It's a Giant Mind

[Forestluv]

3 minutes ago, cetus56 said:

The giant mind is aware itself

 Nymphalidae or Owl Moth

Yea, that’s what the experience is like. For me there is a temporary dissolution of personal awareness and an appearance of a “collective” awareness that is aware of itself. At  first it was really uncomfortable and even scary  

Thanks for the moth name ? 

[cetus]

1 minute ago, Serotoninluv said:

Yea, that’s what the experience is like. For me there is a temporary dissolution of personal awareness and an appearance of a “collective” awareness 

 

That's  a "door" for sure.

[now is forever]

@Joseph Maynor people need to laugh sometimes. i’d rather wake up with a smile on my face than not at all.

joseph you are not excluded - you exclude yourself.

Edited April 5, 2019 by now is forever

[now is forever]

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[cetus]

1 minute ago, Joseph Maynor said:

Oh yeah?  Tell me about it cetus56.  Give us some details for discussion.

@Joseph Maynor  To talk about it would surely close the space in which that "door" arises within. It's more of a direct experience kind of thing that opens. Hopefully you can understand.

[now is forever]

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[cetus]

[now is forever]

@cetus56 whaaaaaaaa that’s magic! my eyes went owlish.

[Forestluv]

[cetus]

"Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different. We may go through life without suspecting their existence; but apply the requisite stimulus, and at a touch they are there in all their completeness. -W. James

[Truth Addict]

@Inliytened1

Open-mind = open door 

@Joseph Maynor if let's say I stay silent, would that make me enlightened? I'm excited to find out.

[mandyjw]

4 hours ago, Serotoninluv said:

C’mon. We were all being silly and playful. I honestly didn’t know in the context of humor. And I did not know my comnent would provike him. Please don’t assign that intention onto me. It was not my intention. Which is totally obvious. We were having fun! Fun feels GOOD. I wanted to continue having sone fun. Look at the rest of the thread. I tried to get it back into the Fun Zone.

Yes, spirituality can be serious, heavy and intense at times, Yet do we really want a forum with no humor or fun? Where it is squashed by hyper-seriousness?

When I was an I thought I wanted a forum of humor and fun. I didn't. I wanted to be at war with it instead. Now as a we I truly want a forum of humor and fun and love. The war was inside my mind. All of you were/are me the whole time. 

[mandyjw]

2 hours ago, cetus56 said:

"Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different. We may go through life without suspecting their existence; but apply the requisite stimulus, and at a touch they are there in all their completeness. -W. James

A touch of love. Love is the catalyst. Love one another as yourself. No force or desire from self will let you cross that threshold on your own. Love for one another is the only real strength. 

[Truth Addict]

@Joseph Maynor @David Hammond

Thank you guys.

Joseph, I agree.

But doesn't that make others suffer for my selfish agendas?

Maybe an enlightened master would never argue, but this "never", equals 99% in reality.

[purerogue]

5 minutes ago, Truth Addict said:

@Joseph Maynor @David Hammond

Thank you guys.

Joseph, I agree.

But doesn't that make others suffer for my selfish agendas?

Maybe an enlightened master would never argue, but this "never", equals 99% in reality.

Do you believe Sadguru is Enlightened? If yes, then there is your example of arguing, do you believe Osho or Jiddu Krishnamurti are, well , they had arguments between each other, just as different schools of teachings have. 

[Forestluv]

5 hours ago, mandyjw said:

When I was an I thought I wanted a forum of humor and fun. I didn't. I wanted to be at war with it instead. Now as a we I truly want a forum of humor and fun and love. The war was inside my mind. All of you were/are me the whole time. 

Super. Nice work ?? 

[mandyjw]

8 minutes ago, Serotoninluv said:

Super. Nice work ?? 

Couldn't have done it without you. 

[Truth Addict]

3 hours ago, purerogue said:

Do you believe Sadguru is Enlightened? If yes, then there is your example of arguing, do you believe Osho or Jiddu Krishnamurti are, well , they had arguments between each other, just as different schools of teachings have. 

I don't believe anyone is 100% perfect all the time.

90-99% is close to perfection, and it's quite enough, right?

[Truth Addict]

@Joseph Maynor

So Joseph, you think arguing is healthy?

I say it's not, but that doesn't mean we must eliminate it.

Perhaps the error is necessary.

I don't think becoming perfect could be achieved through striving for perfection. I think it happens naturally with time and conscious observation.

Edited April 5, 2019 by Truth Addict

[Truth Addict]

@Joseph Maynor You most certainly are a "legit bot that Leo is exploiting" 

Or else how would you be able to come up with these brilliant insights?!

Seriously, I've never thought of arguing this way before.

Really, I'm checking with reality right now, and yeah, you're totally right.

"To live is to argue". Great insight!

So, I'd settle for this: argument can be a good pragmatic tool, if used properly.

Edited April 5, 2019 by Truth Addict