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So I understood that the things I mentioned are the ego. So resistance to what is is the ego.

Yes it was a feeling of emptiness that i was focusing on

This is what I meant. You have to ride the ox, realization is just seeing the ox's tale.

Visualisations (visualising your success), I heard of " planting" but Im not sure what it implies, you can look it up.

Some people arent ready to open the door, it takes maturity. All you can do is present your views to them but its up to them to process that information and take action, you have little influence on that.

I agree that prayer is a form of contemplation and merging with God. You can go into altered states of consciousness just by praying. But I also believe that sometimes by praying you can actually get what youre asking for. Life or God I believe may respond to you, maybe depending on the degree of involvement and emotions during the prayer.

I was meditating and digging and digging through some kind of " consciousness hole" dont know exactly how to explain it. So i dug and dug until finally i reached oneness, where everything was one and no more digging was necessary. I had my eyes closed during the moment , I opened them to see if the moment would last but when I did it faded so I got up after about 3 minutes.

I had a moment of oneness once but it faded and Im back to not being content and searching. I had no insights. My consciousness has expanded since then and it helped me with some personality problems and unnecessary chatter.

What does one have to do to make it a permanent state?

A guy named sadhguru who claims to be enlightened says we dont even use 1 percent of our potential. Some scientists say we pretty much use all of our brains potential, the opinions differ. But i tend to lean towards the opinion that we dont use a lot of our potential.

Understanding awareness , Leo introduced me to Gurdjieff and I am very thankful to him for that.

Im too damn lazy. Im a chimp that goes from one emotional comfort to the other, instead of doing things that really matter, enlightenment.

He can " wake you up". Different people understand that term differently. After waking up you still have to mount the ox and ride the ox home and that takes practice

Benefit: no suffering, finally lasting contentment which is the most precious thing in this life..

How long does it last? meditation can lead to supressed negative feelings to come to the surface. They are being worked through and it should be healthy, as long ad they dont last too long.

Experience ecstasy. Nuffsaid

Ive had a moment of oneness, similair like the one Leo described in his video " my enlightenment experience". I thought at the time that that was enlightenment but Im still not content and still searching :D. So I guess thats not it yet.