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In fact I'm not sure there would even be casinos and gambling without the invention of alcohol... nothing makes you more spiritual and realize the unimportance of money than dropping a grand down on the craps table after a strong glass of whiskey and losing it all in one bet lol. You could also call this being an unwise gambler hehe... the point is that I walked out of the casino smiling and with no regrets.(true story at the Chumash Casino 1 month ago) ❤

Haha that's funny I think Leo actually said in one of his videos that we might not be here if our father didn't have enough beers and bundle up the courage to ask our mothers out... love that video ❤

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The identification as the thinker of the thoughts causes suffering. When the mechanisms that create suffering are understood it allows energy to be placed where it needs to be placed instead of all over the place....it gives aim. Awareness alone is Curative ❤

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I'm actually still in... I do heavy equipment construction for the US Navy. 19 months 16 days until I retire... not counting or anything lol ❤ Not sure what quoting scripture means I think you're referring to parroting maybe, but the thing is when you get down to the brass tacks of everything there aren't any individuals so it's just apparent meaningless information or pointers. After what I'm describing has clearly been seen through there's not a glass left that could be emptied. There isn't even one now it just seems that way. ?

I was a diehard seeker for about a year before having a samadhi style Awakening (a lot of quick stilling of the Whirlwind of mind) a year-and-a-half ago while I was deployed to Okinawa Japan, I was meditating in the morning and evenings and during the day in the bathroom stall lol stinky at times. I was listening to a lot of Leo's 2016 through 2018 videos, most of the Spiral Dynamics and Collective ego videos to name a few. Anyways at some point I recognized the 'self' identity was a misidentification with feelings thoughts perceptions labels beliefs and stored energy in the body. It was recognized my mind had been causing all the suffering taking place in my life(identification with thought) I had also heard Adyashanti speak about Enlightenment was not a gaining, it's a complete Falling/stripping away process. To make a long story short basically let go of everything that I considered my reality... and started embracing Unknowing!! I would say it's been an ongoing gradual Awakening process for around the last 3 years in total. ❤ It might seem like something here cares so much but when this is clearly seen through it's not difficult discussing what was clearly recognized. I was a truth Seeker so sure sometimes a little bit of that conditioning comes back when I hear people talking from complete ignorance or hearsay... one of the first things I learned on this path was you have to fully empty your glass. Hence one of my favorite quotes: "the greatest obstacle to Discovery is not ignorance, it's the illusion of knowledge". I don't have an agenda here so if they kicked me off the Forum tomorrow, I would just adjust. There isn't a deep-seated belief held, that I need to help awaken as many people as possible or anything like that. Whatever is happening is happening... it is what it is. ❤

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Hehe yes absolutely 100% Check out at 6:10 ❤

Yes unknowing!! ❤ being reborn and seeing the world with childlike eyes and wonder...

Hehe .... I was just messing around ❤ so much love bro. But really every life experience would have influenced this point of view... So I guess the most logical thing to say would be: It's just VIEW.....?

There was a die-hard Seeker here dedicated to finding the truth at all costs.... Then one day there was a recognition that the one seeking wasn't real and the self illusion collapsed and it was simultaneously recognized it never actually existed.

There can be the experience of mystical nonsense..... it doesn't necessarily mean that's what's actually happening.... just what seems to be experienced. A master might be sitting in the corner watching and smiling.

You're asking me... 1) medication 2) recognition there is nothing that needed to be found 3) your drunk 4) you think you are right 4) all of the above and or mixed

@WaveInTheOcean ❤ When it's clearly recognized the sense of 'self' experienced in the body is an illusion.... that's it... there's nothing else to realize. There was never any real separation because the sense of self was an illusion from the beginning...duality=unreality Bam...end of story no mystical nonsense....just simple non-dual awareness ? "The separation never occurred" -- A Course in Miracles

An illusion or misidentification does not equal anything because it was 0 all along. And everything you described is happening within everything my dear....it's all one ❤ This is why the yin-yang appears as opposites in one Circle.... pointing to non-duality. ?

Well it would be recognized there's nothing needed externally because nothing was ever actually missing. Only the illusion of the separate self felt like something needed to be found

Non-duality cannot be understood until the illusion of self is seen through.... the veil gets lifted and then it's recognized. You still believe no one is someone ❤

This transcends right or wrong it's just whether it's recognized or not....in most cases not....❤ Which is also perfect whole and complete! For No One!

Yep and there is still what is happening, it's just not happening for anyone.... the individual that it feels like it's happening for is the illusion is Maya is the dream ❤ Ya got it

Because there is an experience there, that one day a separate individual will find something called Enlightenment. Sometimes this constant seeking can become overwhelming and so stressful that the entire self structure collapses. Other times it just happens for no apparent reason whatsoever. Hence why it's called the pathless path ❤ I'm not talking about it, the communication apparently happens, it's what's happening. Nothing recognizing it's nothing... there is no answer because there is no real question.