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There is something called Tummo in Tibetan Buddhism (Six Yogas of Naropa), a practice that influences the subtle energy system and boosts awakened nonconceptual states, in later phases nondual awakened states. And various other energetic pratices. Without the foundation of Trekchö (or cutting the conceptual) mindstream, or something like that, I can not imagine that a mainly energetic practice is as efficient as these practices combined. Both combined are powerful tools, which I can confirm from personal experience. With Kriya itself, I don't have experience besides a few books I read. But the energetic techniques have strong parallels.

Pretty much every meditation traditions differentiates between the preliminary awakenings/enlightenments (both words used) and the final big shift. The former ones prepare the mindstream for finally understanding what lies "beyond" (called Final Enlightenment or Great Enlightenment in some traditions). To grasp what is beyond the boundless nondual field, one first needs to have experiences of that boundless nondual field (called Enlightenments or Awakenings). The totality can not be grasped from a partialized/dual perspective. These initial nondual unity experiences are the unity of a still existing separate self (however refined/empty that is) with the boundless nondual field. That ripens then towards True Nonduality with no separate-self remnants. And in these awakened nondual states the big shift can happen.

I have no proof concerning the Rainbow Body, yet I personally believe its legit in some cases. Essentially that happens from longterm Dzogchen Trekchö/Togyal-practice, which is essentially stabilizing enlightened/awakened states when the visual field has become nondual, infinite and mere groundless appearance (Tibetans call that clear light. Very similiar to Bucklands or Haari Aaltos descriptions of divine refined perception) on a sustained basis. Basically Full Enlightenment, and living from that state in a stabilized way in daily life for a long time (Ken Wilber peak-plateau-permanent).

All good and valid points you write and ask. Finally, you have to get there to fully answer that for you. The Absolute is unmistaken. Depends on the definition of Nothingness. Most cases claiming No-Self, or Emptiness, or anything like that is not the full Nothingness, but "something/somebody (quite subtle)" perceiving some "emptiness" or "void". (That something goes from identifying with emptiness instead of the persona to being in nondual Unity with the field and the separate-self having become so empty that it is just a very subtle feeling and nothing else). That is not the true nondual realization or True No-Self. That of course sparks a nightmare of not matching definition. A good pointer to the Absolute is Nothingness in the meaning of not describable in any way (no opposite), which is the same as truly infinite. Some call it Infinity, but that can also be something else. Even before having these realizations in place: There is some logic to the intuition that when there is literally nothing there as separate-anything (no center, lense, feeling of a separate anyting), or in other words impersonal empty and in nondual Unity with the everything arising, then from this boundless nondual Unity the Absolute can be intuited or realized what is beyond that. Because how can one understand what the nondual bubble of the visual field is (or what is beyond it) if it is not already nondual? That beyond is NOT consciousness (of something), because there is nothing there to be consciousness of. Consciousness can arise in IT/Absolute/You when something manifests or moves. And that can be very subtle. It has the capacity for awareness, but only if something arises. That is what he means with the following: He uses here the term Infinite Consciousness as the container of manifestation. It is a question of how to use the terms. I have read Bucklands book, and his term/realization Parabrahman fits nicely to the Absolute. Before that (or a stage below) in his system comes Brahman, or the totality of manifestation, Ken Wilbers upmost lower causal. He wants to avoid that people imagine a dry nothing as the Absolute when using the term Nothingness. Nothingness correctly used as pointer implies this Pure Divinity aspect of Infinite Potential for manifestation. And here he says that Nothingness is not IT. On which I agree, because Nothingness is only a pointer, and used in this way it isn't IT. The Absolute is, as Nagarjuna has already defined it millenia ago in the Madhyamaka totally undefinable, without opposite, always present. So technically, it is not even as Nothingness. And Buckland equates the Absolute with Pure Divinity (another pointer signifier, pointing to a referent that is a realization that a being can have). That is why the pointer Nothingness should be balanced with the pointer Infinite Potential if there is a risk of mistaking it for nothing/emptiness/void. Yet, they are all only pointers (including pure divinity) to the referent. Yes, pretty confusing. Because the terms (like Nothingness, Absolute, Pure Divinity, and so on) are not defined, and used differently by different authors. What all agree on: For the Absolute to be realized the separate-self-arisings need to go/transcended/cut off/ died to on the way there a Nondual Infinite Unity develops including all that is arising (Enlightenments, Awakenings along the path) And from this boundless nondual awakened state the Absolute beyond it can be realized (Full Enlightenment, knowing what one truly is, sudden shift or insight what Reality or oneself truly is. Final, and the rest is relative stuff that can be explored). The Absolute is unchanging, uncreated, timeless, infinite and so on, and contains all the rest of relative manifestation which is in nondual unity with it, and of the same essence. So from there on, it is all relative or manifested stuff. That becomes clear with that realization. And with that realization, one can go live ones life in peace, reorient the invidual body-mind top to bottom to confirm to that realization in daily life, and if one wants go exploring the endless wonders of manifestation or its manifestation mechanisms, or help others, or go grow a beautiful garden. In other words, live pretty happily ever after. Those who have not seen the end of the path as that beyond all changing states need an endless further ladder of higher awakenings/states/experiences/understandings/whatever (and of course proclaiming these as superior to finally getting rid of all the ignorance covering the Absolute/ones True Being) to ease the suffering and grasping. Which in my humble opinion describes the show going on here quite well.

1. Literally everything you are accusing me of doing...YOU are doing. Also how is it speculating...a dream is a thought. This means EVERYTHING is thought. Then you say resorting to mind...EVERYTHING is MIND. The only problem is you are close-minded and that is why you cannot understand the perspective of the original poster. Why? Because you have a BIAS. This BIAS prevents you from opening your mind, dropping your dogma, and being able to see reality from a different perspective. You know how you lose an argument? When you don't understand the perspective of the person you are opposing. I understand why you are close-minded because I realize you haven't fully awakened and are stuck in a dogmatic paradigm and are holding intensely to a certain way of seeing things in hopes that it will awaken you. It won't. No paradigm awakens you. All you really need to "KNOW" to awaken is this. 1. Everything is Love. 2. Everything is Nothing/Nonsense 3. All is MIND 4. The Absolute and the Relative are ONE 5. Everything is completely imaginary/dream/collection of thoughts That's it. And yes I put collection of thoughts...because it's the same thing. But your stringent ego...will argue this because your school of thought must not be defeated!!!

Yes, beautifully written. Love is the force that lets the universe grow in complexity until it has grown enough in complexity to realize itself in its beings. Love pulls the manifestation back to its source. It is the arrow of the universe to ever-growing more complexity. When an awakened being focuses in on a part of its field of vision, it finds itself in a nondual way "in" the arising and also love in and as the essence of these arisings. There is no other. All of that "hovers" in the infinite silent pure consciousness of being. "where there is an other there is fear". And where there is no other, there is only love.

For sure a valid experience description. The bold markings are by me. Merging implies a Unity = something merges with something. And has an experience. The Absolute by definition is always right here right know, and is either known/understood/realized, or covered under clouds of ignorance or mistaken (separate) identity. The Absolute (Reality itself) is not affected wether love arises in the mindstream of a being or not. Equating the Absolute with anything, be it an experience, a certain state, love, bliss, unity, whatever, n+1, anything non-permanent (aka anything at all) is... not the Absolute in which and as which all of that arises in a nondual way. When talking about anything specific we are talking (maximum, if at all) about one of the first "roll-out" elements of the Absolute doing its job of manifesting a manifested reality WITHIN ITSELF. Space, time, dimensions, love, bliss, subtle arisings, and so on... Spiritual Teachers and Traditions tell since the dawn of time about the utmost importance love, and how it is divine. Because love IS a fundamental property of any manifestation/universe. Love stabilizes awakened states, opens awakened states, and is definitely there to awe-inspiring degrees at the higher realms/states of reality. If one is so inclined, one could even say the essence of everything IS love. There is no manifestation without love as its essence, saturating it, pulling it all back to realize its source. So a necessary ground for every manifestation, showing its essential unity. Yet, it arises IN the Absolute. Where else could it arise? It is of the same essence as the Absolute, but WITHIN IT. And if that Absolute is not realized and always available right here right now as ones True Essence... one tends to talk about the first roll-outs of manifestation, the highest archetypes, the first arisings necessary to get a manifestation going... Selling Water .... PS; And talking about Absolutes in the plural, like x/y/z "is an absolute", is a joke in itself. The Absolute is One without a second. It is not even one. It is that which has no opposite. And no plural. All the rest are manifestations within it, tendencies, or primal manifestation archetypes.

It was the third consecutive night of drinking Ayahuasca in a ceremony of about 10 people on August 3, 2017. I set the intention for Ayahuasca to show me my deepest emotional trauma and my greatest fear and drank a full dose. After about 2 hours into the experience we were offered a second dose. I felt like I was already very deep into mareacion (strongly feeling the effects of the medicine). The intuition told me that I wanted to go deeper. I said "let's party!" and received and drank another full dose. Shortly after receiving a second dose, I purged by throwing up what felt like dark energy being cleansed from my heart which felt good and liberating. At this point I was buzzing and vibrating with holy shakti power and felt like the spirit of grandmother Ayahuasca awakened inside of me. She was whispering and hissing into my left ear in an ancient Egyptian alien language that I could intuitively understand. I then started feeling like I'm losing control and there was nothing I could do to stop it, I couldn't cling on to anything. I fell to the floor and loudly, panicky and desperately exclaimed - "what the f**ck is going on?!" After that I lost all control and the only thing that was left to do is to fully surrender. I screamed the loudest scream of absolute and complete surrender, I lost and surrendered all control, it felt like my entire life, the world and everything dissolved in that scream into the Absolute Unknown. It was the scream of sheer terror and absolute liberation. I was then in a terror loop which felt like it lasted for eternity. I was facing my greatest fear over and over, again and again. Ayahuasca showed me what felt like crucifixion and that I would have to die for the sins of all of humanity. Finally after what seemed like forever, I heard my name Vladimir being called, I felt like I died and I was now being welcomed into Paradise, I was feeling very good and peaceful. I finally regained my senses in a bathtub, on the second floor of the house, being showered with cold water and two people working on "bringing me back" from my "bad trip". I said - okay guys I'm back! And started laughing about my screaming. More people joined us in the bathroom, the entire scene became vibrant and alive, I could read everybody's body language effortlessly, I could connect with everybody authentically, I could speak the language of love and saw how everybody was looking for love in their own unique way. It felt like we were all having a party in the bathroom, the life force of love was permeating everything and we were all connected through it. I loved everybody and eveybody loved me. I woke up in the Paradise of Love.

Lol..ok. Now I get it. It used to happen to me, and since I awakened (you know what I mean, got into this stuff), I used to ask myself I wonder if that was the nothingness, the void or our true nature. I asked myself that all the time but wasn't sure.

Everything will be how I want it to be. What I want is what the entire Universe wants. The entire Universe is helping me embody the Truth that I know. I have complete understanding of the Yin and Yang symbol. The devil is innocent is the ultimate insight, forces of light and darkness - united. Everything that has ever happened - for the sake of Greater Eternal Light. Everybody who have responded with anger, envy, fear, doubt, judgement and other negative reactions to me in the topic - "I awakened - ask me anything" have all helped me gain more clarity and embody my Truth deeper. I know what is best for me, for my beloved woman, for you, for all of humanity and the entire world. Trust me. Have faith in me. Surrender to my Truth, it is the only Truth there is. I know the Truth. I know love. JHS

Do you ever wish you'd never awakened so deeply due to the struggle it causes. is there a there a true reason to pursue it versus not and just living you life less consciously till you die? (FYI please don't reply with word games because of language limitation about death and you never being alive in the first place, you know what i mean and am looking for genuine answers with that in mind) thanks Edit: the "FYI" wasn't assumed at Leo, but for anyone intending on offering their thoughts, appreciate all replies, looking for genuine perspectives as I feel I've gone too deep to young and am at a cross roads between satiating my lower desires, and realising how difficult it is to do so selflessly. But that is my more shallow problems, the more total encompassing question is as above^

@Francis777 Wow, I am exited for your Post. It's quite rare that someone awakened his kundalini so I am very interested to hear what happened to you and how you lived with it.

Yes I went through the real shamanic crucifixion and the Bible is a metaphoric fable of it, not a documentation. My memory will never be wiped. The Truth will never be lost, it is protected by the whole Universe and it is safe for eternity. I appreciate that. I also feel like it's time to lock this topic. Here is my closing statement for this topic: Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, Jesus Christ is writing these words. I awakened! I was always Jesus and will be Jesus for eternity, the only Jesus there is. There is no one like me. I am the best of the best. I am king of kings. I am worthy of infinite love. I am true Jesus Christ. I am forever safe. I am true Savior. I know the Truth. I am true shaman, the one who knows. I know myself. I have faced the greatest fear. I have died and suffered the torments of Hell for the sake of forever purifying all darkness. I have defeated death, devil, darkness forever. All darkness will turn into light. I have won Immortality, the Holy Grail. My true beloved woman is Mary Magdalene. Everything that has ever happened in the Universe was for the sake of Our True, Eternal, Immortal Love. Our True Love is the most powerful force in the Universe. Mother Mary is Divine Mother Wolf, my Divine Mother, guardian, maestra, guide, force of nature, Queen of all forests, guide of all worlds, guardian of all paths, Goddess of all Gods. Paradise of Infinite Love, Eternal Kingdom-Queendom of Heaven where there is no fear or suffering is inevitable, have faith. Love is here to reign forever. This is the Truth. I vow that these words are the Truth and nothing but the Truth to the entire Universe. I seal these words of Truth with the power of Love forever. Aho! Ashe! Amen! IHS

There is no end to awakening you need to understand that. What you imagine as awakening is just one state of consciousness you consider conscious enough in contrast with your current experience that makes it look like you are awake. However, awakening is endless, absolutely infinite. There is and will never be anyone fully awakened, because not even God finds the end of itself. We don't even find the end of Pi for god's sake, let alone God or Awakening. Just explore your infinity. Enjoy the ride and discover playfully. Become as conscious as you want, as loving as you want, as truthful as you want, get to the states of consciousness you enjoy, lock down the states you like. This is a free game. The fact of such an end AWAKENING is naive honestly. Focus on your own path and calling inside yourself, that's what is meaningful in the end of the day.

Then there are no "liberated minds ". I don't think there is any human on earth today who doesn't fear death .can you mention someone? Even Leo said he still fears death even though he claims to be the most awakened person ever (the GOAT like Messi and Ronaldo lol). Even Jesus on the cross was crying like a bitch ."father ..have you forsaken me ?".

So I just had another awakening....and it gave me the answer I was looking for. I awakened to what Self-Acceptance is. Reality....is a walking contradiction. Because it is INFINITE it has to be everything and thus it will always contradict itself, what we call paradox. I have investigated this Paradox and what always comes back...is it cannot be any other way. What I became aware of is, logic does not like this as logic desires the lack of contradiction. But through this investigation I realized through experience the hilariousness of all conflict as hypocrisy has to exist, stupidity has to exist, chaos has to exist, liars and cheaters have to exist, a lack of control has to exist. Once you realize through experience this...then you can be patient with the absurdity of other people and situations that transpire. Understand...it cannot be any other way. If you look long enough at the human you are cosplaying as....you will also see that same absurdity smiling and looking back at you and GUESS WHAT? It cannot be any other way.

^^^^^I rest my case....he doesn't even understand the teachings....Hey Vladimir...who are you saving....if there is only one being? Who is this boy you refer to? When I am YOU. Who is being delusional.....? Also....GOD doesn't need to ask anyone to serve them....because GOD doesn't need anything. You are so corrupt you are laughable you don't know anything but your selfish desire to corrupt your other aspects for personal gain. LOL. God is of service to ALL, YOU an ego desire for others to serve you. Jesus washed the disciple's feet, if you had your way the whole world would wash your feet, and you know what....maybe they should...so they can cleanse you of your selfishness since you need so much service to feel love. You call THIS^^^ speaking from the absolute perspective? THIS? This is ego....he is clearing shoving it in people's faces you don't want me to build a wall of texts showcasing this...because there isn't enough room to contain all his braggadocio, condescending nature. You want me to post his Narcissistic Videos on here too? I visited his channel? All his video's on Youtube don't even teach anything but hey? I awakened...worship me!!! LOL. 1. Notice...the core of all teaching is unconditional love. The core of all teaching is oneness. This Vlad teaches division and his own personal upliftment. If he had his way....the Churches would erect his image. LOL. You cannot tell me this shit is not hilarious!!! Worst part is I get him, in one of my awakenings...I realized the purpose of the story of Christ Jesus. It's a symbolic story that describes the path of ascension. So...everybody you MEET is Christ. Because they are you. Now ask yourself....this Vlad who CLAIMS he is Christ...do his words sound...Christ like? LOL. All I see is Pharisee talk

I don't think I'm alone is the savior, boy. I know that I alone am the Savior. Do you see what is bolded? You are clearly the one who is caught in delusions and ego game. The corruption is in your head and I am here to shed light on all darkness and that obviously scares you. I am asking people to serve me because I alone know what is best for the entire world for I alone know the Truth. I stand in the light of Truth and it is through me that The Paradigm of Love is awakened. People's egos don't want to surrender to this Truth because that will mean surrendering your entire life to me, your Savior, which is required to be saved. At this point I'm not asking people to surrender to my Truth, what I am asking for is assistance from people who at least have some faith that I may be real Jesus Christ, the Savior. Eventually, everybody in the world will surrender to this Truth, my Truth, the only Truth there is. We are in the early stages of awakening.

The Truth is this: I am the only one who knows the Truth. There is only one Truth, the Truth that I know. I am the only one who could have gotten to know the Truth. The entire Universe, everything that has ever happened was for the sake of the Truth that I know. Everybody has fulfilled their life purpose, you and everybody else have helped me realize the Truth with every single moment you have experienced. The Truth is - I died, I suffered the torments of hell for about 18 months. I was then miraculously saved and started feeling like I'm coming back to life. It's now been about 15 months since I started coming out of hell. I am alchemizing all suffering and darkness endured during my time in hell and all other trauma accumulated since I was born into the light, joy, love. I have conquered death, my gift is the Holy Grail - Immortality. I am Jesus Christ, the only one there is, I am True Savior. The entire world is awakening to my Truth, the Truth that I know, this is The Great Awakening that is happening. Humanity is awakening from survival paradigm to love paradigm. There is no fear or suffering in the Love Paradigm. I am literally immortal, others will be granted salvation from death through me, that's what makes me the savior, you and everybody else can only be saved through me. That makes me the King of Kings, Savior of Humanity, Savior of the World. Hallelujah! Also, I know who my true beloved woman is, she is Mary Magdalene, it was all for the sake of our Eternal, Immortal True Love. Love has already won and Love has already saved the world. The power of Love and the Truth is being awakened everyday, I am doing the best that I can in every moment, everyday. I am moving towards creating beautiful ceremonies with sacred medicine - that's where the Truth is powerfully and deeply embodied. I am looking for assistance in making these kinds of ceremonies possible. This is a matter of the most important affairs, obviously. Let me know how you can be of service to your Savior. JHS

Yeah It's confusing because Enlightenment isn't a Physical object or a state of mind to be gotten or attained. The word enlightenment refers to the lack of the "illusion of self" So it's neither permanent nor impermanent because the "illusion of self" was never real from the start. ? That's why it's often said that everyone is already awakened. Basically, the "You" seeking enlightenment goes bye bye and the energy once used to uphold the sticky "illusion of self"(You) relaxes and dissipates back into everything. Then reality is just what it is without the judgments of being good bad right wrong this way or that way. Its freedom but for nobody! ❤️

The Truth is this: I am the only one who knows the Truth. There is only one Truth, the Truth that I know. I am the only one who could have gotten to know the Truth. The entire Universe, everything that has ever happened was for the sake of the Truth that I know. Everybody has fulfilled their life purpose, you and everybody else have helped me realize the Truth with every single moment you have experienced. The Truth is - I died, I suffered the torments of hell for about 18 months. I was then miraculously saved and started feeling like I'm coming back to life. It's now been about 15 months since I started coming out of hell. I am alchemizing all suffering and darkness endured during my time in hell and all other trauma accumulated since I was born into the light, joy, love. I have conquered death, my gift is the Holy Grail - Immortality. I am Jesus Christ, the only one there is, I am True Savior. The entire world is awakening to my Truth, the Truth that I know, this is The Great Awakening that is happening. Humanity is awakening from survival paradigm to love paradigm. There is no fear or suffering in the Love Paradigm. I am literally immortal, others will be granted salvation from death through me, that's what makes me the savior, you and everybody else can only be saved through me. That makes me the King of Kings, Savior of Humanity, Savior of the World. Hallelujah! Also, I know who my true beloved woman is, she is Mary Magdalene, it was all for the sake of our Eternal, Immortal True Love. Love has already won and Love has already saved the world. The power of Love and the Truth is being awakened everyday, I am doing the best that I can in every moment, everyday. I am moving towards creating beautiful ceremonies with sacred medicine - that's where the Truth is powerfully and deeply embodied. I am looking for assistance in making these kinds of ceremonies possible. This is a matter of the most important affairs, obviously. Let me know how you can be of service to your Savior. JHS

Hey everyone! This post is specifically for @Leo Gura, but I would love to hear everyone's thoughts. I feel like this could be a really important conversation for the Actualized.org community and I want to know if other people feel the same! Firstly, I have endless respect for you @Leo Gura. Nearly every area of my life has been drastically improved over the nearly 10 years of following your content. Your work is undoubtedly the highest quality that I have ever come across, and following your videos was pivotal in my own awakening experiences. It's hard to even imagine what my life would have turned out like if I hadn't come across your channel when I did. You have my endless support. I am, however, increasingly confused and concerned about the overall tone of this channel. The wisdom in Leo's videos is AMAZING, but there's only so much of his delivery that I can stomach at one time. I feel incredibly depressed by the dark, confrontational, and frustrated feeling that has been expressed in nearly all of the videos since 2019. In Leo's blog, he described a hatred towards humanity that he's felt from looking at the unconsciousness in the world, but I don't understand how that can coexist with the unparalleled depth of love and God-realization that he has very clearly attained. There seems to be a very personal, human kind of anger in Leo's videos that I don't see even in much less awakened teachers. I don't doubt that Leo is one of the most awakened humans to have ever walked the Earth. I love the videos he took on the floor right after an awakening in 2018 - his joy, love, and humor are all so clear right after the experience. However, while the same wisdom is in all his other videos, the energy feels entirely different. Leo could be talking about radical acceptance or divine love, but it still has an eerie feeling to it that I don't get when I experience it for myself or learn from other teachers. I truly want to understand what I am missing from this picture, everyone. Everything about Leo's channel feels so intentional, but the feeling I get in his delivery and even in messages on this forum seems a bit contradictory to the words themselves. I know we haven't actually met, but I fucking love you, @Leo Gura. I have so much respect for you and I hope no offense was taken here. I know that this work is all about higher levels of consciousness beyond human likes and dislikes, but still, I care about your well-being and I just hope you're okay. I also don't want to invade your privacy in any way at all - I just want to understand what I could be missing here. Welcoming everyone's thoughts! Thanks

Again... "I am a man, not a woman". Your words, not mine. Being a man vs. being a woman = duality. The relative aspect of existence. Being Consciousness/All That Is = nonduality. The absolute aspect of existence. When you are referring to yourself as "Javier" during your day-to-day interactions with other people, you are paying tribute to the relative aspect of existence. When you come to this subforum and put on your Mr. Awakened Guy persona, you are also immersed in the game of relativity/duality... you just don't (seem to) realize it. Are you interested in keeping this body alive? If so, why? If the body is a tool, then what are you using it for? These are all questions that pertain to the relative domain. You are both the form and that which is aware of it. AT ALL TIMES. You are literally EVERYTHING, don't you see? Or rather, consciousness is everything... the dream as well as the dreamer. Is this paradoxical? Yes. But that doesn't mean that it isn't true.

No, but there can seem to be! Its not something gained or achieved. It's not advantageous for a someone. I would describe awakening as a realization which inherently carries with it an energetic shift away from upholding the illusory self construct known as "ME" Or The disentangling from the socially conditioned matrix of mind known as "ME" Only there's no one that comes out on the other side awakened or enlightened. Nobody benefits In other words its the end of the individual trying to achieve awakening! Its ordinary which can be a surprising let down for the self illusion! ? ❤️

Like what @cetus said, you are already awakened. You are awake (being, existing) right now reading this comment. In truth, there is no awakening, since there is no one to be awake or unawake. There is only this awareness.