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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

There's ignorance of who's looking and then there's ignorance of the ignorance of who's looking. When we know there's ignorance of who's the self, we can investigate further, but if there's ignorance about the ignorance, we are closed ? for the truth.

Ego holds a position as truth in it's experience, when it cannot see it is a belief. When a belief is not seen as actually a state of not knowing truth, then there is no option but to defend the perceived truth. Because to the Ego it is seen as true based on all it knows. The Ego may be correct in the context it is looking from, but because there is ignorance about who is looking, every truth is tainted/spoiled.

Combine mindfulness with Self-enquiry. Otherwise perceptions will be tainted by the colour of identification. The impersonal mind will get you to the Truth. Also this should be helpful.

Interesting. There seems to be something here that is blocking your realisation. There seems to be a belief that awareness (the attributeless impersonal no-self) cannot know itself by being itself in it's purest. That it can only do it through appearing as sense perceptions (stuff) first. This is because you're indeed looking in the wrong direction. This is still content in the formless. That field of impersonal aware blankness is infinitely greater than the bodymind - the believed doer of the inquiry, so it can't be understood by mind, which you Still seem to be trying to do. Surrender, acceptance, practice. See everything as it is in your next meditation. Don't refer to past - this means that all you should be left with is the image of blackness, the sounds present, the feelings present and the sense of I am. Now defocus froma any of these objects and just Be the space for them. Allow the awakening. Feel yourself as That vastness. If the mind is looking it will look like nothingness, so only the objects will be seen. Mind needs to land on objects to know itself, unlike awareness.

You're infinitely beyond the circle surrounding the image you are seeing right now.

Beyond clear investigation of the present moment and what is actually here now. Extremely helpful!