VeganAwake

Nice that's right... what is driving you to do all this seeking and practicing. What is driving that machine over there? Turn within and investigate... the answer is quite surprising!!❤

It's amazing how stored energy and thoughts become a real felt entity... Once one becomes aware of this and investigates, the energy seems to dissipate and then it's recognized it was never real to begin with. So wild ?

Yeah!

What you are experiencing right now is all that there is. Its THIS and its everything and nothing... it's the best show in town.. don't miss it seeking for something illusory ?

I think a lot of the surprise Factor depends on your level of attachment to the self image, and of course how clearly the illusion is seen through. In my own experience it was more of a shock like WTF. Gradual Awakenings are even a little dull sometimes because of the belief that something was radically going to happen... sometimes it's instant sometimes it's a gradual recognition. Each has its ups and downs that's for sure.

Yes exactly. The "I" thought loves to take credit for anything perceived as good and then blame someone else if it's perceived as bad..lol

I had that feeling as well, it's radical to think about...

Pretending to know is the sickness and Samadhi is the cure. Please stop pretending, it's so obvious ?

Yes..Unconditional love and forgiveness ❤ This is a very powerful story of how a woman forgave her son's murder.. she describes unforgiveness as a cancer that eats you from the inside out. ❤

Nonduality teacher Jim Newman This video mimicked almost identically my own experience...❤

Those are good ideas and advice thank you ❤

Is it because he doesn't have a beard and talk slow enough? Hehe joking.. He grew up as a hardcore Christian ...pretty interesting story.. He's not vegan though so that's a huge area for improvement... That was another joke ?

@TrynaBeTurquoise ❤ your very welcome ?

Sorry lol...you are my favorite ? Watch from 45 sec on ❤

yes I honestly thought this portion would be a dead giveaway that it was a joke: ❤ I was thinking about changing my profile name from VeganAwake to Duality Police I wanted to see what you guys thought first before making any super important complex choices.

And what lies are those my friend. I'm pretty sure I can quit well backup everything I've ever discussed on this forum. Why do you think I'm acting or playing? That last post was a joke to try to get some laughs. I apologize if it sounded like I was trying to be a jerk it was out of fun.. guess it was bad timing... I was trying to lighten the mood ❤ I use videos that I've watched and listened to because I do not need to reinvent the wheel and spend an hour typing a message... a lot of times the videos I post are describing exactly that of my own experience. I do not discuss anything on here that I have not personally experienced.

I was thinking about changing my profile name from VeganAwake to Duality Police I wanted to see what you guys thought first before making any super important complex choices. I was even thinking that maybe Leo would be willing to pay me a little bit for my services... maybe just a hundred bucks a month... My main job would be to infiltrate dualistic conversational threads posing to be nonduality topics and straighten them away as quick as possible. The other profile name I was thinking was MillennialParadigmShatterer or MPS for short.. What do you guys think?

Yes you can absolutely go on with life believing you're a separate unique human being... there's nothing wrong with that. What's being pointed to is that entire belief system is an illusion... Duality isn't real, there is only Oneness. Even if you believe yourself to be a separate unique human... it is simply not the case. Enlightenment is completely seeing through the illusory separate self... you don't get tricked back into believing you're an individual again does that make sense? This is quite literally the definition of enlightenment... Does Oneness agree on this topic or do we need to keep rehearsing lol...❤

Here's something I wrote during one of my Awakenings: ❤ "The same thing is always being said, it just appears to be described differently"

I like what you said here but you cannot switch back to the point of view of the Separate piece when the illusion is completely seen through... The separate self is completely recognized to be an illusion... the illusion of the Separate piece never tricks you again... the ignorance is dispelled completely. ❤

Okay I can see we have different experiences/understandings of what Awakening is and that's okay ❤ During my Awakening it was recognized the self identity I thought I was, was a complete illusion. That entire identity completely crumbled away. The false self or ego was seen to be a complete fabrication of the mind that had been running my life and controlling me.(Maya illusion of the self) When this crumbling away of the false self takes place, it is simultaneously recognized that we quite literally are One and there is nothing apart(Non-duality) After true Awakening occurs, it's recognized that Duality never actually existed because it was just an imaginary separate identity created by our own minds and social conditioning. This is why it's called Liberation ...you become free from your egoic self agenda controlling your life, making you feel like you're separate & lacking and running on the hamster wheel. I don't mind you explaining your interpretation of this recognition as it probably helps others learn but I do feel like you're preaching to the choir a bit. This unit here is free I'm passing along the message of freedom. ❤ Duality is an illusion because there simply isn't more than one thing going on here.

Lol I'm not sure if what you said made any sense. If there truly isint a separate individual but just someone believing they are seperate, that doesn't actually create duality. The duality is just a figment of their imagination, they weren't actually ever separate. Hence why Duality is actually an illusion. It's hard to truly understand nonduality when the illusion hasn't been clearly seen through.

@LfcCharlie4 hey my friend I enjoyed talking with you as well. This is one of my enlightened friends that I speak with on the phone occasionally. This doesn't necessarily pertain to this topic but I thought you would enjoy understanding what he's describing about enlightenment.