AlphaAbundance

@Anna1 I will make it clear to them what the situation is to avoid suffering for them. Is "using" them detrimental? Every relationship seems to have some aspect of using unless it is unconditional love. One hangs out with their friend because they are entertaining, funny. One talks to their mother because you feel connection to her. I am communicating with you in exchange of knowledge and connection. That seems to be a frame of reference of using, scarcity but I may be wrong. What do you think on the "using"? Also how is it immature? I think you may be on to something please elaborate?

I like meaning I will have both regardless

It seems as the "outside" world is being perceived due to the fact when you cover your eyes and ears, sights and sounds stop as if the perceiving of them stop.

@howdoistopobsessing These are superstitions but they can be handled later once you have dived deep into doing the practices. Let's focus on god limiting you/indecision/confusion issues and developing some foundation first. As long as you start the practices soon do whatever you have to do. I recommend starting the practices tomorrow and then restart them on a good date if necessary. This will give you an experiment to see if starting on a "bad" date really changed anything for the time being. If its really challenging then just start on a good date. And later on you can start another practice on a "bad" date like lifting or exercise (clear/visible and often quicker benefits than non physical habits) to see if you really see no improvements on "bad" dates.

@howdoistopobsessing I think I understand you immensely. The confusion, the indecision, the uncertainty, the fear, the paralysis, the stagnation. Not knowing which path is right, not wanting to commit down the wrong path, the differing of perspectives, contrasting sources saying to do various things. The fears on reality being sasdistic, god being an alien, enlightenment being wrong. I also thought I was the only one. There is a solution however. Regarding the confusion --> journal, research, comtemplate, post to these forums (what you are doing now), etc. Also it seems as if there is the issue of fearing that god is limiting you and also the issue of being afraid of negative consequences of a path and indecision.. For the issue of god limiting you After researching/learning/trying to understand, the next thing is just testing these fears to see if they are true For the issue on indecision I recommend watching Leo's video on "How to deal with confusion" I also recommend taking action regardless of these fears The only thing you can do is take action based on what you know is the best path at the moment, there is no way to know the perfect path right now Know for every practice, even meditation, even self-inquiry, even exercise there will be people who claim it is bad/negative, you just have to use your best judgement to choose whether you are going to do it or not. But don't let your ego trick you into inaction do something Regarding the Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ji of Art of Living meditation in person, it is rare to have some profound effects after meditating for a short period. I recommend tomorrow you start 1-3 practices. It can be meditation, wim hof method, approaching females, etc. It can be from the list at the bottom of this link https://www.actualized.org/start. Determine to do these practices for a month (or less if that seems daunting) and see if anything improves (Spoiler alert: It will)

@tsuki Ah ha

I feel desire to be the greatest. I feel desire for attention, validation, etc. To be recognized as Elon Musk, Tony Stark, Escanor, Alan Watts, etc, someone famous/respected, known as the best, most superior human This is also connected to my desire to have the greatest/best life I can possibly have, maximize my life completely. (If you are living your best life possible, this seems connected to being the greatest) This desire to be great even motivates me to do self-inquiry, meditation and spirtual practices - I feel worried thinking if I lose this desire I will lose all motivation I feel worried thinking this is "bad" but see it as good aswell I feel worried thinking through enlightenment "I" will lose the joy of confidence, esteem, validation, pride I feel worried thinking this is just some low self-esteem bullshit Any thoughts/advice/feedback on this?

@tsuki Useful how?

@Harikrishnan That's the plan Also pursuing truth is apart of pursuing greatness. Once I arrive to truth I will burn the car I got there in.

@Mu_ True but its important to understand these things to an extent so your motivation is soild.

@TrynaBeTurquoise Equality is also a man made construct, the idea of being the greatest is simply a meaning to chase that is more meaningful then all other meanings How will it burn me to the ground? I don't feel inadequate, displeased with not being the greatest, I feel adequate, pleased, achieved with being great, greater than others, someone being greater is simply another goal, something to chase. Also greater is subjective. Who is greater Bill Gates or Eckhart Tolle. Its based on value system which needs to be based off the best values. Any dissaproval toward me unless I can recognize the faults in me are bullshit. I don't need people to validate me so I know I am great. I just want people to recognize the greatness. Validation is a meaning that either there or not. Doesn't mean I can' t enjoy it when its there or pursue it when it doesn't affect other goals.

@zeroISinfinity I maybe understood 30% of that

@Jed Vassallo Lmao so god is actively deluding himself to trying to make it seem as much as possible like he is the mind/body complex? Like actively attempting or it just happens to be that way? Also tell me if you are speculating or know from direct experience

@howdoistopobsessing Well we have clarified the fears to Being afraid of rejection when going for kissing/sex If somehow these fear happens to be true you can just find other ways of physical intimacy (cuddling, head, etc) Being afraid of injury, insaneness, negative outcome from practices If somehow these fears happen to be true you will find other ways to reach your goals (psychedelics, kundalini awakenings, etc) If somehow these fears turn out to be true you would find a way around them or accept them (because if the god/universe wants this then there is nothing to do but accept it, also you will learn how god actually works as your journey progresses ). But since these fears are not true and simply the mind conjuring bullshit the way to go is testing them out. Since we have now entertained what would happen if these happen to be true (which they are not) you have two options Let the fear control you without ever knowing if its just your thoughts, without any substance in reality (99% of fears) Do what you fear to test if god/universe is really limiting you and figuring out the fears are just your mind

@howdoistopobsessing Firstly, clarify what exactly it is your afraid of. Is it only when you go for the kiss that girls will "reject" you or is it whenever you talk to them? If so you have likely talked to a female in your life so it has to be the first. So go down the steps of specifying what exactly is it that god/universe is stopping you from doing. As for starting the practice, which practice is that god/universe will give you "bad luck" doing, is it concentration, meditation, self-inquiry, exercise or what else? What is it by "bad luck", meaning is it that the practice won't work or something? Then when you specify what exactly you are afraid of lets consider if for some reason it happens to be true. You would first practice acceptance on this random limits created by the universe and find ways to go around it If you somehow can't kiss females then just never kiss females and find other ways of physical intimacy and fuck them. If you somehow can't do meditation/practices/habit on specific days, find which days you can or find other practices (There are plenty of different methods to the same end goal) You would maximize your life regardless and if you are seeking enlightenment then you find out that you are the universe creating these random limits and stop it. But at that point you probably won't care But forget all that because you will never need it because there is a 100% chance (rounds to 100) that these are thoughts/visualizations created in the mind.

???

@IndigoGeminiWolf Who is even at these highest states? What is it like at these highest states? Any ressources or examples of people?

@Leo Gura Is there not a way to chase bliss while also completely accepting nonblissful states? Oh wait is that enlightement

@IndigoGeminiWolf Insightful but did not answer the question

@IndigoGeminiWolf It feels worrying thinking there is no point in being great unless other people recognize it. Although I know that is not the case. What is the message behind the video? It seems to be a positive view on validation, I didn't expect that. What is the take away?

@Meta-Man Fuck that I will have both

Why do people want to know the truth, nature of reality? What is that desire? An emotion? A thought? Something more? Something divine? The desire to want to know the nature of reality or truth seems to be the same as pursuing joy because that knowing is enjoyable. Is it to feel superior? @Leo Gura

^^^ What systems would we have to build? What are the next steps? Also why is this important, why give a shit?

@Beginner Mind Is this your book?

@Mikael89 What is the brain? Ahh shit here we go again