The0Self

True! There isn't a better way to talk about it, however. Words fail. Maybe replace "liberated one" with "no one." That might strike a bit closer, depending on the viewer. To be clear, yes, no one is liberated. i.e. there is only Heaven, but with no one in it. When certainty or doubt "appear to you" (you are certain or doubtful), "you" are (only apparently) "sticking your neck out of liberation." For no reason. Same goes for judging-caring; intending-expecting, just as much as certainty-doubt. These can still apparently happen in liberation, as long as there isn't anyone doing it (or being that). Though of course, no one can escape liberation. There isn't anyone doing or being anything.

There is no contradiction, ultimately. Selfishness is not a problem. Selflessness is generally more fruitful, but selfishness adds flavor to the Freedom that is What Is; what many might call God. There is even a valid view which sees compassion as complicity, because it reinforces the belief in personhood. But ultimately, that is of course not a problem either. I tend to generally err on the side of compassion (and selflessness), but not in every situation... however, that happens consciously -- that's the key, in my view.

A baseless claim needs not a counterargument. In fact... all claims are ultimately based in nothing.

The dream is that "you" can know anything for sure. In liberation, there is no certainty, nor doubt. Seeker either believes in things, or believes in nothing. Liberated one does not believe, but is never confused.

I don't mean anything too radical, but yeah, like completely skipping just a full night or 2 of sleep and contemplating instead. For instance, limiting sleep to 4 hours a night for a week or so is not enough sleep deprivation to provide desirable effects, ime. In fact, you may notice that the more conscious you become (which will at first manifest as detachment), the closer to 4 hours per night you'll feel is actually alright. Less than 4h/night seems to be deleterious to health with pretty much no exceptions. But skipping a night (or preferably 2) once in a blue moon certainly can provide the positive contemplative benefits of sleep deprivation, ime.

Liberation is actually quite simple. It is merely that which never comes nor goes. End of story, lol.

Ha... Resonance...

You could say... consciousness comes from the brain, which comes from consciousness. So are they even really there? They're empty.

This guy has helped me come to many profound realizations over the years, fwiw -- if nothing else, listening to him provides a good atmosphere for promoting self inquiry -- as well as reminding you of just how dynamic an activity it is:

The brain is a thing in consciousness. There aren't really things, nor is there really consciousness -- consciousness is nothing, and everything. Not understandable, it's just like that... Keep contemplating the nature of reality, if you wish, or don't. It doesn't matter; there's no one doing it.

When spiritual investigation takes off and kinda just seems to happen 24/7, dreams can be really intense. You might even try sleep deprivation as a practice -- not regularly, but just to try it out. Some of my deepest revelations were under the influence of sleep deprivation (alongside intense contemplation). Just maybe something to try, or not.

Good on you. Keep on contemplating the nature of your being, or whatever feels right for you.

I'm about as nondual-realized as one can imagine, and yet, I am aware of the reality of reincarnation -- it seems there really is a psychic reality in which reincarnation occurs. So yeah, nobody dies. End of story.

I have diagnosed narcolepsy. I went 3 years of procrastinating on going to sleep because the astral projections and demons were so damn terrifying. Like petrifying fear. I got over it. When I identified with the body, the astral projections were forced and agonizingly painful... Now that the identification has fallen away, there is no pain in astral projection. This seems to be the result of 24/7 contemplation of the truth of reality and being, for about 4 years straight. Maybe 5. And I really do mean 24/7 -- in dreams as well. Not in deep sleep, but it seems that is now a looming interesting possibility.

At the risk of ruining your experience of the technique... At a certain point in self inquiry, you reach an impasse which cannot be crossed without (basically) a miracle that has nothing to do with you, and then it's recognized there isn't a you, or an I. There is no I... So how the hell is finding (looking for) the I (self inquiry) going to be easy? It's fully dynamic.

Relatively, we can be sad when loved ones die. Ultimately, it's no-thing. However, the absolute is the relative. No one really dies, in the same way that the future never happens. If someone dies and knows they're dead, no one is dead. If someone dies and doesn't know they're dead, no one is dead. No one dies. Period. Not to mention, there's no one to die -- but this is not worth talking about.

Always remember to contemplate. Even in dreams. End of I AM is the end of awakening. Take your time.

No one dies. It's in your imagination. I have become directly conscious of this. Belief not required. Death never happens, in the exact same way that the future never happens.

If that looks like solipsism to you, you've misunderstood its meaning.

Yeah it's a miracle. There isn't anyone that could deal with it. The belief/experience "I am real" is self-created, and has many apparent manifestations, hiding the oneness that is nothing being everything.

There is no universe, and there is no we. There is only unconditional love, which many insist on calling God. The relative is the absolute. There’s simply nothing being everything — it’s already a singularity.

Eternal < Immortality < Now < Infinite < God < no one You can realize all of these in succession (not necessarily in that order, but “no one” will be last) when practice takes off and it goes on without your conscious input.

Religion says there is a God -> Spirituality says I am God -> Liberation says there is only Heaven, with no one in it.

BTW, Leo definitely refers to God actually being no-God. God has no free will because it can only be a perfect manifestation of unconditional (infinite) love. So where is God? There's only unconditional love. So idk why people argue on here about God. God is no-God. Realizing you are God usually comes before realizing there's no you -- simultaneous with realization of unconditional love, which is more of an un-realization.

^^ Yeah 110ug LSD-25 is perfect for me (I've done up to 1000ug in the past) but 1P isn't nearly as powerful. Same visuals and general feel, yes, but God-realization; oneness; ego-death is much less likely with 1P. For whatever reason...