Simple_Jack

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In his case, it did help him to experience the luminosity of awareness. Meditation in general is needed for most people, in order to develop samatha and thereby calm the flow of discriminating thoughts (6th consciousness) so that there is more of a chance of recognition of the luminosity of awareness.

Lol, that's true. Though I personally would've recommended Sri Ramana Maharshi's stuff as a possibly faster route to recognizing this.

Congratulations! You had a "self-realization" of the luminosity of awareness! Though there are definitely "deepening levels" to the experience of this. Though first: Become more familiarized with this experience in your day-to-day routine; make the experience of this more recognizable... Sometime after you've done that....Consider looking into Advaita Vedanta. EDIT: Fuck the blog, here's a link you should start out with instead: http://www.sankaracharya.org/ - I recommend I Am That by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj being one of the first things you look into first.

Is Freethought Buddhism an equivalent to B&B (Bullshit Buddhism?)

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Congratulations, bro!!!! Now just keep going further....Keep refining, refining and refining the experience, keep going deeper.

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Ahh, see you're inadvertently subsuming "dharmakaya" as a ground of being once again. The way you're positing it is similar to "Brahman" of Advaita Vedanta. Dharmakaya is not a ground of being where things manifest from; it is talking about emptiness/D.O. Refer back to my previous posts in this thread. Actually, these would be the Nirmanakaya aspect, based off of those individual mind-streams karma. For example: What we know as "Shakyamuni Buddha" was a nirmanakaya or transformation body. It's probably best you don't get too hung up on what this all exactly means right now, though I'm just saying...The way you're positing "dharmakaya," is very similar to how "Brahman" is described in Advaita Vedanta. That is not how "dharmakaya" should be understood in Buddhism.

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