direct realization that this world, like their temporary body/minds, is just a dream. :-)
Because all forms of “Identity” are symptoms of cognitive error (avidyā) which result in SUFFERING.
Identity is constructed around external and superficial factors like.
Physical appearance, Gender - binary and non-binary, Class/caste, Race, political alliances, personal achievements, residence, achievements, professions, hobbies, sports etc.
All forms of identity create attractions and aversions and create ever increasing forms of alienation between subject-object and between people.
Nevertheless, identities are important for the functioning of society - so it is not identities per se which is the central spiritual problem but rather ATTACHMENT to those identities and our psychological fusion with them. In other words the inability to let go is the problem.
The goal of all spirituality is to ascend towards WISDOM and INTEGRATION and in the process to decrease suffering and increase happiness and well-being and to promote altruism, fellowship, cooperation and collaboration in society. As long as we are stressing identity-politics and constantly affirming difference and hierarchy, social integration and spiritual wisdom cannot be achieved - conflict is assured and the end result for individuals is neurosis, depression, dysfunction and alienation.
So if you want to achieve abiding and true happiness you’ll need to start shedding your attachment to your various identities and rather to identify with the conscious Self (jīvātman) - a factor we share in common with all sentient beings.
After the Great Flood, Maha Vishnu had saved the human race (by actions of King Manu, his wife and people of his small kingdom) as well as the Saptarishis (the Seven Sages) who were meditating nearby.
Maha Vishnu then gave the Rishis (Sages) the Vedas which were prepared by Lord Brahma specifically for humans.
Sapta Rishis.
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Bhagavan didn’t “revealed” the Vedas to them, He gave it to them as a single book, who then divided it into four separate books which we now knows as the four Vedas.
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JL
waves of grief and rage-
the tide of lost tomorrows
always coming in
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J CLEAR
"A brief guide to improvement:
1) Lots of research. Explore widely and see what is possible.
2) Lots of iterations. Focus on one thing, but do it in different ways. Refine your method.
3) Lots of repetitions. Stick with your method until it stops working.
Research. Iterate. Repeat."
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Being underestimated is a gift. You don’t have to find motivation."
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Choi on the importance of not waiting:
"It doesn’t get any less scary. All that happens is that you have less life left. It helps if you do your falling early, and it really helps if you do your reaching early."
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James Baldwin on the difficulty of change:
"Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch."
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In the practice of meditation, if there is a temptation to stop paying attention, youbring yourself back. It's like herding a groupof cows who would like to cross the fence intoa neighbor's field. You have to push them back,but you do it with a certain sense of enjoyment.~ Chögyam Trungpa
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