Enlightenment: The Ego, what is it? How to transcend it.

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Bhagavad Gita | Sanskrit Verses on Yoga | Relaxing Meditation

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=MIxB93VfcOo

[Guish]

Dear friends,

A new podcast on the trap of overthinking.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geeris...and-the-remedy

Much love,
Geerish.

[Wind]

Ram Dass has left his earthly body.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=L-Hmbh0u_i4

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RqYkUKcEBR4

[greybeard]

Jim Carrey Motivational Video | Spiritual Awakening | Inspiring Millions To Awaken

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vz-K760pUIQ

[Clear Light]

'Becoming Nobody' Theatrical Trailer - 16 Dec 2019

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=IhyQNqkOgPk

I tried every chemical possibility to try to stablilize that "state" ... through 100's and 100's and 100's of explorations ... I still "came down", and I kept coming down and coming down and then I went to India and I met Maharaji my Guru, and I met a being who didn't "come down"

Ah, so in other words even IF taking Mind-Altering drugs (such as Ayahuasca or LSD) does indeed induce a very real sense-of-oneness I'd suggest that "you" don't forget it is a "temporary experience" ONLY ... as even meditative experiences are themselves "compounded phenomena", and are therefore transient and unstable eh ?

[greybeard]

Eckhart talks of the enlightened experience, which may last for months--but thats not it.
Even the real thing matures--so to speak.
Adyashanti had several awakenings each more profound than the last Dr Hawkins also--both experienced on going Kundalini movement before and after.
Hawkins said--"Only God walks through the final door" This he experience with extreme fear then the unspeakable bliss. Sat Chit Anand.
"The peace that passes all understanding" according to Jesus
Chris

[Clear Light]

Ah, I'd suggest, for those with a Christian background, who are perhaps themselves Meditators, here's an interesting article with Bernadette Roberts "The Experience of No-Self" :

In this 1986 interview, former nun Bernadette Roberts describes the state of no-self, a stage she reached twenty years after enlightenment, where consciousness and self are absent.

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Posted by Clear Light (here)
Ah, I'd suggest, for those with a Christian background, who are perhaps themselves Meditators, here's an interesting article with Bernadette Roberts "The Experience of No-Self" :

In this 1986 interview, former nun Bernadette Roberts describes the state of no-self, a stage she reached twenty years after enlightenment, where consciousness and self are absent.

Thank you for sharing this interview. It really had an impact on me and sure gave me a few "oh yeah" moments. Like Bernadette Roberts, I was really drawn to Buddah's quote on attaining enlightenment - "All thy rafters are broken now, the ridgepole is destroyed" - these simple words seems to give a clear "image/idea" of a house collapsing once the center is removed.

[greybeard]

You are not Attached to anything| Swami Sarvapriyananda wonderful session

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4etnQ2BY0CM

[Guish]

Dear friends,

Here are two episodes on self sabotaging:

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geeris...andonment-expl

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geeris...igin-of-over-a

Much love,
Geerish.

[Guish]

Hi Friends,

Please find a video on the Tibetan 9 purifying beaths which helps to release anger, attachment and self insecurities.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=522oZNLsrLk

Much love,
Geerish.

[Clear Light]

What are you? The unchanging awareness in which all appears. ~Swami Sarvapriyananda (30 Dec 2019)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bfQ1u-jwyko

Ah, what an excellent presentation !!!

To put it simply, I'd say that You the Absolute Consciousness (or the Turiya) are appearing AS the deep-sleep-state, or AS the dream-state, or AS the waking-state, however it seems ... but to "grok" this directly, in one's own experience, I'd suggest that it is neccesary to "look back at yourself" (so-to-say) as a Practice (such as self-inquiry) for however long it may take until there is a Non-Dual moment of Gnosis at which point "you" seemingly realise your so-called True Nature (as the Absolute) eh ?

Oh, but funnily enough, it really only ever happens in your Absence ... Ha Ha !!!

[Guish]

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What are you? The unchanging awareness in which all appears. ~Swami Sarvapriyananda (30 Dec 2019)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bfQ1u-jwyko

Ah, what an excellent presentation !!!

To put it simply, I'd say that You the Absolute Consciousness (or the Turiya) are appearing AS the deep-sleep-state, or AS the dream-state, or AS the waking-state, however it seems ... but to "grok" this directly, in one's own experience, I'd suggest that it is neccesary to "look back at yourself" (so-to-say) as a Practice (such as self-inquiry) for however long it may take until there is a Non-Dual moment of Gnosis at which point "you" seemingly realise your so-called True Nature (as the Absolute) eh ?

Oh, but funnily enough, it really only ever happens in your Absence ... Ha Ha !!!

Nicely described by you here. It's funny how we think that all these things happen to us.

[greybeard]

I wish me was absent.
Still --feel I is.
Wishing all in advance--a Happy New Year.
Chris

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Listen To This Everyday Before You Meditate || You Are The Eternal Witness by Swami Srikantananda

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=2w5w9sLYwOU

[Anka]

Posted by greybeard (here)
I wish me was absent.
Still --feel I is.
Wishing all in advance--a Happy New Year.
Chris

Hey Chris!
Please allow me to embrace you close to my soul and my awakening, because I have already hugged you tight and I am grateful for all your sincere thoughts!Thank you! Thank you!
I wish you a good start to the new year, and much joy!
Very much love!
Anka

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Posted by greybeard (here)
I wish me was absent.
Still --feel I is.
Wishing all in advance--a Happy New Year.
Chris

Ah, but here's where the "Cosmic Joke" comes into play, Chris, at least, as far as I "grok" such Mysteries ... because it's the Absolute that is projecting "You" as your current experience (including if the "I" is present or not) ... indeed, should "you" seemingly "decide" to investigate your own "self" (via Neti Neti, or Zazen, or self-inquiry etc) then that also is the Absolute projecting such !!!



Thus what I'm suggesting is that one's apparent sense-of-identity which is considered as being "real" is sort of like in the image above ... it's merely a Puppet for the Absolute eh ?

As Swami Sarvapriyananda says (above) : "You are the unchanging awareness in which all appears" !!!

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Just Contemplate This One Thing and Win Your Eternal Existence

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rQ5P1AKpgQY

[Guish]

Dear all,

I recorded a new podcast for the new year.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geeris...gs-to-consider

Much love,
Geerish.

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Absolute and Relative Views of Free Will

Rupert elaborates on the inevitable consequences of the absolute and relative perspectives on free will and behaviour.
From the weekend in Seattle, Spring 2019. For access to the full length video see link: https://non-duality.rupertspira.com/w...

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3kpwO8oQjqU