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@How to be wise Could be a heart attack. Just saying. But powerful meditation can prevent it going further, as we know.

Sounds to me like ego trying to resist a higher state of consciousness. Do not resist. Surrender only.

@NoSelfSelf It also foolish to waste energy on relationships with unconscious beings, however the egoic mind labels them, i.e family, friends etc etc.

Firstly, you can rest assured that there is no such thing as mental illness. Sounds to me like your ego is trying to create stories. You know what you have to do. Follow Leo's guidance.

Why do you want to become a 'world class programmer'? This would just be an illusion. Utterly pointless. You need to do the work to be content with nothing.

@Jack River Possibly. But then you are resisting solitude. In solitude, with nothing, you won't suffer. Indeed, you will be rewarded.

@TheAvatarState You're right. Don't create a vision. It is an illusion that can't ever be realized. You need to be content with just Being. Anything else will lead to suffering. Relationships, careers, attachment to family... let it all go, NOW, and surrender to the NOW. Isn't it much better to enjoy the bliss of Being even if you sit in a room looking at a wall all day, than living unconsciously in an illusion, believing that you feel/think/love, when really, you don't? Destroy your attachment to everything, including your sense of self.

@Jack River Of course, I am open to any other explanation...

@Jack River It is a conclusion based upon my own experience. I dream vividly every single night, and yet my 'body', or whatever you might call it, does not feel drained in any way. As is my understanding, to suggest that dreams are draining to the physical body would suggest that they are illusions created within the brain. I know this to be not true. I know that consciousness has left my being and is then Being.

Pursuing this will only set you up to fall. You do not need a relationship. It is impossible to form a relationship that is not based on an illusion. If you want to live within an illusion, press ahead. Otherwise forget it, and surrender to the infinite beauty and bliss of the nothingness of now.

How do you mean, end an experience? @Rilles Ultimately, when you are dreaming you are not expending energy, as you are not in your physical body. You are riding the energy of the infinite. To suggest that dreaming has a drain on your physical body would suggest that dreams originate in the brain. We all agree to that, surely? Otherwise, you would be thinking quite materialistically.

I do nothing. What is more egoic than pursuing a career and goals? It will only lead to suffering.

@Jack River Of course there is awareness during sleep, as Spirit and Consciousness leaves your being. I am happy you have found peace. It is just a shame you are unable to enjoy the bliss within a dream.

@Rilles Only a devil would make such a claim. You are clearly at One with your egoic self and you are too fearful to let it go. As such, you will continue to live within an illusion. You can be saved. Stop everything. Forget everything. Do nothing. Feel nothing. Just Be.

@Serotoninluv I would agree to a point. There are no good or bad thoughts. Even love is an illusion. Which is the mistake that many on this forum make. Love is an egoic fabrication. The only thing that is 'real', is to be thoughtless with no attachment to anything. Which is, ultimately, the gift we receive when we leave these wretched bodies.