Moksha

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.

We create our own reality, see it, and invoke it, in others.

Yes, very possibly I am just pointing beyond the no-one Consciousness outside of us (which is what solipsists see), and underscoring the every-one Consciousness imbuing each of us (which is what idealists see).

I am saying there is no-one outside of me, experiencing itself through infinite expressions of me.

I agree. My sense is that ultimately science and spirituality will realize. Probably not in this lifetime, but the particle acceleration is increasing, and I will be here when they ultimately collide. What a fucking fireworks display that will be. ?

Destruction is the necessary path to realization. The star has to fall before it dawns. Meanwhile, stargazers can honor the journey, while experiencing the dawning of themselves. I do get what you are saying, and I qualify this with the caveat that torrential destruction is beyond the scope of a forum like this. What I saw so far didn't strike me as torrential, but it is not my call to make.

Black holes are a portal to the whole

Unless Consciousness, mysteriously, is actually infusing itself into every form it creates. Which it is

My sense is toward inclusion, even disruptive inclusion. There are rare outliers, but unless there is perpetual, deep disruption, I say let them stay. The disruptor is experiencing the results of his disruption. That itself can be educational, with enough accumulation. The ego tends to suffocate itself, given enough expression. The disruption is a gift to us, too. It is a foil, or a mirror, for our own spiritual development. It is easy to love people with little ego. Growth needs resistance; let this be a spiritual gym for building muscle. ?