Meditate on I AM or free yourself from the illusion ...

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It can be all dramatic and such if one is interested in the drama, which one usually is, but the one anticipating a horrible agonizing death never existed to begin with, and the option presents itself to simply lose interest in it.

 

Nonduality tends to set one up for a trip to the void and a couple years ago, I went tumbling into it. It was a literal hell and I refused to even talk about it for months. At some point, I realized there is no void. I invented the mind state with my imagination and fear. The methods we find to torture ourselves are very creative and equally disturbing.

 

 

In a message dated 10/27/2008 8:43:38 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, lastrain writes:

Wittgenstein remarks that in a bullfight, the hero of the tragedy isthe bull.Driven mad first by suffering, he then dies a slow and terrible death.So with students. Thrown into the ring of the academy, the falseteaching, the inane cultural proprieties will drive the student mad.Teachers will sweep before them the clever capes that seduce andirritate you simultaneously.As if by slight of hand, they say, "No, truth lies here."But then as you grab the truth, there is no body beneath the cape, noreality behind the appearances.So emerges the suffering. Then like picadors, the matadors of the mindwill impale you with penetrating insights - their own.And then the slow terrible death begins.The mind begins to bleed to death in the hot sand of the arena.You become a hero by the way in which you courageously endure such adeath.You must finally kill the teacher, before he kills you."A hero looks death in the face....... real death.......not just theimage of death.Beware the cunning capes. "toombaruPlay online games for FREE at Games.com! All of your favorites, no registration required and great graphics – check it out!

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souldreamone wrote:

> It can be all dramatic and such if one is interested in the drama,

> which one usually is, but the one anticipating a horrible agonizing

> death never existed to begin with, and the option presents itself to

> simply lose interest in it.

>

> Nonduality tends to set one up for a trip to the void and a couple

> years ago, I went tumbling into it. It was a literal hell and I

> refused to even talk about it for months. At some point, I realized

> there is no void. I invented the mind state with my imagination and

> fear. The methods we find to torture ourselves are very creative and

> equally disturbing.

>

> In a message dated 10/27/2008 8:43:38 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

> lastrain writes:

 

I discovered the void a few years back an interesting experience to say

the least. I think I have mentioned this before, that I suffered the

torment of existential anxiety. Deeply immersed in the void, I struggled

to find my bearings. Somewhere down the rabbit hole of that anxiety, I

eventually realised that I had a choice. I could choose misery or I

could choose joy. I made the choice to balance existential anxiety

(misery) with existential joy.

 

I believe the void I experienced was an illusion created out of the fear

of death and annihilation. I eventually came to the realisation thought,

hey if I'm going to be annihilated, I might as well enjoy it, which

enabled me to embrace the void, rather than fight it.

 

For me, literally what was my greatest fear was transformed into my

greatest strength, when I found the void of meaninglessness to be quite

liberating. I fall back on it now, whenever I feel overwhelmed. Ironic,

isnt it?

 

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> Wittgenstein remarks that in a bullfight, the hero of the tragedy is

> the bull.

>

> Driven mad first by suffering, he then dies a slow and terrible death.

>

> So with students. Thrown into the ring of the academy, the false

> teaching, the inane cultural proprieties will drive the student mad.

>

> Teachers will sweep before them the clever capes that seduce and

> irritate you simultaneously.

>

> As if by slight of hand, they say, " No, truth lies here. "

>

> But then as you grab the truth, there is no body beneath the cape, no

> reality behind the appearances.

>

> So emerges the suffering. Then like picadors, the matadors of the mind

> will impale you with penetrating insights - their own.

>

> And then the slow terrible death begins.

>

> The mind begins to bleed to death in the hot sand of the arena.

>

> You become a hero by the way in which you courageously endure such a

> death.

>

> You must finally kill the teacher, before he kills you.

>

> " A hero looks death in the face....... real death.......not just the

> image of death.

>

>

> Beware the cunning capes. "

>

>

>

>

> toombaru

>

>

>

>

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Very nice toombaru, very nicely painted.

 

tyga

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Zakly. For me, I fell into it repeatedly, and ran every time. I became convinced that if I could walk through it, 'something' real would emerge on the other side, so I worked up the courage to do that, and it never happened again, since it was a manifestation of my fear to begin with. Facing fears never defeats them, it just dissolves them.

 

 

In a message dated 10/28/2008 1:05:52 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, tyga writes:

I believe the void I experienced was an illusion created out of the fear of death and annihilation. I eventually came to the realisation thought, hey if I'm going to be annihilated, I might as well enjoy it, which enabled me to embrace the void, rather than fight it.Play online games for FREE at Games.com! All of your favorites, no registration required and great graphics – check it out!