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I simply am too, but I noticed that this sentence can be used to justify the existence of an Ego that "simply is", which doesn't help us. Im sure you know this already , but for the sake of conversation, we have to be sure what is that I that simply is.

Looks like she is having a 5-MeO trip and her face is being punched by invisible ninjas so she can experience the no self! I like it!

Mind doesnt need to know anything, what You need to do is sense the presence of nothingness with Your (Nothingness') Awareness, which is the same as awareness becoming aware of itself. That's tricky, at least for me, but my practise is clearer now with this understanding (ok maybe its good for the mind to know something hehe :D). So Nothingness becomes aware of nothingness, but this is the realm of nonduality, so to answer your question awareness, nothingness, God, presence all are one no-thing that is you, consciousness, absolute infinity. It's tricky (impossible for the mind to become aware of true nothingness) so thats why disidentification with mind/Ego is needed, so you can increase the faculty needed to sense that nothingness - that faculty is awareness! Only awareness can sense awareness (nothigness); only infinity is big enough to hold within its sight infinity; Only nothingness is small enough to see nothingness; Only you can discover your true self! I am not enlightened, but this is my understanding so far.

WHy am I seeing this post only now? Maybe I'll give this a go, if its still free.

I listened to this on repeat the entire day during work and at home. It is so very very clear, love Ekhart, he once saved my life and now showing me heaven, what a saint Ofcourse i have more contemplating to do..

This point needs to be crushed into our egos over and over until they pop:)

Wow, the first two look like some Ayahuasca inspired drawings ive seen. Was this the case for you?

Ofcourse but those have no job in this forum, right? Maybe in the other sections. Yeah doesnt have to be a hostile attitude, but since its like an addiction we need to recognise we want to change it. Even tho its not ultimately bad, just like a cigarette additiction. I wonder if in the futute there will be "Ego is harmful to you and those close to you" signs everywhere

Yet to enjoy life the most, they say, one has to recognise enlightenment... So yeah, having an Ego stops you from that. Just based on what all the teachers say. Basically the truth to free us all can only be said by silence,because words are objects and not the emptiness we try to talk about. So the post we all need is never going to be posted, but it is always posted also (the no post), it's just that we dont see it! lol

Without the eternal you're dissing, what's any experience good for. Comes and goes, then mind dies and what? Sure enjoy being an ego and enjoy the birth rebirth cycle of ignorance, learning, work and suffering. I think this forum is for egos that want out of this(imo useless) game by realising our true nature.

Is soul just the spiritual Ego? Claiming that you are an entity that controls this earthly body? Always sounded to me like Ego, ever since I got introduced to non-duality, which in my view is real spirituality. But conventional spirituality always talk about Souls etc. Is it just some lovey dovey belief or is there some truth to this Soul character guy.

Don't know about God, but my version of God which is no thing aka Nothingness - exists, but that's paradoxical in itself. Also knowing it intellectually doesnt help me I am the proof tho, cause im nothing and seem to exist too in my own experience lol.

@Loreena I also got banana art, we should open a gallery or something.

What's important is to have fun!!

Ok, I will try to share my current experience and whether it is of Oneness ir not. I've been doing a lot of Leos Patented (;)) guide to enlightenment and I find it very straight forward and bullshitless method of self enquiry. (No fancy indian names, atmans etc.) So my current experience is of a strong feeling that I am a separate body, because I am at work, but having a closer look, there is something fishy. The one that feels separate, this one I have identified as my Ego. I have conceded that Ive never seen my true Self yet, but also I know I am always it, even now. I am observing this whole Ego that feels separate and am turning away from it, trying to look at that dimensionless self which has no properties, the absolute 0. But ofcourse dufuq am I supposed to see nothing, right? I bet after finding that as me and looking from there, every experience will be experience of oneness.

I remember someone saying that by taking drugs we can see the truth uninvited, as an intruder, we can look at it through a window, only to be kicked out afterwards. I myself am guilty of that. I feel like this is all a chase for experience (be it God, infinity). After my most recent "insights" or realisations I feel that dwelling in this forum or saying anything about spirituality is counter spiritual (btw these came from watching Mooji, not from my weed practise which makes me feel like I am the shit). Shouldn't the truth be always here and now? No matter whether you get the insights or not? No matter what experience? Do you need to have 10000 orgasms in a minute to feel like you're enlightened now? Does the Ego's pain or unhappiness even matter? It matters only to the Ego itself, it's a self referential knot, but it is based on illusion so is not real anyway, even if it feels real to the one that is not real. Indulge me in the following: How can one that is not the body/mind take a pill designed for the body/mind and be affected in any way. The one typing is the Ego that feels it was enhanced because of the experience of no Ego - this is paradoxical. It feels like the Devil to me, the Devil that deceives. I don't know if my post makes a lot of sense to anyone, but just wanted to say my meh..

1) Meditate in the park 2) Meditate in the park and tell them I am them while they are cutting my throat.

Transparency leads to total relaxation, smile, truth, light. Ego leads to stress and tension, identification with the body. Feel the body from within and untie the knots of tension and identification. Follow the following formula if you want: Transparency (0) * Ego = Transparency (0) + The Truth (the True Self). This is done by seeing infinite transparency in your inner eye. Especially pay attention to the feeling of I being within the skull. Multiply it to 0 asap and move to being the canvas, the heart. The opposite of tension is awareness Do not superimpose your Ego on reality, superimpose the infinite transparency, which is you, God.

When you see that you're the canvas, the only possibility is to continue painting, consciously. Paint the Ego the way you, the transparent infinite Self want. Choose the colours of your Ego consciously. <3 Make the colours and thoughts that you dont want transparent by bearhugging ? them to death. Nothingness is transparency is God is the motherboard. Nothingness is this moment. Nothingness is untying the knot of the Ego. Transparency is Nothingness, nothing added, from the mind, so what is can be seen through a clean window, without fog. Close your eyes and try to imagine transparency iin your inner eye. But try doing it with open eyes too, ha, you see, you've always be doing it, just maybe not conscious of it. Ego pretends to be everything, enlightenment is transparent nothing, breath, water, lightness, 0. 0 allows me to be.

Nothingness is transparency; Nothingness is silence; Nothingness is stillness; Nothingness is no thing to do, other than what you're doing; Nothingness is nowhere to be, other than where you are. Nothingness is the screen of awareness; Nothingness is no Ego. Nothingness is enlightened and my Ego is the dance of that light. Transparent Ego is enlightened Ego. Any image at 0% transparency disappears, no matter what was on the canvas. When you make something transparent, you see what was hiding underneath the entire time. You, the empty canvas of awareness. Transparent consciousness, ever present, eternal and infinite.

-When you close your eyes what do you see? -What do you hear, what do you imagine or think about? -This is your reality when you close your eyes, and only you hold the brush for that canvas. - You can choose to paint transparent and see the canvas itself, which was the surface. -The surface was the one painting the entire time. And I am the surface, painting life, painting the Ego.

Inspired by Arunachala and Ramana Maharshi - Walking Meditation. Wherever you are, you don't need to walk around a mountain, you can have your own version of Arunachala and just walk slowly and mindfully, notice sights, sounds, sensations... Notice how amazing it can feel to just walk about the streets if you are in a city setting. Go around the block, make your own route and enjoy your walking meditation. I've tried it many times, and It's so good at clearing the mind and letting me just enjoy being while being active. Walking meditation special edition - if you want to have an even more interesting experience, smoke a really tiny dosage of weed just to give you that little extra amplification effect.

Thats not how it works.. Even if you interpret Ego in someone, you can't judge the inner experience of others, only in yourself, so don't be thinking about helping others before you are completely free. Welp I better take my own advice here... I am pretty bad at doing that tho (taking my own advices)

Who is laughing and thinks about stopping laughing? You're identifying with the Ego, just my observation. You don't need to analyze so much, you need to let go and look for yourself. Laughter is supposed to be spontaneous anyway, if you find something funny laugh, if you don't - don't laugh.