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@Natasha you're right. We are wired this way, but paradoxically, we're not--only our egos, but not if we transcend the ego.

Well, of course, it's your choice. But, do you want to keep practicing and be interested in non-committed relationships? This might be an indication that you may keep attracting such gals. Do you want to get to know yourself first before you make the choice? Are you not sure of yourself? Because you had to ask the question: should I do it in a non-committed relationship? Well, in this case, get to know yourself first. And then, get to know the other person. You're presented with profound info such as Spiral Dynamics. Just because there are profound info out there, doesn't mean a person fully understands it. It's hard to know what you don't know.

All these lessons in the relative truth: Came from the absolute truth: God (No-self/Truth) --> Everythingness --> Singularity (Riding the Ox Backwards/Black, White Hole) --> to love realm (embodiment into an ego, earth, and universe) Since this is the case, life itself is a reflection of the absolute truth. Life is a school. This could be an indication of another awakening when you experience that life is a school. Since life is a school, some teachers don't recommend that you keep trying to induce awakenings. If you do, your life path and spiritual path may be misguided because it doesn't really reflect the truth. Both paths will not be in correlation with each other. This could be an indication of neediness--the need to get rid of the ego and not wanting to embody in it again. (Skipping school. ) The path is a journey of lessons to be learned and embodied. If you didn't learn the lesson yet, why do you deserve to experience the profound wisdom?

Question: how do you define what are your healthy boundaries? This question, I noticed, is not often discussed. Are you able to let go of her in peace if she doesn't respect your boundaries? Does she have any healthy boundaries, or does she just want to try out different guys sometimes? _____ Did you know, first and foremost, you can only have a relationship with yourself? That is the number one truth. Does she understand this? If she does, then what is the need of other guys? Of course, you can't go and force a person to change and make them understand.

If I am in your place, I wouldn't worry about what is Truth now. I would just go about finding a high conscious life purpose and contribute to the world in some way. Ask yourself, "how am I going to do this?" And, do it step by step daily. Maybe, Truth will come to you one day, and then you'll be able to relate to what ppl are saying when they talk about awakening to enlightenment. If you're going to be happy and successful in life, you're going to have to do a high conscious life purpose anyway whether or not you know Truth. And then, when Truth comes to you, you can embody Truth in your life purpose, but make sure your life purpose is high conscious. It's hard to embody Truth in a low conscious life purpose--because you will see that life itself came out of Truth, not the other way around. Truth is a guidance toward life; life is not a guidance to Truth.

Why are you saying this? Are you ok? Have you been in an actual war before? It's stage red/blue for generations. Not just death, but the hate/racism/bigotry gets passed on for generations without a clue.

Please always take care of yourself. Don't forget this. You're awesome.

Hey, I was spending some time with my friend, and something came up here. I think the LGBTQ topic is a topic that needs ppl to be very open-minded on, and full education. Otherwise, perhaps later in life, the person may learn the hard way. (Another topic that needs attention on is mental health / illnesses.)

@Leo Gura I was just singing a bunch of songs with my friend and wondering where on the spiral some of them are. Thanks for the song.

@Leo Gura hey Leo, if you make LGBTQ friends, and let's assume that you've made all musical friends who like to sing all different kinds of music. (Cause not everyone likes music.) I wonder if the two friends who are singing are likely to sing: "I kissed a girl and I liked it..." ??? I think they're likely to sing it if one or both friends are not straight. This thought came to my mind. This song also sounds like a person who just discovered that he/she is of a different sexual orientation, or, a person of two sexual orientations. (For instance, he/she is both gay and transgender.) Ok, I didn't really hear the first few lines of the song, "I got so brave, drink in hand...lost my intention..." So, you're probably right. However, I find it has double meanings, esp when gay guys sing it.

Ok. Maybe this is a better version of the song sung by John Barrowman, but he's acting in high heels.

@Leo Gura ok, but this song is sung by a lot of LGBTQ singers, including my bi friend. He sings really nice. I wish I had that type of voice.

All I'm saying is, nothing that was said in this thread is wrong. However, I'm saying that we do have choice, even though the choice is an illusional one. If we do make choices in this duality, the easier lessons learned operate under the principles of the awakening. You may be in a very challenging situation but choose to learn in an easier way. And, you learn from others' mistakes.

Well, I'm not completely silent. This forum has helped me articulate my awakening anonymously. I actually needed this help. I needed the practice in communication. When it comes time to do it for real in my life purpose, I would have some experience already. Tell it wisely. Pick words wisely. However, I do believe in remaining mostly silent. The actions and the lifestyle are stronger communications. Practice what you preach is a stronger message. And, you were saying that you wanted to hear from the mods. Well, it doesn't matter mods or not. But, oh well, this is my take on it. It's always like this, especially when you realize something new, a new lesson. I forgot to say that Truth is completely independent. It doesn't need anything because it already is everything. So, Kiyosaki, when he helped his sister at that moment when he saved her life, is a great reflection of the to love realm. However, the big lesson is with his sister. She has to learn to reflect Truth more in her life and not be greatly dependent on anyone.

Do you want to learn the easy way or the hard way? Both ways are not wrong. I'm not arguing against the way. However, if you, by chance, pick the hard way, this doesn't really reflect the Truth. Truth does not suffer. When Truth transforms during the awakening, there will be a strong indication to the ego that you've embodied in the to love realm. It's not the to suffer realm. This lady picked a simple life, and became a monk. However, if you look into her story, she had bodily cancer, and her fellow monks (nuns) tried their best to raise money through donations. It was almost too late. The donations were not enough to treat her. So, she called her brother, Kiyosaki, a wealthy real estate tycoon and Trump's friend. He had the money to save her life. However, afterwards, her brother wanted her to learn entrepreneurship, and so they wrote a book together. She learned the hard way. She skipped through stage orange, and decided to live the simple, green lifestyle as a monk. She did not have to learn the hard way. I'm not saying it's wrong. It's just a whole lot of suffering.

@Aakash well, if you make your illusional, Maya life mirror the Truth more, that is a better communication of the Truth. When you become one with everything literally, you don't suffer. You're just being in peace and detached from yourself. Being Mr. Bean or a wife beater isn't a good reflection of the Truth, although it's only acting and temporary. It only serves as an undesirable lesson to be learned in this life, which, of course, isn't wrong. Someone has to do it to teach the lesson. Even a person who has reached Nirvana could choose to reincarnate in this life as the biggest ego to teach the lesson so the right ppl could move forward. I'm saying it in this way because if you only say, "we don't have choice because everything is just one," it's too simple and can misguide ppl into believing something like, "the purpose of life is just to do nothing."

@Aakash why not just call it "illusional choice?" That would make more sense to me. I know I'm just an actor in a movie, but that doesn't mean I choose to play the role of Mr. Bean.

What? I said not to be attached to anything I said or anyone said. Ok, fine, this may be your last life after learning all your lessons. Then, you move onto nirvana. But, only you know your own unique path.

Yes, I get what you're saying. I have something to add to this:

A wise man knows that he's embodied in an ego, and it's clear to him that he always have a long way to go. The ego is never the end of the journey.