ajasatya

it's an extension of the knowledge about how to "move your arm", for example. there isn't really a "knowledge" entity, so to speak. we simply become aware of higher levels of reality's mechanics. you don't know how to activate each cell separately from your muscle tissues. but you are aware of how to make your arm move, or an apple fall, or a car move or an airplane fly.

@breathe582 i'm going to be bluntly honest on this one. break up with him and focus on yourself. become a healthier person and work on your studies. you will find a better partner later. right now you don't need a partner that's good for you. you don't need your family to be better for you. you have to be a better person to yourself. that's your job and yours only. work hard, live well.

yesss! we're living the age of science! PS: i am a scientist. scientists measure and model stuff. science cannot reach the Truth about the nature of Reality. science works under severe constraints related to the very act of measuring. woo-woo stuff? what if i told you that woo-woo can be closer to Truth than any scientific abstraction?

yes. what you see and what you feel is real. individualities are imaginary.

be still and know that i am GOD i is one of the most advanced gadgets of existence. it is GOD acknowledging itself, being aware of itself. the thing that "spiritual people" fight against is the very essence of GOD. nothingness sees the world and these words come from NOWHERE. "i am" - GOD

@KyleR check this out.

this is where most people get stuck. meditation alone is not enough. what happens during meditation sessions is a consequence of your daily karma (thoughts, words, acts, emotions etc). if you want to experience true peace of mind, you need to reconstruct the way you live.

the proper way to practice mindfulness can hardly be spoken. there is a HUGE difference between observing thoughts and dwelling in thoughts. the former is a practice of detachment and the later is imaginative. i would say that concentration is a more general term. mindfulness is concentration on what happens NOW. they are more of less the same thing. self inquiry is something else. it's a linguistic process that leads to the absence of language. which one is better? it depends on your current specific cause of suffering. "ego is causing me suffering" does not qualify as a specific cause of suffering.

3~4 years of diligent practice. 24/7 mindfulness + retreats.

it doesn't surprise me. they probably suffer more than bankers as well.

yes. but that's just one example.

the wisest and most conscious people can be gardeners, chiefs, monks, academics etc... it has very little to do with the profession. it's much more about how you define (or rather, not define) yourself. there's nothing wrong/bad/diminishing as long as you do good service to society. there are some corrupted professions, though. a wise person would never pay the bills by selling pleasure through his/her body.

yes. contentment is a byproduct of enlightenment work. but it's not the whole thing.

@SoonHei what says goodbye?

@Kiko your "boss" is completely lost in the ego game. just because you're new in the company, he's feeling superior to you, as if he were a superior human being or something like that. there are no superior human beings. we're all born from mother and father and doomed to death. your boss to will die and so will you. everyone is on the same boat.

@Satchidananda ready to let all of that go?

@theking00 who is it that wants to "remove the ego"? you can have some experiences of ego death. but in the end, you can only learn to appreciate Life.

@Cody_Atzori the heart and the guts are big nodes of the nervous system and they heavily influence the decisions "you make". intelligence is ALL OVER THE BODY.

i couldn't have said it better than you did. thank you. this is so complicated to explain that i don't even try.

you have to understand who you are. that's it... the actions of your parents, grandparents, grandgrandparents and their friends and parents and sisters and brothers... that's karma that influences your life. and what you do will influence the life of many to come. what is the relationship between you, your parents and your grandparents? who are you? who are your parents? who am i and who is the dog? what is Life?

challenge them. be scientific about it. ask people why they did or didn't do certain things. you'll see that if you just sit down and close your eyes, the world will keep spinning by itself. it's not working against you nor for you. the world just is.

no thoughts

@Major Tom big ego time. it will pass. "everything around me is trying to fuck with me" "everything around was made to serve my purposes" most people pick one of those 2. both of them are huge traps. but very common traps indeed.

nah i just use my pc. i don't like devices with touchscreens either.

@kieranperez i'm uncomfortable with non-digital material in general. pdf files are true gems of mankind!