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That's rough. The fact that you're considering that probably means you're not a narcissist though.

@aklacor727 That's nice. How did it feel to let go?

@r0ckyreed Why do just one when you can do both? 🙂 I've never done a 10 day retreat but to me it's easier to go deeper when I sit and do nothing. When walking or getting other stimulus it's easier to get distracted from going "inwards" toward rhe sense of self. On the other hand if you can't maintain realization under day to day activities then what's the point? So having some sort of walking meditation or similiar practice to maintain it off the cushion might be a good idea.

There are stars and clouds aswell. No need trying to get rid of them. 🙂

If you are God then you're free to design whatever life you want. Stop being an average Joe and be whatever you want to be. 🙂

@Infinite Tsukuyomi good one! 🙂

@Someone here Start with what you actually know and derive answers from that. It depends on what you are contemplating. If A->B and B->C and you dont know that A and B is true then maybe you shouldn't contemplate on whether C is true or not. Do you know that? 😁 Language is limited. How do we describe reality with a subset of reality? The answer will always be off the mark/incomplete. The question is the assumption. If you can't answer it then maybe you aren't asking the right question. 🙂

@LittoDitto Whatever label thoughts are describing it with they are not true. What is IS, that's it. Do you actually know this or is this just thoughts predicting what's going to happen? Usually investigations bring peace imo. 🙂

@Scholar Without impermanance there wouldn't be any change at all nothing to create and work on. Your loved ones wouldn't even have been birthed. 🙂

@Flowerfaeiry That's a nice way of putting it. 🙂 Like confusing the clouds for the sky.

@zurew if you're having problems doing the difficult things in your life because you're having negative feelings about it then you need to sit with those feelings to develop some equinamity to them.

@Display_Name the dark night is no joke. I have gone through one that lasted several years aswell. What basically helped me go through it was to sit with the feelings of fear and anxiety that arose and what prolonged the dark night was to distract myself from the feelings in all the ways I did.

I came into spirituality for the truth which I always have been interested in. If you're interested in that aswell then go for it but it can be a hard journey to take. I suggest you read about the dark night of the soul and ask yourself if you're willing to go through it before you decide that spirituality is for you. You assumed what Leo said was true without having realized it yourself. And that's what we all do to some extent in the beginning. My advice though is to not assume anything is true. If you decide spirituality is for you then look for yourself. Everything is there in your own experience. If you start investigating it things will start to unravel.

@Tyler Durden why don't you ask them?

Not much to say about it in the first place but we can always construct things to say.

Ok. Hope you find the guidance you're looking for.

@ChrisZoZo how far into the process are you?

I think the best measurement of God's will is in relation to our personal will.

If it makes your jaws clench then take a deep breath and relax the jaws. ? Noticing tension and releasing it leads to a more relaxed mind and body.

@Yimpa Awesome. ?

@PenguinPablo Sure, there are no others so in that aspect solipsism is true but when you start believing that others are only NPC:s without there own consciousness that's when you are in fantasyland. From the perspective of no others there is also no self. All is consciousness without any separation. So have can we say that others are missing consciousness if all is consciousness? There is no self meaning that the self is a finite thought aswell as others. There is no no-self, how could non-existence exist? The fear is a good indicator that you're on the right path.

Pleasure is is fine but it's usually in direct opposition to long term happiness. If we were to chase every pleasure we have then we'd soon be out of a job and be living on the streets. Again pleasure is fine unless we are actually avoiding doing something important which will provide long term happiness.

@StarStruck genius! ?

It will blast you totally awake. ?

Im sorry but this is what real awakness looks like.