Wouter

I don't believe in a generic way to earn money. What do YOU see as "a gap in the market" (money->independance driven), or "the expression of your deepest values" ? (life purpose->self expression)

A crucial distinction is: do swim because of the fame, money,... it can bring you (competion and external motivation) or do you swim because it gives you a nice feeling to move trough the water/ go for something/... (internal motivation)? Why do you swim?

@Lauritz I am curious what are your business plans?

Seems very underrated as an issue to me. I am not making statemets about free will, I mean don't make statements about where te choices come from, but I think the vast amount of choices we have is very underestimated by most people and myself. I also notice this as a common theme in quotes like "don't make false dichotomies", "don't trust culture to much", they seem to be al pointing towards this abundance of choices we have.

"The Truth is wath remains if you stop believing." What do you guys think, does this capture the essence of spirituality,?

Ontological truth.

With "the essence of spirituality" I didn't mean what it will reveal, I rather meant the "explanation" why a spiritual journey would reveal truth.

I am doing research for a trip on al-lad. But I can't find that much good information. Do you guys know some good recources?

Finding healthy and conscious friends

I don't have a ritual about when I take breaks, and how I take breaks. Mostly I watch tv as a break... Do some of you have good ideas? What do you do in your breaks?

Hello, I am looking for a first meditation retreat in Europe (preferrably close to Belgium). Any recommandations? Wouter

@Toby near Gent

Recently I got intruced to ideas like "you are a field of awareness". I wonder why reality is so consistent. Granted, where we set the bar for reality to be consistent is, is arbitrary. But, I still think it is strange that there are laws of physics, if there is only awaraness. I mean if there fundamentally only is awareness, why can't everything happen (be perceived) within this awareness? Is our notion of "everrything" to vague?

A few hours ago I had a mini insight that I would like to share: Some context first :a few years ago I (who plays table tennis) and a friend (who plays sqaush) where talking about our sport, and he said, "when I hit my most flashy strokes it is as if it's not me who does it, it just happens". And I totally agreed, it was something I also sometimes noticed. Flash forward to this evening: I was having a moment of genius strokes (for my level :p) and I watched to some other people and noticed that "it is an assumption that I am actually doing the strokes". The moment after it I was slightly aware that I only see colours, no table tennis ball. After the mini-insight I could more clearly notice when this assumption (of a me doing the strokes) was present and when not. There seemed a big correlation between the quality of my strokes and the presence of the feeling "I" (inversely proportional). Now that I think about this. Earlyer this week I noticed on a slightly deeper level (still not deep at all) that I only see colours, no objects. Am I making progress towards a first enlightenment experience? What are some good questions to complete on now?

I am looking for a website where I can organize my life: keeping track of my goals, write my ideas, keep track of books I want to buy ect. But I can't find a good one. Anyone?

Hi, Getting enlightened is getting a priority in my life. But I hide it for my parents and the people I know. I do as if I meditate to become relaxter etc, but the real reason is that I want to discover the truth. I am afraid that when I tell people, they will automatically think about sects and dogma, so I never tell anyone about this deep aspiration. Sometimes I do like "in the east they think you don't know who you are", but almost noone really picks in on it. I feel fragmented. I don't only feel dishonest and hiding, also sometimes when I do a exercise wich can seam silly to someone else, like drawing a line between an object and what I perceive as myself, I find myself being afraid to "get caught" by someone else, like my parents, my sister etc. Should I tell other people about enlightenment? Any other advice?

@dboyle Disclaimer: I don't have any qualification to answer this (nor personal experience with this kind of situation, nor a deep understanding of human psychology). But maybe somehow you already know what to do. When you spontaneously say: "I won't .... as a solution" it's possible that what you really meant is "... comes to my mind but that's very uncomfortable". Living all the time with this situation seems really uncomfortable too, so muster the courage I would say.

@Callum A That is not exactly what I meant. I am in for bigger bthings than approval (at least that's what I tell myself). I rather meant a (subtle) sense of disconnectedness from the people close to me, because I even "can't" talk with them about my ultimate aspirations for life.

@Neo I don't understand what you mean well enough, can you explain a bit further?

When Leo speaks about vision as the deep origin of leadership, it intuitive makes sense, but I can't find juicy examples. Anyone?

@Guivs I wish

@Leo Gura I got some questions while doing the first exercise. -How slow should we draw the line? -Where should the line end? Touchingb our bodies, near or eyes,...?

@Prabhaker Sounds interesting. Do you have more information on what exact changes this technique cause?

@electroBeam Where can I find these articles?

General advide on finding good information.