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@Enlightenment The difference is that you as God are imagjning everything.. But not you as the ego. The realization of Aloneness or Oneness comes with a collapse of the ego into Being - then a shift to God's perspective or God mode. God Mode is at a level of consciousness a thousand times higher than normal human consciousness. You can feel the fullness of it. You may have had a mystical experience but it may not have been the full realization of Oneness. There are many facets and degrees.

@petar8p you are God imagining you are a human. Imagination is all there is.

@oMarcos your conflating your finite consciousness to infinite consciousness or Infinite Mind. Infinite Mind has divided itself into partitions that you don't have access to as Marcos - By design. But through mysticism you can transport to the Infinite Mind if even for a few hrs and become directly conscious that you as Infinite mind are imagining or dreaming up this whole thing and that simultaneously you are playing all the parts.

@aklacor727 When i had a mystical experience/direct consciousness of Oneness that was one of the hardest ones for my ego as well. It had the most severe ego backlash. Because basically it recontexualizes everything you thought you knew your entire life. The curtain is lifted over all of reality for the first time and it's hard to swallow that duality is actually non-duality in disguise. I was left sick for a week with this feeling of being alone and looking back at myself; felt like i was going crazy and had depression. But that was the bad part. The good part was first a feeling of absolute bliss, wonder and amazement that this whole thing was mine. It was very liberating. Once you get past the backlash and integrate the realization it is much better.

@Thewritersunion you still have decades of life experience. Start doing the work seriously and you will see results.

Wow....that's nuts.

@Serotoninluv weird because i had just been listening to that video (the Lionel richie one -love my 80's)...think that's a sign of our Oneness?

@florian_ Everywhere...what you think everywhere is - well that is a concept. It is held within consciousness. Grasp that and you will grasp omnipotence.

@Thewritersunion you felt God - Being - Kundalini energy. What you felt was real but it was a glimpse. You aren't ready for the whole thing - death of the ego - mysticism. Though that was the tip of the iceberg. How old are you?

Someday it will. Everything has already happened an Infinite amount of times. We could be a thousand years away right now from a society of mystics. In fact it's happening right now - just not from your vantage point.

After you get past the ego backlash it is extremely liberating. What we fear is uncertainty. Knowing we are all things is complete certainty. And to me complete certainty is liberation. Infinite intelligence is complete certainty - but to have a taste of that is liberating - and to know that we are that is even more.

@Focus Shift yeah you never know

Great stuff. Too bad rationalists will probably hand wave it off as usual.

@VeganAwake yes - it is so beautiful it will bring tears because Absolute Love is so powerful. Being = Love.

@Schahin for me: At first it was shock, then blissful and jaw dropping but what immediately followed was a terrible feeling that i was going insane for a few days. Couldn't function for a few days and had some depression. But once i got past that it was all good.

@Schahin Knowing = Being but since God is itself it knows itself through itself. God is an infinite strange loop. It must limit itself then become unlimited to eternity. That's you. It can't be grasped by the finite Mind.

@VeganAwake indeed - it is merely a shift in consciousness as consciousness is all there is! Oneness is a beautiful thing.

@VeganAwake great post Of course one can become directly conscious that they are also the waves. When one comes full circle the final duality to collapse is non-duality vs duality. Duality and non-duality are indistinguishable. Form and formlessness are indistinguishable. One needs multiple awakenings typically to have this realization. But elegant post

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@Scholar yes you got it. You literally collapse into Being itself. The perceiver collapses into isness. You collapse form into formlessness. I like to think about that scientist observing a subatomic particle in quantum mechanics. He is entangled with the very thing he is observing. He cannot measure both the position and the velocity of the sub atomic particle simultaneously because the very act of trying to measure the object alters the outcome! He and the object he is trying to measure are directly entangled.

Salmon is packed with nutrients - its one of the healthiest foods you can eat. So if you are eating fish that is very healthy. Tuna is good too. Get your superfood veggies in like broccoli and sweet potatoes. For nutrient dense fats eat avocado. You don't need to supplement vitamins if your diet is nutrient dense enough.

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Perhaps this is how this can actually be a trap for you...where as if you face this fear head on and overcome it you will no longer cling to it. When you rest in Being, you are stilling the mind. Stilling the mind is where you will find Truth. By this we mean formlessness or nothingness. Infinity. But paradoxically infinity is not just emptiness but it is everything. When you become conscious of Truth you will relinquish your identity and with it your fears. Ultimately, of course, you will come full circle because, you were in fact always Truth even in form. You will go back to thought - to gathering thoughts and organizing them in your mind. To reflecting. But it will be different now. You will have transcended your own identity. You will be free of its clutches. You can do these things but they won't enslave you. Through this spiritual growth you can then self actualize to a much deeper level and find much deeper satisfaction from your reflections and from life itself.

@Raptorsin7 that is just one, often the first, of many realizations. Understanding your true nature is understanding the fundamental nature of reality. This is liberating in itself, but it is just the beginning. The pinnacle, to me, of this work, is the realization of Oneness. This will bring a deep sense of peace in your life although at first it will be quite the shock. As you keep going deeper in this work, you will be walking down a path that brings more peace, love, and wisdom in your life. This wisdom will help you to begin the path of transcending all of the things that cause us to suffer. This doesn't mean suffering will just vanish - but the closer you are aligned with Truth the less you cling to your finite identity. The more you cling to your finite identity the more you will fear. The more you will suffer. The less peace you will have. Now ultimately you must come full circle and embrace your duality - your identity. But on the return path it is with much, much more consciousness and wisdom. You will embrace your identity without clinging to it. That is a fundamental difference.

You have to pretend, that's how. Trick yourself. (again). You are God - and this is your sandbox. So play. Non-dual awareness can exist in the backround.