Anton Rogachevski

No worry, it's just doing its job. Also it can't really do anything since it's a thought - an appearance. Can a villian on movie screen hurt or resist the screen? "The ego is resisting" is yet another thought, that's part of the story. Your job is being very very good at 'seeing' thoughts for what they are, and not believing what they say. Being connected and learning to distinguish direct experience from thought is crucial for this work. The first trouble is creating a double ego - by saying "my ego", one is creating a sense of me the 'good ego', and this the 'bad ego'. So it's better to just say I'm still resisting. I am the ego. Any "you" that is experienced is not the real you, you are always the invisible perceiver that sees all, but not seen. Any idea of a perceiver is again the ego in disguise. It's always taking a step back and pretending to be you, saying: "Look at that ego, he's still resisting." which is a form of self criticizing, that is done to keep the drama going, to deceive you from seeing the truth. (Drama in the mind is preventing stillness, which is necessary to see truth) Fighting the ego, or trying to prove it's not real is only perpetuating it. The story of ego and of 'reality', is a huge cloud blocking the sun, see through the story and you will see the sun. Don't look for anything extraordinary or mystical, the truth is not hidden, it's right in front of you! You just don't know what you are looking for. Just look, that's it! Do look for signs of being too sure, and thinking you know something. Your friends are confusion and not-knowing, embrace these emotions, and let go of the need to know anything. (It's impossible anyway) The second issue is "Still", which implies time, and progress, which are just part of the ego's little heroic (or tragic) story. Forget about progress. Even a mantra of: "I'm already here, I've arrived." is good at the beginning just so you stop looking for the event in the 'future'. Good luck on your path fellow traveler, Thank you for reading and being here.

I didn't create my abilities, they were given to me. It wasn't my choice to be born from my parents. The 'hardware' given to me with all it's potential. I was extremely lucky to be brought into a first world country, and given all the comfort and love needed to grow to the level I'm at. Without my anxiety and depression I wouldn't have even seen any videos or look for solutions. All I 'know' is from outer sources. If I hadn't stumbled upon Leo's channel, I would probably have not even gotten into personal development. I have no idea how insights come or from where. I get no credit at all, for nothing. Just got lucky.

You write beautifully! Please, tell me what sort of answer do you expect to find? What will you get by getting it? I think the trouble with the question "why?" (as with any question) is that it's basically meaningless, because the answer is always: "for itself." One might say that the purpose is to just be. But that's already too much said. There's no truth, and that's the truth - can you see? it's self canceling. Neither truth, nor false. To see it, stop looking, desiring, expecting and thinking. You are looking for something that's not a thing, and so it's a fools task. But it's would be foolish not to take it. So good luck man, Thank you for sharing. Cheers.

No gurus in person, just Leo's videos, also Alan Watts lectures. By now it's hard to pinpoint since I've explored many many sources, and it's all integrated beautifully into what it is. It's an interesting point since I can't seem to accept any 'authority'. It's the arrogance I guess. In the process. Getting much better. Acceptance of what is, as it is, was one of the most liberating actions I'd 'done'.

@Truth Addict It's brilliant used to do that a lot at the beginning. Thank you for reading, I'm happy to share here, and just be.

What level? Sure I enjoy a lot of things I previously suffered from. Even pain and frustration just pass me by. I am at a deep peace of simple being. Being a fool.

Do nothing (surrender, no manipulation, acceptance) Focus on breath Mantra Mindfulness Self-Inquiry Prayer (I'm not religious) Listening to people share without judging, compassionately. Contemplation Feeling into emotions (also writing)

Beautiful! Thank you for the insights. Remember, you wake up, but there's really no other place to live through other than the dream. Many things within the dream are still important, if you wanna have a powerful life. The dream is not a bad thing, it's magic, and it's miraculous!

God on 'himself'

My friend and I have been inquiring live, and thanks to his clever input I had some profound insight into the sneaky nature of thought. I think it deserves it's own thread. The thing is, there are especially sneaky "glue" thoughts that seem almost invisible to the rational process, yet they play a major role in deluding one's mind to "know" things it doesn't actually know. These are some examples: Relation Seperation Identification Imply Conclusion Know Meaning Sentence example: "Are thoughts separate from awareness?" - notice how the thought just added itself without you noticing and introduced separation where there is none? "It appears as if you conclude things but I don't see how you reach the conclusion." "Thought can not imply. Nor is it any kind of movement. All thought is your illusion, just like any identification, process, or resistance." "Thought can’t identify, nor can thought love" Please add more if you have any, Thank you for reading, Goodluck on your journey fellow travelers! Credit to Nahm

I like to think of the mind as an echo chamber of multiple inputs. Like a broken record it repeats stimuli over and over, pretending that it's doing the "thinking", while it's just a bouncing pile of crap in a bucket.

One can hear memories of audio, like a file opening and playing. If the mind is very quiet, you can literally "hear" it sometimes. It feeds directly into the mind's hearing module and so there's no need for actual sound.

Being judgmental is part of our animal nature, so don't judge the human animal for doing it's 'barking'.

There's only one problem. You ask for help, but act like you don't want it. Without being open, willing, humble, and learning to listen, no good will ever come of this. This is the most important part - work on your character, all else will follow. At the root of all is Identity, from it stem all other aspects.

To act, first learn to be. The best action is no-action. This means a great deal will be accomplished, but no action or thought were involved. Allow yourself to be as you are, wherever you are, whatever you are doing. It's all god's will. Allow god's will to guide you - to do this, let go of your will.

I've never considered this. And what does that mean? I can't see thoughts, but I can sure hear them, and see inner visions. (also think about hearing, and the inner vision) Also think about thinking - which is what is referred to as reflection - It's merely an echoing of different aspects of awareness, pretending to be "related".

Extremely effective! It's the basic tool of the sage. I agree with my friend here, that it's pretty advanced and nuanced, and very very susceptible to distortion. Read many sources and contemplate it thoroughly before implementing. It's very counterintuitive in the sense that it's not being '"Optimistic" - Expecting things to go well is deep well of disappointment. The most effective and basic work is gratitude, simply see all the good small things that surround you and journal them daily, this will start shifting your mind to the frequency of positive mind - which will alter your reality to its core.

Could there be a duality here?

@seeking_brilliance Thank you for your support! Yes "know" is one of these suckers. (added to the list, while I still have editing permissions XD)

Incredible! Upon reading this, it feels like there could be no more question left. Thank you dear Nahm.

@SOUL Incredible! As always. I love the thought of awareness taking many forms, like it's formless but shapeshifts and becomes what it is 'required' of it. Good to have you back, your thought is like fresh water in the desert. How do you reach such deep insights? Are you channeling Winter Knight?

Sometimes the cons are the ones that end up being the gifts.

@Joseph Maynor It appears you have a naturally gifted hardware for this. What a luck, I'm very happy for you. Cheers!

@Joseph Maynor Amazing! I just imagined a fetus practicing mindfulness. Cool!

@Roman Edouard Hello Roman, Thank you for the discussion. It appears you are comfortable with the material paradigm, it's good as long as you are there. With the happiness discussion I would say that while a happy state is not permanent, serenity can be state-independent upon a practice of acceptance. And it will bring more satisfaction in the long term. I love having money and buying nice things, and also love to be independent of circumstances. These can sure go together! Cheers.