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Same can be said with Actualized content. It’s not that you’ll get bored with it, it’s that you’ll advance to the next stage of development. How long that’ll take is up for debate, as well as how that would look like.

@UnbornTao Disbelief empowers contemplation. @vibv Both things aren’t necessarily contradicting each other. Meta…

Hand cannot grasp itself, because its form/shape is always changing. Even if you fixate your attention onto one particular form, it’ll also change. Trying to maintain particular forms you hold dearly actually makes you more contracted. Allow the hand to be any shape with curiosity and reverence. God is calling you. You are calling You. The hand, after all, is you.

GOD is the Ultimate Author, end of story. No you’re not

That’s why saying GOD is an Infinite Hallucination is a great pointer. I think we would all agree that being in infinite bliss would be a nightmare. Infinite Love encompasses all experience, even the experience to agree and to disagree.

I think I get what you mean. It’s like you’re at an all-you-can-eat buffet, but not only that, the food at the buffet line is constantly being rearranged. And then new food is replacing the old food that you haven’t even begun to try yet. So it’s like you’re seeing the beauty/magic of reality unfolding, but you aren’t able to stabilize in any particular aspect of it. Feel free to expand on this or correct me if I’m wrong.

You have a lot better self-control than me, then

I mean, you’re only scratching the surface here. That’s only the english language. Then there’s even sign language. And emojis. Etc, etc, etc, etc….

What are your top tips on contemplation? I stumbled upon this, and looks like this would be one of them:

I struggle with this, especially with certain family members. That’s why group-think is important to become aware of. Families are notoriously stuck in group-think, even if it appears that the members are independent from each other. It’s the attachment that’s most problematic.

That’s how Rocky Balboa was able to take a million bombs to the head by a Soviet tank and still come out on top

For sure. The real test is contemplating while you’re at the very edge of your comfort zone. However, if you allow fear to win, then the greatest lessons cannot even present themselves to you. The fear feels like dying; you’re scrambling for life to make sense of reality again. The thoughts and sensations can dominate you if you let it. But surrender to the experience, and you breakthrough / are reborn with an expanded perspective and reframing of reality. There won’t be any doubts if you did this correctly or incorrectly… it’ll just be WOW. Doing this one time ain’t enough, though (as many assume). You’ll be presented with this opportunity over, and over, and over again, if you’re willing to accept the call. The good news is it gets easier, in the sense that you’ll have greater courage and trust in yourself.

I’m literally at a loss for words… I understand what you mean, but trying to explain it logically right now is just… ahhhh! This is some telepathic communication wizardry haha

Looks like we’re on the same page with that, just communicated in different ways

0:37 “Now I just need to work on upgrading my emotion expressing capabilities of the underlying human” I’m still working on that without all that VR tech, lmaooo.

An immature person would have said “you’re gaslighting me”. I say, “very intelligent response”.

You’ll be wondering for Infinity. Welcome to Reality!

Makes you wonder about people who identify as they/them, then. (I can hear Proud Boys banging on my door… more like, Gay Boys Game Boys )

Your Presence, of course

I actually wasn’t thinking about anything like that at all! Sorry if the previous example was too explicit (can you imagine they show private school kids Jesus being tortured… what the fuck!!)

@Butters Nice. Reminds me of this Teal Swan video I saw a few days ago. I felt uncomfortable listening to it (as if she was insulting me), but I listened as objectively as I could anyway. I’m glad that I did, because it ultimately elevated the perspective on how I communicate with others.

Watch your internalized biases. One of my most influential spiritual teachers was physically disabled with a slight limp. She could do more than I originally assumed once I expanded my mind. Be open to the possibility that what you currently assume to be true is not that it’s false, but that there’s more to reality. Again, not about who is right or wrong! It’s not that she has to get rid of the crutches to be free, it’s that I no longer saw disability in her or in me.

Welcome to the forum

That’s also an interesting perspective. What grounding looks like to you, may not look like grounding to me. A simple example would be someone requires to sit still and meditate for hours, while another may need to get into a boxing ring to feel extremely present. It’s not a one-size-fits all, but then again it could also be... e.g. How one communicates on this forum may not translate well to how one communicates to their spouse, and vice-versa!

Saying that Enlightenment is the only Truth also doesn’t say much. Yep, the above statement(s) is also a bias I hold that must be let go of as well