Moksha

@Forestluv The House underlies and is every house that can be created, infinitely.

Good news, then. Consciousness is infinite love. Dreaming lucidly as Consciousness is the highest expression of creation.

Maybe @Forestluv can clarify his view on that. Consciousness is infinite love, in the absolute sense. It is also infinite love, in the relative sense, but in different states of awareness.

In the dream world, relative truth is no more true than relative falsehood. Both dualities are illusions. Ultimately, it all is, without anything to be preferred over another thing.

Would you rather live your dream life awake, or asleep? What would be the difference in the quality of your dream? Would you rather be in an inescapable nightmare, or a universe where attention is magic, which creates whatever it loves, and delights in whatever it creates?

Being happy assumes identity is a real thing

Space and time are constructs of the mind. Even Here and Now don't really exist. They are entangled planes within the dream dimension, but ultimately, spacetime isn't real.

The higher your state of Consciousness, the more latitude there is in your expression, until you arrive at infinity.

Exactly. Everything is a state of Consciousness, ranging from 0 to infinity. At each state of Consciousness, "we" are only free to operate within the range allowed by that state. The trick to the Consciousness card game is the aha! that there is no "you" to know more than you previously did. Consciousness is everything, and nothing, experiencing itself in various states.

Trying not to believe only empowers your beliefs. Whatever you struggle with, will rob you of your essence. It is more about deeply realizing that beliefs have never, ever, ever delivered on their promise. They are impermanent, and can only give you impermanence. Once you realize that at the most fundamental level, it is easier to let your beliefs go. Consciousness arises in their place. It is pure awareness, without the attachment of beliefs. It is changeless, and will unconditionally give you eternal peace.

The ego never exists. It is just a name we give for the state of unconsciousness, and the gravitational pull of our conditioning to staying in that state.

Shhh, people are trying to sleep around here ?

True, but it is THIS sleeping, and not the rest of THIS that is awake

Love has been a natural process, unfolding with the realization of Consciousness. I spent a lot of years trapped in the suffering of my mind, and unable to unconditionally love myself or others. As the suffering has receded, love has taken its place. If you want to love, learn to suffer less.

Nice Those occasional glimpses have served you well. Vigilant, one-pointed attention, and the ensuing dissolution of the self, is a gift. Consciousness is always offering it, but the gift can only be received with open hands.

Yep, just a finger pointing with unconditional love at the ?

THIS is only seen with spiritual eyes. Conceptualizing THIS is not realizing THIS. If you don't directly know THIS as unconditional love, your eyes are still closed.

Free will, as a concept, is a trap. For unawakened people, the idea of free will makes them think they can "pursue enlightenment", when the truth is that enlightenment pursues them. For awakened people, the idea of free will is also a trap, because it ties them to the person. They are no more free to choose than unawakened people. The only freedom is Consciousness itself, manifesting through its creations. We can't take credit for anything. Whatever it is that makes us choose what we choose, it is because we were created to make that choice. How could it be otherwise?

Every teaching has the potential to be treacherous, if people mistake it for the truth itself. To his credit, the Buddha warned people about this, and differentiated the pointing finger from the moon. At least he pointed, instead of pretending the moon didn't exist.

The Buddha was a liar only in the necessary way. How else could he enrobe himself with personality, and return to tell his followers what he saw? Even the pointing to pure source is a lie. He was the best liar one could possibly be.

@Adamq8 @Nahm @James123 ??

Thankful today for this place and each of you. A menagerie of monkeys, crocodiles, dragonflies, elephants, flamingos, eagles, kittens, wasps, hyenas, and jellyfish. I love the diversity and the sameness of you ?

@Adamq8 @Nahm No-thing traps the Nahmopus. ?

@SoonHei ? this. As I see it, we attend. Whatever we attend, we amplify, in ourselves, and in others. This is the illusion of separation, of motion, and of creation. We are all the same it, attending internally or externally, realizing and manifesting itself infinitely.

@Forestluv Consciousness loves nothing more than an eager learner, brimming with alacrity, and ready to receive all that is offered.