I've been looking for Enlightenment for nearly a year. I didn't do any practice such as LSD, meditation, Kundalini, yoga, etc. because I don't believe it brings anyone closer to enlightenment. I was completely disheartened, and then I finally found this forum after mindlessly clicking through google.
I have read some of the Gateless Gatecrashers book, and have tried self-inquiry to no avail. I don't know why but I just can't grasp it...
I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could point me in the right direction :)
I Need Guidance
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Noobstorm, give us a rant about your expectations for how it will be when you are enlightened.
Give us a name to call you by.
Are you willing to commit to staying with this until you are cooked ?
Can you post at least once on most days ?
You have come to the forum where up to 3 guides will work with you, so you are in for a ride. Hang on!
Please answer all questions. No editing, just post as it comes out. There is no right or wrong answers here.
120% honesty with us and yourself. Bullshit not tolerated. No second hand knowledge - don't quote anything you have read or heard. Just report your direct experiencing in great detail.
Give us a name to call you by.
Are you willing to commit to staying with this until you are cooked ?
Can you post at least once on most days ?
You have come to the forum where up to 3 guides will work with you, so you are in for a ride. Hang on!
Please answer all questions. No editing, just post as it comes out. There is no right or wrong answers here.
120% honesty with us and yourself. Bullshit not tolerated. No second hand knowledge - don't quote anything you have read or heard. Just report your direct experiencing in great detail.
liberation starts with recognising some illusions
http://www.vince-wisingup.blogspot.com - http://www.1ness.info/eq.html
http://www.1ness.info - http://www.1ness.info/Haiku.html
http://www.vince-wisingup.blogspot.com - http://www.1ness.info/eq.html
http://www.1ness.info - http://www.1ness.info/Haiku.html
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I expect a much more peaceful life, and the elimination of the fear of death. I will drop all my preconcieved ideas and expectations if that is necessary.
You can call me Ali. I am very determined, and I promise I will be 100% sincere in my answers and stick to this thread until the very end. I can post multiple times per day.
You can call me Ali. I am very determined, and I promise I will be 100% sincere in my answers and stick to this thread until the very end. I can post multiple times per day.
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Good Ali, now what if i were to tell you that nothing will change, but everything will be different.
Give me your take on that. Be more verbose.
Give me your take on that. Be more verbose.
liberation starts with recognising some illusions
http://www.vince-wisingup.blogspot.com - http://www.1ness.info/eq.html
http://www.1ness.info - http://www.1ness.info/Haiku.html
http://www.vince-wisingup.blogspot.com - http://www.1ness.info/eq.html
http://www.1ness.info - http://www.1ness.info/Haiku.html
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Hi Ali,
Here we have a different take on self-inquiry, not who am i (which implies a who) but is there an i, ali?
Is there an i to grasp at all?
More peaceful life, or not, fear of death, or not, is anything behind having peace or chaos, fear or no fear?
Do not think about this for a long time to give the most correct intellectual answer, look beyond the thoughts, what is true and really there, what is only there as ''thought label'', what do you see as i at the moment ali?
Thats a very good observation.I've been looking for Enlightenment for nearly a year. I didn't do any practice such as LSD, meditation, Kundalini, yoga, etc. because I don't believe it brings anyone closer to enlightenment. I was completely disheartened, and then I finally found this forum after mindlessly clicking through google.
I have read some of the Gateless Gatecrashers book, and have tried self-inquiry to no avail. I don't know why but I just can't grasp it...
Here we have a different take on self-inquiry, not who am i (which implies a who) but is there an i, ali?
Is there an i to grasp at all?
More peaceful life, or not, fear of death, or not, is anything behind having peace or chaos, fear or no fear?
Do not think about this for a long time to give the most correct intellectual answer, look beyond the thoughts, what is true and really there, what is only there as ''thought label'', what do you see as i at the moment ali?
Where is the separate one? Look, right here right now, can it itself actually be found?
http://machielovic-justbeing.blogspot.com/
http://machielovic-justbeing.blogspot.com/
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Hello Ali,
When you look and read what we've written here now, can you find a separate 'me' thing that is doing the looking and reading? What is the experience of reading this? Can you find anything that's having the experience of reading this? If you can (or if you can't) describe what you find in detail.
Best,
Trevor
When you look and read what we've written here now, can you find a separate 'me' thing that is doing the looking and reading? What is the experience of reading this? Can you find anything that's having the experience of reading this? If you can (or if you can't) describe what you find in detail.
Best,
Trevor
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Everything will remain the same, but will be viewed differently.Good Ali, now what if i were to tell you that nothing will change, but everything will be different.
Give me your take on that. Be more verbose.
Ex. I find someone to be imperfect, and then I see them as perfect although they retain the same qualities.
At this moment, without labeling, is life, without tags such as 'you', 'me', 'apple', etc.Hi Ali,Thats a very good observation.I've been looking for Enlightenment for nearly a year. I didn't do any practice such as LSD, meditation, Kundalini, yoga, etc. because I don't believe it brings anyone closer to enlightenment. I was completely disheartened, and then I finally found this forum after mindlessly clicking through google.
I have read some of the Gateless Gatecrashers book, and have tried self-inquiry to no avail. I don't know why but I just can't grasp it...
Here we have a different take on self-inquiry, not who am i (which implies a who) but is there an i, ali?
Is there an i to grasp at all?
More peaceful life, or not, fear of death, or not, is anything behind having peace or chaos, fear or no fear?
Do not think about this for a long time to give the most correct intellectual answer, look beyond the thoughts, what is true and really there, what is only there as ''thought label'', what do you see as i at the moment ali?
At this moment is also thought.
Hello Ali,
When you look and read what we've written here now, can you find a separate 'me' thing that is doing the looking and reading? What is the experience of reading this? Can you find anything that's having the experience of reading this? If you can (or if you can't) describe what you find in detail.
Best,
Trevor
I cannot find a separate 'me' thing that is doing the looking & reading. I can't describe the experience. I am having the experience of reading this.
'I' is very real to me.
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Sorry I forgot to answer this part
I don't know how to answer thisMore peaceful life, or not, fear of death, or not, is anything behind having peace or chaos, fear or no fear?
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Does that mean that you is a thought?At this moment, without labeling, is life, without tags such as 'you', 'me', 'apple', etc.
At this moment is also thought.
Ok, look right now, what is there in direct experience? Be precise, what is really happening, what is story about it?
Again, this is not about answering correctly but about what you see, in this case when there is fear of death is it your fear? Or just thoughts arising about death and this triggering fear about dying? Both coming and going without control, do you control thought ali?
Where is the separate one? Look, right here right now, can it itself actually be found?
http://machielovic-justbeing.blogspot.com/
http://machielovic-justbeing.blogspot.com/
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Thought is being experienced, and it is not the one who is experiencing.Does that mean that you is a thought?At this moment, without labeling, is life, without tags such as 'you', 'me', 'apple', etc.
At this moment is also thought.
Ok, look right now, what is there in direct experience? Be precise, what is really happening, what is story about it?
Again, this is not about answering correctly but about what you see, in this case when there is fear of death is it your fear? Or just thoughts arising about death and this triggering fear about dying? Both coming and going without control, do you control thought ali?
In direct experience, thought, feelings, sensations are happening. There is no story.
I'm still not fully grasping it.. I don't know why I am still very much identified with thought but this is starting to become a little more clear to me.
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I don't know if I control thought.
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I cannot find a separate 'me' thing that is doing the looking & reading. I can't describe the experience. I am having the experience of reading this.
'I' is very real to me.[/quote]
Thank you Ali.
Now can you give a very detailed description of how "'I' is very real to me" '?
Exactly how is it real to you?
Where is 'I' for example?
What does 'I' feel like? Emotionally and physically.
'I' is very real to me.[/quote]
Thank you Ali.
Now can you give a very detailed description of how "'I' is very real to me" '?
Exactly how is it real to you?
Where is 'I' for example?
What does 'I' feel like? Emotionally and physically.
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Alright.Thought is being experienced, and it is not the one who is experiencing.
In direct experience, thought, feelings, sensations are happening. There is no story.
I'm still not fully grasping it.. I don't know why I am still very much identified with thought but this is starting to become a little more clear to me.
All of that is there, is there also a self there having them? Is there an experiencer or just experience?
What do you mean by grasping it? You only need to see if there is a self to grasp in the first place, by looking in everyday life, check for example in the morning routine: conciousness comes, thought of what time and day it is. washing, clothes to wear, brushing teeth, eating breakfast, look, are you consciously doing all of this?
Look can you stop thought in the middle as it happens? Can you not think of a purple cow right now?I don't know if I control thought.
Like your commitment, keep going, keep looking/investigating in life, is it true there is no you? What comes up when considering this?
Where is the separate one? Look, right here right now, can it itself actually be found?
http://machielovic-justbeing.blogspot.com/
http://machielovic-justbeing.blogspot.com/
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Excellent example. Well this is how it will be for you. You will discover the perfection of the whole world including yourself. (not an actual self - just language)I find someone to be imperfect, and then I see them as perfect although they retain the same qualities.
Can you imagine the change in feelings/emotions/attitude when this occurs ?
liberation starts with recognising some illusions
http://www.vince-wisingup.blogspot.com - http://www.1ness.info/eq.html
http://www.1ness.info - http://www.1ness.info/Haiku.html
http://www.vince-wisingup.blogspot.com - http://www.1ness.info/eq.html
http://www.1ness.info - http://www.1ness.info/Haiku.html
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I is a thought, and exists only in thought. It is separate from feelings.Thank you Ali.I cannot find a separate 'me' thing that is doing the looking & reading. I can't describe the experience. I am having the experience of reading this.
'I' is very real to me.
Now can you give a very detailed description of how "'I' is very real to me" '?
Exactly how is it real to you?
Where is 'I' for example?
What does 'I' feel like? Emotionally and physically.
By grasping I mean understanding... I'm still hanging on to I. The idea of no me feels comforting now that I understand some of the concept.Alright.Thought is being experienced, and it is not the one who is experiencing.
In direct experience, thought, feelings, sensations are happening. There is no story.
I'm still not fully grasping it.. I don't know why I am still very much identified with thought but this is starting to become a little more clear to me.
All of that is there, is there also a self there having them? Is there an experiencer or just experience?
What do you mean by grasping it? You only need to see if there is a self to grasp in the first place, by looking in everyday life, check for example in the morning routine: conciousness comes, thought of what time and day it is. washing, clothes to wear, brushing teeth, eating breakfast, look, are you consciously doing all of this?
Look can you stop thought in the middle as it happens? Can you not think of a purple cow right now?I don't know if I control thought.
Like your commitment, keep going, keep looking/investigating in life, is it true there is no you? What comes up when considering this?
Yes, I think I will love everything and everyone unconditionally.Excellent example. Well this is how it will be for you. You will discover the perfection of the whole world including yourself. (not an actual self - just language)I find someone to be imperfect, and then I see them as perfect although they retain the same qualities.
Can you imagine the change in feelings/emotions/attitude when this occurs ?
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