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http://www.dailygood.org/pdf/dg.php?sid=690 http://streetevolution.eu/337/the-art-of-intuition-id17028.pdf @Naviy Above is some info. that may interest you on the subject. I'll be the first one to admit that I'm not the smartest person in a group of two but one thing I did have since I was very young was the gift of intuition. More so when I was younger. When I had a question about something none material, I would draw a brief -blank mind and within that empty space it would come to me, what path I should follow. It seemed to come from somewhere else and not me per se. I was always a good day dreamer too. Also sometimes my mind would go totally blank if I allowed it. What most people may refer to as "staring off into space". Something tells me that is fertile ground for intuition and true creativity to manifest. One of my favorite theoretical physicist, Max Tegmark suggests the universe is like a cd with all the information already recorded onto it. Physicist David Bohm talked about the implicate-explicate order. An underling field of intelligence that flows below the surface of the mental/physical realm. Than there's Bentinho who suggests that the source of inspiration or intuition is infinity. Which rings true with my personal experience of it happening while in that blank space of mind. Could infinity be the source of intuition and true creativity? Is infinity the true map if we can bypass the thinking mind and tap directly into it? Intuition tells me yes.

@Naviy I did a quick search. I typed in "The art of intuition". and sure enough it comes in book and downloadable PDF format. Just a quick personal note. Intuition happens when the mind is still. Where it comes from seems to be from somewhere beyond the thinking mind. A place of no-mind. May I suggest you don't fill yourself with too much conceptual knowledge about intuition. That could possibly do more damage than good. It seems to be one of those things that it's better to just leave it alone and allow it to happen of it's own doing. Just the fact that you have consciously put out an invitation for intuition to guide you is all that needs to be done. Can you be open to intuition without thinking about it? This seems to be the key.

@Ry4n It's all about the surrender. Watch this over and over until it happens. Specifically up to about @26:00:00. It's practically foolproof to cause an awakening if you surrender to what Leo is saying.

I just wanted to share this. It makes me think of exactly what I'm doing with this moment. Will I have any regrets in my future about what I was doing now?

Yes, a first hand account. Nicely worded too. When I had my first little taste of an awakening I realized it's like stars in a daytime sky. Just because you can't see them through the blue sky with clouds, doesn't mean their not always there.

@Shin Exactly!

@Don_Avocado Nice! That needs to be said a lot more often around here. So many people talking about "getting to a higher state", getting to that "level", "searching", "attaining" ect. Like it's something at another time or place that it will happen. Many don't see that it's right here now cloaked only by a self imposed illusion that it exists somewhere else. Would you agree that it's possible to experience what we really are under all the BS without the use of 5MeO ? I've never done it before but I know what you experienced from your report. It sounds to me like what it does best is to remove those self imposed filters. Thanks for sharing that.

The accent needs to be taken off the dreamscape aspect and put more onto -what is different today about perception as a whole. Was there a glimpse of the truth to take away? Something unshakable that remains? @Mikey Sometimes I see things in my dreams that come true. Question: do all your dreams come true? No, but I know which ones will. Dune

@Bob84 If @Elzhi sees existence a little more clearly today than yesterday, does it really matter" It sounds legit to me also..

@Elzhi Who said enlightenment can't be realized during a sleep state? It sounds like you tapped into something. Perhaps a glimpse of the ox's tail as the saying goes. Consider the dream story part as just a story from within you. An experience no different from any other experience. But look beyond the visuals of it and ask yourself, "how did it make me feel?" Did it feel like truth that you totally trust in? When you did wake something remained. Your perception was shifted beyond the usual "me" as an observer. That's real. Usually when we wake in the morning, we assume we are fully awake. That's not necessarily always the case. Often we awake into just another dream state of self and start our day. Most do that their entire lives. It's sounds like when you awoke this time, you truly awakened.

@Prabhaker Maybe this single pointedness of mind deserves a lot more exploration. It does seem to be key in the shift of perception beyond self.

Single pointedness of mind is what both transcendent experiences have in common. Sex brings awareness to a point of focus, same as a mantra.

I would say an orgasm qualifies as a Samadhi experience. A union.

I have RLS. (Restless leg syndrome). It got worse because i get it in the arms too now. If you don't know what that is, the limb gets a really weird restless feeling and than the muscles fire suddenly and the limb jerks of it's own doing. When I'm active I don't notice it. But when I relax my body, that's when the trouble starts. Simply sitting watching TV or resting in bed at night is when it starts. So of course that effects meditation too. But I can't overcome it. I try but always give up because it's so relentless. That's my part of the spectrum to someday overcome.

@bflare Do all these same things but in a totally egoless way. This universe gave you a body, a gift. Taking care of it is within the natural flow of the universe. Nurture it as you would a garden with respect for the universe. Find the harmony, the flow, the Tao. Do it not because of the ego or what somebody else had said. Same with helping others with personal development. Do it all in a very selfless way as an act of giving back. All this can be part your practice toward liberation through respect and returning to the natural flow of the Tao.

I was once obsessed with enlightenment. What was I thinking?

A dream dreaming of being awake and realizing it's all just a dream. A dream state perpetuated by thought.

@kundalini

@awareemptiness I use the aware emptiness method of meditation. No pun intended.

@pluto Nicely said! I missed that the first time around.

"My assumption was that you were talking about Naked Reality." I was. My bad... I got the two new guys confused. One is stealing Leo's views, the other his future face.

@Dodoster Lol. I gotta feeling he didn't the way he critiqued everything Leo said. Making himself look higher by putting somebody else down. What a Donald Trump strategy that is.

@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?

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