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The Knower of Brahman becomes Brahman I have found many westerners to be allergic to connecting with God via a Guru form, due to conditioning as individualism and French Revolution hangover. I have no such restrictions, and I have found that it is a potent facet and tool for awakening that most people just miss. Which is funny because it is the way people have been historically awakening for millennia. The same way you catch a cold, you may easily catch glimpses by being near a high consciousness being.

But the most consistent theme which can be taken as Ma’s continual message was the repeated statement that all is a manifestation of the Divine. All that we experience, see or hear is only God in His manifest forms. “The Universal Body of the Lord comprises all things — trees, flowers, leaves, hills, mountains, rivers, oceans, and so forth. A time will come, must come, when one actually perceives this all-pervading Universal Form of the One. The variety of His shapes and guises is infinite, uncountable, without end. Just as ice is nothing but water, so the Beloved is without form, without quality, and the question of manifestation does not arise. When this is realized, one has realized one’s Self. For, to find the Beloved is to find my Self, to discover that God is my very own, wholly identical with myself, my innermost Self, the Self of my Self.” “In all forms, in all diversity and disparity is He alone. The infinite variety of appearances and manifestations, of modes of becoming and states of being, of species and types, all the numberless distinctions as well as all identity are but He Himself. All things are but an expression, a guise of the One.” - Anandamayi Ma The Teachings Swami Mangalananda

The Great Void (Mahashunya) is only His manifestation. The great void is not synonymous with nothingness. What is, what is not. Again, everything is there and not there. Negation of naught. Negation of everything. To obtain everything by way of losing everything – that too is required – MA.

Adi Da is a Titan of Consciousness. He messed it up with his community though, which just made his teachings unpopular. Which just goes to say, how hard it is to manage people even though you may be a God-Head walking arround. His teachings are rather advanced but just try to get his vibe and his process to guide someone. Another unsual thing about him is that in his last years he decided to talk as God or Consciousness itself, which also makes it even harder as you are used to listen to people talking from the standpoint of being a human, so you can misinterpret him as egotistical, when after many years he decided to be just authentic and talk like God. Well anyway, if you are interested it takes some time to get what he is saying and get used to his style. I've studied up to this point so many masters you wouldn't believe and I can say that Adi Da is an absolute Titan of Consciousnes.

@BlessedLion Try reading his first Magnus Opus Sex, Ecology, Spirituality: The Spirit of Evolution before going to his second.

Having an Awakening is to wake up to a completely new state of consciousness never before accessed. Insight is to see clearly into the nature of something. To see something for what it is. Direct Cognition. Pure Understanding. Becoming conscious of something which you were previously unconscious of.

Happy to learn more about Malta. I visited the country many years ago and really enjoyed the military christian architecture. Normally or you have a military design or a religious/christian design but Malta has a unique blend of military religious architecture that I enjoyed very much. It's probably the country with the best stairs of the world. As it was for centuries a heavily militarized zone, people used to wear heavy armor arround the city. Poorly built stairs were a huge problem as ankle sprain were common among soldiers. This lead to an altogether peculiar detail on stair design that has been carried up to modern times. It seems stupid but Maltese people really have superb stairs. I haven't been able to look stairs in the same way after going to Malta. I also talked with an elderly man in the street. He explained me how everything was much better when the british were arround. To which a young girl walking by said, oh yes the same old discourse. It was funny to understand the politics of such a country and see that many things correlate among nations. Also be careful, don't go drinking tap water on your hotel or you could end up staying there for the rest of your vacations! It's a good place for tourism but it's a little island, so you may feel claustrophobic if you stay too much.

On Prayer Question: Why should one pray to God at all? He in any case does all that is necessary. Mataji: Yes, this is also true on one level. But prayer is good, for to pray means turning one's thoughts to God. There are various kinds of prayer. At first, man prays for material things like wealth, health, family, position, etc. On that level, if he did not pray for these and similar boons, he would not remember God at all. To be reminded of Him, no matter from what motive, is beneficial. Then there is a stage, especially in the line of Bhakti, when prayer spontaneously flows from one's heart. One yearns and pines for God and cannot help praying: "I cannot bear to be without Thee, reveal Thyself! When will Thou bless me with Thy vision?" It is like a fever that cannot be allayed by anything but union with Him. The first type of prayer is of the ego; the second is still of the ego, but of the ego that is about to disintegrate; when its prayer is fulfilled, there will be no other prayer. There is another state when one prays: "Do what Thou wilt with me. I am a tool in Thy hand, only vouchsafe me the strength to endure whatever Thou mayst require of me." There is a further state when one does not pray at all. One feels: "God does all that is necessary, so, for what am I to pray?" Then in the firm belief that He provides for all the needs of His creatures, one becomes free from worry and remains absorbed in deep meditation. - Ma Anandamayi As the Flower Sheds its Fragrance. Dairy Leaves (Part II: Satsang at Solan May-June 1955). Atmananda

Only God is there, in the form of truth, happiness and bliss. The bliss of the ultimate reality is not conditional on anything except atmanand (bliss of the self). Nothing else can stand. If there stands anything that too is illusory – MA.

Flowers and fruits come into existence only because they are potentially contained in the tree. The tree comes into existence only because it is potentially contained in the seed. Where do seeds come from? Please tell me Therefore, you should aim at realising the One Supreme Element which will throw light on all elements. This world is itself but an embodiment of want; hence the heartache due to the absence of fulfilment must needs endure. This is why it is said that there are two kinds of current in human life: one pertaining to the world in which want follows upon want, the other of one's true being. It is the very nature of the former that it can never end in fulfilment; on the contrary, the sense of want is perpetually re-stimulated. On the other hand, the latter aims to bring to completion the activities of man's true being, to establish man in his divine nature. Thus, if he endeavours to fulfil himself by entering the current of his true being, this current will eventually lead him to the perfect poise of his own true being. - Dailogue and Discourses with Ma Anandamayi. (Richard Lannoy)

This is the best that science has done to understand the visuals and geometry present in psychedelic trips. So definetly something exciting to check. When science and psychedelics trips intertwine, this is the result.

Lately I've been trying to notice those little beautiful moments in life, with a desire to appreciate them more. I have noticed this new two. For my 5th year aniverary with my girl, I gifter her a ring and she gifted me a watch. I have to say that the mechanical watch is very beautiful, it is an open design and you can see every little piece moving in perfect rythm and synchronicity. Just watching it work plus the deep significance it has, lead me to a deep appreciation every time I check the time. So wearing everyday this watch has made me a bit happier in my life. I also bought for christmas a good fragrance. Each time I smell it, I feel good. It gives me this good aura of fresh delicious smell. This brief moment of breathing in the perfume, before starting the day, makes me really happy. Please tell me!! What are the little things in life that make you happy?

As such, you and I are two. Again, you and I are one. The void that is between these two is in fact I. ~ Sri Anandamayi Ma

Ma Anandamayi revealed that one means for attaining the illuminating knowledge of the Self is through profound awareness of the life-breath. Thus, she has said: “The Self, or God is unknowable to the ordinary intelligence, but He is not unknown to us as the life-breath. If one uses the rhythm of one’s breathing as a support in meditation, this increases one’s power. Therefore, one should daily sit in a meditative pose in a solitary place and turn the mind inward, and repeat the mantra in rhythm with one’s breathing, without straining, in a natural way. When through prolonged practice, the Name becomes inextricably linked with the breath, and the body is quite still; one will come to realize that the individual is part of the One Great-Life that pervades the Universe.” - Mountain Path. July 2011. Anandamayi Ma The Teachings Swami Mangalananda

I enjoy rainy days

I think this post about Kindle Direct Publishing is directly relevant to anyone interested in writing a book:

@Leo Gura Amazon now offers Kindle Direct Publishing: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/ It is a new business model for independent writers that allows printing on demand and outsorcing of the technicalities to Amazon. Here is a quote from their help web: "KDP prints your book on demand and subtracts your printing costs from your royalties. That means you don't have to pay any costs upfront or carry any inventory." This may be worth investigating. I know several people that are satisfied with the service. Amazon is investing higly in KDP, as books are an important part of their market and even have a current monopoly (68% share) on ebooks. Here I found a good analysis of benefits and drawbacks on the subject:

I've lately found a renewed appretiation for hippie juvenile love and just positive wishing for all humanity. In stage yellow this was seen to be brutally naive, however now I see it as just a great attitude of mind towards reality and others, that needs not to be confused with the also undeniable crudeness of life. This welcoming, loving, open and embracing attitude can actually make your everday life much more joyous, if you are construct aware enough to not trap yourself into any utopian bubble, divorced from reality. So Peace & Love comrades!

@TheAlchemist Oh no, what I already knew but didn't wanna embrace Today I woke up with a renewed excitment and joy for life actually.

I would like to build upon this video: After a very good full day trip on multiple substances on Sunday. I felt kind of void on monday, not in a bad or positive way but just empty, restful. This feeling continued with multiple awakenings these days about nothingness and deconstruction. This morning, I realized I was going through an Ego Backlash, as I observed what was going on, I could see through all my life as a house of cards, and that all meaning was auto-generated. I kind of awoken out of a life purpose I never even had consciously built in the first place. So this, would be the question: How do you deal with a lack of meaning in life? After you have cleaned yourself up and just seen through all of it; how do you install new programs? Because the inertia just wants to install back again all the old stuff. I'm not a noob I know how it works, how homeostasis and decompressing will end up guiding the whole process, i've been here multiple times. Yet, I just feel I wanna hit while the iron is hot. Something can be learnt while in the midst of this that otherwise is unaccessible. I would also like to know more advanced tips about Ego Backlash. Tricks that you may have gathered in your journey, other than oh don't worry it will just pass and you will be back to normal in a few days or weeks. How do you masterfully deal with an Ego Backlash?

In the begining, this was a great help for me to overcome pre tripping fear Do something uncomfortable but good for you Do a sprint, a cold shower, push ups...

There was another post of this kind that I cannot recall about improving voice from @StarStruck There were lot of great insights. It was a very nice contribution from the community Oh I found it. Here it is: That search function is very underrated