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Yeah the little voice inside keeps telling me to be quiet and not to create ideas about nonduality etc. I think it's very tempting to believe in nonduality, very dangerous

@AlphaAbundance become enlightened

@AlphaAbundance it's culture

@Billy Shears you sound like a psychotic. I'm a psychotic to. The thing is, I know your suffering...and I do. And the thing is, the suffering won't go away ever. Also, people like us have a bit of an unfair advantage. When someone suffers from any kind of psychological condition, the pain flows through all of reality and it exposes the spirit realm. Someone who is in constant pain is pretty much guaranteed that they'll have a higher consciousness than average. They have something something that seekers wish they had, something keeping them constantly aware of the present moment. Even if it's pain. Keeps you constantly aware. I don't mind it. Don't smoke grass, it makes the anxiety worse. Trust me, you'll Wana quit that

Who can't get where? Where is there to go even? Remember, what your looking for cannot be seen, it alone see's. Anything that is seen is not what See's.

In northern Ireland everyone's drunk all the time haha. I think once enlightenment is attained, it is realised that one cannot meet another...for the two are the same

@Avi Tal "I have a (very close) relative which is (hopefully) recovering from high grade cancer. I would like to help her get enlightened, mainly (but not only) because I assume it will help her recover quicker. A little about my (objective model) self: I am a software engineer, 51 years old. I consider myself "mostly enlightened", since I still have negative thoughts from time to time, mostly around financial issues (which I concisely know they are fictitious)." Ok, I can tell straight away from your phraseology that you have a couple of wrong ideas about enlightenment. It is extremely hard to become enlightened and takes an incredible amount of effort, work and dedication. Most people will never become enlightened, and for those who do...very very seldom is it that they lead many others to complete enlightenment also. However im guessing that your just trying to help her... meditation has been shown to enhance physical health. (Also, bro, enlightenment isint measured by how many "negative" thoughts you have haha) If she isn't responding well to all of this stuff then maybe it's not for her. Try keeping it more simple, and "down to earth" sounding. Instead of jumping straight to the nonduality card...just tell her that you've been doing some research about meditation and how it helps. It's all about gentleness and wisdom. You have to please her ego to reach the Spirit. And you have to remember, this is just God playing with God... From the sounds of it, you need to do a shitton more actual work for yourself. This is what I had to do. Your mind will make all kinds of bullshit up about enlightenment. I listen to the still small voice that tells me "stay quiet"

When you discover that there is no single thing that is "you", you realise that this is the case and yet...you still exist. Through self enquiry it seems like less and less "things" can qualify as "you" until there's nothing left...and which point, you are forced to discover that you are infact, everything. This is what will make you understand the answer to this question and all questions. Trying to find the authentic answers without this authentic spiritual experience, will only dig you further into deception. You want to know why you are you? Tell me, what exactly are you referring to when you say the word "me"? The thoughts? Personality? Body?...and which part of the body exactly? And who is the one who see's this body of yours, as well as you yourself? Its being watched is it not?

@LucyKid ive got up to about 350 ug. Gonna go for 400/500ug then push for 600/700

@Ero word

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