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@electroBeam A new answer came to me, which might be satisfactory: When one is enlightened, serving anyone is the same as serving oneself. It's like looking at the body: within it there are enlightened entities, which work for the good of the entire organism, and unenlightened ones - the ones which destroy the organism they are a part of. The enlightened being has realized the bigger picture and transforms from ego (division, disease) to a helpful entity (oneness, unity, love, serving for the higher good). To conclude, the enlightened is always serving themselves

There was one time on this forum someone said something genius among the lines of: 70% of the time people use statistics, they are pulled out of their a**

Indeed I cannot critisize what you're saying, but I am not taking competition to mean enemy. In my earlier days, when I was one of the top mathematicians my age in my country, I couldn't have reached that level, if it wasn't for one of my best friends and the joyful competitive spirit between us. I think you're throwing the baby with the water here. I agree that aggressive competition where you have enemies is not very great indeed. Constructive competition on the other hand is no different than cooperation.

Yes, I fully agree with this 100%, I think it's one of the most important things to know on the path. There cannot be competition in oneness, but that's because oneness is pervading even competition. Let me explain further what I mean: As you said enlightenment is the loss of identification with any form, any delusion. Loss of Ego lets say. Competition is in the realm of the dream, growth of any type, including spiritual growth is also in the realm of dreams. Competition is opposition between one view and another, dont you think if there were no opposing views, and we all circlejerked around any delusion can be removed? Buddha was in competition with suffering. It was his enemy, it made him grow into the spiritual master he became. It's my point of view.

Isn't spiritual progress still something material? I mean just like we call thoughts a form, we can call that spirit which can grow and progress form too. Cause isn't the true nature of all that which is unchanging? That never competes, but individual souls are not that. For me spirituality is not about anything other than That one, the unchanging.

I wouldn't say competition is pointless, it makes both parties work harder and improve, grow more than they would if they didn't have each other's opposition, rivalry. Competition is a beautiful thing. I agree with the spontaneous bit. Why must we overthink what an enlightened being would do? Where's the freedom if they are ought to act a certain way? hehe

Who knew God and the son of God enjoyed idle talk and no action, I guess I trully am made in his image hehe. From where I'm sitting it looks like a bunch of delusions, but who cares, im a simple soul.

Being has such a deep reality, the thing this world points to is priceless. Being does not discriminate between good or bad, they are all loved equally!

Absolutely everything is an act of God, including Ego

I am literally a rag doll I am literally my own present/gift

Every soul has their own inner world, which only they can access. Not even god can see your inner world. Only you have the key. Surrender to the truth of your existence.

No, for us to do this we don't have to believe in God/Devil. @Emerald said it best: "The Devil definitely exists as part of the human psyche that subtly influences our behavior toward destructive drives." - It's not some other entity, it's part of conditioning. It's Tamas. Wiki: ..Rajas (passion and activity) and Sattva (purity, goodness). Tamas is the quality of imbalance, disorder, chaos, anxiety, impure, destructive, delusion, negative, dull or inactive, apathy, inertia or lethargy, violent, vicious, ignorant. ^ This is the devil and we don't have to look further than the human race to find it.

Yes, this is why people are capable of doing despicable things to the environment and animals, and normalise it as if it's something perfectly ok. It's a nightmare what humanity is doing tbh. Don't do to others what you don't want to be done to you... I bet humans don't wanna be get kept in cages, killed brutally and eaten. We are eating ourselves...........

How easy is it for one to forget the I?

If you dont control yourself, the environment controls you. This can both be good or bad. To be yourself means to be. Learning to forget is liberation.

To find yourself you need to know how to forget

HAHAHAHAHA This is so good

I am dying of laughter rn Laughing out of your mind is an amazing experience omg! Laughing out of my heart is even better :D:D:D because it is a self sustaining laughter, at some point you laugh because you laugh and just BURST :D:D:D

I feel a hole in my entire body

Lose your mind and let it assimilate, that you are God, Consciousness. You literally have the best seat in the house. You're inside pure art. Stop and look: every picture you see is like a Picasso painting, but only 2747382746728474627 times better, because you are there, looking at it. Letting it be. Peace. Art wants to be seen, so it's your job to look and assimilate this beauty.

The first word came from no mind You have to learn words to use them. You have to learn truth, to use it.

I am expressing the present moment, join me!

Everybody is expressing their inner world, whether it is unconscious or not.

Dive deep into that inner world and find yourself there. Save yourselves from doom.

@Sevi Wow, the meditation went smoothly here too, I was enquiring and felt free. I went on to doing visualisations, drew the Om symbol as if I was drawing on paper (I have been practising to draw it nicely) then watched it, all the while enquiring. Tried doing REM, expecting to induce a dream, but I guess im doing it better in sleep Now I am sitting on a tree and it is so peaceful around here. Wonderful!