SOUL

Seeing everything in dualism is a misperception of the mind and isn't an accurate representation of existence so nonduality is merely a reaction to the misperception.

Like this? ...and this Conditional fulfillment and joy is a limiting belief. Liberation is unconditional and limitless as it's only condition and limit. Realization of fulfillment and joy in any conditions is genuine liberation and peace.

The religious ideologues have always demonized anybody and anything that wasn't their very specific belief system and JBP carries on in this tradition of it. He expertly distracts from the thousands of years of bigoted othering where the 'social enforcement' was brutally exacted from their hypocritical self appointed moral pedestal and he now hysterically portrays the historic abusers as victims.

These stages are mind mazes of self slicing and dicing Fragmenting and dementing still renting the bent thing. So you buy in and fly it rhyming reasons why you bite. Don't take the jab step spin move pump fake and hoop. Just another net to smother intention in demonization. The frame game by any other name is the same blame Spinning spiral social dynamics follow me and go viral It's fresh new words on age old turds to feed the herds.

Do you see it? I wonder.

Did you say imagination? No? You could have. Hehe

Machinations Machine actions

JBP: Life is suffering! Leo: Truth = Death! SOUL:

Yes, daily experience and self observation aren't theory. Yet, ego subtly convinces oneself that it's machinations aren't theory but is truth! Then ego seeks the security of the self feeding loop in telling others if they don't theorize as it does they are enslaved and not free. Haha

@Misagh You start out well enough in recognizing the machinations of ego can bring too much theory then allow yourself to get dragged into excessive theory machinations in the thread. Which winds up with one of the more machination theorizing posters on the board suggesting if you can't see in theory the way they do you must not have 'freedom' and are still enslaved. There is a lesson here...hehe

Well, I will attempt to explain without complicating it. Contemplation is an exercise in attention and attention is a relativistic manifestation of awareness which is absolute in nature. So attention and awareness are 'kin' so to speak and they can be simultaneously or individually expressed in our consciousness. Awareness doesn't contemplate but we can be present in awareness while our attention is in contemplation and this holistic state of consciousness will yeild significant results in effective mindfulness. Does that make any sense?

AI? Hm SOUL is an IA..........Infinite Awareness......that is all.... no story.

These aren't mutually exclusive, we can contemplate and be present simultaneously, in fact, it's ideal.

So much fragment movement up in here.....

Ask who is reporting? Hehe

If you notice presence dissipating or wandering take many 'clarity' breaks to bring awareness back to the moment. It can be as simple as a meditative centering breath for less than a minute every so often. I know it's a challenge to not just to pay attention to what we are doing but to be aware of us paying attention to what we are doing but if you actively do it initially eventually it will happen passively and it will become a natural state of mind.

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There is no right and wrong or true and false in nondual perception, our awareness in nondual observation transcends all these conceptualizations you've imagined and 'enlightenment' will cease to be something sought. Yea, sure, stories are fun, they can be beautiful and inspiring but the ego lives in the story, it feeds on the story, it needs the story and it thinks it's own story is 'right' and 'truth'.

When you typed that out and hit submit reply, you answered your own question. Do you really need me to explain it?

Being present and presence could be used interchangeably I guess, it's not the words that matter, they are only used to communicate and the words themselves have no true value beyond how they are used which is an especially individualized thing. Yes, being present isn't a philosophy, it's our direct experience and as it has been pointed out we can't ever be out of the moment. Although, awareness of the present moment instead of distracted by the past or future is the genuine message of the phrase. I don't know what others say about it but I suspect there are similar themes shared by them.

Mm hm....

Did you watch the video you posted? He explains it quite clearly there and you don't need to ask others what he means by it. Of course there are plenty of people that would disagree with his assertions or if they do accept his words as he speaks them they will still be critical of others if they would try to express the same thing here. The reason is the dogmatic attachment to their own concepts is strong and a differing perspective threatens the basis of their identity even if they deny that's the nature of their way. There are many paths to the top of the mountain, some easy, some hard, some short, some long but they all have the same view at the top. Find your path and enjoy the trip.

Luckily there is no overdosing on bliss...

Just keep on mental masturbating over words, thinking your own are the right ones and judging the words of others is feeding your own ego believing your own ideas about what's true and false. See it yet? lol

I get that there are many feeding their self loops perpetuating their guru concepts. lol