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@ardacigin Just be careful with this type of thing, it kind of reminds me of some kind of spiritual brainwashing. Non-dual awareness isn't about metaphorically smashing everything together into some kind of non-dual soup reality. It's a simple recognition that this needy "I" character within the body that feels separate and lacking, is an illusion of self. No real separate individual = no real separation! ❤

Yep, the biggest problem for the "sense of self" is death! The last thing it wants to hear is that death is coming for it. It's no wonder religion and or spirituality are so appealing.

Bro you're looking way too deep into it.... No, the body-mind organism is NOT an illusion. The completely illusory part is the "sense of self" that feels like a someone is trying to discredit "ME". That "sense of self" that feels like it's making significant spiritual progress on a narrow path to the truth/enlightenment. That big inflated "sense of self" that feels enhanced at times with encouragement and diminished at others with criticism..... that is the completely unreal part. There isn't a real you going anywhere on a spiritual path, that's the illusion of self running on the hamster wheel endlessly. If you see what's being pointed to, you will laugh and say: damn that vegan dude wasn't bullshiting after all!! ❤

Enlightenment is the end of the spiritual belief loops and identification games. It's clearly recognized and without a doubt that the only thing that believes itself to be the one true god/higher self or whatever, is a completely unreal illusion of self. Simply put, if there is any kind of identification as "I AM This or I AM That", enlightenment has not occurred! ❤

Haha nobody, thats exactly why it's such a radical and shocking revelation. The thoughts arise differently when its assumed that there is a real someone actually thinking them....they are personalized thoughts arising for an illusory individual. This personalized thinking changes when it's clearly recognized that the Thinker isn't actually there. & don't get me wrong, personalized thoughts can still seem to arise after enlightenment.... there's just nobody left to claim them as my thoughts. And the crazy part is, there never was! ? ❤

It's real and unreal. It's something and nothing. Is a temporary appearance something or nothing? When it's recognized the witness is an illusion, what does it mean for that which was being witnessed? And if it's recognized by no one, is it even a recognition? Or is the recognition also nothing? Nothing can really be pinned down or labeled because it's constantly changing and simultaneously how can something change when it's origination is unknown? We try really hard to know don't we! Consciousness; The Absolute; Infinity; Reality; THIS; Everything & Nothing; The Beloved; God..... it doesn't matter what it's called, it's just what's happening. All there is, is exactly what seems to be happening. It's whole complete and perfect!! And it's not somewhere else!! It's THIS..... ❤

Its not a paradigm, enlightenment is the end of paradigms. Consciousness is just the bodily sensations mixed with thinking..... it ends when the organism dies. That's also why there is no memory of consciousness prior to birth. There are approximately 7.75 billion human beings which appear to be conscious and aware of the bodily sensations, hearing, smelling, seeing, feeling, tasting, thinking. But these bodies are completely empty of a real you/me/them. There is no one or no thing actually inside of them! The sense of self that claims these sensations as consciousness or as MY bodily sensations is an illusion. There are human bodies walking around just like there are deer in the forest, the difference is that the human mind has become an entity unto itself. This illusory sense of separation creates an experience often referred to as the Dream Story or The Matrix. Like a real experience caused by a false assumption of separation. Waking up is the recognition that this separate identity within the body is completely fiction. ❤

Well THIS is already death because the sense of self that believes it's alive and conscious, isn't real. There isn't a real you to be okay or not okay with it ......that's the illusion of self!! So in that sense nothing matters at all. ❤

@TheOneReborn The thing is, the ego isn't something tangible to be gotten rid of. It's the entire sense of self costruct.(Not just the so-called bad parts) It's not actually real. Its a misunderstanding or mistaken identity. It's not that the ego dies, rather its recognized to have never been real!! And then all the energy that was being used to uphold this unreal self construct can flow back into everything. ❤

Sure bud! ❤

Isn't it funny how religion says God created everything...... oh but wait, none of that apparent bad stuff, just the good lol. What a crock of s***, all of religion & spirituality is complete nonsense. This can be a very convincing recognition! There's only what seems to be happening period. Completely unknowable because the one that thinks it can know it, is an illusion of self. ❤

And there is nothing right or wrong about feeling that way! ❤

Lots of stories bro! ❤

Haha yeah and in that sense you can't even listen to so-called buddha teachings/recommendations. Enlightenment is just not a something that a someone can give or not give you. It's a loss..... it's absolutely not a gaining of anything!! Q) So what's lost? A) The sense of self that is convinced enlightenment is something that is attained for itself. It's the clear revelation that this self simply never happened....it just seemed to. ❤

Agreed Yeah apparently Common Sense isn't that common.? I'm just saying people shouldn't bite the hand that feeds them because they can't tell whether it's feeding them turkey dogs or ribeye steak. ❤

Short sweet & to the point responses have both possibilities of being understood or misunderstood. Example: One person might read that "death is imaginary" and go out and live life care free like there's no tomorrow doing something different every day....having an amazing life. Another might jump from a tall building to see if it's true. The fact is if it's truly recognized that the sense of self is an illusion and nothing matters and death is imaginary..... there would be no one left that needs a point proven to them. It would be THIS! ❤

If you can't stand the heat get out the kitchen. If you live in a glass house don't throw stones ❤

@RMQualtrough You don't need any pointers because there isn't anything missing. Everything is already complete! The point is, there isn't one! The truth is, there isn't one! The needy individual that constantly feels lacking is an illusion of self. You can't go wrong because there is no right & you can't go right because there is no wrong. Right & wrong are conditioned concepts within the dream story of being an individual. Freedom is the clear recognition that this needy self construct called "ME" is completely unreal. ❤

It's both simultaneously ❤

Desires can seem to arise, there just not arising for a someone! The desirer isn't really there! That recognition can kind of take the wind out of the sail for certain desires. ❤

Yup, and there's no one that knows that......it's an illusion of self! ? Death is already the case because no one was actually really alive. & something that isn't real, cannot die. It could be said that when the body dies, the illusion of self dies with it but again it wasn't real from the start...... which is already the case. What a trip right? ? ❤

It's unconditional love and it's unwaverable! Love for all of existence exactly as it appears regardless of circumstance. ❤

Long drawn out replies also have much more potential to be misunderstood. I respect honesty even if I don't agree with the answers,replies or tone. Short, straight forward and to the point!? ❤

Gotcha, IME samadhi wasn't about detachment/denial or having no beliefs. Rather it was a clear recognition that there simply never was a real "me" doing anything to begin with. There definitely seemed to be, but it was just an illusion of self identity or maya. Its freedom for nobody! What a let down right! ❤

There isn't a real someone to be fully present or somewhere else.....it's nonduality already! ❤