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Re: Vippassana
DIR By: Jed McKenna
Date: November 5, 2016, 10:20 pm
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Few and far between... hm.... ::) ::) ::)
Love ya, Jed.
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Re: Vippassana
DIR By: alighazi
Date: November 6, 2016, 11:51 am
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I cheated I think Jed, just did the shrooms, I think its was the
universe wanting me to do it so I did it.
I experienced a lot of things, including how everything has lead
to where I'm here now. and I think universe wants me to wake up,
and is giving me a chance at it.
we are manifesting things in life all the time, even if we are
unaware it.
We keep thinking because we deeply think that we are living in a
world that is real, but only the thinker is real.
Ego keeps living as long as we have this false knowledge that
the world is real.
If we go deep and remove all the objectives that ego might come
up with for why this world is real, and convince it from all the
directions, that its just a dream, then the ego will relax and
let go of the control. then it knows that it has no power and no
will in this dream world and will let the universe take care of
everything, because that is what's happening anyway. and then
the compulsive thinking will stop. no need to constantly
practice mindfulness anymore. and the life starts from here.
it is possible to think your self out of this world, because the
world itself is held upright by the power of thoughts and
beliefs.
The ego dies when this world is destroyed.
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Re: Vippassana
DIR By: Jed McKenna
Date: November 7, 2016, 6:03 am
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Perhaps it's the other way round... ::) ::) ::) :P :P :P ;)
Love ya, Jed.
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Re: Vippassana
DIR By: alighazi
Date: November 7, 2016, 4:00 pm
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it goes both-ways, get rid of one and the other dies too. or
maybe its just me who feels like ego death = universe death. :-\
The toughest part of defeating the ego is just defeating the
intellect, nuking the reasoning and logical part of being out of
orbit. but first we must make that part as Sharp as possible
through SA.
I'm gonna do one hour of SA every morning before starting my day
from tomorrow, you said it sharpens the mind on its own so I'm
gonna skip my morning meditation routine and just do SA, giving
it a fair trial for a month before deciding if its for me or
not. hopefully dying and fading into black gradually day by day
a sad tune plays here ;)
BTW I've a question, if truth is infinite and exists all the
time and "I am" is the truth, then where does the truth go when
"I AM" in deep sleep or under anesthesia?
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Re: Vippassana
DIR By: Jed McKenna
Date: November 8, 2016, 12:09 am
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The 'I am' is a doorway, you created this universe by using the
'I am' and, as Ramana said, go back the way you came.
Contemplate your sense of 'I am', not your thoughts about it.
This is also what Nis did per his guru's directive.
Love ya, Jed
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Re: Vippassana
DIR By: alighazi
Date: November 8, 2016, 2:09 pm
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yeah I contemplate this sense all the times recently (I'm more
absent minded these days at work than ever). Though sometimes
for example when I'm at work and its very busy around me its
very hard to look at this "I AM" objectively and see it, but
other times like when I'm home alone I can sense the emptiness
of this little man clear as day, who have to go (and will go), I
don't feel depressed about it at all, Just a blend of joy, pity
and that I will miss him, kinda like the closest friend.
sentimental BS haha. The sense that I'm dreaming and this is
just a dream (lucid dreaming) is very hard for me to conjure
though, happened only a few times overall, long way to go still
for sure.
so today I began my first serious SA session, my goal was to
come up with questions rather than answers, here is a sample of
it:
what do I know?
I know that I'm talking to myself.
What am I saying?
To whom am I talking to?
Who does the talking?
what is speech?
what is language?
what is a symbol?
what is its purpose?
...
does it lead to anywhere like this?
#Post#: 25227--------------------------------------------------
Re: Vippassana
DIR By: Jed McKenna
Date: November 9, 2016, 6:23 am
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STOP at your second sentence.
It's full of unkownables, concepts, ideas, thoughts and
assumptions. You could inquire into your first sentence for
weeks or months without going any further, no more than that is
required.
Now, you tell me what I am talking about.
Love ya, and waiting... Jed.
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Re: Vippassana
DIR By: alighazi
Date: November 16, 2016, 3:05 am
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I don't know what contemplation/inquiry exactly is, and/or what
you mean by it.
I tried to contemplate on the second sentence many times as you
said without writing anything more only trying to prove how the
sentence "I know that I am talking to myself" can be false. on
one level it seems very obviously correct and requires no
explanation but on the other level If I want to prove it by
dissecting it into its pieces and prove them then I'm
introducing a lot more concepts which in turn need dissection
and proof as well and this way I don't think I can get anywhere
soon. also I tried to only concentrate on it without branching
into other topics kinda like a mantra but then i know it would
become a meditation (self deception). of course I can always ask
myself the question "who is xxx?" which leads to awareness that
yeah it is the little me who is doing all this, which I want to
get rid of.
#Post#: 25430--------------------------------------------------
Re: Vippassana
DIR By: Jed McKenna
Date: November 16, 2016, 4:17 am
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Sounds like quite a dog's breakfast.
Love ya, Jed
#Post#: 25476--------------------------------------------------
Re: Vippassana
DIR By: alighazi
Date: November 18, 2016, 4:06 am
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I hate to bring my personal stuff up here but it's hindering my
progress badly and I think its 100% ego related so learning to
deal with it can be helpful at dealing with it in other places
as well.
I have this insomnia for the past year, could kinda control it
with meditation but since I've stopped meditation it's back. I
start to feel anxious when I want to go to bed because needing
to be in control (futile), needing to feel restful for the next
day, needing to have energy to stay on my schedule for the next
day etc, and when the body doesn't cooperate with ego's desire
it turns into anger and anxiety which further helps the
insomnia.
I know deeply that control/resistance is futile and what will
happen will happen anyway, I try to meditate on it in bed. but I
think the insomnia doesn't start in bed, it starts the moment
that I define a schedule and goals for myself? I know deeply
that there is no such a thing as a shitty day even if I'm
drained of energy like a zombie and I should not mind anything.
but still there is some ego because I'm trying to surrender in
order to have a good sleep ;D which in turn keeps the insomnia
in place stronger than ever ::) as in trying to kill your ego
to live with open eyes.
**** treating insomnia, because who is here to suffer from it
anyway? my question is if you had to choose between a slow and
painful death vs a quick and painless one which one would you
choose and why?
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