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@Taavi A teacher isn't necessary. The only thing you need to prioritize is truth. Put that before your needs and your be well on your way. You had a moment. A beautiful experience. Now you need to let it go because you will never get that experience back. No matter how hard you'll try. And if you try to get back there you will miss the truth in this moment. What is true now? Right now! Yes you will have a hard time to adapt yourself to society after the experience. You will have alot of judgements about people who are still in the dream state. Those who have no clue. See those judgments for what they are. They reflect something within yourself. You have a hard time with them because you are not fully awake. Those judgements are the key to unhook from yourself (ego). In every moment that you're not content with what is lies a belief that it should't be that way. Find that belief and release it. And if you find yourself struggling we are here to help you with any questions. Enjoy! ?

@tarek1945 There is no next step. You are already here. Look at how the mind reacts when you read these words. It will come up with all kinds of excuses like that's not really helpful. I have to do something etc etc. But the next step is really the biggest illusion and also the most subtle one. Sit down and watch the thoughts. And let the sensations in the body come and go. Your already here. This is it..

@Mike Bison Are you getting hooked on the terminology? Unconscious means that you believe that the thought is true. Conscious is being aware that the thought is JUST a thought. That it holds no value of TRUE or FALSE. It's just a thought being experienced.

@How to be wise Yes, unattaching from thoughts will cause an awakening from mind and that is a part of the 'journey' to enlightenment.

@username I get the sense you are searching for something outside yourself. Searching rather hides the realization. You are already that which you are seeking so no seeking is needed. To me it was realized when I was to exhausted to seek and no effort was being made. I just watched every thought and feeling appear and disappear. When you meditate do you have the goal to awaken? That goal will put a subtle emphasis on the future and that future will never come. You will not find yourself but everything experienced, be that feelings in the body, sights and sounds, is not you so detach from those and just let them come and go. The mindset 'should' be that anything can happen. That you can't force your way to the realization rather than ok, I'm gonna awaken this time, come on on let's do this!

Yeah it did for me too in my whole body. The day after I pretty much sat in my computer chair the whole time. The body was completely exhausted.

There was alot of pain in the end and mind was screaming SSSTTOOOOOOOPP! Going from 20 minute sittings to 3 hours is quite a shock to the system. Who knew? ?

@Afonso 3 hours

@jse That's not confusion. It's clarity. ?

I think thats the reaction he is after.

@Afonso Let's just say it's a great insight. The depth of the insight will be revealed to you with time. And what use is it to you that we explain it further? ?

@Natasha thanks for sharing!

Awesome! Congratulations on your wonderful insight. No this is not sarcasm. ?

@The White Belt It's an egoic thing. An ego without goals would probably be more miserable than an ego who has goals that it is working towards. Without an ego there is no goals, how could there be? Having goals would mean there is a future and the egoless state is all about the present moment.

@Natasha Acceptance is the common ground for spirituality and christianity. So instead of trying to convince each other about what opinion is the right one, how about you and your friends accept each other for what you are and accept that you have different opinions about the matter. You all want the best for one another but the fact is none of you will change opinions so why argue about it?

Yes it's funny, and alot easier to give advice to someone else than seeing it for yourself. Always nice to get an outside perspective on these things and that's why we are here on this forum. To help each other on this journey.

@faith Allow your self to be stuck. There is no where to go, nothing left to do but to feel this stuckness. How does it feel? Is there really something missing or is that an illusion of the mind? In fact every moment is complete. There is nothing missing to it. There is only the belief that something is missing. That is minds way of distracting us.

@Leo Gura What you say makes perfect sense from an awakened minds perspective. From an awakened hearts perspective it does not. I have a hard time seeing how gassing jews and raping little children is based on love and kindness. Maybe there is more to the picture than that absolute perspective of yours?

@Natasha Seeking enlightenment to be extraordinary. Become enlightened and bask in the ordinary. Do I dare to throw in a chop wood, carry water quote here? I guess I did!?

It's a normal thing after an awakening. It means it was a genuine awakening and that the false self is falling away. Go deeper into that.

@Dan Arnautu Ask yourself this. How far does this knowledge take you spiritually? Is this knowledge that is gained really progressing you forward?

You seem to have a good understanding of it. Have you ever asked yourself what you can truly know? What the fundumental parts to your experience is? There is the five senses and thought. That is all you can ever experience. And can a thought ever be true?

I've been experiencing the same thing recently. I've had social anxiety that I started dealing with 10 years ago and I assumed that it was a thing of the past. A couple of weeks ago it suddenly reappeared and it came back with full force. From 0-100 percent in an instance. Luckily I remebered this video clip that I saw a year ago about finding out your core belief. So my core belief was that "I'm not good enough" and I can really see that it has been the main driving force in my life. Theres been many different faces of the ego with this same core belief. There's been the "I'm not good enough, so I won't even try"-ego: So I won't study. I won't apply for a job. I'll just play video games. The "I'm not good enough and I don't care what you think of me"-ego. The one being real a douche to everyone. Deeply down under it cares but that has been surpressed. The "I'm not good enough, so I'll try real hard so you will like me"-ego. The good ego. Always positive. Surpressing it's owns needs for others needs. Seeing through that core belief made the social anxiety dissappear as fast as it appeared (and other ego stuff). I basicly feel more genuine now then before. So my advice to you is find that core belief. Maybe that is the root of the "problem".

I agree. But what do you think is delusional and what is real?

I dont know if she was enlightened or not. But she had some sort of realization. Could you define what you mean with enlightenment?