VeganAwake

And paradoxically there is nothing that is not the way either. Before the way is recognized, any step is in the wrong direction. After the way is recognized there isn't a wrong direction. ❤

Lol... I like that ❤ And at the end of the play and while drinking champagne backstage, The Masks will be removed to reveal there was only one actor all along, but it sure was the best show in town..?

All I recommend is meditation and turning within and asking yourself Who am I? And where does this ME reside within the body?

The biggest confusion with ego that I see on this forum is the belief that someone is saying you need to kill the ego. No one is saying you need to kill the ego... that's not how it works at all...❤

That's what I'm telling you to do and stop all the practices talk...? the seeking perpetuates the belief you are separate and lacking something that you don't already have.❤

You are already home my friend you never left it was just Maya all along. The separation from God never occurred it was all Just an Illusion. There cannot be a path anywhere because you are already there and it's THIS and its perfect... all that's required is to recognize it ❤ See the game is Oneness doesn't recognize its Oneness and continues seeking Oneness within Oneness. Oneness actually creates the only Duality that could ever exist by seeking Oneness inside of itself. As long as Oneness keeps seeking for Oneness, it perpetuates the belief that its separate from itself. It's the running on the hamster wheel effect. It's time to get off the hamster wheel and realize you are already home.. There was never a separate you inside the body it was just oneness entangled within the human experience. There is nothing wrong with it, if you want to stay entangled that's just fine, that's just Oneness experiencing itself in the finite. It's all simply THIS...❤

There isn't anywhere it's not. It's the canvas and the artist.

It feels like some kind of unknowable Smart Energy with no limitations. Pure potential with no beginning and no end, it's what IS. Some kind of pregnant nothingness. It's an everything and a nothing. There is nothing that it's not, it's the all encompassing. It's absolute perfection. It's infinite. It's meaningless and means everything. Its THIS ❤

@LfcCharlie4 ❤ thought u would ?

@LfcCharlie4 hey shipmate haha we say that in the Navy.... I had a feeling you would really like what she has to say ❤

You said it as perfect as language can allow ❤ Thank you my friend ?

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We are in good company. ?

Sweet...perfect...? It's going to be a good evening❤

Ahh love you guys 2 ❤ Just a miller lite lol ? Haha I typed in frown and this is what came up...? haha.. I was joking with the teaming up on the vegan thing ? love you both hehe

Yes totally agree Different Strokes for different folks.. from what I've read about him he's a true master ❤ A glimpse or a mystical experience doesn't usually cut it though, the illusion(Maya) has to be completely seen through and embodied sort of speak. The ego does not give up easily... Anyone can return home it's just whether you were truly riding the ox or not. PS stop teaming up on a vegan that's weak sauce..

Right... yeah I fell asleep watching a non-duality video on YouTube and woke up to this guy... his words were so true it woke me out of a deep slumber...had to share ❤

@LfcCharlie4 Thanks for sharing that with me ❤ and I understand you using going full circle term now. ? I've read similar books, their post Enlightenment guides. In this books case the Absolute is referring to THIS. I totally agree non-duality and duality that are just words pointing... their meanings are only as good as the understanding that THIS or the Absolute is all there is. It sounds like we are actually in very similar circumstances. What I find quite interesting is just within the last month I have basically been settling back into normal life. It's been a return home as the same person and at the same time completely new. ? The only concern I would have is for people reading this book who haven't completely seen through the illusion of Maya transitioning back into duality as a way to escape the difficult work of completely seeing through the illusion and untangling from social conditioning and snapping out of The Matrix. It is similar to what I was talking about with trying to bring the ego with you through enlightenment... it simply does not work that way. The ME can never become Enlightened, because Enlightenment is seeing the ME never existed. ❤

If you believe everything is the self or one that's describing non-duality not duality. It's difficult to fully grasp Oneness or non-duality from a dual perspective. It's kind of a mind f*** because people will be describing Oneness and trying to embrace it while still believing there a separate self. You can believe you're a separate Drop in the Ocean all you want but that doesn't make it true. The separation never occurred. ❤

To see perfection in everything ❤

Haha this was hilarious. ❤ Nice post ?

okay I got you bro yes the limitations of language and typing out that language can confuse things easily... a lot of what we are saying is very similar. Where I think we differ is what you describe as the personality, I describe as the human bodies conditioning and Oneness. When I had my first Awakening I recognized the personal sense of "ME" I believed myself to be was an illusion. Not kind of an illusion... Not a partial illusion... not 50% me 50% conditioning. A 100% complete seeing through the illusory sense of self otherwise known as Maya. It was recognized that not only does Travis not exist currently, he never existed period. When this was completely seen through... the personal story of Travis dissolved... and just because I believed in the story of Travis does not make it ever true. There has never been a Travis or a Charlie looking out of these human bodies eyes. It was a mistaken identity. Oneness, God or the Absolute is experiencing itself through our bodies. Duality is an illusion because there was never a separation to begin with. It was just Maya ❤

Here are some takeaways from everything I said and the message that Jim Newman points to in bullet points: 1) There is no separate ME inside the body somewhere that is an illusion. 2) After Awakening occurs it is recognized the separate sense of me never existed. 3) Everything is real and unreal, it is everything and nothing appearing as the absolute. 4) You can play the character but that does not mean that's Duality...it is still Oneness pretending to be separate.( Duality is an illusion) 5) There's nothing experienced outside of THIS. If you've experienced something outside of THIS let me know. 6) Any experience outside of THIS is unknown. The experience of knowing is created by the separate sense of self. 7) The separate sense of self will never feel complete it will always seek something outside of itself to feel whole. Recognize its an illusion. 8) The conditioned body will still operate without the sense of ME present. Notice it will still turn its head when it's called, it will still jump out of the way if a snake is about to bite it, it will get food and water when it's thirsty or hungry. It can essentially run on autopilot and be observed doing so, it's quite interesting. 9) Nothing matters... there is no purpose or meaning to anything... only a mind creates matter, meaning and purpose. The personal ME lays down an overlay over reality and judges it and believes that it should be a certain way and sees it from its perspective. It believes that it all needs to mean something. 10) There is no free will or Choice things are just happening and the separate sense of me creates a story and makes it seem like it's in control of what's going on there is no control... but simultaneously is boundless freedom... Its THIS!! ❤ Fuckin nailed it...yeah right on oops that was my ego ?

@LfcCharlie4 I get what you mean bud ❤ I can spot the ego from a mile away because I used to be one. The ego is licking its chops and smiling when it hears you say life just begins at 1000 and there's so much more to do... this is quite literally what the ego does and how it survives. It knows if the seeking ends it will be out of business... Separation, guilt, incompleteness and Lack are the ego's business partners. Okay I'm keeping this one short bud... There is no one way is better than the other it's all part of THIS!! And that's completely fine...❤

You are being run by your egoic self agenda bud....I keep telling you...you need to recognize it. Listen to yourself, you are saying you are at a 1000 already but requiring additional integration work. (the ego says seek but do not find) These models, resources and books and such are to be used as stepping stones and should be understood and dropped. As long as your ego is running the show you will never be complete... once you reach 1001 or whatever you're doing, your mind will just move on to the next thing. Trust me!! You will see!! You're on the hamster wheel and until you recognize you're already complete and always have been... you will just keep perpetuating the illusion of separation and lack of wholeness. It will keep you running and searching for completion your whole life. There is nothing outside of yourself that will complete you... all the true Masters knew this...Eckhart knows this. Did you watch the Samadhi movie I sent you... it explains this perfectly... Remember if you think you already know the answer you won't be willing to recognize the truth when it comes to you.(keeping your glass full) This is what is meant by "The biggest obstacle to Discovery is not ignorance, it's the illusion of knowledge". You are in the trap of knowing!! When the mechanism that creates suffering is completely understood and seen through, forgiveness can be instantaneous... there's no need to drag this Dark Night of the Soul stuff on... the illusion is seen through. Unconditional love for existence is what remains. Integration is an illusion...you were already perfectly complete ...Maya the illusion of self tends to Cloud things up.(the separation never occurred) I think it's time you step off the hamster wheel and into the Kingdom of Heaven. ❤ Just leave the ego at the entrance.?