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why should you choosing music have anything to do with your losing awareness of your good habits, and if it is that easy for you to forget and go back to your old nasty habits, then you havent gotten anywhere to begin with, you are only fooling yourself. Did it ever occur to you to make your awareness of your good habits a part of your music.

only after you are self realized and that has to be your personal experience within consciousness. few can grasp that from a place of realness, many talk about it as general conversation trying to rationalize it. I will check your message after i eat something been gone about all day. later

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what does this kind of discussion have to to with being self actualized.

this idea of nothingness is the wrong concept to have about enlightenment, it did not come about from people who were enlightened, it came about from people who have never experienced enlightenment. they are merely speculating about something they know nothing about. its not about destroying the ego, its about functioning as the being of consciousness that we are without the body. the ego and desires of the flesh simply are in the back seat while consciousness is the driver. ego is not some entity it is the programing that you have programed yourself with and have allowed yourself to be programed with, part of it is your false belief system that you carry, also the desires of the flesh, and finally your warped perception of everything, this is ego. the only way this is overcome, or subdued is by taking up a different state of being which has more power than these things. that state of being will keep you in a state of reality, which comes before your ego, programing, false belief, and warped perception, it will also keep you in the moment of life with the ability to see reality and function without sequences and one has some measure of free will and choice, however that is limited in the respect that once self realized, the choices are made to remain in liberation, and not further enslavement to the human identity.

I like the way you blamed (god) for not getting there, this is a huge mistake, first of all because there is no (god) and that causes one to make many mistakes in many areas of their lives. when humans dont know the answers to things it surely must be god, so they say. you need to get over the god thing and take responsibility for all that you are and all that you have done. you brought quantum memory into this life with you when you took up this body, in reality you were instrumental in the creation of the body you are now wearing, your quantum memory may well be controlling your destiny to a great degree. you need to take a good look at the real you, understand that and then you may understand the human identity that you are functioning as. as the human identity you will always be confused, because your programing and false belief will see to it that you make choices that will create consequences for you, some few have acquired wealth but it was no god that gave it to them or made it possible for them to do it, and often they misuse it not knowing what fate awaits them later due to the consequences they create. when you understand yourself much better your life will possibly improve but it may not contain great wealth and if you get to know yourself better the wealth may not be so desirable.

when the student is ready the master will appear.

an addiction is something that you have allowed to take root within your consciousness. so how do you get it out of your consciousness? you first will have to understand what you are doing to yourself with this addiction, then let it go, release your grip on it, move your focus to something that is more constructive, more enjoyable, more peaceful, you may have to force yourself to do this for a while, until the desire has subsided, gradually it will leave you, if you stop giving it attention your desire for it will lessen, put your attention on other things, more important things, like understanding the reality of your own being. as long as you hold it, it will hold you.

years ago i figured out that a walking meditation was an answer to meditation, until i could exist in a state that would allow me to experience everything i did as a meditation, there is no technique, as you walk, you do your best to experience every thing in the moment of now. if your mind is working at some practice, then you have missed the mark, If you are doing or trying to do anything other than be in the moment with any part of the walk, you have missed the benefit of walking as meditation. walking meditation isn't practicing some 2, 3, 5 step practice, its about being in the moment of life in a complete state of conscious, presence within each moment, and if its self realization that you seek then this will be important to you. you will not experience self realization without experiencing the moment of now, every moment of now in a conscious, present state of being.

the question is where is your focus taking you, many pretend they seek wealth to help others, that is a crock of hooey, what is your focus and the direction you are moving making you. what will you become with money as your main focus. generally its only after humans have wore themselves out and endured a lot of pain and misery trying to find what they think is happiness do they begin to seek what might give them real happiness.

how can you spend too much time doing what you love to do? When i began to draw and paint i was older, but i loved it, it was meditation, i would spend 16 hours a day, doing it, nothing else existed, it was great. I have given most of my life to helping others but it wasnt for recognition, there was no agenda, other than helping that individual in whatever way seemed the right thing to do, and that wasn't determined by what humans think, it was determined by what i was becoming, an aware, awakened being. To be able to give hope, strength, solutions to others and see that hope in their face is enough reward. to have others look at you and say from their heart, i love you, for being there for them is enough reward. this doesn't mean you have to sacrifice yourself to your family or others who are hard nosed and critical of you, leave them to themselves and move on with your life, help those who are seeking help and cross your path, to many it will seem like you are being used at times but you, only you will know the reality of what is going on and those who have awakened, they will understand, its not your job to save the world, save yourself, liberate yourself then you will know how to help others for good and it will be selfless.

most have missed the boat with their knowledge seeking, various journeys and paths, most are only into information gathering, that creates confusion. forms belief systems, and programing. The dumbest man in the world will have more chance to be enlightened than those who think they have great intelligence.

there are three frauds on earth, the first is the legal system as it controls the other two, then there is the political systems which controls the one, and then there is religion, these three frauds have enslaved man. If your vote was worth anything it would have been made illegal long ago, the law is nothing more than legal plunder, organized by law for the profit of the law and those who make the law and those that enforce it, at the expense of the poor and the working class that have not the means of fighting against this system of corruption, greed and revenue collection. Religion has always been the problem on this earth, no one has any reason to believe in the fake gods and religions but they do out of ignorance and not knowing themselves.

the life force is the life that sustains the physical body, it is consciousness, you can experience that as a state of being, rather than as the human identity.

you must be the life force and function as that, in doing that you will be living consciously and in the moment. this is the most direct way to self realization without all the distractions and bs

the change has to be in you, then life will take care of itself.

Natasha, you are wise to get rid of facebook, i never did facebook, twitter, those programs are run and controlled to a large degree by those who want to control, monitor and manipulate your life. I agree with your thoughts on the ego, I too lead a private life, in real life. I also agree that what happens between a man and his wife or mate, should remain private between them, to me that is one of the few things that can be considered sacred, and to toss that out on the web, under the guise of helping others, is something that human identities might do, but not a truly awakened being.

music can be a great tool, music can be used to create a state of being, relaxation, peace, its also can be used as a distraction from your thought process that has created a mess for you. it can also be used to energize, it depends on what you are doing with it, and what you are attempting to do with it. it can be a good aid if used for the right reasons, which i would agree that much of the music isnt something i would consider listening too.

love is a state of being, but not one that can be had by the human identity. The human identity does acts that it associates with and as love, and it involves emotional and mental states. Any time love is based on emotional and mental states it is subject to be one way today and another tomorrow, depending on the emotional and mental state of being. When one experiences love as a state of being, it is love and what it does is not dependent on emotions or mental states, love will do what love does and it wont be an act that looks like love. Having said that i understand you have a good relationship with your husband, and both of you may have grown to make it a better relationship, for those who can do that it is great, but so many cant or wont and it ends up in a mess. sounds like both of you are making changes to create a better relationship, i hope it continues for you both. My statement before wasnt directed at you it was a general statement about human beings , love and sex. at least that was what i intended

you have created this fear because of your thought process, so that means that your thought process will have to undergo a change. Fear as a human being isnt always easy to overcome. until you can discover the real part of you which is fearless, you might should consider hypnosis, it could make a huge difference for you. could save you a lot of time and fear.

my take on this having to get in the mood is this, if you have to get in the mood for sex in a relationship, something major is missing in the relationship, and that is real love and passion for the one you are with. there is no connection on all levels of being in the relationship. Most relationships are a failure before they begin, because generally neither one has what it takes to produce a fruitful relationship. When one isn't love they seek it in another person, this particularly applies to men. for men its more about infatuation and sex more than love. if you dont take the tools to the relationship to make it work most often it will end in failure, that is why the divorce rate is so high, but you can always justify it by saying oh well, its just a learning experience and part of a journey

you are welcome mal

if we were already enlightened doesn't it stand to reason we would know it, how can you be enlightened and not know it. the second one is contradictory, why would you make the best effort you could only to realize that there is nothing you can do. neither of these really make a lot of sense, but only leads to more confusion. we existed as consciousness before this body. we as consciousness was not born. we were instrumental in the creation of this body to experience this physical existence in. After taking up the body, because of programing, and being taught many false beliefs, and our desires it gave us a warped perception of everything, in this happening we as consciousness became lost so to speak in the human identity believing that the identity is who we are and we continually reinforced that and some of that has to do with quantum memory, that which was rooted in the consciousness when it took up this body . it seems that for some, there is an awakening that begins within consciousness at some point, events of many kinds, including pain, suffering, fear in the identity body could trigger the awakening process. for most that is a long drawn out process that requires a very long time, and that is due to many things, we have a lot of people trying to teach about self realization that have never experienced it, that creates a lot of confusion for many people and hinders them. Much of it is done to make money, recognition. when a spark is lit within consciousness, a process of awakening begins. there begins to be this struggle and this struggle includes the identity body, to understand the reality of life, the world around us, the universe, and who and what we really are, this may not happen to many, i call them the few. for these there seems to be a desire within the consciousness that continues to spark the awakening, and this is reflected within the identity body. the body is the reflection of consciousness, the identity, with its programing, false belief, warped perceptions, and many desires has the ability to resist the urges of consciousness to awaken. this may be hard to grasp, but in my own experience, consciousness was attempting to awaken within me long before it did, at the time what it was bringing was of no interest to me or i gave it no place to expand, as i had my own desires to fulfill and i was heavily programed and had a major belief system in place. it is said that many are called but few are chosen, consciousness calls many,, many times, but that call isnt responded to by the human identity by very many, for all the reasons i gave above. The few begin to work with consciousness in a very real way, then growth begins to speed up, and more awakening occurs. If the identity body is able to embrace this and seek to experience the real part of itself it will lead to self realization. This is not easy to put into words its more complicated than you can write in a couple paragraphs, but i tried to condense it to give you an idea of this process. Now forget everything i have written. Where are you in this right now, what is happening within you, has a spark been lit, that has caused you to begin to awaken, to know the reality of yourself and the world around you, to really know. If the answer is yes, then what is the most important thing that you can do to ensure success and attain your highest potential in this life. Self realization or as some call it enlightenment, is when you no longer are under the control of the identity body with its ego, and desires of the flesh but rather you are functioning from your place of realness, and that is consciousness, a being of consciousness instead of a human identity. You begin to see with clarity, you will see what others can't see, you will experience peace and you will be able to experience joy in your life. So how to get to this place, working on personal growth is great, but that dont mean you will ever become enlightened or self realized. You get to that place when you can embrace the life force within you and be one with it, and when that happens you will be experiencing the moment of life, in a fully conscious and present space of being within that moment. so if you want to practice, practice this, work at being in the moment, there and aware, and work at being quiet and still and experiencing the life force within you. at some point a shift will occur within you, you will shift from the human identity to the being of consciousness, you will have returned home to your true state of being. in one of the bibles it says that man fell from his first estate, what was that, it wasn't the human identity, it was what was before it. This short text cannot do this subject justice, its impossible to do but i have tried to give you a brief glimpse of what i have experienced in this short space. The paragraph above this one is all you need. the rest is unimportant and will only lead to confusion if you are not careful because it will conflict with what you know, believe, and have been taught. the goal is liberation and self realization, not dissecting philosophies, doctrines, beliefs, and religions.

do you really, i suspect not, your actions are dictated by what you have been programed with, what you believe, and what your perception of life is, created by those two things. as the human identity, you just think you are in control, it is never so as a human being, The human identity has never experienced the free will to choose, its choices are dictated from the above three things, when this is understood real growth can begin.

as i said before there are no levels to self realization ( enlightenment) they talk about levels because they have no understanding of what it really is, and what happens when one is, what most are experiencing is personal growth. Personal growth may never lead to enlightenment, meditation may never lead to enlightenment. Most of this site is not about enlightenment, or attaining enlightenment, it is about dealing with issues of the human identity. You can deal with human identity issues forever and you may never be enlightened. Enlightenment isnt about personal growth, its about being and functioning as something other than the human identity. Most will refute this but it will do no good, because most are not enlightened, and in this world of religious fanaticism, newageism, and liberalism, warped thinking, the world has tainted the word enlightenment until anyone can be on a level of enlightenment. Those who are know better, and you cant tell those who have a belief based on speculation, and other people's thoughts and ideas. Most of the people writing and talking about enlightenment , are not enlightened, this may sound harsh and judgmental but sometimes reality will seem harsh in the face of nonsense, belief, programing, speculation about things that humans know nothing about. As for the path, there is none that is another misconception, where do these paths lead, when are you supposed to reach your destination, most have no expectation of arrival of the path that they are on because they have been taught, that its about levels. journeys, and paths. How can one go to a place they know nothing about, when everything they know came from others, most of whom didn't know just like them. I have written a lot of things on this site but not once was it about taking a journey, a path, level, it is always about one thing, and that is self realization and how to attain it. I know there are a few who have considered those things, and they will profit from it, the rest will hold on to their beliefs. Beliefs are the most destructive thing you can put your hand on, it imprisons you for a very long time most often. There are two kinds of experience, one is the experience of the human identity, which is always controlled by programing, false belief and the warped perception created by those two. Then there is the experience of the awakened being, they can see the reality without programing, false belief, and warped perception destroying it before it can be experienced. So looking at experience one should examine the quality of it and where it came from and what perception influenced it. For the human identity this is hard stuff to face, and most likely impossible for most but for the few who can, mastery awaits them. For the few, the mundane answers of this world will not fulfill the desire to know the reality of themselves, and the world and universe around them, and to experience liberation in a way that everything outside of them is not what controls them and their destiny.