Inliytened1

My grandfather always said religion was good about one thing. Holding the family unit together 😀 But it's good for some to surrender to a higher power greater than themselves. Because this allows them to release control and give it to God. Its a type of release. The problem is the whole problem with religion in general. Which we both know so I won't go into it here. But suffice it to say it is pre-rarional and you can be post-rational (transcending rationalism) which is much more advanced

Not if you don't want to

Try to get yourself out of this thought loop. You kind of trapped yourself with the realizations but more importantly if you have only had a glimpse of God Consciousness how can you be certain you are God? Have you had an awakening yet that you are God? Because if you had then I think you would have integrated it properly and wouldn't be in this thought loop. This is kinda what happens when you take things on as a belief. So try to get yourself out of this because I think it is going to make you more nihilistic as that is what it appears to be doing when it should be a positive. I'm sure part of it is but the negative part would make me want to change my thinking.

I know you are and it's perfect when you do it because your tone is usually so casual so you can toss it in there with maximum impact 😉 like your psychedelic joke on me was great

Working on the sense of humor a bit 😀😃

@Joseph Maynor you know that was a joke right.

I can respect people that have done psychedelics.

Yeah i would rather plant the better word in when needed. It is nice to see someone's face when you use a word they don't understand. And you have to explain what it means. It's not to show off I think its natural to grow your vocabulary and you should be able to get more advanced with your language.

Yeah im a nerd like that I enjoy using new words. Math is the complete opposite for me. I suck and I don't want to have to do formulas

Its an interesting take on OCD and religion and how religion helps the mentally ill. But it is very superficial about OCD becsuse ritual is only one flavor of OCD. I actually have OCD and it is not about that at all for me

Always i love learning new words.

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Ok. Then what i want you to realize is that you hold yourself as precisely that "this direct presence experience,this is it, its not my face" that this IS your identity but notice something. This is a fucking thought ! How can it be you when it was so not you that it was a flashing thought?! Fuck. I mean where does that leave you then? Oh my fucking God there isnt a you. So you have to keep doing that until something mystical happens and then that will be enlightenment.

Nothing on enlightenment

Yes please 🙏

Do we have to listen to the whole lecture?

Yay.

Hahaha exactly. So either it doesn't make sense to us because it literally makes no sense or we are just dumb fucks

That is not what I am saying. With self inquiry you have to do a thorough investigation of what you truly believe you are. How can you wake up to what you really are if you do not know what you think you are. So we are really fucked here. I can't even get him to give me one honest answer about what he thinks he is and yet - he has an identity. Because he is here as him.

Well notice that too is something held in your mind. Whatever infinite space less space is. That is held in your mind as something. That is what we want to get to. The actuality of it

There is no intimacy that you have with yourself. Are you able to really sit and be with yourself ? It almost seems that is lacking within you. This is a problem when it will come to enlightenment. You cannot run from yourself. Enlightenment is about facing yourself. But first you must know what you are.

Some lakes can be no joke either. Wide and vast. One time a buddy and I did a challenge where we would jump off the boat and swim to the other side of the lake and back even while other boats were coming. It was no easy feat and I am a strong swimmer.

Ahh..yeah it just came off cryptic...I feel like a lot of times I have to decipher your posts. But usually its just because I'm slow 😀

With me I pictured myself. It was like a still photo of when I was young. Just what I randomly picked. Thats what I thought about myself. How my face looked. Is there something like this for you. Like how you picture yourself.

No. What image is in your mind now of what they see.