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  1. Before enlightenment chop wood, carry water After enlightenment chop wood, carry water After enlightenment there is no 'practice', there is only being. It's true that activities still occur but this is incidental to being enlightened.
  2. First of all, cheat codes are not going to help, to achieve any sort of self awareness requires one to be aware. Others can provide helpful experiences or guidance to make that process a bit easier. Help from other realms is not much different than help from this realm. As to the need for transmission, this is obviously not required. The first 'master' had to become enlightened somehow. Having done something like transmission (inducing inner silence), my experience is that it was not all that helpful to those trying to learn. Having experiences does not teach how to get there on your own. It can serve as a marker of when you do get there on your own. I make no claims of whatever you think enlightenment is. However, I discovered most of the spiritual 'truths' found in books and some not in books, without any assistance that I know of. Oh, I so wanted help with that process, but alas.
  3. Let's Talk About Enlightenment(s)

    Just because you are "endless, eternal, infinite" does not mean you can't be uncreated. Our minds have limits, most notably restricted to things that can be known.
  4. Let's Talk About Enlightenment(s)

    In my view 'awakening' simply means one becomes aware that there is a 'spiritual' realm (something transcendent to the physical). It often implies a bit of acceptance of this fact even if begrudgingly or in the face of complete ignorance of the meaning and implication of such. There can be many further awakenings as understanding/awareness deepen. The formal definition of 'enlightenment' varies according to spiritual/religious tradition. Some traditions have a series of expanding enlightenments, some only one. In my experience the profoundness of being enlightened in each tradition varies greatly. The minimal end of the spectrum it is merely recognizing and accepting that you are a spiritual being/part of the One spiritual being. At the other end of the spectrum in omnipotence and omniscience.
  5. when should long time

    It's not my job, I am under no obligation to guide others. Being "really accomplished" does not change that. I know many teachers get caught up in endlessly guiding others. It's something few get past. I post when I am called to do so, because I want to.
  6. when should long time

    Other than supporting a slightly higher amount of internet traffic (which can not cost much), what harm do 'lurkers' cause that one might want to eject them? Having been here a long time, despite reading every day, I seldom post any more. The main reason is that most of the topics don't interest me. A minor issue it that there is a hostile minority that makes it impossible to discuss certain topics, example: enlightenment.
  7. Life is Chaos until you find Order.

    Life has its own chaos/order balance. Your contribution to that is minimal. What changes as one 'grows' is to recognize/distinguish chaos and order. -------------------------------------------- Synchronicity seems to happen mostly in threes for two reasons: 1. It requires at least 2 instances for them to be coincident. 2. It is often uncertain if two instances are coincident (related) or not, three reduces doubt greatly. In my life coincidences often occur in groups of 2, 3, 4, and 5. Keep an eye out for them (don't stop looking when you find 3).
  8. Creating a World from Scratch

    First: is this a world model (3D) or images of a world? A world needs some basic parameters/attributes/concepts (physics,geography,biology,source of energy,etc). How do you plan to put this basic knowledge into the generator. Your example is "let there be light" but what is light? Where does it come from (note that worlds don't generate their own light, that usually comes from a star. Perhaps this is a stable diffusion image generation project where the above work is already done?? If you look through the exo planet database of real planets, very few are interesting other than to scientists. So, it seem like its going to take a lot of guidance to make something of interest. You might want to look into algorithmic world generation used in video games. Keep in mind that even a small world will take a lot of computer storage.
  9. I want to become powerful

    Why should the powerful share that power with you? You haven't shown any worthy use of power that one should trust you with it.
  10. This is why Love is the Law.

    Sounds like love as described above is more of a 'need' than a 'law'.
  11. I don't believe in Buddha

    And yet you beleive in John Lennon
  12. The internet (as was the phone network, now the same thing) transfers stuff via electricity and light both of which are energy. Much of magick is energy based. As such the internet serves well as a conduit for magick. Although it is very good at connecting to the intended recipient of your spells, in general it is limited in how much 'power' can be sent through it. If you want to do more serious magick remotely, use the internet a a locator and send the main spell another way. I have encountered all sorts (dark, light, other) doing magick and energy things over the internet. Note that forums are an very common focus and vector for such activities. If you are serious about learning magick, master local stuff before worrying about remote applications.
  13. If its a good teacher, there is no such thing as 'too advanced' for you. If its a bad teacher, its always a waste of time and possibly damaging. Seems more likely what you are expressing is that you don't feel like your teacher is benefiting you. This might be true or it might be you just can't see the progress. It can be hard to tell in these situations which it is. My suggestions: -talk to other students to see if they had this problem at first and how did they over come it. -switch/add another teacher that you feel more comfortable with. In time it should become clear if you want to go back to the first teacher.
  14. Perhaps what was written is correct WITHIN the 'Hindu' tradition (which clearly is limited in scope). In a more general sense, one can go beyond consciousness/awareness though of course without any 'experience' of it. 'Too far' beyond that one simply ceases to exist or be (and cannot return to consciousness or awareness). [very advanced] through OBE techniques, one can travel to regions of reality that lack support for awareness and consciousness. When doing so there is of course a risk of ceasing and not returning. As suggested, without consciousness or awareness, there is no experience and no memory of the journey. However, one can be altered by (changed) the excursion. One way to cheat a bit is to send sensory awareness 'ahead' separate from consciousness. This allows exploration of some regions where consciousness is not supported.
  15. "You can't polish a turd"

    To be sure a certain percentage (majority?) of those that try to 'polish' others come from a perspective of presuming they know better (inflated ego). One possible viable motivation to educating others is that they will start acting a a way you find more favorable. Example: pull the door all the way closed until it latches so the dog doesn't get out so much. [advanced] It is entirely possible to be instrumental in others learning something you don't know better, can't do, or sometimes even know what they need to 'learn'. The distinction is that you are not trying to 'teach' them anything. One approach is to provide lessons such that they can educate themselves. Another approach is to symbolically see where they are and where they need to be and then nudge them in various ways until they move closer to where they need to be.