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There are degrees of lucidity. Just like in a dream .you can be lucid in the dream. But to fully awaken you have exit the dream altogether. Completely. As long as you are inside the dream ..you are not fully awake. The question is..Where will a spiritual awakening take you? Nowhere! It will only return you to where you already are and always have been. Its job is not to take you somewhere, it is to bring you back from your dreams and fantasies. That is precisely why it is called awakening. I'm living more in the moment and fully aware of how I'm imagining others . I'm carefree. Listless. And more calm and peaceful .its the peace that passes understanding .

Heaven isn't some lifeless goalless future where all goals have been completed and no desire is left. It's isn't some lifeless future world so terribly and awfully perfect that there is nothing worth doing; No challenges, no stumbles, no failure-ridden paths to triumphs, followed by yet more of the same. Some awful state where one has no unfilled desire to achieve more, to climb higher, to fight and hopefully defeat another worthy tough opponent, no unfilled desire motivating one to fight another deliciously grueling fight to overcome a worthy tough challenge. It's not that. It isn't that because that doesn't exist. That imagined future state does not and cannot exist. And it would be unimaginably terrible if anything remotely like it could and did exist. It would be a state so incredibly lifeless and unmoving that it is worse than any death one can imagine. For it is a death without rebirth. It would be a lifeless nothingness so extreme that nothing could come out of it. And that awful absurd lifelessness is what some people desperately do their best to imagine when they imagine a heaven. Heaven is to wake up every day, look around at your world, and honestly say, "When I think about heaven, I imagine this," that is inner peace. That is true happiness. That is nirvana. That is heaven. It is to be in heaven and know it's heaven

Well said as usual brother ?. . I think that learning how to self-reflect or meditate is as important as primary education. Unfortunately, many of us are thrown into this world without the basic tools to leverage the mind-body connection. This may cause anxiety, depression and chronic diseases.but hey It’s never too late…

@Gesundheit2 ?

It's not a random unknown unjustified object with dirty smell and horrible taste . It's a fundamental piece of infinity. If you can't see God/Love in a beautiful piece of dog poop ..then you are not fully awake. Deconstruct more

Love is sexual energy .

There is a "hide " option.

Amen bro ? You wanna try it for dinner? ?

Even dog shit is heaven.

Dude..relax..I'm agreeing with you...all I'm saying is A spiritual teachers job is to give you a path, a practice and then you can go away and get on with it. So it is really looking at the path, the practice and the teachings that the spiritual teacher is generously giving you, and if you feel they are useful. If they try to keep you with them, or keep you constantly coming back, and/ or they are taking from you, demanding of your constant attention or worship and obedience then you might just wonder if they are worth your time. If they are telling you not to think for yourself or imposing a belief system upon you, or belittling you in any way that is really an abuse of power. These kinds of abuses do seem to happen much more in the Guru tradition.

@roopepa @Carl-Richard do we "need " gurus to become enlightened? I think The good news is we don’t. Not until you vet them, check them out, spend extended time with them, and see if you still feel like they are the perfect reflection of you and for you, long after the honeymoon period is over. Even then, many years down the road, you may find your benevolent, glowing, enlightened spiritual master to have hidden ulterior motive‘s, and even committed sexual atrocities, that you were not aware of. I guess what @roopepa is saying The “good” news is there is no “you” or “spiritual master.” There is only the One Reality, and the whole purpose of working with a spiritual master is to find that out, to directly realize that. Since there are not two, but One, the true guide is You, within You, as You and your Life. @Carl-RichardIf you feel called to work with an outer spiritual teacher, take your time, be patient, spend time with many, and find the one that most feels like a reflection of you and your perfect path. Be open to the fact that you may have several spiritual masters in your lifetime, and be prepared that you may later find the master you felt so much kinship with in the beginning, now feels alien or even repulsive to you, much later.

@KH2 it did land. I knew it was a somewhat trollish comment. But I decided to take it lightly

That's a nice little excuse to stay home and wank . instead of going out and bang

That would imply that time is a cycle .

To you there are no arguments. To me, it's obvious. Because I've experienced myself what it means to be really messed up mentally and what it means to be happy. So i have a frame of reference that makes me distinguish the two. For example..Unhappy people look for happiness in the wrong places. They spend their time focusing on what others think of them, when they should focus on themselves. An unhappy person concentrates on trying to please others, in an effort to gain approval. This is something we should refrain from doing. You cannot always gain approval from others, nor can you tailor your beliefs to suit others. You will only find dissatisfaction in this. To be happy you must put yourself and your beliefs first. Do what makes you happy and not what others will approve others. Unhappy people see the negatives in life, their main focus being what they don’t have. They tell themselves, “if only I had this job, I’d be happier” or “if only I had more time, I could focus on my real talents”. Unhappy people believe that they need something they don’t have to be happier. Their focus remains on these things they don’t have, making their everyday life boring and unsatisfying. So how could such people give you advice on about how to gain what they themselves have failed to gain ? It's really a simple logic . It's like asking poor people for advice on how to escape poverty ?.

If one brings happiness to others its others who are happy. The happiness of others does not magically transfer onto the one who caused it. Comedians, for example, do suffer from depression. There is no such thing as “bringing happiness to other people”. One can bring up the feelings of joy, safety, comfort, excitement in others, but those are passing emotions. Not happiness. Happiness is a much deeper, more fundamental state of being that one derives from how one chooses to relate with oneself. Bringing other happiness is like bringing others falling in love - both falling in love and being happy is something everyone must find for oneself. So what I'm suggesting is that both happy and unhappy people cannot transfer happiness to you .however (and this is very important) ,unhappy people can definitely give you lame advice .whereas happy people (who are generally happy ,which isn't something that can be measured with a radar) can put on your path towards happiness. They can only show you the path .but you gotta walk it yourself.

Let's get some definitions clear first . What is "binary "? It doesn't mean there are no happy people and no unhappy people..it simply means that happiness is not like an on and off switch. It comes in degrees and variations. And you can confirm that from your past . Why am I saying this because i do have some reasons. our whole life we keep on running after happiness but an ideal human being is never happy. This is necessary because its not "binary " . So you never can say "at this exact moment I'm happy ". ٧ you can't quantify it . Do you understand what I mean ?

I don't know why you always doubting me bro ?..I guess I know myself and what I'm experiencing better than you. Because you need to have the first person experience to know it and obviously you are not me .so you can't accurately judge me .

Yes I agree .but also depressed people need empathy and compassion. You know that life can go either way right? One bad experience, circumstance or life altering decision could throw you into depression. How would you feel if everyone who thought their life was so perfect didn’t want to be brought down by you and turned their back on you when you needed them? People suffering with depression don’t need negative attitude towards mental health brought to their doors.

No .you are misunderstanding . Of course there are happy people and miserable people. I know because I was miserable in the past .and I'm happy now . To say there are no happy people or unhappy people is pedantic and ridiculous. Happy people make happiness their default feeling. They remain grateful for what they have. They spend no time pining for what they don’t. They do get angry, but unless they can channel it into a useful purpose (think parents who lost their child through the actions of another, and fight to stop it from happening to other kids), they let it go quickly. They don’t wallow in the emotion. There are sad people obviously. Sadness comes into all of our lives. Sometimes it takes a full grieving process to rid ourselves of it. Happy people can always shorten this process by practicing acceptance. That is knowing that everything is what it is. Though it takes some adjustments, we often have to follow the curves life takes us on, rather than forging straight ahead.

@Sincerity .Happiness is our essential nature/being. However, we have learned a lot of bad habits and picked up a lot of beliefs and concepts that create miseries for ourselves. We create our own unhappiness. Look at an infant’s face and you will likely see joy, happiness, and wonder. We forget all this as we grow up…and by adulthood forget the inherent joy and happiness of life.

The FIFA World Cup will begin soon at 20 November. What are your predictions for the 2022 World Cup? I feel like the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Brazil and Argentina are the ones who are going to have a good chance at this WC. What are your thoughts? I’m not bias on the Ronaldo vs Messi debate even though I think Messi is better I would love to see Argentina or Portugal win it. Would just cap off an amazing career. A lot of people underestimate Portugal. They have a lot of talent. Discuss everything related to world Cup here .of course if you are interested in football (soccer ) you are probably excited as I am ? .

I attempted to answer this question as would a professional who has studied happiness as a state of being. I began to feel like I would have to write at least an essay to even begin to explain all I think about this subject. In short, I think happiness is transient at best but the good news is that within a normal lifespan it comes and goes if we are fortunate. There are far too many people in the world suffering from war, disease, hunger, etc. to say that happiness exists in an absolute form and would feel the same for the same reasons for everyone. I imagine there are some people who have never known happiness. Think about your own life. Are you always happy? There's your answer for you personally. Yes it's a not binary (you either happy or not ). But it is 100% under your control. In fact if you have just 10% of good feelings in your life and you are gratefull for everything you have..you will be happy even if you struggle to put bread on the table . It's a mindset. External factors do plat a role .at what percentage is the question .I would say it only plays 40% of what makes up happiness. The rest is all internal . No .they are more than enough when they are happening. You learn the lesson and you move on .only a fool will taste the same source of suffering twice just cuz .

I do . In fact I would say that happiness is born from the womb of suffering. You must know what true suffering and misery are ( and false and pseudo-happiness is ). Before you get to know true happiness.