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@Jack River Very good points, but I disagree with two things 1. Effort is not needed. Well this is truthful in degrees, but for most people..effort is needed to understand that it is not needed. In other words, you have to try before you realize that not trying is more effective. 2. If truth isn't fixed, then there is no truth by that logic. The definition of truth is that it is fixed, always true 24/7, like a law of the universe.

@cetus56 Ohh I see, it was just a misunderstanding.

@molosku Thanks, this insight spoke to me

@cetus56 What do you mean? Lets say you are sitting in your car. How can you let this go, when you are in fact sitting in your car?

@Mu_ The present moment is the only proof I have. Unless you build me a time machine where I can go back into the past or future then I will believe it exists, but for now there is just no evidence it exists besides in your head. Hmmm. Yeah an individual can still be enlightened as long as they are aware of what’s going on in the moment, even if they might deem themselves to have “lost it.” This is actually a really powerful point, wow o.0

@non_nothing I really like the idea of whats you after your enlightened, thats an interesting question.

@Mu_ I experienced pretty much everything I described. When I say infinite intelligence I'm referring to the universe and all life forms created by it, but I don't believe the past and future exist, only the present moment does. Interesting insight, I have been doing that for negative/self sabotaging thoughts or anything that triggers me in general. I imagine pulling the thought up from its roots, question that thought's existence (where it came from), intent (its purpose), rationality (is it logical or not) and then deduce it viciously and intelligently until I find the source and crush it to dust. I've been doing this with all thoughts that I deem not actual, or lacking actuality.

@Joseph Maynor Realizing that your whole life is a fiction. The fact that you are a human is not a fact, but a fiction. The realization that you are the universe, you are consciousness itself. It's a holistic understanding, an understanding of your true nature. Realizing, you are this infinitely intelligent being that somehow got placed into a human vessel to experience finite levels of this intelligence. Although saying this doesn't really prove anything..when I felt it, it was completely different than intellectually understanding it, it was truly gloriously absurd.

@cetus56 I see..

@WelcometoReality Good question. No, I didn't try to get there the first time..it just happened unexpectedly. Hmm.. Another solid point. @Jack River

I think this answers it..My experience of enlightenment for 10 seconds at the time was different than how it is now. The puzzle changes constantly, Ah I see.

@Outer I never said I was enlightened. @SoonHei I like the analogy @i am I AM interesting

I was doing my meditation session, when suddenly it clicked, I felt it for probably about 10 seconds. It was the most profound thing ever. I'm still smiling from it. Lol, it was epic.

Your ability to feel would be the closest thing to attaining actuality. If you lost sight and hearing, it would be much harder for you to get the full direct experience, you would be stuck in imagination, your reality would be completely subjectively constricted. You would be farther away from actuality.

@TheAvatarState I totally agree with that. It's weird because I was just having a laugh, and having similar thoughts o.0

@TheAvatarState I remember right before it happened I asked myself the question if i'm not the body, then who am I? Then some dots started connecting, one of them being: I am consciousness itself, I am awareness itself and I felt as if I was a part of the entire room I was meditating in, then suddenly I felt a strong intuition that I AM everything, the universe ITSELF. It dawned on me that my entire life was just a fiction I was playing with myself. I was denying my own true nature my entire life. It was like a slap in the face, an aha moment. It was absurd. It made me want to laugh. Words aren't nearly enough to describe the true feeling, you gotta experience it for yourself

@Roman Edouard Good luck.

I’ve learned to take action regardless of how I feel motion creates emotion

@MM1988 No it's impossible. One example, If you are highly conscious, you are highly aware of your abilities and limitations. In the case you are aware of your weaknesses, you will still not have low self esteem because you will realize you have strengths that other people do not. Does this make those people without those strengths as you..inferior? No, of course not. You are not superior. You are not inferior. You are simply, you.

The universe (infinite intelligence, unconscious mechanism) is calling out to you every second, telling you what the right thing to do is. When you follow and listen to this infinitely intelligent unconscious mechanism, you'll notice not only is it correct every time, but everyone else around you, also feels the truth in your answer.

@Rilles When it's effortless and so distinctly obvious. You'll notice you know the answer, but your ego fights against it.

Those people didn't listen to the right thing to do. They got lost in their own mind. Don't worry about it sounding fluffy just follow it and you will see for yourself You will notice that its non-biased, distinct from other thoughts, epic and peaceful

@Artaemis Yes there is many tricks from the mind @Flammable Not true. @Arkandeus Well said.

@Rilles Just because you did something bad doesn't mean the universe told you to do it, it's easy to get lost in your own thoughts.

@tashawoodfall Sorry to hear that, that must suck. Try being single for a year. Don't get into a relationship at all, learn to love yourself and be completely at ease with the thought of you dieing alone. This way no one can really hurt you because you've accepted and learned to live Independently. I've been practicing this and have noticed girls are attracted to me more because of this subtle Independent mindset.