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The Ones asking Questions, and Questions are super important to them are trapped in the Mind (Thinking, Concepts, Thoughts, Data, Philosophy), this is expected in the Beginning, when life just comes to a point where the material and continual accumulation stuff just doesn't do it anymore, I would assume that is the case for most that come here and participate.. For those still asking Questions after a period of time, I would have a great concern about them, there are many that frequent this place, they are still trapped in the Mind, wanting "Answers", well whatever Answers You get are still just stories or concepts, not Truth in any way, and they will lead to more Questions and the cycle goes on and on endless almost... Sooner or Later it has to become a much stronger Desire than just Questions and Mind, to the point where You can't sleep or eat well without knowing.. When that happens You become Willing, which means You have to drop the Questions and Beliefs that You already have and are open to what IS, then via Experience it comes to You, because we are the best and most capable of all Life on this planet to Know what it is and Experience as it Is! What Existence? Its simple, just list the reasons why not Existence and reverse it, its just Potential being Expressed that is all, its has to happen somewhere otherwise it wouldn't be happening here and now...Problem is Your Mind is in the way of Experiencing it as it Is!

not empty either on the gross level, its all relative, which in the end is all one has, subjectivity and relativity, only here intellectually can we go further, which in the end is anti truth which is the paradox, it either inspires or dis empowers depending again on individual perspectives and choice..

nexusoflife just posted the grandest experience he has had, it has shaken his/her world in a good way it seems.. Santiago Ram in the mental health section is having the opposite experience, a hellscape of sorts.. If You deny Experience, the differences then that is fantasy, non reality, both can happen in one's life, that is the potential, we have to choose which one we want!

Not on this plane, on this plane there is duality, cause and effect, consequence and creation that then is destroyed, recycled and such, this is the gross realm or plane, the more subtle you go the less of this there is!

I agree, we are built to want more in all areas of life, just when it comes to this Absolute stuff what is more than that?? I've never had that Grand of Experience as the OP states, but he did say it was glimpses, I've heard of that happening, like samadhi states, which are sort of Glimpses I guess... Tricky to navigate for sure when all You know is shaken to the bone, then what to do!!!

Yes, all thoughts are recycled data just restructured to seem different...in other words nothing new is created...Humans though have the ability to create something new via thoughts that may come from recycled data, which is a sort of foundation of sorts, via that new thoughts/creations/experience may come about...

Interesting, You've just had Glimpses of the Absolute, which seems to be the most profound Experiences of Your life and you want more, how so, what is wanting more and why would You want more when You've already experienced Absolute, and how could there be more if Absolute is Absolute?? Glad You this is happening to You, we need more like You around:)

The very language cannot be used well to describe such things, when one says "I have" that means something was there before, it means two in essence, like I have a car, there is Me then the Car which is two... Its true though, we have a Body, but identity makes us experience at certain levels of Consciousness that this Body is Me, so its a conditioning problem, we are given certain gifts at birth but we have to condition them to survive, being Born God Realized would mean You would not survive very long, so we are not born this way generally...but most everything about us is thru striving and survival instinct of having more than what we have today, whether its knowing more, saving more, spending more, experiencing more, anytime more is involved that is survival Consciousness, low Identity of the scale of possible Identities..Another word for Identity is Ego per say...

First we have to define "Real", there seems to be lots of differing definitions, which again says allot as it is a basic thing right, like Experience! Do You Experience the the Tree like You do Your Finger? If You don't then that is a "Real" Experience, if not then what is it? Now who's to say this is normal or correct or whatever, maybe that experience of separation btwn the Tree and Your Finger can change, as some have said and claimed they feel it different that they can experience the Tree as they do their Finger? This is why Reality is just a Potential Producing Machine in basic language and structure..I don't know if a Turtle experiences a Tree like it does its own body, my mind says probably not, but Humans have said such things, so it seems we have more Potential than most other life in these matters.. The sense of Separation comes from our sense of Identity, and our Karma and Conditioning, we are for sure the most easily Conditioned life form with a variety of Conditioning patterns and methods laid upon Us, the powers that be have mastered this over the millennia, but luckily some have come forward and shared their experiences and methods for all to be able to Experience the Tree as themselves!

Yes for sure, wifey is starting to see it now too, but money is the problem lol.. I'm looking to get something going as a passive income but we'll see!! The city for sure is a reflection of the general society and its painful to see how it is, especially in a rich country like Canada, lots of unconsciousness going on, everyday there are reminders of it, its like a part of me is in pain, so for sure have to get out of here someday but at my age I can't just give it all up in a quick action, gotta set things up first properly!!

Right now I can't do things like this, too many responsibilities lol, wife, bills, job and such things,.,But I have at times in my life taken risks, not like sailing around on the ocean but risks per say it was good overall and turned out to be very beneficial, hope to do that again in the future:)

One wants to be Meditative, which is Life is lived at Ease, not easy but at Ease, no Stress Response happens, there are no Stressful situations, there is your reaction to it that causes the Stress Response, living at Ease is absence of this, that changes everything, and is Meditative! Meditation as most know it just the training to allow this to be our natural state always, which is how it should be, not how it is today for most!

The main problem in politics is that one side thinks they have all the answers and that the other sides solutions are absolutely wrong, but this is not so, political parties, whatever they believe in do not have a monopoly in good ideas, so when one side see's everything the other side is doing as wrong, then they too are blinded.. Trump's ideas of bringing back manufacturing, is just an idea, its radical (but even the geopolitical analyst Peter Zeihan was talking about this very concept and how it is going to happen and has to happen), but it can work, as if a country relies on other countries, especially ones that are oceans apart, then when the shit hits the fan and the supply chain is broken because of a pirate or canal is disabled and everything that we need in price goes up because we rely on the supply chain being working properly, then it makes sense to have most everything manufactured internally, at least the main things we need... I think he is working a bit too fast, but he's doing an okay job, I like that he is not a professional politician, speaks his mind freely rather than lying to the publics face and is trying radical things, since nothing is working anyways something radical has to be done, its shaking allot of trees but that is what is needed sometimes!

Truth is just Potential Realized, as for us as Humans we have to determine what is our Potential, well since we are Life Materialized and Embodied, its about more of that, Empowering Life, the opposite which is the main theme of Life today on this planet is about Destroying it in millions of ways, so what is happening today is anti Truth, Life is being Dis Empowered, the food we eat and produce, the media, the info coming into our heads, the structures in society we have developed most all of it is corrupt and Disempowering for Life to evolve and flourish, at least how I perceive it, maybe it was empowering before but not anymore... So Truth is positive aspect of Potential being realized in Life Expression and Experience.. Truth has nothing to with words, scriptures and such things, they may describe or not, but that is not where Truth is found!

He's too far away, too much time has passed, and ppl will not get it anyways, or they really shouldn't get via a figure that is that far back, again he can be an inspiration but we need less of that, inspiration and motivation, and more ppl just doing it from within their own desire to be more, and find the way that works best for them, like they are finding out what food they like with the same passion and sensibility!

@Salvijus Then do it yourself, find a way, don't worry or be concerned that Jesus was this, great if he was, doesn't matter if he wasn't, he is not here right now, You are, be the example!

Your examples are null and void, nature does not have the choice capacity like we do. How should life be I think? Well I'll make it simple, when I go out to do things or even go to work, there are problems arising that don't have to be there, ppl just not concerned about anything other than themselves, in their driving habits, in how they just are, in a rush all the time, the anxiety level here in this big city is palpable for sure! There are many many other examples but it would take too long to detail, its not about Kumbaya, being Joyful or Blissful of Your own nature is not about party time, hugging ppl, expressing love via words all the time, its about the Intensity of Your Experience that is Empowering to other life, that really are not "Other" as we are completely connected to one another and too nature, its just we have choice, nature has no choice, its completely Karma dependent, cause and effect, we are not and no body virtually is using this in their life, their totally dependent and conditioned!

LLM's are the new phones and social media outlets, another distraction, another way of thinking You know when You do not Know! Its just a tool, use it consciously otherwise the tool will use YOU!

Even Crazier as to whether Jesus was a real living person or not, it was 2,000yrs ago, so what relevance does it have to YOU reading this in this present moment we call Today? The Only thing is to use him as a fiction or not as a quality example of how to live, but one still has to make it happen within themselves in Today's moment, that fact that a figure from that far ago can affect You now is the real question, why? Your trapped in Memory, its primary today along with Imagination, very few are really living NOW where life is, if they were they would acknowledge that whatever Jesus was, it was empowering, but not primary!!

If one wants to promote it and share what they are, lets say Enlightened, and want to be a Guru or Teacher, then they simply have to play the game, some will fall for the game aspect, and not see the real potential that is being offered by said Guru, but some will and get it and be empowered by it, this is why it is not so good to look back at Guru's from the past and compare or rely lots of the words they said and that are recorded, its was a different time and different sort of ppl, it may not be relevant, but for sure someone of Quality can not only be recognized by the words they say but just by who they are and what Actions they perform, with the right eyes and willingness of sorts it can be recognized!! First and foremost, don't go for Enlightenment if You are not naturally Peaceful of Your own nature, first learn how to stand before you Run!

No results, then once again on death bed wondering what it was all about but too late...You see when Potential is unexplored and not Experience then that is tragedy, which is the general state of the world unfortunately...

Once You realize that any subject or theory or conclusion can be logically argued against then that means all of that stuff is not where Truth is found..There is no individual, 8.2 billion versions of Truth, there is One Truth, its has nothing to do with words, conclusions, ideologies, it has all to do with You and how much Clarity of Reality You have, which does not have to be shared via words, just live it and ppl will see it...

No, pondering is like simple contemplation, which has a place in the beginning, sooner or later action has to take place, that won't happen via pondering, and we ponder too much nowadays, what is happening in ppl's minds is more real than anything, the touch of a flower on your finger, and such, so action has to happen...Forums are good but up to a point they are not so good...

You will continue to ponder for the rest of Your life, then it will be the last moment and wonder what was it about, but then its too late! Become a How person, rather than a why person continuing to ask question upon question and get more confused as you on pondering..

Everyone that is born has Experience, how they interpret that is up to them and their conditioning and learning.. but even here, no one agrees to what Experience is, is it all that everyone is saying lol, so this is why the world is how it is, its intellectual, ideological, so much so that this is more real than real, so that even the simplest thing seems individual to what a person thinks and believes, which can change at any time when new data is inputted, so that is why the world as it is now will never get together, is more insane than ever and we are basically doomed unless something serious happens or a reset happens...