TrynaBeTurquoise

None of what you said really relates to the topic “separation is not an illusion” or contradicts anything I said.

The separation is only there because of the indoctrination you received in your earliest years and the self needing to survive. Separation isn't a tangible thing that exists outside of your interpretation, its imaginary. In the absolute sense, the self doesn't need to survive. The only thing that needs the self to survive is, the self! Is the self real, actual? No. No longer caring about your survival needs vs physically killing the body are different things. If you stopped caring about your survival needs (goes beyond just physiological needs) you may or may not physically die. You could not care about your survival needs one bit, undergo conceptual death of the self, ego, and separation would disappear.

Fun Fact: All gullibility is untenable.

Why are you texting her videos about "types of guys to avoid" and identifying yourself as one of them? Thats doing no good for you whatsoever. And asking her to block you? I'm baffled as fuck.

For some reason I thought If you get impeached as president you aren't eligible to be re-elected. What a mindfuck.

I think his video was more about the realization of the depth of his own ego, not the nature of the terms karma or samskara. He was just applying the basic meaning of those terms to his awakening experience.

Notice how I said the "thoughts containing content" are real, not "the content is real" hehe

Yes, content not being actual is precisely the illusion. Because there is a conceptual overlay over every automatic experience of your conditioned mind. The entire function of your perception is not about recognizing the true nature of whats in front of you but adding value judgements and labels to everything to help survive what you think you are and identify with, not what you actually are. The content is just language and symbols, which only have meaning what you assign their meaning to be. Heres where I encourage you to inquire: Theres nothing non-existent in my direct experience, you are right. The thoughts containing content do in fact exist, they are there. But the content of the thought is not actual. The thought of an apple is not an apple. It is a thought. You cant eat the thought of an apple or sit on the thought of a chair.

The ego is a concept. The only "real" thing about the concept is the structure of it, the fact that it "is", not the content. "The ego is real"= a thought taking place in your mind, the presence of the thought is actual (if thats what we are defining real as, actual) the content of the thought is not actual

Only you can answer that for yourself. The ego is not going to escape suffering. You have to start to deconstruct the ego, which is the most difficult thing to do that goes against every natural instinct you have. Its so hard its ridiculous, and I know I haven't even scratched the surface in my journey. Every time I achieve a little growth there is always another survival need posing problems. Its a marathon though, not a sprint. Suffering can be decreased incrementally. The first thing you need is awareness of the mechanisms constantly driving you behind all your decisions, behaviors, daily activities, ect. Only then can you recognize patterns and start chipping away.

The is no illusion in pure being. It is prior to the creation of an illusion. Illusion is the ego self.

Don't get lost in language. The illusion is you. Your entire sense of self, your ego mind, is a conceptual fabrication. Surviving this illusory thing dictates everything you do in life, and you have no idea how deep this goes unless you've done some deep inquiry. You have no idea what you speak of when you say "go full circle".

Of course you don't accept there being an illusion because you aren't aware of it. Content vs. Structure.

I was just being facetious. Falsehood is also truth in the sense that "there is falsehood". It all circles back into being the same thing. Non-dual.

You're just going in circles now dude. I just see you posting a bunch of false stuff about direct experience being beliefs, lol. I don't believe its false I know thats false because I've personally experienced the difference. Notice instead of being open to a new possibility you are just circling back to everything being beliefs. Which makes me wonder how you even ended up on this forum. Nothing I say is any use to you, its all up to you if you want to experience something new, no one can help you directly.

I don't have the answers to the questions, but you asserting I don't, namely that others can't have the answers, is a belief. I'm trying to point out you are limiting your own discovery. Your belief that beliefs=direct experience, is also a merely a belief. Its simply not true. Its the difference between concepts vs. actuality. Your mind is confusing one for the other, which is the great illusion, I would do some sincere research into the difference between those two.

If "the case" was false. I'm talking finding falsehood at rock bottom. The fact there exists awareness in this present moment is false. lol.

Its more complex than that, again success has nothing to do with consciousness. A rags to riches story has little to do with consciousness. Believing in oneself and hustling to achieve success can still be extremely myopic and narrow minded and often is the majority of the time. If he is inspiring to you, Im not trying to take that away. He has positive qualities, I was just saying he isn’t going meta, his values and behavior says more of his level of consciousness than his material success or fame.

On a side note I would say Law of Attraction is the most widely adopted/popular spiritual concept in stage orange. If not tell me what is.

Don’t confuse outward success in his career with inner consciousness/growth though. You can be the best fighter and make tons of money getting better gigs and publicity but is unrelated to being conscious. You could be the most ignorant person and meet such criteria. See Leos video: Fake growth vs real growth I don’t dislike Connor or anything like that, I find him quite funny and entertaining. When I’m saying hes ignorant/low consciousness I am just trying to state it like a fact. In the same way stating Trump is low consciousness. Not putting them on the same level, there is a spectrum of ignorance but Mcgregor has a massive ego, which seems like its gotten him everything but is he truly happy on the inside? I see plenty of materialistic people speaking of law of attraction man. The ego can take a spiritual concept like that and apply it strictly to material success if it wants.

I literally found one. Self proclaimed witch working as a personal trainer. Does all sorts of psychic card readings and healing and stuff like that. Used to be my co worker. Im not single but just saying they are out there for sure.

Leo was pointing at something deeper than what Connor is alluding to when he says he is "structuring" his training routine to build his body up. The word structure is being used differently. Like a basic self-help structure vs. reading between the lines becoming conscious of something higher structure. Connor isn't going meta by any means that I'm aware of, especially when you think of all the ignorant antics and highly materialistic stage orange lifestyle.

What makes above the neck less of a body than below the neck? The heart and brain are both bodily organs dependent on each-other, once couldn't be without the other. Why would a "soul" be restricted to a brain? Why or how would it be even located there? Step outside of deeply rooted cultural assumptions, its okay to not know something and contemplate instead of just inserting beliefs.

The way your 2019 could've gone couldn't have possibly gone any other way. What happened, happened. Its perfection, so don't play yourselves, feel amazing about everything that happened and who you are and give it a 10/10.