Anton Rogachevski

@cetus56 Like a father that left his children to play in the sand box. So we build castles of concepts to form new models of reality, trying to impress everyone, and hear that our castle is the best, and all others are stupid and suddenly an older kid comes and destroys it all. We keep building again and again throwing sand in the wind arguing which castle is better, mine or yours, until we get so tired of it. That we look aroud and see that we are in the most amazing amusement park we've ever seen.

@Ayla I think we are losing ourselves in words. The whole point of this post was to see that being attached to words can support confusion. Believe that belief is false. Just like the old paradox: This sentence is a lie. I think that the existence of such paradoxes in logic suggests it's falt. We transcend logic here. So let past be past : )

@charlie2dogs Anything I would say including this very sentence cannot be the right answer. As I said before I don't know that i don't know. Following this arises the question what is "to know"? Or can you know anything at all? But i guess we gotta keep asking till the mind is convinced that it can't answer. Mine still thinks it can so that persistence is what i would call ego.

I'm sorry if I offended you@charlie2dogs I see now that i misunderstood and had been neurotic. I think you should also know that i was offended.

@charlie2dogs Actually they are very good questions and they come to me when i inquire. The very act of asking depends on the illusion to be in tact. Besides, Who doesn't know? What is knowledge? Do you in fact KNOW that you don't know? Or rather don't know that you dont know that you.....

@charlie2dogs What's a question? What is what? What is is?

I believe i have stumbled upon an intresting contradiction, and I was wandering what's the missing piece. 1. If my s.o cheats, who is he cheating on? And who cheats (if the self doesn't exist presumably) 2. If i were to forgive, would i let go of ego? And if not then how does the ego triumph? I wish to clarify. Assuming that the thought that someone is my s.o. is part of my self created identity.

@Harry @Mal Thank you for your amazing replies. It's uncanny how much can you read and listen about this stuff and still when it comes to you be deceived.

In an un-aware state the ego is driving you to self destruction. How can such a thing exist?

@Emerald Wilkins It's funny i think evolution is trying to get rid of us by this very subtle mean. Thank you for your reply, it's indeed useful and profound : ) I also liked you video very much! @Corte It's a beautiful way of thinking about the opposite positions of the self

I've recently broken up, and now I realize that I was actually very needy, because I'm having a very hard time to let go. Im also drowning in dramatic self pity. First question, How does a fully actualized person feel when breaking up? How to know that you are not entering another dependant realtionship?

You are very wise, and I really love your way of thinking. Thank you so much everyone

@Elton Is it acceptable to take some time to heal, or is a self pity deception that will actually turn out longer than expected?

We always hear how the the let go of control is liberating and lets us go with life more freely. How come a bum isn't being liberated by letting go?

First of all let me say how much i appriciate our community Also I would like to raise a debate about the possible effects of belonging to such a forum as ours. Would you say it's advantageous to have many people agree with you on your thoughts constantly? Let's look at it like that. A student has a question of a spiritual nature, what would the master say to him? Of course he would say something like "go wash your bowl" He's trying to raise the student's doubt, cause that the way to break through to truth. Should we create a place where surely everyone agree and make you sure of your believes?

What methods have you tried so far? The first and the most powerful is self acceptance (have you seen the new video?) love and accept fully the one sitting there who's not good enough and can't do anything right. I assume you've been beating youreslf up about it and as you can see. "Yourself" doesn't like to forced just like any other person Second of all I would suggest affirmations. For example: I'm successfull I'm doing everything right I'm the best there is Watch Leo's video and sit daily for 5 or 10 minutes repeating them, even outloud in front of a mirror. Also, don't say I'm lazy it's a mentality on which one isnt taking responsibility and blaming his laziness. Also, the thing you're saying about forgetting stuff and being out of focus, it appears like a symptom of increased mind chatter. Meditate to silence that and be focused at doing tasks Good luck, I hope to see you improving very soon!

@charlie2dogs Perhaps on the surface they don't, but a certain skeptical mindset is also a belief. If you say "we don't know", you know that you don't know.

@Anicko And if everyone is saying the same, you are more likely to believe in it.

@Draconis Chaser I hope we are all actualizers here so you ideas are safe. But whenever you feel too sure about an idea, it's an indication that you are starting to believe in it. Which might close your mind to further development and desolation of oldideas

@SkyPanther @Sleepwalker @Natasha @Kevin Dunlop I feel like i should raise another question. How is id different from joining a religion? You also have everyone agree with you. And you feel so certein, and secure surrounded by like minded people.

Thank you for your replies. I will keep seeking

By whom?

I just feel speaking about awareness in context with other things is illogical, since it is all the things and experiences combined, and thus indescribable and incomprehensible.

@Infinite While that seems a logical story. I have a feeling that there are just sensations and the phantom of the witness or awareness was created through repetition of concepts. Like when you spin a cigarette in the dark, you see a circle. but is there a circle?

@Infinite Well not only thoughts, but also feelings, emotions, sensations. When you say awareness must exist in order to be aware you separate them. In other words, if there were no experiences, would there be a need for an experiencer? They go together, and in fact one. Of course I haven't had an experience of this sort yet.