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Dreambliss we are trying to help you

The popping is a good sign.

Maybe the best thing to do when someone asks you what religion you're is to just remain silent.

I would trust it after you have measured it with logic and reason.

You can still act without desire. When you act in this manner you are perfectly balanced, wu wei.

. What I wrote got messed up and deleted in my editing. Maybe nobody was meant to see it so I won't retype it.

The problem is, how do you know what you wish for is going to make your life better. Whats the point of finding a girlfriend if it causes you more suffering. From my experience, not wanting anything and being completely happy with what you have seems to be the path of least resistance.

I say give it up. Give up the need or desire to find someone. I have come to accept the fact that I may be single forever. I am ok with this now, and if life gives me the opportunity to find someone later then so be it. But I'm not going to spend time worrying about something when its precluding me from being happy. Sometimes I have found, what we wish for is not actually what is good for us. A simple wish sent out and then forgotten can do wonders though.

Completely hear you rara, going through something similar at the moment.

When I saw this thread, immediately it came to mind that there is great healing in fasting.

Yes I have experienced this coldness. Does it accompany the left and right nostrils and passageways feeling very clear and unobstructed?

I think desire is not bad but equally it is not good, it just has its purpose. Also there is no shame in losing. I think its our conditioning that tells us we have to win and cannot lose. If we give up, we lose, and if we lose it is bad. I think its important to see this conditioning for what it is, and then the choice is yours to believe in it or disregard it.

There is a lot of freedom in surrender. Trying stems from a desire to change something that isn't with you right now.

What happens if I am not conscious of my own mindset or beliefs? They are unconscious and dictate my actions...

LOL good one steve. If I truly had free will I wouldn't be constrained to this body.

Violence follows sex, and sex follows violence.

The thing is, I am disgusted with it but equally amazed by it. How silly and brilliant is that. Everything seems dependent on the sun. If the sun goes out not much will survive.

The way we are parasitic and must live off other forms of life disgusts me.

I think this also keys into the idea of gaining control of the four elements. Instead of being controlled by your desires, your thoughts, your emotions and actions, they become your servants as you suggest.

What amazes me is that some questions don't seem to have any answers. Including why nature can be so cruel sometimes.

Well if you don't suffer mentally, you're doing better than most.

Hi Rails, I'm not advocating anything you wouldn't want to do. I hope you don't get the idea that I think its ok to drink raw sewage. What I am talking about is the mechanics of the mind and how it processes and identifies 'things'. This relates to the mind creating a duality between 'things'. The reason why it could be beneficial for some to see from the non-dual state is it gives great freedom. The point is, there can be seeing from the non-dual state without having to divorce yourself from thoughts in relation to 4bsolute's original post. When there is no distinction made between the thoughts and awareness then no duality can exist between them on that level of mind.

Only if the mind perceives that there is a difference. Difference is based on perception.

But water is water, even though it may be labelled as 10,000 different things.