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You cant have consciousness without a brain. You cant have a brain without consciousness. The latter makes more sense to me.

In this case you can use the words interchangeably yeah.

ahahah Russells on natural DMT from his Yoga practice! dont you know!

Its a freaky phenomenon but I love it; unawareness is like getting whisked into a bubble of thoughts/images and then snapping back into the now. Thats the best description i got. and noones in control, thats the best part

Hahhaa!! Great!! youre on the right track! Try to keep this awareness throughout your day.

Its hard to say if youre doing it properly since Im not your mind but if you feel a sense of bliss afterwards youve definitely released some tension. I usually feel very goofy and chilled out after a good session. The most important thing is not calmness though, you will have meditations where you feel super antsy, the important thing is that you are aware of it. Thats all. Aware and awake. Are you directly experiencing the difference between thinking and awareness when you meditate?

Youre not ”becoming” Enlightened but you had a good and focused meditation which is a gift in itself. Youve developed some mindfulness skill.

Whats the difference? Not to refute. Curious?

I thought all you British were that intense! Nah I like his intensity, hes so damn quick! Its cool to have a well known celebrity that namedrops the godamn Upanishads! we need more of that

Who is aware of the thought that has that belief?

You want the answer? Youre gonna have to find it in your experience. If i say no then what? if i say yes! then what? you havent learned anything

It should be called Orange Friday

Dont go all Yellow on me!

Its a pretty long rant... I was listening to a chapter in Homo Deus where it talks about Daniel Dennett denying subjective experience and I was like ”fuck i need something to wipe clean this complete bullshit ive just heard” so i ended up at Russell... ps. I dont mean Homo Deus is bs just the Daniel Dennett bit

@Charlotte Shit my mindfulness isnt strong enuff, i missed that, i like his major point though

Haha i mean the concept! ”I was born and I will die”

What Is Life? Is There Even Such A Thing? Is Life A Concept? Egoic Life Vs Oneness/Absolute Reality? What Is The Life-Story Really?

Do you need a video to learn how to stop wasting time? Just stop wasting time and dont distract yourself with a video about not wasting time

@Roch I dont have a problem with weabos, i didnt even know about it until you mentioned it, if you want to dress up like a japanese cat then go for it, screw what others think, you decide what you want your subjctive reality to be like

Who is ”people”?

This requires some ”rationality”

Bacopa makes me feel weirdly sedated and uninspired... anyone feel this way?

Amazing... will follow your journal for sure

@Michael569 Amazing response! Got alot to ponder now