UnbornTao

Maybe looking into the broader subject of attachment itself would be a good first step.

Dune and Foundation both contain elements of spirituality within them. Jonathan Livingston Seagull is another one I like a lot.

A short punchy offensive attack. Nevermind, it was a joke.

You are creating those, yes.

"Not on my watch!!"

Stay on topic. Heard Shadow Dance is a good book for that.

We could check whether anxiety can occur whenever one is willing to be completely engaged in the present. Is that true? You sound like you can effectively create depression, apathy, etc. Because of course you can. Fear and love are other emotions which you are also doing, among many others. You somehow overlook or become insensitive to this fact. So if you want, try something different now (boredom, happiness, envy, love, curiosity). This requires becoming aware of what you are "doing" by thinking what you are thinking, and changing that. Desire to close your fist (or pick up a book, do a pushup, whatever), then do it. Did it work? Could you create desire? You did!

Why would he say that (in the context of contemplation and enlightenment)?

That is alien awakening.

Absolutely.

Can the aliens come out already?

Yes, I'm proposing that you already do; that that's how emotions come about in the first place.

Not sure what it is you are going through. As has been mentioned, I'd check the basic lifestyle factors. In any case, you could create a different disposition, such as enthusiasm.

I see what you mean. Also, for the sake of contemplation, I'm going to play devil's advocate: Perception itself is a phenomenon that provides meaningless sensory data. What is perceived is not a "tree." Instead, that distinction isn't just "perceived" but is a result of complementary activities of interpretation and sense-making. Without these activities, there might not be a "tree" there to begin with.

Farts once again are the solution.

Would that be "direct" knowledge? I'd say that it's more of a grounded, experiential, and personal knowledge, which is useful and more accurate than mere belief or memory. But what does "direct" even mean if we haven't "experienced" this possibility before? What is experience? For instance, perception itself might be indirect. Perhaps, aside from the recognition or sense that we exist, everything else is indirect. This would suggest that we don't directly experience the nature of anything. Just throwing around some thoughts.

Limitation... makes possibility real. actualizes possibility. allows for the realization of possibility.

For example, one's self-history might be false (crafted for a purpose). Even prior to the mere recollection of presumed facts, there already exists a bias of what to remember and how. Rarely is it an accurate remembrance of an event. A lot is subjective: charge, meaning, self-concept, preference. So, how accurate is our memory and what purpose is it serving? Something to look into.

Was looking to download the mp3's on the site.

"Is it honest? How true is it?"

All of them? You're gonna get your PhD in (the theory of) waking up

Contrast that life approach (problem solving) to creating what you want. Take a look at Robert Fritz's work.

Where Unborn?

Cute.

He sounds overly intellectual and stuck in that domain, a warning sign regarding matters of consciousness. Not sure he knows his nature or if he's coming from an authentic experience. Talks and writes a lot, is smart, and can be convincing to some. If stages, maps, and models don't help increase consciousness at all, why place so much emphasis on fitting what existence is and what it all means into a form that can be "known"? David Hawkins and Jed McKenna's work seem much more grounded and experiential. That said, if you're interested, give it a try. Pick up one of Ken's introductory books and decide for yourself.