>I do believe there is something beyond this life.
If you want to find the truth of it, then may you find the truth of it. If not, then may you not.
>Do you have any proof that
We give people the methods, such as this book, and they explore on their own, usually. Groups, too, but it's an internal process so sharing it is difficult lol.
>that is what you observed?
Yes.
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What did you think life was
Real.
>what do you now realize after engaging with that material life really is?
We're having the wildest lucid dream we've ever imagined, and I'm not even sure what "we" means in this context.
Nit my problem :)
From what I can tell, you can say we're real, non-real, both, neither etc, as that's a 'quantum superposition' from which all possible 'realities' can spiral. But trying to express this stuff properly with words is futile.
Try telling the people in your dreams at night that they are only dream-people. See how they react. It's pretty funny.
You may be ready to learn dream yoga, if stuff like that interests you. I do similar stuff.
It seems to be more about why aren't you already, and why it isn't actually needed. Change your mind and the world you experience can change. New perspectives bring new horizons, etc. Try changing the world, well… usually not so effective.
It doesn't. I can't prove an internal state exists within me, to you. I can only say "these are the methods I used to experience it". I'm not here to convince you.
Love you, too.
I will post a few books.
I am having a conversation. You are upset about something that has nothing to do with any of this, and it is making you act constipated. You don't have to. Your choice.
If you read even the most introductory books, you will find answers to those questions. My patience with you has expired. Do whatever you want.
Everything is yoga. Breathing is yoga. Are you wearing brightly covered spandex pants to breathe? Neither am I.
>Do you mean a thought process in the direction of what a religious person might do?
Sort of. But moreso an elimination of mental narratives after reaching the point you describe.
Killing has a negative connotation but that's a word that was used traditionally. "If you meet the Divine One on the path, kill him!", means "If you think you've found the end of your journey, stop thinking!". Something like that. People today often take this stuff too literally, and get lost, so I wouldn't use the phrase kill these days.
Here's a very short vid if you're interested. Watts isn't the best source for this stuff but he gets like 80% - 90% of it right. If you like this one I can post a couple other short ones.
>Is humanity really undergoing an apocalyptic ascension process as we speak?
The Eastern traditions claim we are living in an age of saints, that many beings will become living saints during this time for various reasons. Whether that is true or not, I dunno.
The usual method is to distract yoursepf by focusing the mind on something innocuous, such as the breath, or the tension in our muscles, etc. You probably know that already, though.
Because that's your current reflection. Suggests a lack of purification. Try vajrasattva practice?
I realize now that misread your comment. I thought you said things were dark lol. If you are confused then you want manjushri, not vajrasattva, although both would probably work. Each practice has a specialty. Vajrasattva purifies, manjushri increases wisdom, helps you remember things, etc. Good for studying, for example.
Mhm. To suck us into believing it. Like that line from the first matrix movie where they say the original matrix was pure bliss, but it didn't seem real enough, so it was rejected until a hell-world of suffering and death was created, because them it was believable.
I really wish you would stop. The repetitive spam sucks.
Post about anything you want but at least take the time to interface with people and explain your views, that's all I ask, and it's only a request, you can do whatever.
>if you presuppose some kind of conscious "god" figure as "the universe"/"creator"/"hallucination" he would want his audience to like the play he puts on.
This is more detailed than what I'd normally say here but void is blissful yet boring, full stop. If you can meditate perfectly, then it's just blissful, timelessly, which is the equal opposite of forever, yet looping back into itself somehow. Anyway, you get what I mean. That's what it all leads up to. The fanciful imagery is powerful in it's own right in the shingon, vajra and zen schools, but in the end that gets burnt away too, for those that are going that far. Allegedly, not everyone is. Allegedly, most aren't. That makes you a potential curiosity lol.
What you're describing is common in many systems, including hinduism and buddhism.
In my opinion, if you haven't asked every question relating to this stuff that you can think of, and really explored it as far as you can, you're selling yourself short. There are ways of explaining things through logic, but only certain beings will understand it. You can find them if you look, though.
If you look within you see the nothing directly. Only saints do that. You asking about this sort of stuff suggests you might be one of those (or not). That's up to stuff beyond my conscious control. Have fun finding out, I suppose!
Inner fire is what you seek. I suggest looking into it. It's not so secret these days.
You'll know by watching any of them whether you want to watch the rest, in my opinion.
I already mentioned that not everyone will understand the logic. Thank you for illustrating that point by simply existing, or pretending to exist, or whatever it is you do.
>questioning my role in it
Everyone is the star of the show, which makes being the star meaningless. Everything's recursive until you stop thinking about it. When mental activity stops, the dream is halted. That is the real end result of meditation, not merely peace of mind or whatever.
>i know there is a reason i am here
Every action you chose led you to this from one temporary desire, temporary goal, to the next. Beginnings becoming endings, then you get bored and start doing something else. How you deal with it is up to you.
Everything you've done to others, you will experience in some form, because, as it is a dream, there is nowgere else for it to go. It is all you. Everything you do inevitably effects you, and habits repeat and repeat, for better or worse. Everything I did to my father growing up is now done to me, lol. I see things like that happening regularly. Most people have a LOT to work through, whether you want to look at that from a spiritual or purely mental and emotional level.
If you decide all narratives are equally meaningless, as they only exist as temporary thoughts within the mind, invisible and formless, and then see that seeking meaning is only seeking a sort of ultimate narrative which doesn't exist except as a thought, you may find the ability to stay optimistic comes more naturally.
When you wrre a kid you thought pikachu, or batman or whatever, was meaninful. You had toys and clothes that you wore that you felt defined you, made you cooler, just by having them. Then you got older and realized it was just cheap crap dreamed up by a drunk japanese salaryman and made for pennies in a chinese sweatshop. All that meaning disappeared.
Everything is like that. You could grow out of it all if you lived long enough.
Right. Everything is relative to your perspective, brining us back to the "change your mind and the world you experience will change" thing. All roads lead within you.
I's innocent, boss, t'aint nobody here but us chickens!
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Haha, yvw. I have a lot more stuff like this archived on telegram app if you're interested.
It's really meant to appeal to your sense of logic, not faith. If a dharma practitioner quits it's said to mean they didn't understand properly it in the first place, and joined for the wrong reason.
>here's my sangha
If you mean this board, I don't think there's more than one or two of us, really.
We're talking about entirely different things, actually, but it sucks that you feel ignored feiw.
Ok, I disagree with some of your assessments, but have a nice day!
Sangha means, basically, "fellow buddhist", not "real human", but I'm glad you're experiencing yourself as real, anon!
I'm glad it's working out for you!
If you put "garchen rinpoche" into youtube search you'll find much more :)