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jes your consciousness has much data that has been stored over time, not just in this lifetime but over a long time, do you think that there is any chance that dreams are the result of all of that coming to the surface while you are not so active. there is no subconscious mind, never has been, it is only called that because most have no understanding of their own consciousness. I would not trust anything in a dream, because you have no idea where it came from, why it came or if it is just the result of past actions coming to the surface, stay in the moment, be aware in that moment, be still and see the reality of things, some you may want and need to embrace and some you allow to cease to exist by not giving life to it. its called being the master of your own being and world around you.

you are talking about labeling, what is spirituality, why is the word even important, what does awakening to the reality of oneself and the world around us have to do with or is even called spirituality. spirituality is just a word many use because they lack the understanding and knowledge of reality. what happens in your world if you take away all the labels?

sounds to me like you are confused about a lot of things, just what do you want to do with your life? In this physical world an education is important unless you want to live like a dog. even masters, sages, yogi's work in this physical world, and they get an education, but often their real education comes from a higher place and their work may be somewhat different than most humans, masters do not sit under a tree and be a bum on the streets begging for food. if you can go off into the wild and take care of yourself without being a burden on the rest of the world and that is what you want to do, then go for it, some have done it and loved it. masters do not burden others for their existence. so what are you looking for in this world.

hahahaha i like that saarah

yes when you function from the right place the doing takes care of itself

i like reading her stuff too, she is great

time is a human construct that allows humans to be able to give order to everything around them.

stop worrying about the tobacco, its just a habit, and addiction, you have many such addictions and you dont realize it. if you want it, if you need it do it until you no longer desire it, stop fighting with yourself. dont quit for others it will end in failure, dont quit because its bad for you , it will mean nothing. you need to explore your own being on a deeper level and when you do that things will change on their own, it wont be a struggle, addictions and habits will begin to flow away from you. you will not feel empty, you wont need love, you wont need a support system, and you wont feel lonely. take the time to get to know the real you inside of that body, it is limitless, boundless, all powerful, all knowing, and it is love when fully realized. take your eyes off your body and your addictions and put them on the life source that is possessing your body and giving it life, and everything will change. liberation from these things is not on the outside it comes from within, trying to deal with the symptoms of anything is no cure, it only delays things and often the problem gets bigger because it isnt being addressed in the right place.

passion is much more than a feeling, real passion is a driving force because it comes from within, not from the interest and desires of the human identity.

and never feel guilty for ending a toxic relationship.

jes i have been taking care of a disabled lady for 22 years, her parents abandoned her, they are very very toxic, and at a point she had to end any relationship with them, even her doctors told her they were toxic people. there is nothing wrong with moving away from toxic people, including parents, its not your purpose to take the abuse of toxic people, and they will forever be a thorn in your side. its not your job to change or save them, move on with you life and do what you have to do to make it better, more peaceful, and happy, dont let anyone stand in the way of that, your responsibility is to your self first and foremost, dont let anyone make life miserable for you. you reach your highest potential in life, and you will set an example for other, but you cant do that trying to drag those along behind you.

canadian there is a saying from one of the biblical text, which says, cast not your pearls before swine, lest they turn and rend you and trample you underfoot. sharing your success with some will be fine, some will ridicule and make fun of you, and don't tell me that it wont bother you, i know better. so my point is if something is sacred to you, only share it with those who can respect you and what you are doing or keep it to yourself, allowing others to ridicule and abuse you isnt a sign of personal growth. and sometimes family can be the worst for the ridicule and abuse.

well i can tell you that is your the problem, i faced the same problem for many years. enlightenment is a word, most who use it don't know anything about it, but they speculate, rationalize, and intellectualize about it. forget the word, take one step away from your physical body and be your core being, experience it fully and function from there as a separate entity from the identity body and you will understand what all the talk is about. I understand that most are not ready for this, but its something to contemplate, and that will make a big difference. i have been there and done what most of the younger people here are trying to do, most of it is nothing more than a distraction even though they mean well. most have a great deal of programing, and false belief and too many so called teachers who have no clue what they are doing or doing to others, that is keeping them from one simple thing to be self realized and liberated from your fictitious identity, programing, false beliefs, and warped perceptions of life and the world around you. experience your core more, more, more and more until one day you suddenly realized that you are it and in that experience you will come to understand that you was never born, never died, created this existence for yourself, didnt need saving, you were just lost for a time because of your attachment to the body, and its desires of the flesh, and now you have come home to your true estate and it will be the living experience not just a rationalization about something you don't know and understand. picture that one step in your mind, be still with your core, experience it as much as possible, and your journey will be a lot shorter. when you get there you will be functioning as separate from the body, you will be functioning in the moment of now, and you will be the seer not the seen. and it is much easier than sorting through all the, doctrines, philosophies, teachings. religions, false teachers, wannabe guru's of this world.

its sort of like pain, when you stop fighting pain and you embrace the pain, and you sit quietly and go deeper and deeper into the pain, at a point the pain wont be there, you wont be able to find it, when you function as your core being within the moment, consciousness begins to cleanse itself, and many things will begin to dissolve and start flowing away from you and in that space there is no problems, no pain, no sorrow or worry no conflicts, nothing but peace and it allows for the cleansing to happen, and it happens automatically and without work or struggle.

your thought process can make a mess out of your life. now that you see what your problems are, the only thing left is too muster up enough will to overcome it. take some time, get out go places other people hang out, preferably in the areas of something you like, introduce yourself to the ones you feel more comfortable with at first and find something to talk about, before you start. force yourself to do this, exercise your will, you need to find your real self worth and see yourself as an important piece of this world, you need to get your mind on constructive things like recording some good stuff on mp3 player and listen to it something uplifting, something that will move you in a new direction. years ago i did this with alan watts, i walked a lot then and i would walk for miles listening to him, and begin to change your thought process, nothing will change unless you do. it doesnt matter where you have been you can change directions and improve you life if you have the desire and the will but your focus has to change and your vision of yourself has to change, and what you focus on has to change.

maybe it is because of all the nonsense that is being taught by people who have no experience , do ya think that might be part of the problem,

his identity will be the last thing he gives up , and what is there to go back to,

hahahah you are talking to the wrong one if you are talking to me, are you feeling lonely in that monster boat by yourself

as a man thinketh in his heart so he is

Ray there is only one thing that would help you understand death, forget the picture, put up pictures of life, beautiful enjoyable things, maybe a baby with a huge smile, animals playing together. Your core being is the real you, it existed before you took up the body you now have, it will exist after it leaves the body and the body ceases to function. The most important question is will you leave the body in a conscious, aware, liberated state of being or will you leave the body functioning as an unconscious human identity, still controlled by all the programing and false belief that you carried in this lifetime. When you leave the body everything isnt forgotten as if it never existed, what ever you are, what ever your state of being is at the end of this lifetime is what you will be after you leave the body, programing, beliefs, desires will still be there if you functioned as the human identity up until the time you leave this life. over time you have allowed things to take root in your consciousness that is preventing you from being your highest potentail, may be causing you a great deal of pain and misery over time as well as for others. the human body is a replication of your consciousness. if you have problems in this physical life, trying to solve them by dealing with symptoms of the physical body wont cure the problem, the cure for all things can be found within consciousness by cleansing the thing that created the problem in the physical body. any sickness, disease or problem was created in consciousness before it manifested in the physical body.

ashleigh, the purpose of meditation was intended to bring one into oneness with the core of their being. stilling the mind is impossible, there is too much rooted in your consciousness that will keep coming at you all the time, but when you can focus on something enough those thoughts wont hinder you. Your core being is the real you, so what better to meditate on than it, to sit quietly and be in the moment, fully present, fully conscious experiencing your core being. it wont be easy at first but it will get easier, and when it becomes your home you will be where all this talk is about.

well ajax you were right about the breatharian movement, most have never heard of it.

i only had one point to make on this topic, i made it i clarified it, and only one person even tried to grasp what i was talking about. enough said.

thats your opinion,

Joseph, and good teacher or sage will tell you that expectations of others bring disappointment and sometimes pain when your expectation are not met by others, it is the same with attachments, if you cling to others too tightly, when they disappoint you and sometimes leave you for no reason you may understand, it becomes painful. pain and disappointments in life will get old after a while, and life is better without them, so to aid that you drop the expectations of others, and you dont become too attached. some people family members are not too kind to them and can create a lot of pain for those with expectations and attachments.