theleelajoker

+1 Similar experience for me.

I seriously question this narrative. You can make the exact opposite point. Being authentic allows the herd (=others) to enable change and reach full potential. The more authentic I became, the better my interactions - with friends, at work, but also with strangers I met for the first time. For me it means: I think A, I say A. I feel B, I express B. I feel like doing C, I do C. Etc etc Not being authentic means for me: What I feel like and/ or what I am aware of is NOT what I am expressing. I suppress my self expression. Typically because I fear a reaction, want to control my environment, want to create a narrative etc

Yes, you have some points that aling with my experience. I see yoga and similar practices as "attention control training". It's like a skill and can be learned.

It serves as an example and enables others to be more authentic as well.

@Joshe I can - to a degree - relate to what Natasha describes. Can't answer for her, but in my impression, you're overthinking stuff. For instance, I would question the assumption that shaping reality has to come with friction or they that it requires thought. I would also question the assumption that there's no long term strategic action without thinking. It's not that there's no long term thinking - it's just not "you" that does it. It's a higher intelligence you're aligning with. Ask yourself: where do your long term goals come from? So which will are you actually executing? My advice: Set your (long term) intention, don't think about the "how" and follow the path that is being created while situations, opportunities etc happen. Approach it like an experiment, like a research project. Will be fun

Haha yeah. And also, the problem can be that having a problem is seen as a problem. If there's no problem to solve, what the fuck you're doing until eternity?

You're consciousness is so high, Chuck Norris looked up for the first time in his life.

Really like this.

Last week I took mushrooms. I went for a walk. It was beautiful sunshine despite late autumn 🍁 I sat down on a bench at a playground. I sat for a few minutes and felt the sun on my face. I felt the energy, the warmth of the sun rays. I felt so happy and fulfilled by it. And all I needed to do was to sit there and receive. Something was sinking in, and I thought "That's the same in life in general! It's all there, all I need to do is to allow myself to receive. Being there is enough just as it's enough now with the sun. So many good things have been happening, I can't force them but I can become more open to receive" First time I felt this level of gratitude and self worth. Curios to find out what happens when I take this attitude into real life in my everyday interactions. That's a major reasons for me to stay alive. Finding out what's possible

Yeah, something existing in nothing kinda makes sense 😂 But also, why should it make any sense? At least sense how we experience it as humans. D Curious about what you call the ultimate ground substance of reality. Did not have an experience (yet?) that gives me the impression that I have been in touch with this. That's would be pretty much the same for me as meeting the architect..

Sometimes truly feels like it! Reality feels for me often like a strange mix of black mirror, videogame, Truman show and a simulation for research purposes. But then again, who's playing the teenager, who's setting up the game etc etc? And Where does his/her/its awareness come from? I really wished I could talk to the architect of "it" - whatever reality is - like Neo gets the chance to talk to the architect in the matrix movies.

This resonates. Becoming more conscious means exactly that for me -become more aware of the construction and my part in it. Reality sometimes feels like a constant communication with some intelligence, not unlike prompts when working with AI. Seems to me that some "prompts" we give as humans are conscious, but many are not. Some are clear others rather ambiguous or contradictory. Focus of attention, thoughts, actions, emotions are the input into the fabric of reality that create encounters , events, experiences based on that. Relatively clean and focused input sometimes lead to astonishing results for me. On the other hand, being stuck or attached to particular outcomes or ideas is sometimes like banging my head against the wall lol 🧱

Go out in the world. Do stuff. Talk to people. Laugh. Cry. Live

You're all looking for a definite answer for death? ☠️ Maybe death isn't fixed but an experience that we can influence with our believe? How cool would that be

Sounds like a great dog hehe 🐕