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@Feel Good What the hell are you on about? Stop monkeying around and go meditate!

I get withdrawal symptoms when I havent meditated during the day, feeling confused and restless, with alot of monkeymind. Been meditating daily for 7 months. As soon as sit down it goes away and i feel peaceful again. Anyone feel similar?

Wow...Thanks...That was an amazing explanation

@Nahm LMAO!!?

Maybe youll find something in the fear, go forth bravely!

Can you prove that this life youre living now is real? Where would you ground yourself?

Maybe you can write them? I’m not sure how easy it is to get in touch with them though. I dont have anything against people with mental disorders (thats a too broad of a term btw) I just understand that if you have an underlying issue with for example bi-polar depression you might feel great one day and then terrible the next therefore having to cancel your retreat. But sure if you have something to add to their policy then do that. Hope you succeed in that.

Why don’t you open your own meditation center where anyone can join? You can do that! Be the change! But dont be shocked if you run into some problems with your free for all policy.

I think calling someone enlightened is just a simple way of communicating with people who arent.

stop sitting on your cellphone when you meditate jk

Its like when you go on a rollecoaster ride and they say people with heart conditions shouldnt ride it, they dont discriminate against them its just that they have to be responsible if something negative happens.

@Aaron p You dont have to intellectually understand it, you just observe it until its clear what it is. Direct experience is very important here. If you want to conceptualize you could say; You have two modes of being, one is aware and one is thinking, when youre not thinking youre in one of your 5 senses, seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, smelling. When we meditate we focus on either of these and when we ”fail” to meditate we get lost in thinking again, its like youre trying to stay awake and keep nodding off. But you must see this for yourself. Good luck

What do you mean fit in skull?

Do you practice meditation daily? Start doing that, after about a month youll become aware of what the difference is.

What I feel like during self-inquiry, parts but no self?

A body exists with sensations and it has convinced itself it is an I. If you put a shoe on your foot how come you dont believe that you are that shoe? Its attached to you isnt it? Are you your hair? Your nails? Your legs? Keep deconstructing and eventually youll get to what you really think you are; a perceiver.

So now you know not to mess around with paranormal things. Keep your eye on your I instead.

LMAO!

Buddhist term! Superimportant topic for doing self inquiry, looking into body sensations and how they unconsciously form an ego and body image.

@BuddhaTree Yeah I’ve watched Leos videos, just wanted some other sources, with really direct practices,Leos Neti Neti video is really good and probably what i’ve made most progress from. Thanks for the tip! I’ll check them out EDIT : Did some inquiry just now and got a realization that there is noone experiencing sensations, sensations are just experiencing themselves. Hope to dive deeper in that.

I’ve realized •There is noone observing behind the eyes/in the skull •Body sensations isn’t evidence that I exist Anyone have any other practical tips for doing self inquiry i can use to deconstruct my ego more? Thanks

No enlightened black people? Mooji? Born in Jamaica?

@MarkusSweden Blacks are stupider than whites? So you mean i’m smarter than Obama? Wouldn’t you say you’re generalizing ALOT now?

@Guido What do you hope to get out of reading about the evolution of ego, I love studying it myself so i’m not bashing you or anything, i’m curious? Btw I think Leo will make a series about evolution soon, he has mentioned it before.