Eviander

Hmm....... .... umm?? does anything even need an explanation...

How do you explain what is supposed to be the unexplainable?

Kind of a good thread imo. If you don't get the point then the irony lies on you..

Haha..where so free that we are almost forced to depend on the state for everything...even freedom itself!

I have not done enough research..but I have seen pictures and videos regarding such..and would not be surprised if they where real. Governments will go to great extents to maintain domination...

Maybe you should try putting time into practicing lucid dreaming instead of examining your dreams... Then you can examine your subconscious mind directly.

Great passage. But to the OP you can easily find books about this subject by people much more liable to answer to the question than I am..but to sum it up in a few words it seems to be that you are consciousness..that has no time or limitations. I do seem to find advaita vedanta really nails this point better than any other philosophy..

IMO the whole enlightenment industry is a marketing hoax. Sure...the east has a lot of special disciplines hidden from the western world..including these Taoists who can light a paper on fire with their chi (John Chang, for instance) but this has nothing to do with enlightenment..it simply has to do with practicing secret methods in a very subversive and suppressed world.

Yes I am aware of this. I'm using them as a stepping stone though.. I believe this will increase my concentration for naked meditations.

Has the OP ever tried meditation or anything he is criticizing before? J/W..because if your going to approach something scientifically you should obviously know you need to test your hypothesis before you make a conclusion

That's it.

Well..at one point individuality must be realized. For instance the fact that we are experiencing the vibrations of reality from separate minds or filters is an expression of the fact that a kind of unified separation exists.

Well said. But how could an individual essence be experienced as a universal?

By your standards then..happiness must also be an illusion. Since happiness is the cessation of an illusory condition called suffering. But yes I agree on one thing..suffering is individual. That must also mean happiness to is individual..which puts us back at point 1. But death is only in form..this I am sure you also agree with..for consciousness as we all should know..is timeless.

So death is happiness? That definition has to be extended before it can be fulfilled. What is suffering?

Indeed it is. Again..words fail ontology..wisdom is not knowledge. edit- I would like to suggest that "real happiness" is a subjective attribute..since everyone has different value judgments and standards for what they consider happiness to be. So what is real happiness then?

Well said. In this light I do believe meditation is a good way to quite the mind. I actually downloaded some binaural tracks to aid me in such, which helps the brain access gamma states of consciousness quicker.

Lucid dreaming and Astral projection do seem to be the best ways for discovering your reality. I actually just started seriously recording my dreams every night after I was doing it and stopped for awhile..which is why I haven't became lucid yet. As for astral projection..well..I still have much work to do..

A better question: Is there anything to even realize except for the problems you create while trying to find realization?

I think it is one of the only religions or schools of thought that claims to be in existence in multiple "world systems" or galaxies and solar systems. At least in my knowledge that is.

Of course I was talking about Hinduism (sorry I was confused, I thought we were talking about other religions, not just different sects of Buddhism). Yea I've figured the same thing about Jesus (that he was a trained monk) I saw that somewhere but forgot. Anyways different subject of course. I know Buddhism is a lot fluffier than most religions..but really...I am not dissing the Buddha..only the religion that followed the teacher. I did see zeitgeist though..I don't remember much about it or Buddhism being connected to it. So your offering me a crutch for this broken leg..when really..I wake up to realize I only broke it in a dream? I don't wish to create suffering from a logical (or maybe illogical?) paradigm. Of course..meditation on the dharma..I know..it is indeed a meditative religion..one in which you literally self hypnotize yourself when your more auto-suggestible in trance or meditation.

It seems that your problem might be connected with your christian family..and associating your parents with Christianity. This might be a problem with anyone looking to break away from their family dogma..but..it looks like you believe pretty much in the eastern definition of god...though it might be better to label what your talking about (which is simply consciousness or 'the Tao' to be relevant to this forum) as something else other than god..which in my opinion has many negative connotations in the English speaking world.

So enlightenment is really only the disintegration of the ego which was created through socialization. For it is only your ego that causes you suffering..it created the concept in the first place. As for unconscious rebirth...that varies in various traditions..for example in hermeticism I don't get reincarnated as a fish or another human..I pass onto the astral plane..in other religions...well..the fear to believe is much worse of course. I know India had monarchies though..it's religion was created to justify their existence. It has nothing to do with past experiences..I have only had/still have bad experiences with Christianity..which does not mean I'm going to go jump into the boat of another religion just because it came from the east. I follow the path of silence..which is un-deluded by any minds. Actually it depends on the school of Buddhism...but anyways talking to a llama would be better for those interested of course. Here in the west I would assume Buddhism is dampened so the ex-christian masses can more easily accept it.

Communism has never been instituted properly so it's hard to make that analysis. So that does not invalidate the argument that religion is a opiate for the masses...especially with the influx of modern psychological studies and science. But this political discussion is really off topic..I don't know if it should be brought into this thread. And yes I agree...governments use different tactics as time and understanding develop.

How many Buddhist texts have you read? because honestly..I was interested in Buddhism till I bought the texts and read them. I'm not sure what enlightenment your talking about either..because there are various definitions of enlightenment coming from different traditions. But yes..it is indeed my opinion. From my viewpoint governments always carry bad things with them. Monarchy being one of it's worst manifestations (king/queen represented as god and goddess figures..their human where human..its hogwash..ect.)