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The Spectrum is Potential and Possibility, so in some aspects our life is predetermined, that is what Karma is essentially, its the conditioning and residual effect of all the actions we took in previous "Lives" that is coming up for us now to deal with, and there is Karma for everything that is living including the planet, without Karma there is no physical existence, its duality and such all included to make this earth and us as bodies and minds possible, but we are not the Body and Mind, we are Life itself really, or what ppl around here call God or Absolute God/Absolute/Life are the Top level realm per say, there is no individuality there, no expression, no experience but it contains all Potentials and Possibilities, so that is why we are here, to explore this potential in some small way and to explore duality and choice and free Will, with Awareness as our basis, Awareness being a form of Intelligence that is not based on Memory, then we can Perceive with Clarity, with that we naturally feel safe and Peaceful within, with that comes rises in Energy/Kundalini and such and with that comes our ability to exert our Free Will, all of this leads to Moskha or Liberation in some way to full Enlightenment or Dissolution, no longer Individual or here in Physical form, now merged with God/Absolute/Life, so yes we have Free Will on the Spectrum if we have enough Awareness to Experience it, that is why we have Yoga and other forms of Sadhana and Spiritual practices to get there, some like the ppl here do it thru psychedelics but that is not the absolute way, they are just looking thru the window to see Absolute, they are not there yet, the more traditional paths get You there and you stay there, no going back down after the trip is over...

If Your Intouch with Truth, by product is Happiness, how could it be any other way? This is why in India they say Truth is Ananda or Bliss, you can't explain Truth/Reality, but if Your in it and experience it, then Bliss is what the baseline of Your Experience is. Intellect Identification destroys all of this, because Intellect divides and separates, not unites and brings together as one which is the Absolute isn't it? The base problem is that people today are brought up via their intellects as the primary form of Intelligence, which in reality it is just a tool, but its gotten us so much in the form of comforts & conveniences, scientific discovery and higher quality of life, so we think it is the be all end all, but it just the beginning of what our true Potential is...

The problem with Views is that they are always changing and mean nothing really, right now there are about 8.1 billion views of the reality, if there are that many who cares then, why get identified with Your view or anyone elses? When one uses these analogies of God and then sub gods or personalities, it indicates separation, level and division, which there are, if God Means Absolute, then there are plenty of divisions btwn that and Us, but we are it in essence, not in Body or Mind or POV, this is where the Maya of Illusion lies, in believing and identifying with something You are not, but this is not experienced or known via the intellect the way it is done here on this forum, you analyse and contemplate then experience via drugs, then come to conclusions and POV, then state them as facts of sorts, argue over it all, then the ego gets irritated, then the cycle goes on.. You cannot discuss or understand or contemplate Absolute, its beyond all that, but You can discuss, understand and contemplate Your own experience of it, however limited that may be, and as varied as it is btwn ppl...

Timing in Martial Arts/Fighting is secondary to Perception, especially from non contacted ranges, like punching or kicking range, if Your ability to not see what Your opponent is planning or setting up to do next, then timing won't work, in the video, Ralston has the advantage of perception, and then can time taking away the chair, the guy sitting has none of this, no perception as he can't see when its going to happen and therefore can't use any sort of timing.. When in contacted ranges, like close quarter striking or standing grappling etc, then timing is second too limb sensitivity and nervous system training and reflex, if those two are not established first then timing will not work again... As a long time Martial Artist, looking at Ralston, yes he has skills but not super high level imo... example of in close striking and contact reflexes, eye sight in this range and at speed would not work.. Adam Chan HIgh high Level Martial artist, mostly Chinese based Martial Art, but he learns fast and knows other stuff.. I would say he is moving at maybe half pace for him, he can move much faster and is very powerful for a small guy he's under 5'7' I believe.. He know the structure and mechanics of the body, how to gain tremendous power at 1"away and even closer, if he touches you your dead!! and can see what your doing at a distance to stop hit you before you complete your move...

"In search of wellbeing, we have done all kinds of insane things on this planet, but wellbeing has not happened. If wellbeing is what you seek, In is the only way out." - Sadhguru

This is an Identification and Intellect Problem, both lead You further away from Truth and Reality which are basically one and the same... Identification with something You are not, leads You to insanity, because deep down somewhere you always know this is not what/who You are. Intellect is a sort of Survival Level of Intelligence, it calculates, remembers, utilizes both and allows You to develop strategy, tools, and such to live better another day, but its all on the level of Survival or Accumulation of more, remember anything that You Accumulate or Gather its Yours but Not what You are, if Your in search of Truth and Reality You have to drop both of these things, Your various Identities and Intellect, both will divide You from within, lead You in so many wrong directions and confuse the hell of You, making you stop start, left right, zig zag all the way to not knowing a thing or being intouch with Reality and Truth... Just Breath, relate to Reality on the level of where You are right now, because NOW is all there is in Reality, past is your memory, future is Your imagination, these tools and high capabilities allow us to rule this world as Humans, but they won't get You closer to Truth...Once You slow down, create or become Aware of what is You and what is not You, this will allow Peace to be Your natural State no matter what, when that happens Life opens up, things rise up naturally and You get more Clarity of what Reality and Truth is, since You are it, and it is all around You...Use Awareness as another form of Intelligence, not based on memory or Intellect...

The Bliss from Sat Chit Ananda saying, is the Bliss You experience when You touch the Truth of what You are and what Reality is, Reality is Now, so if Your Intouch with it You Experience Bliss, don't make it more complicated than that, if You do then Your Trapped in Intellect which will try to dissect it more, than ask more questions, get maybe an answer then come up with follow up questions, it becomes a never ending loop...

There is only One Second! Your looking at it like a continuity of time, linear time, like how to do this over and over again which is from the Mind, Mind is trapped in past and future, so Your looking and understanding this from that POV, what Javfly33 said your thinking, now how do I keep this going, that is Mind thinking about a non existent Future, it doesn't have to be this way, its just about Now, Life is one big Now if You get out of Your Mind:)

You can't say absolutely what Life is, if You do then You have limited it, and Life is not Limited. Life is all Potential and Possibility, so that is whatever it is, things You and I have not dreamt of or thought of, so its Infinite, but we are here in Limited Bodies and Minds, but You are neither of those things, You are Life, so it comes down to Experience, You will never "Understand" totally what Life is, or be able to use any words to explain it, as once You explain it you limit it again, but You can Experience it, maybe not in an Infinite way but a more larger way than trying to Understand it, they say once You are intouch with it, Your In Great Bliss, this means You have no need for family, surviving, posting on forums and things of this nature, basic Human life nature...

All the Potential and Possibility to live Your Life to its Hightest Possibility, God Realization, Enlightenment, Moksha, Nirvana, etc,, is already within You, its a matter of Awareness, but we are born with Karma in play, lots of conditioning and still more conditioning going on daily and You are identified very strongly with it, because You believe You are this Body and Mind, both of which are accumulations, so You have to strive to Realize what You really are, just like You strived to learn ABC, 123 and to form sentences and make paragraphs, now it is very natural for You to do all these things, because You strived for it earlier in life, its the same situation here, You have to Strive to go beyond Survival Instinct and Intellectual Identification...

By God we are meaning the very Essence of what created all of this creation, and what is non creation or un-manifestations like other dimensions and levels of existence different from what is here on this planet.. So yes You are God/Life, not Your Body or Mind/Thought process full of ideologies and conditions, in that context You are Limitless, but this is via Experience only, you can experience this as Oneness, Completeness and such, but you are not limitless in what You can do via certain powers of creation like that, you can't just normally think I want to create this object and it appears, because You are here captured within a Body/Mind complex, once You have a True Real Experience of "I am not this Body and Mind", which we label as Enlightenment, most ppl will physically die, the Life/God aspect that is within them will leave this Body/Mind complex, on the way to that sort of Realization you may pick up some Siddhis, or Spiritual Gifts or Powers, ability to read minds, be in two different places, know the future events and such...but for most, other than Guru's and Mystics of sorts, most ppl will not have any individuality once they reach Enlightenment state of Experience, it merges with that realm of Existence...from my research on this sort of stuff...

I agree with Breakingthewall, Reality as it is is not Relative, but Your Perception of Reality is Relative and Subjective, this is where Awareness comes in, think of Awareness as another form of Intelligence that we as Humans have access to. Most Human today, due to our Educational system and other factors, are on the level of Intellectual Intelligence, that is why you keep on asking questions when getting answers, the Intellect is about calculating and separating/dividing, but we are here on this Spirituality Forum, talking about Spirt and Oneness, Connection, Absolute, and trying to figure this out via the Intellect which is a dividing tool, its like using a knife to knit, it won't work, so Use Awareness, just be Aware, increase the intensity of your Awareness via the many methods available to You today, when this is done then You are Conscious and have great Clarity of what is Reality and how to be One with it and navigate it via our human tools of Body and Mind...

The Last one of this series, here Adam talks about how to integrate the Methods and Results, whether it is basic Wellbeing or the Highest Realization of Oneness with Original Nature, into Your Daily Life. Since Adam is a top level Martial Artist and Teacher, he uses how the practices and realization helped him in Martial Arts applications without any effort to make it happen, he realized improved Spatial Awareness, Tactile Sensitivity and the need to not have it as well, super Calm when doing random spontaneous training practice one vs one or vs multiple opponents, Power output at close range improved dramatically. The Idea is that once You have a Grand Realization, it will seep down into your daily life and perception of Life, Life will be more empowered and interactions as well, very cool!

What I like about this talk, Sadhguru is answering a Question from someone its about "Who am I" besides the normal identifications with Body and Mind, he brings about how the inquiry should be addressed, if He gives an Answer then the people listening have only two choices, either to Believe or Disbelieve, either way they will not be any closer to Realizing the Truth of "What am I", unless the question runs so deep that they cannot sleep at night and cannot do anything else but seek the answer to the question, so its a matter of Intensity right... If Your Intensity is very High, the Truth of Reality will find You! He has said in the past that if Anger is Your thing, then get really really Angry and see where it takes You, he doesn't pretend to prescribe any sort of state to anyone, he just says that with Bliss the path/ride will go a bit smoother that is all.. All of this is a matter of Capability, can You do it right Now! Ramana could sit still, lets his flesh get infected and eaten by insects and still do absolutely Nothing, and find out who he was, can You do that? If not then another way might be needed!!

@Princess Arabia Your welcome, and I am enjoying this thread for sure:) My Wife has some relatives here too, close by and some in America, her twin Sister lives in Florida (and half brother too) and She too is married to an older Caucasian Man, and even more weird is that He works in the same business as I do but for a different company, lol.. My Wife just went down there to visit with them, they have a 1yr old baby girl, so that was good for all of them to get together as they haven't seen each other for many years..I asked my Wife why come to Canada and not the States, She said She always had a dream to come to Canada, but she hates the cold lol... She is very close to her family and sister, they chat everyday on whattsup, I don't know what they are talking about as their Patois is so strong and I suck at languages lol, we all hope to get together for Xmas, will have to see if that works out I hope so. as I would luv to meet Her Sister and Husband and Florida in December would be nice.. She tells me that everyone in Jamaica wants to get out of there, since as You say the political scene is not so good, and economically too, lots of crime and murder, its distressing really to hear of this and know that it is happening there and too allot of other places, our economic systems are failing big time all over. the Wealth of the World is not shared equally or fairly imo... What I found really interesting, and I don't even know if this is something I should say, but my Wife says she prefers Caucasian Men and older ones too, since we seem to be more stable and grounded, when we first met I would message her everyday and ask about her day, she too had done some track and field in high school, and she went to England to compete once, I found online an article that mentioned her name as part of a relay team, and I shared it with her when we first met, she was like how the heck did You find this lol, I just did a google search and found it, but that was something she had never experienced before so it must of hit her in a way that made us get together and stay together, although it is challenging being from different cultures and age groups, but we make it work.. I'm impressed by how She sets goals and achieves them one by one, getting her Permanent Residency here, then her beginners driving licence and now is taking lessons to get her 2nd level drivers licence, US Visa to travel to see Her Family, and she works hard and can stay pretty focused when She wants too... She Luv's Her culture but sees the drawbacks and wants to Succeed and is driven, and she helps her Caribbean Friends out allot too, helping get basic things done and gives advice on how to do things when they get here.. I'm very Proud of Her...

@r0ckyreed Infinity Mind, is that like Infinite Intelligence of sorts? Thoughts are just thoughts, automatically generated by our brains, via an advanced Intellect that we are born with, to help us figure out how to survive another day since we are so weak physically incapable in nature compared to other life, we need this super advanced thinking intellect to survive and advance, now its brought us where we are today generally in the world, in a big heap of TROUBLE!, because we think this is what we are when we are not... My contemplation practice takes place at work and here, I read something the is different or unique and it makes me contemplate it, so I use this place for that and too observe reactions to things that are said, it brings forth my egoic nature and I observe it and try to create space btwn what is observed and observer..

yes I am the universe, not the body or mind both of which are accumulated things, body via food, mind via 5 sense input data streams, we are not anything that we have accumulated or gathered, so yes we want that Awareness of what we are and what we are Not, at the least we want to know what we are Not, then find out thru Awareness what we are, but not too intellectualize it, label it as this or that, just via Experience... If I am my thoughts, what of the 60K+/day thoughts am I? This is too fragmented, too surface level, we are more subtle than that for sure,, Awareness is like another form of Intelligence, one that is non calculating and intellectual based, its on another level that we have access to... here is a blog from the Self Improvement section good read on what a daily meditation practice can do for one...

My Wife is Jamaican, born there and was there for the first 20+yrs of here life, but she came here to Canada for a better life in her words, but we vacationed in Montego Bay a Year or so ago, fist time there for me, it was very nice and beautiful, I met her family out in the country, they accepted me and it was great fun and a learning experience for me.. My Wife is all about Jamaica, listens to Jamaican podcasts and videos, but wants to live here because she says it offers her more opportunities, but there are struggles here too even though we are in a so called Wealthy Country, we just have a higher standard or quality of living, more established survival systems, but everyone here wants to go to Jamaica, lol, its so nice there, and its like a paradise really, we went to Duns River and Blue Hole, and I saw the country from both sides of Montego Bay area, its just the social systems are not in place. I luv Bob Marley, watched lots of docu's on him when I met my Wife, and recently saw the "One Love" movie, he was highly Awakened, but its crazy how he changed things in the world and in his own country in many ways.. All the world has huge problems, just different problems depending on the region, everyday I hear about the problems in Toronto on the radio, its nuts the politics of it all and its not really a hard fix if we decide to work together and see each other as we see ourselves, this would fix many problems in the world...but I'm looking forward to going back to Jamaica again one day:)

Yes that's it:) For sure Leo is intelligent, and is highly Awakened and a very good communicator, this has nothing to do with Identification problems:) anyways have fun:)

Just seems like Your wondering why Leo doesn't recognize how he too has a model established, its because of Identification, it happens to all of us, even Enlightened Beings or Gurus will be identified, but they do it Consciously, others do it Unconsciously, the Guru creates the identification out of his own will, the other do it compulsively, they don't know it is there...

Leo like most all Spiritual Teachers (not true Guru's) all have models and levels to it, he like all of them is identified with his way and experience, nothing really wrong with it, it relates to a certain sort of person, and it gets them on the path and doing something about instead of staying in survival mode and living below their potential and possibility, so when one identifies with something, they are blind to other ways to see it and talk about it and so forth, this is a huge problem in politics and societal problems as we can see, we can't fix our problems in the world today because the "other" cannot see it as a whole, only as they want to see it and do it, the "other" way is no good and doesn't work, lol...,.Such a huge issue and stupid one too...

I've studied Dr Hawkins, I like his methodology, he's for sure on the right track and has a high level of Awareness and Consciousness, his chart is a good way to explain consciousness levels, but of course it is not Consciousness/Essence of Reality itself, like I have always been saying around here, We Are Only Talking "Around" the Issues or concerns of Spirituality, not about it Directly, we cannot talk about it using Logic, since communication is based off of Logic. and Reality/Consciousness/Essence is not Logical by any means, so these sort of things, or teachings are just simple guides for us to understand, since we are so identified with our intellects and ideologies we need basic things to understand, get curious about it, then go into it via deeper methods and sciences... Sooner or later it comes down to You, what You are experiencing within Yourself and the quality of it! As for Ralston, I soon as I saw the video of him challenging Sugar Ray I said he doesn't know what he is talking about in that regard, lol, yes he has some great insights and some will find his communication style fascinating but its not for me anyways...

In this day and age, its almost impossible for ppl to reduce their thinking process, they are very addicted to their intellect and thought process, they believe and identify it as themselves, so once you do that, nothing will help You get rid of it, sitting with eyes closed and focus on breathing may help you in that moment but it won't stop the process unless you dis identify with it completely, or you create a space btwn what is You and what is not You, I am not the Body, I am not the Mind, then a distance is created, this is akin to turning down the volume on something, the noise is still there but no longer as intensely felt or experienced, this is more of a practical solution to it then trying to stop thinking and thoughts altogether... One wants to be "Meditative" which means You inner experience is that of Ease, Peaceful, your accepting of things naturally, You live Now naturally, use past to learn from, plan for future, You Respond to Life, not React and compulsively, that is what being "Meditative" means...

Consciousness (in this context) and Awareness are related, One that is Conscious is Aware of their Karma or action in the 4 main field of Human Action, Body action, Mind action, Emotional action, Energy action, of if Your aware of all the actions going on within You, then Your Conscious, if not then Your Unconscious, most ppl are not even Aware of 1% of any of these 4 areas of Actions so therefore they are unconscious and not really a Human Being as they are living by Accident, not on purpose or with any sort of Clarity.. Killing someone that is trying to Kill you is what one may have to do, it can be done with Consciousness, but Killing someone because You are Jealous, Envious, Angry, Bitter, Disappointed in them is Unconscious, so this is a part of the Karma play to, it has to do with Intent, what is Your intent, even having the Intention to Kill someone without actually doing it, will greatly harm You in so many ways, this is another form of unconsciousness, they have no Awareness of what is going on within them on any level whatsoever..

@Javfly33 The problem is today there are so many contradictions around, one set of ppl say one thing, another set says something else, all claim to have proof, and if proof is given its then said to be delusional or romanticized lol, so this way of communicating and such as is done here on this forum talking about "Subjects" which are not Subjects at all, but living experiences, is no good, one just have to try it out and if its working for them then it works for them, forget about what anyone is saying or doing, that is what Sadhguru preaches the most, just try it and see, if it doesn't work drop it and move on, debating about what is original, what is not and bla bla bla, reminds me of the martial arts forums they do this all the time, its hopeless and useless debating, makes them look like children and their grown up men and women, very low on the consciousness scale!