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@LaucherJunge Hi, this sounds a lot like lucid dreaming. I've done it a few times and the images are incredibly vivid and detailed.

Here we go again. Self or No self?

@Mr Lenny =_,$s@!)(

@pluto Here's a good one too. If you haven't seen it yet,,,,,

@pluto That was cool. Thanks!

That it's not just understood conceptually but experienced directly. Like sex.

@Denis A saw and hammer alone can't build house. They are only useful tools to help get the job done.

I'd say disidentification first as seeing through the illusion of ego rendering it null and void, than working toward a state of total eradication over time where consciousness becomes crystal clear (enlightenment).

Your saying that the path you follow today is in response to something traumatic that happened in the past, " it got you started hard core" as if it's a vendetta of some kind. Maybe a fresh approach on this would be beneficial. It is a new day, right? You are placing the memory of something on the outside world by association. The fact is your holding these thoughts inside just under the surface. In other words, your mind is looking for every excuse or "trigger" to bring this event back to the surface. It could be happening during sleep too even though you may not recall it. Sweet! Painful memories only have the power you give to them. I don't know what the traumatic event was or how severe, but I will say that 10 months is not that long. Time does heal all wounds -if you allow it. Also, compassion. Compassion for the traumatic event and compassion for all involved starting from within yourself. Have you ever done self enquiry on this? Maybe ask yourself-Why am I angry about this? What exactly about this event makes me angry? Why do I hold on to it? You could totally turn this all around into something positive by using this event as a teaching tool on how to handle similar events in the future. Best of luck to you!

Maybe something in you knows this truth already.

True, any searching will only prove to be futile. When the time is right, it presents itself fully and everything changes. But nothing has really changed at all. Everything becomes a complete picture that's no longer fragmented. We find something that we never realize was missing. The other side of the same coin, so to speak.

@Prabhaker I call it absolute emptiness. Some call it infinity. While true that it's not separate from existence, it is seeing existence from a totally different perspective.

Religious wars are started not because a group sees the truth of their religion, but because they can't.

I absolutely agree!

Yes, I'm glad you quoted this. That seems to be exactly what is seen from afar. It's not pretty sight by any stretch of the imagination. But it is what it is.

When we can see all of existence happening from a place far removed from it, only than does the truth reveal itself.

"Nobel wines are not to be tasted by drunkards"

It's meaning must be hidden like a tic on a dog from the average person. Yea, that's about all you need to listen to. It only gets worse! Even well versed Bible followers can't agree the true meaning.

Something about this statement makes me stop and think. But I'm not sure exactly what though.

@HGGabrielF @ChimpBrain Here's the perfect example to illustrate what you said.

@nemonissa I listened to Bentinho a couple of times just to hear what he had to say. His message doesn't really do it for me. I will say that his video on Tao Te Ching was worth listening to. I thought his comments on it were excellent.

Yea, right! I was thinking the same thing.

@Huz Brett Jones explains Karma in simple terms here.

Everything exists only as a reflection from the dualistic view of self as an experiencer. To me that's what gives us a godlike aspect. God experiencing itself as a reflection through our imperfect eyes. In my view a balance must be struck between self and no self. Existence and non-existence. That's where the magic happens. To stand at the very brink between existence and non-existence is the best seats in the house.