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Was the video any different with the directions better understood?

Sounds really deep and significant. I can relate through past experiences. I think it’s important to ask yourself what do you still want if your not willing to fully let go into this void. There is no wrong answer but be really really honest even if the answer is I don’t know. Some things to consider asking is do you trust this void do you know what your doing all this for and why Maybe share it here. In regards to your bullet points. B. And c. I found hugely important. If you can really let in and see there is no subject your cruising ? but don’t pretend it won’t be pure. With c. You may start to really see there is no place but here, you, now, happening. Congratulations man you may be close to a big milestone breakthrough. Just don’t shit your pants.

I’ve firmly believed in both camps for various reasons at different points in life. Now I can see the truth may be neither.

Thanks for sharing. It’s always nice to hear the power of awakening to your true self.

Hi soonhei. My hope was that by saying what I said would help drop the minds the tendency to search for literal meaning, but it seems your at the moment getting a little caught up in my directions ?. So just watch it like you normally would with no expectations, and if you notice your trying to figure out what I’m saying just come back to the sound of my voice or the silence in between speaking. Make sense? Let understanding happen if it happens. If your caught up in something I said just come back to the voice.

Nah. It will pass. Sounds like your going through some spiritual thingyness, and you have a healthy perspective on it

@lmfao what makes you think you suffer a lot. What makes you think your addicted. Honestly.

Sometimes we try to brute force awakening. Not saying you are but I’m in that camp that believes that if a certain issue sends you into full in panic perhaps your just not ready to face it. And that’s being honest. Pushing full force is just ego in my opinion. Donsome other inner work if inner work is what your heart desires but leave the really big panic one for later.

Sounds like you onto something, the secret now is to trust in your ‘ah ha’ and carry on without looking back!

Agreed. There is a time and place for it. Another example i can think of is Sometimes trauma is to much for one to bear and face if it’s not detached from and seen as other or within a context that invalidates ones currently held belief system or foundation

The subtlety here though is the duality is awareness as well. And yes I would agree big time that healing at this point your pointing to is because you know your not it. But but but there may come a time where you start to see your everything and healing is a result of feeling understaninding and seeing that everything is perfect including what was once regarded as suffering. That make some sense?

I would go on a guess and say IT IS the main reason people are attracted to nonduality, I know I was and still have that in me. Stress, depression, anxiety still part of my life.....hey thats not what I did 20 years of spiritual practice for man, not fair, but when I really really really let in suffering, suffering is "less" of an issue.

This assumes 'enlightenment' is under ones control or willingness, there are many many many teacher who would disagree. When the ego hears this sometimes, it thinks its not doing something to get "enlightenment". But yet paradoxically there is willingness surrender it "seems". But I agree with many of the other things you've shared, right on.

The issue with this kind of metaphors and views of non-dual they can unfortunately create unhealthy dis-attachment as well..... because its not really about not responding to a plane crash or feeling for a loved as well. I know that in my experience and hearing others it can make the mind/person will non-responsiveness.

Be open in this phase, dont think it over to much, let what happens, happens. Is it possible that this strange feeling, the perception of your body now, the awareness all around, are not separate, are one happening, one being, one you. Could this fragmentation be a temporary seeing that is of your being. Dont over think it, but let it in.....

I'm gonna say something a little different since your so young. What is it your trying to awaken from? Do you have a grasp on life as a normal 18 year old? Do you feel like you've seen a lot of the world? Relationships, work, volunteered helping people with less than yourself, supported yourself. I do wonder if having little exposure to world before doing spiritual practice is a good thing (it still may be). Nothing wrong with having some meditation, some yoga practice, some basic inquiry, but nothing to serious. This is of course unless your heart and intuition are heavily pulling you that way.

Hey Shin, Clearing karma may have happened in the past, but more stuff can and does come up as one ages. I don't think one can safely say and know that all has been cleared, I think its best to assume one hasn't and not be closed to the notion that there may still be stuff hidden. That said, don't go try looking for it, it will find you In regards to your situation, it may be a energetic shift that is triggering a heart that is still in development. You have more to learn and grow into my friend, maybe let this in, and softly inquire into what it may be or just throw a open question out to the universe, "what am I to learn from this" and see what happens.

This process of awakening can feel very weird sometimes. Right now your "just awareness" is still a lens of perception that doesn't sit well in your embodiment. Hopefully and eventually you'll see that the at the burger and went shopping is not "just awareness", but simply ones life known on the deepest levels without focus and obsession, as infinity in action/being however you may parse it. Not sue if this helps, but "what" feels like its in a "body"? Theres a subtlety here, can you feel/see it?

Why is this a problem? Perhaps the planet needs less people. We aren't the center of it or the universe. If what you say is true, then this makes me very happy. I like people, I like animals, I like life, and honestly less humans is probably better for them all at this point in time.

Who said the point of life is "waking up". Who said you need to meditate for thousands of hours? What kind of life do you want to live if its not meditating for thousands of hours trying to find something called waking up? No one's forcing these things on you. If these ideas trouble you, your free to drop them and live out something your more interested in. You are free......

Do you realize this is all a fantasy on some level and you can create what you enjoy? If so then do it. If not, then look into what some of these people are saying. The biggest comment I've seen shared by a number of people and have found a great deal of freedom in myself is that how your feeling and seeing meaninglessness is actually just another form of meaning your applying. your negatively feeling and seeing this notion of of illusion as a negative empty, rather then a positive empty.

Hey man, let me ask you a few things and perhaps I can really help you. 1. Do you hold down a job or bounce from one to the other because of being a poor worker or fail all your subjects in school? 2. Are there things you do focus on with not a lot of problem, like self you mentioned self help isn't a issue to say focused on. Can you watch movies, television, games for a long period of time with no issue? If so, then you may just not really want to be doing the other things that make you distracted. I'm the same way. When I understood this about myself and no longer saw it as a disability, and that I just wasn't interested, I was that much closer to stop blaming myself. It took time, because even though I then understood I just wasn't interested, I still wanted to feel like something was wrong with me still, and that I should be able to focus just because I wanted to, or that I wasn't interested in enough things, and that I was only interested in self help/spirituality/games/food/movies/martial arts. But once I got past that and just realized, "Oh this is just my interest spectrum", I became more at ease, less pressuring of myself, less blaming, less feeling like there was something wrong with me. Let me know if any of that resonates with you, maybe I can share some more.

Isn't it possible to not fear death and still eat in and live in a way that promotes the best quality life? I could feed you sugar every day in large quantities and eventually your body would start to ache, get headaches, muscle tensions, you'd start to feel gross and live a potentially long life. Or I could feed you a very nice balanced nutritious selection of food and you'd live a potentially long life but feel great, up, clear seeing, thinking, positive energy levels. Which would you prefer?

Hey Aakash, Simply loving ones life for being alive and feeling like your life is pretty good or alright with some struggles, but you manage, are very different things. I and a lot of people I've met on the spiritual path including teachers have a common narrative that people for the most part are heavily suffering, unconscious and will never really be happy. I use to see people this way and just believed it, I was raised with this view as well since my parents were spiritual seekers. Fast forward to the last 7+ years after having a number of awakenings and understandings and I see the world VERY differently. The major suffering that I once saw on everyones faces is much more nuanced or not there at all. Sure people go through shit, but how each person relates to this is different. I believe a lot of people are just content (within their own definitions to say so) or "ok" or "Ok" but know things could be better, but not agonizing over the fact. Data suggests its in the 50-60% range. Some people are getting some sort of enjoyment or temporary satisfaction from jobs, relationships, kids, home buying, vacations. A lot of these people if asked the "how is your life question" wether to oneself or from another like the surveys I mentioned will and do say its alright, could be better, but its ok, lifes not without suffering and struggle. And the studies show this, and I could relate to this at one point. This is not to say that at any moment a person could no longer find these things enjoyable and find lack in their life, but majority aren't in the depressed, really suffering stages. And again, this is just what I've gathered and reflected on. Ultimately we cant gather all people in a room and make a accurate estimation of this question. But these surveys bring up some interesting questions about just how much "suffering" there is and what exactly is a content person, because if you put a criteria on happiness, then you may get different answer, but if the "general" person feels like their life is ok for what ever reason that is, even if "you" think or see them acting in ways that you feel say are otherwise, they still may just feel generally "okish" inside and aren't troubled in their own internal world to the extent that would make them think there life is shit, not worth living, empty, meaningless, etc (sure these feelings/thoughts may come up for periods, but thats just human and each person handles those moments in different ways). Sure they may want more, and will feel like more will make them more happy, but they still feel "good" enough to report they are satisfied with their lives or are just "meh".

This is a question that’s really fascinated me for a while. I use to believe like most of the replies that suffering happens on a major level and it’s always been happening to most people. Along with this belief is that spirituality stuff will create “real” happiness. But then I started really questioning if this is true. We can’t see the whole internal world of all people. A lot of happiness studies show that people in Europe America and South America are decently content or happy. Sure as a spiritual guy you may qualify this a s not real happiness or contentment or it’s coming from the wrong place in your view but still it’s their answer to the question of how they see themselves. Averages are about 75/35 happy to not with only about 10-20% really not happy. This is in line with mental health records of people with real depression, anxiety ocd major addictions. Still I think the numbers are a little worse. So it’s vloser probably to 60/40 or so with the bottom 10-20% being major. Lot more to the subject but I think it’s important to let in that the world is not gone to shit and majority is screwed up or feels that way.