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@MM1988 There is nothing behind it. Christianity has a lot of valuable teachings but this is not one of them. There is no cosmic judge testing your actions, at least not in the popular sense of the man on the cloud doing the judging. That particular topic was written by an ego who was separate from its true nature by a large margin, and it reflects deeply egoistic thought. If you are interested in Christianity, i suggest studying the life of Christ the man and the stories attributed to to him, rather than the bible. The idea of "judgment" is analogues to Karma in the eastern thought. There is a lot of philosophical discourse regarding the topic, but at the end of the day, just be and all this loses its significance.

When this happens. The body will go about on its daily grind, drinking water, eating food etc. etc. All by itself. Of course, in the state i am describing, there is no longer a body who does anything. There is just reality.

@Dodo The idea is not to manipulate the body to not feeling hungry. That is not it at all. The idea is to let go of all identification with an ego, the "I" who thinks is the one experiencing hunger. Let go of "I". Let go of the thought of hunger. Let go of all the names you use to label pockets of reality. In doing so your identification with the objects of reality dissolves. What is left is pure being. Be that. The issue here is that we are trying to explain something very simple, something that you already are, and the tendency of the mind overcomplicate things.

@Ingit Who is this "I" who is experiencing all of this? As long as there is a body, and an I, you will suffer. It doesn't matter what the experience, "I" WILL suffer.

@winterknight As you say, it is hard. Unfortunately i don't think getting into a philosophical debate with a skeptic would do any good for convincing them. Of course we know that there really is no such a thing as a consciousness, or mind, or the brain, or the body etc. and that THIS is the answer. This is a very simple thing, but sadly people tend to overcomplicated things. Thank you for your answer. I think i'm just gonna hold up a flower and be "nobly" silent

Well non-duality is a thought. It's a concept. It requires someone who holds the concept of non-duality as true, and whenever there are is identification with a thought, there is duality. The Buddhists say "One thought believed separates heaven and hell."

@Dodo In the absolute, there is no such thing as "I", "awareness", "hunger", "thoughts", "emotions", "feelings" etc. Awareness is just is. In the words of Sri Ramana: "I am that I am." meaning that awareness which is already you, simply is. You are not the words you use to describe the qualities of experience. Therefore you are not hungry, thirsty etc. but just are. The ultimate goal here, is to BE awareness, not KNOW awareness in the traditional sense of knowing it with your logic. Look at a flower without there being someone who is looking, something that is being looked at, and ultimately the act of "looking." Enlightenment is a very simple thing. All one has to do, is to realize that there is no such thing as an "I". I recommend the self-inquiry method. In this practice, whenever there is a thought or feeling or emotion arises, you simply ask, "who is it that is becoming aware of this thought/emotion/feeling?" You will automatically answer: "I am." By inquiring into the nature of this "I" and realizing that it itself is a thought, that arises for no one, you shall realize yourself to be a field of awareness rather than a concept.

@winterknight Hey. I am also enlightened. I have an observation and then a question: I find that for a lot of people, the biggest obstacle against self-realization (merging with consciousness or awareness, what have you) is that they cannot come to grips with accepting that the brain is not the source of consciousnesses. Do you have anything to tell these people that would convince them?