Posted November 2, 2023 Hey there fellow seeker, how is it going? Making any progress with this "awakening" stuff? What's that I hear you say? You have seen through the story of the separate self? Good. What other stories are you holding on to? Are you holding on to a story of God? Are you holding on to a story of creation? Are you holding on to a story of reality being a dream? Are you holding on to a story of "you" being all there is? Are you holding on to a story of how the stories that you are holding on to are not stories but truth itself? Keep going, until all stories are seen through and recognized for what they are. That's when you realize that which lies beyond all stories. ♾️ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 2, 2023 All this talk of stories makes me think of a time when... ugh I just can't help myself. 57% paranoid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 2, 2023 You can do both. Realize what lies beyond stories, and then also enjoy the stories. No problemo. "The wise seek wisdom, a fool has found it." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 2, 2023 12 minutes ago, HMD said: You can do both. Realize what lies beyond stories, and then also enjoy the stories. No problemo. "The wise seek wisdom, a fool has found it." "The wise are wise because they know they are a fool and thus they find wisdom." You are a selfless LACK OF APPEARANCE, that CONSTRUCTS AN APPEARANCE. But that appearance can disappear and reappear and we call that change, we call it time, we call it space, we call it distance, we call distinctness, we call it other. But notice...this appearance, is a SELF. A SELF IS A CONSTRUCTION!!! So if you want to know the TRUTH OF THE CONSTRUCTION. Just deconstruct the construction!!!! No point in playing these mind games!!! No point in creating needless complexity!!! The truth of what you are is a BLANK!!!! A selfless awareness....then that means there is NO OTHER, and everything you have ever perceived was JUST AN APPEARANCE, A MIRAGE, AN ILLUSION, IMAGINARY. Everything that appears....appears out of a lack of appearance/void/no-thing, non-sense (can't be sensed because there is nothing to sense). That is what you are, and what arises...is made of that. So nonexistence, arises/creates existence. And thus everything is solved. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 2, 2023 Who is holding onto the story of God? Is it God? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 2, 2023 44 minutes ago, Razard86 said: The wise are wise because they know they are a fool and thus they find wisdom." Nice! "The wise seek wisdom, a fool has found it." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 2, 2023 2 hours ago, HMD said: Realize what lies beyond stories, and then also enjoy the stories It's like the waking analog of lucid dreaming: lucid living. In Matrix terms, you know you're in the Matrix, you know the 'real world' (non-Matrix) is a desolate wasteland, you've caught on, but you choose to stay in the Matrix, or maybe: one foot in Matrix, one in Zion. ? Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 2, 2023 (edited) @rachMiel Yes. However, the “matrix” (relative) and “Zion” (absolute) merge and bleed into each other in a strange loopy way. So, the desolate wasteland (and all the “evils” it holds) is also infinitely beautiful. Developing this perspective of seeing beauty and Love everywhere is why we must go beyond the stories. To eradicate evil. Edited November 2, 2023 by HMD "The wise seek wisdom, a fool has found it." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 2, 2023 13 minutes ago, HMD said: @rachMiel Yes. However, the “matrix” (relative) and “Zion” (absolute) merge and bleed into each other in a strange loopy way. So, the desolate wasteland (and all the “evils” it holds) is also infinitely beautiful. Developing this perspective of seeing beauty and Love everywhere is why we must go beyond the stories. To eradicate evil. @HMD Kudos for seeing the challenge of dealing with the wasteland in such a positive light! If Earth is to survive intact, views like yours are called for. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 2, 2023 story is all you stored ... wake up each day with a clean slate there's one sin only s.i.n = separation imagined now drop even that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 2, 2023 @rachMiel That’s what we’re trying to do here, mostly. Creating a better reality. "The wise seek wisdom, a fool has found it." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 2, 2023 @HMD Bravo! (Who gets to decide what's 'better'?) Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 2, 2023 12 hours ago, HMD said: You can do both. Realize what lies beyond stories, and then also enjoy the stories. No problemo. I like. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
