Moksha

Leo has admitted that he was wrong. I remember reading a post from around August where he did this. Different teachers for different students. I personally do not find conceptual teaching to be very transformative, but I know many here do, and am happy that Leo's teachings resonate with them.

Unconscious thinking leads to delusion. Conscious thinking leads to love. As my man Buddha puts it: Hard it is to train the mind, which goes where it likes and does what it wants. But a trained mind brings health and happiness. The wise can direct their thoughts, subtle and elusive, wherever they choose: a trained mind brings health and happiness. Those who can direct thoughts, which are unsubstantial and wander so aimlessly, are freed from the bonds of Mara.

Yep, but some beliefs are closer to Tat than others.

How much aforma could a forma enform, if a forma proforma deformed?

@Forestluv Stop showing off your multilingualism

Most suffering can be avoided simply by realizing who we are. When unconscious people become conscious, the world changes for the better. You aren't stuck in the mind of God, you are God stuck in a human mind. The more conscious you are, the more beautiful the world will be.

What if being a loving God necessitates allowing evil to exist? What if creation is impossible without dualities for every axis?

Potential energy is the energy that is stored in an object due to its position relative to some zero position. An object possesses gravitational potential energy if it is positioned at a height above (or below) the zero height. I think (which is to say, the following can safely be ignored) that Consciousness is not just at zero position, but it is at no position. As such, being outside of spacetime, it is the ultimate source of energy for everything it creates. These energies are derivatives of Consciousness itself, which is the primal energy of spirit, aka, love.

@Forestluv Isn't lack of curiosity a form of judgment? Judge not, that we be not judged.

@seeking_brilliance The hardest part is pulling out the weeds. In the empty field, Consciousness grows beauty ?

My sense is that Consciousness is infinitely creative. Diversity is not limited to one dimension, but goes infinitely deep within this dimension, and infinitely unfolds across all possible dimensions. This form is a dream, and one memory of this form is just one dream within this dream. How many memories has this form dreamed? How many memories will it yet dream? Now expand beyond this form, to every other form. How many other forms has this form encountered in this dream? It is one of infinite stones cast into a depthless pond, with endless ripples. Hello, fellow ripple ?

I have nothing but gratitude to @Leo Gura for this forum. I love this place, and have learned a lot here. @Scholar, I agree that Mystery and self-inquiry are key to spiritual growth. Awakening is more than conceptual curiosity. Any answers made of thought are only a trap. You can benefit from a guide, but ultimately it is a soul journey that must be made alone. It is diving into the chasm of Mystery within ourselves, and learning to see with spiritual eyes.

@Preety_India @seeking_brilliance In the spirit of synchronicity, sharing a poem I wrote a few weeks back: *** Consciousness as the Gardener Consciousness goes where it is needed. It responds when it is called. It enlivens, ripens, and savors the fruit of its garden. The careful gardener grows us with its light, until we are heavy and sweet for harvest. When we are ready, like a full apple, we release our attachment from the tree. Thudding into the earth, we spill our seeds into the soil. Consciousness is here, tending the seeds with its light. The shoot of an apple tree erupts from the surface, a new life in the abundant garden, and Consciousness is here.

@seeking_brilliance Thanks for the background on the Garden video. The math/music harmonies, along with the vivid imagery, help me understand why it is so fascinating. 1. What where you doing before the thread was opened? Anything important? I took the first step toward a journey Consciousness is creating for me. Yes, it feels important. 2. How did you get there? Through this forum, figuratively and literally. 3. Do you really know if you were doing anything before opening this thread? Trick question Little me has a memory of doing something. Big me knows that little me is a dream, and that the memory of what little me was doing, is a dream within a dream. 4. If applicable, what did you block out to focus on the check in? Thoughts about the Garden video. 5. Am I dreaming? Yes, but lucidly.

I discovered Mooji a couple weeks ago. Totally ? him.

Very nice, thank you @seeking_brilliance That first video, The Garden, is just what I envision our forum family to be. Exotic, insane, unique, alive, creative, beautiful, realizing, being ?. We are the Salvador Dali of the communal expression of Consciousness. Which character is you? I related to several, but the one that drew me in the most is the creature standing in the pond, with a white balloon for his head.

Depends on who is driving. If the car is driving you, it is never right. If you are driving the car, it is always right. Learn to notice the difference.

Perfect timing and very helpful for me, thank you. ?

I just now went through this exercise. I feel that Consciousness brought it to me at the right moment. Thank you. ?

Everyone is right Ultimate reality is nondual. Imminent reality is dual. The entanglement of the two is the mystery of God.

Very happy for you, @Elham. I'm at a crossroads myself, and wondering where Consciousness will take me. Please Consciousness, not the morgue or pest extermination.

@Breakingthewall Thanks, that is helpful. Isn't it funny how even a false anchor can provide stability? Sometimes I feel like my brain is rewiring itself, and in a sense I guess it is.

It's interesting that you mention vertigo. I never used to experience it, but it happens fairly often for me now, when I am most spiritually aligned. I sometimes have to literally stop, and distract my brain by doing something inane for a while. If you don't mind me asking, does that happen to you?

Please keep it together, @Jo96. I'm not ready to dissolve just yet. ⏳

Maybe what he meant is that these bodies Consciousness inhabits are already dissolving into dust. In 100 years, every set of eyes reading this thread will be dead. Realizing the impermanence of every thing, is the path to realizing the permanence of no thing, which is Consciousness itself.