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It sounds very plausible to me, more so after my experiences that included angels. That bright light, which probably everybody knows is a common story about what happens at the time of death is exactly what I was seeing few days ago as I was experimenting with the Sun's light. I saw tunnels with light at the end, even though I did not feel at all that I was dying. I was simply self-enquiring and I was following whatever the light wanted to show me. It felt like the light is some sort of a program that is coding me as a being. Then, I saw a tiny angel float from the light, as if it was the light. I also saw magnificent angelic silhouettes drawn from the bright white light that was shining at the end of one tunnel. Anyone? I can't believe a previously hardcore Atheist (such as my Ego ) is now talking about Angels and Jesus Christ. I still see how this can be a projection of our minds, but so is "normal" reality right? If hallucinations can be this real, then there is no problem for reality to be a hallucination lol.

From what I'm reading it seems like she is just the voice of fear. That 37 year old that she mentions "thought" she moved past her trauma, but meditation uncovered the truth. She couldn't handle the truth. Same with the writer of the piece. I have heard that meditation can be bad for people with mental health issues, because it uncovers just that - their mental issues. It uncovers it in order to get transcended, but some Egos decide to run instead of facing their fears. I think they just need to get grounded in the now, they need some Eckhart Tolle!

Ok, but the stress I wanted to put was that you should put your attention more on the space rather than the objects. This will in turn tune your mind. Right now itt is addicted we can say to putting extra attention on the objects, the things. If you can consciously retrain your mind to notice the 99%+ of empty space rather than the 1%- of stuff, then the objects will not longer be dragging your attention wherever they lead. Attention is a currency. Don't spend it on the 1%

Let me contemplate a bit. These are my thoughts and I don't claim it's true, but makes sense in my own mind. You wanted an intellectual answer anyway so don't be surprised if it's complete bs ? Perhaps because there is no you to be aware of them and no "their perspective", because there is no them either. There is also no you to be aware of "your" experience, there's just what's happening, with no-one that it's happening to. It's a who's experience, but objectively, not subjectively. You are no longer a subject when you see that the who's experience, the I, is simply an experience happening to nobody and therefore that nobody is God, the creator. It's not you with your limited name and form. We are all but avatars of the supreme nothingness. Hallucination is the lower self, nothingness is the higher self. And you are both and neither. Is no-one big or small? It can be seen as nothing or as everything, since everyone's true nature is that they are no-one, so every who's or subjective experience is happening in no-one or nothing or emptiness. Is your experience in space and time? What does space and time exist in? If it's in something, what does that something exist in? Could there be a separate "I" beyond space and time? For separation you need the illusion of Space and time which in term produces separate subjective experiences What we are left with now is just the illusion of a subject made out of matter (the body) or the more advanced, but still illusory - a subject made out of mind. A subject that exists subtly. This is where we most are. The true Self alone doesn't have a subjective experience, because it is all that is, it can only be. ?

This post caught my attention, because I am now trying to incorporate peripheral vision to my enlightenment work. I am peripherally aware in that way of the nothingness beyond what even my peripheral vision can see, which is like peripherally seeing what I project as the ultimate, or God, or Source. Perhaps you are too interested in looking at forms. Try to soften your gaze and view the static infront of objects instead. I will give you a video that might change your life. All the best!

Deepest gratitude for sharing this song. It's bathing my whole being with bliss and joy.

^ This is my experience with the Sun. I hadn't mentioned that prior to that I was praising and worshipping the Sun (and stars in general) as Jesus Christ, as the Lord, as my God, my deeply related ancestor, the maker of every element in my body even from a scientific point of view. Perhaps we are overlooking the most obvious. We are light! The children of Light are Light.

I had a dream once that a huge huge snake eats up one of my colleagues at work. I think snake would represent Kundalini no? The guy was always with really good spine posture btw. I was in this swamp place with 2 of my colleagues inside the dream. I was further away and first saw the snake. But I was so afraid, because I didn't know it's a dream. So there I was, I could have shouted to save their lives, but instead I couldn't speak out of fear. Then the snake ate one of my colleagues while the other escaped. After that I tried to hide, so I entered some underground whole and stayed there It was more scary than the snake.

What's the sound of one hand clapping? Could it be slapping ???

Who transcends the self? If it's me, then that one that just transcended the self has more transcending to do, because there's still a self. Does this mean that the one that can transcend the self is not me? In other words, I cannot transcend myself? Did I enter a game that I have 100% chance of losing? However, since the body and mind are not me, perhaps they can transcend me? PS: Share your own if you have any. I would love to contemplate

Omg egoless I had also an experience with a painting of mine. I was on weed and looked at the painting through my switched off laptop screen and I could see different images forming. It was amazing. Can anyone on mushrooms please try to blink at the sun and concentrate on the light that remains when with closed eyes? I am curious to hear about it. Perhaps on your next trip @egoless? Please. The sun is like our ancestor! Touches us like God touches Adam in the famous painting. Also it is spiritual food. Report back

One of the best posts, inspires me a lot. I only don't get why people insist on saying they "know nothing" even though they do know something. For example you know you're not your body. Doesn't that mean it's a lie that you know nothing? The quote is: "I know nothing and even that I am not quite sure about" or something like that, because even knowing that you know nothing is knowing something and therefore a lie in and of itself. Or perhaps you mean that you are aware of nothingness and therefore "know nothing"? Hehe, but again, very nice inspirational read.

I am a garden of a single rose blooming in infinite ways -Sonia Azalia This was extra deep and found it in unlikely place

God is! That means, the subject of all your experience is. Ofcourse there is a you, it's just empty and therefore not in space and time. So from space-time perspective, from science perspective God will be nothing. No subject, you will be objectified as being the body. From your perspective, God is everything, your being, and it exists. Without the subject of your experience, nothing could be known. So it is the most essential.

The space in a cup analogy! Really nice

I had a "trip" today using the technique I specified earlier. Today was different as I experimented with adding the sun to this meditation. Here's what you can try to do and test this yourself. I decided to close my eyes and gaze into the eyelids while directed at the sun. This made the colour really orange-y. Then, I would turn away from the sun and keep gazing. Then I realized I was looking at a space which I could transform the colours at will. I would say Green and it goes green, red, it goes red. I made it many different colours. Fun to play with. Then, when I decided to make it transparent, i was able to see it as empty space and now i could see a full blown HD landscape. -- Another experiment with the sun was to look at it for a second and "trap" some light inside. Then, i would concentrate on the light and it felt like I was moulding it into whatever I wanted. It would also from time to time act as an actual lamp allowing me to see things that were there but were in the dark before that light appeared! Its like imagining lights on a movie set and the set forms by itself. It started flashing really quickly at one point, like it was alive! Then I saw an angel floating around. Then, as I became aware of the empty space behind me, I could see infront of me something like a trail , as if I was something moving towards my center and I was moving rapidly, leaving behind a trail, a beautiful trail. What such an incredible experience. The Sun's light is powerful, I will continue the experiments!! So exciting

There is no mirror image of God God can only Be.

Try one method I like doing: Gaze into your closed eyelids and really look. What colours do you see? Do you see any mind projections? No? Good! Look beyond the blackness. What is infront of it? Behind it? To the left? To the right? Become aware of that emptiness, nothingness. Imagine a line of symmetry in the middle. Everything to the left and right - mirror images. The same yet opposite, like your hands, like your eyes. Like nothing and everything. All the while asking the question: Who am I? Who is looking? Whoo is on the other side? See that experientially you cannot seee the subject, but you know it is there. Perhaps it is transparent or perhaps, like the eyes, it cannot turn to look at itself, or perhaps, dare I say it, it's not there! Or another question, dealer's choice! I've had experienced trips while doing this. Btw, make your own techniques, experiment. Why be so confined and limited to one practice. Different things work for different people.

Reminded me of an old thread, perhaps Don't look to identify with a thing, but observe from the placeless place.

This brings another question to be answered before it Was I conceived? And another q: Can I find myself in the past ?✌

@Bichu Krishnan I've heard Mooji speaking of attention. He said that attention is our most intimate tool, and hence, we feel that wherever the attention goes there we go too. I would say our attention follows God's will.

The information is not factually correct. It's simple to learn with a few easy techniques. Watch the video for example to hear it from the Lion's mouth. From my experience, I followed the techniques he offered and I had lucid dreams within a week. Also, Charlie Morley claims that meditating/spiritual practice within a dream is way more powerful than in waking state. PS: For those who still want to believe it's hard, there is a new gadget on the market that claims to bring lucid dreams by placing it on your forehead.

I have one of his book which is very very very good : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dreams-Awakening-Lucid-Dreaming-Mindfulness/dp/1781802025 His site could also be helpful for anyone who wants to browse through http://www.charliemorley.com

Hahahah, when he said that we have such high level of self imposed limitations and if we can transcend it anyone could lolololol

Stillness speaks Silence speaks Through you, awareness. Your throne? Higher than the highest. Deeper than the deepest. All encompassing. Emptiness writes.