WelcometoReality

Yeah words usually is never enough but could you please try to describe it?

What did this death feel like?

Form and formlessness, existence and non-existence are both aspects of God.

That sounds heavy. Kudos for sharing! What is it you want to get rid of?

More like prior to thinking.

Yeah, as if "outside" validation is needed. ? I did like the "splash splash... calm waters" though. It warmed my heart. ?

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To me how is irrelevant. It just makes more sense to me that the source of existance can't be existence itself. And experientially non-existence can be 'sensed' for lack of a better word but I can't describe it because it has no attributes.

To me existance as an objective permanent world makes less sense. Every thing is impermanent. It comes and goes back into non-existance, the source.

Logically you could make the argument that the source of existence can't exist because then it would be part of existence and hence not the creator of it. No that's not what it means. It means that it's prior to creation. Non-existence is the source of existence but ultimately existence and non-existence is two sides of the same coin.

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Yeah, the flaw wouldn't be "seeing it the way it is" would it. ?

@catcat69123 It feels good. ?

?. Seriously though, it's great advertisement material right there. Sure beats what Buddha said about impermanance, no-self and suffering. ?

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? So where are you in all this?

@Forza21 That's good. But don't stop there. ? What is "no one" and "I don't even exist"?

@Eonwe5 That realization can be very terrifying for some people. What is seen is that who you thought you were was in reality just thoughts and feelings. That voice is now what is causing all that disturbance for you because it has seen that it is illusiory and you still believe it somewhat or else it wouldn't disturb you. This will gradually become better with time. Before you know it you'll be perfectly fine with being unknown to yourself. ? But you're here writing this to us. ? You might not be what you thought you were and you might not be able to explain/know what you are but you do exist. I can also (just as leo said) recommend mindfulness labeling to break those thought/feeling patterns that you still identify with.

Maybe because people with mental health issues are looking for relief of suffering and turn towards spirtuality because of it. Also the dark night of the soul looks pretty much like depression from the outside.

It can be good to contemplate the implications but also a hindrance to sinking deeper into the realization. The mind makes a connection between watching the video and awakening but no matter what you did when the awakening experience happened they are not cause and effect.

Yeah thats a good point. There might be a bang or two but the real work starts afterwards. ?

How one reacts is based upon each individuals unique conditioning. But yeah usually there is a phase where this conditioning needs to be met.

@Someone here Based on your earlier threads you've been on the brink of an awakening for a while. ? Congratulations.

That's nice to hear. Congratulations. ?

Yeah, that's a nice attitude to have about it. ? It's all about sinking deeper and deeper into your direct experience.