Yes it is. It can also feel like a thrill once you get a little taste of it. Funny how we can have these roller coasters in our minds standing perfectly still.
A very strong attachment indeed. Like we could ever own anybody, or keep them at our side. I’m wrestling with this right now, over a guy who ended up choosing someone else over me. I can’t let go of the thought, “YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WITH ME! WHAT ABOUT ME?!?! HOW COULD YOU LEAVE ME?! I AM LOST WITHOUT YOU....I will die.” And there’s a part of me that really, really believes that last one, because I just can’t seem to let go. Or my mind can’t. Am I my mind?...d
Aves Raggiana the thing is, you can't know yourself as something, because that would suggest that there is you and something else which is supposed to be you :) If you are your mind, who is the one that sees you as your mind ? ;)
It is only difficult, if you try to understand "it". If you try to understand "it" then you try to make a "something" out of it, and this is just impossible, because "it" is not a "something" In other words. Ego, mind or I or whatever you want to call yourself, can only comprehend things as "things" that is they need to have some kind of form which can be understood, they need to have some kind of limits so you know what it is and what it is not. By "it" I mean the revelation, the thing you see when you are enlightened. Of course this is only some concepts, so you know what I am talking about. "It" is not a thing, If it would be a thing then it would mean that there is "it" and the one who sees "it". Two things not one. I cant describe you in any way how to see "it", this is just impossible. You can see "it" for yourself ;) If you are intrested in this kind of topic, Allan Watts has very good lectures on youtube on this topic. You can see it by calming your mind, and see what happens when the mind does not get all your attention. Meditation. :) I can tell you that at the end of the road, you will see is that what you were searching for was alredy all the time with you, but you just haven't noticed it. Because of it, just as I wrote in the beginning. It is only difficult if you try to find it ;) For the mind it is just too obvious to be true :)
vdantey sparda Thank you for your comment, Vdantey. I feel I've been going back and forth between the "everything and nothing" and the "illusion of this world." So depending which state I'm in, I feel very differently. When I'm in the "everything and nothing" it's difficult to recall the past, but when I'm out of it, like I am right now as I write this, I fully remember the pain of my divorce one year ago, and have trouble letting go...even though I realize it wasn't a healthy relationship. I'll look up Allan Watts. Thanks again.
Lori Ann MillerI'm glad I could help :) With letting go it's a funny thing. One can not let go by doing an activity, like using will power to let go, because leting go means you do not even think about it, it does not bother you anymore. So if you try to let go, you think about the thing which you want to let go, and because of that, you do exactly the opposite of letting go. What you can do is to accept the "now" as it is. It all comes down to just that. People are unhappy because they feel that something needs to change in order for me to be happy. happiness is nothing more that the lack of search for happiness. Also a lot of people tend to "run" towards pleasant feelings like joy, and run away from unpleasant feeling like pain. This kind of thinking leads to endless race which is really tiring, and usually thinking that a lot of pleasant experiences is happiness. Now if you will just stop running from one towards another, that is allowing everyting to be as it is, the race will stop, and you will see things as they are. Also the state of "everything and nothing" is not a state different in any way from the one you are in right now. It just can not be understood. It is just life happening. That's it. Things happen, and you can do with them what you want. A lot of people try to change them because they think that life will get better if they do. What I learned is an awesome thing to do is just to chill and observe and enjoy things which are happening. It happns, I can't do anything about the fact that it is happening right now, so why should I feel unhappy about it ? If I would fight it, then this would be the source of unhappiness. I can feel sad, in pain, or just like shit for some reason, but this does not mean that I am unhappy. There would be no pleasant feeling without the unpleasant ones, so I just enjoy the fact that things are happening and I have the opportunity to experience them :) I see you are intrested in this kind of knowledge, so I must recommend the book "the power of now" by Eckhard Tolle, it can be found online in PDF. You can also watch his lectures on youtube. He or Asyashanti, explains very well what meditation is and why it is not an activity :)
The most dangerous things 4:51 are words closest to being true- Wow. I ate some mushrooms about an hour ago and then this video. Im hanging on the cliff of alone, all alone, all one. It’s utterly terrifying, I cannot let go but I cannot hold on
@@brianschultz7320 it…..was….fabulous. Deep dive meditation (3hour sit) Fricking phenomenal. Saw some beautiful sites also some some ugly behavior patterns which now that they’ve been uncovered and discovered can be discarded. All is well. 🙂
@@Itwasrealbutnotfun Great! That sounds like a very worthwhile experience. Adya is the man. Love how normal he is. Him Eshwar, Simply Always Awake, and the awakening to reality blog are my go to’s (if you are into awakening/no-self). If not, that’s great too. Hope you are enjoying yourself and I hope you find lasting peace. Take care
@@brianschultz7320 Thank you Brian. Yes, it was fabulous and Adya is the man. I do weekend retreat with him and Mutki twice a month. Psychedelics actually saved my mind. Occasional therapy with them continues to do so too. Give me a link for your blog Blessings
Not leaning into anything to fill that aloneness . it just feels like I'm gonna stay stuck there and sometimes I do ; time passes and so i feel I'm procrastinating on other duties and interests ... and I try to say dam I gotta hurry up and get to that aloness so that I can act from it and I won't waste time just sitting here . but then I don't want to act out of thought telling me I should do this or that
"I don't want to act out of thought telling me I should do this or that" - Seeing thru this is a huge step, this means you already are aware that you are not your ego. You can move thru the world using your ego as a tool (not taking ego as identity), being totally aware of what is, while doing the daily (seemingly mediocre) things. This is just as powerful as sitting in silence. Your comment is 1 year ago, so my reply is most likely unnecessary haha.
I used to have this cd in 2000's long before TH-cam. Listened to it dozens of times.
Just wondering...things have improved since then?
Peter T whoever you are, thank you for putting the teachings here
Thanks! Glad to hear 😊🙏🏼
Jeez. It all makes sense years and years and years later. Aloneness is definitely terrifying.
Yes it is. It can also feel like a thrill once you get a little taste of it. Funny how we can have these roller coasters in our minds standing perfectly still.
So beautiful ! Thank u so much...alone...no mind...peace and love only... free...thank u 1000 times really
good things to contemplate; this is a strong attachment for humans; another creature/lover will help me feel loved and affirmed...but .....
I like your down to earth approach. Authentic.
A very strong attachment indeed. Like we could ever own anybody, or keep them at our side. I’m wrestling with this right now, over a guy who ended up choosing someone else over me. I can’t let go of the thought, “YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WITH ME! WHAT ABOUT ME?!?! HOW COULD YOU LEAVE ME?! I AM LOST WITHOUT YOU....I will die.” And there’s a part of me that really, really believes that last one, because I just can’t seem to let go. Or my mind can’t. Am I my mind?...d
Aves Raggiana the thing is, you can't know yourself as something, because that would suggest that there is you and something else which is supposed to be you :) If you are your mind, who is the one that sees you as your mind ? ;)
Aves Raggiana I KNOW!!! It's so difficult.
It is only difficult, if you try to understand "it". If you try to understand "it" then you try to make a "something" out of it, and this is just impossible, because "it" is not a "something" In other words. Ego, mind or I or whatever you want to call yourself, can only comprehend things as "things" that is they need to have some kind of form which can be understood, they need to have some kind of limits so you know what it is and what it is not. By "it" I mean the revelation, the thing you see when you are enlightened. Of course this is only some concepts, so you know what I am talking about. "It" is not a thing, If it would be a thing then it would mean that there is "it" and the one who sees "it". Two things not one.
I cant describe you in any way how to see "it", this is just impossible. You can see "it" for yourself ;) If you are intrested in this kind of topic, Allan Watts has very good lectures on youtube on this topic. You can see it by calming your mind, and see what happens when the mind does not get all your attention. Meditation. :) I can tell you that at the end of the road, you will see is that what you were searching for was alredy all the time with you, but you just haven't noticed it. Because of it, just as I wrote in the beginning. It is only difficult if you try to find it ;) For the mind it is just too obvious to be true :)
vdantey sparda Thank you for your comment, Vdantey. I feel I've been going back and forth between the "everything and nothing" and the "illusion of this world." So depending which state I'm in, I feel very differently. When I'm in the "everything and nothing" it's difficult to recall the past, but when I'm out of it, like I am right now as I write this, I fully remember the pain of my divorce one year ago, and have trouble letting go...even though I realize it wasn't a healthy relationship. I'll look up Allan Watts. Thanks again.
Lori Ann MillerI'm glad I could help :) With letting go it's a funny thing. One can not let go by doing an activity, like using will power to let go, because leting go means you do not even think about it, it does not bother you anymore. So if you try to let go, you think about the thing which you want to let go, and because of that, you do exactly the opposite of letting go. What you can do is to accept the "now" as it is. It all comes down to just that. People are unhappy because they feel that something needs to change in order for me to be happy. happiness is nothing more that the lack of search for happiness. Also a lot of people tend to "run" towards pleasant feelings like joy, and run away from unpleasant feeling like pain. This kind of thinking leads to endless race which is really tiring, and usually thinking that a lot of pleasant experiences is happiness. Now if you will just stop running from one towards another, that is allowing everyting to be as it is, the race will stop, and you will see things as they are. Also the state of "everything and nothing" is not a state different in any way from the one you are in right now. It just can not be understood. It is just life happening. That's it. Things happen, and you can do with them what you want. A lot of people try to change them because they think that life will get better if they do. What I learned is an awesome thing to do is just to chill and observe and enjoy things which are happening. It happns, I can't do anything about the fact that it is happening right now, so why should I feel unhappy about it ? If I would fight it, then this would be the source of unhappiness. I can feel sad, in pain, or just like shit for some reason, but this does not mean that I am unhappy. There would be no pleasant feeling without the unpleasant ones, so I just enjoy the fact that things are happening and I have the opportunity to experience them :)
I see you are intrested in this kind of knowledge, so I must recommend the book "the power of now" by Eckhard Tolle, it can be found online in PDF. You can also watch his lectures on youtube. He or Asyashanti, explains very well what meditation is and why it is not an activity :)
7:20 Attachment is running away from aloneness and standing on my own 2 feet.
The most dangerous things 4:51 are words closest to being true-
Wow.
I ate some mushrooms about an hour ago and then this video.
Im hanging on the cliff of alone, all alone, all one.
It’s utterly terrifying, I cannot let go but I cannot hold on
How was your experience? Shrooms and Adyashanti sounds like a wonderful combo
@@brianschultz7320 it…..was….fabulous.
Deep dive meditation (3hour sit)
Fricking phenomenal.
Saw some beautiful sites also some some ugly behavior patterns which now that they’ve been uncovered and discovered can be discarded.
All is well. 🙂
@@Itwasrealbutnotfun Great! That sounds like a very worthwhile experience. Adya is the man. Love how normal he is. Him Eshwar, Simply Always Awake, and the awakening to reality blog are my go to’s (if you are into awakening/no-self). If not, that’s great too. Hope you are enjoying yourself and I hope you find lasting peace. Take care
@@brianschultz7320 Thank you Brian.
Yes, it was fabulous and Adya is the man.
I do weekend retreat with him and Mutki twice a month.
Psychedelics actually saved my mind. Occasional therapy with them continues to do so too.
Give me a link for your blog
Blessings
just a thought...
The spirit of aloneness directs our steps to the lonely.
Thank you thank you thank you 🙂🙏♥️
Not leaning into anything to fill that aloneness . it just feels like I'm gonna stay stuck there and sometimes I do ; time passes and so i feel I'm procrastinating on other duties and interests ... and I try to say dam I gotta hurry up and get to that aloness so that I can act from it and I won't waste time just sitting here . but then I don't want to act out of thought telling me I should do this or that
"I don't want to act out of thought telling me I should do this or that" - Seeing thru this is a huge step, this means you already are aware that you are not your ego. You can move thru the world using your ego as a tool (not taking ego as identity), being totally aware of what is, while doing the daily (seemingly mediocre) things. This is just as powerful as sitting in silence. Your comment is 1 year ago, so my reply is most likely unnecessary haha.
🛑running….be still❣️
😎
I don’t want to be alone. Even you have a wife!
He means alone in yourself not without people
it will not