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• When the person has been seen through, does the ego still have a role in realising our True Nature and stabilising in the Self?egoawarenesspracticeabidingthoughtsnature of self
• In the presence of pain where is the peace that surpasses understanding, especially when the body faces disease and death?painsufferingpeaceawarenessdeathacceptance
• If Consciousness is impersonal, a hollow flute with no musician inside, how can one say "I am conscious"?consciousnessawarenessi amwho am inondualitynature of self
• If in life the opposites of duality remain, and the body's conditioning continues, is there anything that can be done and where is peace then?peaceacceptanceliberationsufferingnonduality
• Is being aware that space is infinite an important step to Awareness?meditationpracticeawarenessspacetimeenlightenmentpointers
• The Heart Sutra has struck home but the mind is restless and opens and closes, resting in Awareness and being identified with thought.emptinessawarenessscriptureabidingthoughtspointers
• If everyone has to walk their own path to Nibbāna, how can just recognising we are Awareness be enough?enlightenmentpracticenature of selfconsciousnessliberation
• Aren't we living within Consciousness, with the body having our experiences there, and Consciousness emerging from Awareness?consciousnessawarenessbodyi amidentitywho am i
• What does it mean to be aware of Awareness? Is that the same as the "eyes of the eyes," Awareness behind seeing and hearing?awarenessself inquirywho am ii amnonduality
• What is your view on psychedelics and can they help reveal these truths?mindconsciousnessdirect experiencepointerspractice
• I'm caught between knowing I don't have to do anything and still having work to do in life.practiceself inquiryliberationpersonawareness
• At the border of dreaming and waking, when identity has not yet reappeared, who has the desire to remember the person?desireawarenessconsciousnessdreamwakingmind
• In the Dharmic traditions there are siddhis — do such powers exist, and how should unusual experiences in deep meditation be understood?meditationpracticeminddirect experienceself inquiryreality
• Is coming into the Natural State acausal — like grace — such that seeking and questioning the self only perpetuate the problem?seekingenlightenmentliberationsentiencenature of selfsuffering
• When spiritual pursuit gets pulled toward manifestation and powers of the personal self, what brings attention back to I am — to beingness and silence?i amseekingegosentienceabsolutenisargadatta
• How can there be Awareness when there is no awareness of anything — isn't knowing that itself a kind of content?awarenessconsciousnesssentienceabsoluteemptinessnisargadatta
• Zen points to no-self, while this teaching says identify with Awareness as Self — and that your Awareness and mine are not separate. How do these meet?zenawarenessnature of selfnondualityemptinesswho am i
• What happens when joyous contentment arrives with little desire to do anything — and how do you live that with someone who has no interest in the practice?peaceblissdesireabidingpracticeramana
• How do Awareness and the Absolute map to each other — and where do they sit in something like the Christian Trinity?awarenessabsoluteconsciousnessscripturenondualitymeditation
• When mind is quiet and there seems to be no I — yet 'I am aware' still floats in the background — what is actual Reality pointing to?self inquirywho am ii amsentienceawarenessidentity
• Ashtavakra says the tranquil state of knowing Self alone is rare — why do we dip in and bounce back, and what does that 'therefore neither renounce nor accept' point to?scriptureabidingemptinessdesirepeaceramana
• Living with a partner uninterested in this, how do you meet the body's resistance when conversation turns negative — without seeming not to care?practicemindidentityegoself inquiryacceptance
• If the breath is an indicator of the mind's state — not something to control — how does noticing it bring you back, and what does that have to do with happiness?practicebodymindpeaceblissramana
• If what remains is simply "Am," where does compassion come in — how can one be at peace with a suffering creature or person without becoming cold?i amlovesufferingabsoluteself inquirypeace
• Is it mainly wanting and desire — and the thinking that puts a negative spin on what we don't want — that creates how we label experience?seekingmindthoughtspeacepractice
• What did Nisargadatta mean by "Consciousness is atomic" — and are food bodies themselves conscious?consciousnessnisargadattai amawarenessabsolutebody
• Can the habit of seeking — watching talks, reading, gathering more teachings — actually keep you from simply abiding as Awareness?seekingabidingawarenessi ampracticenisargadatta
• In simple breath meditation the mind can stop and "I" vanish like a nap — yet desire, triggers, and seeing others as separate still pull strongly; what is actually being shown?meditationawarenesswho am iemptinesspracticeidentity
• In the heat of a mental storm, how do you return to what you are when you cannot rely on remembering a teaching?practicemindsufferingawarenessself inquiry
• If the Absolute is that place you cannot leave, what is it — and how does seeing no one at the controls open compassion?absoluteawarenessnondualitysufferingmeditationi am
• In those blank meditation moments there seemed no Consciousness at the time — if I did not cease to exist, where did Awareness and attention go?awarenessconsciousnessabsoluteemptinessidentitydirect experience
• Is the Emptiness that once seemed like not caring actually clearer compassion — acting without the fear and projected suffering we mistook for empathy?emptinesssufferingloveabsoluteliberationmind
• Beyond abstract language, what is the realization of the Absolute — can it be pointed to without turning it into another state?absolutenature of selfvoidemptinesswho am idirect experience
• In the rope-and-snake analogy, is the ego the snake and Awareness the rope that was always already there?egoawarenesspointerssufferingidentityreality
• If we can realize or feel the Absolute, isn't that still the ego claiming "this is Absolute"?absoluteegoi amenlightenmentnature of selfawareness
• How can it be said that one does not experience suffering, when awareness of experience seems to include suffering?sufferingabsoluteblissi amwho am iacceptance
• Once stable in Am-ness, why not enter life from that standpoint and do good in the world rather than withdraw?abidingliberationzenpracticeacceptancei am
• What value does intelligence have relative to Beingness — and is understanding needed, or is it enough to "just be it"?mindawarenessabsoluteenlightenmentpointerspractice
• Is free will an illusion — and if so, what of the felt need to make decisions and the sense of responsibility for suffering?egopersonthoughtsawarenessidentitynonduality
• When a glimpse of truth brings anger and old conditioning roars back — even as joy and curiosity grow — what is that anger, and how do I find certainty in what "I am"?i amidentityawarenessmindzenfear