Aaron p

So there's been two times now where I've stopped doing my daily practise altogether for a period of about a week... and both times it's felt like I have had a rush of growth. Especially recently, I was on a cruise around the Mediterranean and I only meditated once in 14 days and since not doing my practise for a handful of days, I've had a few deep realisations. I think there is power in taking a strategic break from your sadhana. It feels like you come back to "normality", just more powerful than before. And I feel that this empowers the seeker to lunge into different realisations and discoveries. For example...after meditating and doing self enquiry hardcore for a year, and stopping it for 2 weeks, I realised that the practises are not meant to be intellectual, but free-floating and flowing. There was something about stopping my practises for a while that knocked me into this "being realisation".

@ethanb121 what you, and everyone else, is having a problem with here is dopamine. Dopamine is naturally produced in your brain, by your brain...it makes you feel really good when you do something that your subconscious mind likes. All of the following cause your brain to release a shitton of dopamine; sex, porn, gambling, stealing, winning, conquering, drugs etc. What you must realise is that all of these things are grounded in the basis that you exist. If you ceased to existed while "your" body remained, who would be there to conquer? Or steal? Or win? With no ego, there is no good and evil, there just is...unbiasedness. All suffering is based and grounded in the idea that you are a human reading these words right now. And so what to do? To *really* get rid of the problem. It can't be a matter of just adding the new belief that your not a human...it cannot be an artificial realization, you must see your self. Meditate, do self enquiry, safely test and consume phycedelics starting with low dosages, follow your heart not your mind. The truth is, you need to vanish in the presence of God. Where is God? There is nowhere where God is not. Vanish.

Your all loved up leo, I love it

John 14:20 "On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you."

@Beginner Mind i did not choose to post this

I notice this with humans when im on LSD or shrooms mostly. It's the "weight" of presence. An enlightened person could walk into a room, look at the floor and keep his mouth shut, and the entire weight of the room would literally change. Even if he said nothing, that weight is power

Death is formlessness. Do not believe this, or disbelieve this.

Enlightenment

Frustration? Be careful, what are you actually looking for in your self enquiry? It must always be you, sitting watching your direct experience. What is here that is "you"? Do not try to intellectually answer these kinds of questions. You are one who observes your intellect are you not? Your intelligence is also being watched is it not? Who is watching your mind as it attempts to give different answers. Who is frustrated? You see, you cannot be stuck. It's impossible. Who is stuck?

@FoxFoxFox thanks man

Personally, I have been shocked at how accurate the voice of God is. Literally. As I grew in my ability to hear God's voice I heard her voice become clearer and clearer. God told me that I was going to discover something that I was really really going to like, something that would transform me. Then just 2 days before I broke into the revelation of spirituality, I heard god tell me that this was the last chance I had to change get my mind and I said "I want to do your will" (Since I was a christian at this point). Then I was watching one of Leo's videos and the voice came and literally said "stop, x marks the spot"...i.e. I then knew deeply in my being, that leo had the truth I sought. Then she said that my new name was Reuben, which means "I have a son" and I cried and cried, it was awesome. So with regards to your question, I feel like if someone seeks the lord with their whole heart, they will find Her. (Jeremiah 29:13, the Bible). There is something that draws and guides the seeker when they make covenant with the God-King. Also, I have insight into this. After enlightenment, you become shocked by how you didn't see the truth before. It becomes so obvious, it's hard to believe. In a dream, everything is dream, it's the only thing that exists...in a dream, the "dream material" is foundational, imagination. And so it makes sense that people start seeing the dream and it also explains why ancient mystics were able to see the dream, if the dream is all that exists...its obvious.

What is love, baby don't hurt me

Pretty sure freewill doesn't exist. However neither believe this nor disbelieve it

Spine straight keeps you awake, but just snort a big line of MD and you'll be wideeeeeeeee awake and able to meditate lying down no bother haha. (I'm joking, don't do that). Although you can do this for long meditation sits, it works

@mkrksms its not silly bro, I actually know what your talking about. The feeling of being trapped on LSD, I relate big time. But, let us steady our focus, not on what is experienced, but on who is experiencing. This is the only way to make progress

@zeroISinfinity plot twist

@DrMobius ?

I do 20 mins kryia yoga, 30 mins self enquiry. I think self inquiry is one of the best practices, it is so direct and straight forward

@theking00 tell me, who was the one who realised this?

@theking00 for me, true enlightenment is absolutely unmistakable. It's like having an orgasm during sex, it will be the most obvious thing in existence when it happens. You won't need to call your mum and ask her if you just had an orgasm, it's not a subtle thing. Likewise, if your sitting there thinking, "hmm I think that was enlightenment, might have been" then it probably wasnt. It will be 1000 times more obvious than when you orgasm.

@Maya_0 everything is occuring within your subjective consciousness. And the idea that certain things can exist exterior to your perception, is also...within your perception. Also the idea that other people have consciousness (just like you) is another an idea that is occurring only within your consciousness. And the idea that this is false, is also an idea occurring within...your consciousness. See how you cant escape this?

Lol. Also think about agent Smith, as a reflection of Satan. An evil force seen as one entity that can manifest in anyone at any given time. Those who are trapped in the illusion are slaves to him, blind and oblivious. The only thing is, neo was mortal...you are not.

@mkrksms your mind has created an impartial projection, an idea of what enlightenment really is. If there are feelings of trapped-ness or worry there is still way to much ego here. Who is the one who is trapped? Being trapped or not has nothing to do with spirituality or your inner work...show me the one who is trapped

I feel cool energy in my left ear really noticably when I start meditating or doing yoga or even talking about consciousness. Then recently I've noticed little speckles of cool energy across my face and in my arm. When I started feeling it in my ear I was literally seriously concerned cuz I thought what I was feeling was some sort of insect that had crawled into my fucking ear. The kryia yoga book talks about how your meant to start feeling cool energy rise through your spine as you continue to do chakra awareness. Sometimes there are normal bodily sensations, but if it feels cool and very noticeable then it's probably the energy. You can feel it clearly if it's legit

A good one is "how are we all god?"