Do you take breaks from consciousness work?

[Ether]

I do but i do meditate and am aware all the time doe.

[Ether]

1 hour ago, Joseph Maynor said:

Not anymore.  I don’t do anything anymore.  I just allow whatever happens to happen without the illusion of Ego.

keep being aware...

[Joseph Maynor]

Yep.  Unchanging awareness.  Getting worn out is Egoic.  You should not be getting affected that way by anything happening in the Dream.  That shows there are still shards of Ego left to be removed.

[cetus]

The seeker has awakened.

[Ether]

3 minutes ago, cetus56 said:

The seeker has awakened.

you?

[dorg]

@Joseph Maynor  how are you aware when some incredibly intricate math problem is being worked on (or is happening)? Isn't 'all of you'  involved in that?

[cetus]

1 hour ago, Ether said:

you?

@Ether Haha who me awakened? No, I improvised on this scene from the movie Dune. He may have taken a break from "consciousness work" after this. 

 

[Shin]

No more break until enlightenment.

Why a break if you didn't even make it ?

[Saumaya]

@Ether Peter Ralston says that contemplation should become a part of life, not something you do in your idle time. So yh do consciousness work all the time whenever its appropriate.

[Shin]

Maybe not do it when you take a crap.

I fear enlightenment while taking a crap.

Not epic enough for me 

[lmfao]

I take the perspective that the desire to take a break from consciousness work can be simplified to be a function of your unconsciousness. Although I don't know whether at times you will make more progress by not doing consciousness work rather than by doing consciousness work. The only possibility that comes to mind for me is that perhaps after a lot of intense draining consciousness work, you need to take a break to let everything you've experiences be better assimilated into your psyche, and you need a break to rest your "mindfulness muscles". If you push yourself too far with consciousness work you might get an "ego backlash". Even if the desire to take a break is a function of unconsciousness, that doesn't necessarily mean that taking a break isn't sometimes good (? /.) 

Edited March 7, 2018 by lmfao

[cetus]

10 minutes ago, lmfao said:

I take the perspective that the desire to take a break from consciousness work can be simplified to be a function of your unconsciousness. Although I don't know whether at times you will make more progress by not doing consciousness work rather than by doing consciousness work. The only possibility that comes to mind for me is that perhaps after a lot of intense draining consciousness work, you need to take a break to let everything you've experiences be better assimilated into your psyche, and you need a break to rest your "mindfulness muscles". If you push yourself too far with consciousness work you might get an "ego backlash". 

@lmfao But what if you realized it's all consciousness no matter what the circumstance or perspective?

[DaveB]

Yes, take a break and listen a infinity.
 

 

[Ether]

@cetus56 @Joseph Maynor Cetus, dis you?