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The silence is always there no matter what happens. Let the body move and make sounds and be the silence.

The question rather becomes what's holding on to the distinction between nothing, everything and something. If there is no distinctions between those and it's all ONE then what is there left to talk about?

@WokeBloke I haven't used his teachings so I can't tell you the effectivness of it. Nothingness and no-self is only halfway there so eventually you need to throw away the teaching and embrace fullness, everythingness and somethingness.

@EntheogenTruthSeeker Usually we run from the negative feelings by distravting ourselves but instead meet the fear and stress instead of moving with them and they will dissipate.

From the perspective of ONE which view is true and which is false? Aren't they all finite views within ONE?

If it's ONE then how could it be separate from nothing? Good point. Words are nothing and since they are we cant hold onto any idea because that would be holding onto something.

@Gesundheit2 If the aim is waking up then acting selfless or selfish is just a distraction in my opinion. That assumes that all people act based on wanting to feel good which probably is true for most people. The human body is conditioned to stay away from feeling bad and to embrace feeling good. Truth is facing the bad feelings all the way.

@Egodeathrow He's speaking about the emptiness which is the awakening from mind. Then he talks about that enlightenment might make you hate your family which makes me believe that he hasn't seen through the emotional aspect of the self or awakening of the heart. He seems awake it's just that there is more to enlightenment than what he speaks of.

Let thought go, connect to intuition and let it lead the way. ?

Be the boundless nothingness and the rest will take care of itself. The dilemma and the questions comes from the mind and the mind can't go to the place where it wants to go. You are exactly where you supposed to be which is right here in this moment. From here it's all about seeing through the illusion of the next thought and feeling and surrender them.

Yes those questions can be interpreted as being quite provocative but they weren't meant be that. Just something to contemplate.

Well put! ??

What is it without the question of it being real or imagined?

@Godishere If you are alone, what are you running from and where will you hide?

The question is happening within the infinite universe and that finite happening can never know the infinite.

If the ego is making you chase love then what is this "me" that is chasing love? Yes, love is unconditional so it's not a state and not an attribute of the ego. Now is all there is. If pessimism comes up then see what the underlying feelings are and let go of them. Those feelings are the only things that hides the love that is underneath them.

@Godishere Let the integration happen.. when the false self falls away the true self is revealed. You can't DO integration since the doing is made by the false self.

If you are genuinely curious about this then start investigating these questions within your own experience. No one but you can answer them.

If you feel lost, let yourself feel lost. If you feel fear, let yourself feel fear.if you resist, let yourself resist.

In the beginning of the no self realization it's easy to be pulled out of the no self back into the conditioned self but as the realization matures less and less outer "happenings" pulls you out of it. I wanted to leave everything to live out in the woods to get away from people and society but this desire no longer comes up. It all goes full circle back to "normal" life.

@Terell Kirby Some teachers are more into mystical experiences than truth and then there's those who are into truth but have realized different facets of the same truth. Depending of which facets has been realized the words they speak can be very different but can be true from that perspective. What words/teachers resonates with you depends on what facets you have realized and touching upon.

I can relate to your experience and I'm sorry I haven't communicated this to you adequately. It's not easy to meet this fear. It's probably the hardest thing one can do because it's going against the survival operating system but it's simple in that it doesn't require a multiple step plan to deal with. If this fear is to unbearable to deal with then you can look for the small ways that fear is running your life and meet it there first. You will be able to meet it when the time is right.

No that's not it.

What knows that? ?

I don't assume it's infinite. I only see the limitations of the human mind. ?