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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...

No, anxiety comes from living in your imagination or future awareness, depression comes from living in memory or past awareness, alertness and attention are Now based. Where is Life, where does it reside and exist, past, future or Now? It resides Now, and only Now, you cannot live in the past or future because they don't exist, only Now exists, so that has to become the primary. We don't disregard the past events, we use them to become wise, and we still plan for the future but don't live there in our mind, emotion or life energy..

Sadhguru - Unfortunately, people have begun to regard religion as faith. Religion is just a set of beliefs. Faith has nothing to do with belief. When you understand that you are just a brief happening, here today, gone tomorrow, when this is a living experience for you, you are in faith.

Faith is just as Bad, its akin to Belief.. I do not Know is better in the beginning anyways on a Spiritual Journey and even in everyday life, it allows You to truly open up, gain some Clarity and Live more in the Now than be memory/imagination orientated. I do not Know is like walking around a strange room in the dark, your alertness and attention is heightened, we should always be like this in a Intense way... Belief and Faith lower that intensity imo, it makes You think You know, but its not a true reality, reality is I don't know if I will eat tomorrow or get up tomorrow for that matter, anything can happen...

Belief is actually dangerous, Belief is saying "I know now", but You don't know, because Your belief is coming from an outside source. There's a difference btwn Belief and Knowing, I know I have 5 fingers on each hand, its not a belief...Its as simple as that. Our world is being ruined by Belief, its One persons belief vs. another persons belief that causes Wars, Strife and Immense Suffering, but If You know I am really not an Individual in the deepest sense (I have an individual body and mind complex but this is not what I am), then all of that Suffering would be gone... Just be careful with Belief..

Morals are rules made up from Societies, Societies are made up of Human Beings, so because of a lack of High Consciousness we have a Moral Code and/or Law so that the Society can at the least Function, without these things it would be chaos everywhere and no Wellbeing to be seen.. This is a question of Good/Bad, Right/Wrong and so forth, in the end there no such thing, Putin thinks and believes he is Good and Doing the Right thing, others disagree, neither is correct. Its just a matter of Consciousness, low Consciousness as we have with the masses of people alive today bring about a certain Samskara or way of things, this is due to individual Karma, which is the residual effect of previous actions (physical, mental, emotional and energy action) by which almost no one is aware of, most of the population is living by accident, hence we have a very Unconscious world and the results we have. With a lack of Consciousness for sure You will have a physical death and be reborn in another body, your Karma goes with you, but You can't remember it generally, if You did you wouldn't be able to function in this world, it like feeling guilt about an act You did, it bothers you, well if You could remember the 100's of lives you lived, then how would you function. So nature makes it so you can't remember but things have to be worked out, if You live Consciously you will work it out in this lifetime and not be reborn...

If there are no "Others' why are You posting this trip report here? Please answer this sincerely!

Your having an Intense Experience of Oneness, but because Your Ego Identified You bring it down to "I" am Everything, you see the correlation? Its not Good as Leo says, its Bad... Its good to have Intense Oneness Experiences, just don't make it egoic, then Your fine...Just say I am Everything, Everything is I.. In the End all we have is our Subjectivity, only our Intellects tells us there are others, but in reality that is just an idea, a very strong One..The problem with this is that You won't function in a society with this sort of realization very well..How do You function with others if there are no Others, and You are Everything? It doesn't work well, so You have to balance it out, You know there are other people out there, you've read their trip reports that are like Yours, are they not Real? It just feels like they aren't when under the influence, like drunk assholes, their assholes when drunk, okay when not drunk, so balance it out then You'll be okay, reframe Your experience, make it about being One with Everything, not about Ego and I..

Sadhana practice, what many call meditation is not about Adding, its about taking away, all the crap, conditioning, Karma, the things that don't allow You to experience Reality as it is.. One important question is why are we not born with naturally? We wouldn't survive as a species if we did, we would be too busy admiring a flower or sunrise and missing the Tiger about the eat us alive, so we have to Strive for Realization/Awakening, we have to stop identifying with our Body, Genetics, our Mind Past/Future Memory/Imagination complex, we can do this via Meditation, plus its healthy for us, if You are not is vibrant Health then Awakening won't happen easily for You, so there are foundational, Stabilizing things that we need to do for the Body and Mind to allow higher Energy Intensity to happen which is the pre cursor to Enlightenment!! Daily practice is critical, and it doesn't take 4 hrs, just 30min of consistent practice, as well as once or twice a year take time off for yourself, go to a retreat and delve deeply into the practices and be in consecrated places, this helps tremendously as well!!

@Breakingthewall You spend too much time on here Man, and there are a few others... I come on here after work sometimes, and during some days off for a hour or so, that's it, its entertainment of sorts, and once inawhile I read something worth while in my book, but forums like this generally are a waste of time,,,Anyone doing or experiencing real Spirituality is not in a place like this...

No, not angry or bitter, that is your assumption... Its just ppl may come here for some spiritual advice or research, and when they do that and figure that everything is Imaginary and nothing exists, this is total BS, and unreality, so I'm just exposing it for what it is!

You tell ppl they are wrong all the time, or do you not read your posts? I don't know much, and when i post on things for the most part its coming from theory or research, as it is when everyone posts. When You or anyone shares their truth, their experiences with others, its all a story to us, philosophy, concept and ideas shared, that's all. Until it becomes truth for the person reading it, its not truth, correct/incorrect, bad/good, its just a sharing... Like I said before, many have had very intense experiences while on drugs/psychedelics, this is great, and I don't judge them for it, but its the drugs giving them the experience, exposing a possibility, my only problem is with some's interpretation of those experiences, thinking they are God, or that everything is imaginary, they aren't and everything is real, more real than real...

@Ancestor Whatever someone is lacking in something or an area of life, that thing become their God per say, their Divinity or thing they want the most...Lonely People want Love, same with those that had no parental attention as kids, that is why they do heroin, the first hit gives them that sense of Love and Acceptance.. But Existence and Non Existence is not about Love, no one out there in space or time cares anything about You or anyone on this planet, this whole planet could disappear out of existence and no one or thing would care... This existence, God persay, is more akin to a Grand Intelligence of sorts, its so complex and intertwined and entangled that only a super Intelligence could be responsible for it, not an Entity or Being or any sort, just a Grand Intelligence we could never understand or explain, the Yogis have come the closest though...

Full Enlightenment is possible, but not for the masses, only the ones that have mastery over the Human System can be fully Enlightened and Embodied and here on Earth, most ppl that reach Enlightenment leave the body at that instant, the Energy intensity alone would make it not possible for them to hold onto the body, its like being electrocuted... Some masters can even physically die and rebuild their bodies and come back later in time,,,some crazy shit!!!

I'm sorry buy whatever you say or write has no credibility with Me, Your like the Joker on this forum, every forum has one... You speak in riddles, and make no sense half the time, no point in reading Your stuff in my book,,

I've had lot of experience with the Indigenous ppl where I grew up, lot of Reserves there...There are many reasons why the women are missing, many are killed by relatives, unreported murders and/or accidents, many are kidnapped, brought into sex slavery and other types of slavery, its a horrible mess what is happening to those ppl, so much pain and sorrow, as Eckhart Tolle says their Pain Body is huge...