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

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Paul Hedderman - Non Duality - 8/3/2019
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My name is Paul Hedderman. I have been leading workshops and holding talks for 30 years on recovery, non duality, and A Course in Miracles. Many of the talks are available here for you to listen to and download. Thanks, Paul.
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Paul is no holds barred--in your face --but well worth listening to for the brave and foolhardy. Lol
Seriously he can laugh at life in his own unique way.
Chris

Oh, for any interested Paul has a new book (July 2019) called On Having Never Left: Volume 1 The Unfinished Works of Paul Hedderman (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Having-Never-Left-Unfinished-Hedderman/dp/1079708324) ... it's a transcribed collection of 65 of his in-person-talks (some of which are also on YT) but as he has his own very unique "style", I'd suggest watching a few of his videos to sort of "get where he's coming from" *before* buying the book because seeing his talks visually may help to "convey the message" better ... nevertheless I'd say the book is well worth the money spent ! ;)


Why would the wave try to remember itself as the ocean ? Why would it try to experience the ocean as a wave ? Is a wave a wave or is it the ocean waving ? How long would it take a wave to be the ocean ? And when could that happen and what would it take ?

Trying to remember the ocean as a wave doesn't work. See if you're a wave to begin with if you're not ocean. Is it a long-lasting, independent, separate wave that can only hope to know and experience the ocean, or is it the ocean Being itself appearing as a wave ? That's the ocean ! How long did that take ? There's no process for the wave to become the ocean, it is the ocean.

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Hindu Philosophy Vs Buddhist Philosophy | Swami Sarvapriyananda


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8dyyYalhCQ

[Guish]

Dear all,

A simple article on Mindfulness among chaos:

https://attentiveness.art.blog/2019/08/16/mindfulness-among-chaos/

Much love,
Geerish.

[greybeard]

good to see you posting
thanks
Chris

[Wind]

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[Wind]

At the end of seeking, all is consciousness only.
The sense of being, the feeling ‘I am’
shines as the light of consciousness.
That one who is referred to as a sage
observes and knows the ‘I am’-presence,
which functions inside the body,
as the observing, sentient Being.
The sage observes consciousness operating.
As the state of deep sleep approaches,
consciousness begins departing
and the show comes to an end for the day.
Now, as the curtains close,
the light of perception dims
and the notion ‘I’ disappears.
The play of relationship ends.
Here, there is neither husband nor wife.
There is no world and no time.
That which remains wears no name.
It is pure awareness and it is your real Self.
Here alone is undisturbed joy,
complete rest—perfect harmony.
To come to this perfect and direct understanding
in the waking state is called liberation.

~ Mooji

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One With All Existence - Near-Death Experience w/ Life Review | NDE Radio

Host Lee Witting reads the report of a young mother who had a Near-Death Experience while giving childbirth. She gains an understanding in her life review of how important her actions rippled through the lives of others and the love she showed spread like wildfire.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcLrmMXrW6I

[Wind]

For one who is free,
this world is neither a blessing
nor a curse, but a reflection
of one’s own mind and its projections.

~ Mooji

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Shyamji Bhatnagar - Buddha at the Gas Pump Interview

Sri Shyamji was born and raised in India. At age 12, he met his spiritual teacher in the Himalayas and spent several years under his guidance. The Guru initiated Shyamji into the Saivite tradition of Tantra—imparting a rare oral tradition of sacred sounds (naada yoga), breath (svara yoga), and spiritual wisdom.

The grace of the guru (guru krippa) and the spiritual practices he imparted (sadhana) are the basis for Sri Shyamji’s extraordinary intuition and unique chanting of sounds and mantra. For millennia this tradition was passed down from generation to generation through an oral tradition which preserved its purity. It is a rare opportunity to learn the science of sound from a true master.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaQpm_UPiUo

[Guish]

Dear friends,

Please find an article on Practising Mindfulness:

https://attentiveness.art.blog/2019/08/24/practising-mindfulness/

Much love,
Geerish.

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Where should We Focus Our Energy? | Swami Sarvapriyananda



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N6pFfRsUBY

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Is Advaita true? Self-centered vs God-centered ~ Swami Sarvapriyananda ~ VedantaZenOneness


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJUByfcjPB4

Title: Is Advaita true? Self-centered vs God-centered ~ Swami Sarvapriyananda ~ VedantaZenOneness
Swami Sarvapriyananda explained how Advaita is true and what is the benefits of the Advaita.

Swami Sarvapriyananda has been appointed as Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Vedanta Society of New York and assumed his duties here on January 6, 2017.

Before this, Swami Sarvapriyananda served as assistant minister of the Vedanta Society of Southern California for 13 months, beginning on December 3, 2015.

Swami Sarvapriyananda joined the Ramakrishna Math and Mission in 1994 and received Sannyas in 2004. Before being posted to the VSSC’s Hollywood Temple, Swami Sarvapriyananda served as an acharya (teacher) of the monastic probationers’ training center at Belur Math. Swami Sarvapriyananda has served the Ramakrishna Math and Mission in various capacities including being the Vice Principal of the Deoghar Vidyapith Higher Secondary School, Principal of the Shikshana Mandira Teacher Education College at Belur Math, and the first Registrar of the Vivekananda University at Belur Math.

Speacial thanks to,
1. Ashtavakra Gita
2. Yoga Sutra of Patanjali (Superconsciousness in Yoga Sutra)
3. Ramakrishna Paramhansa
4. Swami Vivekananda
5. Swami Sarvapriyananda

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Scientific Evidence for the Divine Matrix - Gregg Braden DOCUMENTARY

Once called the Ether, scientists have worked hard to prove that a mysterious field of energy connecting all things does not exist. Watch Gregg Braden’s #1 Hit Show http://bit.ly/Missing_Links and discover the Divine Matrix, how it influences you, and how you can influence it. This could dramatically improve your life, your wellbeing, and the lives of all of those around you.

Ancient texts tell us that everyone is connected through an enigmatic net that bridges time and space with consciousness. Even early scientific experiments concluded that such a matrix exists. Now, results from CERN may finally put this matter to rest. But, if this controversial divine Matrix really exists, what is it, what is it made of and how does it work? Find out now and stream http://bit.ly/Missing_Links


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-L_zA_9VUs

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Why does the Universe Exist? ~ Swami Sarvapriyananda ~ VedantaZenOneness


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_qepLqb0d4


The Biggest Question for Humanity is: Why does the Universe Exist? and Why I exist? Swami Sarvapriyananda answered these question humorously and sweetly.

Questions: Why does the Universe exist? Why do I exist? Why there is duality? Why can't brahman be alone without appearance? Why Maya? Why? Why? Why?


Title: Why does the Universe Exist? ~ Swami Sarvapriyananda ~ VedantaZenOneness

Swami Sarvapriyananda explained how Advaita is true and what is the benefits of the Advaita.

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The humans are waking up (maybe)
https://www.sott.net/article/419290-The-humans-are-waking-up-maybe

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Thanks for your post
kfm27917
Chris

[O Donna]

For one who is free,
this world is neither a blessing
nor a curse, but a reflection
of one’s own mind and its projections.

~ Mooji



Wonderful post, Wind.


For one who is free,....

There is nothing that qualifies.

Freedom has been co-opted by things such as the corporate-mind but once co-opted it is no longer that.

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Essence of Advaita Vedanta | Swami Sarvapriyananda



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZtCQoTemoY

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When enough is enough--when there is the realization that there is no lasting enjoyment in the new acquisition--when it is known that nothing here can bring the lasting peace and joy then--all desire ceases.

Desire brings us back into another body, another life time of disappointment.

The last thoughts before exoting the body are important they can set the temporary visitation to the realm of heaven we anticipate--then when good Karma--merit, is exhausted back we come.

A desire less state brings enlightenment and no further incarnation,
Nothing to come back for.
Even at the moment of death enlightenment can happen for those who have spent time in spiritual practise.


This video takes a long time to get there but covers the subtle body and causal body in full.
You could fast forward the first half approx.
It covers why we reincarnate

Chris


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_bWeeI2QSo

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The Secret of the Five Sheaths by Swami Sarvapriyananda

http://vedanta.org Swami Sarvapriyananda talks about the five sheaths of the human body-mind complex: physical sheath (annamaya kosha), the sheath of prana (pranamaya kosha), the sheath of mind (manomaya kosha), the sheath of intellect (vijnanamaya kosha), and the sheath of bliss (anandamaya kosha). The talk was given on August 14, 2016.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPtHCCT1SZM

[Guish]

Hi Friends,

A new aticle on coping with panic attacks:

https://attentiveness.art.blog/2019/09/07/coping-with-panic-attack/

Much love,
Geerish.

[justntime2learn]

Hi Friends,

A new aticle on coping with panic attacks:

https://attentiveness.art.blog/2019/09/07/coping-with-panic-attack/

Much love,
Geerish.

I will be speaking of what ails me soon...

I've shared your post with many others like me, Geerish.

Much love, :heart:

Blessings, Chuck

[greybeard]

Its good to share Chuck.
Chris

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The ego is the culprit.
In the early stages of this thread I posted a lot about the ego what it is and how ro transcend--mainly based on the books by the late Dr David Hawkins "Power vs Force" a good starting point.
Self esteem is healthy--that is earned and positive.

Ego is a separation device.
It states I am different from you--I am unique.

So If we take knife attacks.
The reason tends to be to be part of a gang--I am stronger than you I can do what I want I belong to the most powerful gang--you cant touch me I am a member etc.
Anyone who disagrees is dead.
The stabbing of random victims is part of the initiation into the gang--which comes first before all other considerations.
Kids should be taught in school about ego and how to get on with people.

On a larger scale all conflict is fought on egoic terms--My country--my religion--you name it,
Defend mine at all cost and attack the best form of defence--ha ha.
Me and mine--the main position.

This is why an understanding of spirituality is so important.
Namaste means --I greet the God within you--now if you know that God resides within all including self how can you harm anyone?

End to all conflict can only come through understanding.

Chris

[O Donna]

The greatest words, ever or will ever, (be) put to paper though like wonderful accompanying music on a long journey are still but as window dressing compared to the ineffable.

https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/large-16-9/s3/lead/2017/11/size-of-observable-universe.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1c/9e/62/1c9e62a0dcb48a1631b985e5943eeb30.png

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The One With Steady Wisdom (Bhagavad Gita) | Swami Sarvapriyananda



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ys1tMWopME&t=22s

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Vedanta and the Near Death Experience by Swami Mahayogananda

In a talk given at the Santa Barbara Vedanta Temple on 3/12/2017, Swami Mahayogananda shares numerous first person descriptions of near death experience, placing them in line with Vedantic teachings.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxlL8Dlzp2k

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Vedanta and the Near Death Experience by Swami Mahayogananda

In a talk given at the Santa Barbara Vedanta Temple on 3/12/2017, Swami Mahayogananda shares numerous first person descriptions of near death experience, placing them in line with Vedantic teachings.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxlL8Dlzp2k

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The One With Steady Wisdom (Bhagavad Gita) | Swami Sarvapriyananda



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ys1tMWopME&t=22s

Ive bumped this because some of the Swami's videos have been taken down.

It might seem that Im now posting mainly his talks but that's because most of my questions have been answered simply with humour by him--great depth of knowledge--all credit to him
Chris

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Chris, I hope you don't mind I post this here. Still, I will take the chance.

On September 15, 2019 I read this post (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?108600-Battle-for-my-soul&p=1314191&viewfull=1#post1314191) by Jayke (located in Manchester, UK).

In the post Jayke mentioned a book entitled, ‘What is Enlightenment?’ (https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Enlightenment-William-Bodri/dp/0972190740)

I am in the US and I discovered the book could only be purchased from the UK and thus would take days to arrive here in Texas, USA. I (my earthly 'self') am knowingly attracted to instant gratification, though through either sound practice (or aging... there's a joke somewhere in there) I have learned a little patience. So, I managed to explore my next thought which was...


I have explored well over a dozen books on "Enlightenment." This thread alone has pointed me the way. A member here formerly known as tim personally assisted me with an understanding. There are thousands of sources out there pointing the way. There seems to be zillions of ways words and pictures do this very pointing. There have been times I thought I could recognize "it," apprehend "it"... I would sense "its" arising within and without me, yet always... this feeling of enlightenment would always be fleeting.

Yet I went to the next step and noticed I could receive the book on my birthday, today, September 19. I choose to take that as "a sign" (somewhere in there is a half smile... I no longer "believe in signs," right?). And so I pulled the trigger and bought the book.

And so, this morning, I awoke earlier than I hoped yet followed my routine of coffee and e-mail. There was an e-mail from an interesting fellow that goes by the name of Dave Oshana. Dave, like Jayke, resides in the UK and, I believe, is from the the London area. Dave, for years, has spoken, written and essentially "been transmitting" (if that could be done) Enlightenment. I once got on his e-mail list and it just so happened there was an e-mail sent by Dave (and/or crew) sitting in the inbox. I rarely popped open his e-mails but this morning I felt compelled to do so. Somehow I scanned all the way to the bottom where I saw the word "Testimonials" and below that were two links, one from 2001 and one from this year. I clicked the 2019 link and came to this page -

Enlightenment: Resisting Hard, Let Down Softly. One-to-One Report (https://www.daveoshana.com/articles/190-enlightenment-resisting-hard-let-down-softly-one-to-one-report)

I read/scanned. The provider of the testimony wrote well and highlighted interesting comments Dave had made. The writer had been open with Dave as to their difficulties (due in part to procrastination, "long held beliefs," etc.).

Here's where it got interesting... I had literally just read Dave's second to last comment -


You can always get back on track, you know

...when at that very moment my cell phone erupted with the "you have a message" tone. I popped open the message and it stated my package, 'What is Enlightenment?' is delayed and provided a link that promised more information.

I quickly scanned the message but when reading a specific set of words... a wonderful synchronicity arose.

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What stood out to me was how I read this part -


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Thanks Sammy--Im smiling at your "coincidences"
Great post--Yes Tim has been a great help to me also.
Hope you read his book Sammy?--there will be more to come when thats appropriate.
Chris

[Mark]

I am enamored of the synchronicities in the past year of my life. I have been living more consciously- and more directly - since I have completed the Curriculum for Living in the Landmark Worldwide educational offerings. I was able to really let loose of some really strong baggage of a spiritually materialist nature. That kind of convoluted thinking and concentration upon spiritual accomplishment had really begun to permeate my being and was showing up in all aspects of my life. Getting beneath it was becoming more grounded, more earthly and sensual in that it became more about what was real and present and now rather than what was out there and up there and beyond here. Quixotically, coming back down to earth has opened up the stars for me. Embracing simplicity has opened up a world of complexity. It is an interesting and fateful journey and the synchronicities, which I follow when I see them, are leading me there.

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Terence Mckenna - The Truth About The Ego
Music: ashamaluevmusic - relaxing
Footage licensed through Videoblocks
In the annals of psychedelic research, there have been very few figures who have made a mark through their psychedelic discoveries and ideologies, and Terence McKenna was one of them. He was a renowned lecturer, psychonaut and writer, who had dedicated decades to study ‘shamanism’ and psychic alteration. His brilliance and interest in human psychology was evident from a young age as he read Carl Jung's book ‘Psychology and Alchemy’ at the tender age of ten. He supported the survey of different statuses of the human mind through the consumption of psychedelic substances such as ‘psychedelic mushrooms’. He traveled far and wide and studied the impact of psychotropic florae on human culture, human cognizance and evolution. He also extensively researched on and introduced the concept of ‘novelty theory’. His ideologies and his scientific appreciation of nature can be seen in works including ‘The Archaic Revival’, ‘Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge- A Radical History of Plants’, ‘The Invisible Landscape’ and ‘Drugs’ to name a few. He was also the co-founder of ‘Botanical Dimensions’, an ethnobotanical sanctuary in Hawaii. Towards the end of his life, he became actively involved in advocating the importance of ‘technological singularity’.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaPUZ40og_c

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Edgar Cayce Visions on Reincarnation and Karma [FULL VIDEO]

It was during a set of philosophical questions that Edgar Cayce first began to talk about reincarnation. Eventually, this lead to an entirely new way of using Cayce's abilities that came to be know as Life Readings. The subject was examined in extensive detail and would become the second major topic examined by the sleeping Cayce.

The concept of reincarnation shocked and challenged Edgar Cayce and his family. They were deeply religious people, doing this work to help others because that's what their Christian faith taught. Reincarnation was not part of their reality.Yet, the healings and help continued to come. So, the Cayce family continued with the physical material, but cautiously reflected on the strange philosophical material. Ultimately, the Cayce's began to accept the ideas, though not as "reincarnation." Edgar Cayce preferred to call it, "The Continuity of Life." . .
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIJFau3KzkI

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Cause of Universe and GOD ~ Swami Sarvapriyananda ~ VedantaZenOneness

What is the cause of the universe and the GOD?. Swami Sarvapriyananda ji has clear the doubt about that. Please watch it till the end.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEGPZtRC8n4

[O Donna]

I thought this quote might find a home here:

“The sacred stillness of your brilliant heart
has as the myriad wonders masqueraded.
But if you knew this secret from the start,
then you'd have quit this Game before you played it.”

― Eric Micha'el Leventhal


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSx6tNusvjQ

[Wind]

Sometimes it appears as though God is hidden
—but from whom? God is infinite.
Where can the infinite hide? And from whom?
In fact, the one the seeker is trying to find
is itself the very one appearing as the seeker.

~ Mooji

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Dr. Brian Weiss: Past-Life Skeptic to Past-Life Expert | SuperSoul Sunday | Oprah Winfrey Network


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQAgiP8zQ6M

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Qigong Documentary Overview by Francesco Garri Garripoli

The Qigong Documentary, "Qigong - Ancient Chinese Healing for the 21st Century" (full length video with Qigong instruction DVD available at: https://communityawake.com/shop/instr... )produced and directed by Francesco Garri Garripoli for PBS-TV was seen by over 88 million viewers after it began airing in 1998 according to Nielsen Ratings. This documentary was shot by Francesco during his years of living in China and study with amazing Qigong Master healers such as Master Wan Sujian as well as Master Duan and Master Luo, who recently passed away at over 100 years old.

This is a 15 minute overview of the one hour program features a voice over by Daisy Lee and Francesco and is available on DVD along with interviews of Francesco.

Learn more at www.CommunityAwake.com about this and other instructional DVDs, books, and Dreaming Awake Guided Meditations, and Qigong Study and Healing Trips around the world by Francesco Garripoli.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7y_BMYaCGM

[Guish]

Hi Friends,

A new aticle on coping with panic attacks:

https://attentiveness.art.blog/2019/09/07/coping-with-panic-attack/

Much love,
Geerish.

I will be speaking of what ails me soon...

I've shared your post with many others like me, Geerish.

Much love, :heart:

Blessings, Chuck

Blessings to you, bro.

[Guish]

A new article by me on knowing your life purpose. It includes an exercise for all of you to do.

https://attentiveness.art.blog/2019/09/28/knowing-your-life-purpose/

Blessings,
Geerish.

[Wind]

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Buddhism for Beginners


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbngKOUgCDY

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Types of Enlightenment (Mukti) ~ Swami Sarvapriyananda ~ VedantaZenOneness
Normally when we read Vedantic book we feel confusion between Enlightenment like Jivanmukti, Videhamukti. Swami Sarvapriyananda ji has clear the doubt about that. Please watch it till the end.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_28hZeQtVM

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Is There Absolute Truth?
Rupert answers a question about absolute and relative truth.
From the summer retreat in Italy, 2018. For access to the full recording see link: https://non-duality.rupertspira.com/w...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beYw71Bvtm4

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Non-Duality and the Mystery of Consciousness by Peter Russell
https://www.scienceandnonduality.com/

What is non-duality? What do we mean by consciousness? Does it really exist? What is reality? Is there any thing "out there"? Why don't we see consciousness in the material world? What do we mean by "I"? Why is any of this important?

From the deep pools of Eastern wisdom, to the fast-paced rapids of the West, Peter Russell has mastered many fields, and synthesized them with consummate artistry. Weaving his unique blend of scientific rationale, global vision, and intuitive wisdom, Peter brings a sharp, critical mind to the challenge of self-awakening. The next great frontier of human exploration, he shows, is not outer space, but inner space — the development of the human mind. He has degrees in theoretical physics, experimental psychology, and computer science from the University of Cambridge in England, and has written ten books in this area, including The Global Brain Awakens, Waking Up in Time, and most recently, From Science to God: A Physicist’s Journey into the Mystery of Consciousness.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ0YFoUcY0s

[Wind]

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Peter Russell - Buddha at the Gas Pump Interview

Peter Russell holds degrees in theoretical physics, experimental psychology, and computer science from the University of Cambridge, England, where he was a student of Stephen Hawking. Following university he went to India, to study meditation and Eastern philosophy. In the 1970s, he pioneered the introduction of personal growth programs to corporations, running courses for senior management on creativity, stress management and sustainable development.

He coined the term "global brain" with his 1980s bestseller of the same name in which he predicted the Internet and the impact it would have on humanity. His other books, which include Waking Up in Time: Finding Inner Peace in Times of Accelerating Change, and From Science to God: A Physicist's Journey into the Mystery of Consciousness, and his visual presentations and videos have won international acclaim and awards.

Peter's work integrates Eastern and Western understandings of the mind, exploring their relevance to the world today and to humanity's future.

Peter's website: peterrussell.com




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKGaX150cf0

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What is Buddhism? What do Buddhists believe?




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjtWtakwsjw

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Sadhguru Gives Awesome Clarity and Wisdom to the Questioner

Sadhguru is a yogi and a mystic
a man whose passion spills into everything he encounters. Named one of India's 50 most influential people, Sadhguru's work has touched the lives of millions worldwide through his transformational programs. Sadhguru has a unique ability to make the ancient yogic sciences relevant to contemporary minds, acting as a bridge to the deeper dimensions of life. His approach does not ascribe to any belief system, but offers methods for self-transformation that are both proven and powerful.

Watch Full Q&A in Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSx8A...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HlAvYdUsuk

Thanks to Heart2hearth

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The need for Spiritual Guru (Mantra Diksha) ~ Swami Sarvapriyananda ~ VedantaZenOneness
In Hinduism, spiritual Gurus are the pillars of the tradition. They are the self-appointed guardians of the Dharma. A guru is a living God, an aspect of God or a representative of God with access to the knowledge of God and liberation. Above all, he is a great devotee of God and personifies the best of human character and conduct.

The spiritual gurus of Hinduism play many roles in society and serve many purposes. They act as spiritual advisors, counselors, teachers, astrologers, therapists, leaders, protectors, guardians, exorcists, messengers, healers, reformers, and upholders of Dharma. Hindu gurus come from both genders and all classes of society. Some maybe even illiterate but possess the knowledge of the Self.

A guru is the face of God. Your real guru is always God himself. He is the power, which guides your spiritual effort. He is always there, with you as your true Self and your inner witness. Therefore, you may follow your heart in choosing a guru, but you should not bring your ego into the effort. It is tamasic to insist on him for initiation when you are not truly ready. That decision should be entirely left to him.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3fczMYcKkY&t=12s

[greybeard]

I am posting quite a few of the Swami's talks here.
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?108625-Advaita-Vedanta---The-Greatest-Philosophy-on-Earth--

[Delight]

I have always been sure that Edgar Cayce's health readings validated the high level of truth he accessed (since so MANY were accurate). I am listening to this now......

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[greybeard]

The Truth About Quantum Consciousness - Full Documentary
David Sereda.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ET7mQFgNk0

[greybeard]

"Getting Rich Is Easy" | START DOING THIS TODAY! Sadhguru


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNU895fTzSQ

Thanks to Heart2hearth for this

[greybeard]

|| The Atman || by Swami Sarvapriyananda
Swami Sarvapriyananda speaks on the nature of the self as taught in the Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 2 Verse 11-25).



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P14cRV-m6ZY

[O Donna]

Enlightenment is never forgetting/ underestimating the elephant in the room.

https://pp.vk.me/c9853/u1910458/-6/z_835f2758.jpg

[greybeard]

Babaji The Lightning Standing Still The Complete Truth about Mahavatar Baba ji


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=465yMBveGvQ

[greybeard]

All Beings are in Me (Bhagavad Gita) | Swami Sarvapriyananda


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFD_w3rMLDY

[Ernie Nemeth]

Pretty crowded in there, huh?

edit to add, since this is a new page...

There is you and there is me. It is the caduceus, the coiling strands of DNA, the helical counter-rotating universal electric dipole...

Spirit comes into the body and animates it. The body invents a self-image to explain this miracle. These two are intertwined: the dance of soul and ego.

Spiritual work is about loosening the coils of this self-constriction. It comes from the realization of an unchanging Self of selfs below and beyond the mechanization of the ego. To come face to face with yourself, with your self, distances the temporal from the eternal, and loosens the shackles of impermanence.

For I Am All that is, for that is all there is - a totality. I am in everyone and they are in me, always and forever.

It's just hard to see it when life's petty problems are in your face.

[justntime2learn]

Pretty crowded in there, huh?

edit to add, since this is a new page...

There is you and there is me. It is the caduceus, the coiling strands of DNA, the helical counter-rotating universal electric dipole...

Spirit comes into the body and animates it. The body invents a self-image to explain this miracle. These two are intertwined: the dance of soul and ego.

Spiritual work is about loosening the coils of this self-constriction. It comes from the realization of an unchanging Self of selfs below and beyond the mechanization of the ego. To come face to face with yourself, with your self, distances the temporal from the eternal, and loosens the shackles of impermanence.

For I Am All that is, for that is all there is - a totality. I am in everyone and they are in me, always and forever.

It's just hard to see it when life's petty problems are in your face.

I really love that Ernie! :heart:

[greybeard]

Edgar Cayce on Eckhart Tolle
John Schroeder presents his perspective in comparing the psychic readings of Edgar Cayce with the metaphysical teachings of Eckhart Tolle.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qY9LgN_FAU

[Delight]

I am listening to this now. He explains the RA Material very well.

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[Ernie Nemeth]

Good Video.

First: it is lo-gos, as in 'low-goes', sounds like no-go...ya, sometimes I'm a nitpicker

The logos is knowledge, universal knowledge. It is literally the thought of god, the real one true God. And God is all there is.

The problem with understanding this is the conundrum of relating to a condition that cannot exist, as we understand existence.

In the video, space is described as the arena of experience - the one thing God did not possess. Yet if God is everything, this cannot be a true statement. Yet it is the Law of One so it is probably correct. So what is the solution?

Time.

The problem is time. When one attempts to explain the logos, one of two possibilities exists, and often the two are interchanged in the same line of reasoning as if the two are the same. Explanations require a ground state or a constant that can be used as an unchanging reference point. So an explanation can use either space or time as the constant.

In this video, the constant was time and space was the explanation. In other words the concept of logos was explained in terms of the laws of time as it relates to space. It could also have been explained in terms of the laws of space as it relates to time.

So we heard statements like, god had no direct experience of Itself. Or god did not 'know' the outcome of the experience ahead of 'time'.

The logos can be explained either spatially or temporally. The two are not compatible and is the essence of the mystery that is our reality.

I find the best way to understand this is to understand that in fact there is no space and there is no time. There is just the logos fulfilling its design parameters.

And if the mystery is the incompatibility of the two most fundamental components of reality then the miracle is its simultaneous existence.

The logos is not a thing apart any more than any of us are. The logos is the logic of god, and in more general terms the logos is reality.

[greybeard]

Good you see you sharing here Ernie.
The Swami that I post here regularly has answered a lot of my remaining questions.
He quotes--that Brahman is everything but not in everything which is a paradox and gives the answer.
As best I remember the example given is---water is everything related to the ocean but not in the wave--its subtle.
In something implies its separate--has an identity all of its own and in a way it has--but remove the water and where is the wave?
The water has no existence apart from water--there is only water.
There is only "God" remove God --impossible --and there is no space--
Space is God but does not contain God.
We are seemingly seperate individuals with God seemingly within--God is not limited by shape and form.
The space in the pot is exactly the same as it is with the pot broken.
The pot broken or whole is an appearance in consciousness--all appearances are temporary manifestations in consciousness.
Consciousness is the same regardless of temporary appearances.
The Ocean is the Ocean regardless of the rise and fall of waves.
We are That eternal awareness--even if there is nothing to be aware of--we are the subject without the need of an object to confirm our eternal---timeless reality.
Knowing what I want to write and doing that is two entirely different things.--smiling

Chris

[Ernie Nemeth]

I used to stumble over my words, Chris. Until I was about thirty I could not get a sentence out without stuttering. I was so far ahead of my spoken word that I would forget where I was in the talk. Not sure what happened but I learned to slow my thinking down so I could keep up with my mouth.

My writing was the same. I knew what I wanted to say but just couldn't get it to flow. By the end of the writing the story would meander all over the place, sometimes veering 180degrees off topic. That changed at the same time. Suddenly my writing would stay on topic the length of the diatribe, surprising myself even.

I think for me the solution was the advise I adhered to from the most prolific author of all time, Piers Anthony, who said: 'A writer writes'. He said never stop writing whether you sell the work or not. So I did, keep writing. From the time I was seventeen I have been writing. Book after book. By thirty I had written maybe four? I think I trained myself how to get my thoughts onto paper.

And that translated into speaking more fluently as well.

I love writing...

[greybeard]

Yes Ernie
Being dyslexic--my mind was ahead of my tongue and spelling a nightmare.
I also saw the numbers and letters upside down or reversed 6 became 9 band d and b challenge.
Whole words dissapeared from speach and writing
Teachers had never head of dyslexia--I got marks of every exam for miss spelling.

I can now say--so what!!
Whats that to do with anything?
Necessity the mother of invention
Humour the answer to everything.

Stuttering more embarrassing than my challenge.
We got there--or is it here--smiling.
Chris

[Ernie Nemeth]

Just to be clear, I was not a stutterer, I spoke with a hesitation, not able to find the next word without stopping and thinking about it. Once the word was found I could pronounce it just fine.

[greybeard]

Jonathan Livingston Seagull By Richard Bach Timeless Spiritual Classic
Full Audio-Book


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozcsD_3D8Ag

[greybeard]

Advaita Vedanta was Adi Shankara who lived in India more than a thousand years ago. Adi Sankara learned the sacred texts of Hinduism, like Vedas and Upanishads under his teacher Govinda Bhagavadpada and later wrote extensive commentaries of Hindu sacred texts called Upanishads. In these commentaries, he proposed the theory of Advaita, saying that the Upanishad actually teach that the individual soul (called Atman) is not different from Ultimate Reality (called Brahman). He also taught that there is only one essential principle called Brahman and everything else is a kind of expression of that one Brahman. Because of this theory of one being, his teachings became popular as the "Advaita" (a = not, dvaita = two, means no-two or non-dual). The way he said this to people was "Atman is Brahman."

Adi Shankara was smart and knew that people would wonder how he could say such an odd thing. He realized that many people would ask him, "If a person's soul is really one with Ultimate all along, then what makes a person feel so separate from Ultimate?" His answer to this was that we are ignorant of our real self being Ultimate because we see through a kind of filter—like looking through a dirty piece of glass—and he called this filter we look through, maya, which means "illusion" in Sanskrit. Shankara said that our ignorance makes us feel very separate from Ultimate, and even from everything around us. Shankara suggested that the best way people can find the truth is for them to try to clear their thinking of all ignorant thoughts, be very good, and think very hard about who they really are. He said that if a person did all these things he would realize that Brahaman was himself all along.

This is a very different idea from some other religions where we are told we are separate from Brahaman and need to go to Him. In Advaita, the idea is that people never really were separate from Brahaman, but their ignorance made them see it that way.

[greybeard]

99% MONKs use this Secret Technique for MIND CONTROL | Dandapani & Swami Mukundananda


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkYKGCImwk8

[greybeard]

Forbidden Vedic Mysteries - Mind-boggling History you were not suppose to find out

I was not sure where to put this video but it is well worth watching--the buildings amazing.
Chris


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlim3fLv_7k&t=25s

[greybeard]

Perfect way to Enlightenment| Swami Sarvapriyananda| Swami Sarvapriyananda latest lecture




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiGXfEcugHc

[greybeard]

9 Valuable tips for Meditation| Paramhamsa Yogananda| Autobiography of a Yogi| Vedantic Meditation
Paramahansa Yogananda (5 January 1893 – 7 March 1952), or Paramhansa Yogananda, born Mukunda Lal Ghosh, was an Indian monk, yogi and guru who introduced millions to the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga through his organization Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) / Yogoda Satsanga Society (YSS) of India. A chief disciple of the Bengali yoga guru Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, he was sent by his lineage to spread the teachings of yoga to the West, to prove the unity between Eastern and Western religions and to preach a balance between Western material growth and Indian spirituality.[2] His long-standing influence in the American yoga movement, and especially the yoga culture of Los Angeles, led him to be considered by yoga experts as the "Father of Yoga in the West."[3][4]

Yogananda was the first major Indian teacher to settle in America, and the first prominent Indian to be hosted in the White House (by President Calvin Coolidge in 1927);[5] his early acclaim led to him being dubbed "the 20th century's first superstar guru," by the LA Times.[6] Arriving in Boston in 1920, he embarked on an successful transcontinental speaking tour before settling in Los Angeles in 1925. For the next two and a half decades, he gained local fame as well as expanded his influence worldwide: he created a monastic order, went on teaching-tours, bought properties for his organization in various California locales, and initiated thousands into Kriya Yoga.[7] By 1952, SRF had over 100 centers in both India and the US; today, they have groups in nearly every major American city.[6] His "plain living and high thinking" principles attracted people from all backgrounds among his followers.[8]

He published his book Autobiography of a Yogi in 1946 to critical and commercial acclaim; since its first publishing, it has sold over four million copies, with HarperSan Francisco listing it as one of the "100 best spiritual books of the 20th Century".[6][9] Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs had ordered 500 copies of the book for his own memorial, for each guest to be given a copy.[10] The book has been regularly reprinted and is known as "the book that changed the lives of millions."[11][12] In 2014, a documentary, "Awake: The Life of Yogananda" was released and won multiple awards at film festivals around the world..



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6CkfJMnh7c

[greybeard]

Vegetarianism and Celibacy | Dr. Jeffery Long

Dr. Jeffery D. Long (Professor of Religion and Asian Studies at Elizabethtown University) helps us understand the rationale behind vegetarianism and celibacy. Professor Long teaches courses on Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism (Dharma Traditions), as well as seminars on Star Wars and Asian philosophy, Sanskrit, and Comparative Theology and Interfaith Engagement. He is the author of three books and a wide array of articles on Hinduism, Indian philosophy, and religious pluralism. In addition to his academic and spiritual interests, he is an avid fan of science fiction and fantasy and classic rock.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO_qhc_vW5Y

[greybeard]

Paramhamsa yogananda's real voice on kriya yoga|

Author of the best-selling spiritual classic"Autobiography of a yogi" came to America in 1920 from his native India, and was the first great master of yoga to live and teach in the West for an extended period. He is now widely recognized as the Father of Yoga in the West. He founded self -realization fellowship(1920) and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (1917).


Paramahansa Yogananda has profoundly impacted the lives of millions with his comprehensive teachings on:
the science of Kriya Yoga meditation,the underlying unity of all true religions,the art of balanced health and well-being in body, mind, and soul.
Kriya Yoga is a meditation technique that quickly accelerates one’s spiritual growth — though ancient, it was first made widely known by Yogananda in his autobiography.

Kriya is more than a simple technique. It represents an entire way of life.Yogada society of India,Autobiography of a yogi,mukund,Inspiring story of autobiography of India


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p44ryI4w4Pw

[Guish]

Hi Friends,

Please find a new article by me on building momentum to get your goals and discover the 7 layer process to build a purpose and set an emotion to the goal.


https://attentiveness.art.blog/2019/11/02/how-to-build-momentum-to-your-goals/

Lots of love.
G.

[kfm27917]

interesting article about all forms of Magic and spiritual development at
https://ultraculture.org/blog/2015/11/05/7-biggest-mistakes-people-make-learning-magick:

Avoid these common pitfalls when studying magick, meditation or mysticism
Magick is a very strange hobby. If you’re like me, you’ve probably been drawn to it for lofty reasons: You want to understand the universe and your place in it. You want answers to the questions of life, the universe and everything—not just second-hand faith in somebody else’s proclamations. You want a heightened sense of personal dignity, integrity and power to achieve the goals that matter to you the most. And—most of all—you want enchantment. You want to live an enchanted life—one in which you can immerse yourself in wonders and mysteries, and experience intensity that people who are checked out in front of their phones or TV screens never will. You want a heightened reality, or even to quest for absolute reality itself.

So, for any of these reasons or more, you step into the Circus of Magick. You might spend some time browsing occult Web sites, or visit a New Age bookstore. You might buy a workbook or two, and try the exercises. You might join a society like Freemasonry, a Wiccan coven, or even a Meetup group, and begin to meet others in your community with similar questions.

As you do this, you will slowly be leaving the “consensus trance,” the one created by the daily ritual of Commute-Job/School-Consume-Television. And you will find yourself in a new “trance,” one defined by ideas of magic, personal possibility, awakening, new group dynamics, alternative life paths. You will likely encounter a lot of incredibly inspiring ideas, and also, unfortunately, a lot of disempowering ideas and beliefs.

Here’s a useful way to think about it: Mainstream society is a program designed to work the best it can for the widest number of people possible. Generally speaking, that means good, decent people who are happy to live quiet, decent lives, and content themselves with the victories of career, family, health, happiness and making it through another day. And that’s a beautiful thing.

Outside of mainstream society, however, you will find a very different reality—the “wildlands” of modern civilization. Its denizens, for one reason or another, don’t feel satisfied by consensus reality. That could be because they’re ahead of the curve, or it could be because they’re far behind the curve. That makes the “wildlands” an exciting, and dangerous, place. The “wildlands” are where society puts the ideas that are too disruptive of its daily activities, for better or worse. The strange ideas, the discredited ideas, the untested ideas, the potentially liberating ideas.

Magick is one of those ideas—or, rather, a gigantic cluster of ideas (a memeplex). Many of those ideas are really cool, and many should stay in the trash-heap.

But let’s be clear: To engage with magick is to begin to sort through society’s trash, looking for anything of value. Glamorous, no? Remember, alchemy is the art of turning **** into gold. “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone…”

If you’re going to go looking for gold out there, allow me to guide you through the territory, so that you can find the gold, and avoid the seven biggest mistakes that people make when learning magick. I’ve made them all—and that’s why I created Magick.Me, my online school for magick, so that I could teach people how to truly learn magick without falling for obvious mistakes. So after identifying each mistake that people make when learning magick, I’ll explain how I solved it and turned that into teaching I could pass on through Magick.Me.

1. Poorly Defined Goals
What do you want?

It’s a simple question, but most who enter the world of magick and alternative spirituality never ask it, or never fully define the answer. As a result, they’re caught up in the “dazzling lights” of the New Age Pinball Machine, and bounced around between experiences, groups and teachers, never finding themselves or getting to their core issues and drives.

You need to ask this question up front: What do you want? Do you want greater creative skill and power? Do you want to fix a trauma or personal challenge? Are you willing to give up everything and seek enlightenment? Whatever it is, define it now, and then ask yourself if magical means are really the answer, or if more mundane means would be a lot easier. Be clear on this, or you risk getting caught up in the glamour of magick, and forgetting that it’s just a tool, and only one tool of many available to you right now.

(Magick.Me cuts through this confusion not only by having you set clear goals, but emphasizing the importance of finding your true will—your true reason for living—and making that the absolute center of your magical practice. And I make sure to give you all the tools to do just that.)

2. Staying in the Shallows
Magick is a giant buffet table. Thanks to the shrinking of the world by global communications, you’ll find material from every world faith and esoteric path readily available to you. Hermeticism/Golden Dawn/Thelema; Yoga; Vedanta; Vajrayana Buddhism; Sufism; NLP… the list is limited only by the demand of the New Age marketplace for the next big kick. Just a hundred years ago—in some cases, just a few decades ago—all of these subjects would have been incredibly hard to discover information on. You wouldn’t have been able to just pop down to Barnes & Noble or go on Amazon and have it all handed to you. And in all cases, once you discovered the entry to a path, you would be confronted with a teacher who would explain that the path was the work of a lifetime.

That puts modern seekers in a unique position. We don’t lack access—but what we do often lack is commitment to a path. Most likely, students will browse here and there, reading on a wide variety of paths, or even joining several groups in sequence. This is an incredible way to learn quickly; however, if the buffet table approach takes the place of deep, committed learning in one path or tradition, what happens is you stop making progress. You just get to the edge of your comfort zone in one path before starting over in another, never taking that crucial jump into the unknown. Ironically, this probably takes more time than sticking to one path, at least until you reach that path’s completion stages.

(Magick.Me solves this problem by focusing on core skills that are essential across all spiritual paths—the core skills of mastering meditation, mastering the mind, harnessing the unconscious, dreamwork and lots more. These skills can be persisted in to create incredible results not only outside the framework of a pre-existing spiritual path, but within any spiritual path one is following. That means that you can make incredible progress in core abilities—kind of like basic physical training. This can either be persisted in or taken in to an existing spiritual tradition. By largely making our material non-tradition-specific, Magick.Me focuses on essential skills that you must persist in learning no matter what spiritual path you are on.)

However, if you go in the complete opposite direction, and become a “Path Zealot,” you will make the third mistake:

3. Thinking There is One True Path
Once you’ve experienced peak states or personal breakthroughs in a system, it’s easy to generalize: “This is absolutely incredible… everybody should experience this!”

If you’re not careful, you soon become a missionary, talking non-stop about what you’ve experienced, trying to get your friends or family into whatever practice caused the peak state or breakthrough, or even, at the high registers of “Kool-Aid Intoxication,” thinking that you have found the One True Path, and that all other paths are lesser or deluded.

People can stay stuck in this state for days, weeks, months, or years—even their whole life. It tends to be a blockage to progress. It’s a classic behavior of an individual with a weak sense of self: Deep down, they feel themselves to be inferior or lesser than others, so they place all their focus on an all-consuming ideology or charismatic leader that they derive strength and self-worth from serving. If this sounds like an obvious trap, and one you would never fall for, think again: The “One True Path” disease has been responsible for many of history’s greatest tragedies, including the Third Reich or the many historical genocides committed by overzealous religious missionaries that worked to “convert by sword.”

If your path is the One True Path, it’s time to leave your cloistered room or insular community and experience what life is like for others of different faiths and life backgrounds. Make some new friends.

(Magick.Me solves this problem by not only giving students an incredible tour of the world’s spiritual paths, but showing what they all have in common—and focusing on training students in those essential skills.)

4. Us vs. Them Mentality
Because people who are into magick and alternative spirituality are often on the fringes, it’s easy to adopt belief systems that reinforce an oppressed identity or “us vs. them” story. This becomes a particularly acute problem when the magick that people are doing isn’t working, or not producing a good quality of life, and instead of changing the behaviors or beliefs that aren’t working, people create a narrative in which some “other” individual or group is keeping them down. These stories about why failure is OK quickly blossom and cross-pollinate, becoming wide-scale conspiracy theories potent enough to infect whole cultures, leaving disempowerment, misery and even genocide in their wake (again see the Third Reich). Examples of this include:

• “The Illuminati are out to get me because I have secret knowledge.”

• “Shapeshifting reptilians/Archons/evil spirits/Satan/etc. are controlling reality and don’t like me.”

• “I’m way too enlightened/edgy/intense/real for mainstream society to handle.”

• “I am a lightworker charged with battling the dark forces, and the dark forces are in control.”

Do you have any of these beliefs, or any similar ones? Let’s take a look at them—what’s the underlying message of all of them? Personal significance. Me me me. All of these scripts allow for personal significance through failure. They all allow you to be a complete ****up and to simultaneously have the illusion of “winning.”

They are all poison. Jettison them immediately, and instead focus on your personal growth and happiness, and how you can be of service to the people around you.

(Magick.Me solves this problem by completely removing all conspiracy thinking, and focusing magick completely on you, and supercharging what you can achieve in life!)

5. Substance Abuse
Drugs and magick have been linked since the very first prehistoric shaman chewed some strange bark or fungus that let her talk to the spirits of the forest, and the spirits of the forest turned out to have some pretty useful stuff to say.

In recent times, magicians like Aleister Crowley, William S. Burroughs, Terence McKenna, Carlos Castaneda and others have hyped the spiritual potential of psychedelics and even harder substances. Some of them have also fallen prey to addiction, and the destructive behaviors that come with the disease of addiction. This is one of the major reasons why magick has been so discredited—it allows people to say “Yeah, but you were just high,” or to look at the addiction behaviors of people like Crowley and attribute them to magick instead of their true source, the drug addiction itself.

Drugs may be a fast route to altered states, but they are not a sustainable one. In our current moment—world economic crisis, instability and uncertainty—I suggest that magicians don’t have the time or luxury of drug use. We need to be sharp, frosty—Navy SEALs, not Deadheads. Remember: The Baby Boomer generation could burn decades with drug experimentation because it was the richest, most financially secure generation in history. That is not the case for Millenials or those younger. The world reality is a live-fire situation, a war zone, and you don’t dull your edge or disorient yourself in a war zone.

(It’s not an “Us vs. Them” war zone, by the way. It’s a free-for-all, as everybody scrambles to survive the challenges created by the acceleration of technology and growth of the human population.)

(Magick.Me solves this problem by, frankly, giving you way better ways to get high than drugs. Don’t believe me? I challenge you to put the techniques in my Hardcore Meditation class into use and not experience such incredible states of ecstasy that drugs will just look boring to you by comparison!)

6. Trying to Be the “Best Magician” Instead of the “Best You”
When overachiever types get into magick, they try to learn every single aspect of it and become a Total and Formidable Master. There is no mastery; leave this archetype in the Saturday morning cartoons it came from. Remember: Magick is just a tool. Know your goal, and use the tool to achieve your goal.

Of course, it doesn’t have to be so linear: You may simply be seeking the regular, sustainable spiritual growth that comes from a regular practice of meditation, dreamwork, journalling, yoga, ritual and any other tool you have chosen to use. Wonderful.

The key here is: It’s not a competition. There is no prize, other than becoming more yourself.

(Magick.Me solves this problem by solidly focusing the techniques on personal growth, attaining the true will, and achieving measurable, real results in the real world.)

7. Giving Your Power Away
Particularly as a young and untested magician, you will likely be confronted with situations or people that tempt you to surrender your power. Whether it’s an autocratic or abusive guru, a regimented and controlling magical order, or even a tightly controlling ideology, you might be tempted or even frightened into surrendering control of your life in exchange for some tangible or intangible reward.

If you do this, get ready for a painful learning experience!

Though it can sometimes be easy to forget, you are the true magician, the true master of your reality. To fully illustrate this point, I’d like to include a story from the author John Fowles, who kindled my early teenage interest in testing the nature of reality. It’s from his 1965 novel The Magus:(snip)

[O Donna]

Don't know if the following has been posted here before. Worth a listen...

Swami Satchidananda gives a talk in San Francisco in the mid-1970s in which he talks about all the challenges to realizing the inner “I Am.” He explains how to liberate oneself from all the misidentification that bind through various spiritual practices.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50SMTfU5iAk

[Cara]

Wonderful, gentle exploration of ideas about the self/soul, time, and being in the world from Dr Jacob Needleman:

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[greybeard]

This thread is open to all forms of spirituality.
Though my main focus is Advaita Vedanta I am open minded.
So feel free to use this thread as it was intended-- as its title implies-- Enlightenment and related matters.

Chris

[greybeard]

We Can Overcome All Attachments

Walk with Mooji Baba

On this morning walk, Moojibaba addresses the need to step out of the recurring negative tendencies by which we allow ourselves to be plagued. We are invited to choose that which is higher even without having a clear notion of what that is.

“It is instinct for the one who is heading for freedom. To discover more and more the depth from which the real seeing emerges, and by seeing that these are simply shadows and shapes appearing in the infinite space that you are, their spell and power and virility are broken—without doubt.

You may look back and think, ‘Wow, how could that have troubled me for so long?' Please accept that God has provided the powers of discernment, and the ability to mature and to move on and above lower concepts—that is a reality."

This and many other videos can be viewed on Mooji.TV:
http://bit.ly/moojitv


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK7L8z1ihBo

[greybeard]

Learning from Sri Ramanuja | Prof. Francis X. Clooney
Professor Francis Xavier Clooney (Parkman Professor of Divinity at the Harvard Divinity School) gives a discourse on the teachings of Sri Ramanuja who was the chief proponent of the Vishishtadvaita school of Vedanta.

Father Clooney joined the Harvard Divinity School faculty in 2005. After earning his doctorate in South Asian languages and civilizations (University of Chicago, 1984), he taught at Boston College for 21 years before coming to Harvard.

His primary areas of Indological scholarship are theological commentarial writings in the Sanskrit and Tamil traditions of Hindu India.
He is also a leading figure globally in the developing field of comparative theology, a discipline distinguished by attentiveness to the dynamics of theological learning deepened through the study of traditions other than one’s own.
He has also written on the Jesuit missionary tradition, particularly in India, on the early Jesuit pan-Asian discourse on reincarnation, and on the dynamics of dialogue and interreligious learning in the contemporary world.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agNQyUGSgHM

[greybeard]

This is a GEM
The above video brings together Christianity and Vedanta.
This talk by Father Clooney is illuminating.
I would suggest downloading as it is a bit long and loads to take in--repeated viewing is a good idea.
Chris
Ps if you are short of time start about twenty minutes in
Ch

[greybeard]

Jesus God and Life's Purpose

In this video, Stephen Hawley Martin interviews Peter Woodbury, an expert on Edgar Cayce's psychic readings, and a psychotherapist and hypnotherapist in Virginia Beach, who focuses on the use of spirituality and faith as tools for personal transformation and liberation. The two discuss such topics as God, who was Jesus, and how to determine one's purpose in life.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L79M6E0L8U

[O Donna]

Stumbled across this video which is apparently an intro to a game but it says so much more than that.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steam/apps/256676157/movie480.webm

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Addendum:

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[greybeard]

Conscious.tv News Winter 2019/20

Dear All - It has been sometime since we have been in touch with you all. We did make three new programmes earlier this year but apart from that we have been rather quiet on the conscious.tv front. One reason for that is that we have made so many programmes over the past 10 years (over 500) that it is hard to find people that we feel we really want to interview who are genuinely saying something different to what we already have on the channel. Another reason is that we needed to have a rest from what has been a pretty full on process for many years. conscious.tv was always a hobby (albeit intense at times) for us, it was never a business and the number of hours it was taking grew and grew. We may start to become more active in terms of making new programmes at some point but none are scheduled at this time.

But what we do have which we are very proud of is our latest book ‘Conversations On Awakening’ which is transcripts of 24 of our interviews. In fact it has actually become two books, ‘Part 1’ and ‘Part 2,’ because the interviews we wanted to include wouldn’t fit into one book. Both are now available on White Crow Books.

Part 1: contains the following transcripts:

A.H Almaas Endless Enlightenment
Jessica Britt The Great Alchemy
Sheikh Burhanuddin The Journey of a Modern Sufi Mystic
Linda Clair I Am Enlightened
John Butler Discovering Stillness – Parts 1 and 2
Billy Doyle The Mirage of Separation
Georgi Y. Johnson I Am Here
Cynthia Bourgeault Seeing with the Eyes of the Heart
Gabor Harsanyi The Master of Silence
Tess Hughes The Non-Event of No Self
Philip Jacobs The Pathless Path Igor Kufayev The Impact of Awakening

You can find full details including ordering information of Part 1 here

And Part 2: Susanne Marie Embodiment is Never Ending

Debra Wilkinson Awake and Ready
Richard Moss Radical Aliveness
Mukti The Embodiment of Enlightenment
Miek Pot Into The Great Silence
Reggie Ray Finding Realisation in the Body
Aloka (David Smith) The Awakened Mind is Born
Deborah Westmoreland Being Knowing Being
Russel Williams Looking Through the Horse’s Eyes
Jurgen Ziewe The Ten Minute Moment
Martyn Wilson The State of no Thought
Jah Wobble Riding the Sonic Boom to Heaven

You can find full details including ordering information of Part 2 here

Here are the programmes we have recorded since our last newsletter:

Leonard Jacobson - 'The Path Of Champions' - Interview by Iain McNay Author of 'Journey Into Now - Clear Guidance on the Path of Spiritual Awakening', 'Words From Silence' and 'Bridging Heaven and Earth: A Return to the One .' Leonard was originally working as a lawyer in Australia when he spontaneously resigned one day to follow a new path. Shortly afterwards he heard two words, 'Creativity and Communication' and this led him to become a copywriter. In Xmas 1981 he had the first of a dramatic spiritual opening on a retreat which completely changed the path of his life and his understanding of reality. More awakening experiences followed each with a period of integration in between. He now has a unique teaching which has two basic steps; the first step leading to presence, and the second to mastery. The second step is divided into 4 stages. Resistance of the Ego; Denial of who you have become; Repression of past emotions and Entanglement to the Other. In this interview Leonard talks about his path and his teaching.

Shakti Caterina Maggi – ‘How Consciousness Becomes Human’ - Interview by Renate McNay Shakti is a spiritual teacher sharing her message of embodied awakening to our True Nature. As a child she already had spiritual experiences and in 2003, while working as a financial reporter in Milan, had her first Kundalini awakening. She fell asleep with a deep sense of love and woke up at 2am with all her body in bliss. A friend took her to a Satsang where Caterina realised that she had never existed. She never felt as a Person again, or fell back into identification. She saw that she was not in charge of her spiritual Life and it's not a Person who wakes up, it's Consciousness. She explains what true Embodiment means and how Consciousness becomes a Human Being. Her message is: "Awaken to Life and not run away from it and see Life through the Emptiness of the Heart."

Jonathan Donahue - 'The Lamp Went On' - Interview by Iain McNay Jonathan is co-founder, vocalist and songwriter with the American band Mercury Rev whose seminal album is 'Deserters Songs.' After the release of the band's third album he experienced an opening which completely changed his take on reality, the way he saw life, and the way he wrote and performed songs. 'True creation comes when there is space for it, when there is a letting go of our images and identity. There is also more appreciation of the whole; how everything fits together. The music becomes more like a stream of consciousness.'

If you would like to catch us on Social Media you can find us here:

https://www.facebook.com/conscioustv/?ref=bookmarks

https://www.facebook.com/groups/178560532548/?ref=bookmarks

[greybeard]

Mahavatar Babaji - The Definitive Documentary of Babaji - An Immortal Master

Mahavatar Babaji - The Definitive Documentary of Babaji - An Immortal Master. This is my Mahavatar Babaji documentary. If you have wanted to know the story of Babaji, this video is it. The life of Babaji is told here. Is Babaji still alive? Who is Mahavatar Babaji? Where is Babaji now? It's all in here. At the end, I talk about Haidakhan Babaji. And I mention Mahavatar Babaji and Jesus.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhOhgEeMAcg

[suzzycowgirl]

I love to read this story. It reminds me of our limitless power.


Finding Babaji

On another occasion Babaji’s sacred circle was disturbed by the arrival of a stranger. He had climbed with astonishing skill to the nearly inaccessible ledge near the camp of the master.

“‘Sir, you must be the great Babaji.’ The man’s face was lit with inexpressible reverence. ‘For months I have pursued a ceaseless search for you among these forbidding crags. I implore you to accept me as a disciple.’

“When the great guru made no response, the man pointed to the rocky chasm at his feet.

“‘If you refuse me, I will jump from this mountain. Life has no further value if I cannot win your guidance to the Divine.’

“‘Jump then,’ Babaji said unemotionally. ‘I cannot accept you in your present state of development.’

“The man immediately hurled himself over the cliff. Babaji instructed the shocked disciples to fetch the stranger’s body. When they returned with the mangled form, the master placed his divine hand on the dead man. Lo! he opened his eyes and prostrated himself humbly before the omnipotent one.

“‘You are now ready for discipleship.’ Babaji beamed lovingly on his resurrected chela. ‘You have courageously passed a difficult test. Death shall not touch you again; now you are one of our immortal flock.’ Then he spoke his usual words of departure, ‘Dera danda uthao’; the whole group vanished from the mountain.

[greybeard]

Find Some Time to Watch This because It WIll Help You For the Rest of Your Life!


This is probably one of the most life changing video you'll ever see in your life. Enlightened Guru Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi explains about the importance of abiding in silence by constant Self-enquiry. If you find this video helpful to you, please share it and SUBSCRIBE to get latest video updates: https://goo.gl/GHCWEi


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPmhA-3a5DU

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My Awakening Experience! Explained in detail! Rupert Spira

Spirituality Stop
IN this video, I explain the two paths that any spiritual seeker can follow to realize his true nature.

What does a Seeker on the Spiritual path really seek? What does he wish to attain at the end of the Spiritual journey? You must have asked yourself these questions before you all embarked on your own Spiritual Journey! isn't that so? Now to tell you what a Spiritual seeker really seeks, you need to know that there are two major paths that you can use to reach your Spiritual goal, and those two paths are, the path of Devotion and the path of knowledge! On the path devotion, the spiritual seeker seeks to have the vision of God, the vision of his chosen deity,

Chosen deity is nothing but the form of God that you are particularly attracted to, that you have immense love for, and that form could be the form of Christ, form of Rama, or Krishna, Buddha, or any form that you have, you know, love for! So if one is following the path of devotion, then he craves for the vision of God, he prays unceasingly to Him to give Him His vision, And throughout the history of Spirituality, you find saints like Kabir, Mira, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Teresa, who obtained the vision of God and there are many more who attained the Ultimate Truth simply through loving God.

In the path of knowledge you enquire into the truth of your being, which means you try to analyse the 'I' that you repeat so many times throughout the day, you try to know its nature, what it really is, is it the body, which is made up of so many things, so in this you try to see where your sense is located in this body, so you pour your Awareness on each part of your body and see whether the 'I' is located in that part or not, the legs, the belly, the hands, chest, neck, head, and so in this way you try to see where this 'I' is really located, and when you find that it's not located in any part of the body, you then move deeper, you then try to trace this I' in the thoughts and emotions, and try to see that are you the thoughts and emotions using the seer-seen principle, which says that what you can't be what you see, because the process of seeing can take place only when there is the pair
of object and subject,
Object is the seen and the subject is the seer, and it's commonsensical that the object can't be the subject, so you use this principle when you try to trace the sense of "I" in the thoughts and emotions, And as you can see the thoughts and emotions, so how can you be the thoughts and emotions, you are the seer of thoughts and emotions,
So This is the final conclusion that is reached when one follows the path of knowledge, This is called neti, neti, not this, not this, you discard what is not you, and when you do so, you are left with Yourself, The True You!!!

Rights of this video belong to Spirituality Stop Channel.

Footage licensed through Videoblocks. I own the commercial license for all the content used in this video.

I've used Rupert Spira's content with his kind permission.

About Rupert Spira:

Rupert Spira is a spiritual teacher and writer in the branch of nonduality, (Advaita in Sanskrit), exploring the nature of experience in his essays and texts. He has published several books, and a few DVDs with interviews. He holds regular meetings and retreats in the UK, Europe and the US.

He continually works to investigate the nature of mind and reality through his philosophy and pottery. The pottery is the result of the artist's wish to make elegant pieces, in harmony with nature and human awareness.

Rupert says, "The greatest discovery in life is to discover that our essential nature does not share the limits nor the destiny of the body and mind"



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpAZHAckfkA

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Enlightenment Experience - Paramahansa Yogananda's Enlightenment (Autobiography of a Yogi)

Paramahansa Yogananda's enlightenment experience and his valuable advice for all those who are on the spiritual path! Best teachings of Enlightened Yogi and Guru Sri Paramahansa Yogananda.

If you find this video helpful to you, Please SUBSCRIBE to get latest video updates: https://goo.gl/GHCWEi



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSRoFfBAzr4

[Michi]

In summary: The guru made him to leave his body (exteriorize) and explained what he saw. Then the guru told him about god (evaluated for him).
Better way would have been to teach the student to leave the body at his own will and cause.

[Wind]

xglvNR-fMSk

[Guish]

Dear friends,

I have started to create a series of meditation sessions which can be accessed from the link below. All the resources are free and can be incorporated to your daily practice. You can choose to subscribe to the show to receive updates.

https://www.spreaker.com/show/meditation-sessions-with-geerish

Lots of love,
Geerish.

[Guish]

Beautiful people,

I published another article on "Motivating you to take actions" on my blog:

https://attentiveness.art.blog/2019/11/18/motivating-you-to-take-actions/

Much love,
Geerish.

[greybeard]

3. Fundamental questions in spiritual life| Aparokshanubhuti| Swami Sarvapriyananda


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiLzNI_OWDE&t=134s

[greybeard]

One Of The Most Enlightened Scientists Alive - Nassim Haramein


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbZO1ykipj0

[greybeard]

BabaJi


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQeVNli6o80

[Guish]

Hi Friends,

I recorded a podcast on the 4 noble truths.

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/20260655

Much love,
Geerish.

[greybeard]

Good to see you posting Guish.
Love Chris

[justntime2learn]

Hi Friends,

I recorded a podcast on the 4 noble truths.

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/20260655

Much love,
Geerish.

Absolutely agree with your podcast, Guish.

Intention is EVERYTHING. For those of you who did not hear, I'd like to recap the four truths here. Please correct me if I'm wrong, Guish.

1) Life is suffering (this is all a game of EGO)
2) Cause of suffering (desire, ignorance)
3) End suffering (non-duality)
4) Obtaining enlightenment (having the right thought, the right speech, the right action, the right livelihood, the right effort everyday, the right mindfulness and the right concentration)


Does anyone remember TargeT's quote?

This is as close as I can get: There was a 1 in a 400 trillion chance of you being born. What have you done with your miraculous life lately?

What's in your heart is your essence. I strive daily for a pure heart.

[Guish]

Good to see you posting Guish.
Love Chris

I'd love to post more but I will pop in from time to time.

¤=[Post Update]=¤



Hi Friends,

I recorded a podcast on the 4 noble truths.

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/20260655

Much love,
Geerish.

Absolutely agree with your podcast, Guish.

Intention is EVERYTHING. For those of you who did not hear, I'd like to recap the four truths here. Please correct me if I'm wrong, Guish.

1) Life is suffering (this is all a game of EGO)
2) Cause of suffering (desire, ignorance)
3) End suffering (non-duality)
4) Obtaining enlightenment (having the right thought, the right speech, the right action, the right livelihood, the right effort everyday, the right mindfulness and the right concentration)


Does anyone remember TargeT's quote?

This is as close as I can get: There was a 1 in a 400 trillion chance of you being born. What have you done with your miraculous life lately?

What's in your heart is your essence. I strive daily for a pure heart.

Well summurised bro. I am very happy to share. The podcast is free. Please follow for updates and share. I just want more and more people to hear it.

[Guish]

Hi Beautiful people,

I have recorded a new meditation for you.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geerishramgolam/mindful-morning-meditation

Lots of love,
Geerish.

[greybeard]

Life is a load of boxes (labels)
Baby box--child box-teen box--single box-- married box --parent box --elderly box--boxed.
So what is unchanging throughout all this?
Awareness ---the silent "I am"
Awareness does not change-- does not judge-does not chatter --is always silent.
Is aware of changes--is aware of judgments--does not comment-- but is aware of opinions.
Silent Awareness is the prior to all that is observed by awareness.
That which comes first is the first.
No matter what comes and goes--I exist first, before all.
When all is done with, when all is boxed for return to sender. Lol
I still exist---I existed before the boxes and I am ---present tense--always.
Chris

[Anka]

Hi Friends,

I recorded a podcast on the 4 noble truths.

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/20260655

Much love,
Geerish.

Absolutely agree with your podcast, Guish.

Intention is EVERYTHING. For those of you who did not hear, I'd like to recap the four truths here. Please correct me if I'm wrong, Guish.

1) Life is suffering (this is all a game of EGO)
2) Cause of suffering (desire, ignorance)
3) End suffering (non-duality)
4) Obtaining enlightenment (having the right thought, the right speech, the right action, the right livelihood, the right effort everyday, the right mindfulness and the right concentration)


Does anyone remember TargeT's quote?

This is as close as I can get: There was a 1 in a 400 trillion chance of you being born. What have you done with your miraculous life lately?

What's in your heart is your essence. I strive daily for a pure heart.



This is a very simple one for me. And by that I'm not being sardonically EGOtistical!! LOL.

There is no ego, there is no self.

My inner-talk is a low frequency vibration trying to manifest itself into being. Where there is attention or focus there is life. If the ego or self is the focus then it exists. Where the inner voice is the focus, the inner-ego "me" exists. Where the inner voice is passively observed without attachment and a sense of bemusement (rather than focussed on) it merely exists alongside All that is without forming YOU, or SELF or EGO.

Good thread Chris, Tolle has some great works.

Yes 777
all so true.
My mind thankfully is virtually silent now and thats through following Eckarts advice.
I just sit and watch the ducks without any comment, no labeling no defining just pure awareness.
It is also very helpful if you can be in the company of an enlightened one, the energy of their aura attaches to your aura, its a permanent attachment.
It speeds up your escape from nonexistent ego.
Its all levels.
For example there is not much point in giving a bible to some one who is starving.
Dr H has a map of consciousness leading all the way up to God, that made real sense to me.
A big Ah Ha moment.
Moxie posted some helpful info here.
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?2315-The-infiltration-of-the-New-Age-Movement-and-Andrija...&p=22841#post22841

Chris

Extraordinary Thread! I read almost 9 pages from the beginning and I am happy that I still have to read the rest of the pages.

I find the nature and the kind of exposure very relaxed and honest among all the subjects along the lines and I feel attracted by the beauty of the special approach and I will follow with interest the ideas.

:star::star::star::star::star: .....and many more stars!

With the greatest love, Anka.

[greybeard]

Thank you for your kind comments Anka
It shows a progression from the understanding of ten years ago till now.
This is the current "interest"
Chris

An Inquiry into Brahman | 15 min | Swami Sarvapriyananda Lectures | Advaita Vedanta


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6vGjC0_vhs

[Anka]

Thanks for the response Chris and the video

From the beginning I would like to say that I am not the person or being who supports a theory with a strength, preferring instead to do nothing in this process, to which I cannot find a name other than learning or pure expectation through which I can make a statement or make a progress.

But I think I understand what do you mean about the progress of understanding in quite a long time spent on developing this Thread one of the reasons why I have the biggest offer of waiting in the idea of good wishes in continuation over the years for him.

I was even talking last days about the essence of "who am I" without following the usual meanings because this question seems to comes only at the same time as the answer and appears at the base of everything that goes beyond „what is” or „to be”

And most of the time I feel like I am receiving information from a source and while writing on the phone a story is written in efect that specifies that there are three parts of this Source but in a whole binomial distribution in a probability process that normally sounds like it would be only two.

I am the „carpenter” of the writings I create and I also have the meaning that what I have been receiving for a year now in the form of writings that I write with an open soul and with immense dedication, is a particular dual form that I understand in a form of sequential trilogical logic on which I notify but cannot fully understand yet although I practice it in a way that I cannot fully describe in words.
I have so many questions and so many answers but I can't find the key question even though I am not looking for it in a sense of interest but from the point of view of being able to offer from somewhere the answer of the question I have not found yet, I still have the good will to wait although I do not expect a particular cause to produce that response because in the end I may no longer need to ask anything.

But I am still convinced and I learn quickly enough that neither expectation gives the form of a particular materialization of a faith nor does faith actually give the material form of one of any expectation necessarily because the cause of "self" for me is lost, and the cause of the Universe It loses for me the laws of correspondence when I no longer submit to any vibrational, mental, polarizing separation, the cause of attraction, in any order, does not matter anymore.

What I experience is a real form of expression of vision in writing but when I write and I am very very quiet, the plastic description of the image as a whole and even in detail sometimes appears to be real and I really enjoy sounds, tactile senses, and sensations of formatting full consciousness because I feel disconnected on a way of a form of transcending even in that landscape although I'm not there and at the same time physically I am in which I write and can talk to anyone here.
It was strange at first, but after a year not only did I get used to it, but I somehow use it without necessarily wishing for this ability for a complete transformation process that sounds weird but in short terms it doesn't actually have place, not because I deny it, not because it is a differentiation between times, nor because I am perhaps already transformed.

But I have a kind of sense more than I feel that from the point of view of in a way a sort of nano-intra-sense in any expression of spatialization that does not include pulsation, frequency and vibration, contracting any A-causal dimension, quantifying no law X, there is a way a colossal vacuum of no material form or exponential gravity from a kind of wave that I call in the absence of words "configuration explosion" that disseminates, not for a purpose, any kind of particle. I am somehow looking to understand what it means to experience this but maybe just by experiencing it, I don't have to necessarily understand.

In this aspect nobody can really understand me, otherwise everything is ok...:Angel:
And for this reason and because I am here I can sit quietly in the most comfortable armchair of the disclosures and leave them free to perform in their place and space because in everything naturally within our being we form a life-balance of walking sense in the evolution of development in criteria of expression of the balance of life in a self-relocation in the natural form of the process of fulfilling the values of consciousness and the source of transformation.

And because there is no possible way to go back in our ability to create or think in our alignment with the Source of the Universe under the dome of the interaction she just supports and sees us in the good version of our nature. all we have to do is wait for the construction of a beautiful soul in the wave that will take over us. Or not?

Which is the difference between us and something else in the form of our lighting and awakening construction, in contrast to the fact that most of the times when we receive we ask and ask too much based on "having" when in fact we are built so simply in the art of taking over any energy and change in such a way that when we ask or do not ask we actually receive "already".

However, I am not in a position to define anything, nor do I strongly support what I feel I am such a simple being in my daily life that you can go through me without observing and not disturbing anyone and I am so authentic in my silence especially when I have so many silent words to silence them so most of the time I stay in place, still.
But I enjoy in an exceptional way what we can call knowledge in ordinary terms and the experience that comes to fruition in the way it impresses me on a level that I cannot express in words or drawings and for the purpose of awakening the soul of any form of life, I am caught in this fantastic wave of what we call so simple a reality as far as I can tell just about this dimension for the most useful form to understand and to use correctly and for others, through me the value of the genesis code of the human species and its importance in future possible scales of evaluation.

I apologize if I was off topic for the "interest" already communicated, but I let myself be led by the wave that I actually talk to someone and what I have written has no particular significance or anything and I apologize for writing so much and with the warmest wishes for you,everything I want to say it should have been shorter and more comprehensive something like:
Here we are all together ,let's all embrace the idea that we will succeed in accessing our own consciousness that we created at a given moment with all the love of knowledge what will have happened in the meantime in the past of a future anchored in the present.
However, I am impressed that you have lived the experience of living with this Thread for so long and just as a kind of proposal, I personally would like to see a kind of concentration in data collection writing and events all together in a past writing through the transformation of adapting and configuring your understandings into what it means to you, this huge Thread It should be interesting and maybe you could even write a book:typing:...it's just an idea:blushing:

I wish you all the grace in the formation of knowledge, perfect wisdom and immense love of life, from here, from the waiting wave in which we are all embraced, I wish for you Chris and for all the simple and beautiful people only blessings!:heart:

[greybeard]

Anka that is a very interesting post for which I thank you.
Its great that at such a relatively young age you are deeply immersed in the spiritual.
I have found that the questions dissipate--there are very few unresolved now.
The Advaita Vedanta thread I started has the most questions answered by the Swami---with humour
Also this thread by Shadowman
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?43027-Enlightenment-A-direct-succinct-account-of-what-occurs...&p=456904&viewfull=1#post456904


Love Chris

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?108625-Advaita-Vedanta---The-Greatest-Philosophy-on-Earth--&p=1314602&viewfull=1#post1314602

[greybeard]

Mooji tells his spiritual story Open Satsang with Mooji 3/3/17 International Yoga Festival


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oujv_JYDWu8

[Anka]

Chris thank you for the answer and for Shadowman's link, in which I understood the brief interesting description in the so large learning for which I opened all the tabs in the browser and I will try to read even more,because the states and information I write are similar to some fragments of what I have managed to read already until I can answer your post. I will immerse myself in a favorable time for my knowledge in this ocean of learning and culture and I will return.

Shadowman said „What can be said, or written, of itself cannot reveal the truth.
Words and language are themselves an illusory tool, an aspect of the relative dream, and can only indicate or hint towards the totality, or reality, or that which is”

and only tonight did I understand the aspect under which when someone reads a writing of mine they understand it differently from me, and now I smile because I understood why there is no title, a beginning or end to writing and especially why, and that sounds strange to some, my writings change their form and context even for me when I read them again but not all the time,and sometimes I can continue them in the context of the logic I read then.
I will relax and immerse myself in my state of creative spiritual relativity by adding as much information passed through my spirit of understanding, as long as it will last because I will seek the context of reference and in my native language for which I will be happy to wait, information for which I thank you Chris:sun:

Gathering not for a specific purpose, all theories and accepting them all together at the same time,( although for some it might sound crazy) through all the historical facts I know and understanding all the connections between the similarities,I am conquered by the contradiction of authentic logic thus the pulse of knowledge (and I dare say this from my own experience) will be privileged to determine a balance that has no cause or effect, no assumption and, no, no conclusion because all are my search, which is not me and the search of mine is not defined because it has no purpose or assumption.

It is assumed that I am a hydrotechnical engineer and I had no connection with writing, when, a long time ago, I could hardly find the right words to write a congratulation to anyone, and now when I can find words it is not enough for it is really hard to symbolize in human language and to authenticate the beauty of the argument in the full contradiction that develops the superimposed-disjointed spirituality from all corners that I could never ever give up,because I would dare to say, still experiencing death every day through the way of living life I will perform life to the despair of death in order to learn eternity instead.

And maybe I was wrong to propose you to write a book because it is written right now and always in a continuous enlightenment and great philosophy through the prism of your whole life and knowledge experience.
Thank you for the opportunity to write and learned here, you are a wonderful host because it seems to be the only virtual space where I can feel at home,and for a pure soul that you are and I will follow you:bearhug:

Cu dragoste,
Anka

[greybeard]

Anka
I think you are well on the way on a pathless path.
Honestly there is no need to follow anyone.
Questions may arise and Shadowman on his thread tens to be quick to answer from experience.
Most of my answers are from "studying" what the enlightened have said--some from personal experience.
All the best Chris

[greybeard]

Sadhguru - If you are receptive enough, you don't even need a master


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rroX7nf8k4

[greybeard]

Eventually I came to simple understanding.
On the ocean of consciousness there are waves--small wave, large waves, spray--troughs and peaks.
All is WATER--without exception--the material--the substance.
It is impossible to be separate from the Ocean.
The Lord is everywhere.

My posting favours Indian content as India is the cradle of spirituality.
Most Western Teachers acknowledge Ramana Maharshi as the foremost Teacher of our era.

My "path" started with AA--necessity (survival) led to surrender to "A Power Greater Than Self"
Then Yogananda found-- several Indian books after that--no Western English books as yet and certainly no internet, no U tube. So we are now blessed.
Eckhart Tolle was followed for years and still apreciated--I was fortunate to spend some time with him and Kim in Findhorn.
Three visits to India---Sai Baba--Guruji the Kundalini Master and Ramesh Balsekar.
The late Dr David R Hawkins was followed for years--the start of this thread featured his influence--I met him at The Living The Prayer seminar in USA Longbeach.
None of this organized by me it all just happened.
The little money I had went on this quest--many books--work shops--retreats.
Going to ACIM study group.
Mooji folowed for years---the love just flows.

So while I say its simple as in the first paragraph I think there has to be some depth behind that understanding--superficial knowledge without practise does not do it.

At the moment four separate meditation, each one hour.
It just happened-- I have not set out to do this.
In addition the Gayatri Mantra
English translation

" The earth-the sky -the Heavens
That Divine effulgence that we all adore
I contemplate on your Divine glory
Please help me illumine my intellect"

Some other short mantra

Morning prayer surrender
Evening prayer of gratitude.
Thats it really--including signature.
Be kind to all life etc.
With love to all who support this thread and those who are unaware.

Chris

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05g9j1H9k5E

[Caliban]

Chris, you've followed lots of others, "for years," as you say. And you seem very enamored with all these different teachers. You've travelled far and wide. But what does all that lead to, all the teachers and meetings? A bucket of salt? Tired feet?

Didn't you know, at some point over those many years, that there was no where to go--and no one to follow?

[greybeard]

Chris, you've followed lots of others, "for years," as you say. And you seem very enamored with all these different teachers. You've travelled far and wide. But what does all that lead to, all the teachers and meetings? A bucket of salt? Tired feet?

Didn't you know, at some point over those many years, that there was no where to go--and no one to follow?

Oh yes --long long ago--I realized that Caliban.
However there are benefits in listening to those who have crossed the line so to speak--their energy is uplifting.
Helps to see one through the day.
Advice and that is respected.
The main reason I post here is for the benefit of the 1000 visitors a week who dont have the time to search for themselves.
Time spent on this thread would confirm that I am well aware the Guru is within and that all are already enlightened.
Enlightenment is removal of ignorance--the ignorance being that the thought that there is a separate individual entity.
There are two wings to spiritual "progress" Knowledge and practise.
There is nothing for nothing--you dont get anything for free.
The few who are enlightened without any effort--probably had merit from past lives.
Caliban I honestly did not choose to do any of it and most definitely not to go through the hell of alcholism.
Doors opened I walked through--coincidences.
When Kundalini awakes spontaneously with out any previous knowledge of this then free will goes out the window--you are led to do what you do.
If not following teachers works for you then I am very happy for you.
In humility Im happy to take advice from those who are Self realized--I respect them.
Its not that I have followed anyone but I have taken onboard their pointing--teaching.

Best wishes
Chris

[Caliban]

There are two wings to spiritual "progress" Knowledge and practise.
There is nothing for nothing--you dont get anything for free.
The few who are enlightened without any effort--probably had merit from past lives.
If not following teachers works for you then I am very happy for you.
In humility Im happy to take advice from those who are Self realized--I respect them.
Its not that I have followed anyone but I have taken onboard their pointing--teaching.

Best wishes
Chris

Chris, I respect your quest but you did say you "followed" those guys for years. And that's okay, up to a point. I certainly read and meditated on Nisargadatta's dialogues and sometimes still do. But what's the difference between him and me? Or you and Mooji?

In terms of the two wings, knowledge, practice, etc., why divide our being into two parts? Where does knowledge leave off and practice begin? When you close your eyes in lotus position?

I'm concerned about those visitors to your thread too ---

And as far as not getting anything for free... What do you call incarnating and living this life? Is that not initiation (and cost) enough? Is not the heavy challenge of going through an incarnation on this plane in itself the ultimate practice?

Maharaj said it best -- JUST BE. Where can we go and what can we do when we're already that?

[greybeard]

Yes I phrased it incorrectly I should have said followed the teaching of.
The trouble is that Gurus will say one thing to one questioner and something else to another.
Most will admit that it was through the Grace of "God" that enlightenment happened and then proceed to give advice.
Nasargadatta followed the advice of his Guru.
One Guru on being asked if he was God said yes and so are you--only difference is you dont know it.
So there is no difference between you and I or any enlightened--
Thats why I keep bringing it back to only one consciousness--Only God is and you are that.
If people choose to visit here thats up to them.
They are God too.
Honestly throughout the thread I consistently say that and post videos on non duality--One without a second.
That I am---so are all the seeming different waves of the ocean--

Best wishes
Chris

[O Donna]

Strictly speaking, just like the echo of everything else, there is no master only the appearance of one (as many).

[greybeard]

Strictly speaking, just like the echo of everything else, there is no master only the appearance of one (as many).

Indeed and even more or less--There is no creation and no disolution.
Ramana said that.
Chris

[greybeard]

Survival is not good enough
Sadhguru - 28 to 30 hours of focus time is enough to transform you, you deserve that

Im not into the teaching of Sadhguru but he has a very large following.
Chris


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8fq23zLMJY

[Guish]

Hi Everyone,

My latest episode on mental clutter and how to deal with it.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geerishramgolam/what-is-mental-clutter-and-how-do-we-dea

Much love,
Geerish

[MorningFox]

You get enlightened, you die.
You don't get enlightened, you die.

It's apparent that you don't understand the concept of enlightenment :)

The point is that you finally transcend birth and death, you ascend up and out of the cycle (the trap) of reincarnation.

So your statement is at least 50% wrong :)

Shakyamuni didn't die, he transcended the carnal form and through intention created his own universe for beings to reside in. Like many others have done.

[greybeard]

You get enlightened, you die.
You don't get enlightened, you die.

It's very apparent that you don't understand the concept of 'enlightenment'. The whole point is that you finally transcend birth and death, you ascend up and out of the cycle (the trap) of reincarnation.

So your statement is at least 50% wrong :)

Shakyamuni didn't die, he transcended the carnal form and through intention created his own universe for beings to reside in. Like many others have done.

Maybe Guish was refering to the body and persona Morning Fox.
Good to see you posting here.
Chris

[MorningFox]

You get enlightened, you die.
You don't get enlightened, you die.

It's very apparent that you don't understand the concept of 'enlightenment'. The whole point is that you finally transcend birth and death, you ascend up and out of the cycle (the trap) of reincarnation.

So your statement is at least 50% wrong :)

Shakyamuni didn't die, he transcended the carnal form and through intention created his own universe for beings to reside in. Like many others have done.

Maybe Guish was refering to the body and persona Morning Fox.
Good to see you posting here.
Chris

Well if we all talk in riddles then no one will get anywhere.
Guish said that "You get enlightened, you die.
You don't get enlightened, you die."

Which would suggest that he/she means the same thing happens to you whether you put in the work or not, which is rubbish :sun:

[O Donna]

... no one will get anywhere.



Maybe that's the point.

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/6/6c/Alice027.jpg

The mind has a difficult time with enlightenment which is a riddle in itself.

How perfect is that?

[Guish]

You get enlightened, you die.
You don't get enlightened, you die.

It's very apparent that you don't understand the concept of 'enlightenment'. The whole point is that you finally transcend birth and death, you ascend up and out of the cycle (the trap) of reincarnation.

So your statement is at least 50% wrong :)

Shakyamuni didn't die, he transcended the carnal form and through intention created his own universe for beings to reside in. Like many others have done.

Maybe Guish was refering to the body and persona Morning Fox.
Good to see you posting here.
Chris

Well if we all talk in riddles then no one will get anywhere.
Guish said that "You get enlightened, you die.
You don't get enlightened, you die."

Which would suggest that he/she means the same thing happens to you whether you put in the work or not, which is rubbish :sun:

From a Soto Zen perspective, we are all enlightened.
We live in a certain way to be in the enlightened state. We don't achieve enlightenment. The work as you say, is just living in harmony.

¤=[Post Update]=¤

I prepared a Declutter exercise for December as we go towards the new year.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geerishramgolam/declutter-exercise

[justntime2learn]

Hi Everyone,

My latest episode on mental clutter and how to deal with it.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geerishramgolam/what-is-mental-clutter-and-how-do-we-dea

Much love,
Geerish

Hi Geerish,

I listened and loved it :heart:

Jill and I just listened and loved it!

[Guish]

Hi Everyone,

My latest episode on mental clutter and how to deal with it.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geerishramgolam/what-is-mental-clutter-and-how-do-we-dea

Much love,
Geerish

Hi Geerish,

I listened and loved it :heart:

Jill and I just listened and loved it!

Hi Matey. Do subscribe.

It's also on IHEart Radio now.

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-geerishs-show-52812693/

The declutter exercise has been recorded on this link:

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geerishramgolam/declutter-exercise

[Guish]

Hi Beautiful people,

For those who haven't seen me Physically yet,

I recorded a video on the IDA breathing technique and here's the link:

lq66Wg3Pu9o

Much love,
Geerish.

[Clear Light]

Ah, have "you" ever considered the words of Ramana Maharshi when he said :


"Whatever is not there in deep sleep, does not exist"

-- OR --

“Only that which is present in deep sleep is real”

I ask because, to be honest, in all these years it has never really made sense ... until today !

:heart:

What follows are some quotes from Perfect Brilliant Stillness (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Perfect-Brilliant-Stillness-David-Carse/dp/0954779282) by David Carse which pretty well sums up HOW such "confusion" (ignorance ?) is seemingly perpetuated [1] :


The value of the dream analogy is that it gives a sense for how it is that physical reality, all of consensus reality, is basically not real, but is also in a sense real. The analogy is to how we think of our sleeping dreams. If you dreamed something at night when you were asleep, when you woke up you wouldn't say that what happened in the dream 'really' happened; it was only a dream. On the other hand, it was a 'real' dream; if you are telling someone about a dream you actually had, you aren't lying or making it up, you really did have this dream. What we mean by saying that the dream isn't real in the sense that consensus reality is real, is that the dream does not exist independently on its own the way it is believed other objects do: it only exists as a dream of the one who dreamt it.

What I'm telling you is that this is the case for all of what you think of as reality, what we are calling consensus reality, what humanity generally agrees is real. It is not real like you think it is: it exists only as a dream in Consciousness. It has a certain reality to it, yes, it exists in a certain way. All there is is Consciousness, and this exists in Consciousness as an expression of Consciousness, so it does have a certain existence. But it does not exist on its own, independently; it is only here as an expression, a projection in Consciousness, the ultimate dreamer; it does not have any existence other than that.



In traditional Advaita, there is a conceptual distinction made between three states or levels of consciousness, and then the Consciousness which is above or beyond or prior to the other three and which witnesses the three states of consciousness. The three states are the waking state, which is considered to be the least conscious state or the deepest stupor; the dreaming state; and the consciousness which is there in deep sleep which, ironically to most westerners, is considered to be clearest, the purest, the most 'awake' of the three. Then, there is Consciousness which perceives and experiences all three of these states, the Consciousness in which all these three states, waking, dreaming, and deep sleep, arise.

There is an inverse awareness here; the deeper one goes into what the West calls 'unconsciousness,' the Advaita model sees as more conscious. What the West calls waking up, Advaita sees as becoming more unconscious.

The western model is so programmed into our thinking, the waking state is given such priority and value, that the other states are valued only when they are interpreted in the context of waking consciousness. Thus the western psychological model is to make 'unconscious' processes conscious', that is, recognized and interpreted by the waking consciousness. And the thought patterns that occur in dreaming consciousness are endlessly interpreted by the waking mind. The Advaita model would see this process as backwards, as dumbing-down the 'higher' levels of consciousness in a way that is amenable to the 'lowest' level.


Dreams, and also other messages from what is called the unconscious or subconscious, often seem very strange to the waking consciousness, precisely because they do not fit into waking 'reality'. Waking consciousness then must interpret the dream to make sense of it in light of what it accepts as 'reality.'

"This way the dream becomes the property of the waking I, and the deeper consciousness that was at work in it goes back into hiding.

"The usual way of interpreting a dream is to translate its content into terms familiar with the waking I. If we followed the Hindus' insight into levels of consciousness, we would reverse this process. We would ask ourselves what the dreaming I knows about the waking I that the waking I cannot know about itself."


And here's an image that I propose represents what is being pointed to here :


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Thus what I'm saying is the "4th" [2] is Turiya (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turiya) (or equally "God" or Buddha Mind (https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Rigpa)) that permeates ALL of the other "levels" within which "awareness" does its dance ... yet itself remaining "untouched", or "unaffected", or "unmoved" eh ?

Indeed, perhaps you can now intuit what true "Awakening" actually means eh ? :idea:

[greybeard]

Well we live and learn--or is it sleep and learn--smiling.
Thanks Clear Light good to see you.
Chris

[greybeard]

Hi Beautiful people,

For those who haven't seen me Physically yet,

I recorded a video on the IDA breathing technique and here's the link:

lq66Wg3Pu9o

Much love,
Geerish.

Well im following you Geerish
Your posts always illuminating
Thanks
Chris

[greybeard]

Ramana said quite a few things that do not make conventional sense.
"Neither creation nor disolution" - nothing happened.
In deep sleep there is neither subject nor object--just Self.
Self (one without a second) does not require anything to know that it exists.
On waking first thing we are aware of is Self--before conditioning--concepts- etc, create the ilusion of a seperate me.
Or rather on waking Self is aware it is---thoughtless awareness.

Chris

[Clear Light]

Ramana said quite a few things that do not make conventional sense.
"Neither creation nor disolution" - nothing happened.
In deep sleep there is neither subject nor object--just Self.
Self (one without a second) does not require anything to know that it exists.
On waking first thing we are aware of is Self--before conditioning--concepts- etc, create the ilusion of a seperate me.
Or rather on waking Self is aware it is---thoughtless awareness.

Chris

Ah, or perhaps it could be said, I suggest : What "you" truly are is an Unchanging Naturally Occurring Presence of Awareness eh ? :heart:

But for any interested readers : Please do not confuse (s)elf with (S)elf !!! ;)

[Clear Light]

Oh, with respect to "self" / "Self", I suppose it could be described thus : The "self" is actually ONLY a subconscious Projection (you can know this directly [1]) that has no independent "free will", nor "choice", nor "intention" ... it being merely to ensure the continued "Survival" of the host Organism ... whereas "Self", our Real Nature, remains wholly Unconcerned whether or not the Worldly Body "survives" being as "it" knows that our apparent "Human Embodiment" is, I'd say, just a temporary Localisation of Primordial Awareness ... thus what is there to Fear from Death eh ?

:heart:

[1] Experientially how ? Because with the arising of the Anatta insight comes the sudden cessation of the "self" thus it is possible to differentiate between Rigpa (the Awareness that Hosts ALL appearances) and the momentary Mind "appearances" !

Ah, but these are all just fancy words that are an attempt to Theoretically explain such an unexpected "absence of self" ... it's the Realisation that counts eh ? :bigsmile:

[greybeard]

Nasargatta was well known for asking new visitors "What have you learned abut spirituality?" The person would go into great detail on what they had found--Nasargadatta would say "Thats not it"
No matter what was brought to him the response was the same.
His teaching was to remove all concepts using Neity Neity--not this not this--process of elimination.
He was also advocating be still--be quiet.

Stephen Wolinsky is one of my favourite no nonsense teachers concentrating on his teacher Nasargadatta


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4JzomejobU&list=PLkMYmYl-Y068PfASj44dxgWRIm2R1G7Yk

Nothing Comes From Nothing


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgmjJ7eu5sA

[Guish]

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geerishramgolam/how-to-improve-your-relationships

Hi Everyone,

My latest podcast about how to improve relationships.

Much love,
Geerish.

[Clear Light]

Oh, perhaps this is of interest especially for those WHO are, I suggest, "feeling trapped" and are, as such, unable to properly Relax and Enjoy LIFE in spite of what seems is a media-fest-of-never-ending-doom-and-gloom eh ? :help:


From Adyashanti's recent talk "The Immensity of Self" (Nov 2019)

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Our spiritual search can be initiated by the ego as a reaction to the challenges of life or from the immensity of the Self. Adyashanti looks into both of these avenues of spiritual discovery and into what role the ego plays in our spiritual search. Even if our search is mainly driven by the ego at the beginning, something beyond ego can begin to move within you as the true spiritual instinct arises.

:heart:

A brief excerpt from : Dogen’s Instructions for Zazen (https://www.lionsroar.com/dogens-instruction-for-zazen/)


Therefore, put aside the intellectual practice of investigating words and chasing phrases, and learn to take the backward step that turns the light [of attention] and shines it inward. Body and mind of themselves will drop away, and your original face will manifest

:sherlock:

[greybeard]

Electricity--the current thought.
The smallest battery cotains and discharges electricity.
The wall socket does the same at a higher voltage.
The transformer again a higher voltage
Source the highest voltage.
All electricity.

Everything material in this world is consciousness condensed into matter.
The unseen becomes the seen in many shapes and forms--all are of the same substratum--condensed consciousness.
So regardless the human and the Ultimate, the same consciousness the difference being the "voltage"
the vibration--frequency--name it what you will.
The six volt can truthfully say " I am electricity"
Self can say "I am That"--God Realized--Brahman take your pick.
There is no separation, though there may be a difference of amplitude.
All from the smallest to the largest--the least to the greatest -- all of the same substance.
So the spiritual quest is to throw off all that condenses, limits, prevents realizing the ultimate Truth.

So this is another concept that I have to release--smiling broadly.
Chris

[Wind]

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[O Donna]

Many of the best a-musings find their way here so here is a place for it to be planted.

https://cdn.quotes.pub/660x400/all-this-twaddle-the-existence-of-god-athei-420714.jpg

Emphasis goes to 'Preoccupied' in the above quote.

(Existentially speaking, may what ever days you chose to celebrate, that they are happy ones. One and all!)

[Guish]

Dear friends,

Please find below a video I made on how to breathe to manage anxiety.

b6zYuzg5H5E

Much love,
Geerish.

[Wind]

Having come so far as to discover
all appearances to be unreal,
the final obstacle is the identity of the seeker.
The seeker says, ‘I just want to be free, I just want to be
who I am. That is all I want now, nothing else.’
He says, ‘Please remove the last obstacle,’
not knowing that the obstacle is he himself.
But all of this has only been our dream-talking,
dream-walking, dream-seeking.
Now through the Master’s guidance and grace,
one must twist oneself loose from this conditioned
identity as a seeker by recognising that it too
is observable, and is therefore phenomenal.
Take time to be anchored in this
because this recognition is crucial.
The seeker remains dissatisfied and says,
‘You never answer my questions.’
The question and the questioner have been
answered but can the ‘seeker’ accept an answer
that reveals its unreality?
He says, ‘Wow, but without me, how can I be found?’
And I say, Without ‘you’ how can you be lost?
When this is grasped, one has found the master key
to awakening.

~ Mooji

[greybeard]

Good to see Mooji being so clear on this.
Thanks Wind.
My challenge is that many enlightened have a spontaneous awakening, almost "accidental"--that includes Mooji--then they give suggestions as to how to achieve Self realization
As far as I can see one can be come "accident" prone and then its down to Divine Providence.
Cant earn it, cant make it happen, however the ground is prepared through some study, meditation, neity neity--etc
Then perhaps Self is revealed to have been always present.
Chris

[Guish]

Hi Friends,

I have written a new article on the inner critic and have prepared an exercise in it for all of you.

https://attentiveness.art.blog/2019/12/18/the-inner-critic/

Much love,
Geerish.

[greybeard]

Keep them coming Geerish.
Much appreciated
With love
Chris

[greybeard]

Moksha by Swami Sarvapriyananda
Swami Sarvapriyananda speaks about everlasting happiness and satisfaction through spiritual quest toward enlightenment or Moksha

The Swami is in good form--very human and humorous.
Chris


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjaxNXs0sGA

[Guish]

Dear Friends,

A podcast on how to deal with a distant partner

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geerishramgolam/how-to-deal-with-a-distant-partner

Much love,
Geerish.

[greybeard]

Jim Carrey On "Awakening"

https://www.eckharttollenow.com

Jim Carrey candidly discusses his encounter with authentic Awakening. Recorded at the 2009 Inaugural GATE Event (Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment) Video was Shot and Produced by Eckhart Tolle TV. Eckhart Tolle TV is an online video network offering of transformational video content featuring Eckhart Tolle & Kim Eng.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIaY0l5qV0c

[Guish]

Jim Carrey On "Awakening"

https://www.eckharttollenow.com

Jim Carrey candidly discusses his encounter with authentic Awakening. Recorded at the 2009 Inaugural GATE Event (Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment) Video was Shot and Produced by Eckhart Tolle TV. Eckhart Tolle TV is an online video network offering of transformational video content featuring Eckhart Tolle & Kim Eng.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIaY0l5qV0c


Still so funny. Great man.

[Guish]

Hi Friends,

Here is a meditation session about manifesting your goals and discovering your higher self.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geerishramgolam/manifesting-your-goals-meditation-sessio

Much love,
Geerish.

[Chester]

Jim Carrey On "Awakening"

https://www.eckharttollenow.com

Jim Carrey candidly discusses his encounter with authentic Awakening. Recorded at the 2009 Inaugural GATE Event (Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment) Video was Shot and Produced by Eckhart Tolle TV. Eckhart Tolle TV is an online video network offering of transformational video content featuring Eckhart Tolle & Kim Eng.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIaY0l5qV0c


Still so funny. Great man.

Yes... at least he makes two of us that are stark, raving enlightened.

[Wind]

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[Guish]

Dear friends,

Please find a new podcast by me.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geerishramgolam/creating-an-impact-while-being-truthful

Much love,
Geerish.

[O Donna]

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Those words carry their own weight no matter who would have said them. Enjoyed hearing it once again.

The 'YOU' mention below is completely nonspecific:


I understood suddenly how thought was just an illusory thing.

What did YOU think about today that was illusory?

Something to think about.

https://media.giphy.com/media/ui1hpJSyBDWlG/giphy.gif

[greybeard]

Rosslyn Chapel: A Treasure In Stone Documentary

I used to have a healing centre at Auchendiny just round the corner from Rosslyn Chapel--a wonderful place to visit
Chris



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub_yGhfhsEw

[greybeard]

Prior to!!
The penny has dropped.
Eckhart Tolle said that your are the field of consciousness in which everything appears.
I had a limited understanding of that.
Then much later listening to The Swami I got the depth of understanding.
I am, as silent awareness, prior to all manifestation--its not that something is there and I suddenly become aware of it NO!! I am Consciousness preceding and remaining (eternal) before and after any appearance.
Things come and go in awareness--awareness is unaffected by any of it.
An in depth contemplation on this will show it to be true.
Many things that enlightened teachers point to are literally true.
Eckhart said "There never was anyone there to hurt you"--there is no other!!
No subject nor object.
All is One conscious appearing as the many.
The Bible says much the same in Genesis
"God became all that is without diminishing it self" or words to that effect.

Chris

[greybeard]

Teachings of Jesus Christ | Swami Sarvapriyananda


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sVv3dqlUjA

[greybeard]

Bhagavad Gita | Sanskrit Verses on Yoga | Relaxing Meditation


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIxB93VfcOo

[Guish]

Dear friends,

A new podcast on the trap of overthinking.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geerishramgolam/the-trap-of-overthinking-and-the-remedy

Much love,
Geerish.

[Wind]

Ram Dass has left his earthly body.

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[greybeard]

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


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz-K760pUIQ

[Clear Light]

'Becoming Nobody' Theatrical Trailer - 16 Dec 2019

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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 ?

:heart:

[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 (https://realization.org/p/bernadette-roberts/bodian.roberts-interview.html)" :


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.

:heart:

[Eva2]

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 (https://realization.org/p/bernadette-roberts/bodian.roberts-interview.html)" :


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.

:heart:

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


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4etnQ2BY0CM

[Guish]

Dear friends,

Here are two episodes on self sabotaging:

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geerishramgolam/self-sabotaging-fear-of-abandonment-expl

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geerishramgolam/fear-of-abandonment-the-origin-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.

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Much love,
Geerish.

[Clear Light]

What are you? The unchanging awareness in which all appears. ~Swami Sarvapriyananda (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfQ1u-jwyko) (30 Dec 2019)

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Ah, what an excellent presentation !!! :clapping:

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 !!! :bigsmile:

[Guish]

What are you? The unchanging awareness in which all appears. ~Swami Sarvapriyananda (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfQ1u-jwyko) (30 Dec 2019)

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Ah, what an excellent presentation !!! :clapping:

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 !!! :bigsmile:

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

[greybeard]

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


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w5w9sLYwOU

[Anka]

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!:bearhug:
Very much love!
Anka

[Clear Light]

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 !!! :bigsmile:

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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 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfQ1u-jwyko) (above) : "You are the unchanging awareness in which all appears" !!!

:heart:

[greybeard]

Just Contemplate This One Thing and Win Your Eternal Existence



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ5P1AKpgQY

[Guish]

Dear all,

I recorded a new podcast for the new year.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geerishramgolam/the-new-year-key-things-to-consider

Much love,
Geerish.

[greybeard]

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...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kpwO8oQjqU

[greybeard]

Adi Shankara's Bhaja Govindam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb-Go2fLdPY&list=RDGcYqj9SVjVg&index=3

Be sure to click on more on u tube version--this gives a translation of the Sanskrit words.
As an aside Sanskrit written and spoken is many thousand years old --one of the most precise complex languages.
I suspect it came from an advanced civilization--pre ice age--certainly not invented by hunter gatherers.
Chris

[Clear Light]

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Oh, here's a lovely short five minute video from the Advaita Vedantic position with regards to HOW our "true nature" is within each of "us" right now, and I'd suggest that all that is needed to reveal "it" is to look inwards eh ? ;)

Quote :
There's a saying that says the one who ignores the God in one's own Heart and looks for God outside is like the person who throws away a gem in the palm of his hand and looks for imitation jewellery in shops outside !!!

:heart:

[greybeard]

A song about the delightful nature of the Sanskrit Language

This is what it means:

"The Language of the gods is beautiful, this is a beautiful garland of Vedas and beautiful sayings, it is the origin of 100 scriptures and sutras, great Rishis thought it, and the nature of this language is such that it appeals to the heart of the people. It is divine and blossomed here, it is incomparable like the gods, praised in the three worlds, it is the greatness of India, and in the world its greatness arose, it is very sacred, it is immeasurable, blessed with all good qualities, respected by all scholars and one should serve it for one's welfare"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZvrqbrBxt8&list=RDGcYqj9SVjVg&index=8

[Guish]

Divine voice.

[Guish]

Dear Friends,

Here is a new episode on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geerishramgolam/self-sabotage-series-post-traumatic-stre

Much love,
Geerish.

[greybeard]

Mooji Meditation ~ Dissolving Into The Heart-Self

Be ever-aware of your unconditioned self with Mooji's guidance.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEi4-juHQbo

[greybeard]

Eckart Tolle: Guided Meditation



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sh-Q50YEno

[Guish]

Hi Friends,

Here is an article on the 9 purifying breaths where the practice is explained and demonstrated.

https://attentiveness.art.blog/2020/01/03/the-tibetan-9-purifying-breaths/

Much love,
Geerish.

[greybeard]

Awakening Kundalini Energy | Kundalini Activation Process

What you see in this video is very similar to what happened on Guruji's ashram on a three week intensive.
I was K awakened spontaneously before going on the intensive.
Chris

The video still plays


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI8oGqDoIAs

[Guish]

Dear friends,

Please find an episode on the self sabotage series
: Immersion in fear.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geerishramgolam/self-sabotage-series-immersion-in-fear

Much love,
Geerish.

[Delight]

Mystic math and the decryption of God's icon


A vortex is most commonly defined as a mass of whirling fluid, gas, or air, especially a whirlpool or whirlwind, in which the flow rotates around an axis line. Math is often defined as the science of numbers, quantities, and shapes and the relationship between them. So, Vortex based mathematics can be described as a new way of understanding numbers, not just as mere quantities, but where each has its own unique quality, archetype, and behavior. https://atlanteangardens.blogspot.com...

This non-linear holistic view of math was also revered by none other than Nikola Tesla, who famously stated that, “If you knew the magnificence of the three, six and nine, you would have a key to the universe.” Tesla believed that numbers, especially 3,6,9, had extreme importance, and so did the ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras, who around 500 BC was famously quoted as saying, "All is number".

Alternative forms of advanced mathematics have been found etched on Babylonian clay tablets dating back several millennia. Similar concepts have been popularized in modern times by Marco Rodin, after whom the Rodin Coil was named. A toroid is a surface of revolution with a hole in the middle, like a doughnut, forming a solid body. Some claim further scientific research and use can lead to free energy, space travel, time travel, genetic manipulation, toroidal healing therapy, and even a "spiritual" based technology that may improve conditions for life on the planet.


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[Wind]

I Am Nothing, Appearing to Be Something, and Now Enjoying Both

"You are not a person experiencing emptiness, you are the emptiness in which the dream of the person appears.
All the while, the immensity of the Self is here."

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[greybeard]

God in Relation to the Non Dual Understanding


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha_KFQxvGbQ

[Wind]

In front of some intelligence,
the game of existence is being acted out.
But there is an indescribable seeing place
beyond and behind every manifestation,
beyond all ideation—culture, religion, politics,
spirituality, morality, idealism, race and gender.
Can it be denied?
Is it not intuitively and subjectively known?
Can it be objectively perceived?
Who or what hears, knows or receives
this understanding?
Seek, contemplate, and confirm.

~ Mooji

[greybeard]

Wind Im ever grateful for your posts.
Im spending a lot of time on meditating and have found that my desire to do many things has greatly decreased.
I have intention in the morning to do this and that but find that I am drawn to meditate instead.
Its down to what is really important to me at this time--everything else is secondary--even posting here.
There is not a burning desire for Self- Realization or for mediation--it just happens.
Me meditate four hours a day--you must be joking--but that's whats happening--weird

Much love
Chris

[greybeard]

The End of the Game: Deconstructing the Portals to the Absolute

The End of the Game: Deconstructing the Portals to the Absolute” is the final YouTube of Stephen Wolinsky, (Narayan). The "End of the Game" dismantles not only the portal of light, sound, and vibration, but also emptiness, void, stillness-silence witnessing, non-duality, vibration, energy or shakti, being(ness), the I Am, the deity, consciousness and awareness.

"The End of the Game" demonstrates that portals are pleasant experiences which are appearances. However they are merely temporary stations, appearances that appear to appear, layers which, if identified with, or believed in become traps.

The Absolute (Prior to the word Absolute), can also be referred to as
"The Great Without", does not have, knows nothing about, and is without the portals or states of light, sound, emptiness, energy, vibration, the deity, consciousness or awareness, being(ness), the I Am and stillness.

The last part of the YouTube points to rarely mentioned appearances that appear to appear and which are temporary states of mind that ultimately evaporate. In "The End of the Game” the appearance of the Witness, Aware-er, Know-er, Perceive-er, Attention-er, Consciousness-er etc. are shown to also be temporary states that come and go.
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Moreover, as long as the silent witness, aware-er, know-er, perceive-er, attention-er, the consciousness-er etc. are present the game continues and the Absolute, (Prior to the word Absolute), will remain a distant conceptual goal.

The Absolute, a.k.a. "The Great Without", is without the appearance of Portals as well as the appearance of the Witness, the know-er, the aware-er, the observer, the Perceive-er, the attention-er, the consciousness-er etc..

As Nisargadatta Maharaj would say, the Absolute is “Prior to Consciousness.”

Finally as you read or listen to the book or You Tube please keep tucked away somewhere:

“All that is heard, (or that is about to be read seen or heard) is non-existent.” Shankara

One Love
Your Mirage brother,
Stephen-Narayan


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUfsfuVRC80

[Guish]

The concept of ethical living in Buddhism.

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[Guish]

Mental discipline in Buddhism.


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[greybeard]

Interview with Stephen Wolinsky from Science and Nonduality Anthology Vol.2

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This interview is featured in the 3DVD set "Science and Nonduality Anthology Vol.2". http://www.scienceandnonduality.com/p...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkIKXgiKvCM&t=1034s

[greybeard]

It's not by choice, SHIVA forcefully invaded my life - Sadhguru about Adiyogi

- I am not a devotee of Shiva. I am not a Shiva Bhakt.
He kind of forcefully invaded my life
-this sound started happening from within me like a rasp.
-it's not by choice I started saying these things and doing what I am doing. I'm just a slave.
-your entire life is, a virtual reality because you are seeing life only the way it happens in your mind.
-you have a virtual reality going.
-even what is light and darkness is just your reality.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8PLorqkdp0

[Wind]

The Finite Mind is Limited but Consciousness is Unlimited

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[greybeard]

A wolf came to a city hospital. What for? It is hard to believe

In today's video, we have an interesting story about a #wolf who came from a forest to a city hospital. He was sitting on a walking path and was waiting for something.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_koClYSt1w

When A Man Went To Help An Owl Trapped In Fishing Line, The Raptor’s Reaction Came Out Of The Blue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRVxfTCYriA

The wolf recognized the boy years later and saved him from a wolf pack

You never know what you can expect from #wolves if you meet them on your way.
This incident happened with a hunter. One day when he was going along the path through the forest he saw a little wolf pup. Probably, a wolf pack forgot or abandoned him. The hunter felt sorry for the little animal, so he decided to take him to his house. At home, the reaction to the man with the wolf pup was ambiguous: his wife nearly fainted, but his son, on the contrary, was delighted. The boy liked the wolf, and he decided to teach him commands as if he was a dog. Training was difficult: the pup did not want to follow the commands. Obviously, because he was a wild animal and wild animals have different laws. Gradually, the #wolf pup got used to his new owners and even started going for a walk in the yard. Even the man’s wife got used to the wolf: she already liked him and gave him food. The boy could spend the time with the little predator only in the morning and after school. Parents noticed a change in their son’s behavior: his studies improved, and he became, as it were, serious and responsible. So the days and months passed.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyflZwJdB-k

Animals and birds have a greater capacity for thought and love than we appreciate--one consciousness-- me thinks!!

Love Chris

[greybeard]

A heart dedicated to Infinite Being.....Rupert Spira



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-rdPFY2_yo

[greybeard]

Signs Of Spiritual Awakening: Feeling Disconnected & Lonely (And What TO DO About It!)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDZUbhh0ztU

[Wind]

Be aware of this persistent feeling
that there is something more to do
in order to attain freedom.
Somehow, you have been brought to a stage
where you are encouraged to leave aside all intentions,
desires, judgements, attachments and fantasies,
and to simply remain quiet inside your being.
Mind is inclined to say this is not enough.
It is suggesting you take some action.
However, the Master tells you to keep quiet
and to focus on the silence of your Heart
rather than the rush of the mind.
You are advised to avoid the sense of waiting
for something to happen.
There may arise a little tension because of this advice
to not go with the movements of the mind.
Learn to identify and be with your own silence
by observing the tensions encircling it.
Observe rather than react.
Again, keep quiet.
Stay only as awareness.

~ Mooji

[Clear Light]

Be aware of this persistent feeling
that there is something more to do
in order to attain freedom.
Somehow, you have been brought to a stage
where you are encouraged to leave aside all intentions,
desires, judgements, attachments and fantasies,
and to simply remain quiet inside your being.
Mind is inclined to say this is not enough.
It is suggesting you take some action.
However, the Master tells you to keep quiet
and to focus on the silence of your Heart
rather than the rush of the mind.
You are advised to avoid the sense of waiting
for something to happen.
There may arise a little tension because of this advice
to not go with the movements of the mind.
Learn to identify and be with your own silence
by observing the tensions encircling it.
Observe rather than react.
Again, keep quiet.
Stay only as awareness.

~ Mooji

Oh, but for what it's worth, I'd just like to mention the following quotation as perhaps a way of juxtaposing Mooji's view with a Buddhist view eh ?


It would be absurd to worry that we might not succeed in discovering the nature of mind [as empty aware presence], as it is already present in us. It is sufficient to look into ourselves. When our mind directs its gaze upon itself, it finds itself and understands that the seeker and the sought are not two different things. At the moment, we cannot see the nature of our mind because we do not know how we must look. The problem is not that we do not possess the capacity for doing this, but that we do not look in the right way.

From : Heart Advice from a Mahamudra Master (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Advice-Mahamudra-Master-Gendun-Rinpoche-ebook/dp/B004GHNK0K)

Thus, what I'm getting at is in reading Mooji's advice, you're being directed in a certain way, instructed (more-or-less) to "abide as that" but this is still DUALISM ... it's a pointer eh ?

I'd say it seems as if he is asking "you" to reflect upon your sense of "I AM" (the "persistent feeling") but even "it" must give way to the Absolute at some point eh ?

:heart:

[greybeard]

I think we are very fortunate to have the sharing that goes on in this thread.
The fact that the post above is covering what I am currently going through is very reassuring
I dont feel alone because of this.
Quite a few things that have happened over the years might have been a bit scary otherwise.
Just "normal" on this inward journey.
I agree with the last part of Clear Light's post.
Eventually there comes the point where even the persistent feeling of "I" must be let go of. Not that there is anyone to let go of anything---language is dualistic by nature.
A definition of "The Absolute" is impossible as there would have to be subject and object and there are neither.

Form-formless both and neither--is a good pointer--beyond definition.

Chris

[greybeard]

To See the Whole, You Have to Become Nothing


In this profound Satsang excerpt, Moojibaba leads us through the power of self-inquiry to clarify our true position. Discover yourself as the ultimate witness, who is not disturbed by any of the things perceived.

“Don’t ask your mind to cooperate, just look. Out of seeming nothing, something begins to manifest in a way that resonates inside your heart. Stay with it. Quickly, it deepens into an attraction. An urge, a joy—stay with it.

It is indescribable, inscrutable. It is not too much for you to bear. You manifested in form in order to discover this.”



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSfJNbp2fC4

This talk by Mooji is one of the best I have heard.
It moved me greatly
May it do the same for you.
Chris

[Clear Light]

If it is a question of which is most important, realization or meditative experiences,
then it is realization that is important, not meditative experiences.
No matter how fine the meditative experience,
in the absence of realization there can be no liberation [1]

From : Zhang Rinpoche, The Path of Ultimate Profundity (https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/jiabs/article/download/8802/2709)

[1] Oh, but for those of us who (as Spiritual Seekers in the "Dream of Consciousness") are interested in so-called "Liberation" I'd like to suggest that it is not Liberation FOR the "self" but FROM the "self" eh ? ;)

:heart:

[greybeard]

No self no problem.
Chris

[greybeard]

If it is a question of which is most important, realization or meditative experiences,
then it is realization that is important, not meditative experiences.
No matter how fine the meditative experience,
in the absence of realization there can be no liberation [1]

From : Zhang Rinpoche, The Path of Ultimate Profundity (https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/jiabs/article/download/8802/2709)

[1] Oh, but for those of us who (as Spiritual Seekers in the "Dream of Consciousness") are interested in so-called "Liberation" I'd like to suggest that it is not Liberation FOR the "self" but FROM the "self" eh ? ;)

:heart:
Very true.
Experiences in meditation whilst they encourage one to continue with the practise are also distractions.
They can also feed the ego --"Hey guys look what happened during my meditation"

Stephen Wolisky says "Dont get off at that station"
In other words you have not arrived because you have a bliss state for a few hours--days.
Job not done---not that you are the doer.
"Thats not it" Naargadatta stock phrase---I remind myself regularly with his pointers.
The station is not the terminus---the terminus is terminal--terminates the persona--which is just a thought. Its identification with the story of me.

" Events happen
deeds are done
there is no individual doer there of"

So there you go.
With love Chris

[Wind]

Mind has a very important role in the play of life.
It is a wonderful power that emerges
from the same source as the conscious presence we are.
However, as soon as God calls you homewards,
mind will begin to bite you each and
every time you turn to it for reassurance
or lean on him for support.
And it is good that you are bitten.
For this bite tells you, ‘Leave this company now
and turn your face fully to your Lord.
These are my instructions. I’ll keep biting until
you turn from me and stand on the firm ground
of your unshared Being.’

~ Mooji

[Guish]

Dear all,

Please find a chakra healing meditation for your practice

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geerishramgolam/chakra-healing-meditation

Much love,
Geerish.

[greybeard]

Laughing Buddha(s) 2
After the warm welcome to our first LAUGHING BUDDHA video, it would have been a shame not to pursue with sharing those amazing moments of liberating laughter... They were quite frequent during satsang with Papaji, and so are they with dear Moojiji.

This is an extract from:
Be the Buddha with No Bliss


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whAFLhSWdsA

[Wind]

'I Am' Is Awareness's Knowledge of Itself

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[Wind]

Alan Watts ~ The Universe Is Expressing Itself Through You

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[greybeard]

Thinking outside the box
In the begining was the word.
That was the start of Maya, the illusion of seperation.
The moment a word comes into play, there is a definition.
Thoughtless awareness sees withoout definition--it sees reality.
A beautiful sunset leaves one speachless.
The poet--the painter endevours to capture the sunset --reality can not be captured--every effort, no matter how inpressive, reduces the reality of the sunset.
Language, though necessary, does the same.
Everything in its place.
Thoughts are not true---two people will have different thoughts about the same thing.
Thoughts are not mine till I claim them.
They just appear.
"Nothing is true till thinking makes it so" is a famous quote.
Reality is beyond words which is why the sages say "Enlightenment can not be spoken of"

Chris

[greybeard]

The True Goal of Life
A conversation about the purpose of life.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTh56DJ2_LQ

[Wind]

There is only the one Self,
unchanging, unmoving, uncreated,
imperishable, timeless.
It is ever-perfect and complete.
It is without parts.
It neither contemplates, reflects, aspires,
renews nor upholds itself.
It is not resting.
It is not a state, nor is it in-between states.
It is not the gap between thoughts.
It is not a space between things.
It does not hide, nor can it be hidden.
It cannot be seen. It cannot be touched.
There is nothing that can reach it or become it.
Self-knowing, yet without knowledge.
Self-realised, yet without mind.
Beyond sin and beyond righteousness.
Being beyond being and non-being.
Unfathomable, unconquerable, ungraspable.
Who but itself can know this?

~ Mooji

[greybeard]

'My silent retreat obsession changed my life.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51093672

'My silent retreat obsession changed my life'
By Jim Farthing Newsbeat reporter

6 February 2020


A few years ago, Gemma Needham was stuck in a job she didn't love, while struggling with stress and anxiety.

Then a friend recommended a book on meditation.

"I was doing my job for the money and had various relationships which weren't great," she tells Radio 1 Newsbeat. "The book gave me perspective, I felt so much calmer."

The 26-year-old started meditating at home in Nottinghamshire, before deciding she wanted to take things up a level.

She looked online for silent retreats - holidays where you meditate and don't speak to anyone, sometimes for several days at a time. Then, she booked a three-day visit to a retreat near Exeter, not knowing what to expect.

"It was tough at first but absolutely life-changing."
Image copyright Gemma Needham
Image caption Gemma first started meditating at home on her own

"I was the youngest there and I was sharing a room with five strangers.

But, she says, at least there was no need to make small talk with strangers.

"That would have been much more awkward."

Over the past three years, Gemma has done 10 silent retreats - some for up to 12 days long.

"I was definitely addicted - one year I did five retreats. When you come out, it's like the world is a different place."
Image copyright Gaia House
Image caption A typical bedroom at the retreat where Gemma would share with five other guests

Since she started attending retreats, Gemma has turned her life around. She's quit her job, deleted Facebook, started learning the piano and begun a new career in healthcare.
'Everything in my life has changed'

But it wasn't an immediate transformation. At first, she found meditating for long periods a slog.

"An hour's meditation in a hall with 100 people is different from 20 minutes alone at home. Thoughts and feelings you're unaware of can come up, and when you're with that many people, you feel like you can't just get up and leave."

It wasn't until her fifth retreat that she had her "lightbulb moment".

"I woke up in the middle of the night, everybody was asleep, it was pitch black and something in my mind clicked."

Gemma says it made her see difficult situations in a new light.

"I realised that if something seems stressful, the way you see it is not the only way of looking at it."
Image copyright Gemma Needham
Image caption Gemma says meditating helped her conquer a phobia of needles

She quit her office job and joined the ambulance service, which she never thought would be possible.

"Before I started meditating, I had a bad needle phobia. When having an injection, I would need to be pinned down by four people - it was awful."

"I'd always wanted to be a doctor and I got the A-Levels but changed my mind two weeks before the university application date."

But now, her phobia has disappeared and she's working in nursing.

"Everything just affects me less."

At first, Gemma's family were surprised that she was choosing to spend her free time this way.
Image caption Gemma in Taiwan where she visited a friend who she'd bonded over meditation with

"They were like, 'you're a 24-year-old going on silent retreats with old people, don't you want to do more interesting things?'"

But now, she says they can see the benefits of her unusual holiday choice.

"I have more patience - instead of just reacting and getting angry or upset with people - I can take a step back."
What actually happens on a silent retreat?

Silent retreats have a long history in many religions including Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity.

They can be done alone or, like Gemma, in a group.

Typically, there are no phones, reading or TV, and you are encouraged to not write.

"Each day starts at about 6am but there are no clocks so you're woken up by someone ringing a bell," Gemma says.
Image copyright Gaia House
Image caption The meditation hall where Gemma would spend hours each day

"Then you go into the meditation hall for about an hour, and after that is breakfast.

"Everyone is sat around eating in silence, but simple things like trying to manoeuvre past people without saying 'excuse me' can be tricky.

"If you bump into someone, you automatically say 'sorry' then you have to apologise for speaking and everyone laughs."

The rest of the day is spent doing sitting and walking meditation, broken up by meal times.

"Days usually end around 9pm. People tend to just go to bed because you're completely knackered."
Image copyright Gaia House
Image caption Some meditation is done outdoors

And Gemma's love of retreats shows no signs of lessening - she plans to keep attending at least one retreat a year.
"I've learnt the importance of relaxing more and looking after myself - we all just need to chill out."


Chris

[Chester]

If you die before you die, then when you die you won't die

Why Wake Up - Ken Wilber

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[greybeard]

This is so similar to Scottish Music.
Hard to believe it is based on the Bhagavad Gita



When I stood before the majesty of nature

At the foot of mountains

By the side of sea

By water's edge and river bank

This song came to me



About an unseen energy that travels through us

Through each and every successive generation

A current of energy in the earth in the universe

in every creature great and small

in the ants that team up to carry the crumb across the floor

in the lion that prepares to roar

in the pulse of each and every one of us



it is described in the Bhagavad Gita chapter 2 verse 20

"neither born nor ever dies unborn, eternal, perpetual, primeval"
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Film & Animation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t29RwPqXTIA

[greybeard]

Categories of Spiritual Seekers | Swami Sarvapriyananda



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[Guish]

Dear friends,

I made a podcast on the stages of purification starting from Gross impurities to fine impurities.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geerishramgolam/stages-of-purification

Much love,
G.

[Wind]

Eckhart Tolle Laughter Breaks Through the Ego

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[greybeard]

Swami Sarvapriyananda - Buddha at the Gas Pump Interview




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUpmltSJPoc

[Wind]

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[johnf]

This is so similar to Scottish Music.
Hard to believe it is based on the Bhagavad Gita

Is the English version the original music?

[greybeard]

This is so similar to Scottish Music.
Hard to believe it is based on the Bhagavad Gita

Is the English version the original music?
Dont honestly know Johnf but there are other bits of music similar to that one that are from India.
Regards Chris

[greybeard]

Why words can not express the Ultimate Reality|


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4LKeOxoEdI

[O Donna]

If a posting is an expression, here is one:

Relative Reality - Infinite Expression
(though not to be confused in the slightest with Ultimate Reality)

[Guish]

Hi Friends,

Here is a podcast about the right understanding as per the eightfold path.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geerishramgolam/eightfold-path-right-understanding

And a video on how to overcome panic attack

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Much love,
G.

[Guish]

I have a recorded meditation for you as well

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geerishramgolam/blissful-mind-meditation

Much love,
G.

[Delight]

I remembered this book today. I am listening again. It is so nourishing to me that I want to share it.

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[Chester]

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The consciousness in you and the consciousness in me,
apparently two, really one, seek unity and that is love.
— Nisargadatta Maharaj

[Guish]

Hi Everyone,

Here is a meditation I recorded on goal setting.

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/22995056

Much love,
Geerish.

[Anka]

Congratulations on this place and the wisdom it takes over time:bowing: !

"The Art of Presence" by Eckhart Tolle
"Is it possible that the simple act of being is not actually that simple? That to really be here now requires practice, like any other skill worth learning?"...what if the moment that teach you how to deepen the moment-to-moment realization of your essential nature―the unified consciousness that lives in all things, it's life in this very instant(?)

Not necessarily connected, I would like and I hope it will be ok to offer some music that I like:sun:
Relaxing Celtic Music: Beautiful Music, Relaxing Music, Flute Music, Meditation Music
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Respectfully,
Anka

[greybeard]

Best approach to Enlightenment| Swami Sarvapriyananda(Wonderful session)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5AQmHSGgO4

[greybeard]

Im not of the mind to post as often, however there is a wealth of information on this thread, open any page, any year and there will be something of interest.
I hope others will continue to contribute.
Love Chris

[Anka]

This is a mammoth thread that contains all the information about everything that search can mean in a deep sense of normal spiritual ethics.
It's like having a huge book in your hand, and you come back to it often, reading differently and understanding the passages even better.
The fact that I do not know English so well, stops me from writing, but not reading. I have subscribed on You tube to the channels you promote and I sometimes see them before you post them, but I have a decent and kind desire to enter the thread and listen to them as well.:heart:
It is a thread in which meditation goes in line with information and information overcomes any argument of moral perception when the destination of meditation becomes at such an individual level that it is so widely known that it must be shared with others.:handshake:
Some run to get rid of the unknown, others run to meet him sometimes wrongly, in the middle the balance is understood as differentiated as when we should have an excuse today.
Spirituality in full creation is the sound of awakening the intelligence of the heart in full peace.
While some deny what they have when they have it, others want to have it, and when they get it, they don't want it anymore, in the middle some have the inspiration to adopt spirituality on an authentic level.

I'm young, but today I had a discussion with an old friend over coffee and all I got to believe (and this without any fear) is that the technology that builds us so called "evolution" gives us the opportunity to self-destruct.
I am nobody, I am not at all important but I have often said that somehow "spiritual technology" will save us in a common form but not as a "flock". It was just a coffee break, otherwise, in daily life,no one hears me .
Because in all this running of fear, perhaps no one sees themselves anymore and many seek information outside of them and in important events in the jubilee of a society that runs between a psychological impact and a global hysteria and in the middle stands the artificial creation.

Consciousness is from the past, it materializes in every moment of the future that the present forms.

If we look closely, we will see that thinking is not constant but there is an interval between two thoughts, although this can only be a a little fraction of a second, an interval that has a meaning such as the interval behind, in front, above and below of an "oscillating pendulum" centered, in the second of an entire ocean of knowledge.

We see that our thinking is conditioned by the past, which is projected into the future; when we admit the past, we must also admit the future, because there are no two states such as the past and the future, but a single state that includes both the conscious and the unconscious, both the collective past and the individual past.

The collective and individual past have an answer, a reaction in the present, reveals certain aspects that create the individual consciousness; therefore consciousness is from the past as it is in fact the whole background of our existence regarding the future.

At the moment when the past exists, the future is inevitable, because the future is only the modified continuity of the past through the origin of the present; So our problem is how to bring about a transformation in this process of the past related to the present without creating another conditioning of a new past, related to the future.
I usually manage to "feel" more than I can "write", but at least I try.:blushing:
Love,
Anka:coffee:

[Wind]

“Let us offer prayers and blessings
for all people and all nations of the Earth.
Let us bless that, though intense, this will also become a time
of conscious awakening and healing for everyone.
We know, from the lessons of history,
that great difficulties, disasters and challenging times
also can strengthen and unify us by dissolving the differences
that appear to divide us.

Calamities often strengthen us internally,
making us more deeply aware of the highest values of life.
Troubling times encourage us to work together,
to genuinely care for each other.
Such events make us more aware of our collective strength
when we work together as one united human family.
May we grow in unity, love and understanding.

The Lord’s Blessings be upon
all people and nations affected at this time.
May governments and all helpers move in an inspired,
co-operative and harmonious way,
so that collectively we are able to put right
whatever needs to be put right within our capacity.
Our prayer is that this disease comes to an end soon.
We believe, trust, know this will happen.

This is a prayer for our entire world and its leaders.
We pray that the greater, higher Truth which dwells inside us all
raises us up in conscious awareness of our true nature and Being
so that we become more kind, more open,
more loving, wise, peaceful and powerful in the Truth we are.
May we live fully in the joy of our real nature
in accordance with the will of the Supreme God Almighty.”

~ Mooji

[Valley]

Enlightening times deserve good rhymes

Entertaining lines...sweeping through minds
Leading not to a place...but..to a state..of grace

[Guish]

Hi Everyone,

Here is a new meditation I recorded under the rain.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/geerishramgolam/waterfall-meditation

Lots of love,
G.

[Wind]

Staying Conscious in the Face of Adversity | A Special Message From Eckhart Tolle

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[Wind]

*Beautiful Guided Meditation With Mooji*: A Peaceful Life Is Priceless

"This powerful and intimate guided silent sitting was recorded for us while Moojibaba is in self-quarantine, inviting us all to sit with him in the room of Being.

“I’m only guiding you, your attention, back to your natural state of stillness. A peaceful life is priceless, a peaceful mind is priceless. Here peace and contentment go together.

Effortlessly at rest, no striving to be somewhere else or to be in any other state, and notice that your entire being is enjoying this rest. The more that you allow this sort of shutting down, the more you will love it. Your life, responding to this, becomes very harmonious, very silent, very happy.”

Monte Sahaja, Portugal
19 March 2020

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[Clear Light]

Staying Conscious in the Face of Adversity | A Special Message From Eckhart Tolle

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Oh, thanks for this Wind :thumbsup:


I've never heard of anybody who "awakens" in their comfort zone


And this is an invitation to go "deeper" because if you don't you "suffer" ... UNNECESSARILY !

If I might suggest, in exploring what is being pointed at here, please leave your "thinking" at the door eh ?

Why ? Because it's so absolutely true, I'd say, that your "Conceptual Mind" is like the "surface of the ocean" whereas what you really are is more like the "stillness of the depths of the ocean" eh ?

:heart:

[Wind]

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[Clear Light]

Ah, for those of us that are temporarily "locked down", I'd suggest that perhaps this period of seeming "global distress" can be utilised for a moment of "reflection", if you feel so inclined, so as to take a peek "under the hood" (so-to-say) of our everyday surface "identity" ... to turn one's attention upon itself to look for the apparent subject, the unquestioned belief in the Reality of the "I" thought eh ?


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Or perhaps you were not Aware that such Introspection is even possible and that furthermore it can be the most precious use of your "free" time because it reveals directly in immediate experience the "I" as being merely an object to your true nature which is Awareness eh ?

And what's more, you don't have to "cough up a single dime" to do it !!!

:heart:

[Wind]

"In this touching talk, Mooji addresses the growing concerns we face as a human race in the light of the coronavirus pandemic. He offers great encouragement on the topic of fear, and shares guidance on how to stay true and wake up in this time of crisis."

“I see that this time, challenging as it is,
is also offering us a new path; a path of Grace.
Life is offering us an opportunity to go within.
The love of God serves every living being.
So Grace is here to guide us through difficult times.

I pray from my heart that each one will grow inwardly.
That we come to a higher level of life in the true sense.
That we see with more a unitive sense that we are one family,
living together with greater love and understanding.
Bless you, bless you, each and every one.”

~ Mooji

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[greybeard]

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