Ishanga

It is possible to be fully Aware while in deep sleep, if this is what You mean by "Consciousness", of course the other meaning of Consciousness is the same as Brahman, that is always going on and always has, but for us with bodies and minds, trapped in a Karmic soup, we can be Aware enough in Deep Sleep too, Yoga NIdra is about this, it creates a constant state of Ease within the system, so that one is almost like in a Deep Sleep state but fully aware.. and its not imagination, that word is way overused here, same with dream...

I do understand this, all Experience happens only within Me, I've never experienced anything outside myself because it all is happening within Me, no matter what anyone says here or ever says anywhere, its all happening and interpreted and experienced within Me once it comes into my Perception, what does not come into my Perception on a certain level does not exist for Me, and its the same for every other Body/Mind/Ego complex on the planet.. We are micro Universes/Absolute onto ourselves..

Its been said that when one starts on this path or way of life that everything speeds up, Your Karma is being burned up much more quickly than normal, normal can mean multiple or hundreds of lifetimes, with authentic Spiritual Path you try to do it within this lifetime, so shit comes to the surface and it has to be dealt with, that is why its important to get the basics done first, establishing a healthy state of Being no matter what is going on...

Yes agreed, its more effective for Us to live in tribes and communities, we survive better this way so saying that we gather similar beliefs and conditionings, its gone nuts nowadays, ppl including myself are very very controlled, at least I am not on my phone more than 30 min a day or social media, but the majority are I think, I see it everyday!

I've had enough lashes please and thanks:) Time for some smooth sailing!!! There is no God planning, its all already been planned, the foundation is already set, we just have decide how to Experience it, then when that is set, Potentials open up!

Its all bias anyways, the information/data it gathers is bias, as the data comes from us and we are bias. Whatever You want to know about Reality and Life, You can find all the answers within Yourself, not via mind and thinking and data recycling, that is all garbage, survival level stuff you can use to make another buck, use it just for that, not for higher purposes. Your Being, Body and Mind are full of super Intelligence, Your/We are micro universes, just raise Your Awareness and then You come intouch with it, this AI stuff is just another ploy for them to makes up more of a slave to outter situations, soon most ppl will be incapable of making any choice or decision on their own, they are totally dependent or will be on AI, google searches and such things that make them less of a Human, and living way below Human Potential and Capability, we are the weakest generation ever and its getting worse..

just saying it seemed like Your agitated, maybe You are not, was just recommending contemplating on why the agitation, helps on this path:)

There are always the Freaks of Nature, Unique beings, they can do everything we are taught not to do and get away with it lol.. But he is into rituals, buddhist philosophy and he did say he needs more money and does want to sleep.. But Yes its a good example of how to be when in tough situations, or at least tougher than what I am living in.. Some are just blessed with more of whatever You want to call it, that is karma at play, others need to work at it much more, for those they can't just be happy go lucky, each person has to find out what they want out of life and then decide how to get there..

but this is just in your Imagination, this is the fall back response to anything that defies their belief system or logic, Experience seems to mean nothing to them, as that is imaginary too, but what is Imagining things in the first place, and why is my imagination bring up different things than You, lol, it all circles back to each of Us having Individual experiences and understandings which indicates Individuality on some level exists, so therefore Solipsism as an Absolute is not so Absolute, its true in an Experiential way only, but other beings and bodies and minds and experiences exists totally on some level, this level we are living on...

Notice Your Experience right now, why so agitated, just posting this for You to get something back from it, I use this place for this very reason, something triggers me after reading what someone says, why is that, it causes some contemplation which further develops a space btwn observer and observed, what I am and what I am not...

I think the key to all of this is too not get too stuck on the Specifics, what I read from Javy and Breakingthewall is pretty accurate, but this is just intellectual knowing, its how to make it a real experience the for individual... There are many ways, find one that works and stick with it, don't talk about it much, that will make it too intellectual and take one of track, just do the work and if You want report back the results only I would say is good advice, don't debate reality and make it into a subject or philosophy, that takes You further away!

No, too much suffering has already happened and still is happening, time to try another way, Peace/Bliss path for sure, much less suffering this way...but I don't know if this will happen within this or next generation, probably not...,

Science and Reincarnation...

Evolution as Described Using Hindu terminology!

Its just that Suffering disables Life Experience for a Human, so it matters, compared to Peaceful/Blissful States, so the goal is not to be either, the goal is Realization of Reality and what it is, but to get there one cannot be in a Suffering state of Experience, not happening, so first create the Atmosphere for Realization to happen, it won't happen by just doing nothing, reading or watching video's from whomever and creating belief systems, action has to happen... Ultimately yes there is no right or wrong, Ultimately there is nothing, Absolute is No Thing Ness, no Body or Mind or Earth or Situations or Desires to deal with, but we have to deal with it here since this is not Absolute Realm, we can be intouch with it via our Experience that is all...

@Nick_98 Spirituality is not a technique or method, your doing it all the time anyways, the question is a matter of how Conscious one is of it or not...Sadhana, Spiritual Practice, can be anything, whatever Your doing be Aware and Responsive and totally into it, that is Spiritual Sadhana.. I find ppl get more into the practices and techniques more than the actual meaning behind Spirituality, yes we need the practices and techniques and in the beginning its good to get really into them, but it has to be balanced, the most important thing is are Your Accepting of this Moment as it Is? Is the past or future in your mind ruling You, are outside situations ruling You, if so then work on that aspect.. Be Aware of Your automatic Judgements coming up, egoic mind judging everything, create some space btwn that and what is observing that,, lots of things we can do to make Spirituality an every moment occurrence and practical/effective in our Lives!

Your the one with 11,000+ posts, so who's doing the preaching, Your free to post as I am... Ppl suffer because their unconscious of their True Nature, there's lots of ways to find out Your true nature, most ppl have to be shown a path, very few do not...

Apples and Oranges...some prefer what they prefer..there is lots of Sadhanas, as there are lots of different sorts of ppl, personalities and Karmic makeups!

Its not tricking the body, its control of the body which is in our capability, but no one does this, their slaves to their body, mind and everything else around them,,. and its not about living forever, there is only Now, its about Realizing the Greatness of Life and Now..

Because half wrong is still wrong in my book, it can lead to lots of mistakes and suffering, so as I've said before lots of the things You and other post (non dualist) is correct but its not the whole story, so it has to be pointed out to those reading and lurkers and those interested in Spirituality. There are People... Something is Happening.. Things have to be done to transform Your Life if Your life feels like suffering and pain all the time, and its not just about the Mind.. There are levels to all of this, many don't see, but its Reality. Someone has to state it and show the difference... I don't Kiss his ass either, I just promote what works, You do the same so please!!

Ppl get off on Intensity and Suffering is an Intense emotion, so since they cannot create anything else due to Unconsciousness they create suffering for themselves so they can feel their hearts beating, otherwise they feel super dead inside, but they don't have to do it this way, its like putting bad fuel into a premium engine it will sooner or later destroy the engine, its not necessary to Suffer.. I have Pain all the time, physical pain, emotional upsets but they don't last long, its super temporary and I don't dwell on it, I deal with it in the moment it comes up, I'm no Buddha but going in that direction.. Its not about being in a Zen State all the time, its about being Human, if Your Below Peaceful Experience most of the time Your living below Human potential big time, on the scale of Positive Human Emotions, Peace is 0, Ecstasy is 10, anything below 0 is below Human Potential and that is Tragedy...

Good Sharing! I've realized this too, and with Martial Arts, the avg person looking at some of the training I was learning and then taught would say "this is horseshit" and has nothing to do with fighting, but they just don't know, they won't know until they get hit in the face or they strike someone and it has no effect, its the same here, ppl with belief systems, it blinds them, and I am not immune to this as well, but I have the sadhana and the kriyas and asanas like You say, and that even its out, but if You don't have that, and all You have is a belief system, call it Christianity or Non Dualism, then Your going to get stuck for 99.9% of the ppl that get involved with it that way, Ramana Maharshi is a rare occurrence lets put it that way...

Yes am aware of it.. doesn't diminish his work and these investigations into Yogic science and benefits from it! I thoroughly investigate all I am interested in and research into..

Only Experientially is this True, on a Experiential level all there is is Your Internal Experience, You've never really experienced anything outside the boundary of Your Physicality and Internal Experience generating mechanism, all Your senses are outward bound but are inward interpreted, but there are other Bodies and Minds, but only One Essence by which is what we are all fundamentally void of the Individual Body/Mind complexes.. We all Identify with our Bodies and Mind, otherwise You/I would not be here posting and replying right now...nor would you be with family or care for them in any way... I Your Wife and Child disappeared right now, how would You respond?

Wim Hof has also undertaken allot of testing by Scientist, at the least I would classify him as a half Yogi