Ishanga

@thierry Our Minds are societies garbage bin in fundamental terms, the content of it is not in our control, but we can control how it works and what it does for us, it took millions of years for our minds to evolve to this point in time, so lets not waste it.. First Find true Silence, not in words or actions, but in the deepest state, this correlates with being Still, all movement comes from Stillness, so establish these two within Yourself and Mind will not be a problem.. Create a space btwn what is You and what is not You, Body and Mind are accumulations, things You have gathered, what is You is before all of this, call it Life to not complicate it, so realize this absolutely and Mind is yours to Use.. The 8 step Yoga path works well here, each step allows You to get these things established within You, its technology that we use, don't identify with it, just use it for Your own wellbeing:)

@TheGod This is why we are not born this way with this sort of intense experience, how would humanity survive is nothing has a fundamental meaning or value.. As You said "Everything is equally perfect always. Raping and torturing people as good and as perfect as saving animals for example", having an experience of perfection in everything, its good, but it has to have a context otherwise life as we know it here, on this dual material planet with diverse life won't happen well, life in this way, on this level of existence won't be empowered. Now in the normal context of Life, your statement is nuts, its just the drug making You feel an overwhelming experience of Oneness, imagine saying what You say to a person that just lost their child to torture, would You do it? I doubt it, because now that the drug has worn off survival sort of consciousness or a level that is not at the level of Your experience is now within your feeling.. So we have to have context and realize that existence is on many levels, there is the one that is what You experienced, then there are higher ones and lower ones...We need stable platforms within Us to manage it while embodied, otherwise chaos (which is what is happening in the world) will rule...

@Princess Arabia This is the problem with too many sources of information, all saying something a bit different to not really help with Awakening but to get hits and like and such things, it causes massive confusion, ppl thinking and focusing on God, No Mind, No thingness and such things... Just Be Peaceful of Your own nature, then go from there, see what arises naturally, don't think Enlightenment and stuff, just be natural and at Peace not via thinking it but like hunger it just comes natural, then Life will be open to You like sunlight is...

@Growly No, not a regular experience, have felt it, then it goes away, need more sadhana on it..

Yes, the whole tradition of Yoga and other Eastern sects is distorted big time here in the West, not many can pass it on like it should be, ppl want the biggest thing, its like giving a homeless person 1 Billion $$ right now, what would happen to this person? Nothing empowering for sure.. Ppl on this forum, when I read their responses and post, they always mention non existence, no thingness, God, things way beyond where they are right now, I know this because they are here posting, responding, reacting and such things, but acting like they have it..this is the eg of the biggest problem!

@r0ckyreed You are not the Body or Mind, both are "finite" as You say, they have boundaries, what is You is boundless, we as Humans can touch this, be connected to it and function from it as a Foundation, while still being Embodied and living a normal type life with normal relationships, jobs, and such things, the only difference is that You will be untouched by situations, transparent, involved but not entangled, free will is your way, you determine how do to be, your destiny is in your hands, if You want to drop the Body/Mind You can and join the realm of Oneness, Consciousness whatever you want to label it...Yoga and other Eastern Spiritual practices are all about this, how to reach it, how to dissolve into it or stay here and function and be on the edge of it in a way, it depends on many things... Many Spiritual masters have done this, Buddha is said to be one that can come back recreate a body and function here and now, even though his body died some 2000+yrs ago... I wouldn't say Awaken is an illusion, its just there are levels, too many here are absolutist, its all or nothing, this is the wrong way to look at it, there is one living survival level only, then other living at higher individual Awareness levels, they want more than to eat, drink, reproduce, sleep, work and die,,The chakra system is involved with this, if the intensity of the Energy is in the lower one, your in survival mode, the higher up it goes life focuses on different things and Awareness...

Like Everything that comes to the West and is popularized and modernized, it gets greatly distorted. Spirituality in its purist form will give You great Clarity, not disillusionment, but the majority of ppl in this world live in controlled forms of disillusionment, we have to in a way to survive another day, if we were open with total clarity but no balance, then we wouldn't function in the world socially, relationship, security wise, you wouldn't care about those things, because Your Inner experience would be exploding with Clarity, Bliss, and such intense experiences, but we can come from this place, and have balance and still function in the world on other levels...Its totally possible..very hard though in this modern world due to so many distortions being promoted and manufactured...

With Third Eye activation You see reality as it is, Clarity is now within Your Grasp, other experiences happen too, you may withdrawal from normal day to day activities, relationships and such things, and not care about them at all..Dangerous to go to this place alone, without a Guru's guidance and such...

@Gadasaa This is because this forum and its users for the most part are psychedelic users, not spiritual practitioners rooted in practices and natural growth, so with that, they come into very high level realizations without the ground work or foundation of their conscious/unconscious/subconscious mind being within their awareness, so they think they are God, because that is the closest logical description they can use, I am everything, I see everything, I know everything, I can do anything, this sounds like God to me, so I am that, but its not reality, they just had a great experience of Oneness and Completeness, but its not a reality for them since it goes away when the drug wares off, for natural spiritual seekers after some time it becomes their normal experience or close to it so they can integrate it better and not believe themselves to be God, but to be a Human at full potential...

@TheGod Yes Your identity was not a concretized as it is now, it was looser as a child, as well in most all societies nowadays we are identified with the Mind way too much, mind in simple terms is past/memory and future/imagination orientated but those things do not really exist, only Now exists and Life is always Now rooted.. So that is the main reason why ppl as they grow older are not as naturally happy as they were when a child...

I would say most science today is dogmatic, and controlled by corporations, they give the scientist money to support their research, and disregard anything that does not support their corporate power play and greed.. Some science, and scientist are more metaphysical, Donald Hoffman for eg just watched a podcast with him and John Vervadke, in the end Donald being the scientist said that in simple terms he see's himself as the Grand Intelligence that is the creator/creation of this universe, which is the same thing Sadhguru says in simple terms and language...

Interesting, just got back from a Trip, Yes things went not according to plan, mostly about the airlines and such, others things went to plan, but these things are outer situations, not inner situations. All you can really know about the universe is outer and inner in relation to Your Body and Mind that is. You know the boundary of Your Body and some of the limitations/boundaries of Your Mind, unconscious mind for most is uncharted territory.. When it comes to Inner World, Inner Boundary You can Control this 100%, You can control Your Mind, Thoughts, Thinking Patterns, Identity you choose, Your Conceptual understanding, where You place Yourself Past, Present, Future, etc.. Your Inner Experience, Bliss, Joy, Excitement, Intensity, Exuberance, etc vs. Depression, Sadness, Anxiety, Frustration, Numbness, etc. is under Your control.. Outer Situations, at best You can control 50%, not even wealthy ppl with all their power can control everything, so this is a given, and is why Acceptance, realizing the way things are now is inevitable is primary, and Your ability to Respond is primary, both on equal grounds, this stop stress response from happening, and Awakening to happen faster and more healthy!

Sadhguru looks at the nature of the human mind, and how most people fail to utilize its full potential. He gives us a process that we can apply in our daily lives to unlock the mind's true capabilities....

The only way to really beat Addictions is the make Yourself in a way where Your natural Bliss is more powerful than the feeling You get from the drug or whatever it is your Addicted to, the problem is your body and mind are wired to that thing.. So it takes allot of work to get that natural Bliss, but it is possible. Don't try to think or analyse your way out of it, just start some simple practices and lower your usage then go from there, replace natural bliss for the drug, but make it slow and steady! Good Luck:)

Yes and No. This all depends on one's level of Clarity and Awareness, which is basically called Consciousness.. If You are highly Conscious, then You have Free Will, in the sense that You can create the Experience of Life that You want, Joy or Misery, and how clearly You perceive Reality as it is. Opposite is true if you are not highly Conscious, your Experience is random and by accident and Your a slave to outside situations regarding your Mental health and Emotional States. Your perception is highly filtered and conditioned, not much clarity here at all at this level, just enough so you can live another day.. Our Bodies and Minds are not based on Free Will, Karma rules there, Memory is the basis of Karma and with Identification with memory nothing new ever comes forth so therefore everything is determined and cyclical. But we are not our Bodies or Minds, both are Gathered/Accumulated, what is you is Soul/Atman/Life in Embodied form, the key is Consciousness...

Creation is perfect because there is balance everywhere, this includes Creation and Destruction and Renewal.. Its so simple! As Human Beings we are a much a part of this cycle as anything else, as far as we know on this planet anyways, we have the most ability to be Conscious and Aware of this process, the other life forms experience it but do not understand it as much as we are capable of, its just we don't use this capability very much since we are identified with Mind, Thought/Emotions and simple survival desires like accumulating more and more in whatever area we are identified with...

Isn't this what they call a Spiritual Ego, only You know Truth? We aren't even talking about Truth, but for the sake of argument, just because You experienced it that way doesn't mean its like that for everyone else... This is like believing in doing Good things to go to heaven lol..

Don't try to figure out reality, its way way too complex, and your mind will lead You one way which is probably totally the wrong way, and today's science is only touching the surface, the deeper they get the more questions and research they need to do... It will be an endless misunderstanding and trying to figure it out if you go down this path. You can Experience Reality but not Understand it, as where is understanding coming from? Mind and our mind is limited...

Thoughts are recycled information that your 5 senses have brought in and Your intellect has put together to form some sort of coherent pattern or stream of images and ideas going on in your mind..Your Thoughts will strongly be influenced by what You are identified with, intellect revolves around identity. Memory of course is needed here, if You had no ability to remember, you wouldn't have thoughts, so all of this is making up stories in your head mostly compulsively, unless Your very Aware and have some space created btwn what is You and what is not You...

This is not guaranteed, upon physical death, Your state of Being in the moment will determine allot of how it is experienced in the beyond, in between time, if Your Blissful then You will be Blissful after physical death, if Your Fearful then that is what You may be feeling, and so on... You can practice how to be at the moment of death by being aware of the moment You fall asleep, and then added the experience of Bliss to it, then that will prepare you for the moment of physical death and beyond..

Couldn't Agree with You More

For sure a daily practice of meditation will help one awaken, simply because if You are more Happy, less stressed the process of Awakening will happen naturally. Practices do not make Awakening happen, they just wipe the slate clean, take away everything that is preventing You from Realizing Awakening naturally, its all about one's Karmic Makeup, once that is dealt with, Awakening happens quickly and easily, Practices deal with that...

@Princess Arabia Yes, the other forums like the Self Actualization Journal, the Society/Politics/Government one, and the Personal Development one are interesting and not as crazy as this one here. I actual find the contrast between reading someone journaling about how bad their life is , or how much frapping they do and what their daily life consists of, then to come here and only read about how everything is imaginary, I am God, your wrong I am right, it seems so weird and distant. The former are just trying to live simple happy lives, the latter are thinking they know the answers and are Gods themselves. I try to be in the middle somewhere, I work 5 days a week to pay the bills, have family life and try to live healthy and happy, while exploring higher possibilities of what it means to be Human only to come and have someone nut case tell me its all imaginary and none existent lol... Will be paying more attention to the other ones in the future for sure, less time here:)

@Princess Arabia Bravo, You've realized this place is mostly a waste of time, maybe only a few got the idea of Spirituality, most are mumbo jumbo, imaginary freaks, with brief high level experiences from drugs, just a bit under a heroin addicted credibility if You ask me... This place is mostly entertainment, I thought maybe some real deal would be here but no...The sharing on the life blog section is interesting though...