Truth Addict

It's very easy that it's very tricky. All you need to do is to stop resisting entirely and focus on the one thing that you're doing without thinking about it. Sounds simple, but it's not easy for most people. Any meditation practice can help if you practice it for +5 hours a day. Long durations will show you how flow.

There's no such thing as consciousness.

There's literally no such thing as awareness. It's not a thing. It's nothing.

"Don't feel guilty. Release that guilt, and then go do the right thing anyways." -- Leo Gura

How about if your favourite music is playing in the background, or on headphones?

I don't want to know. I mean it would be nice, but I'm way too lazy to look.

How about just staying awake in silence? Do you get any thoughts/feelings from that too? Have you considered that the type of house can be of some effect on you?

It will pass. And you will come out even stronger. Hold on there, with great suffering comes great growth. I've come back from multiple worse situations. You will come back too. You just need some time to rest and thing will sort themselves out for you. Don't worry a bit, your mind is exaggerating the troubles, it's making them seem bigger than what they actually are. Hold on there, give yourself time to heal. And it will pass. It will pass. ❤️

Because it's none of your business how I use the pointers. Does undermining awareness trigger you? No one is aware of anything. Awareness is a lie.

Talk about yourself ?

You think I misunderstand it. But I don't understand it at all. I AM IT.

Someone who thinks he does understand other people, will not understand this thread

Dedicate one week for your resolution. Be silent. Absorb the thoughts and emotions. Don't fight or resist them. Cry if need be. Journal about your thoughts if need be. Accept the fact that you have no more chance with him. Open your mind to other future opportunities and relationships. Know that you are not the first one to be dumped, nor the last. It's quite normal, and actually very common. Try to always stay calm no matter what during the week you dedicated, and always bring back your awareness to the 'now'. 'Feel the body' is my favourite approach. Breathe consciously from your stomach and feel the emotions, they're probably in your stomach. To finally completely let go, a part of you has to die. Remind yourself that the price of freedom/new you is the destruction/death of the chains/old you. And remind yourself that it's worth it. And most importantly, take me as your new boyfriend. Hahaha.. Laugh! Why aren't you laughing?! Try to see the silliness of seriousness, clinging, and attachment. (that's what worked for me).

Ego-death is not what you think it is. My ego died but at that time I didn't know that it was ego-death and it felt like freedom more than anything else. It's as if you have tons of responsibilities to take care of, or as if you were carrying the weight of the whole world on your shoulders, and then you suddenly drop everything and become free. At that moment, you discover that you were taking things way too seriously and that nothing really matters, just let go of the wheel and enjoy the ride. At least that was my experience, and it's deepening every single day.

Become a Stoic.

Who said that? The truth is the truth. The assumption is that awareness is the truth. Do you see the futility in that assumption? It's the source of duality. To transcend it is to realise non-duality. That is only when you analyse language/thought with language/thought. When you don't, you simply abide in non-dual awareness, which is nothing special, really, since it's always the case unless you think otherwise.

Pros and cons. Not black or white.

Ask yourself the same question from a different angle, that is: Why not? Why not enjoy life while you can? Things seem pointless only when you think about them. But without thought, well, you know the rest.

Nope. We are born naked, but we put on clothes, which is an 'unnatural' interference. I don't think so. You need to adopt the spiritualist paradigm to be able to understand what Leo is teaching. After that, you need to drop that paradigm as well. Maybe then you will see the truth.

Happy birthday! ? ❤️

I always wanted to find out why I am here, why there is life, and why everything is as it is. It seems like no one really has the answer, because any answer at all would ultimately always be a story. I want THE story. Wait, I'm living it already. Okay, so where are the answers? Damn it son! What good story would reveal its end from the beginning?! Wait and see. You are blessed, you won't get lost cuz I'm here for you. Rest sure, you can't miss your own story. .. ❤️??

It is. That's the whole point that I was trying to make. There is no actual awareness. If there was, then we would have been able to point to it. Yes. If you don't think about it.

So, it's a metaphor Thought can be dual or non-dual.

Then why do you call it awareness?

What is awareness?