ajasatya

@Shaun you're still stuck in the mind. emotions feel like rollercoasters when you're too attached to beliefs.

this very moment!

watch the mind's thirst, already trying to make sense out of what cannot be made sense of. let it starve instead.

you can't try to grasp the absolute perspective and still imagine lower/higher purposes or individualities such as "I" or "God". Reality is ONE. the mind can't go any further than this.

"your" will is "god's" will unity means ONE there is an illusion of separation on the level of thoughts, only

ouch, the illusion of superiority/inferiority... suffering and more suffering...

it's nothing much. let go.

it's a phase. he's seeing his own bullshit on the "outside" and letting go. it's a good thing

none of them. you seem to have a mental image of those. let go and see what happens.

shikantaza

there you go again taking a book as your source of unshakable truths. this kind of work is certainly not for you (not yet, i guess). realizing True Nature leads to ultimate humbleness. it leads to a deep state of amazement because you realize that everything is the Perfect Beauty Itself. no more internal conflicts, no more external conflicts. just peace of mind and tons of love towards everyone and everything. you have a fantasized idea of god and that's why "i am god" sounds arrogant. it sounds arrogant because you may feel very distant from a steady and peaceful state of mind. it sounds arrogant because it may be a projection of your own arrogance, thinking that "i am god" means something like "i am superior to everyone else". you imagine god as something very far away. but i tell you this: the most sincere devotion to god is atheist. watch your internal triggers take over now.

@Shakazulu the background and your experience are the same thing.

your definition of enlightenment and awakening seems to be quite narrow to me. i rather be lost and confused than attached to some kind of moral religion and old religious texts. thankfully, i am not lost and confused

I have it. may i borrow it, please?

can anything have consciousness?

what exactly is that word "I" referring to?

@Belay kelemework you're stuck. good luck with your moral attachments.

you're being confused by your imagination. let go of those stories and be truthful to you NOW. who are you NOW? what is reality NOW? if you're scared of letting go of old stories, you won't be able to go any further.

this is accurate. and on the other hand, mystical experiences show us that it can't be known. existence leaves us with no other option than to be completely amazed and humble.

you don't know what you are doing. why are you telling people that you meditate? why do you even meditate?

what does that mean?

@darind by not indulging in any form of violence

@AlphaAbundance you still think that you're an individual thing experiencing existence, but you are existence experiencing what it is like to live consciously. let's assume you are a thing... what is your exact mass? do you wait until your gut is empty to measure your weight? also, the amount of water in your body is variable. for how long do you have to go through thirst until you can measure your exact mass? what about the air in your lungs... do you need to have empty lungs in order to measure your exact mass? what about your nails and hair? what about your semen? what are you, even?

@DrewNows thank you very much! awesome video

this is your weakness. your fear of rejection might get you rejected in the end.