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Are you saying God has an Ego? I've had an experience of seeing an angel, but if it's past, i cannot be sure of their existence. Also of matter for that matter. How do you know that your experience /insperience from the past was absolute? Infinity never stops,in all directions. If God has an image of itself at one point, no matter how grand it is, God is already missing infinitely much of itself, the infinity beyond the circle of present perception of God. The Human is God being aware of a limited part of itself, because that's the only way God can be aware of itself. In other words if infinity perceives infinity, who perceives the bigger infinity. And so on.. (yes you can say there is no bigger infinity, but truth is infinity never stops growing. So at any point in time experiencing infinity will be an outdated version, because that very second God became infinitely more than what is perceived.) Where am I going wrong, and don't say its just thinking, i spend enough time not thinking too, it's time for some balance. Im not arguing im sharing my point of view and reasoning for saying what im saying.

Yes, but that's what I mean. In my understanding, the illusionist is impersonal awareness. How can something impersonal be alone? Isn't the aloneness factor a dimension added by individuality? What I'm saying is there needs to be an "I" for loneliness and aloneness. Otherwise to whom are these attributes pointing to? There's no one there. The illusionist is not an entity, as my investigation is leading me to believe. To explain what I mean even simpler: Aloneness and Loneliness mean: I + no-one else. If there is no "I", this is nonsensical.

I don't know that no one else exists, it's just a theory for me. As far as I know from a human standpoint, my reality is largly impacted by the other fields of consciousness on this planet. We may all be one in essence, but that essence is spread out over different vehicles which make it shine differently. That's beautiful If you ask me. Tbh, I dont think it's right to say awareness is alone, because awareness has no personality. Personality is part if the vehicle it runs through and shapes like water shapes a stone.

In Bulgaria we have a word 'Просвета', which means both Enlightenment and Education. I have memories of being in an afterlife, regretting that I didn't read more. Perhaps we are on this plane with the purpose to learn as well, not only fool around ? Like also to learn at our core, not only learning something that we'll forget after few days/months/years. Learning things that will stick with us forever n ever! Come to think of Bulgarian words... Свят means both World and Holy !

@tatsumaru Oh btw, to answer your question. Yeah it's not intellect, it's feeling-knowing that we should use here.

@tatsumaru I think assuming that there is a truth and that it's the simplest thing is pretty good thing to have on your radar - I certainly started like that too. For me personally, I've dealt with Mathematics in the past, and I just love clear and simple solutions to problems, not long winded 'smart looking' ones. That's the kind of truth I am looking for. Clear and simple, because complexity is shit basically Truth like : If it's not here now always, then it's not truth, cause it can be forgotten. I like the here and now to remind me what the truth is... In any situation... Because basically Im too dumb to remember!

But that doesn't only mean that non existence doesn't exist, it can also mean non existence is the only thing that exists. It depends on perspective. Non existence hallucinates existence and existence in return hallucinates non existence - the perfect strange loop ?

There doesn't exist an apple in this sentence. - non existence. There exists an apple in this sentence ?. - existence. It all depends on the zoom level. I think this conceptualization is not at all important, just a distraction. Only Infinite Void+ Infinite Light exist. The rest is monkey mind. Here's more conceptualisation for you

There was a pic once on this forum of a meditator or something - eyes open = hell, eyes closed = heaven. I wonder if anyone can help me to find it

@Monkey-man You underestimate 0. You think you know what it is to say that God isn't it... 0 is not nothing and Nothing is not nothing, Non-existence is not nothing. Back to the drawing board!

I never even knew Bashar has paid content until you mentioned it. The free content is enough to get the wisdom. Judge the content, not where it's coming from.. Bashar isn't supposed to need money, sure, but the argument is invalid, because it's not Bashar who gets the money, it's Darryl Anka, who is not the supposed alien. Goes to show that you are simply with an agenda to try to discredit the guy. Nothing personal, but that's just how I see it. I can't speak about the crystal's functionality, because I haven't tried it. I can't judge something as correct or incorrect if I haven't tried it. Recently I am led to believe that the world is much more magical than I realise, especially when geometry is concerned. Btw thanks for showing me this vid. I already have attempted to re-draw it, so now I have a permission slip hanging on my wall - for free! I'll keep you updated if something happens

If you don't want to buy, there is a ton of free content, and whatever the situation, this guy speaks truths. If a scammer is still speaking truth, it doesn't matter that he's a scammer. Actually I believe he is not a scam and also I don't see anything bad in Darryl Anka trying to make a living out of what he offers. So does Leo and anyone who doesn't want to live in a cave.

The continuous recognition of your own being generates joy. When asking the question "Who am I?" one does two things: 1) One has a silent recognition of one's own being (+1 Happiness) 2) points directly at the formlessness/unanswerableness of that being if no thought/image is used as the answer. This formlessness seems like nothing to the mind, but that doesn't matter, because you still get the recognition of "I AM" no matter what that I AM is. What makes one unhappy can only be something in addition to that I AM. If the I AM by itself remains, that's when wholeness/completeness begin. When something is added to the I AM, like an image of yourself, the I AM becomes divided and the wholeness lost. Remaining in this wholeness, even just for 30 minutes at a time brings the joy of being to the practitioner. The Human needs to learn how to draw joyful energy from the formless source of No Mind.

I think this should be moved to the Self-Actualization section, because in the Consciousness section we usually talk about how we find the No Self Self, not how we find/improve the Outer Self Or am I mistaken? Perhaps sprinkle some 'higher consciousness living' in there

The 100th monkey

Very empowering stuff

Enlightenment is also about radical acceptance of what is, because it cannot be otherwise!

It's never about the words, it's about the spaces between the words <3

There is Enlightenment. It's always here now. That's why they say you have to stop chasing. Enlightenment means to be happy wherever you are simply by recognising your being. Not wanting to go here and there to fill the void, or acquire something, or be someone. Not feeling a constant background of unease. When one remains in the field of Enlightenment, which is now, only God's will remains. There is no option but to bow. ? And let God heal/destroy as is God's wish. That's Enlightenment for me.

@egoless Why would enlightenment mean you stop being human? That's a belief. You can realize you're the sky without destroying the clouds ☁

This gives me idea! Could go for learning something more esoteric, like Reiki or something.

You can't have it, you are it

Yes, very enlightening. Instead what we should be interested in is that which remains the same in absolutely all states.

Look up Ramana Maharshi, Rupert Spira, Mooji and other sources for slightly different self-enquiry practices. It's basically asking the question: "Who am I/ What am I", but not conceptually only. That which you're aware of - thoughts, feelings, sights, sounds, sensations - absolutely everything that appears in your present moment awareness cannot be you, because it is being perceived by you. The world is an object in experience, who is the subject? Let's say the body The body is an object in experience, who is the subject? Let's say the mind The mind(including the I thought) is an object in experience, who is the subject?

No direction / All directions. In the direction of defocusing