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This is why one day Krishna walked til he passed out, and was killed

Krishna was killed after taking an arrow to the foot during deep meditation...

Hello rob, Thanks for posting the short video. It is an interesting observation, and makes a good case for the unreality of the individual person (ego), but that is not the end of the investigation! Once the assumption of an individual personality inhabiting the body is done away with (this philosop...

Hello rob, science result are for me an important Science is an investigation into the nature of and rules governing observable phenomena, and, as such, is limited in its capacity to provide facts about the self. Why so? Because the self is not counted amongst the observable phenomena, but is rather...

Hello benjayk, When awareness is called Self, that seems to be just an artifact of the self identifying with awareness. The self wants to make itself the absolute, because it is very important relatively speaking. But it never is and never will be the absolute. You have to keep in mind that in the c...

Hello ashley, Thanks for giving all the direct pointer links, they're very nice and add a lot to the discussion! Just a heads up on my blog, by the way, I've been very busy lately so haven't had the chance to update it, but i'll be uploading about 10 parts to it over the weekend. Hope everyone is we...

Hello Albert, welcome back to the forum. I had a look at your website, and whilst I agree with your nice chapter about false gurus, I think a lot of your polemics against nondualism are misguided and based on misrepresentations or misunderstandings of what it really means. You've also confused and m...

Absolutely wonderful.


Mirrors my experience exactly.

Hello Igor, Awareness thing was invented. It doesn't exist. There is only thought movement. The movement of thought cannot be established if there is nothing by which it is objectified (known). You may then suggest that it is thought itself which objectifies thought, but previously you said thought ...

Hello Igor, How do you know that awareness isn't thought? It is self-evident that awareness isn't thought. You are aware of your thoughts, therefore, you are not your thoughts. You can not deny it. Nobody can deny it. Thoughts are transient objects, they are present or absent; that by which the pres...

Hello Igor, To be aware of thought means to experience thought. Not the content of thought but the thought itself. If it is possible for you to experience thought as it is then tell me what thought is. Actually there is no way to know what thought is because thought is the only instrument we have. T...

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Keep trying, Nick.

Hello folks, There is crucial difference between the question "Why are we trapped? ... And say a self inquiry question like "who Am I?" Yes, i'm inclined to agree with Ashley here. The question 'why are we trapped?' is not a valid enquiry, since it implicitly assumes that we are trapped, (hence my o...

Hello Igor,

How do you know that you are aware or not?
By thought.

You are aware of thought, also.

So awareness is thought.

So awareness is different from thought.

Hello unbornawakened,

WHy then are we trapped ?

Let's say we're not...


Why, then, do we think we are?

Hello bf2, None of you understand the relationship between detachment and action - not one person. You keep saying this, but you have not offered any logical objections to any of the posts in this thread. You simply say 'nope' and side-step. Nor have you explained to us what your own understanding o...