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Nithyananda is evil stay away.

@MM1988 Drop these questions and imaginations.Enlightenment is about realizing who your but doesn't give answers to why creation what's the purpose of life and other million questions mind will keep creating

@pluto ???

The question by @Anirban657 is how to be aware of awareness. Below is my reply to Anirban of my understanding of Nisargadatta Maharaja words. ----_-----------------+------------------------------- I am not self realized and never had the nothingness exp. But the words awareness is aware of itself is not used by all.It is confusing the seekers. First of all Awareness is not an object or thing or feeling or emotion. The word try to be aware of awareness makes you think you can experience awareness as an object that is impossible. The eyes cannot see itself.This is just a pointer. Awareness or Infinity or Self or God is beyond everything. Awareness is beyond the waking state,dream state,deep sleep state. In deep sleep awareness is aware of unconsciousness. In dream it is aware of the dreams. In waking state you know what. But in the waking state when the sense of me,body experience,thoughts everything is gone what will remain ? Pure empty waking conciousness or no-thingness with out any objects.So awareness is aware of this. So finally Awareness is beyond everything being,non being,sleep,waking,dream any exp non experience,Nothingness,Emptiness what ever you call it name it. So you can never expirience awareness or in short drop the words awareness is aware of itself.How to be aware of awareness. What ever perceived cannot be the perceiver. You cannot experience yourself you can only know what you are not. By knowing what you are not you know what you are.-Nisargadatta Maharaj Hope this is clear. _------------------------------------------------------ Is my understanding correct ?

@pluto leo is not a devotee so I am.For me praying is begging.For a devotee that is not the case. So if you are happy with praying brings you joy confidence do it whole heartedly.For me it is an illusion.For you that is real. Follow your heart. @EvilAngel

@Anirban657 @Anirban657 I am not self realized and never had the nothingness exp. But the words awareness is aware of itself is not used by all.It is confusing the seekers. First of all Awareness is not an object or thing or feeling or emotion. The word try to be aware of awareness makes you think you can experience awareness as an object that is impossible. The eyes cannot see itself.This is just a pointer. Awareness or Infinity or Self or God is beyond everything. Awareness is beyond the waking state,dream state,deep sleep state. In deep sleep awareness is aware of unconsciousness. In dream it is aware of the dreams. In waking state you know what. But in the waking state when the sense of me,body experience,thoughts everything is gone what will remain ? Pure empty waking conciousness or no-thingness with out any objects.So awareness is aware of this. So finally Awareness is beyond everything being,non being,sleep,waking,dream any exp non experience,Nothingness,Emptiness what ever you call it name it. So you can never expirience awareness or in short drop the words awareness is aware of itself.How to be aware of awareness. What ever perceived cannot be the perceiver. You cannot experience yourself you can only know what you are not. By knowing what you are not you know what you are.-Nisargadatta Maharaj Hope this is clear.

@SQAAD I take leo or any other enlightened masters words only on the path.Just to learn the techniques. Beyond that I don't care what they say because that is their projection.Beyond mind nothing is there.It doesn't say life is perfect,imperfect.It doesn't say to evolve evil is necessary,It doesn't say to appreciate goodness evil,bad is needed.It doesn't care if life goodness is appreciated or not appreciated. It doesn't say life is meaningful not meaningful.It doesn't say the purpose of life. And human mind can never will find or get truth on creation. Beyond mind there is Awareness,nothing,god what ever and be peaceful.This is my understanding so for.

@theking00 @theking00if you think life is meaningless it is.if you think life is meaningful it is.

@Preetom ??? @FoxFoxFox ???

@Preetom I didn't know what they mean I am.so I tried to do self enquiry.What ever emotion thought I will immediately to whom this is.After few minutes it was so rapid like it was happening on its own.At one point the attention touched the sense of me or I feeling or the me feeling.Thats the first time I experienced the I feeling so intensely.Since then it is always there.Waiting for it to vanish like Nisargadatta Maharaj said the I AM will go ?? But I am confused nobody is talking about this vanishing of I or me feeling in the forum. Is it that they are referring as ego death experience by the people who take physcadelics?

@Inliytened1 Yes it is ???

@SQAAD I can understand torture,terrorism,rape,murder,disease etc are necessary for this game to exist ? Tell me why it is necessary and what game you are talking about ? Who says everything is perfect ?

@Soul-lover 2020 how ?

@Soul-lover 2020 can you see your face with out mirrors ?

@jbram2002 ???

@Soul-lover 2020 May be after realising what God is I will read Bible to understand what it says.For me now any reading is just a distraction. Regarding Hinduism - Hinduism embraces everything.It doesn't say you should accept God or you should accept what scriptures say with absolute Faith.Not question it. It gives full freedom.Live and let live.Let all living beings be happy. Scriptures encourage to question everything including the scriptures and to have a direct realization .Same was said by Buddha. It doesn't say you are doomed and will go to hell and suffer for eternity if you don't believe God or scriptures. It accepts atheists.It accepts Advaitha.It accepts duality or dwaitha. Hindus see God is in everything both form and formless hence Hindus worship everything sun moon planets trees animals have personal diety. Rain,earth,Fire,sky,air everything is worshiped. Advaitha God alone is. Dwaitha - All that is present with in God is not God. But God is in eveything. It doesn't say devotion alone is the path.It says Path of knowledge or enquiry,Path of Devotion or Bhakthi or surrender,path of Yoga - meditation,and path of action - selfless service for realizing God. Regarding dualists or devotees there is a famous quote by Saints a devotee want to taste sugar(God) but an Advaithin wants to become the sugar and how can he/she taste the love for God. And Bhuddism or Buddha didn't speak about God.His approach was ending the suffering of human kind.

@rorghee Write down your list of addictions what ever it may be.First you have a firm conviction in the mind to get rid of that. Say addiction to smoking Addiction to internet Addiction to junk food. When an urge comes be mindful of it.Dont resist don't fight embrace the craving meaning pay full attention on the craving the inner resistance the urge to indulge and it will vanish after a minute or two.you have repeat the same when ever the craving comes. To reduce Thinking and be present in the movement or carrying the meditation in life means you have to be mindful 24/7.Do every activity conciously mindfully paying full attention.It is very difficult but with strong conviction and practice that is possible. Any emotion you have only two choice either be a witness no matter how hard it is till it vanishes or embrace it feel it conciously focus your attention on it till it don't try to escape from it don't fight it don't try to escape from it no matter how hard the emotion is be it anger sadness anxiety pain boredom what ever it is.Important point is not to act out of the emotion if anger sadness pain anxiety.Till it vanishes. Both will lead you mastery over your emotion. The past habit of mind will try to continue what ever way it used to act before that has to be over come only by concious witnessing or mindfulness. I hope I am understanding your confusion or question properly and given the answers.

@Shaun 5meo is Non duality.Mushrooms will only give beautiful experiences that's what I heard.Any how good luck.

@Lister ???

@Conrad Drop the idea you are God it is. Just a concept.You are prior to the creation and be that.This is the only knowledge rest all knowledge are ignorance - Nisargadatta Maharaj

@abrakamowse Iam not self realized so it is Not an advice but in general my observation is religious people are more towards devotion faith and belief.Not my cup of tea. So direct experience is the best way to realize the truth.

@abrakamowse Most likely you will be disappointed.

@Druid420 The experience of egoic self or me has to vanish go completely.Thats my theoretical understanding of the words of Nisargadatta Maharaj,Osho etc.complete absence of I or me feeling.

@Druid420 ok let me share my experience.I was suffering from paranoia.I used imagine people are plotting against me,intentionally insulting me etc.I used to suspect every one I interacted with including parents friends even kids. Because of that used to suffer.Get hurt.Couldnt over come that. No matter what my patients sister tried to convince I couldn't trust them because I was pretty sure it's happening.So no sleep,anxiety constant anger.It was hell. I was suffering from depression as well.The root cause of depression was paranoia. So after 2 to 3 physchiatrists they couldn't treat that properly.Finally luckily found one very elderly experienced doc who gave the right medicine to cure that. When paranoia was cured automatically depression vanished.Even when it comes occasionally it goes quickly. So never undermine treatment.Though I was not aware of the therapists then nor the doctors suggested one.That was a mistake on their part I would say.

@Robi Steel The problem is thoughts.They are not stopping. They keep coming.