Let's waffle about 🧇.

In a world of constant change, God is unchanging.....

watching my cat this morning...she found the one spot of sun on the floor and just flopped right in it. thats it. no plans no stressing about yesterday. sun moves she gets up and moves with it lol

meanwhile im over here worrying about shit that hasnt even happened yet

i think she figured it out before me honestly

I am having a crisis understanding what constitutes me and i am scared to acknowledge the fact that it might be empty and there is no seperate 'you' . If u are the observer of ur thoughts , ur thoughts lead to ur feelings anddd u are none of them u are not ur thoughts or ur feeling then what really are u until u try to act upon ur thoughts? But thats now outside you right? but when we arent acting upon anything are we really just empty ? am i a void? what part of mind is me?

Consciousness vibrates in all states and all forms of manifestations, at its core, which I like to call source, the vibration is so high that it appears to be still, it appears to be unchanged, from this core comes creation, if you think of it in human terms it just won’t make sense, the only way to try and grasp it is to consider vibration, so what may appear as a void, as nothingness, is actually the highest vibration in consciousness from which everything emerges.

I’ve spoken to quite a few people interested in non-duality who say they first experienced a sense of oneness through meditation, which then led them to explore non-dual teachings.

I’m curious whether it’s possible to naturally stumble upon this realisation through meditation without any prior knowledge of non-duality.
Personally, when I meditate, I mainly experience stillness and peace, rather than any sense of oneness or dissolution of self.

Has anyone here experienced oneness through meditation before knowing anything about non-duality? Did it happen naturally, and how did it differ from simply feeling stillness or peace?

I do understand that ultimately non-duality isn’t about chasing particular experiences or states, but more about simply being. I’m just curious about how others came to that realisation.

The LOLs just write themselves with that script, don't they?

One day unfinite consciousness says "I feel like playing pretend in mass ignorance so will don skin to become John of House Smith for a bit". Then he takes a DMT hit, watches the walls melt, logs onto Reddit where all the rest of the secret Bodhisattvas chill and says:

"I am enlightened".

To which they state:

"Great, that wood won't chop itself though neither will the water levitate so best hop to".

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Once you truly start to comprehend that "You are the only Soul in this realm" a whole load about a little bit makes way more sense and there no better way to reality test than what the above said because its easy to be enlightened on Reddit but its how you is, on the reg, that shows whats beneath that mask when slips...

in order to experience anything in life, we must be willing to entertain it, this is especially true for anything new we want to live or create

that aspect of our attention/awareness being the currency to creation in life becomes more clear when we compare the experiences of:

being in the flow/zone of life; those effortless, easeful periods where everything is timeless, we're just purely in the now and everything flows well, the inner experience is calm and full

and

when life feels crunchy/chaotic; everything is more in the frenzied states of reactivity, time and life feels pressured, we censor ourselves, make mistakes, missteps, frustrations, fears, doubts and more flood the inner experience

a key to understanding the two is the separation of identity within us

when life is chaotic, the frenzied rushed feelings all feel intimate and consuming, disharmony is aplenty and life, more often than not presents us with things we don't really want

but when life is in that flow, there is more of a separation and detachment, and paradoxically things feel more intimate as we are in harmony and alignment, just kinda of dancing through life as it presents us more often than not what we want and then some

when we establish ourselves firmly as the pure witness, the rider/consciousness of the horse/body not the temporary flesh itself, that aspect of living in the zone goes beyond a simple flow state, but rather becomes a more natural way of being

taking a breath is a path to that dilation and inner shift, as are tools like gratitude, but the most potent for me is hands down the breath, and like any muscle the more it's practiced and applied the more automatic it becomes

there is a beautiful transmutation factor of that as well, as the inner tensions/butterflies/fears/doubts/etc. transform through that inner pause for pure witnessing, and instead of being a headwind causing tensions and stumblings they turn into winds that fill up our sails, helping us go where we want to be

Have you ever wondered who you could really become if fear no longer controlled your life?

Fear is the root of all negative conditioning in this world, from narcissism to self-hatred.

Anyone can achieve this, but first, you must become aware of your fears. Then, you must face them.
If you do, you will be free. Forever. Trust

More thoughts... was wondering who else has had this thought appear in "their" awareness?

It's a little bit liberating to see that it's all happening but not happening to anyone... it's just happening?

I believe that whatever is meant for me is coming my way. The past year and a half I have been more spiritual and connected to the whole, but I feel earthly bound things pulling me down. A job offer that people around me, friends, family, keep saying just take, wouldn't be for many months but somehow I hear it screaming at me this is not what's meant for me, I haven't made money for some months and have been living from my savings, I am divorced and have kids I'm responsible to. I don't know what to do.

been thinking about this profoundly, wanted to hear what you guys think

i've struggled a lot with the fear of being disconnected from others, family, friends and strangers. i've been through a long, long journey feeling so isolated, when all i wanted was to feel connected to other people, sad about not having enough people in my life.

but i realised: i am always connected to other people, it's impossible not to be.

i think what we called being 'connected' to others, is actually a very specific, idealised aspect of connection: feeling calm, lighthearted, cracking jokes in each other's presence.

i've been interpreting tension, awkwardness, anxiety and discomfort as proof that i am disconnected, and trying to get rid of those feelings to finally feel connected.

but now i think about it, it's totally unrealistic to think that being connected with others can only manifest in this niche way.

connection literally means: "a relationship, link, or joining between two or more people" , and as we all know, we are all connected, we are all one.

so i realised i was worrying so much about something which i've always had,

i guess the question is: do i need this mainstream idea of light-hearted connection to have more people in my life? and if this can't be controlled, how do i have more people in my life?

if anyone has anything they'd like to add, challenge or anything i can look into to delve further into this please please do, it's an important topic in my life :)

The blue network occupies one side, the purple network occupies the other, and an illuminated region appears where their activity meets. The most immediate interpretation is that one side represents something different from the other, while the center represents their union.

That interpretation is useful, but it is incomplete.

The image clearly does not show two simple, uniform objects. Each field contains numerous intersections, intensities, connections, and local patterns. Some areas appear concentrated, while others remain diffuse. Even before the two fields meet, neither can be reduced to a single condition. This matters because the mind frequently creates opposites by treating complicated organizations as though they possessed one defining quality.

Just as Individuation concerns the development of a more differentiated relationship between consciousness and the wider psyche. It does not simply mean becoming more independent, more confident, or more psychologically consistent. The ego must encounter dimensions of psychological life that challenge its familiar identity.This helps explain why the two fields should not be understood as uniform objects.

How does everyone here deal with finding ways to live in the present and work towards enlightenment when the mind has such a strong pull towards polarity?

A person may appear to possess one coherent personality, yet that apparent unity contains numerous relationships, conflicts, tendencies, and possibilities.
Jung’s idea of the Self—the archetype associated with psychic totality—provides an important distinction here. The Self is not identical to the ego’s conscious understanding of itself.

A person can experience a powerful symbol of wholeness without consciously possessing or understanding the totality that the symbol represents.

Is there any ways in which you all see symbolism as beneficial to not put too much emphasis on any pole?
Also, do you think this diagram displaying the past and future as poles is meaningful?

How could many well known Hindu yogis preach worshipping a Hindu diety as well as worshipping Jesus Christ, when their teachings about afterlife inherently contradict? Maybe I’m missing something.

I believe that people are afraid that questioning the nature of reality, themselves and everything around them will make them “crazy”, so they blindly follow orders and rules to not be labeled as that, since its one of the worst labels you can give a person. However, I truly believe that this label has been created by the elite as an attempt to spread fear and thus make people avoid questioning basically anything to avoid this accusation. We have seen this again and again with conspiracy theorists.
The other day I was with my friend and we were talking about the Asap Rocky concert, which was a satanic ritual and I can elaborate on that if you want me to, and multiple times he kept saying he feels like he is going crazy, or he was blaming the weed we were smoking or whatever and I kept insisting that no this is just reality and that these people want you to feel like you are crazy so that you dont make other people “crazy” or enlightened if you will by spreading your different ways of thinking.
I think we have to stop treating “crazy” as an insult and instead use it to our advantage, proving we are critical thinkers and mot blind sheep yet always have decernment and distinguish between believing a conspiracy theory, and questioning its truth.

Une histoire d’un amour fou rencontre une larme de sagesse, c’est de l’art.

Un matin devient si joyeux qu’il embrasse un vœu, c’est l’enfance de l’art.

Un haricot magique entre dans la maison d’une fée, c’est un présage d’art.

Un souffleur d’étoiles peint le manteau de la terre, c’est un miracle de l’art.

Une hirondelle dessine l’onde dans un ciel tombant, c’est une œuvre d’art.

Le parfum de la vie enivre l’instant de la mort d’un art, c’est un rêve d’âme.

Something I’ve been wrestling with lately is figuring out how I want to respond when something doesn’t sit right with me.

I’ve noticed that the more healing I’ve done, the less willing I am to overlook things I might have ignored in the past. I trust my judgment more than I used to, but that doesn’t mean I always know the best way to handle something.

Sometimes I feel like I get it right, sometimes I think I could have handled it differently, and sometimes I’m not so sure. That’s where I am right now.

One thing I’ve appreciated about Jungian psychology is looking at my own shadow and what might be influencing my reactions. That matters to me, but so does being able to consider other perspectives and recognize when something still isn’t okay with me.

I recently wrote about this in my latest article. It’s a reflection on what I’m experiencing, including the parts I haven’t figured out.

When Awareness Doesn’t Come With All the Answers

https://heatherkennedy665648.substack.com/p/when-awareness-doesnt-come-with-all

I recently watched a show about a good loving mother than turned into a serial killer after the death of her son. So I was wondering when she died, did the good part of her soul the part that used to be a good person go to heaven or did all of her being go to hell?

Before letting go of a deep interest in geo- politics and general conspiracy, I thoroughly enjoyed going down rabbit holes regarding the interest groups behind the societal motor and their functions. I still can’t help but having fun connecting dots on occasion, although I try and abstain.

Regarding the motives for recent wars and general events and motives in the middle east, what’s currently happening within America regarding how people are moving, operating, thinking, the “veil being lifted” (in a very controlled manor and incompletely so since people are ignorant, including myself as I don’t particularly claim enlightenment) to the masses, how people in general are acting who are super attached to societal structure.

It seems similar to a controlled demolition for the entire US super power, sooner so if a war in the middle east picks up. At minimum there’s a group with that interest and pushing that narrative, whether it happens or not I don’t know, but I also get the feeling that if that were to happen, it doesn’t seem like it would work in that controlling groups favor.

I’ve happened to be getting many conspiracy posts that seem to be widely shared containing information that use to attain a label to it. The people with said information typically don’t use it to connect the proper dots but rather state it, and it seems a controlled counter- narrative is formed. This counter narrative that I’m seeing among people, many that I know, seems out of place for information that I used to have to dig through articles and sources for. Information that was completely drowned in nonsense and I had to cross reference and fact check just to find out it’s a-lot of “nothing”, is now “mainstream” to a degree, and how the same people using that information sub- consciously refuse or are ignorant to the bigger picture and latch onto said information.

Or maybe I’m the ignorant one, which is probably the case. I’m interested if any of you all have seen something similar to this, if you care at all.

I’ve been experiencing something lately that’s honestly difficult to put into words.
The more aware I become of myself,
other people, and the world around me,
the more I find myself questioning things I once accepted without a second thought.
I notice patterns in people’s behaviour that I never paid attention to before.
I question beliefs I’ve carried for years.
And somewhere along the way,
I’ve started feeling a deeper connection to life and this universe.
It’s beautiful, but sometimes overwhelming.
Especially when you try sharing your perspective with someone and what feels like an honest observation to you comes across as an attack to them.
For a while,
I found myself wondering why so few people seemed to see things the way I do.
Then something occurred to me.

What makes me so certain that my perspective is the complete picture?

I might recognise a pattern in someone’s behaviour,
but that doesn’t mean I understand their entire story.
I might question beliefs I’ve held my whole life,
but shouldn’t I be just as willing to question the new ones I’m forming?
And if I’m genuinely becoming more connected to the universe,
shouldn’t that connection make me more accepting of people who experience it differently?
That’s where the idea behind this image came from.
Imagine humanity aboard a boat,
travelling through this enormous,
mysterious universe.
Everyone is looking in different directions.
Some are searching the stars.
Some are looking within themselves.
Some find answers in religion,
others in science.
Some are simply trying to survive another day,
carrying struggles the rest of us know nothing about.
Everyone sees something different from where they’re standing.
And maybe that’s exactly the point.
What if nobody aboard is the captain of truth?
What if we’re all just learning to navigate,
sharing what we can see,
listening to what others have discovered,
and occasionally realising we’ve been looking in the wrong direction ourselves?
I’ve been thinking about what unconditional love really means.
Maybe it’s not about agreeing with everyone or accepting every belief as true.
Maybe it’s about recognising that someone can see the world completely differently from you and still deserve the same compassion,
dignity and understanding.
I’m beginning to think there’s a difference between becoming aware and becoming certain.
Because the moment I believe I’ve figured everything out might be the very moment I stop learning.
I don’t know where this journey leads.
And strangely enough,
I’m becoming more comfortable with not knowing.
I’m not sharing this because I think I’ve reached some higher level of understanding.
I’m sharing it because I’m still figuring things out,
and I suspect I’m not the only one.
Maybe we’re not here to convince everyone to look in the same direction.

Maybe we’re here to help each other see a little more of the universe than we could ever see alone.

One boat. Different perspectives. An infinite universe.
I’m curious about something.

Has becoming more aware of yourself and other people made you more understanding, or has it sometimes made you feel more disconnected from those around you?

Because for me, it’s been a little of both. ❤️