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One thing to add is when you have both superimposed right on top of each other as i was saying, what you are left with is the appearance of free will. Just like Reality is everything and nothing superimposed. What you get is a hologram, or more accurately a hallucination or dream.

@Nahm

@Nahm language breaks down here.

@Nahm they're not lives but they are perspectives within consciousness or infinity. They are finitudes of Infinity. But yes there is no in between lifetimes in the sense that Infinity is pure formlessness. It is prior to time and space. It's just simultaneously everything.. And Nothing. Mind sufficiently blown now.

Happiness is relative. You said it yourself. But becoming enlightened you become conscious of Absolutes. That is the highest Liberation. If you are one who does not wish to seek the path then yes happiness is relative to you.

@arlin its a total mind fuck but yes. You can have a mystical experience where you become directly conscious that you are God and God Alone - the highest realization. You are alone. One. You are exploring yourself from an infinite amount of perspectives on and on forever to Infinity. I have had this realization through a mystical experience. Leo has had it too. It is utterly shocking. In any mystical experience you become the Absolute, so in a sense you experience your own death - which is the ultimate feeling of Absolute Love and bliss. When you return to your ego you will experience ego backlash. So we know that all things are One. All things look through God's eyes. You are God. I suspect from our current perspective we can never know the answer to your question - how long do we linger between lifetimes - because we are God limiting ourselves to a finite form. However i do feel that it will be Absolute Bliss to an unfathomable degree. You will return as another perspective once again limited and without consciousness of your true self. Hope that helps.

@Shin good point but Truthaddict is all about throwing wrenches. Get used to it Still love ya Truthy

@Consilience yes when we look at it from a non-dual perspective aka Gods formless perspective there is only Being. Isness. Pure potential. That is the Absolute and the facets of the Absolutes that we talk about. Of course to God the whole thing is One. Form and formless are One.

Its actually both simultaneously. They're superimposed right on top of each other just like existence and non-existence. Because infinity is Infinite..it must be pre-determined - everything already happened - and yet you must have free will at the same time. When you grasp Infinity all of these things start becoming clear. It will blow your mind away into a thousand pieces.

@Shadowraix Bingo. Nailed it.

@Truth Addict

I would add i would also alternate with self inquiry until you become conscious that you are a concept. The "you" can never be found no matter how you try unless you identify it with something false such as the body or the brain.

Try to be in the present moment. No mind or lack of thought. Put awareness on awareness. Use the finger / hand technique while staring at your hand. Try to visualize it as both a finger by itself but also the whole hand. But be present. The present moment IS Infinity.

There would be no more evil if everyone was conscious they were God. You don't understand yet, but it's OK. I still Love you.

@Truth Addict It's not Ego. It's just a miracle. It really is. It's just an Absolute Miracle Everyone should experience it in their lifetime. It's utterly shocking and beautiful. But even those of us who meditate and pursue spirituality are very few in relation to the whole population. That's all i was saying. Also as Leo stated if everyone were conscious they were God there would be an end to evil.

@Rilles you speak in riddles but i intuit you mean i am saying we are better than everyone else. Not at all - we need to Awaken the world. Problem is they aren't ready. When i see a buddha on the road, or a anyone for that matter, i shall hug him. If i misunderstood please elaborate as my mind is finite.

@Rilles its not that it's a fact. Once you have had a direct experience for yourself you will know this. If you are looking at it from outside it could appear that way. Until you know it's actual.

@pluto

It's crazy. We are ahead of our time.

@Jkris does not need to be during deep meditation.

Everything here is really happening in the Mind. There is really no body, no eyes, etc. It's all Mind stuff. So the question should really be how can i transport to different states of consciousness, or how can i use mysticism to defy logic.

@Enlightened just one more thing to add here...the bliss from enlightenent is not something coming from the ego. It is literally the love of God flowing through you. When you are touched by God you cannot help but feel it. And it's very powerful. It's not something that you are doing purposely or egoicly. You really need a mystical experience to understand what is being pointed to with all of this. I hope we have made things clearer for you with everything we have said. It is not to appear condescending, for God loves all things, including you. You are, afterall, One and the Same.

@billiesimon i believe it does if you reach a fully abiding non-dual state. That's where I'm at now and all my addictions have melted away. I'm not yet sure if it will last but after the last experience i had of realizing i was truly alone and God..all things were me, i will Never be the Same. I can't even fool myself otherwise anymore.

To echo what everyone said - yes - Being which is your True Nature - is when you are so in the present moment that you become it. The present moment IS Being itself. It's God. It is pure Isness. There is no where else to go. The present moment is Inifnity itself.