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@Leo Gura I just saw the FAQ video got published and I'm really looking forward to it. Thanks!

@now is forever God can be whatever he wants as long as I'm not a Brussels sprout!

Is the only purpose of a human for God to have an experience, just as the only purpose of a hamburger is for a human to have a savory experience? If this is the case, I believe this is as much as can be said intellectually, after that the only thing left is to "do the work" to "prove" it.

Someone's been trying to tell us for a while... Check out the grey background too when the seasons are tiled!

What are the mechanics behind the feeling of longing/separation? The universal shouldn't feel separated because it knows all and the restricted was "created" to be unaware of all, so it also shouldn't feel separated.

@tecladocasio When I read your criticism I was hoping you had something concrete and potent to share. I'll have a look at Osho's site some more, but I didn't see anything obvious yet. Thanks for the pointer. If ever I get to share your perspective on actualized.org I'll take Buddha's advice, leave the proverbial raft behind and move on to the next thing. For now I'm happy to live in the days of the Internet and grateful for these forums connecting us all across the planet. It sure beats our ancestors riding a donkey for months to meet a single person!

@tecladocasio Cool, would you know of a good tutorial on this? I tried some "self-observing" and it's interesting, but if I'm doing it wrong I'd prefer to find out about it today rather than in 5 years!

@rounder Let there be 2016 onwards; and it was good . Thanks for the pointer!

@EcocottonLeo talked a bit more about eternity at the top of this thread's 2nd page. Hope it helps!

@rounder which dude are you referring to, Leo or tecladocasio?

@tecladocasio I'm fairly new to this enlightenment stuff, would you have suggestions to complimentary material noobs like me could look into?

Is fingers going through five holes in a sheet of paper a good analogy for how egos see themselves as separate entities?

I think Jed wrote he "no longer follows his ego, only patterns from God" (poorly paraphrasing here). I never heard of this "pattern" thing anywhere else (unless it's made-up nonsense I imagine everyone experiences this, maybe under a different name), so I'm pretty sure it's not an FAQ, but if you're considering talking about it, you have at least one vote!

How do you conceptualize your life as a human once you have this understanding?

@Jed Vassallo what if what humans label as a mess was actually hilarious to God and was exactly itself enjoying itself? I have no experience to claim this is the case, just a theoretical possibility...