Salvijus

@Raptorsin7 the point is that their criticism is faulty. People watching and not benefiting is not echkart tolle's fault. Not everyone who reads zen becomes a zen master but at least they are listening and trying in the right direction, that's important. How much benefit each draws is upto them. But material itself is authentic and legit and valid. That's all that matters. And really Echkart Tolle is the worst example they could've chosen to make a point. His teaching literally leads to dissolution of pain body, peace of mind, freedom from addictions, self realization, enlightenment, higher wisdom, connection to god's will, impenetrable holyness, health, joy, happyness and etc. At least if they had chosen somebody like Ramana Maharsi or J.Krishnamurti who say u don't need to do anything at all to be blissed out i could understand. ?bc that's not easy to grasp. But criticism on echkart... that's really lame and weak levels of spiritual understanding.

They lack understanding in spirituality and meditation that's why the friction. The thing they both kept repeating is that meditation doesn't heal. Or that the act of observation doesn't fix the problem. Which is not true I would argue. All criticism was based on this idea alone pretty much i think. And it is a false statement. Act of observation eliminates all neaurosis and leads to purifycation of the mind. It leads to absolute health and wholeness of individual. So... I actually liked the video and their thoughts. Never heard of ifs before. They have some interesting insights. But their criticism can be easily resolved with a little bit deeper understanding of meditation and what it does and how it works.

I think desire is the root of thought. Zero desire = no mind activity = absorbtion into samadhi probably. That's why the end of desire is the end of you and enlightenment/liberation in buddhism i think.

The purpose of a flower is to blossom. The purpose of the tree is to grow and to blossom. The purpose of all life is to grow, evolve, and to blossom. By that logic enlightenment would be the purpose and the blossoming of human life i think. But not a temporary glipmse but a permemnant evolution into sagehood.

Awareness is non physical, non tangible phenomena. Aka, nothingness. Or so they say.

Aaah, close. Great blog idea of writing down the things u want. Worked on me at least. Happy boyfriend hunting and easter.

My initials are SK. So here i am. How are u? ?

It means don't get in the way of the natural flow of all things.

I think it depends on how clean your mind is. If it's full of lust you won't be able to stop wet dreams from manfesting. Purification of the mind is the key. For this there are many ways.

Okey i watched the video. It seems he's pointing to nothingness/self realization which is a bit different. I think in the death book you quoted he is referring to total dissolution.

I think he means total dissolution. A final goal in buddhism i think. Dissolution is somewhat different then self realization i think. Gonna watch the video now.

"Everybody is acting from good intentions" and "All people are acting in pursuit of happyness unless they found inner fulfilment" are two very different statements imo. I personally don't even agree with the first one unless i bend my interpretation around it heavily.

Haha nice I really like when he does these things. Would like to see him on pornhub next. ? guy has no limits. He can convert anybody into a seeker.

Wow, I can't believe he's coming even to Lithuania. I'll be damned. It's like the war isn't on his mind at all, haha.

Naaaaah ? This is something i keep trying to convey. Identity with the ego is not an assumed illusion. "As soon as look for it there's nothing there" u say. That's not true. When u look for it, doesn't fade, and it can be found. It's almost solid stuff that u can become aware of like the body. It has a psychic existence of its own. That's a big difference compared to what u sayed. At that point you can disidentify from it but even then ego doesn't fade so quickly. It is only realized to be not your true nature but is still lives on just becomes more transparant perhaps. To fully make the ego fade takes very long time to dissolve it. And there are practices to do it.

@Judy2 I wish people would chose their words more carefully. What does illusory identity even mean? Seems like a poor choice of words. Identification with body-mind is real i would say. It's just not our real nature. So it's a false identity..i think that's a better choice of words.

? But not quite. What triggers me the most is when people say sense of self is just an illusion. It doesn't exist. It's like unicorn. Just an invented concept that can't be found ever. I take that to be a lie. It's my direct experience everyday that ego is a solid thing that can be made aware of as one advances in conciousness work. This level of awareness is what causes the disidentification from ego and self realization.

@Kksd74628 would it be fair to say then when "I" disappear it is realized in that moment that it was just a sensation. Therefor it's not my real nature. Is this the same as u speak?

@Kksd74628 that's not what vegan is saying. You say sense of self needs to be destroyed. I say say sense of self needs to be seen as not my real self(pure awareness) and trancended. And veganawake is saying it doesn't even exist haha.

Yea. And sorry for my previous tone. Sometimes i get a "forum syndrome" ?

I would recommend to stop all practice you were doing, espesially kriyas and breathing practices if u did for a period of time and simply sit in silence. Kind of do nothing technique. That would calm some of the distorted energy manifestaions imo.

"I" and "you" are bad words do describe the self ime. The self which is pure beingness is devoid of any sense of I. It's devoid of any sense altogether. No self is good definition of it imo. My favorite definition of self is just nothingness. And nothingness is not an I. And nothingness is not a you. It's just beyond everything. Like isness. Isness can't be called an I. It just is. Not word can define isness. Not even "I" or "you".

@Judy2 yea ego exists in its own way. Neo advaitists are a bullshit spreaders. U can literally become aware of your ego as a solid stuff in your psyche. It's almost physical. Buddhists spend decades trying to dissolve the damn thing. They are not trying to dissolve a unicon-like concept that doesn't exist.

This was helpful. This is the fist time im interested in the politics lol.

Good video. Just watched it. I heard the same arguments from other teachers aswell. Escpesially the draining of energy/Ojas that happens and not being useful when it comes to karmic realms. No real progress can be made without adressing it. It looks like it's a sensitive topic for him also, haha.