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  1. Don't know about that. This is the main teacher of my lineage. As Daoist as they get Maybe the general understanding of how a Daoist should look at DDJ is incorrect?
  2. Wake up and do some meditation - abiding in the Self. It is a good idea to do this before the world creeps into one's awareness. Some extra warm-up before regular workouts for me. Jibengong Standing Single-form (Dan Tsou) Moving (maybe grasp sparrow's tail in four directions Abiding in the Self
  3. It depends on how much awareness one retains in the dream state (not just dream awareness, but awareness of the fact that it is a dream). The entire realm of astral travel uses this primarily.
  4. It seems though that the dream state can put us in touch with other beings (like meeting divine beings, sages, etc). For eg: my master often visited me in my dreams. It is not specifically "unreal" in that sense. There is still transactional reality to the dream world. It is not *just* a projection of the local mind it seems
  6. https://www.medhajournal.com/freedom-is-in-letting-go/

  7. Freedom is in letting go

    dwai replied to dwai's topic in General Discussion

    Maybe that's how it works. Once you let go, there's nothing left to cling to?

  8. Freedom is in letting go

    dwai replied to dwai's topic in General Discussion

    And did you have to worry about it shattering ever since?

  9. Who really was first?

    dwai replied to moment's topic in General Discussion

    The problem with the OP’s questions is you are positioning historical narratives against the established status quo. The western narrative is considered historic fact today. So to raise these questions can be perceived as a threat by those who are deeply identified with the western narrative. It really is as much about identity politics as it is about factuality.

  10. Yoga Vasishta

    dwai replied to Bodhicitta's topic in Hindu Discussion

    Beautiful! How far do you have to travel to find your Self? When will you find your Self? Neither time nor distance is needed. Your Self is ever present.
  11. http://www.shiningworld.com/site/files/pdfs/publications/transcriptions/Mandukya_Upanishad_and_Karika.pdf some technical details -- Visva - Waker in the waking state Taijasa - Dreamer in the dream state Prājña - Deep sleeper in deep sleep state Turiyam - That which underlies the three states of waking, dreaming and deep sleep.
  12. Yes some are born with no veiling or if at all, with a very flimsy veil, such that a single listening of jnana is sufficient (or a look from another jnani).
  13. And you are not Shiva, but a jiva who is separate from him? Before you go, do read the story I posted
  14. Yes. And where is this divinity? In outer space? In the sky somewhere? Until there is no need anymore.
  15. One sets the stage for the other. The problem with some folks seems to be the mixing of the three upāyas. What is valid for someone who's ready for Sambhavopaya is not for someone ready for shaktopaya and definitely not for someone who is ready of anvopaya.
  16. But even the teachings and discussions happen as a course of happening. Do you think you have any control over what happens? Or how your life turns out? Yes. One should seek when it is time to seek. Different instructions apply at different levels. There was once a great sage who took on a dedicated and serious student. The student went to live in the sage's hermitage. The student had heard that the sage was a jivanamukta and would surely lead the student to moksha. So, he dutifully served the sage and tended to all the business of the ashram. After a few years, the student, taking stock of his condition mentally rued "My master has not shown me the way to liberation yet! And it has been so many years already! I ask him every day for the secret but he doesn't share it. What more do I need to do in order to earn this greatest of great secrets?!?" So finally, in a fit of anger, he confronts his master and tells him "i've been coming to you for so many years...why haven't you shown me the secret to liberation? I meditate every day, I pray every day, I serve you every day. When will you show me this secret?!? WHEN!??!!" The sage paused a moment and then told him -- "Come tomorrow morning at the crack of dawn to the banyan tree where I meditate and I'll tell you the secret!" The student was so excited, that he couldn't sleep all night. He quickly ran to the banyan tree at the break of dawn, and saw his master holding on to the banyan tree and screaming..."Let me go...set me free!!!!". Really concerned, the student ran closer and asked the master, "What happened?!? Did some evil being take hold of you? Dear Master, tell me what I can do?" The Master kept screaming "let me go...set me free..." Eventually the student said "there's nothing that seems to be binding you the tree...why aren't you just letting go of the tree?" The sage immediately let go and turned and told the student "Exactly...why aren't you?" The student realized in a flash, what was being said and was immediately free from the bondages of samsara.
  17. Each Yoga is great in its own way and useful for people of different natures (some need one, others some combination of the four, while some don't need any).
  18. That's the first step - intellectually knowing that you are already there. Then you have to grasp it in a flash (pratyabhijñā). When effort is needed, it will happen. When effort is not required, it will fall away. Remember that all efforts are only to reveal that which is always there.
  19. Yes...that is very profound. Bhakti is a great path. Different yogas exist because of different predilections of individuals (apparently).
  20. There IS no Arriving....you are already there!
  21. there's always that "but" that gets in the way. The realization is as simple as identifying who you are in a fraction of a second, without thinking We tend to complicate it because we're used to doing this and that. If you have the time, please do read the OP. It has everything you need for realization.
  22. That too is an illusion
  23. And you too It isn't understood, until it is...
  24. pratyabhijña is also talked about in great detail in Mandukya Karikas and associated commentary. Read my post on ekātmapratyayasāram.
  25. Says the one who has woken up to this reality