Natasha

@Greatnestwithin The stages of enlightenment video is not out yet. Leo mentioned he was just working on making one. So stay tuned.

@Greatnestwithin After the shift happens, the perspective will keep deepening. Leo is working on the stages of enlightenment video, that would be a cool one to see. Also, Ayla's thread "Mind Attacks After Initial Seeing' is an excellent tool to newly awakened, check it out as well:

@Greatnestwithin Sounds like you had your aha moment There's also a similar parallel discussion is going on in the thread below, starting towards the end of page 3 and page 4, you might find helpful:

No, it's just what's happening and it's perfectly fine

@Orange In the following interview Tony Parsons gives simple and insightful answers to the questions you're asking, and more:

@cetus56 Thank you

@Orange There is no 'self' to wake up. And since 'you' don't exist, the one waking up is the one that does everything. People call it 'God', the Source, the Void, the Absolute, etc. If there's no 'you', what's that's in here is what's everywhere. What is it that believes it's separate? The Absolute that's experiencing itself as a separate being. Then what is it that would wake up? The Absolute experiencing itself as someone who woke up. But underneath all of these illusions (the one who's still asleep and the one who woke up) - it is also just the Absolute. It's without limit, time, unending, etc. There is nothing that is not that, that is everything. It's all just the one manifesting as an image/ form that looks like something separate. It's like a sand castle. I built the sand castle and that castle is not a separate thing from the sand. It just looks like it is. But what is it made of? Sand and nothing more. That's a bit like what it is. There is nothing 'you' can do to make the shift happen. It's just what happens. 'You' are not the doer. What's happening right now is simply what the Absolute is doing in 'your' name. And see if you can find the illusion of yourself, of this thought that you are in any way separate from what is happening around you. There is no one to know anything. The truth is what's left after the 'seeker' is no more.

@so here we are Lisa Cairns is awesome. This is my favorite talk of hers about non-duality:

English is @Linas' second language, doing a good job. Looks like he's still learning how to spell-check, though

Better than "Time and your personal story are just an illusion. Go back to sleep"

A self-realized (enlightened) man would experience same emotions of sadness and grief as anyone else would upon losing a loved one. But his perspective, though, would allow him not to get attached to those feelings nor feel like a victim. He would see everything as life at play, even in the midst of a tragic event like this, and that's what would make him truly untouchable.

@abrakamowse This is cool

@dboyle Any kind of drug will alter your brain chemistry and potentially make you dependent on it. Many a ruined life started with one innocent first try. Also, watch Leo's video about the root cause of every addiction (not just drugs):

@Bruno Did you watch this one of Leo's?

Yes, these are just concepts, and you can't think your way into truth. And we can't really know what's absolutely true... unless the conceptual boundary between 'you' as a human being and the external world you're interacting with is removed. I say 'conceptual' because it's not a physical boundary. Once it's removed, a direct access to reality becomes a possibility, you get truth straight from the source, so to speak. So you might ask what's sense then of listening to what people on this forum have to say if all this is just more concepts? And this is what's paradoxical - we're fighting illusion with illusion. Most illusion that you hear from society, other people, books - they give you illusion that doesn't call itself out as illusion. The difference here is that we're telling you that what we're telling you is the illusion. And you can be wise enough to register that to read between the lines and to start to question your own knowledge. Also, @Mal hit nail on the head in the post above.

@Mal Nihilism is a belief that life has no intrinsic meaning or value. Belief is a construct of thoughts. Thought content is illusory. Illusion is the opposite of reality. Reality is truth. Ok, so what is reality existentially? Pure transparent empty awareness. It's everything (all forms seen and unseen) and nothing (everything beyond object reality). Notice - it's not just 'nothing', that 'nothing' is actually 'something' special, and it's 'EVERYTHING' as well. Nihilism would only suggest the 'nothing' part. It would be impossible to integrate and include nothing into nothing. Object/ form reality is to be taken into consideration - manifest unfolding, the means awareness happens to experience itself. There is no denial in that everything is just happening for whatever reason or no reason at all. We now know from neuroscience that our unconscious brain processes 11 million bits per second (10 million times as fast a computer), but our consciousness is only 60 bits per second. That means we have no idea what we're doing So sometimes not knowing comes as a relief and in those brief moments we rest in the bliss of 'this'. So go ahead and use the 60 bits you got to appreciate a song and a story - both NOTHING and EVERYTHING, life at play, a miracle, reality, truth. Hugs Edit: Just thought of adding Ayla's thread 'Mind Attacks After Initial Seeing', you might also find helpful:

Don't believe everything your mind is feeding you. Thoughts come from the collective ego-mind, realize you've been conditioned to think and feel certain way (by family, school, society, media, friends, etc). It sounds like it's time for you to start the process of ridding yourself of all that mental 'garbage'. Start meditating. Leo has a whole library of video material on how to and the benefits of meditation, the main benefit being to tame the 'monkey mind' and its endless 'nonsense' chatter.

Cos it's hilarious

You're welcome. Anytime Hugs

Yes, the video is a funny parody, if you care to LOL

@Raven_Mike Being aware means you're observing your emotions/ behavior from the 3rd person perspective. You don't take any of what you see on the screen in a movie personally, do you? Just observe, don't judge or label as good or bad. Watch how it makes you feel and if you want to stick around that feeling. Gradually you'll start getting detached from the emotion/ behavior that doesn't make you feel good. Would you want to hang out with someone who annoys you and make you feel like crap? No. Be aware of the fact that your negative emotion/ depression/ pain, etc. is that 'friend' you don't want to hang out with any longer.

Done seeking

@Raven_Mike You will find this helpful too. Hugs

@Raven_Mike Start up with watching this: http://www.actualized.org/articles/how-to-deal-with-strong-negative-emotions Leo also has vids on motivation and dealing with victim mentality, check them out too.