Saumaya

Same, Ive almost stopped watching movies too. Unless I have nowhere to go with a friend, I'll go watch a movie i guess. I dont actually. My concentration skills are pretty normal, i dont see a need to improve them by meditation.

When the question disappears

Nothing is needed actually. It will happen automatically. This is interesting. Generally I get lost in the dream without ever knowing that there is such a thing as a dream, but sometimes I become very conscious that what I am living is a dream. Yeah you can. Ego is still there, but you dont mistake it for your true self.

1)The mind mostly stays generally empty or a distance is established between awareness and mind. There is no more identification with the mind. 2)The Body feels very light 3)The memories feels like only a heap of perceptions belonging to no one as there is no self left 4)The sense of self has expanded from being in the body to being everywhere 5)There is a natural flow to life. No more obstruction. 6) Continuously have to consciously pretend when I am talking to people. Consciously pretending generally goes on autopilot 7)The feeling of no self is like completely nothing being everything 8)Everything feels very ordinary and magical at the same time 9)Permanent death awarness 10)As the ego is not the self anymore, it is more adaptable and changeable 11)The questions have completely disappeared. There is no more seeking 12)Nothing is taken seriously. Life becomes a play 13)The only think I Know is I AM. Nothing is known other than this. Every other question can be negated as they are just based on assumptions 14)Total acceptance of the present moment. No more resistance 15) Free will seems to exist but belongs to nobody 16) Feels like Infinite Nothingness is all there is 17) Every moment feels fresh and new 18) SENSE of space and time are gone 19)There is no more existential suffering 20)Emotions come and go, you witness them without identification 21)An easiness or simplicity to life 22)Feeling like whole word is your home 23) No more psychological fear 24)A feeling of constant state of Samadhi without any high 25)Psyche is completely destroyed and then rebuild, it is like learning everything from scratch 26) Cannot confuse any belief for Absolute Truth 27)A feeling as if you were never born 28) A constant state of Happiness without being condition dependent 29)Always in a constant meditative state 30)Neurosis is not an issue anymore 31)The body still has needs but you don't identify them as your needs 32)A quality of grace and stillness has entered life 33)There is no need to make things right. Life is perfect as it is. Even if you do something to change something, life still stays perfect just like before 34)Nothing can effect you at your core. It is like a flame burning that cannot be extinguished 35)There is no ups and downs, life is like a gentle stream flowing 36)Everything unfolds seamlessly. There is no purpose to life but it is more like your purpose is revealed to you slowly 37)Beliefs are transcended. Truth is realised at a level beyond belief. A maya free state is established permanently 38) Unable to hate or dislike someone. It is not possible because the illusion of separateness has been vanquished completely

lol what happened to this thread while I was gone haha

I do experience bodily pleasure. Peace is not an issue, contentment is better. Unconditional happiness is contentment only.

What exactly do you mean by pleasure? Like when you fap you feel pleasure?

As i said in my post enlightenment thread: Emotions come and go but there is no one to be identified with them There is no psychological suffering Honestly I do have thoughts and emotions but I am so disindentified with them that I rarely notice them. I dont have any ups and downs. Even if I cry, I am not really crying. The disindentification comes with lifelong contentment. Even if I do have emotions, as they rarely come, the default state stays as contentment.

I dont need to. These authors seem interesting.

Got it. Can you recommend some books on vedanta and zen?

@Anna1 Nice! Are you calling a premature claim of enlightenment as enlightenment sickness? I agree that a truly enlightened person wont have this issue

Ego? Simple, ordinary and flexible. Personality may vary from person to person but they these three characteristics is shared by all people after enlightenment.

There is no such thing as enlightened ego. Before enlightenment, ego dominates one's experience in some form or other. Ego is you. After enlightenment, ego is dropped, there is no identification with ego because one realises their true nature. Ego is something that is automatically maintained. You do have some control of changing the ego but very little honestly. It is more like ego becomes very ordinary and flexible.

Self= attached Being= detached

Same, I am still in the phase. Its been 3 years for me. It is said it takes 10 years for complete acclamation. Had a similar experience Exactly Thank you, I appreciate what you wrote too

Yup, very beautiful

Interesting, never gave it a thought but infinite beauty feels like sister to infinite love

19)There is no more existential suffering 20)Emotions come and go, you witness them without identification 21)An easiness or simplicity to life 22)Feeling like whole word is your home 23) No more psychological fear 24)A feeling of constant state of Samadhi without any high 25)Psyche is completely destroyed and then rebuild, it is like learning everything from scratch 26) Cannot confuse any belief for Absolute Truth 27)A feeling as if you were never born 28) A constant state of Happiness without being condition dependent 29)Always in a constant meditative state 30)Neurosis is not an issue anymore 31)The body still has needs but you don't identify them as your needs 32)A quality of grace and stillness has entered life 33)There is no need to make things right. Life is perfect as it is. Even if you do something to change something, life still stays perfect just like before 34)Nothing can effect you at your core. It is like a flame burning that cannot be extinguished 35)There is no ups and downs, life is like a gentle stream flowing 36)Everything unfolds seamlessly. There is no purpose to life but it is more like your purpose is revealed to you slowly 37)Beliefs are transcended. Truth is realised at a level beyond belief. A maya free state is established permanently 38) Unable to hate or dislike someone. It is not possible because the illusion of separateness has been vanquished completely

There are a lot of signs actually. I feeling that you know everything there is to know. A permanent shift in experience. Living in Absolute Nothingness. Unable to locate your 'self'. Complete disidentification from thoughts. The biggest one is the quest for enlightenment disappears. I go in this thread about post enlightenment observations, hopefully its of help, check the last post too for more observations

Good point. Thanks

Yeah, exactly why I emphasised proper in "proper teaching".

Maybe not defending, but you do seem to indirectly say that they are right and legitimate. I don't know. I never feel a need to tell someone that someone else's teaching is right, unless its about some specific issue which I have a opinion on.

True, but initially, a proper teaching can be helpful

For example my main teachers during my journey were peter ralston, jed mckenna and ug krishnamurti. If someone says something against them, I dont feel a need to defend them, they dont need my defending. Teachers are boats to an island you want to travel to, once you reach the island, its time to abandon the boat.