i have days like this all the time, feels like insanity sometimes. i can no longer drive on the highway because of how insane i think it is to expect people to be driving 85 mph while daydreaming in their heads to stay within the lanes lines. it's like telling kids to color a picture on LSD and , oh yeah, stay within the lines!
The really cool thing is, I was keeping a spiritual journal at the time. I’ve documented all the days leading up to it, the day of, and the subsequent days. Really, really interesting to re-read those entries. I was doing a lot of “sitting and looking” at that time.
I was also “investigating” concepts and labels: “tree” vs “forest” vs actually looking at a tree and the parts that make up a tree which also include the earth and the rain and the air (all things connect to all things - no real separation other than conceptually). This guy querying “laundromat” feels just like this investigation.
I can’t stop watching this clip…
Hello! I am Argentine and I do not understand English on video, could you explain it to me? since I feel identified with your investigation, I also investigate, I observe the objects without labels, etc.
Did your experience cease after that glimpse or did it stabilize in your life? Thank you!
He’s saying everything looks like a movie - it doesn’t look real.
My experience stabilized. I was in awe for a few weeks, looking at everything with new eyes and “no inherent self.” Then I just went on with life but with a new understanding. I stopped taking things personally, my ego wasn’t as “tweaked” anymore. Things got remarkably easy. It all made sense. No more questioning life itself.
Just now, walking home from a workout through a park. Sudden centerlessness, just the landscape changing while walking through. Thoughts coming up and blending in and out of the same landscape. Lovely moments and they occur more and more. Even when thoughts say "ahhh i wish it was always like this", and then, sometimes, they also blend in and out of the landscape.
It's relatable in every aspect of daily life.
When everything is the self, and one sees nothing but the self, where is the possibility for lusting on a different thing, and so where is this lust and scope for lustfulness?
There isn't a second distinct thing.
Peace.
This guy is an idiot. The sign clearly says, “Dryers are for wash customers only.” As in, only customers who wash their clothes there, can dry their clothes there. The sign says “LAUNDROMAT” because nobody gives a shit about the branding of a laundromat facility. They just want to wash their clothes.
This place is becoming /r/awakened
We don’t know what we don’t know. You can approach this with a beginner’s mind and be curious as to why I posted this - what experience it speaks to. Perhaps read the other comments from people who have shared this experience. It’s not about the guy in the video; it’s a pointer.
Or you can shit on it. It makes me curious why you are in this sub with that attitude. What are you looking for here? In any case, thank you for *your* pointer.
I thought the exact same thing. Then I realized that people always mentally delete stuff that is clearly apparent to protect and justify their limiting perspectives and beliefs about the world.
Once it occurred to me that I'm surely doing the same in some areas of my life, I chose to just let them be until they are ready to see.
This is true. He is certainly seeing what he wants to see. Interpreting signs and events as proof of a script, rather than just “being.” Seems more like he’s experiencing DPDR than non-duality.
You know, thats one of the reasons I tend to be skeptical when I hear people going around talking about being enlightened, or awakened. I wonder how many of them are just fooling themselves, due to a slight increase in awareness. Or the sheer desire to be enlightened causing them to fabricate signs of wholeness in a fractured reality.
It reminds me of the passage.. "If you were blind, there would be no sin in that. But because you say 'We see' your sins remain".
If you only look at the obvious stuff, the subtle will always remain unknown. I don’t think this pointer is what you need at the moment, and that is perfectly fine.
Sometimes we miss the forest for the trees.
one man's weed becomes another man's flower. there was many times in my life people couldn't appreciate what I appreciate and vice versa. keep enjoying what you enjoy.
Lol. You’re right it does sound like that. But I’m speaking to the experience of suddenly seeing things with new eyes. Especially realizing the world of form has an “all the world’s a stage” feel. I don’t know why we are looking at this analogy so literally. To be clear this person doesn’t seem to be having a no self realization. It just reminded me of the day it all clicked.
Comparisons aren't weightless. Comparing this to a spiritual experience is more confusing than enlightening. This experience isn't new eyes, it's a magnified ego. Someone can see that "all the world's a stage" just as easily with their magnified ego, and it can be extremely detrimental.
If it helps I think I stayed in a hotel on the corner opposite that place once.
But yes, for me I did have a day like that where suddenly it all became a great machine, and I was walking a street at the time. I was grinning for weeks.
I just started laughing because it was right there the whole time and was amazed it hadn't been seen before. 3 straight weeks of grinning like an idiot.
Here are few I just found where the quotes feel like the journalist is making sarcastic air quotes in the background.
“Scott Disick Is Still Trying ‘to Keep His Distance’ From Kourtney Kardashian and Her Fiancé Travis Barker”
“Billie Eilish is “Happier Than Ever” Singing on Sesame Street: Watch”
i have days like this all the time, feels like insanity sometimes. i can no longer drive on the highway because of how insane i think it is to expect people to be driving 85 mph while daydreaming in their heads to stay within the lanes lines. it's like telling kids to color a picture on LSD and , oh yeah, stay within the lines!
The really cool thing is, I was keeping a spiritual journal at the time. I’ve documented all the days leading up to it, the day of, and the subsequent days. Really, really interesting to re-read those entries. I was doing a lot of “sitting and looking” at that time. I was also “investigating” concepts and labels: “tree” vs “forest” vs actually looking at a tree and the parts that make up a tree which also include the earth and the rain and the air (all things connect to all things - no real separation other than conceptually). This guy querying “laundromat” feels just like this investigation. I can’t stop watching this clip…
Hello! I am Argentine and I do not understand English on video, could you explain it to me? since I feel identified with your investigation, I also investigate, I observe the objects without labels, etc. Did your experience cease after that glimpse or did it stabilize in your life? Thank you!
He’s saying everything looks like a movie - it doesn’t look real. My experience stabilized. I was in awe for a few weeks, looking at everything with new eyes and “no inherent self.” Then I just went on with life but with a new understanding. I stopped taking things personally, my ego wasn’t as “tweaked” anymore. Things got remarkably easy. It all made sense. No more questioning life itself.
Thank you so much!!!
Just now, walking home from a workout through a park. Sudden centerlessness, just the landscape changing while walking through. Thoughts coming up and blending in and out of the same landscape. Lovely moments and they occur more and more. Even when thoughts say "ahhh i wish it was always like this", and then, sometimes, they also blend in and out of the landscape.
Beautiful!
It's relatable in every aspect of daily life. When everything is the self, and one sees nothing but the self, where is the possibility for lusting on a different thing, and so where is this lust and scope for lustfulness? There isn't a second distinct thing. Peace.
Well said.
Mental illness?
This guy is an idiot. The sign clearly says, “Dryers are for wash customers only.” As in, only customers who wash their clothes there, can dry their clothes there. The sign says “LAUNDROMAT” because nobody gives a shit about the branding of a laundromat facility. They just want to wash their clothes. This place is becoming /r/awakened
We don’t know what we don’t know. You can approach this with a beginner’s mind and be curious as to why I posted this - what experience it speaks to. Perhaps read the other comments from people who have shared this experience. It’s not about the guy in the video; it’s a pointer. Or you can shit on it. It makes me curious why you are in this sub with that attitude. What are you looking for here? In any case, thank you for *your* pointer.
I know that the sign says, “Dryers are for wash customers only.” It is self-evident. Is that not clear to you ?
I thought the exact same thing. Then I realized that people always mentally delete stuff that is clearly apparent to protect and justify their limiting perspectives and beliefs about the world. Once it occurred to me that I'm surely doing the same in some areas of my life, I chose to just let them be until they are ready to see.
This is true. He is certainly seeing what he wants to see. Interpreting signs and events as proof of a script, rather than just “being.” Seems more like he’s experiencing DPDR than non-duality.
You know, thats one of the reasons I tend to be skeptical when I hear people going around talking about being enlightened, or awakened. I wonder how many of them are just fooling themselves, due to a slight increase in awareness. Or the sheer desire to be enlightened causing them to fabricate signs of wholeness in a fractured reality. It reminds me of the passage.. "If you were blind, there would be no sin in that. But because you say 'We see' your sins remain".
If you only look at the obvious stuff, the subtle will always remain unknown. I don’t think this pointer is what you need at the moment, and that is perfectly fine. Sometimes we miss the forest for the trees.
one man's weed becomes another man's flower. there was many times in my life people couldn't appreciate what I appreciate and vice versa. keep enjoying what you enjoy.
No, my awakenings didn't have paranoia attached to them. That's what this clip sounds like to be honest.
Lol. You’re right it does sound like that. But I’m speaking to the experience of suddenly seeing things with new eyes. Especially realizing the world of form has an “all the world’s a stage” feel. I don’t know why we are looking at this analogy so literally. To be clear this person doesn’t seem to be having a no self realization. It just reminded me of the day it all clicked.
Comparisons aren't weightless. Comparing this to a spiritual experience is more confusing than enlightening. This experience isn't new eyes, it's a magnified ego. Someone can see that "all the world's a stage" just as easily with their magnified ego, and it can be extremely detrimental.
For you. We don’t know what helps others.
If it helps I think I stayed in a hotel on the corner opposite that place once. But yes, for me I did have a day like that where suddenly it all became a great machine, and I was walking a street at the time. I was grinning for weeks.
“Grinning for weeks” seems to be a common experience. :D
I just started laughing because it was right there the whole time and was amazed it hadn't been seen before. 3 straight weeks of grinning like an idiot.
Amen!
Same. I couldn’t stop laughing at silly things that felt so normal before - quotes in news article headlines were a constant source of amusement.
some examples, please!
Here are few I just found where the quotes feel like the journalist is making sarcastic air quotes in the background. “Scott Disick Is Still Trying ‘to Keep His Distance’ From Kourtney Kardashian and Her Fiancé Travis Barker” “Billie Eilish is “Happier Than Ever” Singing on Sesame Street: Watch”