Truth Addict

Agreed. But only the ones who go through hell will ever have the keys to heaven. So, I think we should feel grateful for the gift of hell (Mind).

@Aakash Trusting the devil. Or, Completely surrendering to God. Your choice.

Why do you feel the need to release trauma? Just saying, because, what if you didn't actually have trauma as much as you think you have? Maybe the trauma that you are trying to release is hiding between your thoughts But sure, shamanic breathing works, even if you do it for only two minutes. Free running has very similar effects, and it's actually more enjoyable. Other methods that I haven't tried yet, psychedelics, long retreats, strong starvation.

Do you actually experience self-doubt? Or did you just read about it?

What exactly is it that you really want to change?

@kira To what extent is it going to be? I mean there are many layers to this topic. I don't have much to offer, but I think that narrowing down your goals of any topic will help you do better research. Who are the audience you are speaking to? Their average age? Political opinions? Religious opinions? Etc... What are their average level of understanding reality? How would you like your presentation to affect them? I think a little bit of questioning would be a good starting point for your research.

@Pouya All "why" questions have to do with pragmatism. Or, at least that's what I believe. As for the question: do past lives exist? The question itself is a fallacy, because existence is the present moment, so there's basically no past or future. But at the same time, yes, there exists past and future in the now, just not the thoughts of them. (although the thoughts might exist as well).

Is there anything that is not absolute?

A better way is self-love. It's a practice, you can close your eyes or look in the mirror and say: "I love you", "I accept you", "I love everything about you, all the mistakes, all the rights and wrongs, everything", etc... It is one of the most powerful ways for creating self-esteem and achievement in life. Observing the ego passively is good, but actively loving it is great!

@CreamCat What a wonderful coincidence!

@CreamCat I'll just be plain. You're talking like you're on the top of the world, and you're looking down upon everyone else. Reminds you of something? Yes, the ego. Maybe if you gave up your judgements and cared more about other people's circumstances, and maybe put yourself in their shoes, maybe then there would be no problem for you. Thank you.

Right on. No, if you look deeply enough you'll see that it's just imagination.

@NoSelfSelf How is everything a product of my imagination? What about the feeling of of hunger? I get what you're saying is that things are the way they are, not the way we think they are. Like this:

We can think and imagine and believe all we like, but does any of that counts? It's not hard to admit that we don't know, the hardest thing is to keep guessing.

The question is: do enlightened teachers exist?

These kinds of posts are making me sick.

That's too far ahead, I think. I mean to generate and fix programs is not that easy.

@EvilAngel And we can trust anonymous people on forums! Wake up! No guidance will get you where you want to go. Only you.

Programmes will be of the highest value in society. Everything else will become rudimentary.

There's more to it. You might want to look into the thoughts (imagination) that you created in your post.

Exactly! I once saw a post on fb from a friend of mine, who simply was a 17 year old asking: who am I? I told him: what were you before you ever knew anything about the world? Imagine that you're born again with zero thoughts and zero information about the world, what are you then? He spontaneously answered: "absolute nothing", cuz there would be no thoughts to even describe it. I was shocked! It was so accurate. ... @TRzed maybe there's no mind, maybe the mind is just a thought. It is, you see? You're making distinctions based on what?

@SoonHei nothing. @Joseph Maynor how come mouths speak?

Good! But be careful not to fall into the trap of chasing theory. I fell into that before, and I'm still struggling to get out.

@howdoistopobsessing Why are you suffering? That's the question that you want to focus on. You're here as an actor just like me and everyone else, you keep playing your role until the show is over. Why eating and enjoying food? Same goes for working.

I guess both, I'm not sure I understand what you mean by my shadow taking over. But yeah, here I am, there's a disconnection between what I know and what I do. It's when one's life on the line is where the shadow is tested. I haven't succeeded yet. A comfortable life gives a false sense of no-shadow, even if it includes some trouble, it doesn't show how deep the dark side goes. Death is the ultimate test.