Anton Rogachevski

That would totally explain it! After all infinity does contain pre-determinism.

That's a delusional thought, that is based on a fundamentally false application of non-dual wisdom. The reasons: Free will, pre-determination, no free will - are groundless concepts. Please stop posting the same topic over and over again.

Dear mods, please pin a Mega Thread about free will, so that we stop getting a post asking the same question every couple of days. Thank you in advance, Cheers.

@Shir Thank you for sharing dear Shir, You raise a lot of good questions and you go deep, it's very good! Keep at it and you'll be amazed at how much is there to discover. I would say that this feeling of nothing is not god's void. A feeling is not it. Void is the ground of experience, what's prior to that feeling. It allows for all to exist, but it stays invisible in the background. Depression is the loss of connection to god. It's your soul awakening and yearning to seek it's source. I wish you health and goodluck fellow traveler! Godspeed.

Isn't something that causes intense pleasure addictive? Like heroin for example. Is awakening addictive?

I second that. Very good and sober insight as usual! Thank you dear friend, Cheers

Amazing! Thank you for sharing dear friend.

How dare you come here and have fun! We only suffer here, seriously and systematically.

Clean your schedule as much as you can before and after. Start meditating as much as you can days before. (Obviously don't push yourself or it'll backfire on you.)

Why on earth would you want these?

@Wisebaxter It's not your choice. You may decide you are ready to receive anything that comes your way, and allow god's will, but the rest is up to god, and the depth of your surrender.

@FredFred Hello and thank you for the great question, When any sensation or emotion comes up you should welcome it with an open heart, let the love within you heal and transmute any negativity that arises - that's precisely what Spiritual Purification is. Yes go as deep as possible and don't try to seek a rational explanation for the emotion, most of the time there's no reason for it, other than the fact that it seeks your attention in an attempt to achieve resolution, and ultimately integration. That anxiety is in fact you! Your missing part which you repressed, divided from yourself, and judged as "Bad". Your subconscious mind is a miraculous mechanism that sees exactly when is the right time for you, and you are ready to receive the repressed shadow. I hope it helps you dear friend, Good luck!

Playing is its' own purpose, if its' purpose is other than itself, it's not it. You only play for yourself with yourself, by yourself.

Neither, there's no you to be either of those.

Thank you for sharing dear friend, Good read and rich with insights.

Same here. I have an affirmation like that, and I read it as part of my routine. Thank you for your input dear friend.

Hello everyone and thank you for visiting, I've heared a saying that got me in quite a mix. It said that when we are inauthentic we try to appear charming to show care, and upon growth we let our authentic compassion unfold effortlessly. So my question is, how to let go of inauthentic charm?

How did narcissism enter into this conversation?

Thank you all for your input dear friends.

My story is that I love inspiring those around me, to show that it's possible to heal. It feels good. So I guess I'll keep it for a while. I suppose it's delusion in the sense that I can't control other people's inspiration.

In one state, reality appears to exist, in an altered state it ceases to exist, each one is correct. If you say one is correct, you say the other is not, and so create a duality.

I totally get it. But to use subjective facts to dismiss objectivity just isn't right. It's for your freedom, not to say to other people they aren't real. I agree there's no proof of the existence of a reality, but there's no proof for anything really besides what you experience. What you find through your personal investigations is only right for you. To find out more, read Ken Wilber's quadron theory. Also check out my post which is inspired by his work: https://antonsjournal.home.blog/2019/01/01/the-mysterious-nature-of-awareness/

@Chives99 How do you know? Why not say there might be more, and stay at that. As profound and true as it is, I still don't like to use subjective direct experience to disqualify objectivity. This is the thing that creates tension and ultimately rejection in the scientific circles. Let's be integrative instead of dismissive.

My real spiritual quest began when I was 18, I just enlisted into the Israeli Army, and was training to become a warrior. A couple of months in I started to experience terrible panic attacks, anxiety, and depression, I was eventually released after a suicide attempt, while being diagnosed as a dependant personality. I had very little hope of ever being happy. I didn’t realize at the time that the episodes were in fact the beginning of a spiritual awakening. At 20, I was on many different meds, trying to solve this externally. I haven't had a clue then, that what I experienced was actually a yearn for God. I didn’t even consider the possibility that spirituality was a viable solution and that it was actually the true cure. It was years before I found out. 5 years of meds didn’t work, so I tried medicating myself with drugs, alcohol and a long 3 and a half years of toxic and codependent relationship. I accepted my fate and had lived for years in a stable moderate depressive state. To my incredible luck, 6 years ago I accidentally saw Leo’s video about curing depression. I remember that moment vividly when he said that when a person is in a deep meditative state he experiences bliss, therefore Bliss is the deeply buried basic emotion in each of us. This was a shocking discovery for me. In my total desperation and surrender, I was excited to try something new and different as a solution to my problem. Very soon the effects of meditation started to come and I was truly hopeful for the first time in 6 years of absolute misery. I've committed to this journey completely, watched every video Leo’s got, and practiced all the incredible principles and practices as well as I could. Following Leo’s radical open mindedness principle, I also found a 12 steps fellowship that deals specifically with Codependency, and it too was incredibly beneficial to my recovery. 12 steps is very simple and useful tool for shadow work and spiritual awakening. Nowadays, I’m coaching a new friend in recovery and it seems like there’s progress. Today I experience happiness 90% of the time, and I’ve almost forgotten how depression and anxiety actually feel. I’m deeply passionate about personal development, and have a steady spiritual growth. I’m running a few blogs for different audiences. I enjoy every moment and see the magic of existence. It’s amazing when you start seeing your own happiness expanding outwards to the people around you. Thank you for reading, I hope to see more recovery stories from you too.

Try going easy on that baby oil.