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@theking00 Where does "I want to destroy my ego" come from?

Silence is wisdom. There is a strong reason for people not to talk about enlightenment in zen monasteries.

@Viking Who are you? How does the world come to be? How come anything exists at all?

@kev014 You are Christ, the Holy Spirit. Jesus was the name of the guy, like "kev014". Christ is consciousness, that acknowledges itself as consciousness.

If you want to sleep then you will sleep. If you think you want to wake up, then maybe you will. If you want to wake up, then it's inevitable.

@The Don Usefulness plays a big role in learning. The brain is very efficient and avoids storing useless data.

@Joseph Maynor For lots of people, yes, they "use" gurus as life coaches. But a guru can go further than a life coach. If you read the Ashtavakra Gita you will see talks that life coaches don't access.

Genuine self-actualized are quite rare. You better be ready for a lonely walk before expecting to find a partner. Make good use of your time while you're alone and master the fundamentals.

Yes, I noticed. I wasn't really counter-arguing. I was just stressing something in a more obtuse manner. And yes. Awesome game!

It happens because you haven't developed a clear and mature vision for your life yet. You don't know what you want to offer to the world. If you knew, you'd be hungry and tireless. The drive to constantly satisfy yourself alone is boring. The drive to satisfy yourself by serving the world is unstoppable.

This is the very breach through which devilry arises. Just because something is what "God" wants doesn't mean that it's not a toxic mental pattern. GOD and you are ONE. GOD is not a separated entity that says that everything is okay and that it would be fine if we were killing each other or committing suicide.

You're not questioning what I presented to this discussion. You're bringing up a messy set of unverifiable assumptions that lead to nowhere. And yes, that's theosophy. Trying to use regular logic in an intellectual game, playing with words like "infinity"/"absolute" to come up with whatever you want to "prove".

This discussion is totally irrelevant and the answer is intangible. This forum is not a place for theosophy. Teachings aligned with "accept everything" and its variants have their place. Take some responsibility for what you're saying, "for God's sake". Becoming too attached to non-dual dialects so that you forget the basics of what it means to be alive as a human being is offtrack.

There is no "must".

If someone is considering suicide, that person is not really conscious of GOD. So it wouldn't make any sense to say "Your will is the will of GOD". In fact, it could do much more harm than good. Suicide due to depression or emotional trauma is only considered in extremely low states of consciousness.

@Javfly33 Have you searched for eco-communities? I think that a closer contact with Nature could do a lot to you.

@Harikrishnan You'd need to gather sufficient predictions to group them by probability ranges and anticipation time length ranges so that each group had statistically significant data. You can't infer correlation from unorganized/small groups of data points, let alone causation. If lots of people are "predicting" possibilities for several events, the probability that someone gets it right at some point for some event can be quite high. Raise your bar. Be open minded and skeptical.

In a distant past, astrology and astronomy were an unified field of study. Nowadays, astronomy is about observing/modeling and astrology is about guessing/believing.

@kieranperez "Light on Yoga", written by Iyengar. It's a long and complete book for self-taught Hatha Yoga practitioners.

@Mikael89 The best dream out there. And then another one

@Onecirrus What lies beyond terms and descriptions? If you want to access Truth, let go of the attempt to explain and make sense. But if you don't, it's okay... play with your imagination.

@Mikael89 If you're unable to unify Truth and duality by transforming your life as an individual, then there will be no growth. The ego always try to come out on top, finding all sorts of excuses to avoid purification and goodness. Attachment to non-dual language and the absolute perspective is a famous breach for devilry. It took me a few years to realize this. Purification is emotionally HARDER and it's okay to be afraid. Use all non-dual avoidance you feel like. You're not improving the quality of your life by derailing through "there is no <insert whatever>" statements. Clue: DUALITY is the ultimate miracle.

@Mikael89 Enlightenment is not separate from everyday life. Enlightened human beings are deeply human and highly aligned with goodness. Why would that be? Why is non-violence taught by every master? You don't become immoral by becoming enlightened. Instead, you become aware of the core of what society calls "morality". What we know as "morality" is just a superficial understanding.

@lukej May your inner thirst for goodness heal whatever needs to be healed.

I'm looking forward to getting into cold showers. But I'll have to wait until the end of winter to start.