NoN-RaTiOnAL

it is a way you undestand yourself. you are actually much more than the small self but you are anaware of that so what you are left with is surface level awarness so to speak. Its like the tip of the iceberg of consciousness. The loudest part. Its like that annoying kid in your class - everyone gets to know his name before anybody else. It wants whatever it percieves as lacking. if you lack power you want more of it, if you lack appreciation you want more of it.... It wants the world to obey its will and it wants it to happen effortlessly = suffering because thats almost never the case.

generally i would agree with you BUT i would say from my experience that having social connections and having small talk with different people i meet throughtout my day produces a kind of general feeling of "the world is safe and people are good" which provides a small sense of oneness with the world for me which lasts and isnt fleeting. if i compare a day i spend alone with myself or a day i had a few nice interactions i generally tend to feel happier when i had some interactions. and i say all that as an introvert. also, keep in mind that social interactions are basically a set of skills and as you become better at them you also derive more joy out of it. all those gurus who always shit on social interactions are also usually not very active socially and are not that developed in that area of their life.

what you are supposed to get from these trips isnt knowing exactly what will happen but to get in touch with whats beyond this universe and realize that all is going to be fine.

nobody knows. we barely even understand what the brain is.

you dont. until you get tired of the illusion. then you imagine a way out of it. then you break out. when being out becomes too comfy you want to go back in again. circle of consciousness.

from my experience of doing different kinds of methods for transformation - you never truly change in the sense that you just delete the old you from your mind. i feel like i always stay who i am BUT i added new features on top of that: for example: i was (and still am) a shy introvert growing up and through pickup and improv classes i created a whole new "feature" of being more brave spontanous and playful around people. now i can enjoy socializing way more, but i stiil feel like after a few hours im tired of everybody and just want to read a book in my bed.

like with any tool. its not about the tool but how you use it. are you only consuming online or are you also using it to challenge yourself creativly?

lucky for me i like a fat ass on my face so i never lie when i say "not enough!"

who the hell knows what he truly meant.. trying to understand that is just speculation. you just stay true to your experience and it will be the best you can do. keep training consistently and find out for yourself what happens.

then go have a nice conversation with your family about consciousness, let us know how that went

if males would stop masturbation they would go INSANE. WTF is this? anyways nothing could stop a wet dream. i bet sadguru has them all the time porn definetly has negative effects though...

if you were truly enlightened you would know that consciousness, truth and love doesnt give a shit about consciousness, truth and love. its preferable subjects include: shit, piss, farts and getting laid.

im a solipsist aswell when i meet another guy i shit right on his face and tell him that he told me to do it.

you need to expose yourself to situations which require you to react quickly - this will force you to go out of your rigid mind. one fault a rigid mind has is that it has to think about everything in advance. join an improv classs. its great and usually filled with people who will be very kind toward your mistakes. you will experience what you fear most, but in a safe container. it will help you tremendously. another option is pickup. just walk to girls on the street or start coversations with random people and try to keep the conversation going as long as you can. in time you will become more at ease with yourself, less anxiety = more sponteneity. this one is more risky, people might not be very kind towards you and you must learn to not take their reactions personally.

it seems like the same theme as always in his books.. whats gonna be new there?