How to be wise

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)

@Nervtine Spiritual practice! Deep meditation and quieting the mind.

@flowboy what kind of qualifications/skills do you need to be a software engineer?

@flowboy do you earn enough to live by yourself, or do you receive financial support from your parents.

@flowboy you pray? Why? also, if you don’t mind me asking, what job do you work as, and how many hours per day? How many days a week?

@flowboy do you actually meditate 3 hrs per day. Amazing!