Phoenixx

When I insulted you personally? If I'm saying that you're self deluded thinking that your truth is above others, then I'm talking about your ideas, not saying that I know you are self deluded. But I have no reason to justify myself over your inflated ego. You clearly didn't understand what I was trying to say. It's not my fault you can't handle the truth. As for the insult part, you're the one judging without knowing me personally or my life experiences. Don't judge someone until you've walked in their shoes. "That alone speaks volumes about your low maturity level and high level of internal turmoil." - this phrase alone shows that spirituality stinks and you're not in the position to help my understanding. Thanks for the passive-aggressive behavior. Asshole.

Do I have to meditate with eyes closed? I'm asking myself all kinds of questions all the time. For example, why now I'm typing these words and then I'll see myself in another place? Why I can't see myself in both places or see that I'm both death and alive? Why we move from the past to the future and not otherwise? We think of time as a normal dimension and rarely question the nature of time. But time and MOTION is more alien than that.

Sure... but there are multiple factors that can make an individual aware of certain aspects of life. Thinks like experience, open-mindedness, imagination, curiosity, intelligence are also vital in the process. I've met people who didn't care about spirituality at all and they were really gifted in that sense. And there are folks who think they are enlightened/awakened but they're rotten on the inside. So it really depends on each situation. Some people are naturally gifted and have truly remarkable experiences without doing anything special.

There's a lot of introspection, contemplation and deep feelings as well. Humans are complex beings.

That says a lot about you And I suppose you think you are really spiritual and humble with this attitude, huh? Please take your chill pill next time you open your dirty mouth and pretend that you know strangers on a forum. You're not in the position to tell me about matters I'm not aware of when your IQ hits rock bottom

Thanks for the answer. By alien I meant to say that it feels as if there's some life force that makes us experience things in our temporal dimension and we're just vessels inhabited by it. I don't identify with the "force", that's what I did all my life thinking that we're the authors of our own fate. Now I think that the force is beyond our control and we're already stuck in space and time. Could this be God or infinite consciousness, I don't know. But "me" feels like a pixel on the screen and nothing more. It is called overthinking

Are you sure it is "you" imagining? I have this permanent alien feeling that me is not me, even though it feels like me. Isn't fear a human emotion? What if this "alien entity" has taken over our existence and we're just living its dream?

Sure, I also had a dream in which I died and there are no words to describe nothingness. Theoretically, when you die, you let go of all your earthly attachments. No one knows what happens after death but death is the opposite of life. It is said that death is the release of suffering because attachments bring suffering.

Sensations and thoughts are part of what you are and they are essential for the self-inquiry process. Meditation won't make you enlightened but it can help you focus better. Your sensations & thoughts are perfectly fine, don't fight them.

From my perspective, nope. Death has no consciousness. Consciousness is life and death is the opposite. There's no consciousness to be aware of nothingness. "Nothing" makes no sense when you're dead.

Why it can't be otherwise? After death, consciousness ceases to exist and you'll more likely be dead. That's a natural thing that we innately know. Death is death, life is life. You are a possession, why do you want to take "you" in the "afterlife"?

I don't need your hug. Go and preach your false love and spirituality in your fairy tale land

You are really stupid if you think that enlightenment means saying you're enlightened. I don't care about your bullshit opinion. My words make no sense in deaf ears. You're just living in a fairy tale land where only enlightened know the truth. Truth is beyond your bullshit ideas.

As a subjective experience, they are real. But objectively speaking, they are just an illusion. It is like playing a role in a movie. You're not the actor but you're playing the role. Life is like a movie where actors are just playing their roles. Self is not the image you are identifying with. You are nothing but the puppet of the life itself. Once you're aware of the strings, you start to question your very own existence. But you're still a puppet. Puppet only plays its role.