Seems impossible to defeat the Mind

[Yimpa]

Arguments, separation, depression, hopelessness.

This is also Love.

[Yimpa]

Allow yourself to go through all that shit, and let it go. Literally.

[Razard86]

1 hour ago, Yimpa said:

Unconditional love paradoxically requires you to let go of the attachments that you love the most.

It's a temporary condition, you get it back after you give it all away.

[Yimpa]

2 minutes ago, Razard86 said:

It's a temporary condition, you get it back after you give it all away.

It’ll be recontexualized. A simple/complex example is if you breakup with an abusive partner. You have the courage to let them go and not let them back into your life.

This invites healthier relationships to be born. 

[Breakingthewall]

28 minutes ago, Yimpa said:

Arguments, separation, depression, hopelessness.

This is also Love.

Why to call love that Vlad Tepes impaling your entire family in front of you, and then you in the center while he has dinner with his friends amidst your screams of agony? Let's call it existence better, I'd say. Existence is like love but more general, includes everything

[Yimpa]

2 minutes ago, Breakingthewall said:

Why to call love that Vlad Tepes impaling your entire family in front of you, and then you in the center while he has dinner with his friends amidst your screams of agony? Let's call it existence better, I'd say. Existence is like love but more general, includes everything

There is a difference between being a victim of abuse and seeing how you are, in fact, abusing yourself. This requires zooming out and seeing what is happening more holistically.

Love allows both.

[Sincerity]

5 hours ago, Razard86 said:

Look at you out here giving away trade secrets. Man I wonder if they will catch on?

Oh the beauty of being able to freely take on a perspective You particularly like.

[Yimpa]

15 minutes ago, Sincerity said:

Oh the beauty of being able to freely take on a perspective You particularly like.

I’ve been repressing my feminine side for a long time. Thank you for the reminder! 

[Schizophonia]

9 hours ago, Yimpa said:

I’ve been repressing my feminine side for a long time. Thank you for the reminder! 

What do you call "feminine side"? 👁

Edited November 11, 2023 by Schizophonia

[Sincerity]

10 hours ago, Yimpa said:

I’ve been repressing my feminine side for a long time. Thank you for the reminder! 

Actually I feel like I tap into my masculine side more when I see Reality as a woman. Because then I become a man in relation to her. 

It's funny to me that however You see "the other" (your partner, your friend, a race of people, women, the world, etc.), You then become the "matching half" to that other.

What's best about this is that it's ALL your mind. Your perception of other and your matching to it, all a brilliant system, an ingenious illusion. All You.

Such understanding helps with consciously choosing frames that empower You, that motivate You to be better, that You simply like. Whatever floats your boat. You can relate to Reality/God however You like. To me this is a big part of the beauty of having a freer mind, choosing perspective at will. Perhaps choosing another frame for a while when You feel like You've been lacking some particular kind of energy. But for that one has to be quite open, since with every shift of your perspective of "other" your identity changes. But You can be okay with that. 

Edited November 11, 2023 by Sincerity

[Javfly33]

Unfortunately this forum has become an Neo-advaita thing in disguise. Is just that the words are different. But the overall attitude of People telling themselves nice solace narratives to feel in control is the same.

I don't sense real exploration from most of you guys. Thank you all for all the answers nonetheless 🙏🙌 

Edited November 11, 2023 by Javfly33

[Guest Bazooka Jesus]

@Javfly33

I am enjoying the heck out of the wonder of existence. Do you?

If the answer is no (which it obviously is), then why do you expect others to follow in your footsteps?

No offense, but it is strange to see you complaining about the hell that you are perpetually stuck in one moment and then in the next breath tell others that what they are doing - or not doing - doesn't lead them to fulfillment and happiness. Doesn't quite compute, does it?

[UnbornTao]

3 hours ago, Javfly33 said:

Unfortunately this forum has become an Neo-advaita thing in disguise. Is just that the words are different. But the overall attitude of People telling themselves nice solace narratives to feel in control is the same.

I don't sense real exploration from most of you guys. Thank you all for all the answers nonetheless 🙏🙌 

You're actually projecting and not listening.

Just clarify what you're doing and why.

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." - Marcel Proust.

[Yimpa]

3 hours ago, Javfly33 said:

I don't sense real exploration from most of you guys. Thank you all for all the answers nonetheless 🙏🙌 

How you treat others is precisely how you treat yourself.

While there is a difference between you and me, the behavior is the same.

[Javfly33]

9 hours ago, Bazooka Jesus said:

@Javfly33

I am enjoying the heck out of the wonder of existence. Do you?

If the answer is no (which it obviously is), then why do you expect others to follow in your footsteps?

No offense, but it is strange to see you complaining about the hell that you are perpetually stuck in one moment and then in the next breath tell others that what they are doing - or not doing - doesn't lead them to fulfillment and happiness. Doesn't quite compute, does it?

 

8 hours ago, UnbornTao said:

You're actually projecting and not listening.

Just clarify what you're doing and why.

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." - Marcel Proust.

 

7 hours ago, Yimpa said:

How you treat others is precisely how you treat yourself.

While there is a difference between you and me, the behavior is the same.

 

You right. I´m sorry for being not so much Awake as you guys 😭 I know you know more than everybody 🥳

[Javfly33]

Let's just do nothing and keep ourselves somewhat content in our narratives.

Mean while... Life is ticking away. How much you lived? How profound? How frictionless? That's all that matters. Pity will be, that you end up realizing this in your deathbed. ❤️‍🩹

[Razard86]

10 minutes ago, Javfly33 said:

Let's just do nothing and keep ourselves somewhat content in our narratives.

Mean while... Life is ticking away. How much you lived? How profound? How frictionless? That's all that matters. Pity will be, that you end up realizing this in your deathbed. ❤️‍🩹

^^^Exactly as long as you are living true to how you want to be, you can go peacefully. 

[hyruga]

There is no need to defeat the mind. It is under your control. 

Edited November 13, 2023 by hyruga

[Guest Bazooka Jesus]

The truth will set you free... but it will piss you off first.

- Ralph Smart -

[UnbornTao]

15 hours ago, Javfly33 said:

Let's just do nothing and keep ourselves somewhat content in our narratives.

Mean while... Life is ticking away. How much you lived? How profound? How frictionless? That's all that matters. Pity will be, that you end up realizing this in your deathbed. ❤️‍🩹

Again, I'm not saying that.

Basically what I'm saying is that it is possible to realize the absolute while living life.