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@LoveandPurpose You already love yourself, you're just shy enough to admit it. How do I know? Well, simply because you're asking. What is that but love? If you find this convincing, accept it. If not, let go. You can't not love yourself, because you are love. And I love you too ❤️

@now is forever I have this friend, the laziest guy on earth. He's never on time, always at least 15 mins late, once 2 hours late. These people are treasure for learning how to become patient and understanding. So, there's a positive side to this issue. As for the solution: There is no how. Just do it.

When you stop trying to make sense of life, you will enjoy it. Ta-da! Don't think life, feel it. @mandyjw It wasn't me though, it was always you ❤️

@mandyjw Exactly! The most mundane things are special. And despite all of our mundaneness, we are sacred and divine. Now, how do we make practical use of this insight? By merging what we want with what we need, using the guidance of our feelings. In the present moment, whatever needs to be done is exactly what we want to do. And what we want to do is exactly what needs to be. ❤️

@KenDo Let it happen spontaneously with time. Everytime you catch yourself clinging to something, observe and ask why.

To the present moment.

@Farnaby I personally have learned a lot about myself practising meditation while walking, with or without listening to music. I'd walk for 2 or more hours continuously, sometimes it can strech to 5 hours, it depends on how 'monkey' your mind is. Meditation is basically observation of the present moment. Acceptance is a whole other practice, but you can certainly combine both together. It does not matter the method, I suggest that you try many methods, and find out the best one for you. How do you know which one is better? Three very important questions: 1) How much does it make you learn about yourself? 2) How calm and peaceful do you feel right afterwards? 3) How much do you feel connected with the present moment and disconnected from the illusion of past and future right afterwards?

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Okay, first of all let's not create a debate here and rape this thread. It's true, I didn't choose to believe or not believe anything, but this is completely irrelevant to being able to believe or not. Free will is an illusion, but the illusion seems real. That's why it's called an illusion in the first place, because it 'seems' real. The post I created did not come from me, it had to appear, out of nowhere. And whether it makes sense or not, it's not really up to me or you or anyone else. You can believe in free will and be happy, I didn't say you can't. But it will be a neurotic kind of happiness. Or maybe I'm wrong about this. You claim that my word play will cause suffering, I tell you that it doesn't. At first, you will suffer, the ego-mind does not like to lose control, but eventually you will become free. I don't want to keep going with this debate, so I won't reply again, but if you have anything to add, please feel free to share, I'm all ears. Thank you.

@purerogue Then why am I very happy with my life?

@Inliytened1 There isn't a free will, but it seems like there is. This topic is very important, if you know that there's no free will, how can you suffer? If you know that it seems like there is a free will, how can you be a victim?

@Roch This is good, it means you are conscious of what causes you feeling bad about yourself. Now, dive in there instead of running away. Get head on with your emotions. Don't fight, just question and observe, then let go.

It's been the most dependable thing so far, so yes. Then where should the answer come from? Mind is a distinction.

@Paul92 Yes, death chooses when it's time for you to die.

This is the thought, it's a thought about the Absolute. To me it's just a thought, I haven't experienced it. And no, I can't trust anything at all. What is trust to begin with?

@Paul92 It's not the ego who decides to die. It's death that chooses you to kill.

Ego-death.

@Paul92 You don't know what you're missing, nothing is pointless, nothing is meaningless, and nothing is arbitrary. All of this is happening for 'you', don't believe me, just wait and see, and don't give up on life. The best part of the movie is the conclusion

@David Hammond Karma is a thought.

@Nivsch Having enemies or competitors, whether they are insiders or outsiders.

@herghly Usually, my routine is what I feel needs to be done, nothing more and nothing less. Or, in other words, I don't really have a routine, I actually hate it, and I like being this way.

@Roch It will pass... It always does... I know exactly what you are experiencing, you feel stranded with nothing and stuck in life, it looks like there's no hope for you, but there actually is. Use this time to rest and sort some things out, enjoy and don't resist anything, try to find out where you are going wrong about your thinking and behaviour, this is a great opportunity for you to grow, use it wisely, or even better, let go, let it be, and watch... Good luck my friend.

@Annoynymous Being is positive! If there wasn't being, that'd be neutral, if it's even possible to talk about non-existence. But there is something, and it's not nothing. How could existence be negative?!

@Hansu Honestly, I don't read a lot of books (almost not at all). But there's one book that helped me a lot: Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing. I guess what did the trick for me is: Deep suffering, which left me with no other choice but to surrender. Letting go of material possessions and becoming free from their captivity. Becoming a minimalist, and knowing that less is actually more. Compassion for other people, because if you can love and accept others, then you can love and accept yourself. I'm still discovering new levels of happiness, it's always mind-blowing how much there is to it! My life right now is pure heaven. Good luck my friend.

And that's not a thought? Why is permanence a valid criterion? Permanence requires time and memory, both of which you might consider illusions. Anyway, it disappears when I sleep, or at least it seems so. Plus, what about the future, when I die? Will it be there after I die? How do you know?