VeganAwake

Yes there can still be a message shared but it does not belong to a separate individual because the separate individual is an illusion. Liberation is the end of suffering because it's recognized the individual suffering was an illusion. ?

I've been going through a 3 year gradual Enlightenment experience. About a year-and-a-half ago, I stopped seeking and turned within and recognized the self created ME character was simply an illusion compiled of energy, thoughts, beliefs, ideas and perceptions about myself. I began shedding the layers of the illusory self. The ME character fell away and it was simultaneously recognized that it never existed. I untangled from social conditioning and snapped out of The Matrix... At this point I would consider myself completely liberated from the prison of the mind. I'm a senior equipment operator first class in the US Navy Seabees on active duty. I've been in for 18 years... I'm stationed in Port Hueneme California. I have more free time than most people in the military because we are currently in Home Port and I just manage and make sure people do their jobs. I really don't do any practices any longer because it feels like a constant meditative state.

Maybe It's tough to become conscious of because it isn't happening...

"There never was a you, it was simply a bunch of energy thinking it was a somebody that had free will and choice hahaha" - VeganAwake

Our minds create an individual story... Our minds create an overlay that's placed on top of reality and judge it according to our conditioning. If it's something that helps the story of ME or goes along with my beliefs it's labeled good. If it goes against my beliefs it's labeled bad. This ME characters story is called Maya the illusion of the self. It isn't real. If we were to remove the thinking mind out of the equation it's just existence happening for no one. There would be no purpose no meaning nothing to do and nowhere to go. Just existence happening the way it happens....its THIS! Duality is an illusion, there was never any separation because there is no one actually here to be separated, it was an illusion(Maya) Note: This cannot be understood by the dualistic thinking mind, typically an Awakening needs to occur before this is seen through... After non-dual awareness is present the line between subject and object blurs because it's recognized the separation never occurred. It's simultaneously recognized that Free Will and choice is also an illusion. Things are just happening regardless of whether we are creating a personal illusory story about it or not... ❤

This video talks a little bit about what was discussed here...❤

It is definitely a radical message...but for no one. ?

Hi, I'm not familiar with anything higher than turquoise... but either way I would say his center of gravity is a high turquoise... What do you think? ❤ His message is actually pretty rare but I found a few other people describing the same non-dual message.

Walk the middle path....❤ Stay grounded and open-minded simultaneously. It's a paradox because you can still spend some time on the self, while still being aware its an illusion. It's okay to make the station wagon a little more comfortable... just don't try to turn it into a Rolls-Royce because it isn't yours...?

There isn't necessarily anything wrong with enjoying material possessions... money is neutral in fact People will judge their self worth according to material possessions they have acquired. it's my car it's my motorcycle it's my house.... my my my me me me... When we can be grateful for what we have in any current situation...that's peace... if we have nice things great if not oh well ❤ We judge situations on how they affect the separate me character.. If we weren't there life would still be going on... We place an overlay over reality and say if it's good for me it's good if it's bad for me it's bad according to our personal preferences.

Yes beginner's mind love that ❤

@Spaceofawareness ❤

Whatever happens just happens there's no Rhyme or Reason to anything... It just simply is... Indescribable and incomprehensible... Total freedom ❤ or imprisonment just depends on how you view it

I mean we're Boundless Energy manifesting as nothing and everything it doesn't get much weirder than that... nothing really surprises me anymore ? ?

❤ Some kind of Boundless Energy with pure potential manifesting as nothing and everything ? It would be a lie to say this understands it over here haha.. It's incomprehensible to this mind. ❤

I think what Ralston is pointing to is dropping or emptying your mind completely of all concepts and ideas of Awakening work. "The biggest obstacle to Discovery is not ignorance, it's the illusion of knowledge" If you think you already know the answer you won't be radically open-minded to accept the TRUTH. Its an unknowing... Viewing everything with childlike eyes and wonder.

We have forgotten who we are.... this forgetting is Maya (illusion of the self) We feel separate and incomplete... we seek for something outside of our selves to complete us, but nothing will ever do it because we are already complete. We're trying to fix something that was never broke. We run on the hamster wheel endlessly... We're trying to integrate something that was never separated. "The separation never occurred" - A Course in Miracles (ACIM)

Yes....I know what your saying. There is no one way and everyone is different...❤ Some people give up the seeking and turn within... Some people finally run into the right spiritual teacher after 20 years and they wake them up. Some people turn seeking into an identity and it can perpetuate the self illusion. Contradictions are common in the spiritual community... because there are Different Strokes for different illusory folks ...? Osho took care to contradict himself with everything he said. I'm not trying to confuse anyone I'm just asking to trust me. ❤ Sometimes The Chronic seeking can hide what was never hidden. If something isn't working there's no hurt and mixing it up a bit.... You will not lose progress by simply changing things up... Remember it's not a gaining it's a crumbling away. ❤ Not saying practices do not help with psychological issues and calming the body mind... spiritual progress can look like a lot of different things....I know people that have been meditating and doing yoga and eating vegan diet for 20 years.

I think a lot of it has to do with how attached one is to the sense of self (illusion) I didn't mean to tell someone their enlightened and wait around to see what happens lol..that's funny.. I meant to teach someone how to effectively see the sense of self is an illusion and to shed these layers, untangle from social conditioning and snap out of The Matrix.

Recognizing that Enlightenment is not something attained or found in the future. Also recognizing it's not a gaining of knowledge, but a falling away of the illusory self. Also the recognition that spiritual practices can actually perpetuate the belief of the illusory separate self and delay this falling away process. ❤

Hi, There is nothing outside of THIS. You're always present... where else could you be. Have you ever experienced anything outside of THIS? Everything happens within this non-dual Oneness and it's what's happening / THIS! If your separate self temporarily takes over and runs the show it's what's happening within THIS. One way isn't better than the other although it seems that way at first. There is no right or wrong, Awakening is either something that happens or does not.. The more you starve off this separate self the easier it becomes to stay conscious almost all the time. It seemed to take me about a year and a half to start seeing some major progress...❤ Hope this helps ?

There's no point purpose meaning or value to anything but why not study and learn...

I love how well he describes everything. It's like he took a snapshot of my own experience ❤