Kevin Dunlop

Encorporating simple, and often mysterious, one-liners is what I noticed recently has helped me to change my state of experience, when I can really incorporate them. Do you have some favorite simple oneliners you could share that bring enlightenment?

For those of you who have really atained a healthy relationship that you enjoy, Iam wondering if you can share how you developed this and what you had to change in the process.

When you realize how deep everything really is the normal views dont cut it. I can see how this works. When I do the same I feel these views too but Iam just beginning to get into it. Its fun

The waking state reminds me of lucid dream experiences now, a sense of wonder at the beauty and weirdness of it all, a state of awe. Nothing matters its just a dream to explore. Everything looks facinating, no stress, I get to play in the dream. The waking dream is a good description Its a repeating lucid dream but if you pay attension its no more normal or stable than a sleeping dream. I dont need to convince people of anything or argue with them its just a dream, life is easier, other people just express a part of consciousness - duality. Its really easy to spot, really obvious.

I watched the ¨Life is a dream¨ video Leo published and thought I would share with you a technique I have been researching that exposes the mechanism of reality and dreams for most people. Here is how you can try it too. It will take about 3 minutes or as long as you wish, with a small amount of concentration and curiosity most succeed. Read the instructions first, then have your experience and write down what happens for you, please share your experience in the comments if you want to. After reading this shut off the computer or any distraction and dim the lights and observe what you see with your eyes closed. It might help to imagine looking forward at what seems like a screen very close and infront of you. From other reports what people see can vary alot but for most it is random, sparkles, lights colours, shapes, all moving and transforming. Whatever you see focus on it and try not ot lose sight of it, try to hold your attension on what you see there in that field as it transforms and stay with it. The objective here is to put your attension on something you have not been noticing and see what it is. As you look at these visual elements watch what they transform into, go ahead and try to give them names and see these images more clearly and more realistically. This is what naturally happens for most when they can focus on the images ramdomly generated in this field. Some who can hold their attension on these images see that they become more and more real and defined. One might see a blob of light, then as it moves it takes the form of an animal running then it becomes a horse then the horse is in a field then in a completety real conscious dream like visualization. With our experiments we have observed that the random noise one sees with the eyes closed becomes a full dream when we focus on it. Try to have this experience. Let the random images become a visualization like a dream you are consciously watching. This, for most, is automatic when one focuses on the process. In a few minutes you may be surprised how easy it was to see something materialize in your field of vision with your eyes closed. Notice the your ability to create a reality or at least something out of nothing and how it happens on its own all you do is observe it. Let this go on for as long as you like you may also use thoughts to embelish and encourage the process of visualizing something definable or at best a realistic dream like visual experience. Now open your eyes and look at your normal world. Try to see aspects of the same process happening in your waking state. Things being fabricated, visual processes embelishing reality, even how thoughts are working as a filter that create your experience. The first part may be alot easier than this second part of questioning reality, but try to allow yourself to take the importance away from reality and put some on this dream field that is operating to soften the difference between the two. Thank you for participating, I am interested to hear what you experience and if it helps you sense something new about dreams and reality. Here is a tip for those who see nothing but black with the eyes closed. Flash a flashlight across your eyes with them open then close them, here you will be able to begin with the image left behind by the light.

If we are in a field of infinite possability there are alot of options bouncing around out there that one can living out. At times I feel like some people are caught up in some unpleasant possabilities and cant get out on their own. How do you make sure you are living a part of the infinite possabilities that you want to be living? Do you use a defense against having others bounce their unpleasant reality onto you? Sometimes I feel like people are reaching out for help and they do this by doing negative things to others that were done to them as a way of involving others in the process of learning how to better oueselves as a group. If you have had some unpleasant reality set up for you how do you switch over to one that you want to be living, and keep others from bouncing bad times on you as they learn their way to a better life?

THanks, I am really glad for this advice. I just picked up on one of these points in a video and here again you mentioned it - things are as they are that is how they have to be - dont want it to be different. When I heard this I felt like laughing at the way I reacted to peoples criticisms etc. They are not going to stop and they shouldnt - Everything.. just go for it, I dont need to change a thing. Iam just laughing at my self

I feel a deep gratitude because I am used to looking at the world I am presented with and it appears stunningly beautiful. I take time to relax, slow down and observe the miracle of life I am surrounded with and I smile. All the plants and birds each leaf in the sun the fresh air the good people, the colours etc. If we go too fast or get too focused on the fucture we miss the impact reality should have on us. So just get into a state where reality can fully absorbe in without being washed down, passed over as not being part of your mental objectives, filtered out by numbness, overly simplified by language and definitions. Everything is a masterpiece enjoy it and you may become thankful for this possability you have.

Is the ego the identity? Is the ego created while growing up in each persons unique situation, or is there something more to it? How do you feel about the ego? Is it possible to become aware of it in all of its depth? Have you figured out a way to alter the ego or manage it in a satisfying way? Is there something that you have found about the ego that you would like to share, something that could help others in life?

I like the way you boil it down to being the minds knowledge -that is simpler. I might say it is a limited form of consciousness because it is based on an illusion not truth. This self knowledge was formed over time. I wanted to say by how our parents treated us and spoke to us but it seems important to see it as the minds interpretations of this sensory input, with this view I feel more responsible for creating it not having it placed upon me by others.

Mmmm Hmm, I dont mind taking some time to think of it in terms of wording for a bit. I do realize that any wording is just more wording and only deepens the limited thinking of the ego instead of transcending it. But yes I dont see much need to call ego something other than identity - probably just a set of beliefs we learned to identify as being our self, as we grew up. With a need to identify everything - a very basic thing parents teach us as we learn language. The ego then could be seen as a product of learned language, and so limited to the depth created by this process.

So it is the idea of who a person believes themself to be, the character they are. The ego is the idea of self. A question I have then is the self created throughout life or do we have some of this before we are born?

You have a really good idea. I have something going here but I am in a different zone. The basics are you want to get seeds from people who are doing what you want to do in your area. Their seeds will be adapted to your zone. If their plants are big healthy and productive yours will be too if they give you seed. So go around and get to know people there and ask for the seeds that come from the plants you want to have in your garden. A green house is a big help in cool climates - you will have bigger plants, faster growing and have to water less as well youll have better germination. Set up a strong frame (depending on wind velosity there) and cover it with greenhouse plastic that is UV resistant. Youll likely get food from the green house all year around. Put organic fertilizer in the ground before you plant - almost no dirt grows awsome plants without fertilizer. Use minure, compost, seaweed etc. Bugs like gardens - pick them out during the day - some only come out at night so check with a flashlight when you can after midnight. Dont let them get out of control- ask people there what they deal with - even animals can be important to keep out of your crops. I use another idea - I grow wild plants in half of my garden - they are more nutritous, good and invasive, bugs doent eat them and under good conditions produce big constant yeilds, red sorrel, nettles, dandilion, plantain, these can be added to salads and are good and easy to grow.

Duality is experiencing through concepts that oppose. The more they are strengthened as opposites the more extreme they seem to be .When two concepts are put together there is a zero point in between where all is cancelled out. Non-duality is when All concepts become redundant because they are nothing more than an opposite creating conflict in the mind against another concept. When all concepts are seen as equal they can disappear because there is no conflict for the mind

Instead of anger and mind games getting me into trouble I have decided to use my energy to stretch... thats what I need, now all I have to do is remember and enjoy.

This came up in a conversation with a friend about the theme of disappointment. ¨The only reason we are not enlightened is the addiction to disappointment.¨

In your young life you have been trained to be normal and eat unhealthy food. The food industry needs you, and yours, to keep eating its addictive junk so they can keep getting more wealthy - and yes eventually make money off your deteriorating health in the hospital. How can you escape this situation? Where will you get this good food you want to eat - how will you make it more tempting than the addictive industrial diet? You are in the samp pickle as everyone - and nobody can give you the iniciative and skills to get out of it because they dont have them either - all most can do is try to be nice and offer you some pizza and a cigarette. So lets get started if you really want to know. #1 its going to take time - be diligent, focused and patient and you may achieve great things in 3 years - enjoy the process - youll be fine. Step 1 wildcrafting!! All the free food you want and 10 times more healthy than grocery store food - Just go out and get it!!! Thats right get a BOOK learn to identify food plants and one by one incorporate them into your salads - this is where health comes from just ask any wild animal. As well youll be getting fresh air, exercise and relaxing time in nature -maybe even with a few friends or a girl. Once you get out there you may find a wealth of mushrooms, fruits, teas, greens, nuts, etc. Iam serious! I eat half wild crafted food in my diet! I go out to the forest and come home with a as much as I can carry in a giant backpack every time I go and my family loves eating it too. There are groups of people doing this and classes -just check youtube for some hints and get off that couch. #2 Go to the hardware store and buy 3 packs of seeds, put then in dirt, preferably outside, 5 cm apart and add water. Just do it! If you dont kill these plants they will turn into food! Cherish them and you, my friend, will return to the realm of human evolution - yes we once knew that seeds can become healthy food. Plants are very good friends bags of chips are not. Now you see Iam not asking you to do anything we havnt been doing for 1000s of years but it will feel really extreme for you to get started - completely weird to impossible, but this is the only cure for being warped Iam afraid to say. But if you succeed in these first two of many options you will be able to eat the ocasional twinky without ill effects - hopefully you wont even want one by then though and you can start with the next step - #3

#1 - Do not act on this in a way that you will regret. This is normal, it is good that you have become aware of it and want to do something. We live in a world that creates problems for people on the level of identity - lack of communication skills, competitive objectives, lack of coping skills etc. We are always having to put up with alot of frustrating things and choke them back as normal life. Daily grind, capitalist empty lifestyle, poor quality food, electric fields ( doesnt it feel good when the power goes off?) work ethic, social pressure, lack of self pride and education ( not schooling). You, my friend, may need to get away for a bit. Some say when a coulpe begins to fight it means they need some time apart. You may need some time apart from all of it. Can you pull this off? If its not an option you may see here another reason to be frustrated -people locking you into their plans for you at the cost of your freedom and mental health. BUT dont get pissed off at them - its not anymore their fault than it is yours - we have all been trained from birth to do this without thinking about it. Its just now you have to find your own way to move through this phase of realization I urge you to, in the short term, find a way to blow of the steam that you have built up - punching bag in a gym for example. Limit your exposure to people and visit nature - we may need alot more alone time that than think - we are wired for endless forests, clean air, clean water and sunshine, camp fires and stary nights. Good luck

Can we stop having thoughts control us?

I like how people say things are just happenings. This allows one to stop paying attension the minds labelling game - everything now just has one label - happenings. I also like to see my vision, thoughts, and all I experiences as consciousness. The product of the conscious world - and we return to a state of no identity - when the filter of the identity is no longer seen as the only form of reality that can be experienced we experience the true unfiltered reality. When wanting enlightenment or meditation people are waiting for something special to happen - but special events are part of the definitions of the identity - enlightenment will not be something you know about and are trying to make happen -its something you dont know - needing to know it prevents it from happening

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True, people tell me I look young all the time, I was in the immigrations office this week and they mistook my 17 year old daughter for my wife Iam 43! It happens to us all the time! - though I eat a small amount of meat and dairy sometimes. Not only a good diet helps but having done lots of fasting cleanses too strips off the wear and tear. As well not worrying is key. Not that I am trying to look young it just happens as a result of my choices

Alot of what happens to you has to do with your mind, what you expect and how you have been trained without knowing it. - this makes for very complex variables, so I cant speak for other people. I have experimented with all sorts of foods. I am very disciplined so I can implement changes and overcome temporary setbacks until I understand the effects of a diet over a long enough period of time as my body gets used to it. In general the food we have been eating is processes, laced with chemicles, and poor quality. But its all we have so we get used to it. When I decided to dedicate alot of time to get some other options happening and experiment I was able to learn alot about how foods effect my body. Changing the diet is worth while - you can learn new ways may be helpful in your life. But it is good to understand that the body and mind have gotten used to what you have been doing so you may find resistance both mental and physical. Being open and adaptable helps make your personal investigation more profound. I like to experiment with diet because through experimentation I have greatly improved my understanding of this daily and important activity. Food changes your health, food is medicine, food can also deteriorate health and be toxic. I do agree that for me cleansing the body is real and beneficial, just like cleaning a motor, or a house. The foods that clean are fruits like citrus, lots of water in the morning before eating, greens, sprouts, teas. Neutral foods that dont toxify or clean are rice, cerials, vegies, fruits. Foods that can add a burden to the body if over used are dairy, meat, alchol, cake, industrial snacks etc. This is very general information, I am going to try to keep it short here. So it has been good to alternate between a ¨normal¨ industrial world diet and a cleansing diet from time to time. I also want to add that wild plants are 10 times better than store bought, eg. nettles. Garden food is much better than grocery store food too. Including wild meat or fish ( from clean waters) if you can get them. Through fasting and cleansing diets I have experienced benefits to my body and mind. The skin cleans up and becomes softer, the organs get a rest and refresh. The eyes begin to see clearer and brighter colour. The mind becomes more peaceful, less overly energized, more appreciative and peaceful, even blissful and spiritual because of cleansing. I began to feel my digestive system and sense the effect of each food on it, through cleansing. This gives me motivation to eat not only for the toung but for the whole body. Socially I learned to politely decline foods I dont want, I have never enjoyed alchol so am used to not wanting it. I began to think things like ,¨ I know what icecream is like I have had it many times I dont need it now.¨ I have become weaker during cleansing this is expected, and I quickly recover when eating again. Now I am eating meat 1 to 4 times per month, 700ml of water in the morning first thing, fruit smoothie 1 hour later, garden and wild plant salads every day, a little dairy 5 times per month nothing too strict, just what I have learned makes a good balance. I dont dring pop, smoke,eat alot of dairy, meat or highly processed foods. I am 43 years old people say I look 30, I am very energetic and strong. I will take time to do some fasting in the spring to clear up the normal winter build up of industrial chemicals in the body. Get to know how foods effect your body

small experiences to begin with shouldnt take too much time away from your busy life

You get bored with the limitations of living a life filtered through your identity. You give up on it -you let it go - you realize you dont want it and you dont need it. You let yourself experience without the filter of the learned identity. When you get into these experiences meditation is the best place to visit - you get it