Moksha

Not sure, but Sadghuru is worth around $25 million. Like I said, it's not about being rich, it's about being attached to your wealth.

Ultimate Consciousness is changeless. Time and space are dimensions within the dream that Consciousness creates. They are imagined, because without them, there can be no story. The you that feels and seems so unconscious, is a ripple on the infinite ocean of Consciousness, which is who You actually are.

I'm hard-pressed to think of a Self-realized mystic who wasn't a minimalist. Not to say all of them are materially poor; they simply see the ephemeral nature of things, and don't place much value on them. There is nothing wrong with being rich, as long as you don't identify with your wealth. Unfortunately, for most people, materialism is a trap. Rather than owning, they become owned. And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. - Matthew 19:24

Siddhis are rare, but they can happen with human beings. I see them as solar flares from the ultimate plane of Consciousness, spicing up stories with their energy. Walking on water, multiplying fishes and loaves, and returning from the dead are just that....stories within stories. Imagination has no limit. That said, don't count on doing any of this within "your" own story, unless You as Consciousness desire it. Just because you have realized your true identity doesn't mean you are unbound by the restrictions of your form. Apparently, Consciousness prefers miracles to be the extreme exception, rather than the rule.

How can there be a "first duality" when ultimately, time and sequentiality are an illusion? Ultimate Consciousness is the uncaused cause. It is outside of time and space. It never became dual, but it creates the illusion of duality, within itself. Duality is nothing more than the changeless, creating the story of change. My advice: don't try to understand it. It is called the Mystery for a reason. It is beyond the capacity of the human mind to comprehend it. Obsessing over it is binding yourself to the hamster wheel of intellectualization, which will never free you from the conceptual cage. The only way to be free from the cage is to realize that there is no cage, and indeed there is no "you" within the cage; ultimately all separation arises from the imagination of Consciousness.

Yes, I agree that it is more than just a game. It is creation. The sincerity of the story is the beauty that it creates. In games, there is a winner, and a loser. Art is ineffable beauty. Consciousness is the ultimate artist.

Samsara is the game that Consciousness, as changelessness, plays to experience the illusion of change. Ultimately, the "purpose of spirituality" is nothing more than a game that we, as Consciousness, create for ourselves. It's like "Choose Your Own Adventure". Without a story, with all its risks and rewards, what is the point? Changelessness is so....changeless.

@Breakingthewall I get you, and agree. The illusion of separation is the source of suffering. Isn't that what love actually is? The realization that we are all the same? We fall into the trap of "we", and chase the satiation of separation, without realizing that there is only "I", which is already infinitely abundant. The hero and the villain make a great story, I guess.

That, my friend, is the blessing and the curse of duality. Reward and punishment are two ends of the same stick. Pick it up, or don't, but neither is possible without the other. That is the beauty of being. Beyond platitudes, it is true all the same. Serenity and love are not bound in this way. They are nondual, and are our inherent nature. We are a being circle, and our creation is a non-being stick.

True, in relative reality. Ultimately, there is no end, and no beginning. Changelessness, apparently, enjoys the dream of change.

Spirituality is nothing more than learning to dream lucidly. It is realizing the true nature of God, within the creation of God. It is the rediscovery of ultimate love. Consciousness creates each soul, and sends it on a journey, which ultimately resolves back into itself. Even during the dream, Consciousness is here, telling the story, and being the story. It is all the same Consciousness, in different states, but always ultimately the same.

The beauty of living meditation is that it puts your vigilance to the test: When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a lamp in a windless place. In the still mind, in the depths of meditation, the Self reveals itself. Beholding the Self by means of the Self, an aspirant knows the joy and peace of complete fulfillment. Having attained that abiding joy beyond the senses, revealed in the stilled mind, he never swerves from the eternal truth. He desires nothing else, and cannot be shaken by the heaviest burden of sorrow. - Bhagavad Gita 6:19 Meditating in solitude is relatively easy. The biggest enemy is boredom. So easy to consider yourself a guru in a vacuum. Try maintaining presence in the face of your family, your boss, or the death of a loved one. Meditation literally rewires the mind, and empowers you to remain unwavering, despite the turbulence of life.

I'm too lazy to search through all of his posts, but it was in the last couple of weeks Disrespect is a sign of disillusion. If you see how all of us are ultimately the same, how could you possibly disrespect "someone else"?

Do you ecstatically chop wood and carry water, year after year? I see enlightenment as sustained serenity and joy, but ecstasy is situational, and ephemeral.

Persistent baseline non-duality, devoid of suffering, manifested as freedom from attachments, and unconditional love

Actually he posted a few weeks back that he is not enlightened. Then again, your definition of enlightenment may be very different from his

I hear you

@Denial Let go of the spiritual work. If it feels like work, it isn't what it pretends to be. Just let go, and be. The ego will fight you every step of the way, but don't listen to it. Its lies always lead to suffering. Call it out. The path to freedom is so simple, that most of us miss it in our search for "meaning", rather than simply being. We are already free, if we would just see it. Take a moment, stand with a tree, let go of your conceptualization of the tree, and resonate with the sameness in the tree and in yourself. Effortless.

You are. If you don't have a dog, find a tree. They are beautiful. It's all about realizing the sameness in life, and the resonance with who you are. I have always hated snakes, but somehow, even there, I have seen the sameness. There is a resonance in every thing, and that resonance is your true identity. The ego wants to control. The real YOU is already free. Open your eyes and see the beauty in your backyard, and in yourself.

Agree with Sam Harris, but only within the limited context of relative reality. "You" as a human being, couldn't possibly be free. Every "choice" you make is determined by your genetics and your environment. Except for the essence of YOU that is Consciousness, and is actually calling the shots. YOU, as Consciousness, are infinitely free. YOU are the puppeteer, pulling the strings. This question comes up constantly. It was my first post, actually. Free will is the difference between "you" and YOU.

Being human means being obsessively attached to things, to experiences, and to states that make us feel special. Do get help, but also realize that all of us are in the same condition, in some way or another. We are in this together. We are all working through letting go of our attachments, and learning to love being. If I may suggest, as a step in your spiritual journey, let go of your need to control life, and simply enjoy the beauty of this relative world, and your place within it. I took my dog for a walk to the park today. I noticed the lilies, blue, white, and yellow...the clover and the honey bees...the squirrels chased by my dog, and taunting her from their perches high in the trees. I smiled.

@Holygrail There can be only One ?

How do you feel about space? Maybe things happen within space, but the space itself is who you actually are. All the things, with their similarities and differences, are creations that arise and dissolve within the space of you. What if you are the ocean, and the tremulous waves are simply artistic expressions of who you ultimately are?

Do coordinates require space? Do boundaries require separation? What happens when space and boundaries dissolve? Consciousness is all there is.

Rather than asking whether 2 identical things exist, maybe realize that 2 is the dream itself.