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How do you know ? also dont be so confronting ..i obviously agree that both good and bad exist . You can't feel good 24/7 . In fact ..I would argue that you can't feel really good without feeling really bad at first . Think about the most delicious food you like ..if you are not hungry you can't enjoy it ..no matter how tasty it is ...you need to suffer first from the pain of hunger to be able to enjoy the taste . So Freedom from suffering is not that you never have a bad day ..it's that your mindset is that it doesn't fucking matter .you are not identified by the suffering.

Freedom from suffering is possible and is the aim of all spirtual work . You are conflating pain with suffering. Pain is inevitable. Suffering is how you react emotionally to the pain. "Happiness means you are having a good dream . Suffering means you are having a bad dream . Awakening is to wake up from the entire dream "-(forgot who said that ). Also ..please be gentle with him. can you ?

@James123 since when are you taking them and why you are taking them if its for too long ? I sense that there is something else that is bothering you but you are not opening up completely because of what you think people will judge you etc Imo on the spirtual path (and life in general ) there comes a time when the emotion/trauma work is unavoidable. There comes a time when you cannot think yourself out of misery..the emotions must be released. A self realization teacher I spoke with told me her son did the meditation technique which i linked above cured his depression. Give it a try .seriously try it .you've got nothing to lose ..right ? It really is energetic..the body is letting go of the emotional energies..essentially emptying itself out...Just try it once. You'd be surprised how many diseases stem from unresolved trauma or emotional energies. I'm gonna make a post about it here soon .

You're welcome. Well..I'm not entirely sure what your situation is or why you are feeling melancholy..could be because of your son ..could be something else . Only you can know . You said you pray 5 times a day..that's great..keep doing it ..pray 20..30..40 times a day ..turn your life into a living Samadhi. Be silent . Relax . Love is real .God Is good . Things will change . You might be under the impression that this will last forever. But it won't. The key is to realize its only a passing cloud 🌥 that's covering the sun. The sun will shine again.have faith brother . I'll pray for you . BTW what antidepressants exactly are you on ?

You are going through a dark night of the soul. I'm sorry you're feeling like this . Are you suicidal? If so please seek professional help .this is not the first time you make posts like these. Over the 2021 year ..I suffered from anxiety disorder and panic attacks . I tried therapy of course. I saw a psychiatrist and he prescribed me some SSRI’S. Namely Prozac.. Invega.. and zyprexa. They have some nasty side effects (dry mouth ..needing to pee constantly..erectile dysfunction and lack of sexual interest). But they are 100% worth it . Try these medicines for few weeks and notice how your depression will subside effortlessly. Thats the physiological aspect. Also you want to eat food that helps the brain to release feeling good chemicals (serotonin, dopamine etc). Like fish . The psychological aspect is not less important. What I did is I tried a meditation technique called (watch the space between thoughts ). I" invented" this technique myself. I talked about it here : Give it a read . What this meditation technique does is it blocks away the whole story of your past and the whole story about your future. And makes you 100% grounded in the present moment. And there is no anxiety to be found in the present. Anxiety is always about what's gone and what's coming. So when you block away every single thought about your history and your future and just stay with what's present...you will feel safe and secure. I have moved from being a fear based person to being a love based person. Anxiety is a form of fear. I can not have fear and faith at the same time. I choose to walk in faith and put myself in the arms of God..where all is safe. I identified each fear and released it replacing it with love and grace. Today.. I live in the moment which is a gift and why it is called The Present. There is no fear in the “Now”. Everything is just like it is supposed to be and I enjoy the moment. So in conclusion.: try these medications mentioned above +try this meditation technique +put your trust and faith in God. The only place who you can let go and enter the kingdom of heaven. I wish you a long happy life with peace in your heart .

The screen can be turned off during deep sleep ..where is no images but the screen still exists ..it's just not displaying any form. You get it ? Of course its just an analogy to convey a point . Which is that consciousness is your true nature regardless of whether you have this colourful experience you are experiencing now or when you are asleep..in coma ..or "dead ". Same point above .

Does this work for starving homeless kids in Palestine as well ?

Yes if you are addicted to it and its eating up your time and energy and getting in the way of making you productive. No if that's not the case .

Imagine 1000 years from now ..technology will be at a whole new level. Its just a matter of time and we will find living creatures or aliens on other planets . I mean if you took a man from 300 years ago and showed him the technology we have today he will think it's literally magic . So what do you think guys about unlocking the secret of immortality? Will science eventually invent a technology that makes us immortal ? (I'm talking about the relative level as mortal human beings ..so don’t throw at me the "you are God you are already immortal" stuff please 😂).

It's getting silly

Yes science has demonstrated that atoms are 99.999% empty space . And we are still infants in our understanding of the universe ..science discovers new planets ..new galaxies..new subatomic particles and shit everyday. What does that tell you ? That we should be humble if we don't have the full picture yet . Your argument is twisted around on you . If we don't know the ultimate purpose of a something(x) ..be it a video game world..a simulation..an entire universe does not mean that its purposeless . Correct me if I misunderstood what you've said here. I agree with this part . Intelligence is synonymous with love. You can use the word perfection as well.

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Share your short-term & long- term goals in life . Share your knowledge..your action-taking ..your consistency and your mindset to not fall into making excuses . Share your daily routine . If you want to ofcourse. But it would help me a ton if I can get some feedback from highly productive people to achieve their goals In life . Thanks!

Ever heard of the "fine tuining of the universe "? Why there are laws of physics? What makes the planets orbit around the sun In a smooth way and not deviate from it's path by an inch ? Do you live your life as if it has no purpose? Why do you eat,shit ,and fuck ? Actually it's the other way around ..your human life is purposeless .ant's life is purposeless .you crush them with your feet everyday and nothing seems to change in the big picture. So from this i conclude that the purpose of the totality of reality is not affected nor related in any way with the munituia of our individual existence.

Yup .so what are you gonna do about it ? There is no "finite " purpose. Like you just die and go to heaven and St.peter sends you to chat with Jesus and stuff like that "This is also metaphorical": Its more like God wants everything to be materialised. Everything was an idea in gods mind ..but God is alone forever and is creator by its own nature .that's just what it is. God doesn't create out of obligation..it creates endlessly because its literally pure creativity. And pure creativity is its own purpose. Think back when you were a child and you enjoyed creating castles from sands In the beach .because you didn't have ego back then. Only the ego is the problem.

Yes of ofcourse . Reading gazillion pages of spiritual literature is NOT a substitute for "the real thing ". Go after a nondual awakening. There are many ways . But I'd start with getting rid of the ego . As you know ego =self-bias . And love =totally unbiased . So actually the only thing stopping you from realizing that everything is love is the judgments of the ego and the categorization of everything into good vs bad . If you destroy your ego you will see that everything is OK and perfect just the way it is . You need to question that assumption. First acknowledge that you don't really know . Then go from there . Do you have a PS device and play video games? Can you say the designer of the video game doesn't exist or has no intention behind creating the game ? Just because you don't understand the purpose of the design doesn't mean the design is purposeless .

@Sugarcoat That's a question I've struggled with a lot .but basically as Leo said you need awakening. The alternative Is to observe the deep exquisite beauty of existence. Look at nature..everything is a masterpiece like musical symphony. Meditation in nature will answer your question. Now getting to the tricky part..its not all sunshine and rainbows..you might ask "well what about the diseases and pain and wars and cruelty in the world? Is that also love ?" To see the ugly shit you experience in life as love you need to see the bigger picture. What is God up to in the ultimate end ? And according to all spiritual traditions its the greater Good for all of creation . That's why God created anything at all . It did that out of Its indiscriminate unconditional love for everything and every form. Profound question btw. Get a sheet of paper and a pen and contemplate it .

Enlightenment is total surrender to existence. You become like a feather in the winds of God. The ego dies ..and reality/god/truth/being takes the lead .

Buddha is a hallucination 🍻

You answered your own question. The rest is conceptualizing. Reality as you personally know it doesn't exist for anyone else in exactly the same way. The only reality you experience is your own perception of reality. This is true of everyone of us. No other person in existence experiences the same perception of reality. Therefore.. WE don't have ONE truly shared perceptual reality that may or may not be real. Real for you is what you are experiencing now. Real for me is what I am experiencing now. When you are dreaming..that dream has more reality than the waking state ....and thus more reality experientially for you than the external world.

@Water by the River I don't know you personally (yet ) but I would enjoy smoking LM blue ™ with you while blabbering about metaphysical bullshit.

No. Objective reality is intertwined with consciousness. Nothing can happen outside of a conscious mind. It's like asking..if a murder happens in my dream ..does it also happen without the dream?

You are asking the same question. So I will have to give you the same answer: You are conflating the truthfulness or truth value with the practicality of a thing . if a tree falls In the woods and no one was there to perceive it ..does it make a sound ?

@Elshaddai why are you an atheist? You need to question your atheistic worldview seriously. Do you think the universe just came to existence by pure chance or coincidence? Its like saying there is a video game which has no designer or developer..it just built itself from nothing . You think this whole miraculous existence..the galaxies...the sun ..the stars ..all of the universe just jumped into being without a cause? Islamic prayer is the most powerful spiritual practice you can do imo. Google it or watch Mecca live channel and watch Muslims performing it . It just puts you into a marvellous connection with God or the highest source very very powerfully. If it doesn't resonate with you ..then try classic meditation. Good luck !

-Islamic prayer . -Yoga . -Self-Inquiry. -Contemplate an existential question using a note pad..or a journal. -psychedelics if You have access to them -reading spiritual literature. -listening to spiritual teachers .