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@Nahm That's time with a capital "T".

@goldpower123 Have you thought about starting a personal journal to document your progress? I'd be interesting to look back on over time.

The meaning of the last one #7 says only to have compassion and empathy towards other beings. Which relates back to #5 - Most are not ready to see through the illusion of society = empathy and compassion towards other beings.

@Yahya Religions are the sands of time flowing through an hourglass.

@Preety_India @Fredodoow Both of you are in danger of a warning. Don't go there.

@Adrian325 Did your grandmother exist before you? Think about it.

It's all "you" like it or not.

The sub conscious mind is doing the directing.

You've exposed the workings of the sub conscious mind vs. the conscious mind.

@Intraplanetary That has been obvious since the start of the topic heading. Locking this now.

@Intraplanetary Exactly. Adyashanti has a good saying "you start by pursuing truth and at some point the tables turn and Truth is pursuing you"

You are in the midst's of discovering the nameless witness that is not dependent on the ego.

Being is watching the mind getting lost in complicated stuff and becoming anxious. It's O.K.

Steven Wolinski tells good a story of when he first meet Nisargadatta. Nisargadatta asked him what he understood thus far about enlightenment. So he preceded to tell him of all his deepest insights. And when he was finished Nisargadatta just looked at him with a look of total discuss and said 'No, that's not it"

@Forestluv You explained that perfectly. You've been there before. In that place where all 'explanations' are as redundant as painting a red rose red.

After enlightenment there is no enlightenment. All that was before was just a dream.

@WonderSeeker Pay particular attention to what @Azrael had to say. Holosync worked quite well for him in conjunction with meditation and strong determination sittings. As far as I'm aware he is the go to guy on the subject and the proof is in the pudding.

Yes it's genetics. It's in the genetics of the weed. Weed produces THC as it's natural defense against animal predators that may want to eat the plant in the wild. The THC content in the plant creates a feeling of heightened self conscious after ingestion which in turn causes the animal to feel vulnerable and exposed to it's predators, even though there may be no real immediate threat. It really is an ingenious defense system. So how can you use that paranoia created by the THC in the plant to your advantage? By transcending your animalistic response to it. By using it as a tool for exposing the ego then contemplating "what is this ego?" while it is naked and has nowhere to hide.

Have you gone through the plethora of information in the forum's "search" feature yet?

I must not be awake for everything seems as if in a dream. Or maybe I'm awake for the first time and all that was before was just a dream. -That's a part of one of his poems. Always loved that one

When a Buddha closes their eyes the world ceases to exist.

@TheAvatarState Not sure exactly what your saying. Probably just me. What is being said here is the absolute (no- knowing) is the empty screen on which consciousness- (knowing) appears.

Consciousness 'appears' on the absolute as if on a screen. -Nisargadatta

That old saying has been upgraded for 2021. Now it's "If a bear shits in the woods, does it make a smell?"

@TheAvatarState Looked right past that for something more nuanced.