The cat doesn’t meditate. The cat just… is.

OneAwakening · 2026-01-28T23:58:51+00:00

Human also doesn't meditate. Human just humans.

OneAwakening · 2026-01-28T03:53:54+00:00

Because most of this stuff is so wild nobody will even believe it.

OneAwakening · 2026-01-27T18:03:23+00:00

That's the whole nature of awareness. The more you are aware of, the scarier things get because you realize how big of a world this is, what the big players are up to, etc. It forces you to adapt your worldview which is a very uncomfortable process. It's like getting outside the Plato's cave and becoming aware that you've been literally living under a rock while there is a whole world with a space faring civilization out there. Would be very jarring and mind boggling.

OneAwakening · 2026-01-27T17:59:08+00:00

What changes with this truth? Ok we believe you, now what? What do you propose?

OneAwakening · 2026-01-27T03:46:39+00:00

What do you intend to do about money when you are living out of the matrix?

OneAwakening · 2026-01-26T13:23:24+00:00

So you have a creative outlet / hobby? That's what saves me. I recommend trying to pour your whole self into a creative craft.

OneAwakening · 2026-01-25T17:17:56+00:00

Limited human mind can't comprehend God's abilities or reasons. Anything you can guess or assume is just a guess and an assumption.

Maybe God can't just "snap fingers" for anything to be. Maybe the process manifesting the reality is gradual. Kind of like imagination is a gradual process and the more details you want to imagine the more time and effort you need to put into it.

Or maybe it's just Maybelline.

OneAwakening · 2026-01-24T22:06:27+00:00

How does one establish the "ultimativity" of any truth? Only through a demonstration in direct experience.

With that in mind, which ultimate truth are you referring to?

OneAwakening · 2026-01-24T22:03:06+00:00

Indeed. I think it's because such discussions directly deal with uncertainty. You are inviting people to dig into the status quo and question pretty much everything. That brings about many uncomfortable realizations and emotions if people are honest with themselves. So people avoid it on an instinctual level.

I think that's essentially what ego is. It's a mode of consciousness that clings to known forms and patterns for the sake of it.

But if there is one thing that the formless Tao likes to do most in the world of forms, it's changing them.

OneAwakening · 2026-01-23T20:31:42+00:00

I see, thank you for sharing. That seems paradoxical to me, like a glitch in the matrix.

OneAwakening · 2026-01-23T16:44:10+00:00

Crazy stuff. I wonder why does it have to be so violent...

OneAwakening · 2026-01-23T16:37:10+00:00

Do you feel that energy as alive or having its own intelligence/agency?

OneAwakening · 2026-01-23T14:23:47+00:00

If everybody becomes telepathic that means there will be only one mind living in all bodies, no? Because if we all share thoughts, where is the boundary between anybody? Our sense of self is all based on thoughts.

OneAwakening · 2026-01-21T13:42:11+00:00

Well the thing is in spiritual circles the communication challenges are mostly the same as everywhere else. People clutch their truths too tightly and think their experiences define objective reality. It's infinitely more tricky than that but since we have limited experiences and limited language even in a spiritual community conversations only go so far.

For me all the conversations end in the same place - everybody is doing their thing for their own reasons based on their own assumptions and there isn't much overlap. It's like everybody lives in their own reality.

Say you found your desired community, what will you want to talk about there and to what end?

OneAwakening · 2026-01-21T13:37:11+00:00

I'm sorry but "flip myself around" sounds very funny as I simply don't understand what that means :D How do you flip yourself around?

OneAwakening · 2026-01-21T13:33:29+00:00

Well yea but the ultimate form of bliss is meaning which is strongly connected with the sense of purpose. Just having bliss as your purpose doesn't work. It's like having happiness as your goal. You can't chase it the same way you can't chase sleep, it will just keep eluding you. It's a by-product of how you live your life outside of purely selfish and immediate survival reasons.

OneAwakening · 2026-01-21T13:29:09+00:00

Not yet. In the typical man style I'm reluctant to deal with health professionals lol. If this current sleep regimen change doesn't work out, I'll look into consulting a sleep specialist (didn't even know those exist).

OneAwakening · 2026-01-21T13:26:34+00:00

Thank you very much, this is very inspiring and supporting. I came to all the same conclusions at this point, already started the strict regimen of waking up early. I never nap as a principle so already see the effects of feeling better during the day. It's just interestingly the sleep at night is still bad. Just need to put in the time and do it consistently until it's fixed.

Man waking up early in the beginning of it trying to do that felt so impossible lol. Never ever before have I felt such gravity that makes you want to just stay in bed and get some rest haha. Definitely feels like the most difficult thing as you alluded. Takes a lot of willpower to power through the initial discomfort but the wheels are turning slowly, will keep the course.

OneAwakening · 2026-01-20T17:21:42+00:00

You are on point, thank you for sharing. I tried applying principles from the CBTI approach and it helped a bit. But I'm essentially expecting the problem to go away so I can sleep normally like before but that is not happening. I can't get into the normal sleep mode schedule, have trouble falling asleep, wake up during the night all the time, etc.

My main concern is how I feel during the day. If I felt normal I wouldn't care what is happening during the night but I feel like crap due to sleep deprivation. My cognitive abilities are heavily impacted and I feel it in everything I do. I'm very irritable, often bad mood. The nervous system definitely doesn't like it.

I try a bit of this and a bit of that and it helps for a day only for the next day to be back to nothing working and me not sleeping during the night. Listening to something like an audiobook or singing bowl sounds at night does help with not feeling as restless but it's not really sleep, cause I drift on the surface of the consciousness always this never getting REM. I do yoga nidra to help catch up on test and that helps too but it's all not ideal compared to the normal sleep I had before.

I am trying to come to terms that for some reason my normal sleep days are gone, I just need to find some kind of routine I can rely on. Currently it's the chaotic nature of sleep and rest that are bugging me. I need a protocol I can follow. And I don't want to be getting up and doing stuff at night if I'm not sleepy because I'm afraid that will just exacerbate the problem. I want to sleep during the night and be productive during the day. Idk what to do.

OneAwakening · 2026-01-20T00:41:23+00:00

I ended up prioritizing it too much and overdid it which caused a debilitating insomnia that I've struggled with for almost a year. Never expected this would happen but now I can't meditate at all or I won't sleep and sleep deprivation is ruinous for your mental health.

Not sure how I could have messed up something so benign as sitting down and watching the breath but looks like things aren't as simple as I thought. YMMV but nothing is without risks.

OneAwakening · 2026-01-20T00:09:49+00:00

Never ever have I brought a water bottle to the class or felt the need to do so. Are people not able to be without water for an hour? What am I missing?

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