Flicker_boy

yo! was wondering what kind of activities, hobbies, questionings, thoughts and other habits I should cultivate in order to speed up my maturing into higher stages, specially to make the leap from green to yellow. Insights on how to become more orange, more green and more turquoise are also greatly appreciated, for we are many. Cheers!

unagi

try the burmese, its easy and locks you in position

@Atom prove it or I declare witchcraft and/or bullshit

@FindingPeace don't forget the incredible awesomeness of anything existing at all

maybe. but then, who is talking to it?? is it the bag of attention?

fortunatelly it also takes away your need for pleasure eventually, so all is well. just die already

@David1 there's no true me. period. now, is there any insight into the topic at hand you wanna share?

sort of.. in zen it is riding the ox backwards. In more general buddism it is arhatship (waaay more ambitious). I recomend you check it out, the four stages of enlightenment, super cool stuff care to share that little vid?

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I ran into this kind of music recently and it is incredibly powerful at inducing transes of sorts and deeper states of consciousness (and really interesting to listen while on psychedelics). Though you guys might want to give it a try. Here are some nice ones to get you started:

you see, thats why you need radical openmindedness. you currently believe you are a observer (i assume). what i'm telling you to do is: find that observer. and i'll give you a hint, if you say 'i found it, its that thing' or 'this thing', notice that whatever you said was the observer actually was a observation. so you gotta be persistent, and don't discard the possibility of there not being a observer

@Joe Schmoe you're probably overestimating what enlightened people know. most of what is said is no more than a educated guess. that's why nobody can tell you the truth, at most that would be doing people a disservice and sending them back on a crazy chase. it's much more productive to just mess up with our minds until they can open up enough to see it. wanna know what you can do? sit in a couch and don't get up until you find the observer

@Joe Schmoe there's nothing there. but do you even imagine what nothing can be? that's why it shouldn't be dismissed

do you wanna be a hero? to be meaningful and to make a difference in the grand scheme? do you try to somehow think your way into greatness? to justify your actions so as to make you relevant in any way? enlightenment will make all of those invalid, thats the hard part the good part is: you get something better (and not nearly as cheesy) and you get it forever best of luck on your search

@Joe Schmoe does it matter?

@Joe Schmoe hahahah pretty much. but i wouldn't be so quick in dismissing it

"no pain no gain kiddo"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KFJYzPYDfA

I have 5 minutes of focus on positive at the beggining and at the end of my sits. I create or find a positive emotion in the body and focus on that for a period of time. Its been incredibly productive to deal with the shit meditation brings up and i also find it tends to splash a bit to my personal relationships

hahahah imposssible, only no-one can do that

who the hell even wants unconditional happiness and the end of suffering. fuck that

bro, no one is forcing you to do this there's nothing wrong with the amusement park

@Mary it's just a phase, don't fight it. You don't need to know what to do all the time. I would say be patient and if you feel like it change the ammount of time you spend meditating. There are other ways to know yourself as a being though, so don't take meditation so seriously. You got this shit handled already. You're alive