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After you slow down and wake up, people will not understand you, ever, only another awakened human being will do. The majority of people are interested in "character", "strength", "routine", "stability", "ambition". Once you quit the problems of the world, the world remains stupefied about you. If a child is initiated from young age to follow breath and inner self then all will make sense for him. But to a human being preoccupied only with "ambition & money", then enlightenment is hell. Namaste, mfks!

Of course there is. If you abuse and manipulate others with your newly awakened understanding. It is quite rare, although i have seen it happen because even the awakened can be lured back in illusion and battle it out with the non-awakened only to end up abusing universal laws thus powers and abilities will be removed until pure of heart and alignment is restored.

But Leo will disappear. Leo will not experience it. Moreover one part especially caught my attention when you are mentioning - that there is not even consciousness and awareness it's only absolute infinity. I agree this is the ultimate insight. Groundless ground is not consciousness. It is nothingness which equals to infinity. 0 can not exist without other numbers. 0 means the non existence of other numbers. So after you become awakened to that groundless ground there even arises many questions what could happen to your consciousness after physical death. After Leo disappears.

@Joseph Maynor No.. You can call him with any name you want! By the way, I think you are probably aware that the word 'Buddha' just means 'the awakened one'.. Anyone who is awake is a Buddha. When we say 'the Buddha', we are specifically talking about Siddhartha.

1. No, object is not there, I can only speculate that the object is there based on my memories. Sense of time, space and objects is gone. Everything is viewed as AS itself 2.Nothing, no object is related to me because there is no me. "Everything" is the centre which cannot be disturbed 3.Awakened state cannot be altered because awakened state is the embodiment of truth realisation. Whatever is false never existed. Certainly mind and body can be altered if some disease crops up but not enlightenment 4.No psychological suffering. Everything is at peace 5.Two kinds of love: Agape: Love for everything as it is Devotion: Abandoning oneself and completely surrendering to the object of love Hope this helps

@Ether I died, and I awakened.

@Shanmugam Non-awakened: Rebirth? The Lil Wayne album?

have u awakened?

Matt Kahn says he shot woowoo rays into someone once and woke then up. I have no idea if it's true. But I'm really talking about direct transmission, just trying to be funny. Ramana Maharshi and countless other teachers believe in direct transmission, just being in the presence of someone fully awakened can help along the process, so I'm told. What do you think?

Below is an analogy that settled my mind on this life dream thing. Imagine Sarah is asleep dreaming. Lets call her dream character she identifies with as Nancy. Nancy is in New York City and there are lots of other characters - the taxi driver, her friend from college, people in a cafe etc. Nancy's subjective experience is that she is a separate self from all the other characters. Yet, everything in the dream including the landscapes and all characters are all one within a higher consciousness (Sarah's mind). However, Nancy is locked into her character and is unaware a higher consciousness exists. Even if Nancy starts searching in New York for awakening and enlightenment - it won't come - because she is still the Nancy character. Nancy will not be able to "figure it out" as Nancy. The awakening comes with the awareness of Nancy's character. The higher consciousness (Sarah's mind) could become aware that she is dreaming and it's all just one dream. Then the identification with the Nancy self dissolves. Similarly, there is a type of "higher" or "other" form of consciousness that cannot be awakened to as my life character that I identify with. I spent over 20 yrs practicing meditation, going to retreats, reading personal development and spiritual books - and I did it all as my dream life character, as "Nancy". Just like Nancy can't figure out how to awaken, neither can my dream life character. It comes from the higher one consciousness (e.g. the higher Sarah consciousness) that becomes aware of itself. This higher "Sarah" consciousness is beyond my understanding. It's really hard to for my self character to acknowledge. It can also be frightening. Consider it from Nancy's perspective. Imagine Nancy catches a few glimpses that there is a higher consciousness and she is a character within a dream. That her character is an illusion. It could cause anxiety, panic and terror in Nancy. She would likely struggle to protect her story and identity. For me, higher doses of psychedelics end the story and self identity of the dream character. I learned more in four hours of my first trip than 20 yrs of meditation and spiritual readings. Imagine the dream character Nancy dissolves and what remains is the higher consciousness. That moment would have more impact than all the activities Nancy did her entire life as the Nancy dream character. Other people have awakenings others ways. Yet for me, psychedelics was the ONLY tool that exposed and dissolved the Nancy dream character. As a novice, the experiences were terrifying and insane. On two occasions, I had desire to kill myself as that would be the only way to regain control and make it stop. Yet over time the self identity attachment has lessened and things just are. Just one big constantly IS. "Sarah" is just "IS" and my self identity is a character within that one giant "IS".

You played yourself, it wasn't criticism, it's observation but if you feel criticized by it then you may want to examine your own self. Ah... there it is.... keep a foot in "reality", huh? What is the point of blocking out life? Blocking out your family? It's you who believes this "headless" state has value, there is no authority or objective measure to suggest that it is truth, right, better, enlightenment or anything other than your preference, it's just the way you choose to believe. Some might even say it's the opposite of being present, that it's being absent in going from the zombie hypnosis of self consumed to the zombie hypnosis of headless escapism isn't an example of being awakened and awareness of presence in reality. You are welcome to believe anyway you wish to and I won't call it "false" but when you are calling the way others live 'false' you are just living a belief paradigm of your own dogma with judgement, not free from judgement of "centerlessness". This is the clarity of simple observation....if you feel criticized by it then ask "who" is it that is getting criticized? Baha

I think enlightenment completly shuts off all thoughts (desires, cravings). You might had an awakening experience but if you still have suffering\thoughts, you havent awakened

Who says that people that awakened cant have a sense of humour?

@Deep Nobody cant EVER. EVER. Prove they are enlightened. why? Because, we cant go inside another one's mind and see if they are thinking or not. We cant go into their body and see if they feeling lasting happiness, peace, fulfileness, completion, wholeness. Even if you got the truest teachings ever, that still doesnt mean you awakened because you cant do those two things.

@Faceless Yes but it is very rare. All experiences, memory, knowledge, coming and going are part of the Spanda. The perpetual motion of rising and falling. Existence-non existence. Experience-non experience. Awakened states-non awakened states. Knowing- no knowing. This infinite motion-Karma is driven by desire. Even the desire to be awakened drives the Spanda. Very rarely is the Spanda truly transcended. But when it is there is absolutely no one there. Complete annihilation.

@Scholar Now that you see the emperor has no clothes don't let the spin masters bamboozle you into believing their ass isn't exposed. There will be esoteric sounding word play and clever circling narratives used in an attempt to distract you. Attaining a genuine clarity in awareness allows one to recognize that attributing as many characteristics to what is said to be inconceivable and unimaginable as some do is laughable. As they tell the story of their concepts about it they say it's not conceptual and if questioned it's turned on you who isn't open to it or trapped in 'maya'. They declare the authority of directly knowing "absolute" as the only reality and truth dismissing all else as illusion and false. Cognitively priming you as they were primed as well in saying if you "search" for the truth it will be as they say it is so are suggesting if it's anything other than that it's not truth and you don't know the truth. The demonizing of thoughts, ideas, beliefs and mind is herding the 'seekers' by corralling them into a dogmatic belief paradigms and chasing off anything that strays from it as unawakened and deluded sheep. Everyone else repeats the regurgitated rhetoric and all the gurus agree so it must be true! So seek clarity, keep awakened and be at peace! Haha!

Yes for those who want to know the downside is: (personal experience) If you where a believer in a Diety as i was, or have had emotional struggle in life, trauma or injuries the following you must expect: The whole neural pathways and nervous system will re-route to your natural state, similar as you where as a baby. So, if you had stronger right side of the body per exemple or physical injuries, expect maybe numbness (days, weeks), trembling of extremities (days, weeks), tingling, heavy limbs, very hot or very cold parts of the body. I can say that it is a process until the whole system falls into the natural course, this might happen in stages, during months or years. You realize your natural flow and start breathing the the Fire unto Earth while you let go of Light (mind,head, middle of the head, muscle strain in the head). The so called 3rd eye is always open, always has been and it will be until last breath. The difference is between the awakened one and the non-awakened one. The ratio of reality perception is the following: 4-10% for the dormant being, 20-100% for the awakened ones who are in different stages because like anything this is the re-routing of your being. It is impossible to see 100% of reality as it is in 1 day. You start seeing it and understanding it, but it unfolds more and more on the path, that is virtually infinite, like evolution is, life is, goes to more and more complex. Tip: Root chakra is the rabbit hole, is the entrance to the 3rd eye. (You have to hit the ''tail'', in order to open the skull.) This is a glimpse of enlightenment. Blessings

This only applies to the not awakened ones. The human being with a natural flow of energy is unaffected. The awaken one will know how to in-jaculate and raise kundalini wherever he/she wants, at any time, anywhere. Blessings

Tap into Adam's Apple and any moment will be a deja vu. Deja vu is felt as something extraordinary from the duality/5 senses mindset only. The awakened one sees deja vu as a natural flow, he/she will live deja vu every moment. I say this by personal experience. Blessings

Sorry, I still see fragmentation as a result of a paradox. One becomes awakened once the fragmentation tries to fragment itself. Once the self wants to see what itself is. It sees it as a tunnel, a path to go, but the tunnel fragments itself. The cycle cannot contain itself and it explodes. The self sees itself for the paradox it is. Still, if one can see a path from paradox to fragmentation, then surely one can go from fragmentation to paradox. It goes both ways. Peace.

I did not self induce my awakening, infact I didn’t even know what kundalini was when I awakened it. It awakened after a period of intense suffering that led me to do a lot of spiritual work all in once. Kundalini is speeding up my development tremendously but the quantity of emotional labour I’m going through is huge. And I still have a lot of work to do and still a lot of my Self to discover. Kundalini is really forcing me to live the most true, honest, and clean life possible, because if I don’t then it makes me experience suffering. Thanks i read in books about shaktipat but I never met anyone who experienced it. I spoke a lot with one enlightened man but I did not ask him about this.

@WildeChilde kundalini is highly concentrated life energy located in the abdomen. Once it is awakened , all the stuck energy (repressed emotions, traumas, etc ) in all of your body will push to come out . This can produce very strong symptoms and be extremely debilitating. Awakening kundalini is a highway towards enlightenment. You have to be prepared to face your inner demons. Your repressed emotions (= the shadow that makes ego live = your neuroses = what distorts your perception of reality = demons ) cannot remain in you when kundalini is awakened. If kundalini is awakened once you have already done a lot of purification work (= your energetic body is already to a good extent clean ) , you will have weaker symptoms and you will obtain faster the positive effects it brings . There are also a lot of positive affects when kundalini is stabilized and flows well in you but I still haven’t experienced them. Usually kundalini is awakened once the navel or crown chakra are fully opened . I am in the kundalini process right now and I am having a very hard time.

All that you are doing - all those meditations, self inquiry, psychedelics and etc... all for one and only "final destination" to become 100% authentic. total self acceptance is the pure awakening. Total letting go is the ultimate power of NOW. If you are able to embrace your darkest side and sit with it like with your best friend you are awakened. You will miraculously observe how all the "evil" inside you will vanish nowhere as it "appeared" out of nowhere! The true ultimate peacefulness lies beyond wanting, trying or seeking. It lies within the total authenticity! Stop resisting and fully surrender! When you experience your being without resistance you will never go back again! You will never lie to yourself again! You, with your entirety of emotions and characteristics are the only true nature of the existence. Accept yourself fully, accept your reality fully and you will awaken to your true nature! Whatever the "shit" you may think you are. Stop resisting! Trust universe and embrace yourself! Peace! Good luck! I'm out!

LISTEN ATTENTIVELY I know you are absolutely in a drunken state. Everything is upside down in you, everything is in a mess. You don't know what you are doing, why you are doing it. You don't know why you are here in the first place! But I know perfectly well why I am here and what I am doing. I am trying to wake you up - you are fast asleep. Just take one thing seriously and that is to become more and more alert of your sleepiness. And all my efforts here, sutras or jokes, are nothing but means to wake you. Sometimes a joke can wake you up more easily than a serious sutra because listening to a serious sutra you tend to fall deeper into sleep; it is so serious that you can't be awakened by it. But a joke is so light that you don't want to miss it; you listen attentively. - Osho

@Sevi Do you love animals doing cute stuff? Cool. This one happens to be my favourite: Seems like the crow is awakened. Crow = Parent, Kitten = Child