ajasatya

why not do X if we're going to die anyways? the goal of living happens NOW. it happens NOW! RIGHT NOW! live NOW or NEVER.

@8Ball congratulations! i did it in 2015 to start my master's on artificial intelligence in 2016. but the academic aspect wasn't the most important part. i used the free time to work on myself. i dedicated my life to meditation and Truth seeking. i was thirsty for healing... wanted to clean up all of my old vices and toxic mental patterns. BEST IDEA EVER. totally worth it. my advice is: you can work on your career or study something new, but the most important part is to work on yourself. learn to open your heart. learn to be tranquil and learn how to spend energy more efficiently. there is a lot of things to learn on the field of personal development.

break this pattern and learn to get well by yourself already. take a lonely walk and watch the pain of neediness rip of your chest and open your heart. watch the flowers... they don't seek the bees. flowers are just beautiful. and you can be beautiful too.

realize what you are and free will / determinism will become clear.

he can't he's stuck in pre-determinism.

Life is infinite. where did you come from? what is it like to wake up without having ever gone to sleep?

@Paul92 amazing. your attachment levels are off the roof. you have no idea what you're signing up for! here comes the HEARTH OF GOD, looking for THE FIRE!

@Sven what becomes enlightened?

just forget about this forum. be present.

this question is on point what happens during meditation is a summary of your everyday life.

it's alive!

i'm sorry to say it but it can't be done quickly, considering your current level of attachment. you have to notice the waves of the mind and learn its tricks. it takes time to build up enough wisdom until the mind becomes able to understand the patterns, the deceptions and the limitations of the mind. the final output of the discipline is a mind that knows how to surrender. have a good time, take good care of the body and embrace Life, for you are not something that True Nature shouldn't be.

@Wisebaxter confusion related to non-duality comes from not understand what "you" or "i" points at. it happens because you haven't integrated enough mystical experiences yet. you are confused about YOU. "others are illusions" is a consequence of the fact that nothing has a separated individuality. even though the mind separates aspects of Reality, the separation is not a fundamental thing. Unity lives through you and through your girlfriend, as you and your girlfriend at the same time.

something from the Heart

it has nothing to do with the particular shape. it's all about your discipline to do it methodically. rituals are tools to avoid sloppiness. when we practice zazen in group, for example, there is a methodical way to walk, to bow, to spin, to sit and to breathe. it evokes a certain degree of seriousness and concentration that's necessary for this kind of work. also, if everyone just did it their own way, the environment would become too chaotic and distractive.

you tell us!

@Raphael so it didn't go like shit. newbies think that life is like a bifurcation: success vs failure. masters know that life is a sequence of straight failures until you reach success. of course you'd find it in the last placed you looked!

@fortifyacacia3 where do you feel resistance in the body? watch, breathe and relax or is it just imaginary? don't get too lost in thoughts and language. spirituality is very different from philosophy. cut the fat, make it clean, short and simple. true contemplation is finding your way through language to reach beyond language.

who are you?

yes! there you go

relapsed != relaxed lazy and undisciplined people have a hard time relaxing and often suffer from anxiety and chronic pain.

i wouldn't make suggestions such as meditation, diet, life purpose course etc. instead, i'd try to help her find motivation to go through a transformative process. if she succeeds, she will deliberately choose her own path.

@LoveandPurpose you become shameless and unstoppable

@LaucherJunge try it and let us know this path requires high levels of self-responsibility