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I am practicing acceptance. I have a hard time to accept some stuff at work, but I am changing that. And as @charlie2dogs says, being in the now, trying to be one with my true self or core being, essence, etc.

I am a graphic designer and I am beginning my own company.

Maybe this can cast some light on this topic: "The Buddha’s teaching of no-self is about letting go. Let go of our stories, or in short, our egos. Our egos think those stories bring us security, but in reality they act more like ill-fitting glasses that distort our vision. But at the same time, the teaching isn’t telling us to be passive and let the winds blow us around. It’s about being so completely immersed in and open to the present moment that we know clearly and fully what the situation is – including our own strengths and weaknesses. With that clarity of vision, we can choose to flow more in harmony with the way things really are by confidently relying on our known strengths, rather than fighting to hold up our version of a fool’s paradise." The whole article is here: http://www.wildmind.org/blogs/on-practice/if-there-is-no-self

That's true too... No one is perfect.

3, 2, 1... drop it!

Once think that I like about him is that he keep saying that you must be the master of yourself, that you don't need to follow gurus, not even him. Again, my opinion.

@Oneness I think what you are considering is very wise.

@stuck af The problem is your identification with your thoughts. It happens to all of us. I suggest you to do the mindful meditation, observe your thoughts everyday like 15 mins and if you can more do 30 or 60 mins observing your thoughts and trying not to get involved in them. Your mind will begin to create a "separation" between you and your thoughts. When a negative thought appear, you will see that they are not true. There's a very powerful energy in all of us, that includes you. Unlock that energy, be in peace and contemplation and your mental processes will shift and you will focus on the solutions and not the problems. Search for Leo's video about mindfulness, its really good. Let me know if you need any help. Hope you feel better soon.

Don't follow any teacher, all of them give "pointers". Listen your intuition and take what you think it helps and discard what doesn't help. None of them can tell "the truth". What I like about Jed is that he never takes credit for what he teaches and he just point you in certain direction, but it is always "our way" not his way. I don't think he's a bad teacher. But, that's my opinion.

Cool @Khin that's great. You must be learning a lot from him.

Cool guys, thanks for those additions. I just discovered a guy, which I read just some pages of one of his books and I realized he's an awesome master. I was mind blown with the power of how he points to reality in his book Open Secret. Wei Wu Wei is his name. He's a Taoist philosopher from UK (Wei Wu Wei is not his real name) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Wu_Wei

My condolences for you @Ajax Sorry to hear about your loss.

@Teags Maybe this can be of help http://www.uncoveringlife.com/enlightenment-what-it-is/ and this http://liberationunleashed.com/articles/awakening-vs-liberation/ one more: http://liberationunleashed.com/articles/classical-liberation/

I found an app with Enlightening Quotes here: http://liberationunleashed.com/enlightening-quotes-app/

I forgot to mention @Natasha , I checked the video you sent me and it's really good. Very helpful to understand a bit more reality. The optical illusions are impressive. Let me tell you that my brain must be very damage, because I couldn't see the dolphins for a long time lol... I just saw the lovers and it took me long time to notice the dolphins hahahaha.

@Natasha I am going every week, but I want to go at least two times a week. I took some pictures of the outside and some more of the buddha statue inside, I will post them tomorrow.

@Salaam @PeakPerformance this article explains better than me why we can't control thoughts or guide them. http://www.uncoveringlife.com/free-will/ I copy paste this part, but you can read it entirely. Really juicy article. "Commonly, the notion of “free will” means something like: To be able to have chosen otherwise. In other words, “I did this, but I could have done that instead.” But what does it mean that ‘I could have done differently?’ Let’s say that I chose vanilla ice cream. But I firmly believe that I could have chosen chocolate instead. I believe that the choice to take the vanilla flavour came from myself, that the choice was mine. Sure, I may have been influenced by external forces, but I alone ultimately decided whether I wanted vanilla or chocolate ice cream today. Right? But if the choice to take the vanilla was caused by me, what then caused me to cause that choice? There has to have been a prior cause; some force making me decide what to eat—whether internal or external—otherwise that choice to take the vanilla ice cream is simply indistinguishable from a random one. In other words, unless I decide to decide, or something decides for me, the choice is simply random. So, do I decide to decide? Of course not. Then we would have to admit another decision, one that decided that we were going to decide to decide, and so on ad infinitum."

What's meta positioning? and structural integrity of what?

@MartineF Cool, thank you!

I think we don't control our thoughts at all, because there's no one to control them. We think we are the thinker of thoughts, but that is just a thought.

@Natasha This is @Neill (brown robe) and me (blue robe) at Zendo NYC

@cetus56 Very interesting indeed. I have Eckhart Tolle "The Power of Now" and I want to read "Be Here Now" to compare both, but for what you are telling me it sounds they are quite different. I checked Steve Jobs biography and yes, that's the book he read. He also read Beginners Mind, Zen Mind by Suzuki and the Life of Yogananda, among others.

This book just came to me hehehe... "There is no one There is nothing and no one to get No one to receive a teaching No one to give a teaching That being said Who hears? Who reads? Let’s begin... " From the book "The Zen of Advaita" by Nisargadatta Maharaj

Yesterday the mind was doing a big attack, but I remembered all the posts here, specially this one @Ayla and nothing happened. I just stayed in my "being-ness" and all was great. The mind can go crazy, I don't mind. Lol Today I am beginning to notice that something observes the concept "I AM" Thanks!