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Yup, as a matter of fact, "everything" is spontaneously generated, even thinking one "does or doesn't" have free-will. Whatever spontaneously arises is equal to determinism, because as you rightly said, there is no-doer, but "maybe" one doesn't have to act on every thought that arises. Perhaps, that's where freedom may come in, if there is such a thing at all. The reason I say it like that is because, say I think, "I want ice cream", then I think, "no no, I will exert my free-will and not have the ice cream". Who's to say free-will actually happened? vs. Just a spontaneously arising decision which equals determinism, see? This knowledge doesn't get one off the hook for personal responsibility though. We still must always try to do the most appropriate action, speech, etc in the moment or suffer the consequences, why?? Because that's the way this universal manifestation with its physical/psychological laws and rules has been set up.

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Damn, I was going to post this! But, seriously, OP stop giving in to your every wim or you won't get far. Fake it until you make it! This means act "as if" you aren't needy and clinging. Don't give in to these insecurities and get a hobby to occupy your time, so a GF isn't your "everything" or she will run away from you.

Hehe, happens to the best of us, it's okay Humor is a good!

@Beginner Mind Yes, ok, I made an edit to my post. You must not have seen it.

He wasn't booted, he left. He wasn't banned I mean. At least, in his last post he said he was leaving. Edit: I just went back to read the exchange, guess the disagreement was such that he really couldn't have stuck around.

Oh no, what's that supposed to mean? Hope it's not what it sounds like.... Hey, I'm game for some hot tubbing and salsa dancing... well, I don't know how to salsa dance, you will have to lead. https://tenor.com/view/dancing-dog-gif-3985063

Hahaha! Gurrllll, yes, love em' ?

@Beginner Mind You're welcome

Hi @Beginner Mind, I'd advise you to not put it in your profile, once you are chatting with someone and if they already like you, then bring it up, if you still want too. Give yourself a chance first though, putting it in the profile would be like shooting yourself in the foot. Ppl are more apt to be understanding once they already like you/are interested in you. It won't be dishonest not to say that upfront, that's personal information and one isn't privy to that sorta info, until they earn the right to be...or that's my opinion.?

"Now" is all there ever is. When ppl refer to "no time", they are referring to the "psychological sense of time" that we create in our minds. We imagine the past (show me the past right now?) and imagine a future. We do this to solidify ourselves (small self, little me) in the mind as a separate entity.

Thanks and your welcome!

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Contracted awareness, as the finite body, dissolves. The finite mind disperses, then awareness is aware of just infinite awareness. At some point, awareness may once again "contract" into a finite mind ( some may say even "aspects" of the same mind), then it imagines a finite body and an illusion of a person is born once again.

No, you keep your human-ness. Perhaps you generally won't have fear, but yes, you can still have it. You can have any feeling, thought or emotion as you did prior to Self-realization. You just know its something that comes and goes, so can not be your true nature, awareness.

Well said, @Serotoninluv ?

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So did Ramana Maharshi during his lifetime, as well as the men in his ashram.

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that you have benefited from any of the #66 posts in this thread. So, I'm going to lock it now.

I agree. If Im upset about something and don't yet want to let it go (ie, I'm not done being pissed!), it takes so much thought and effort to keep it up, lol. As soon as I relax into the moment...whoosh, it's gone. @yangmilun Maybe stop telling yourself that you are lazy, unless of course, you aren't done holding onto that belief yet.

@Schahin This is the video. ^^^ I like this one ^^^ also.

I've linked it for ppl before, several times actually, it never has had the same effect for them and the sound quality isn't good on it either, but I'll look for it on youtube. I don't have it saved.

Yup! My first awakening was during a video when the guru was doing self-inquiry with a man. Leading him step by step through her own process and she got to the mind blowing part... and wow. ....There was no-mind here... just gone. When it came back, it was like-"whhaaaatttttt just happened"...lololol.

I can't function without appt reminder cards, a calendar, to do list and most important....post-it notes...love em'