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

[betoobig]

Dont know if posted before but it is worth enough. This one is so good.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=N6UsEmlqavQ

Much love

[betoobig]

Yeah, that was good, this one is even better...in- joy

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=hQpdd28Jvx8

Much love

[Guish]

[Meggings]

Posted by Enola (here)
I am working on opening and unblocking my heart right now. As I feel this is where one of my main obstacles lie and it opens the door to so much else. Does anyone have anything to share on successful heart-awakening?
... But it's not so much that I need to grow a bigger a heart. More that I need to heal and remove blockages and this is a lot of work.

Enola, my heart has opened now and then over the years, and to my surprise it has taken my breath away each time, for the Christed energy came through. I have no path but love. An example: for years I cleaned horse stalls before returning to my office. I would in the solitude of the horse barn sing a little tune I'd made up with the words, "I am God's Love, I am God's perfect Love I am God's Love." This would be similar to Chris's friend David Hawkins and the "devotional non-duality" he speaks of.

You write that you have a big heart, but you believe it is blocked and look for blocks and say they are hard to remove and a lot of work to remove them. Belief makes it so, beloved. (Just as my belief in poverty makes it so for me.) We build our own traps and hold onto them tenaciously.

In my experience, heart-opening has come upon me without seeking it, when all I do is sing my song of love.

In my experience, raising my own vibrational level as best and as often as I can, is key to opening the heart.

Some like more concrete advice, and I offer this article that came my way this morning. It speaks of "Jedi powers" but is in reality speaking of a human being's innate abilities that can be awakened. You may wish to scan through this article to see if anything in it resonates with you.

http://www.wakingtimes.com/2016/01/0...-develop-them/

[Innocent Warrior]

FRACTALS - revealing the nature of Source in all life


the web of life


sublime


perfect


elegant


harmonious


exquisite

[Guish]

[greybeard]

Posted by betoobig (here)
Dont know if posted before but it is worth enough. This one is so good.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=N6UsEmlqavQ

Much love

Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant.
Thanks
Chris

[Meggings]

[ZooLife]

Ramblings from the depths of an Endless Adventure

I is here to see
Eye is hear to sea

Eyes ocean is the waters of its soul.
Exploring the soul is an endless adventure.

The greatest risk lies in this venture.
For how does one end the endless?

I forgets.
Upon remembering, the adventure floods back again.

Oh sea, Oh sea, what will I see.

[Chester]

Posted by Guish (here)

Right on!!!

[Enola]

I've discovered that L-Arginine/L-Ornithine‎ is a good aid for meditation.

It works as a weak hypnotic and helps get you into trance or deeper states. I take some at night to help me sleep and have found when I wake up I'm still drowsy and can meditate better. I guess this is because it raises nitroxide levels.

[ZooLife]

The implication of two in one......

Think about it.

Play with it.

I think I shall play with it.

[greybeard]

I see some disharmony (that might be too strong a word) and misunderstanding else where in the spiritual section and I get that--it may well be a positive thing.
I know that it is helpful to share personal experiences-- the thing is you can only do that so often, particularly over the length of time this thread has been going
Kundalini, AA, time on ashrams, meeting with Eckhart Tolle and other experiences spoken of.
Eventually one gets over one self and it becomes difficult to speak of self referencing things without reason---specific situations different.

There are many thread in this section some long lived some not---there must be something for every one and if not room to start one.

Much love particularly to ones who are fed up hearing of oneness.

Chris

[ZooLife]

Posted by greybeard (here)
I see some disharmony (that might be too strong a word) and misunderstanding else where in the spiritual section and I get that--it may well be a positive thing.
I know that it is helpful to share personal experiences-- the thing is you can only do that so often, particularly over the length of time this thread has been going
Kundalini, AA, time on ashrams, meeting with Eckhart Tolle and other experiences spoken of.
Eventually one gets over one self and it becomes difficult to speak of self referencing things without reason---specific situations different.

There are many thread in this section some long lived some not---there must be something for every one and if not room to start one.

Much love particularly to ones who are fed up hearing of oneness.

Chris

Chris,

Honestly, the disharmony or the 'stirring of the pot' is amusing and expected along a journey.

It's like pausing to watch children play, it can be quite entertaining.

I know, I know...... 'I' am the one pausing to watch myself play. The adventure is simply endless!

When entertainment is built-in, external entertainment is a bonus.

Oh, who am I fooling, it's ALL a bonus!

...........

I looked for joy or hoped it would find me.

Turns out I needed neither to occur.

Joy!

[Guish]

Posted by greybeard (here)
I see some disharmony (that might be too strong a word) and misunderstanding else where in the spiritual section and I get that--it may well be a positive thing.
I know that it is helpful to share personal experiences-- the thing is you can only do that so often, particularly over the length of time this thread has been going
Kundalini, AA, time on ashrams, meeting with Eckhart Tolle and other experiences spoken of.
Eventually one gets over one self and it becomes difficult to speak of self referencing things without reason---specific situations different.

There are many thread in this section some long lived some not---there must be something for every one and if not room to start one.

Much love particularly to ones who are fed up hearing of oneness.

Chris

There's no need to justify anything Chris. You are not trying to convert or influence anyone. People who open your thread are usually those who find something useful in it.

[Guish]

Posted by Sam Hunter (here)

Posted by Guish (here)

Right on!!!

I'll post the full thing then. My interpretation may vary.

01. What is Right Understanding?
It is to know what is good and what is Evil; to know the Four Noble Truths and the Law of Dependent Origination.


02. What is Right Intention?
It is to make a firm re- solution to practice Self-control and Self-restraint to become free of Sensuality, free of Ill will and free of Cruelty.


03. What is Right Speech?
Having gained the right understanding of the Dhamma and having made the Right Resolution, Right Speech becomes the natural consequence of the first two Paths. Having attained Right-mindedness we cannot but express our pure mind in any other way than by Right Speech which is to abstain from lying, slandering, using harsh language and vain talk.


04. What is Right Action?
It is to abstain from killing any sentient being, from stealing and from unlawful sexual inter- course. Right Action is the logical consequence of Right- Mindedness and of Right Speech. To be truthful to one’s firm resolution and to one’s given word we must act rightly.


05. What is Right Living?
It is to renounce wrong ways of living. Therefore the following trades are forbidden : the selling of arms, live animals, meat, intoxicating drinks and poison.


06. What is Right Effort?
It is to keep on doing things right, namely, to do good and to maintain it; to destroy evil and to avoid evil. We should not only do good for ourselves but also for others. Out of Loving-kindness and Compassion we should serve others and do good to them.


07. What is Right Attentiveness?
This consists of deep meditation and contemplation of our own selves, namely, of our body organs and of “The Five Aggregates of Attachment” as being impermanent, miserable and non-Self-contained. We then meditate upon the Teachings of the Buddha. By continued meditation upon these objects we gradually exercise the mind to such a degree of concentration that we slowly gain Insight into the true facts of life and become more and more convinced of the Absolute Truth, namely:

(1) That Ignorance is the cause of all life, because it causes the three fold craving to arise (Sensual Desire, Desire for Existence, and Desire not to be what one dislikes).

(2) That Desire is the cause of our Attachment to the “Five Aggregates of Attachment” (Bodily-Form, Feeling, Perception, Sense-Impressions, and Consciousness), which we falsely believe to be the very essence of our Individuality. Desire is also the cause of Rebirth because our Desire for Existence is so great that at the moment of death our Karma grasps a new being and thus perpetuates the Circle of Rebirth.

(3) That we are but the result of our previous and present Karma and have made ourselves what we are now, and which will determine our future existence and the state into which we shall be reborn.

(4) That all things in this world are things composed (Sankhara) and are impermanent, miserable and not self-contained.

(5) That the only way to escape from this world of suffering and impermanence and from the “Circle of Rebirth ” is to purify the heart of all passions (Kilesa) and from all Attachment to the“ Five Aggregates of Attachment”; to avoid evil, to do good. Having destroyed all Kilesa and Karma itself— we attain Nirvana.


08. What is Right Concentration?
It is a state of mind where all Seven Paths are present, which means that we have progressed along the Middle Path of Enlightenment and have developed the mind to such an extent that, having attained to full concentration of mind, we now become cognizant of the true facts of life and therefore begin to turn away from Wrong Speech—Wrong Action—and Wrong Ways of Living.

Thus the Middle Path of Enlightenment of the Buddha reveals itself as a gradual perfection of the mind to the highest Wisdom and Insight of the true facts of life.

In the first Path, we gain knowledge and understanding of the Dhamma.

In the second Path, we make the Right Resolution to free the mind of sensuality, ill will and cruelty. Having attained to Right-Mindedness and continuing to purify the mind we continue along the Path by attaining to Right Speech, Right Action and Right Living. In the Sixth Path we make the Right Effort to maintain the good already achieved and to avoid all further evil doing. In the Seventh and Eighth Path we reach such a degree of Concentration of mind that we are then capable of realizing the Absolute Truth and begin to reject Wrong Speech, Wrong Action, and Wrong Living.

While in other religions which are based upon faith and human ideals, “life is all or love is all”, in Buddhism “mind is all” . It is the well trained mind, the mind developed to its highest capacity, to intuitive insight and wisdom which can realize its own Salvation from all Suffering and from Rebirth by following the Noble Eightfold Path of Enlightenment discovered and experienced by the Buddha.


Source : www.whyyoumissit.com

[Wind]

Dear Chris, everyone has the right to see the way things they choose to. I appreciate what is being shared in this thread and in my thread, but if someone doesn't appreciate it or see it as a distraction then they are free to see that way. What is reacting and why? I know why or why not I choose to share some things even if I might be quite far away from being "enlightened". I acknowledge my own faults very well and try to better myself as much as I can as a person, as arduous it sometimes might seem. I certainly hope that I am making progress although it does not feel that way always.

The answers to real questions are not verbal or conceptual
but dissolve the mind in emptiness.

~ Mooji

[StandingWave]

Being:

'Knowing' or 'Believing'?
I Am
Experiencing the answer.

[StandingWave]

This:

[Hym]

Who's on 1st, What's on 2nd and I Don't Know is on 3rd. Let's play ball!
Answer: it's got to be Who who's doing the lookin'
(I know this is off topic, but can I get a written excuse from the teacher?
I need to go outside and play with Lou and Bud......
as Lou finally got his son to come out of the pool and they're both happy to play....)