Erlend

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    @unknownworld okay man. awakening is reaching the experience of seeing reality as it is. However, with an awakening, this experience lasts only a period of time. when we say enlightenment, we refer to having that experience permanently. 

    This is how we generally define these two terms in non-duality. But remember, words can be used to mean different things depending on person, setting and more - which is fine! But as I said, what I gave here is the general definition of the words. 

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    @Gopackgo Man, that's awesome! Your description of it fits how I experience it very well. I do do concentration practises.

    When it flexes (either by itself or from me doing it consciously) thought clears, I leave my made up "mind-reality" and become more instilled on what is real (the here-and-now and my immediate surroundings). Its like a frequently recurring refocus on real reality. What is cool is that this happens a lot during the day, so its like I'm working on enlightenment even when I'm not sitting down and doing a specific practise. Thanks for sharing that you too experience it, I'm glad. 

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    When my mind expands, I can feel it physically in my head/brain. Whenever I get an insight/become more awake/more aware, my brain feels kinda like how muscles feel when we flex them. As if my brain is flexing and vibrating sternly. The more my mind expands the more I can feel that flexing feeling in there. Like when I had an awakening, my brain was flexing like motherfucker! 

    Is this something you guys are experiencing too? 

     

  16. Posted · Edited by Erlend

    Whats good people.

    As you do this type of personal and spiritual development work seriously for a while, your consciousness expands and grows and you get a bigger picture understanding of reality. And most people don't devote much time to this kind of deep, inner work. Like, I'm in no way an all-knowing, enlightened guru and I can have fun and enjoy to some degree the presence of most anyone, but after working hard on the type of work we do with actualized.org for a couple years now, what I notice start happening more and more is that I'm having trouble relating to people on a meaningful level. As if I'm growing away from them and moving away from the population average consciousness, if I may word it like that haha. It just feels like I grow so much I don't fit in anymore and finding people I really like and can connect with is hard. 

    I can imagine many of you guys feel the same way? What do you do? Find that one buddy who understands? Stop growing lol? 

     

    (And no, I'm not trying to get validation or ego boost lolololol)