Moksha

There is a perceiver, it just doesn't exist. Consciousness perceives itself. It doesn't exist, because it isn't a thing. It is a nothing. Consciousness is watching all movies, and is starring in all movies.

@Bulgarianspirit Funny how we both landed at the same realization through such different paths. Maybe not so different though. Suffering is a good solvent for the ego

Fiction is the only thing that does exist. Nonfiction does not exist. It is. Hint: Exist means "to stand out".

@Shin You called? ? ?

@from chaos into self Nah, I'm just another tentacle ? @Bulgarianspirit Only 30 trips? Damn, I could have saved myself some years

You can't create at a higher level than your current state of consciousness.

God is an infipus with countless tentacles, and every tentacle animates a sock puppet form. Hello, fellow tentacle

@Nthnl This is a beautiful thread. I hear you. Try this: Be. Now notice being. Now notice being an infinite source of light. Now notice new light flooding this light with itself. In language, how is it possible for a person to realize new light, and share that new light with others, if the person is a self-enclosed system? Consciousness is the light that is directly realized, and that others directly realize and resonate with. It is the ultra-cosmic and intra-cosmic light of Consciousness experiencing itself.

Except there is no time. Consciousness does its creative thang because it is its own dharma.

The middle letter of the middle way

@Rilles Define reality. Now define definition. Now define nothing.

@Some Fella "Mind Blown" is the literal meaning of Moksha. Stay Moksha

@nitramadas Hierarchies are fun as a mirror. I'm not sure they are pragmatic for personal growth though. If a yellow aspires to turquoisity, what can they actually do to repaint themselves? Realizing that you are a certain color won't change anything. Consciousness is the painter, not the person looking in the mirror. It's fun to reflect, though. Deeper receptivity of multidimensional trans-rational perceptions Consciousness is the transcendent dimension, imminently infusing itself through every form in the dream dimension, delighting at the peekaboo moments when the dimensions converge I can see hierarchies being helpful for a teacher. If you are able to see the color of a person's current awareness, maybe it is easier to customize your teaching to their awareness. Also, it can help you know when not to teach. Then again, Consciousness has a way of doing that for you. The same light shines through the world diamond, casting every color. I love parables, because of their universal application. The best parables illuminate people at all levels, customizing the lesson for each person, without the speaker needing to know anything about the color of the learners. The Buddha that is your avatar lived thousands of years ago. He realized darkness, and he became all colors.

Anyone know the shortest verse in the bible? Even knowing that death is inevitable, at the death of Lazarus, Jesus wept. He wept, even knowing that he would bring Lazarus back to life. Realizing that every life is a limited premier movie makes it more special, not less. Some movies may be more or less entertaining than others, but these movies played closest to our own.

You get what you pay for

A flower on the tree of life. Welcome back, Dodo

@VeganAwake Right back at ya ? Not to complete your life's work or anything, but I agree with you that singular Consciousness is just another belief I got in trouble with a certain forum owner on the day I joined by calling nonduality a theory. I don't talk about it much, but even nonduality cannot exist without duality. Ultimately, Tat is the Mystery that cannot be understood. It underlies even nonduality and duality. I keep telling people not to try making sense of it with their maths, but it's like we can't help ourselves.

@Mvrs The cosmic entity rival has a name: Mara. You are no longer at his mercy when you realize you are no longer human

Neti Neti is the ancient Hindu meditation practice of stripping away the layers of your personality, until only Consciousness is left. It doesn't have to be meditative. You can practice this during your regular day, and notice forms arising that you identify with, but are not pure Consciousness. Irritated at your wife? What is the source of your irritation? Why do you respond the way you do? Notice the stimulus and the response. It feels automatic, but when you observe more closely, you realize that there is a space between her behavior and your irritation. Similar to the space between two frames in a feature film. The mind perceives the movie as continuous, but it really isn't. It may be a very small space, but it is there. That space is Consciousness. Simply recognizing the space is the first step to expanding it. The irritation is not who you are. You are not defined by it, nor are you at the mercy of it. You can observe it, and explore it, but you are not it. Neti Neti.

Yes It is different from waking up, but it happens a lot more when you do wake up. When Consciousness is flowing through you, it is like a live stream of learning. Sometimes you realize things that nobody has ever told you, or say things you didn't know before.

@Lews Therin Ultimate truth is best realized through stories, parables, and myths The Tao cannot be named, only directly experienced. Given that limitation, these are the best pointers we as humans can create, outside of nature itself.

No hostility here, bro I wasn't referring to you. I was just calling out the sneakiness of the ego. Any time I catch myself judging another person, or judging myself in comparison to another person, it is always my ego. Letting go of judgment has been one of my spiritual practices. I don't usually like to get into discussions of free will, since it can feel confusing or even threatening to people. Some people may want to avoid this paragraph for that reason When I said every color is inevitable, I was giving a nod to this. One color cannot exist without every other color existing. The rainbow dissolves unless each of its colors is present. Whatever color we are is the color Consciousness has chosen for us. If we are intended to move to a new color, Consciousness will paint us there. This is no personal achievement in spiritual growth. There is no reason for pride that we are X or shame that we are Y. I don't talk about this much, since it isn't usually useful. People need a sense that they are exerting effort, and making choices to grow. And they actually are, but not for the reason they think they are. The illusion that "we" are moving up the hierarchy of spiritual growth is fine, as long as "we" don't take too much credit for it. Thank you again for sharing the primer on spiral dynamics. I enjoyed reading it, and considering how each color relates to different layers of identity that have conditioned me over the years. In that sense, I find spiral dynamics a useful multi-dimensional mirror for personal growth. This forum has taught me valuable lessons about teaching others. Unrequested instruction tends to fall on deaf ears at best, or to invoke hostility at worst. Also, it is important to teach in the language of the learner. Sometimes I share things that seem to go over people's heads. It is not that I am "higher" than they are; it is a language barrier. Things that seem obvious to you or me may not make sense to someone else. I remember reading The Power of Now, and dismissing it as drivel. The book stayed on my shelf for years, but when I read it again, everything suddenly made sense. The book didn't change; I changed. I was ready for the teaching. Rather than labeling someone a certain color, perhaps it would be useful for those wanting to participate to find the color(s) that best reflect(s) their current experience. We can be a resource for them to bounce questions and get feedback, but it will be helpful if they are at the helm. There is a place for teaching, but meaningful growth always comes from within. I'm sure you know all this already. I'm only suggesting it as a framework for our community, should we go down the spiral dynamic rabbit hole.

@Lews Therin It is the fourth and final dhyana, the ultimate realization of the sublime state of Consciousness. Most of us do not realize it in this life. The separate personality is lost. The Buddha returned from it, wearing a shadow shroud that clothed him in humanity, but it was so thin that his radiance transfigured him. Siddhartha dissolved in the fourth dhyana, and The Buddha arose from it. It wasn't until 45 years later that he entered Parinirvana. Mara, the evil one, who had tried to tempt him from enlightenment 45 years ago, returned to him. You have accomplished what you set out to do, Mara said. Give up this life and enter Parinirvana [complete Nirvana] now. Do not trouble yourself, Evil One, the Buddha replied. In three months I will pass away and enter Nirvana. Then The Buddha, clearly and mindfully, renounced his will to live on. Three months later, he called his monks to him and spoke with them. His final words: All compounded things are subject to decay. Strive with diligence. Serenely, he passed into Parinirvana.

Yes This is the meaning of even-mindedness, or the realization of serenity. Everything is just a form. Thoughts and beliefs are forms. Drives and appetites are forms. Addictions and emotions are forms. The entire physical world, including our own body, is a multiplicity of forms. Waking up doesn't banish the forms. It is the dawning of Consciousness, which reveals all forms to be the illusion that they are. This realization is the beginning of enlightenment. When the light shines long enough, the forms become so distant and so transparent, that they no longer have any attachment to you. You directly realize that every duality is necessary. There is no good without evil, no foreground without background, no existence without non-existence. With infinite expression, these dualities eventuate in transience. Transience is illusion. That realization is what ultimately liberates us. We no longer resist the inevitable, or are identified by it. We transcend the illusion. The massive energy that used to feed our false identity is sucked back into the Self, like a collapsing black hole. You become the infinitely creative Consciousness that You always are. Welcome back to Singularity.

Mark of the beast. Everything gets better from there So many inspiring soul snapshots, please keep them coming!