In the state of pure consciousness I experienced for a short while, I could see how everything we do in this life is totally and utterly pointless. Which sounds like a negative statement, but it is only pointless because the real truth is that we have already have everything there is, each and every person, all the time, simply by being alive. Nothing we could possibly add to it is of any value. In a state of pure consciousness, you could be locked in a box for 100 years and still be utterly content, which is unimaginable to the average human who would go insane due to thinking.
If you can feel a deep sense that the way humans are currently living is not right and you feel as if you don't fit into it, an awakening can and will happen to you, it's your choice.
I discovered the concept of spirituality on this forum after someone posted something about Buddhism which got me to look into it. I automatically sensed a great deal of truth in everything I was learning. This led me to a great spiritual teacher called Mooji, and two days ago I spent a few hours watching his videos. I had conceptually understood spirituality and it's teachings for a while, but it had not yet been truly internalized within me. All of a sudden I had a thought which led to a realization and my spiritual awakening, which was:
There are many different combinations of words which point to that which can induce an awakening inside you. In this "new" way of being which is really our natural state, one is still free to do or pursue anything one desires, but nothing has any "pulling power" over you whatsoever anymore as your natural state of being is so pleasant, so there is no desire to do anything.lavezzi wrote:The moment we are born we are already whole. There is no reason to value a sense of "I" (ego), because it is not unique to us; it is simply conditioning from our environment, nothing more.
I found Winston's recollection of when he experienced his awakening, recounted in 2009:
Then, for some quick stimulation and release, I "jerked off" again in my usual way. When I climaxed, during the flood of endorphins, I felt like my mind and consciousness transcended time, space and my physical body, as I lost sense of physical being for an instant. During that interval, some voice or thought suddenly told me, "Your pain and suffering are of the body, not spirit." Those words somehow gave me some kind of enlightenment, and I understood the full meaning of those words. With the full realization of this spiritual truth, suddenly a peace and calm came over me, like none I had ever experienced before. It was like some kind of awakening that was out of this world. Soon I was filled with this "eternal bliss" inside of me that seemed beyond time and space, free of any conditions.
The pain, anger and chaos had subsided. I was in a transcendental state of peace and bliss. I felt like a "Zen Master" (even though I had done nothing to attain such a state). For the next few hours, I went up to my room and sat in perfect inner peace and joy. While doing so, I felt this deep appreciation for everything around me, every object and material in creation, as well as every sensation from my five senses. I could sense the unity in it all. My limited mind didn't know what to make of all this, so I just enjoyed the experience and let it ride.
When my mom came home from work at 5pm, she yelled at me for the usual trivial things, the way she did everyday as a daily habit and routine. But this time, in my current transcendental state, I didn't have to yell back. I just let her words pass right through me and did not react. I felt like I had power and control over my emotions and did not have to react on instinctual mode like before. It was amazing.
An hour later, my parents' Taiwanese friends down the street came by and asked if we wanted to join them for a walk. We did, and I walked around the hilly neighborhood as a "born again" person, a different person so to speak. I thought of telling my family's friends about what had just happened to me, but I didn't know how as I had no communication skills and was not good at describing things, plus I felt it best not to anyway.
This inner state of bliss lasted for another 3 or 4 days. Each morning, since I hate mornings, my body would feel groggy and moody for a few minutes, but soon the transcendental peace I fell asleep with the night before would sink back in.
Unfortunately, it didn't last forever as I had hoped. But it did give me a glimpse of an inner state that one could attain with spiritual practice perhaps. I never had an experience like that again, but now I sometimes have brief moments of it in flashback, as though my spiritual/consciousness level were nearing attaining that as its "normal" state.
Perhaps the majority of those who read this thread will view it as nonsensical, and to those of you I just wish to inform you that there is a much better way of living than this current way and it is in fact the natural way.
Has anyone else here experienced this phenomenon? Any thoughts on the subject?
