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Once You identify with things You are not, the Mind will go crazy (as it has with You unfortunately) and nothing in this Universe can help You, so the problem of Identity! This is a huge problem with most all the population, we are inundated with all sorts of information/data sources, that are conflicting as well, this puts us in a major mode of confusion, first we think too much (ppl are having 50K+ thoughts a day), and those thoughts are conflicting, so it puts lots of mental stress on ppl to a high degree. So first drop all this, stop philosophizing life away, just go out and live, don't live via the thought or psychological process which is not Life at all, just recycled data your brain has collected over time, Learn how to breath right, sit right, think right, live right, calm down Your nervous system, live more in the moment rather than past or future, stop judging so much, and just be present in day to day awareness, first establish a sense of Peace, then go from there, otherwise life will become more torturous for You!

Both of these by Sadhguru, Yogi's Guide to Joy and his autobiography "More than a Life" I think like each of Us in normal Human Life, it will be a unique journey but these are good guides in some ways, Sadhguru has a saying, he wants "Undercover" Yogi's all over the place, out in the world making change by just being who they are within themselves, that is a sign of a true Yogi.., He also has a Bramachariya sect at the India Ashram that he has, one has to apply for it and be accepted into it, its a serious path to the Divine..

With Sadhguru it is not a "Teaching" he has said this many times, nor it is a Philosophy or Intellectual pursuit, its a Method, a Technique or Science of Sorts, where as many out there, Leo I would say as well, its more Teaching, Philosophy or Intellectual pursuit, as where is the method, I don't see it, just talking and explaining their way of understanding. Now in today's age there has to be some talking and explaining, Q&A for sure, otherwise no Interest would be there, ppl are not Aware and Sensitive/Willing enough to just sense the presence of someone in the know, so transmission of Spiritual Knowing or Power for lack of a better word is not as possible today because ppl are addicted and identified too much to Words and Intellect... Sadhguru shares : 1) Basic Life Lessons that are practical and useful for eg, Now is all there is, Past is Memory, Future is Imagination, both are very useful tools but don't Live there, Live totally NOW...Accept the Inevitability of the Moment, it is as it is, nothing can be done about it, other than Accepting or non Accepting, Accepting allows You to be open to a new possibility, non Accepting closes that door, your stuck in the past/memory... Responding vs Reacting, Responding corresponds with being Conscious/Aware, Reacting is opposite of this.. 2) Basic and Advanced Yogic practices - Shambhavi Mahamudra, Shooyna, Shakti Kriya, Complete Yogasana Course (18 weeks I think to become certified, has to be done at the main Ashram in India), Sadanapada (a 7mth stay at the Ashram in India, where one is put on a Sadhana schedule and Volunteering schedule, and time with Sadhguru and Swami's), Bramachariya opportunities (this is by appointment only, one has to apply for it and go thru a strict interview and other process to be accepted), and many other events and opportunities... 3) Consecrations, Sadhguru has done many many Consecrations, the most significant was the Dylanalinga which is a temple that has a living alive Linga(like a living Guru) that ppl can sit with and imbibe the energy and benefits that it gives... 4) Treks to Himalayas and such journeys, very significant for one on the Spiritual path.. 5) Many other courses and such that enhance one's sensitivity and willingness to progress on the path, none of this has to do with talking, philosophising and/or intellectualizing..

What is the significance of celibacy on the spiritual path? Sadhguru explains that celibacy is just the surface of what once came from a very deep understanding. He describes brahmacharya as an effort to organize oneself so that everything you need is within yourself – to move from being a compulsive human being to a conscious one.

The Nunchuk table tennis is fake, but Bruce was really a Phenom for sure... He was a very fast learner, show him some physical movement and the next day he was doing it better than You, he was super focused, intense and driven, he wasn't a physcial specimen when he was younger, but he made himself into One as he found his path via the Martial Arts, and super strong too for a guy his size. And of course his speed was off the charts, he used to play a trick on ppl he never met before, he would put a quarter in your hand, and tell you to close it and prevent him from grasping it, he then went for it, and the person thought they had got him, but when they opened their hand Bruce had put a dime there in place of the quarter, they had no idea, and his power in his strikes and kicks was out of this world, he would kick stunt men across a pool with a side kick when they held the kick pad for him. Lots of stories like this around..Most every Martial Artist he met, they were all impressed with him,k some of them were long time martial artist in their own right, but dropped everything when they met Bruce, one of the greats!!

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Karma means My Life is My Making, without Karma no existence would be here, neither You or I or this forum. so Karma is neither Good or Bad, those are ego judgements, think more about Life Empowerment or Disempowerment, you want Empowerment right, so with a Human Being it has allot to do with Intention, if You have Disempowering Life Intentions within You on a regular basis, it will reflect in Your Life, if You have Empowering Intentions that will reflect in Your Life, its that simple.. Ego in many is Disempowering, Spirit/Consciousness/Aware is Empowering, choose where to come from and that will reflect in Your Life...

Its not about Him. its not about him being a Guru, or Enlightened, or perfect/imperfect, flawed/flawless, its about YOU, does the stuff he shares work or not? If it works great, if not then do something else, its no shirt off his back.. Just realize, if You want to do big things in this world then you for sure will have enemies, some do not want this world to change, they want it too stay the same for a variety of reasons, Sadhguru wants it too change, so he has allot of enemies...They crucified Jesus, what did Jesus ever do to anyone that was destructive to anyone else?

Sadhguru says most ppl that reach Enlightenment, at that same moment leave the Body, they merge with existence, oneness, absolute, only the ones that know the mechanics of Life, Masters per say, can stay on, either they create their own Karma or some other way I guess... Like Eckhart Tolle I don't think he is Enlightened, I think he is a sort of Saint, a Great Teacher, has a high level Experience (after his experience from Depression to Bliss, he didn't know what was going on, he sat around enjoying it for a few years then did some research on it, studying the various spiritual practices and methods, then came to his own conclusions, he's basic in his teaching but its very effective)..

One of the problems on the forum is everyone is making up definitions of words, now Love means accepting everyone as they are, that's not Love, that's Accepting lol. When I hear or read the word Love, I think of a feeling within Myself towards another person, place or thing, I've applied a special type of importance and significance to them and included them as a part of myself... First ask why do You want Love? Where is Love coming from? Why do You think Love is the highest, what about Devotion, Compassion, Intelligence, are these aspect of Existence not relevant or important? I really think what is happening is that people are having Grand Experiences, but without a foundational aspect already there, then applying what they are lacking in Subconsciously and making it that, Enlightenment is Love, Enlightenment is Awareness, Enlightenment is Knowing, bla bla bla... Remember these are just words and labels we Humans have created, they really don't mean anything, its us talking around things, not about the thing directly...

A couple more... Mantra or the Science of Using Sounds, with this (why the importance of a Guru) certain sounds and how You perform them are Consecrated meaning they are like Keys to the Universe and such, if done right they can open You up in many Empowering ways, AUM is the basic sound of the Existence, repeat saying it and it vibrations coming about correctly and things start to happen, but concentration on the vibration is important! Less Discernment and Judgement, the Ego luvs to Judge, listen to it Judging all day, then create a space btwn it, as well concerning Discernment, just sense observe with Eye's Ears without Discriminating or Labelling, just See and Hear, and that will open You up in ways as well...

Spirituality has nothing really to do with Emotions and high/lows and what Your feeling directly, Spirituality is about Experiencing and Realizing that part of Yourself that is non physical, as we are not the Body or Mind, both Body/Mind hold all ability to Suffer right? But with Joy and Bliss the road to Realization is more Easily done, Your at Ease when Joyful and Blissed out, but this has to come with a Balance, the Balance is there no identification or neediness associated with it, if there is then its not leading You to Realization of the Reality that You are.. With Bliss as a Natural Occurrence in Your Life, then "What about Me" drops, Your no longer in Survival Instinct Mode, so much of what ppl do, even though it doesn't look like it on the surface, are in Survival Instinct Mode, building walls of Self preservation around them deeper and deeper, with True Bliss Experience this is all gone, you still have common sense, Your not going to cross the street without looking both ways, but your level of Perception and Experience goes way beyond this and Life just opens up for You, everything about You increase in Profoundness and Intensity, all Your Creativity, Compassion, Intelligence, Awareness goes up tremendously, and Your touched by nothing on the outside, You enjoy a ice cream but if you never have it again it doesn't matter...

Your Welcome, I was just thinking the other day after reading some of your recent posts and in the Self Actualization Journal part of the forum, you seem to have changed allot over the last months, from very negative to very positive and empowered, which is good to see, something has happened within You now so keep it going!!

This forum is full of Spiritual Ego's and not in a healthy empowering way, if you notice the questions raised repeat themselves many times over, your not real, life is imaginary, God is all there is, sort of stuff, it really gets one nowhere, its someone just philosophizing in away, and philosophy is not so good to identify with since there are presently 8 billion different philosophies in the world today, everyone has one,, It basically our Intellects going out of control, this is rampant all over he world in many different areas of life, it will kill all of us eventually if we don't stop it, first within ourselves then world wide hopefully someday.. Just work on yourself, improve everyday in one area, drop a limitation every week, soon there will be none left...

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Yes, once you have an Awareness of a certain level it more than likely won't go away, same with Ego death or Awareness, once You see the Ego for what it is (neither good or bad) then a space is created, and mostly never collapses, this is the beginning baby steps of the Spiritual Path...

Thought this was interesting, here Captain Kirk has to deal with a super computer (AI) taking his job and putting him in the gutter, but things go wrong. Interesting how we are dealing with this now and the possibilities of what may happen when it goes online and gets huge, This was a show from the late 60's, so cool how they predicted it as it is actually happening today with great precision, ppl losing their job/careers that they love, the what now dilemma now that there is no job to go too, and the fears of what can happen if it goes rogue, very interesting!!!

The Fact is Your Body and Mind and whole Life form is full of Truth, so You have to drop all belief systems, calm the mind or have a space btwn what is You and the mind thinking complex patterns and just listen to it, and invibe it, then You will know Truth.. This is why we have tons of methods, the methods get You to the point that you can easily recognize it, right now most ppl cannot recognize it, their minds are too active and they are full of belief systems/conditioning..

Wolfgang Smith graduated from Cornell University at age 18 with degrees in physics, mathematics, and philosophy. In his life he's published extensively on mathematics, pioneered crucial advances in aerodynamics, rallied against the metaphysical assumptions of scientism, and met with Vedic masters.

Spirituality is the Study of the Non Physical Aspect of what You are, the thing/Intelligence that created everything and was there before Creation..So what we are is this in a manifested physical form, dealing with a Dual and Material World, with a Strong Survival Instinct, Ego complex, Identity situations, and such, but with an almost Unlimited Potential and Possibility, we can live below animals and rodents, or we can live above Saints and Gods, that is our choice, so the element of Free Will comes into play with our potential as well...

1) Realizing NOW is all there is, past is memory, future is imagination, making this a realization rather than an Intellectual concept.. 2) Accept this Moment is Inevitable, that what is going on now situationally is the way it is, this stop stress Response in its tracks... 3) Respond to Life, don't React to Life situations, Responding is Awareness becoming Active and Dynamic, Reacting is Awareness Stagnant... 4) Shambhavi Mahamudra 5) Observing Mind Patterns and Ego rising and falling throughout the Day!

So I've been rewatching some Star Trek episodes from the original series in the 60;s. the one that started it all, some interesting episodes came up.. The 1st one from the 1st season called "Errand of Mercy", is where the crew and Kirk, Spock come upon a planet that is in the path of the Klingons, Kirk goes down there to warn them but they are pacifist, saying "There is no need to be concerned, nothing will happen to Us", well Kirk doesn't by it, and when the Klingons do come to take over, he stays and pretends to be one of them, in the end it shows Kirk defending the right to fight and start a war with the Klingons, the two of them are totally ideological indoctrinated and only when the beings on the planet reveal themselves in their true form (beams of Light and gifted with great powers), they prevent a war from happening btwn the Federation and Klingons, so in basic terms Kirk comes in contact with virtual Gods and lots can be learned... trailer here.. The next episode of interest was called "This side of Paradise" in which the Kirk and crew come to a colony agriculture planet that has been out of contact for some years, they go down there and finally meet up with the colonist (a bunch of agricultural scientist) who say everything is perfect and they are completely fine, but Kirk and crew find there are no animals or insects and the planet is being bombarded by a sort of radiation, and they have to evacuate the planet, but the colonist don't want to leave, then Spock gets sapped by some spoors from a plant, loses his logic and becomes very happy and in love again with an old acquaintance he met 6yrs prior, then MCcoy gets sapped to as does the rest of the crew, its like they all are on LSD feeling high and have no cares in the world, only Kirk doesn't get sapped and finds that intense emotions like Anger or Guilt/Shame gets them back to normal, whatever normal is, in the end Spock says something interesting at the end of the episode when asked about the experience on the planet " I don't have much to say about the planet other than it was the first time in my life I was Happy".. trailer ...

The opposite of Suffering is Blissfulness, yes both can be traps but with Blissfulness when it is naturally occurring, sets one free from the outside stimuli trap of looking for happiness outside yourself, you learn that all Experience happens within You, no where else, from this foundation "What about Me" drops, you now out of the self preservation/survival instinct loop, and can move on and find the Ultimate Potential and Possibility for a Human Being, but yeah many get stuck in the Bliss phase thinking its the top level, but its just the start.. Suffering is below the starting point, your in a hole in this state, can go anywhere from there...

She's using some sort of video filter, makes her look weird, all for the affect...Basic attention seeker that's all, like most around here...