hello everyone! hope you are well today.
this is a question for those who have experienced kundalini awakening/ release.
what caused this to happen? what was the experience like/ how are you now? is there anything you would have changed about the process?
hi everyone! hope you are doing well!
i was wondering if there are methods that help you to remain in a present state that work well for you? ways of not thinking, or not grasping thoughts as you experience.
if you have any that work well for you, or any teachings or single phrases that are good reminders. please share them below!
there are a few that seem to work? and some bits of teachings that i will leave here.
method 1) look forward and not hold any thoughts.
method 2) sometimes i will imagine a bell has been rung, and just experience its ressonance fade.
(not really free of projection but idk)
teaching excerpt 1:
dont think of anything.
toatally abandon thinking and what is thought of.
dont project outwardly. dont concentrate inwardly. dont keep a state in between. totally give up any mental effort. utter emptiness.
don't block your 5 senses. not at all. just remaining like this everything is vividly experienced, but if start to investigate and label, involved in thoughts.
teaching excerpt 2:
By purifying externally perceived objects, your perceptions are freed in themselves. By purifying the perceiving mind within, your nonclinging awareness is freed in itself. As the lucid wakefulness between is delightful, you recognise your own nature.
How are the perceived objects outside purified? This present awareness, the awakened state of mind, is unspoiled by thought and perceives as a natural brightness. Let it be like that, and objects are perceived without being clung to. In this way, no matter how appearances appear, they are in fact not real and are not held to be actual things. Thus, no matter what you perceive, be it the earth or rocks, mountains or cliffs, plants or trees, houses or castles, goods or utensils, friends or foes, family members or companions, husband or wife, sons or daughters – towards all these and all other things – you are uninvolved in the attitude of claiming ownership; and so, they are perceived but not held to be that way. By being free of clinging to anything whatsoever, you are purified of objects perceived externally.
Objects being purified does not mean that you stop perceiving. It means not to hold and cling while being bright and empty. Like the example of reflections in a mirror, they appear but are empty in that there is nothing to grasp, and your perceptions are known as “perceptions occurring to yourself”.
By means of inner perceiving mind being purified, here is the instruction in liberating nonclinging awareness in itself: No matter what occurs in your mind – the flow of thoughts, memories, or the five poisonous emotions – when you do not focus upon them, the movement vanishes by itself; thus you are untainted by the faults of thinking.
To be flawless within does not mean to become an inert stone. It means that your awareness remains free of the flawless of thinking, like the example of having gone to an island of gold; on this golden island, not even the name “stone” exists. Likewise, once your thinking dissolves into original wakefulness, there is not even the name “thought”.
As the lucid wakefulness between is delightful, here is the instruction in recognising your own nature: While practising, free from unknowing, your own consciousness is clear, pure, and awake. When practising, you have the experience that your innate, self-existing wakefulness is neither spoiled by a conceptual attitude nor by clinging to bliss, clarity, or nonthought. As that itself is the buddha-mind, you have recognised your own nature
Hi everyone! I am looking to start a small book club on the topic of metaphysical books. Anything ranging from world religion, to more obscure, to new age. Whatever people are interested and comfortable with.
The plan is to meet at a public spot, bi weekly, or monthly, and discuss whatever text the group has voted on. I figure each person can recommend a text they are interested in, or firmiliar with, and give a brief description. Then everyone can look into each a bit, and vote on the one they want to read.
For example my first recommendation would be: Tao te Ching. It is simple, short, and sweet. Accessable, yet packed with proverbs that are useful in everyday life. It deals with themes of, simplicity, compassion, and unity.
You get the idea lol. I am super excited about the potential for this, I think it could be alot of fun! We could learn alot from eachother and whatever books are picked.
Looking for 3-6 people that are interested. The intent is to have this be rooted in compassion, and finding commonality.
If you are interested let me know below or message me! If you want to drop a book recommendation that's cool too!
hi! hope your summer is going well! i am looking to make friends that are easy going, compassionate, and open minded.
i have been around the area a couple years and made some friends meeting people irl. so far they often have a resting energy of being judgemental, racist or gossips. i would appreciate new energy in life rite now! someone that radiates compassion, and can see unity in life, would be really awesome to befriend. 🙂
about me:
my hobbies include, making music, drawing, 3d design, gardening, being outside with my cats lol. i like studying a wide array of religious and esoteric literature. i alsoo like to learn about nutrition and holistic healing.
overall im easygoing, like to joke around, explore life and create stuff. 420 friendly. 34 m 1 kid. looking for platonic friendship with good energy.
look forward to hearing from you! have a great day!
hi! hope your day is going well!
do you have any tips on how to remain in a vibe that is welcoming to all people? how can we move through life, in a way that spreads joy and laughter, almost effortlessly?
it feels great, to make strangers smile, or to make someone feel seen and welcome.
some days move more smoothly than others. when someone really shines, it lights the whole room up. wherever they go, people are glad to see them. it feels great for everyone.
fear, anger, judgment, greed, all seem to temporarily block that openness? what really opens it up tho? when do you notice most that you are genuinely spreading a positive vibe in life?
🙂🥰🙌
hi! hope your day is going well!
do you have any tips on how to remain in a state that is welcoming to all beings? how can we move through this experience, in a way that spreads joy and laughter, almost effortlessly?
it feels great, to make strangers smile, or to make someone feel seen and welcome.
i notice that some days move more smoothly than others. when someone really shines, it lights the whole room up, wherever they go, people are glad to see them. it feels great for everyone.
fear, anger, judgment, greed, all seem to temporarily block that glow. what really opens it up tho? when do you notice most that you are genuinely spreading a positive vibe in life?
🙂🥰🙌
just made a cool remix. lmk what you think!
drop one track you made below and i will give an honest impression of it! happy creating!
just made a remix after a long break. lmk what you think?
leave one track below i will do the same! happy creating!
hi everyone! hope things are well with you!
this is kind of a wierd post maybe but i was looking for people to talk to about Longchenpas teachings? or just Dzogchen in general?
about 6 years ago i started reading every variety available of older (wisdom/spiritual/esoteric) text, in the pursuit of hearing out more view points.
eventually i came across Longchenpas teachings. shortly after that, i stopped looking around further. even though there are similar teachings of various backround, these just seemed, the most straight forward and simple. a potent re-introduction or something?
so fast forward 2ish years, ive just been litsening to Longchenpa's teachings, in a vacum and could use some people to talk with about this. (or i guess Dzogchen in general?). some of the most re-visited texts are, (the decisive experience, timeless freedom, treasury of basic space).
i am only recently looking into the backround of these teachings and seeing some are meant to be sealed teachings? im sorry if this is ignorant, and not in order with rules 2, 3 and 4 here. i didnt know of the word Dzogchen until today, (as i dont think it was mentioned in the texts read?)
this is all is extreamly ignorant, in some ways by design. what stopped me from looking into the backround/context of Longchenpas teachings earlier was that, i thought it would distract me from what was being transmitted. with more context, concepts, history and lore becoming the focus for an easily distracted mind.
looking around here just a bit, i realize im missing a ton of things that would have been helpful years ago potentially. ultimately i would love to just make a friend to shoot the shit with or talk about this sort of thing.
but yeah lol that is my long winded intro. hope life finds you well, and you are having good warm weather! 💚
posting this for those worn out from effort and achievement. for those worn out from holding concepts.
in a strange way, the following passages have become like a best friend, in the past few years. sharing these excerpts so it may be to your easement possibly. 💚
if you feel this does not ressonate or is confusing/heavy in anyway please ignore!* 💚
"...scince the teachings, do not exist, there is not even the label teacher.
this yoga. this spacious realization of the single sphere of being, is one of abiding definitively, and without change, on a level from which, there is no regression.
it is spontaneously present, and without change, in the state of supreme bliss. and is the un obscured clearly evident fruition, in the non conceptual state.
you come to the decisive experience of confusion, as a supreme state, beyond labels. consider the fact, that while dreams do not stray from the context of sleep, sleep does not stray from the context of awareness. and awareness in turn, does not stray from the context of, the basic space of phenomenon....
... one has not been confused in the past. one does not experience confusion in the present. and cannot possibly be confused in the future, because there is already and forever, a total purity as the very essence of space. which is without, underlying basis.
the great garuda states: there is no name for, let alone the possibility of, confusion, or non recognition, for anyone. therefore, scince nothing has ever been freed, freeing later on, is a falicy...."
here is a reading of the full text below! (well part 1)
living leading with concepts doesnt seem so attractive. thoughts and plans, ammount to trying to grab the wind.
concepts, are like the surface appearance. like a stone, it appears, but dose not have its own basis.
in your experience, when do you notice that there is seeing past the surface appearance?
like sure there are still thoughts, but it is recognized that what is not thought is the driving force.
hi everyone! i have been working on doing a cool stylized experience the past few weeks. these are the results so far. did all of the modeling, textures, and music from scratch.
the base game is an tsunami template, core gameplay revolving around character collection, with +speed rebirth. all the core systems are in place and working, it needs some polish, coherencey etc.
im looking to split revenue 1/1 with one other dev who has completed a sucessful projects before, and could help guide the last 40% and launch of this project.
there is a link below to test it, if this is something you would be interested in feel free to message me. thanks!
hello! m trying to combine two script functions that work by themselves but cant seem to figure it out. script 1 is linked to all my other ui elements, it plays the single track BgMusic, and stops it when pressing the mute button in settings. Script 2 is a random playlist, that calls different sounds in a group and plays them in a random order.
how do i use this code to edit script 1 to pull the random songs from SFX instead of just looping the Bg music. Thanks! sorry total noob here
SCRIPT 1
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local SoundService = game:GetService("SoundService")
local Remotes = ReplicatedStorage.Remotes.UI
local SettingsConfig = require(ReplicatedStorage.Configs.SettingsConfig)
local StateManager = require(ReplicatedStorage.Client.State)
local function PlayMusic()
local isMusicEnabled = SettingsConfig.IsSettingActive("Music", StateManager.GetData())
if isMusicEnabled then
local isAlreadyPlaying = SoundService.SFX.BgMusic.Playing
if not isAlreadyPlaying then
SoundService.SFX.BgMusic:Play()
end
else
SoundService.SFX.BgMusic:Stop()
end
end
PlayMusic()
Remotes.UpdateSetting.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(setting)
local isMusicSetting = setting == "Music"
if isMusicSetting then
task.delay(0, PlayMusic)
end
end)
SCRIPT FOR RANDOM PLAYLIST STANDALONE
local SoundGroup = game.SoundService.SFX -- Change SoundGroup to whatever you named your SoundGroup
local Playlist = {
SoundGroup.Sound1,
SoundGroup.Sound2,
SoundGroup.Sound3,
\-- Add more sounds if needed
}
local function PlayRandomSound()
local randomIndex = math.random(1, #Playlist)
local Sounds = Playlist\[randomIndex\]
if Sounds then
Sounds:Play()
Sounds.Ended:Wait()
end
end
hello! been working on enviorment design the past few weeks. did all the models, textures and foliage from scratch. going for a cartoony, slightly surreal/impressionist vibe.
i was wondering what your overall impression of the scene is on first glance? any likes or dislikes? how is the lighting?
im maybe 50% done with the project but looking for input.
working on creating in a style that is super cartoony. i want the models themselves to seem impressionist/ gouche inspired.
everything is being done from scratch in blender/ fesco. its a little slow moving rite now (im new to all of these programs and studio). lmk what you think!
its a long shot posting this here buuut: if anyone makes music on the computer, it would be so fun to pass some projects back and forth!
i have a handful of unfinshed projects with some nice melodies/ themes that i feel would be well recieved. and i would love to work with you on a piece you have if you got one. :) have a great day yall!
has anyone successfully recovered from, or successfully managed the above two injuries? i have been dealing with these for 3+ months and the back and forth is driving me crazy.
hurt myself stupidly, by sprinting for multiple sessions, with poor form and basically no padding. been to a few PTs now and they say it is both cmp and pt. sitting in a chair for a long period, and deep squating, make it awful. i have full range of motion but cant load it, or will have sleepless level pain for days afterward.
originally was stuck in the "boom bust" cycle of losing function. with the pt excercises, i think its turning around slowly? focusing on engaging glutes when walking seems to help relieve pressure. idfk at this point. i just want to be able to resting squat again one day.
if you have had either of, (or especially) both of these knee problems and recovered/ managed, what did that look like for you? thanks.
has anyone successfully recovered from, or successfully managed the above two injuries? i have been dealing with these for 3+ months and the back and forth is driving me crazy.
originally was stuck in the "boom bust" cycle of losing function. with the pt excercises, i think its turning around slowly? idfk at this point. i just want to be able to deep squat again one day -.-
if you have had either of, or both of these knee problems and recovered/ managed. what did that look like for you? thanks.