONE! There is nowhere to go because there is only one place in the whole universe: nowhere. And you're already there no matter where you are. Try as you might you cannot escape from yourself! Wherever you go, there you are! Ta-da!

LOL It will take you 10 lifetimes to achieve Sadhguru's teaching skills.

@Cody_Atzori If you want to take that approach, a better affirmation would: I am God. It could be helpful, but probably not enough by itself. You can't really shortcut the inquiry if you want to truly awaken. And telling yourself, "I am God" would only be effective if you had a few glimpses already of what God is. Otherwise you'll just be filling your mind with wrong ideas of God. The point is that you have to SEE in your direct experience that you are God/nothing. Believing it is not good enough.

I've got a vid called Masculinity vs Femininity. It's pretty good from what I can remember of it And also How To Be A Man Part 2. If Elliot Hulse is using Trump as a role model for how to be a man, God help us all. Trump is not a man, he's a man-baby. Don't be that. Watch my video above.