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    #25039436 - 03/04/18 10:54 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

if you are awakened to the third state of consciousness, i want to know if you get nightmares. seems like the nightmares cease when we "wake up".


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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: Deadfrancis]
    #25066453 - 03/15/18 06:11 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

I would not say it is a "third state".  As you become more conscious you realize you were always conscious, just that you were not conscious of your consciousness.

When you love yourself, what is a nightmare?


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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: IamAlot]
    #25066528 - 03/15/18 06:57 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

I'm at second level.. nightmares are rare currently..

I have very vivid dreams the first few hours of sleep..


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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: BrendanFlock]
    #25067808 - 03/16/18 03:12 AM (5 years, 10 months ago)

nightmares have gotten WAY WAY WAYYYY less intense than before (in fact, i can't remember having a nightmare to any real effect of scaring me since...maybe you're onto something OP)...so has alot of STRANGE dream states...but i dunno man. no answers for you here, just maybe a bit of a lead. i had massive fucked up nightmares a couple years ago, had posted about it here, and all...since then, i mean, it's gotten to the point where my world has opened up (inwardly) quite a bit, and i don't really have nightmares anymore, like you said...just...still, you know, "weird" but...ever since the time when i was basically dealing with what felt "demonic" (as one poster put it), and was having REAL trouble sleeping without night terrors, false awakenings inside of false awakenings (inside of false awakenings, ect ect, really scary not being able to wake from a dream, and when you think you do, you're really not, and still in a nightmare, but only made aware when you realize you're still dreaming....)-- since after that, a real turn has been made, alot of things have changed. some for better, some for...well, not worse...really, things, ultimately have gotten better....


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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: akira_akuma]
    #25069361 - 03/16/18 05:48 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

Hmm, I had a nightmare last night..


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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: BrendanFlock]
    #25069368 - 03/16/18 05:50 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

i had some really strange dreams, but couldn't call any of them a nightmare...but yeah, funny that, eh? you're talking about it, and poof....


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    #25069376 - 03/16/18 05:53 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

Hmmm, dreams are probably salient to the things going on in your life, et proper..

Including unconscious and sub concious affects, and desires.


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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: IamAlot]
    #25071886 - 03/17/18 08:20 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

im asking because one day when i went in for a psych exam thanks to my mom, i went off and said something about my mom being asleep, and then being asked if i still get nightmares, after pondering a minute i said yes, but because i had a dream that was creepy, not a nightmare but  still very dark so i considered it a nightmare at the time, and the lady said  " seems we are still asleep then" and walked away.

so now thinking about it, i have not had a nightmare since my spiritual awakening.

and yes it is called the third state of consciousness, there are four in total and they are all recorded and very definable, like the number 1.

there is dreamless sleep, where most are when they are depressed, then we awaken to sleep, with dreams, hopes and dreams and desires, and then we "wake up" to awakening, the third state, where we live in the moment, live for the day, dont make schedules dont live in fear or worry just ride the waves and yada yada.

then the fourth is christ consciousness.

since the third is the end of what is called, living in fear, it only makes sense that what that woman said is true, that if you are awakened you no longer receive nightmares. i will certainly update if anything  changes but it has been two years and no nightmares, not a single one since my spiritual awakening.


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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: Deadfrancis] * 2
    #25079203 - 03/21/18 02:17 AM (5 years, 10 months ago)

There is no "third stage of consciousness" nor is there a "fourth stage" that's completely meaningless make believe bullshit. Also the idea of enlightenment is a bunch of bullshit in general. No one is more "enlightened" than anyone else, the word doesn't even have any real meaning, except possibly as another word for "big ego."


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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: nooneman]
    #25079210 - 03/21/18 02:31 AM (5 years, 10 months ago)

ego is good. keeps things interesting for everyone who wants to AUM


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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: akira_akuma]
    #25079506 - 03/21/18 08:24 AM (5 years, 10 months ago)

Here's a nightmare:

We can't experience telepathy as an accepted utility without sacrificing children...because we have to filter out unwanted noise.

"Children should be seen and not heard" is a recognizable filter/sacrifice of children.

So in the interest of Matthew 5:29 "if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out" we have to forego the full utility of telepathy if the sacrifice of children offends us.


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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: nooneman]
    #25080376 - 03/21/18 04:05 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

so quantum physics is a bunch of bullshit too then isnt it?

its a form of measurement, of course it doesnt exist, neither does your name, or america, or time and space, or family, but we tie together what we need to in order to make sense of the world around us, and there are paradigm shifts for at least the third and fourth states of consciousness, and quantum scientist john hagelin agrees.

i say, agrees, because i came up with the same idea before i knew anything about this.

there is asleep, awake, then christ consciousness, then low and behold, this dude says the same thing,



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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: Deadfrancis]
    #25080397 - 03/21/18 04:16 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

boom, 5 minutes and 10 seconds.

you mean to tell me that this dude is full of shit?



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    #25080406 - 03/21/18 04:19 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

When you have twisted dreams, it means it's time to twist up a reefer.


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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: sunshine] * 1
    #25083167 - 03/22/18 06:11 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

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if you are awakened to the third state of consciousness, i want to know if you get nightmares. seems like the nightmares cease when we "wake up".




What?  I have “woken up”.  I dont ever have nightmares anymore.  Sometimes, I have dreams that are very, very strange because dreams function as the brain is unconscious; and that can result in the subconscious/unconscious thoughts being stitched together incorrectly.  The last time I had an actual “nightmare” was during opiate withdrawal; which I’ve noticed gives the most realistic fucked-up dreams of all.

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There is no "third stage of consciousness" nor is there a "fourth stage" that's completely meaningless make believe bullshit. Also the idea of enlightenment is a bunch of bullshit in general. No one is more "enlightened" than anyone else, the word doesn't even have any real meaning, except possibly as another word for "big ego."




Exactly.  Out of ~8 billion peoples lifetimes, a few will become enlightened.  Which is 1.25*e-10.  Which means that you are, gauranteed - not enlightened.

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Here's a nightmare:

We can't experience telepathy as an accepted utility without sacrificing children...because we have to filter out unwanted noise.

"Children should be seen and not heard" is a recognizable filter/sacrifice of children.

So in the interest of Matthew 5:29 "if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out" we have to forego the full utility of telepathy if the sacrifice of children offends us.




What the f#$# are you talking about buster brown?  That quote is clearly to say that childrens immature ideas are not to be seen or heard because they are nonsense...

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so quantum physics is a bunch of bullshit too then isnt it?

its a form of measurement, of course it doesnt exist, neither does your name, or america, or time and space, or family, but we tie together what we need to in order to make sense of the world around us, and there are paradigm shifts for at least the third and fourth states of consciousness, and quantum scientist john hagelin agrees.

i say, agrees, because i came up with the same idea before i knew anything about this.

there is asleep, awake, then christ consciousness, then low and behold, this dude says the same thing,
[/flash]




Quantum physics is not a bunch of bullshit.  Yes, your name, America, and time and space exist, your family exists.  Just because something exists in your head doesn’t mean its real.  And yes, sleep states, waking states, and christ consciousness all exist. 

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When you have twisted dreams, it means it's time to twist up a reefer.




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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: Deadfrancis]
    #25086181 - 03/23/18 10:24 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

correct

but it is possible to become unenlightened at any point, people can slip back into unconsciousness or start to use a substance.

If you are true to your path though your dream state is just pure bliss.

I often get downloads of information or upgrades as well. :grin:


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    #25087599 - 03/24/18 04:41 PM (5 years, 10 months ago)

I like your sig LightRay. :laugh:

Once the personal "I" evaporates into the ocean of the ubiquitous "I" there is no going back because the process looks at itself and realises it never left the Self state. Something confuses it eternally; the personal "I" can no longer exist. The only thing that truly makes sense is inaction. Inaction leads to harnessing of the energy of the Self and as your level of being improves and improves upon itself, so does your perception of the world or sense frequency, as seeing is only Being. There are infinite dimensions in the present. There is only inner space, no outer space. NASA is obsolete.


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    #25088907 - 03/25/18 08:12 AM (5 years, 10 months ago)

The journey of Enlightenment is usually sparked by intense suffering. Pain and suffering make the world go round. Eliminating negative experience entirely isn't taking in the whole picture.


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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: Typerwritermonky]
    #25097614 - 03/28/18 04:01 PM (5 years, 9 months ago)

family is a word we ascribe meaning to, an animal does not acknowledge it's parents but depends on them for survival and through that process compassion is found, creating the illusion of "family".

you're reinstating my point exactly, just because something appears real or has a word that describes it doesnt mean it is real, and no, those things i mentioned do not exist, time, space, death, reality, family, america, and even our very name, are all ideas, they are not quantifiable, no god says i cant call myself beezow doo doo zopitty bop bop bop. and yes thats someones real name.


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    #25097621 - 03/28/18 04:03 PM (5 years, 9 months ago)

dont get me wrong i love my relatives but all it takes is a little understanding to shift all you compassion from those few people to the rest of your family, the whole world, they mean as much to you as your given family does, you just dont know it yet because youre still living under the impression that we are all different, when we are all just other incarnations of each other, there is you and only you, everyone is you. so what does that tell you about family?


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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: Deadfrancis]
    #25097642 - 03/28/18 04:13 PM (5 years, 9 months ago)

What is enlightened anyway? As far as I know it is only a place where no further attachments exist or the ability to be attached exists.

No perception can truly be labeled as "the correct perception". All perceptions change. One person may like huge downtowns and hate a place isolated like Nassau Bahamas. Others it may be the opposite. Others yet still may think that the environment has nothing to do with how happy you are or aren't and it is your experience in this environment and how hard everyone works and how fairly everyone is treated for how hard they work etc.

I assume anyone that says they are enlightened is not. Everything you can learn from. Some things are harder to be less attached to. Some think violence and conquest make a persons heart like stone and more determined. This of course brings attachment to anger distrust and misery.

It is said that no action is bad only reactions and actions based on reactions. Bless it to be true it is so fair you cannot imagine. Understand it and live it


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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: imachavel]
    #25097669 - 03/28/18 04:29 PM (5 years, 9 months ago)

Basically, you're saying "once you realize that you create your own reality, do you have nightmares?"

But the nature of a nightmare is the interpretation of a sleep experience as being victimized by an uncontrollable sleep state.

Once you realize that you create your own reality, you also realize that you create your interpretations and definitions, so by interpreting a sleep experience as a nightmare, you're simply volunteering yourself to be victimized by your own creations.

Others have stated this in their own ways.

It's like saying, "do you still see the sky as blue once you're enlightened?", when in fact, there is no sky, only the interpretation of what we define as "sky"... such as it is with nightmares, "bad trips" and other negative associations.


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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: locospacebean]
    #25097816 - 03/28/18 05:25 PM (5 years, 9 months ago)

enlightenment is knowing the truth that consciousness is universal, theres only one consciousness.

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Basically, you're saying "once you realize that you create your own reality, do you have nightmares?"

But the nature of a nightmare is the interpretation of a sleep experience as being victimized by an uncontrollable sleep state.

Once you realize that you create your own reality, you also realize that you create your interpretations and definitions, so by interpreting a sleep experience as a nightmare, you're simply volunteering yourself to be victimized by your own creations.

Others have stated this in their own ways.

It's like saying, "do you still see the sky as blue once you're enlightened?", when in fact, there is no sky, only the interpretation of what we define as "sky"... such as it is with nightmares, "bad trips" and other negative associations.



okay, but we have all had nightmares in the past, and many of us have experienced a paradigm shift to the third state of consciousness, where the term "awake" is expressed.

a nightmare is a dream that feels like hell, on any scale. in my experience, all of that ended when i reached the awakening stage.

are you saying it makes no sense to ask if nightmares cease after enlightenment? i feel it makes plenty of sense, lets cut out the jizz jazz about illusionary seperations for a minute and play with the cards we were dealt.


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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: Deadfrancis]
    #25097913 - 03/28/18 06:09 PM (5 years, 9 months ago)

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enlightenment is knowing the truth that consciousness is universal, theres only one consciousness.

are you saying it makes no sense to ask if nightmares cease after enlightenment? i feel it makes plenty of sense, lets cut out the jizz jazz about illusionary seperations for a minute and play with the cards we were dealt.




I'm saying, despite one's claims of being enlightened or reaching a "third state of consciousness", that the only truth about enlightenment is that which is ineffable... all others are simply an interpretation of the human state of experience for the purpose of communication.

You can claim that enlightenment is "This" or "That", that you've traveled a path or made a journey, reached "the next level" but the beauty of enlightenment is that it is all of those things and it isn't. 

So no, i'm not saying that it makes no sense to ask if nightmares cease after enlightenment, but the very question is "jizz jazz", as you put it and every answer is as valid or invalid as any other.

So ya man, go for it, have fun with it, play with those cards... discuss, discuss, discuss... but illusionary separations aren't something to be dismissed or feared, so long as we all know that once we start to define and create a set of standards for what it means to reach that "third state of consciousness" that it's a slippery slope down the illusory hill.

To muddy the waters further, wouldn't it be fair to say that if you are of the mind that your current state of enlightenment has separated you from the experience of having nightmares, that it's entirely possible that your enlightenment itself is illusory, since, as you say, enlightenment is the understanding that consciousness (including nightmares) is universal?

As a previous poster said, "As you become more conscious you realize you were always conscious, just that you were not conscious of your consciousness"

Discussions about enlightenment are 99% verbal masturbation... but i don't want to be a cock-blocker here... so have at it.


My official answer to the thread is:
No, i stopped having "nightmares" after a 3 month period of LSD & psilocybin microdosing in my late teens... but i still have terrifying dreams... LOL


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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: Deadfrancis]
    #25098249 - 03/28/18 08:35 PM (5 years, 9 months ago)

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enlightenment is knowing the truth that consciousness is universal, theres only one consciousness.

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Basically, you're saying "once you realize that you create your own reality, do you have nightmares?"

But the nature of a nightmare is the interpretation of a sleep experience as being victimized by an uncontrollable sleep state.

Once you realize that you create your own reality, you also realize that you create your interpretations and definitions, so by interpreting a sleep experience as a nightmare, you're simply volunteering yourself to be victimized by your own creations.

Others have stated this in their own ways.

It's like saying, "do you still see the sky as blue once you're enlightened?", when in fact, there is no sky, only the interpretation of what we define as "sky"... such as it is with nightmares, "bad trips" and other negative associations.



okay, but we have all had nightmares in the past, and many of us have experienced a paradigm shift to the third state of consciousness, where the term "awake" is expressed.

a nightmare is a dream that feels like hell, on any scale. in my experience, all of that ended when i reached the awakening stage.

are you saying it makes no sense to ask if nightmares cease after enlightenment? i feel it makes plenty of sense, lets cut out the jizz jazz about illusionary seperations for a minute and play with the cards we were dealt.




The fact is apparently after you are enlightened you are supposed to no longer have nightmares. Yes we are discussing that which cannot be discussed. Making intellectual a type of conversation about something which is supposed to be experienced and not talked about.

Does the nightmare just go away because of the way you interpret it? That is like saying that pain goes away because someone explains its all in your mind. If you poke yourself it is usually going to hurt really bad wether you "mind trick" yourself out of it or not.

Furthermore suffering on an emotional level is not related to pain is it? So even if you remove the emotional aspect what do you do with pain anyway like physical pain?

However, according to a certain few all of these things are caused by deeper attachments and aversions and even further habits based on deeper attachments and aversions. By removing those you remove the minds ability to react. On a deeper level all suffering is supposedly created by the idea that "I" is this or that and will be in this state forever or won't be in this state forever.

All if it is based on the deeper perception that something has to be a certain way or you suffer. Based on the idea that you are forever and not just transitory.

I guess its hard to imagine because suffering almost seems like a scientific process. It is of course on a physical level. If they don't put you under when you go under the knife it is possible you will literally go into shock from pain during the surgery and die or thrash about as the surgeon cuts you carefully.

This is difficult to tie into the concept of "the nightmare" and say if you meditate enough the nightmare will not be there. Obviously there are things in life we cannot control and nightmares a part of life. Sometimes they happen.

The key apparently lies deeper though. Apparently there are sensations you enjoy and do not enjoy and emotions you enjoy or do not enjoy. Without a reactive mind however and a physical set of reactions based on a reactive mind and lifetime of habits etc. The stages of unpleasant sensations and emotions are transitory.

Like the room being too hot and sweating. At first you may feel uncomfortable but you get used to it. After a few moments you learn to be happy anyway and even enjoy it. With a reactive mind though true suffering exists. You begin blaming yourself. You cannot let it be as it is. You pray to religion and create false gods. You cut yourself to sacrifice to them and your neighborhood and society help you they too develop this fear. This is true suffering. It lasts and lasts because a person does not understand.

Soon your cuts cannot heal and you develop infection and die a physically painful death and your mind holds on to emotions and you cry and curse god as doctors amputate the areas infected.

Lol its like i am exaggerating but as it goes suffering is a cycle that builds on itself and health is a cycle that builds on itself. Obviously suffering is much easier then healing.

Once a person begins the cycle of suffering it is much easier to stay in the cycle.

Take for example if you stub your toe. It hurts for second right? What if you stub your toe because someone kicked it? Now there is an emotional reaction. Now you are more likely to stub your toe again and again kicking the person back, intensifying the pain. This is what happens a lot when jokeshopbeard meets shroomerites. It is called intense suffering.

All jokes aside you get the point? Enlightenment is however easier to understand in concept but in experience it takes a lot of practice because of many lifetime habits involved in suffering that dont just disappear. Also many instincts are deeply rooted and can become reactive, at birth we are meant to survive. Deeply rooted in our behavior. Also at birth though the mind is relatively free of the ways of experience of mankind. A child is born with no state of mind.

They have the habits of suffering. The seed is planted as it can be said. But wether that seed grows or not is determind by the life of the child. If they stub their toe chances are they will cry but forget about it and not become reactive.

However, as shallow as the experience is the child will usually cry until they get attention thinking the attention causes the pain to numb. After all suffering is a deeply rooted mental issue. The child has not crafted deep mental scars and ideas of how society caused the pain and will cause pain again. However, the child still feels less pain with attention from the mother. It will intensify its physical pain and cry to its mother and cry and cry and it will take forever. The seed while weak and insignificant at that point has been planted. How far it will grow depends deeply on the phsychological development of the child and its life.

To meditate your mind out of reactions, to deeply cleanse oneself of the idea and experience of ego in ones habits is to remove emotional reaction, remove the forever imbedded concept of suffering given to "I" which cannot be permanent, which will not exist forever and completely be liberated from deep suffering beyond simple discomfort which is transitory.

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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: Deadfrancis]
    #25098928 - 03/29/18 07:44 AM (5 years, 9 months ago)

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enlightenment is knowing the truth that consciousness is universal, theres only one consciousness.




I call that awakening.

Enlightenment is beyond any words, words are labels, coes they have different frequecies and interpretations.

Maybe it is a state of permenance beyond all limitation of ego and thought.

To be truely one though you are essentially "DEAD" or returned to the source. :shrug:

The simplest interpretation is "lightening" to lighten, to realise its all imaginary, none of it matters and you are God, the creator, who did it to amuse oneself.


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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: Deadfrancis]
    #25099541 - 03/29/18 01:02 PM (5 years, 9 months ago)

Nightmares go away with smoking weed :jointsmile:

But I think it's ok to have them, as they always show something related to one's actual life which is worth pondering about.


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    #25100528 - 03/29/18 07:06 PM (5 years, 9 months ago)

Enlightenment is being in your natural state, free from being "this" or "that".

It is only coming off your denial that you are already enlightened that is the obstacle. There is only doubt to remove, but there is nothing to doubt about it. You can't doubt it.

I think at some stage in the process of contemplating and meditating far more than you should you just go insane and permanently stay as That.

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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: LightRay]
    #25100757 - 03/29/18 09:14 PM (5 years, 9 months ago)

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The simplest interpretation is "lightening" to lighten, to realise its all imaginary, none of it matters and you are God, the creator, who did it to amuse oneself.





All of life is perhaps acting on 'it's' behalf and all life is involved in a process of development, so I think it's a lot more likely and logical that this manifest is for the sake of learning and growth, rather than 'amusing oneself'...

There is good reason for the philosophy that we are 'made in his image'.  To comprehend the higher, we analyse and consider the traits at the macro / micro level, which is life in the material world.


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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: Duncan Rowhl]
    #25101041 - 03/29/18 11:52 PM (5 years, 9 months ago)

The thing you are seeking to treasure and worship in life is God. God is all things, including the highest perceptual dimension - Heaven, Wonderland, you name it. God is conquest of life, defeat of personal self. God is the all-perfect, all-embracing experience upon all 5 senses. God is travel, God is destination. Growth, maturation and infancy...

I mean you can't have it all. God is all. :wink: Be That.

Incompleteness, purpose... your journey and godhood are all present in Now.

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    #25101044 - 03/29/18 11:54 PM (5 years, 9 months ago)

It also means, that somehow, the world's salvation is here now.

Be kind of mathematical.


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    #25101447 - 03/30/18 06:10 AM (5 years, 9 months ago)

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It also means, that somehow, the world's salvation is here now.

Be kind of mathematical.






To comprehend the eternal in contrast to linear time perhaps requires a mindset, in the moment, which is anti-mathematical.

The mathematical mind which assumes it is studying eternity is actually studying infinity (that which has a starting point).


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    #25103299 - 03/30/18 09:26 PM (5 years, 9 months ago)

People call me an enlightened man — I detest that term — they can't find any other word to describe the way I am functioning. At the same time, I point out that there is no such thing as enlightenment at all. I say that because all my life I've searched and wanted to be an enlightened man, and I discovered that there is no such thing as enlightenment at all, and so the question whether a particular person is enlightened or not doesn't arise. I don't give a hoot for a sixth-century-BC Buddha, let alone all the other claimants we have in our midst. They are a bunch of exploiters, thriving on the gullibility of the people. There is no power outside of man. Man has created God out of fear. So the problem is fear and not God.
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    #25106485 - 04/01/18 11:27 AM (5 years, 9 months ago)

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People call me an enlightened man — I detest that term — they can't find any other word to describe the way I am functioning. At the same time, I point out that there is no such thing as enlightenment at all. I say that because all my life I've searched and wanted to be an enlightened man, and I discovered that there is no such thing as enlightenment at all, and so the question whether a particular person is enlightened or not doesn't arise. I don't give a hoot for a sixth-century-BC Buddha, let alone all the other claimants we have in our midst. They are a bunch of exploiters, thriving on the gullibility of the people. There is no power outside of man. Man has created God out of fear. So the problem is fear and not God.
I discovered for myself and by myself that there is no self to realize. That's the realization I am talking about. It comes as a shattering blow. It hits you like a thunderbolt. You have invested everything in one basket, self-realization, and, in the end, suddenly you discover that there is no self to discover, no self to realize.
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Some people depend upon God for their answers.

Others depend upon quotations... :thumbup:


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    #25110767 - 04/03/18 11:25 AM (5 years, 9 months ago)

hi man, do still getting nightmares??
if so, i guess you are not "awaken".
it can be achallnge from angels of god(the only one) to make you prove yourself . prove your belife.. lets say you need to get to that point that you know god is protecting you. you got angels around you. in the nightmare prey. and you will see help will come. and  thats is the next level i think. you will get into situation that you are no longer afraid of nightmares, you will get a nighmare and you wont be afraid. you will win. i gues yeah every one got their own shit on life


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    #25111684 - 04/03/18 05:39 PM (5 years, 9 months ago)

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hi man, do still getting nightmares??
if so, i guess you are not "awaken".
it can be achallnge from angels of god(the only one) to make you prove yourself . prove your belife.. lets say you need to get to that point that you know god is protecting you. you got angels around you. in the nightmare prey. and you will see help will come. and  thats is the next level i think. you will get into situation that you are no longer afraid of nightmares, you will get a nighmare and you wont be afraid. you will win. i gues yeah every one got their own shit on life




You seemingly assume the process of 'awakening' (for what many definitions that may have) as a one time affair in which one cannot revert.  I beleive the physche is in a constant state of ebb and flow, constantly challenged to retain grace fighting to surrender to traits of the destructive ego.  Consequently, if we fail in our efforts, we 'Fall from Grace'.

Many who are 'awaken' are not necessarily lying dormant in bliss.  They need to exercise fortitude in every step they take (and that does become more natural, granted) to uphold the higher state.  There's umpteen analogies for this principle including the 'Devil is always knocking at the door', to ' The Barbarians will always come (to your paradise)' - or words to that effect.  There is, undoubtedly, potent opposition against the 'light'.

I like your idea of nightmares being a challenge. Many people, including myself have considered this, but retaining the higher self, particularly in the midst of challenging cultures is an ongoing effort.  It is, 'The Good Fight'.  It is 'The Test'. We can be ignorant to our own self detriments ('falling from grace'), so the nightmare perhaps, is the indicator which brings the issue to the forefront in the nightly life de-brief, in a bid to summon the psyche to return to grace.

Before reaching Christhood, a person endures a period vast darkness as they come face to face with their destructive ego, akin to a seed enduring the darkness of soil, before it grows into the light.  Cute, cliche' but relevant. :thumbup:


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    #25137710 - 04/14/18 06:47 AM (5 years, 9 months ago)

intersting. i agree that many awaken people can be actually evil,
grace and be awakened are diffrent things but can be connect. becouse t he higher self is connceted to god, wich is gracefull.
butt yeah the ego can be stronger then the higher self, it can convest you to thigs. butt there is situations where the EGO is the higher self, and becoming higher and greater,your ego is your desire to be the ONE or to be the man,i can say without your ego you will be uncomplete, now there is too tipes baiscle, the black ones and the white,the higher self and downgrade self(the ego)(not sure but butt)
about what you said on the dark powers fighting the light... its not really like this. i mean god made this world from 2 sides, the punishment, and the grace. torah said god made many worlds befor this one, one time was on the panishment line, and the opther was on the gracefull line and it was amess,
so god(the all and all in and around) made this world of both sides, and wish it succeed. thats why karma is actually a thing, the bad angels want to punish you,the good ones want to forgive and give you chance.
if u ask where is the g race here? i said u were bad person and did 1000 crimes, after this 1000 crimes you get HIT. 1 hit for all of your sins and whatever. that the basicly idea. lets say if you are in high position, the bad side will test you always, the grace side will help you and forgive you are failed or tho(still not sure about this). overall god decide, u just prey,be honest trust me god knows evry thing. sry for my english, not my home language .
* god gave riligiun yo help you enter the roud to heaven,there is many ways. the basic is be righthous(GOOD) dont be evil and you got your key.(i hope)


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    #25137711 - 04/14/18 06:48 AM (5 years, 9 months ago)

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hi man, do still getting nightmares??
if so, i guess you are not "awaken".
it can be achallnge from angels of god(the only one) to make you prove yourself . prove your belife.. lets say you need to get to that point that you know god is protecting you. you got angels around you. in the nightmare prey. and you will see help will come. and  thats is the next level i think. you will get into situation that you are no longer afraid of nightmares, you will get a nighmare and you wont be afraid. you will win. i gues yeah every one got their own shit on life




You seemingly assume the process of 'awakening' (for what many definitions that may have) as a one time affair in which one cannot revert.  I beleive the physche is in a constant state of ebb and flow, constantly challenged to retain grace fighting to surrender to traits of the destructive ego.  Consequently, if we fail in our efforts, we 'Fall from Grace'.

Many who are 'awaken' are not necessarily lying dormant in bliss.  They need to exercise fortitude in every step they take (and that does become more natural, granted) to uphold the higher state.  There's umpteen analogies for this principle including the 'Devil is always knocking at the door', to ' The Barbarians will always come (to your paradise)' - or words to that effect.  There is, undoubtedly, potent opposition against the 'light'.

I like your idea of nightmares being a challenge. Many people, including myself have considered this, but retaining the higher self, particularly in the midst of challenging cultures is an ongoing effort.  It is, 'The Good Fight'.  It is 'The Test'. We can be ignorant to our own self detriments ('falling from grace'), so the nightmare perhaps, is the indicator which brings the issue to the forefront in the nightly life de-brief, in a bid to summon the psyche to return to grace.

Before reaching Christhood, a person endures a period vast darkness as they come face to face with their destructive ego, akin to a seed enduring the darkness of soil, before it grows into the light.  Cute, cliche' but relevant. :thumbup:



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    #25140806 - 04/15/18 11:24 AM (5 years, 9 months ago)

I am in Sahaja Samadhi right now on a quest to attain level 3 rainbow body. After enlightenment the mental apparatus works the same as before but with the added clout of the kundalini superconsciousness which manages one's affairs on a supernatural level i.e. supernature. Nightmares still happen but there is complete detachment and equanimity when they do (level headedness). I hope that answers your question. I have achieved Buddha and this is my final incarnation before ParaNirvana. I am a jivanmukti meaning I have attained liberation while still alive


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    #25142423 - 04/16/18 01:14 AM (5 years, 9 months ago)

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about what you said on the dark powers fighting the light... its not really like this.




Insightful reply. :thumbup:

To clarify, I don't really mean that the forces are surely external, but rather the psyche is acting as the mediator of perception and the war is of our own making.  A more subtle analogy being a Tug of War... :wink:


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    #25147278 - 04/18/18 04:01 AM (5 years, 9 months ago)

Hey ladies and gentelman im new here and the first thread i got to was spirituality and mysticism. Read couple thread and this got my attention.

For a person who are experiencing this awakening have stages however they are not labeled as every individual go through it differently. As for me as a child I always knew something is out there as growing up in a small ass town in malaysia where different races have their way of customs and magic and mysticism. I didnt like it when the hindu priest or more like shaman go in trance by inviting spirits in their body lol what a trip it was but this are real things. 

My awakening started year 2009 and things lets say didnt get better until it was 2014. In between that years i was developing and destroying myself at the same time. I had meth addiction. Blew my tolarence to weed coz of my meth addiction.

So back to my awakening after all that ive drag myself out from the hell ive created. Eventho i was awakened i was badly damage took me years to heal my head was never right until last easter holiday i came across a guy selling magic mush on cl. 

Deep down inside me told me its a sign that i saw that guy on cl when i was looking for weed. With that said i bought some and had an awesome experience. I manage to rewire my brain. With interest of alchemy and being a nature loving person i have obtained what i have lost in my years of addiction which would haven taken years and years to recover im glad i meet this guy and his name is willy wizard. Cmon this is like the Universe is rubbing it on my face hahaha. Coincidence is not coincidence.

And about being awakened and not having nightmares i wouldnt say its true.


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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: Deadfrancis]
    #25147750 - 04/18/18 10:39 AM (5 years, 9 months ago)

Everythings all connected.
I mean we get nightmares because of things going on in the world that we fear.

Everything we do today in society affects our dream-state at night. I cant stand a certain video game that everybody plays right now because its a weird game that gives odd dreams, and by playing this normal looking but eerie video game I have had woken up in my dreams in weird as fuck places and dont like it at all. I would rather play hello kitty island for the conscious fact that im surrounded by cute fluff than a video game about killing. But than again if you play a video game as a killer you might even be in your dreams in the same scenario and not think much of it if you dont care about dreams/nightmares.

Everything is all vibrational an stuff, Keep the good vibrations in that you want and those will be more persistent to your dream world.


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Re: if you are enlightened, please read. [Re: littleton]
    #25550277 - 10/19/18 01:02 PM (5 years, 3 months ago)

Not had nightmares since, had some "bad" dreams but all of them contained a blatent obvious lesson about my personality almost like a part of my mind is offering me a solution within the "bad" dream.

It is like a bad trip...there's no such thing. You get what you require from the psychedelics, not what you wish for.


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    #25550446 - 10/19/18 02:12 PM (5 years, 3 months ago)

It's not so much that nightmares cease.. It's moreso that, if you've experienced an end/limit/extreme, death, darkness, etc in a woken state, there isn't much you'll fear in the sleep state. Horror movies become comedic. Esoteric symbols/Occult and all of the fantastical LARP surrounding it become interesting as to the deeper meaning hidden in them. If you have what some would call a nightmare, it's more of a discovery/journey/intrigue down a different path than something to be scared of.

Essentially, if you've seen some shit...Truly, there isn't a fuss about it anymore.


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