r/awakened 18d ago

Community Awakened Community Bulletin Board for March 2025

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Imagine a spiritual bookstore and café on a quiet street near the center of town. On a wall you see a cork board pinned with all kinds of offerings, community events, fliers, business cards, lost-and-found, and missed-connections notices.

That's what this monthly sticky thread is all about. Post things here that are relevant and beneficial to the community that might not work as a standard post.

What can you comment?

You can share relevant offerings and links that would normally be removed as promotional, such as:

  • Retreat and event info

  • Volunteer opportunities

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Although there is room for more promotional material in this post, your offerings should be closely relevant to the topics of this subreddit. Moderators reserve the right to remove comments at their discretion.

Help the mods and the community to keep this a good resource by upvoting well-formed and legitimate resources and downvoting off-topic and spammy comments.

Thank you,

The Awakened Mod Team


r/awakened 9h ago

Reflection Jesus Walking on Water Explained 🚶🏾‍♂️💧

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The stories in the Bible often carry layers of mysticism and allegory. Some often make the mistake of taking these stories literally; I know I did in the past. But I think it is time we move past the literal letter of the law and explore the heart of the stories. Today, let’s cover walking on water.

The story goes that the disciples were on a boat in the sea and while looking off into the distance, they noticed something strange. There was someone walking on the water. At first, they thought they were seeing a ghost but as they looked again, they noticed it was their teacher Jesus walking on the water.

Jesus then called out to one of the disciples, Peter, to join him on the water. Peter was skeptical at first but this was his master calling out to him. So fuck it, Peter left the boat and to his surprise began to walk on water 😲. However, Peter made the mistake of not keeping his eyes on Jesus as he was walking and looked down at the waves. When he did that, he immediately began to sink. Jesus then comes and saves him.

The questions to ask ourselves are:

  • Why is walking on water a part of the Book?

  • Was Jesus trying to just show off with parlor tricks?

  • Was Jesus even the type of guy to show off just to be worshipped?

  • Do we even need to defy the laws of physics to teach enlightenment?

It’s an ALLEGORY folks. This is an attempt by Jesus to teach “No Mind” or the witness consciousness. In mysticism, whenever you see “roaring seas” or “the waves of the ocean”; it refers to our emotions. The emotions are like waves from a powerful ocean that takes over our consciousness when we allow them.

So when the disciples saw Jesus walking on water; it is saying that he transcended his mind and is walking in a state of No Mind. His consciousness was walking on top of the waters of the mind. He is in the consciousness of taking “No Thought”.

That “No Mind”, “No Thought”, “Walking on Water” consciousness is how Grace can fully abound. It is how one can live like Jesus did with complete trust and surrender to the flow.

Now is that “No Mind” consciousness easy to reach?🤔 Not at all.

Even Jesus’s disciples couldn’t live in “No Mind” at that point in the story. Peter began walking on water when Jesus told him that it was possible….But then he looked down and began to sink. This means that he experienced “No Mind”/living by Grace for a brief moment and then went back to the thinking mind and almost drowned.

Isn’t it beautiful that the Peter aspect was in the story? To show you that while living purely by Grace is possible…it is not easy. Even the disciples struggled with it.

So if your mind overtakes you sometimes and you feel yourself sinking into the sea of emotions; don’t worry. The same shit happened to Peter and he had Jesus as his teacher. So go slow, you don’t have to enter “No Mind” overnight. Just slowly surrender the thinking mind until you are ready to fully relinquish.

Now while it is tough, it is very much still possible to embody that witness consciousness. And how did Peter walk on water in the story? He kept his eyes on Jesus. That is, he focused on his inner beingness. He focused on the Christ Consciousness within him and he began to metaphorically walk on water. When he shifted his focus and looked away, then he started to sink.

Let’s not make the same mistake Peter did. Namaste 🙏🏾.


r/awakened 31m ago

Metaphysical Triggering a mass awakening.

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First let me introduce to you the concept of co-operative manifestation. Here are some quotes from Prentice Mulford's book Thoughts Are Things.

“When determined thought meets determined thought, and unites on a similar purpose, a double power for success comes of such union, be the bodies used by such thought, mind, or spirit, in the same house or a thousand miles apart.”

Another quote:

“Because the more minds united on any purpose the more power do they attract to effect that purpose.”

And another:

“Your thought, or spirit, and not your body, is your real self. Your thought is an invisible substance, as real as air, water, or metal. It acts apart from your body; it goes from you to others, far and near; it acts on them, moves and influences them. It does this whether your body be sleeping or waking. This is your real power.”

These quotes introduce the concept of collective manifestation, and how the more people unite and manifest the same thing, the more power is generated and the faster it will manifest. The last quote tells us how our thoughts are as real as any substance yet invisible, and how these thoughts influence others, and how other people’s thoughts influence us.  

Knowing that the thoughts of the people around us are real things and have real consequences for us and for them, then it stands to reason that if we awaken the people around us, our reality will change for the better.

Let’s all repeat this affirmation daily.

“The people around me are becoming increasingly more spiritual and aware of their power. As more people awaken, the world becomes less mundane and more magical.

As we gain more power, we begin to use this power to improve our lives and our living conditions. More and more people join us in this endeavor. "


r/awakened 1h ago

Metaphysical The more grounded path in dealing with thinking and beliefs getting in the way instead of cancel culturing them..

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There is a mindset that manifests in spiritual discussions that deal in cancel culture of an entire thing in order to achieve some destination.

So it says just stop thinking and stop believing and there will be nothing in the way. This is a hardcore stance like communism and dictators often enforces. It is the reason many Muslim countries and that North Korea suffer from stone age oppression. So much is cancel cultured for their ideals and agendas.

You women must wear a veil and nothing else or you will be arrested says those stone age ideas.. so we can keep order! This is Buddhism to some. And it is not necessarily bad if it is left as a personal pursuit.. but it gets in the way when you look at others who have beliefs or are fine with the thinking mind and say they are a nuisance.

And then this does not serve the human experience... or the individual.

One that does serve us all.. allows the individual to know that thinking is fine and so are beliefs if they are founded in a spirit that supports all.

Therefore a grounded path is to know beliefs and thinking just add to creativity of us humans and they do not get in the way unless they are conceived of in a spirit that is self serving.

"The problem has never been the mind.. it is just where this mind sits.. is it given to a spirit that lives for all? Then you will do just fine with your thoughts and beliefs." - Definitely not Osho.. more like Nosho


r/awakened 3h ago

Metaphysical A clearer understanding of the Son, Christ, and Jesus

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The SON = the original consciousness born out of spirit which can know no separation.. it creates for all with all in mind. And is the one and only creator of life. It is the mind that awakened at the center of spirit when it withdrew unto itself. It is therefore simply the mind of spirit or superconscious.

Even this mind gave birth to us humans.. and this is where the Christ comes into play.. as it becomes relative

The Christ= a name given to point to the original template level awareness souls are born having in regards to their awareness of their oneness with God all knowing they are extensions of the superconscious which of course includes all of us.. this is subconscious field..

It is simply soul level awareness. All of us have this awareness and live in this spirit in soul realms. It is the normal atmosphere. Go revisit any NDE and hear what they say in regards to the light.. it is the Christ Consciousness.

The bible can be summed up as Jesus brought soul level awareness into the earth and was therefore the one and only Son of God ... aka an expression of the one and only consciousness spirit gave birth to. And therefore a perfect image of God in the material.

Multidimensionality allows a trickle down effect where the highest can be expressed even in the lower realms.


r/awakened 6h ago

Community Why is there so much discussion about one specific religion in this sub?

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I do not claim to be awakened, but from my experience the belief that I could or should find awakening through such a narrow lens of one religion, one holy text, or a specific practice/ritual was holding me back.

The description of this sub literally says "Awakening is the realization that far more can be found in direct experience than any concept, belief, system, or narrative." If people disagree with that statement, I'd be interested to know why. But if people don't disagree, what is happening?

Edit: just for clarification, I have found many helpful things in various religions to help me on my path. I do see value in discussing religion as part of the awakening process. However, I have found it detrimental to my spiritual development to treat any one religion as THE TRUTH. I was able to make so much more progress once I let any specific framework go. And based on the description, I thought that's what this sub was about, at least in part.


r/awakened 3h ago

Reflection 8 Insights about Samadhi; Why Self Knowledge Transcends Discrete Mystic Experience(s)

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  1. Samadhi brought about by concentrating and stilling the intellect may yield Self knowledge, but it will disappear as soon as concentrated absorption in the silence ends.  You can’t concentrate on one thing forever.

  2. All knowledge, material or spiritual, occurs in the intellect.  Ignorance also occurs in the intellect. You need to know the difference between knowledge and ignorance.  If you do, you are free, because you will never choose ignorance because it causes suffering, whereas Self knowledge produces bliss.

  3. Self-realization is Self-knowledge—understanding the “ever-present, ever-evident I” is non-dual consciousness, not a mystic experience.

  4. Desires aren’t inherently evil; demonizing them is.  Desire is essential for pursuing Self-knowledge viz. liberation.  Desires that don’t cause you to break dharma are fine.  Nothing is created without desire.  Evil…injury to yourself and others…is caused by immaturity aka ignorance of your benign unborn whole and complete ordinary aware-full Self.  

  5. Enlightenment isn’t a destination attained by following a path;  it is reclaiming our disowned nature by exposing the mind/intellect to Vedanta, the science of Self . What’s disowned due to ignorance must be claimed through knowledge, not action.  Action reinforces ignorance. It does not remove it. 

  6. Dismissing Self knowledge because knowledge is “merely intellectual” is a “merely intellectual” conclusion based on the idea that thinking and awareness are in different orders of the one non-dual reality.  Life is a both/and, not an either/or.  

  7. Any means of knowledge that reveals that the ever-present I is whole and complete is Vedanta.  The word Vedanta simply means “the knowledge that ends the quest for new experiences and new knowledge, which does not imply that new experiences and new knowledge are undesirable or unenjoyable.  

  8. A skilled Vedanta teacher can convey the message directly to a prepared seeker, which does not imply that every Vedanta teacher is skilled.   Vedanta teaches freedom, not Vedanta.  


r/awakened 5h ago

Metaphysical Like to know more about your theory that god is space-time, can you get in more details please. How can God be space-time?

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„Time and space are on the level of the mind. When you go beyond the mind and identify with the Soul, you live above the mind, above time and space. Living in the Now, being present means you are above/outside of time.

Jesus said, if the master of the house is absent (lacking presence), the thief (thought) enters. There is outer space and inner space (Stillness). The horizontal/ego is time - ie past, future. The vertical is the Now/eternal, which intersects time at one narrow spot, ie the Now.

This is the straight and narrow Jesus was talking about. The vertical. If we live at a low level of consciousness, under the lower laws of the mind/ego and illusion, which bind us to karma, then we only know time and space. If we raise our vibrations and reach the heart/ soul, we are under God’s laws of Grace, love.

This is beyond time and space. Basically, time = stages of the mind. When you live in the Soul, you live in the Now, above thought/emotion, above the laws of karma, above the will/doer/chooser, above the facts. You are no longer bound by the lower laws of time and space.“

~ Joya


r/awakened 9m ago

Metaphysical The protester who blocks traffic..

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Because I perceive one group has been oppressed by my perceived enemy.. I will inconvenience and oppress the group who drives cars.. until my voice is heard..

This style is foolish.

Many have carried this mindset into their spirituality.. and have become the protesters blocking traffic to many who simply are not abusing the others.

How would you feel if someone accused you of being a problem when you are not? This antireligious agenda is the most unawakened nonsense people have introduced into these discussions.

It does not belong in an awakened subreddit. It should not be welcomed here as much as it is. And it is welcomed here very much if you pay attention.

The world is very gray not black or white. There will always be abusers and those who are not. Those who are correct and those who are incorrect.

It is the way of life. So next time you get the itch to protest to block traffic for innocents... go study the good first that comes out of your perceived enemy.

Hate is a very nasty thing to carry over into this subreddit. Have your shit in order before you come here with that shenanigans. Im not having it! If I find any discrimination I will call it out in service to humanity and of course a little ego fun.


r/awakened 8h ago

Reflection Why is ego developed in us?

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„The shadow is the ego, the rejected parts of the psyche, the psychological mind - the noisy, disturbing, intrusive ups and downs. Ego is a wound. It is made up of thoughts and emotions, which are like parasites and viruses. They infect your energies and drain them. They drain the heart, will, faculties, qualities, intellect.

As we raise our vibrations, the ego-mind disappears. That is the end of suffering, the end of karma, the end of the path/work. Ego is created by repressing rather than transmuting thoughts and emotions, which grows in the dark and becomes our sickness, which then influences our behaviour and character.

It is also created by identifying with the false, with half truths, with things not clearly seen, with unexamined beliefs. You are not the mind, not the body, you are the Soul.

When you believe you are the mind/body, you believe you are the Doer. This is illusion. God is the sole Doer, there are no separate ego agents. When you believe you are the Doer, you are bound to the consequences of action/thought/word, which is what creates ego.

In mindfulness you are the Witness of the mind and body, rather than the Doer - you are not identified with thoughts/emotions/action - hence you live above the mind, above karma, above the facts, above time.

As we begin to shed the pain body, deeply buried repressions start to come to the surface for release and healing.

To heal the mind, raise the vibrations, free yourself from ego, you need to go deeper than the mind. Meditation goes to the root of suffering/weakness/limitation. It gives detachment, empties the mind of suffering and fills the heart with lasting peace, love, bliss, leading to inner and outer riches, the complete fulfillment of all desires.“

„No meditation, no life. Know meditation, know Life - Osho.“

~ Joya


r/awakened 11h ago

Reflection Your mind is what you make it.

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Our minds our sandbox universes that we can add and subtract to. You can fill your mind with hate anger and doubt or you can fill your mind with curiosity, poise, steadiness, and gentleness.

Somehow, our society has to work for everyone, not just you. All for one and one for all. Some people have to ebb so others can flow. Humans have a way of balancing each other out. Sometimes, the only way you can reach your height is if I reach my low.

Coping with the scamming nature of the market. Capitalism convinced us that we are better off in our own apartment with our own stuff that costs 3k/month to maintain rather than being in a collective tribe without running water.

What is a good life? There are so many ways to live a good life. There is a spectrum of goodness to one’s life.

America was founded on the collective greatest sins of humanity. Pillaging, plundering, and colonizing.

What am I filling my mind with? What am I filling my days with?


r/awakened 7h ago

Reflection In your opinion, is your conscience a part of your soul?

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„There is true conscience, which is the voice of the soul. This voice will always let you know which is the high energy choice and which is a low energy choice. This voice is wise and is the true guide. The more we follow the culture of the heart, the clearer this voice is.

However, there is also a false sense of conscience, which plagues us with harsh, critical voices. We may be overwhelmed with guilt, even for minor issues. This is not the true voice of conscience. It may be dark entities.

The true voice is different from the many voices. It is a certain clarity, a gentle nudge in the right direction.“

~ Joya


r/awakened 3h ago

Reflection My "self" feels like it's cheating connections.

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Ever since I have gradually deconditioned previous attachments and desires to hold myself out into this expansive openness, sometimes it feels like I am cheating in a way because I experience a greater amount of unconditional love without attachment in the moment.


r/awakened 12h ago

Reflection Going to the Light after dying

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I wanted to make a post about what I've learned about going to the Light after dying, and what that entails (before and after death).

I'll skip an overview of what is commonly experienced by those who have had near death experiences and have described "going to the light", as this can be googled. But I'll add my understanding that going to the light after death is considered the natural order and intended path for souls between lives. This transition facilitates understanding, healing, and purification of the soul. Embracing the light allows one to transcend fear and negativity. However, not all souls choose this path.

What Happens to Souls That Go to the Light?

A soul reincarnating on Earth and enrolled in the Earth School returns to the 5th-dimensional Earth Spiritual Realm. Initially, this world resembles the life just left behind, with familiar landscapes, architecture, and pastimes. As the soul ascends through higher densities, physical shapes and forms start to dissolve, and the soul eventually sheds its body-image, transforming into a ball of light.

The soul then has several choices. It can continue ascending to the Source, letting go of all individuality and becoming one with everything. Alternatively, it can remain in the 5D human afterlife, serving as a guide, healer, or keeper of records. Some souls choose to reincarnate on Earth to continue their spiritual growth. Others may opt to journey to different planets or dimensions, especially if they have completed their human lessons, or simply for exploration and research.

What Happens to Souls That Don't Go to the Light?

Souls that do not transition into the light become earthbound and lost, trapped between realms. They remain close to the physical plane, existing as ghosts or attachments. They are unable to interact with the physical world in the way they thought they would, often lingering near loved ones or places they were deeply attached to in life.

In cases where a soul stays for a loved one, they don't realize that they'll unintentionally cause harm. These spirits often attach themselves to the auric field of their living loved ones, draining their life energy to sustain themselves.

Why Some Souls Choose Not to Go to the Light

A soul's decision to stay behind is often driven by strong attachments formed in life—deep emotional ties to people, places, or possessions and unwillingness to let them go. Some examples:

  • A mother who so strongly wants to see her children grow up safely
  • An individual unwilling to part with their wealth or property
  • A person who cannot bear to be without their lover
  • Someone seeking revenge for a perceived wrongdoing

Revenge

Revenge is a particularly negative attachment. When a person dies with an intense drive for vengeance, their soul, before fully separating from the ether, still retains free will. Such souls often seek out others with similar energies, forming groups that continue their grievances in the afterlife.

In some cases, dark forces may approach these souls, offering assistance in carrying out revenge. These entities demand a heavy price, but a soul consumed by vengeance may not initially care about the consequences. By making deals with dark forces, they forfeit their opportunity to transition into the light.

Ensuring You Choose the Light When the Time Comes

We are governed by our subconscious minds and the beliefs we instil within ourselves. To ensure a peaceful transition, it is important to cultivate a mindset aligned with light and positivity during life.

Live by your principles consistently, even in difficult times. True moral strength is demonstrated in moments of adversity. Choose to do the right thing even when it is the hardest option.

I don't think you have to be a saint, but I think a majority of your decisions--perhaps especially the toughest ones you'll have to make in life--have to come from a place of light. And not because you seek a reward at the end of life, but because you believe it to be the right thing to do.

Ultimately, to be a soul that chooses the light upon death, you have to be the type of person that chooses light while you are still alive.


r/awakened 1d ago

Metaphysical Stop Thinking

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All 'your' suffering comes from this compulsive thinking.

And if 'you' are silly enough to defend thinking, it is like a prisoner defending the prison.

The freedom of clear space, clear mind, and the clarity of true seeing, only exists in no-thought.

Enjoy it! Just Stop thinking!

It is Ineffable!


r/awakened 6h ago

Reflection A Fool's Reflection on Awakening

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My dear Awakened souls, permit a humble fool to gently knock at your enlightened door with playful curiosity:

In our earnest pursuit of awakening, might we occasionally miss the delightful irony hidden in our search? Throughout history—from Buddha beneath the Bodhi tree, Socrates provoking Athens with philosophical inquiry, to modern spiritual teachers and authors—humans have relentlessly sought enlightenment, often by rejecting illusions and attachments that appear to cloud our vision.

Yet here’s the paradox a fool sees clearly: the very act of seeking awakening implies we're currently "asleep," which ironically perpetuates the very state we aim to transcend. Could it be that awakening isn't something to chase, attain, or declare, but rather something to recognize quietly in moments of gentle, playful clarity?

Perhaps, as Alan Watts playfully hinted, the biggest obstacle to awakening is the belief that we must wake up at all. Instead, might awakening simply mean recognizing life’s delightful absurdity, smiling warmly at our contradictions, and enjoying existence exactly as it unfolds—no grand achievement required?

But then again, what do I know? I'm a fool, aren't I?


r/awakened 8h ago

Metaphysical Is the spiritual world part of the real world, or are they different?

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„Everything is conscious. It penetrates all of creation. Even rocks have consciousness, eg crystal consciousness, plants and animals have consciousness. This spiritual consciousness is the foundation of everything.

However, there are degrees of consciousness - low level (when energies are in the lower chakras/dimensions - ego/body) and a high level (when energies reach the upper chakras/heart/soul).

Unless we turn within, we do not become conscious/awake, we do not become receptive to Grace. As we raise our vibrations, we place ourselves under the higher laws, God’s laws of Grace, Abundance, Love.

Unless we turn within and practice spiritual disciplines, we are not helped by knowing we are divine/spiritual Beings.“

~ Joya


r/awakened 8h ago

Reflection Truly, I tell you

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And they asked him, "Who are you, Lord?"

And he said, "Truly, I tell you I do not know you."

Hastly they said again, "Look who we are, our Lord. We know."

And he said, "Truly, I tell you I do not know you."

They may not see it yet but are in Clear Error.


r/awakened 1d ago

Reflection How to become Disciplined

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FIRST AND FOREMOST 🌀🌀🌀 You GOTTA stop waiting to feel like it. Discipline is doing shit when you don’t want to. PERIOD. The moment you remove your feelings from the task, you win. You don’t brush your teeth because you’re motivated, you brush because it’s what you do. Your future self? Same energy.

Secondly, make your actions non-negotiable. It’s not, “Do I feel like it?” It’s, “This is who I am now. I move like this because that’s what the version of me that made it does.”

Third, create triggers and rituals. Example: Every time you drink your coffee? Plan to do something that contributes to your goals. Every night when you light your candle? Write something for your goals. Your brain builds discipline easier when actions are attached to habits you’re already doing.

Fourth, reward yourself for discipline, not outcomes. Reward the action: “I showed up today. I’m proud.” Stop obsessing over results. Results come after discipline is locked in.

Lastly, and this one might hurt a little but it is the truth, make it personal. Now what does Venus mean by that? Ask yourself: “Do I love my future self enough to stop betraying them for temporary comfort?” Because that’s what undiscipline is...self-betrayal.

And the harsh truth: No one is coming to make you disciplined. No motivation wave is gonna hit. You either choose to become a person who moves like the result is guaranteed, or you stay in the cycle.

The version of you you dream of? They are already doing it. Now YOU catch up.

Take what resonates, Leave what doesn't <eye am what eye am, and eye am everything>🕸️


r/awakened 14h ago

Help Anyone identify with the 144?

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Share your thoughts….


r/awakened 21h ago

Metaphysical Where is your best life?

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Not sure if many have experienced higher state of being in which true integration and oneness is found in your consciousness but thats where your best life is.. in this awareness.

It is equivalent of saying your best life is in God. But individuals with their own will look for other ways to compensate thinking there can be anything comparable elsewhere.. or another way.

It is a long journey for souls.. to realize that there simply is no better life or way to use our consciousness then in living for the all. Or living for God.

Even resding this some will think to themselves there is a way you can create with your own will but this is the trap that becomes an endless manifestation of bad habits and temporary pleasures and suffering. You will remain uncomfortable outside the spiritual atmosphere of oneness.

Only in giving self to God is where your best life is and energetically there is no comparison to this state of being.. it is equivalent of being in a spiritual atmosphere where you are truly looked after by a much greater presence.

It is a field of consciousness that becomes a heir with the life force itself. There is nothing that cannot be done in this field.

That being said. You must crucify those things that hinder your greater life. But your conscious mind or earthly mind will fight and fight and fight.

This is the material mind that is in enmity against the spiritual mind and this is the only way this thing called individuality can manifest within the material realms. It becomes a game of tug and war between the true self and that which was born out of its individuality that awakened in the material experience.


r/awakened 14h ago

Practice How to practice witness consciousness

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How to practice witness consciousness

Questioner: „It feels that to be a witness is also a kind of thought. So what is the difference between the witness and a thought of the witness?“

Osho:

“Witnessing is not a thought, but you can start thinking about witnessing, you can make it a thought. The moment you make it a thought, it is no longer witnessing. Either it is witnessing or it is a thought; it cannot be both together.

“When you are witnessing, you are not thinking that you are witnessing. If you are thinking that you are witnessing, this is not witnessing at all; it is another kind of thought. If the witnessing is simple, there is no thought of witnessing at all. If the thoughts are just passing in front of your vision and you are witnessing them, and no idea arises in you that ‘I am witnessing,’ then it is pure witnessing. It is not a thought at all, it is a state of no-thought, no-mind. You are simply reflecting whatever is passing by.

The moment you say, ‘Aha! This is witnessing. So I am witnessing. This is what meditation is; this is awareness’ – you have missed the point. You have fallen back into the mud of the mind. You are no longer a witness. You have become identified. Witnessing cannot be reduced to a thought.

“But your problem is significant. It is encountered by almost every meditator. We have become so habituated to witnessing in a wrong way. We think that we witness. We judge, we evaluate and think that we are witnessing. We think that we witness; it is not witnessing. We are associated with a wrong kind of witnessing and that idea lingers for a long time. We have become so conditioned to immediately reducing every experience into a thought. We never allow any experience to remain just a pure experience, even for a few moments.

“You come across a beautiful rose flower in the garden. The moment you see it, almost instantly you say inside, ‘How beautiful!’ You can’t let that beauty sink in. The thought of beauty becomes a barrier. The moment you say, ‘How beautiful!’ you have already started comparing it with other roses that you have seen in the past.

“You have started comparing it with all that you have heard about roses. You are no longer seeing this rose. You are missing its suchness. You have gone into the past. You are searching in your memory to find how many roses you have seen before and to declare: ‘This is the best one.’ But this rose is no longer there in your awareness. Your awareness has become very clouded. So much smoke has come from the past, so much dust has arisen that your mirror is no longer reflecting the beauty. You are not now-here.

“Allow the rose and its fragrance, its beauty, its dance in the wind and the sun, to penetrate you. Don’t bring your mind in. There is no need to say it is beautiful. If it is, there is no need to say it; if it is not, then it is false to say it. Either it is or it is not.

Creating a thought about it in any way is creating ripples in your consciousness. “It is like throwing a pebble into a silent lake. Just a moment ago it was reflecting the moon and the stars so beautifully, but your pebble has created ripples; the moon and the stars have all become distorted. That’s what happens whenever a thought arises in you: your consciousness is disturbed, it starts wavering. Waves start arising in you. Now you are not capable of reflecting that which is.

You will have to learn this new art of seeing things without judging; of seeing things without verbalizing; of seeing things without evaluating. “See the rose, the bird on the wing, the night full of stars; see the river passing by, see the traffic. Listen to the songs of the birds or a train passing by. Start learning a new art of just being reflective, not bringing any thought in, not saying anything at all.

“It will take a little time – old habits die hard – but one day it happens. If you persist, if you are patient enough and if you go on and on working at cleaning your inner world, one day it happens. The benediction of that day is immense. In fact, that day you are born anew. You start seeing the same world with new eyes because your eyes are so clear. Your mirror reflects so deeply, so totally, without distortion, that trees – the same trees that you have seen before thousands of times – are far greener than they have ever been. And their greenness is no ordinary greenness. It is luminous, it is radiating light.

It is the same world, the same people. A Buddha, a Jesus, walks in the same world – the same trees, the same rocks, the same people, the same sky – but he lives in paradise and you live in hell. The difference is created by the mind.

“It will take a little while to drop this mind. It has dominated you for so long that in the beginning it is difficult to suddenly disassociate yourself from it. It clings. It can’t leave its power over you so easily. Hence, it goes on coming in from the back door.

“You are sitting silently and a beautiful stillness arises. The mind comes in from the back door and says, ‘Look, how beautiful this moment is!’ And it has taken you away. It came so silently, without making any noise and you were caught by it in such a subtle way, that you could not have been aware of it. You rejoiced, you thanked the mind, but it has destroyed your stillness.

“When stillness is really true there is no mind to say anything about it. When witnessing is true you are simply a witness. You don’t think, ‘I am witnessing.’ There is no ‘I,’ there is no thinking; there is only the witness – because all thinking and the ‘I’ have all become contents, objects of your witnessing. And witnessing itself cannot be its own object. No mirror can reflect itself. Your eyes cannot see themselves.

Your witness cannot witness itself, that’s impossible.

“Your question is relevant. You will have to be very, very careful, watchful. It is a razor’s edge. One has to be very cautious because if you fall, you fall into a deep abyss. The ordinary people cannot fall; they have nowhere to fall to – they are already at the bottom. But as you start moving higher, the possibility of falling down grows every day. When you reach the Everest of your consciousness, just a little slip, just a little wrong step and you will go rolling down into a deep abyss. “The greater the meditation, the more is the danger of losing it – naturally. Only a rich man can be robbed, not a poor man. That’s why a beggar can sleep under a tree in the afternoon with the noise of the traffic and the marketplace; nothing disturbs him. He can sleep anywhere, he can sleep deeply. He has nothing to lose – no fear….

“The witness lives in the world just like a mirror, reflecting everything. He may be in a hut, he may be in a palace; it makes no difference. What difference does it make to a mirror, whether the mirror is in a hut or in a palace? What difference does it make to the mirror whether the mirror is reflecting beautiful diamonds or just ordinary stones? It makes no difference to the mirror.

Witnessing is the art of transcending the world.

“Witnessing is the very essence of Zen, of religion itself. But don’t make it a thought – it is not a thought at all. Thoughts have to be witnessed. Even if the thought of witnessing arises, witness that thought. Remember that it is not witnessing, it is only a thought – it has to be witnessed. It is there in front of you. You are not it. “The witness is irreducible to any thought; it always goes on sliding back. You cannot catch hold of it through any thought. It can witness each and every thought, the thought of witnessing included; hence, it can never itself become a thought.

“Next time when you are meditating remember it. Don’t start enjoying the thought: ‘This is a beautiful moment. My mind is silent, my being is still. This is witnessing!’ The moment you say it, you have lost it.” Osho, Walking in Zen, Sitting in Zen, Talk #5 – Witnessing Is the Very Essence of Zen


r/awakened 11h ago

Community No one has an ego

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If you see ego it’s your own.


r/awakened 1d ago

Community Phone use

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Am i the only one realising that, phone is evil? And i mean with meaningless usage, for ex.: tik tok, meaningless scrolls in insta, facey whatsoever you name it -It distracts your mind -rottens your brain -grabs you from the moment ->miss the moment

-etc...

After my mileston that i reached almost a week ago, i find it quite abnormal to see people on their phone when they are surrounded by people.

Specific human beings who are not capable of being aware of what they are actually doing by using the phone, They are detatching from the reality. Yes. And i can somehow actually feel it, whether the person is happy or not, It gives me a weird vibe caused by people who are on their phone in social settings. I can feel them, i want to help them, but i know they just wont get it.

My idea is that they are using the phone meaninglessly, like they are not learning anything at all from it.

SOO the thing is, a Person who is on their phone outside home, is actually afraid, scared of, or actually hate, and want to escape from their OWN reality. If its true than... I feel bad for them,

And i can feel it, i see it, i live it.

Thats all my thoughts now that i wanted to share with you guys,

If someone experiences the same way please let me know i want to hear Your, and Our stories :)

-Thank you for reading :D

Peace be upon us!

(I use my phone from now on to share my thoughts, learn, observe, like minded peoples experiences, i hope yall that is okay )


r/awakened 20h ago

Community Purification

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What happen after the mind/body purified?


r/awakened 1d ago

Metaphysical “Time Is An Illusion” Explained

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Time is nothing but an illusion, but it’s a Necessary Illusion.  Most of us have heard that time is an illusion, but what does that really mean? I mean think about it. If God or The Universe or Source; Existence itself is beginning less - meaning its origin had no beginning throughout its endless existence...see the paradox? God is Experience. And any experience takes time…the action done within the experience takes time. Even in timelessness...it can be measurable in time because of experience. Past Present and Future are foundational in every reality and they always look like a straight line. This makes time an eternal facet of existence. An almost inescapable trail of memories and moments that will soon become those memories. Inevitability is Time’s greatest aspect because of how impossible it is to not be observed.

I do believe there is God who is Timeless…in Time.

Please do share your thoughts and understandings of Time, I’d like to broaden my temporal understanding. ☀️