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Good boy .

Very well ..and how exactly is any of that going to help me get a redhead American girlfriend? 😂

Brazil vs Japan today . Knockout stage of 32. 🔥Or depending on your time zone. samba de janeiro . I expect a difficult win for Brazil ..but they will obviously win.

You are in a sense both everything and nothing. Don’t get trapped in these artificial dualities. You are consciousness..but you’re also the contents of consciousness. One could say that your essential nature is pure consciousness rather than the objects appearing within it..but ultimately even that distinction dissolves. If we must use words.. your most fundamental nature is pure empty consciousness. But even that is just a pointer. These terms are meaningless unless they correspond to something in your direct experience. Without that frame of reference..they’re just concepts floating around in your head. Please contemplate this in your direct experience and check what’s being said . Thank you for the Conversation.

Go back to my two questions regarding deep sleep and what you were prior to birth . don’t overthink this : when you wake up in the morning you can actually tell that during deep dreamless sleep there was no experience of any kind . Correct ? question: how is this known? It should be impossible for there was nothing at all? But apparently there was a knowing of that nothing . That’s pure consciousness. Or absolute self . It doesn’t sleep or die . It’s omnipresent underlying all states of consciousness.

I know Jim and I listen to him a lot . Whenever he is asked about concepts such as “pure consciousness “..or” awareness “ or “absolute self “ ..he typically responds with “ I don’t know what that means “

I literally just said, “There is no separate self inside the human body.” How much clearer can I make it? 😂 Can we retire the word “apparent” for a minute? It just muddies the waters. Either there’s a separate self or there isn’t. “Apparent self” sounds like “sort of pregnant.” Pick a lane. “Indescribable mystery “ is a separate realization than the absolute self .

@Never_give_up How old are you by the way? Do you live alone..with your parents..or with roommates? And who’s funding this operation.. job.. your parents…or is there a secret billionaire sponsor paying your bills? You mentioned elsewhere you are in your 30s. If you don’t work you absolutely must get a job . This is crucial to boost your self-esteem. Also… put this whole thing about woman and sex and relationship in their real place .There’s nothing legendary about being in a relationship with a woman. You’re acting like it’s some mythical achievement unlocked. There are about 8 billion people on Earth….sex happen literally every second. It’s one of the most common human experiences..not the final boss battle. If finding a partner is genuinely your goal.. the most practical move would be to ask your parents if they know someone through family friends or their social circle who’s also looking for a serious relationship. Rearranged Marriage. That said.. even if they introduce you to someone..walking into it convinced you’re a “loser” is going to sabotage you before you’ve even started. Confidence dude .but self-respect at least ? Why are you so wounded ? I wish you to find your soulmate and happiness and have a happy family that will annoy you with “dad take us to the cinema .dad take us to the zoo” and leave them go with their mom and you go smoke with your buddies.

to answer the question just in case the objective wasn’t clear ..it’s the absolute self . If you were to tell Jim Newman there is such a thing as an absolute self he would deny it and say that there is no self at all. Those non duality speakers who say there is no self at all have a huge misunderstanding of certain teachings of Buddhism (essentially they are in love with the Buddhist teaching about no self and just parrot it mindlessly.. there is no separate self inside the human body . That’s true . But they miss the absolute self which could be said to be the ground of being . It’s there even in Deep sleep ..prior to birth ..and after the death of the body . And it’s unborn and deathless . That’s how you can remember that you were nothing before birth and you can remember there was nothing in deep sleep..because the absolute self was there in those states . It doesn’t die or sleep . It’s pure eternal awareness.

The voice is 100% from an Alan Watts’ talk but I’m skeptical whether it’s AI-generated video of Alan alongside the audio . light up some Marijuana and enjoy . Very interesting.

Would you open up about the specifics?

Do you remember that you were nothing before your birth ? The answer is yes . But how is that possible? If you were nothing then how did you know that you were nothing ? Do you remember that in deep sleep there was nothing at all in existence? Again the Answer is yes but how ? If there was nothing then what or who was aware of that nothing?

@Breakingthewall thanks for the compliment.

@Joseph Maynor I remember reading in a book that asking questions instead of making statements is a neat little psychological trick to keep people talking. The idea is that people enjoy being asked because it feeds their ego .they feel important..so they stay engaged. I don’t like it.To me it comes across as manipulative..like you’re assuming I’m some naive sweetheart who won’t notice what’s happening. I notice. I always do. So now you know. If we ever have another conversation about these kinds of things..don’t try that again. I see through it.

Nothing in what I said suggests that . I did say what “my spirituality “ is : I don’t reinvent the wheel. I have verified to myself in my own contemplation everything I told you in this thread which all spiritual teachings and teachers have taught since the dawn of time . Once again you are the one who disagrees and claimed that you have your own unique spiritual understanding..without any further explication. Just using vague one liners . If you keep using vague one liners I’m sorry but I won’t carry this conversation on .