Moksha

A guru is nothing but a construction sign. ? You are the source.

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Illusion is relative reality, parading as ultimate reality. It is still reality. This deserves to be honored, not dismissed. There is Mystery, and "we" will never solve it, because we are it.

The deepest realization of Truth is not needing to chase exhilarating fantasies to feel alive, but resting in the realization of the infinite Peace and Love that you already are.

You have moved beyond solipsism, and realized the divinity in everything. It is humbling, loving, and integrating. Your True Self is the same True Self that all of us is. And yet, mysteriously, we exist as individuals, in this relative world, and the experience is here. We created this for a reason.

The mind demands security, in an inherently insecure world. Embrace the space. Socrates was right. It's like leaving the cave, and allowing your eyes to adjust to the light. Once you see clearly, it isn't scary any more. It is love, and it is beautiful beyond what we could have imagined, back in the cave.

Mind = ego. I have learned not to trust my mind. Instead of grasping, be. You have integrity, bro. Fly.

Thank you. I have been trying to communicate this, which you did eloquently. ?

@Breakingthewall Once you have given up, what is left? ?

Even more interesting, have you noticed that photos and videos can communicate Consciousness? Feel that

Who knew Scots were so woke? Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. - Matthew 19:14

Confusion = identifying with "your" conditioned mind. Clarity = realizing as Consciousness.

@Nahm @Tim R Reality is hilarious, when you don't think about it. ?

@Nahm Was just "thinking" that when two woke people meet, all they can do is laugh

Exactly. Knowledge is suffering. Being is peace. Isn't it funny that evolution not only created forms capable of thought, but most profoundly, capable of realizing the futility of thought? Agree 100% on the resonance of music and truth. Consciousness creates, and artists are closer to Self-realization/expression than many of us, because of this. They channel themselves.

Some people don't get this. Reality is everything, and everynothing.

Lucid dreaming vs. somnolence.

@Nahm Isn't it interesting that the tree of life is just that? No knowledge. Simply being. No "good" vs. "evil", just unity. Even our oldest allegories point to that reality. Sort of on the subject, a quote I came across this morning from Prince: "I think when one discovers himself he discovers God. Or maybe it's the other way around. I'm not sure...It's hard to put into words. It's a feeling — someone knows when they get it. That's all I can really say...I think there is an afterworld. For some reason, I think it's going to be just like here, but that's part...I don't really like talking about this stuff. It's so personal." [1985]

Judgment is the sabre of the ego ? It preserves the illusion of itself, by attacking others as being inferior. False superiority is presented as actuality. It is the opposite of Love, which is simply the realization that there is no "other".

God is infinite intelligence, abundance, creativity, reality, and love.

From a karmic perspective, the trajectory of this self accumulates, like a snowball rolling down a snowy hill, and grows, according to the nature of itself. I feel that Consciousness bundles itself into infinite souls, and tells infinite stories, where each soul is on a hero's journey. The soul evolves, until it eventually Self-realizes, and ultimately dissolves back into the formless Consciousness that created it. Hey, it's a lot more interesting than just staying formless, changeless, timeless, unborn, and unable to die.

I was reading a new book from Ram Dass yesterday, where he compares his soul journey to a spiral staircase. He is standing midway, looking down at the selves that preceded his current incarnation. Looking up, at the top of the stairs, is him too, but as ultimate awareness. It resonated with me. Ram Dass died in December 2019, at the age of 90. I wonder what his new incarnation is, or will be? The truth is that although it is possible to realize ourselves as infinite Consciousness that was never created or destroyed, the actual fate of our relative selves remains a mystery. Maybe the ancient gurus were right about reincarnation, but even that is just a belief. It doesn't actually matter. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to die before you die. Realizing the depthless ocean of Love that You are is the greatest gift you can give to yourself, or to any other relative self.

@Edvardas Great to hear bro, and thank you for the kind words ?

If one human was fully enlightened, would evil still exist within that human? Evil is the absence of light. It is transient, it is conditional, and it is a lie. If you are filled with light, how can you harbor evil? From the ultimate perspective, the question makes no sense. There is only God, and the dualities of good/evil, freedom/attachment, and enlightenment/ignorance dissolve into the dreams that created them.

That sense of hopelessness and futility is a classic judo move by the ego. ? It is the conditioned mind telling you that there is no purpose or joy in anything. The best lies have a kernel of truth. In a relative sense, your conditioned mind is right. Everything that is created, including you, is transient. Everything dies. So realize the part of You that isn't created, and doesn't die. When you directly realize Yourself as Consciousness, you will discover love, and that discovery will inform how you live for the rest of your "relative" life. What is the path to realizing this? Meditation, study, service, personal growth, healthy relationships, and constructive living. It would be nice if the path was easier, but then again if it was easy, everyone would already be enlightened.