How to be wise

Yesterday, I experienced nothingness for the first time. It was amazing, but it’s impossible to describe. It wasn’t nothingness like ‘a black hole’ or some empty void. No, everything was still there, but it was nothing. The best description that I have so far is that: everything was still there, but nothing could be said about it. To even say that it exists is already just a belief. Nothing could be said about it that would be true, therefore it is nothing. But the ‘perception’ didn’t change; I was still looking at the room, but there was no belief. There wasn’t even a me looking at the room, because that itself is another belief. It’s a very slippery notion to talk about. For some reason, I wasn’t even surprised when this experience came to me. The only thing interesting about it is that, by definition, it cannot be explained. Amazing. Btw, no psychedelics were involved in this experience. I’ve never taken psychedelics before ever. This was a ‘clean’ experience.

I don’t really think this was an awakening experience. It’s been slowly building up over many months. These days I feel very blissful and joyful. I’m always smiling and laughing for no reason. A lot of people get quite puzzled with why I just have a big smile on my face for no reason.

Good question. It’s not true that “I don’t understand”. That is what the thought is saying. What the thought says isn’t true, but it’s true that it said it. ?

Well, from what I understand about psychedelics, you can’t retain the experiences that you have. After the trip, they leave without any trace left. The experiences I get from inquiry are different. It’s pretty weird, but the experience is semi-permanent. What I mean is that the experience stays with you permanently, but you have to concentrate to experience it. It’s not 24/7. Anytime I like, I can focus on that experience, and it returns for as long as I hold the concentration. I can usually do it for about a minute.

I don’t understand what you mean ?

I will make a post about it soon, including how to do The Work super effectively.

Let’s analyse what a concept is. A concept is what the thought is telling you, not the thought itself. For example, a thought says “Everything exists.” Note that this isn’t the thought itself, but what the thought is telling you. I’m saying that what the thought is telling you is false. Everything does not exist. It’s not true that everything exists, but it is true that that is what the thought said. Thoughts are real, but their claims are not factually true (it’s true that they said it though). So now, here’s the mind twister: a thought said that “thoughts are real”. The claim is false, but the fact that the thought said that is true. So what happens if you stop believing what thoughts are telling you. Unbelievably, the world stops existing, and only ‘nothing’ is real.

‘Everything’ is just a concept. There is only nothingness. And of course that includes that I don’t exist either. The Work of Byron Katie. I’ve been doing it for a year now, and the results are pouring through much faster than expected.

Yes, I’ve had a semi-permanent awareness for a few weeks that there is no me. But I wasn’t conscious that the whole world is nothing. I was only aware that ‘I’ is just an idea. This is the first time that the outside world collapsed into nothingness. It of course includes me not existing.

@Sharp Well, he is an introvert. He probably feels more comfortable speaking to a camera rather than to a crowd.

@Shakazulu https://www.thegreatcourses.co.uk/courses/strategic-thinking-skills.html

Well, naturally you’d want to start off with the biggest problems in your life, but of course you can use it for every single negative feeling you have until you reach paradise. Literally.

@Shin Dude, you watch one piece? So do I. Let’s talk about the episode coming out tomorrow.

Yes, one thing I noticed is that my life flows very smoothly these days. There’s never any bickering or resistance about what to do and how to do it. It’s peaceful and blissful. The amount of negative beliefs I’ve conquered is too many to count. Simply put it, my life has changed dramatically for the better. And, when you work on one fear, you notice a completely unrelated fear gets resolved at the same time.

That’s not true.

@Tony 845 The Work of Byron Katie.

Actually, in a certain sense you do, because you still exist. You don’t exist as the body, but you exist as pure awareness.

Of course. The ego didn’t exist in the first place. Now you can live in a state of immortality, since I no longer give the same significance to the body and all its ailments.

It’s been a year, and the results have been profound. My ego has disidentified from my body, even though I’ve done no traditional self-inquiry. It just happened out of the blue whilst doing The Work. I suffer a lot less these days, but I’m not finished yet. I’ll see how it goes in another year.

‘Body’ is just a thought that the mind had. Who would you be without that thought? No-body. Just mind.

And is that true? Is it true that both are the answer?

@SoonHei And is that true?

@SoonHei That assumes that something ‘is’. Is that true?

@Hellspeed I have awakened after just one year of doing The Work of Byron Katie. I’ve also done a lot of shadow work at the same time. Two birds with one stone.

@moon777light Of course Indian style cross-legged position. It helps carry your prana up your spine, even if you’re not doing yoga. (Supposition)