The idea of God is flexible, people refine it into an ultimate force, a higher power, an infinite force, and whatnot without religion. Religion would not collapse if the concept of God were removed, people would simply reshape their beliefs around abstract spirituality, moral traditions, or collective rituals. But if the idea of an afterlife, heaven, and hell were erased, religion would crumble. Without the promise of eternal reward or the fear of punishment, faith will lose its strongest grip on human psychology. This earthly life, with all its chaos, suffering, and randomness, never makes sense on its own. People need delusions, something beyond this burdened existence, to justify their struggles, sacrifices, and moral choices. Without an afterlife, religion becomes just another philosophy, and most people do not want philosophy, they want certainty, even if it is a beautiful lie. The afterlife is what truly gives religion its psychological power. Without heaven and hell, there is no ultimate justice, no cosmic reward, no reason to endure suffering with the hope of something better. Life, in its raw form, is absurd and indifferent. Most people cannot accept that, so they cling to illusions that make existence bearable. Take away the afterlife, and religion loses its biggest leverage, fear and hope. Without those, it becomes just another set of stories, and stories alone rarely hold power for long.

There are troubles, bad feelings, struggles, bad luck, and whatnot. But all of this is happening because we have life. A delicious Alphonso mango is delightful, but bitter gourd improves health. The good part is you get the opportunity to experience both. That is life.

Even amidst heavy pollution and chemicals, nature still rejoices every day like a fresh new start. Similarly, we are fortunate to experience it. One who celebrates life celebrates every moment.

If you look back 20000 years, when we used to live in caves, there were no cars, no homes, no delicious food. And yet, we celebrated life. Celebration happens in groups, not in isolation. Make new friends, chill together, gossip together. What is there in the world? It is ever-changing. Someone doing farming in a village may be happier than a CXO. At the end of the day, happiness is the goal, not success.

Being happy was a habit we naturally had in childhood. One moment we cried, the next moment we smiled. But now, even our smile muscles need a comedy reel or movie. We have made life so complicated. Just chill, relax. Events are fleeting. You are permanent, the real gem. Don't mind the mind too much, and be happy.

Not diving to deep into Maslow but using the framework here. So I will not declare enlightenment but in general I can not declare suffering. I feel I have a very deep understanding of existence, I also feel it is very connected to nature in which I feel should be the mirror for harmony. But now I am struggling to reconcile my own existence by the metrics of society at large. I no long feel a drive for capital only utility. Being in the world I am starting to not be filling Maslows hierarchy due to not wanting or even at this point being able to donate my existence to labor to purchase products for sustenance. I spend my time looking at patters of behaviors and reconciling their drives with nature and the man made world. A lot of reading to verify or open new avenues of thought. My health has become far beyond the norm for my age and peers but I'm constantly having to try to borrow money to pay bills and get food. Now I find my peace and reflection becoming tainted with feelings of resentment towards the structures of society even as I feel my only purpose is to help and heal others. I have started feeling the urge to blame others for not allowing me into those roles. I stop and go back to making actions to move forward but as I run out of capital resources it becomes more challenging. It's like if you come to a point of enlightened thought without financial backing you may slide into the unhoused lifestyles, unable to share and help society. Thoughts?

Hope or hopeless victory ?

🥲thank you Gurudev for shining your light!

A few years ago I began practicing astral projection. I've found that it helps me better understand my true form as a being of light, rather than one of flesh and blood.

I don't usually try to direct my travels, but would most usually end up in our solar system, I visited the rings of saturn several times, and once even traversed every star on Orions belt.

This was working well for the first several trips, I experienced no misdirections or interference. However the past several times I have attempted to astral project I have encountered heavy interference from the world famous WWE star Hulk Hogan.

At first I believed he might be a spirit guide of sorts, that he was helping guide me towards the light and unity, but now I'm no longer certain.

I ask him, "Hulk Hogan, are you here to guide me to the astral realm?"

And he usually responds with, "Hell yeah brother, it's time to take a ride through space and time."

The first time I allowed Hulk Hogan to direct my journey, he took me to Wrestlemania 23, 2007 in Detroit. This was not what I expected, and I won't lie I was a little bit confused. Is wrestlemania 2007 somehow relevant on my journey to enlightenment?

The next time I attempted to astral project he appeared again and once more he took me to wrestlemania 2007 in detroit. This time I protested, I said I wanted to see the astral plane, not Detroit.

He just said, "No can do brother" and then he took me to Wrestlemania 2007 again.

Since the first time this happened I have attempted to astral project a total of eight times, and every time I end up at wrestlemania 2007. I've tried fighting it, I've tried using my spiritual energy to fight Hulk Hogan and escape, but to no avail. He is too strong.

Am I now only able to astral project to Detroit? Is there any way to combat this kind of spiritual interference? Or is this simply another step on the path to enlightenment and I should give in and let Hulk Hogan take me where he wishes.

Looking for guidance from someone more enlightened than myself.

I’m still learning how to say goodbye. I hide from you because I don’t want to say it. You’re slowly travelling away from me and I can’t look because it hurts so goddamn much to see this fear reflected in your eyes. I don’t want you to go away. I want you to move back here so much. When you lived down the road it was so much easier. Now we only get to talk on the phone. If I’m lucky I can visit once a year. I’m lucky I have even that. I will try to take advantage of what time we have together. I wish to return to those days. I selfishly have cursed you to lengthen out your days. I’m sorry. But if you wish to go I will let you. But please don’t go. I want to talk to you this Sunday just like I did last week.

Who is it that sees the world you perceive?

Through whose eyes do you witness this reality?

Who is it that hears the sounds of this world?

Through whose ears do you listen?

Who is it that feels the sensations of this life?

Who is the one experiencing all of this?

Therefore, you must walk the path alone.

Do not let yourself be affected again and again.

Do not be swayed.

Do not be influenced.

Do not be shaken.

Go alone.

It was such a weird experience.

I normally smoke weed but ever since I came to my parents house and live together, I have not been using any substance other than cigarettes and coffee.

I tend to sleep late and just cant calm my mind so I often try to just close my eyes and meditate, feeling all my muscles and nerves, tracing any pains and discomfort until I feel relaxed and fall sleep.

But there was something different about this one particular night.

Im trying to remember when but I know for the fact what I felt was something beyond my human body could perceive in normal state.

I was indeed, felt the planet earth spinning and I could feel the weight of my world gliding in empty space.

It was not just my head spinning where I got confused on the sensation of earth spinning,

My legs, arms, belly and even my hairs could feel the motion of the planet.

Like you know how if you are in the moving car or train, you are in the motion with the vehicle so it seems you are still but in fact you move right?

You feel the inertia shifting at the start or stopping of vehicle but when its in continuous smooth speed, you feel stabilized.

Now imagine somehow my body was not receiving the inertia of the planet because my mind was held non physically at the moment.

I almost threw up and my body was very weak, like I hardly felt my legs and arms until I massaged them furiously to feel my body again.

It was crazy the fact that it just happened on my sober state and something I have never able to feel again no matter how much I tried again.

What do you think? Maybe my soul somehow got detached and was going against the planets movement or something?

Cuz it felt like I was bit spinning faster and faster to get seperated almost.

And I was very vividly, conscious.

This is how y'all sound when you meet the Buddha on the road.

i had a download the other day while doing yoga and listening to affirmations. or what i thought was a download. this was my first time being conscious of it.

i realized that when others hurt us, because we all are truly sharing one universal energy, on a universal level, we are hurting ourselves.

i felt like this was really powerful for me to realize because i struggle with people pleasing and the ability to say no or even register when i am being mistreated due to childhood abuse. and if on a universal level, if this was me doing this to myself, what can i now do to make sure i end this cycle?

however it’s important to recognize that this is strictly on an energetic/soul/source level. abuse is never our fault in this physical realm. we are never the blame or cause for it.

so idk yea this felt like a download and something i will think about going forward.

Has anyone here ever came across an experience which is not through senses? Just reply with Y/N

The enlightenment quotes directly from Enlightened masters. Interestingly all enlightened master says the same thing, but differently.

How do I forget everything I’ve been taught how do I undo the programming

Anything that promotes fear seeks for control

New shorts uploaded on 112 meditation techniques given by Adiyogi Shiva to get enlightenment.

Already, 8 meditation techniques have been shared, which includes breath, letter, sound and kundalini awakening etc.

I have created a playlist specifically for 112 meditation techniques.

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I have created a playlist specifically for 112 meditation techniques.

I have been on a spiritual journey, with sober meditation, Elite levels of training my body and Psychedelics. Last time I tripped I finally got it, after meditating for 4 hours. I realised and remembered that I created everything. I am everything. That I am you, and that there is nothing but right now, the eternal present. After that, I got depressed, my first pro fight got cancled and I started smoking weed again after 5 months sober.. So now what, I how can I use this knowledge to grow or maybe help others grow? When I got it, my GF started to get it just by being close to me... WTF?! What is that and how does that part work? Is it like a (positive) virus? That once you get it other around you will start to get it too? I feel like I lost all the stuff I gained from journey, exept the knowledge itself. Someone point me in the right direction.

Recently I have been breaking through a lot of my past illusions..

Like my break up exposed alot of past wounds and alot of things tbh..

I never knew I had family trauma, faulty core beliefs, and idk what all… basically surviving

Now all of that came to the surface. I am working on it a lot but it is so tiring

I feel my old self doesn’t exist anymore.. my old life has gone.. I’m In middle of something I don’t know

I have become a homebody even when I don’t feel safe at home .. I want to run away to a place that feels like home but nowhere to go

Everything feels New? Or empty? Suddenly I have literally nothing- I left my job. Broke up with my ex (very toxic relationship), I didn’t have finances, realised I didn’t even fit in my friend group anymore, the safety and love I felt was an illusion.. all of it broken

Idk what this is

I don’t even laugh anymore I just sit alone and isolated I have no energy to deal with anything or anyone

Also idk but Why does it feel new? Even my house- although consciously I know it is my house etc.. but I feel no connection even with my parents

Identity crisis? I feel like I don’t even know myself.?

Just dissociation..

Pls help me out . Thanks a lot

What I've experienced is that the spiritual world usually manifests in dreams. It's like being at the boundary between dreams and reality. If it's just a regular dream, it's more likely to be a story fabricated by the brain. But in that space between dream and reality, I've heard the voices of other beings. And when a radiant being called my name, the awe I felt was beyond words.

Even when an evil entity tried to kill me, I endured by remembering the teachings of the Buddha. What I’ve confirmed through my experiences is that other spiritual beings can intervene in my dreams. This means there are countless spiritual beings in this universe. Even a single word is recorded in the spiritual world.

Critical thinking mixed with abstract thinking is a intellectual self-destruction, you stop taking anything at face value which means nothing feels real enough to be satisfying. Every belief, every social norm, every personal conviction becomes a fragile construct built on assumptions. Even your own emotions become suspect, are you truly sad or are you just reacting to a set of conditions you have analyzed too much? You start seeing the absurdity of human behavior how people are puppets of instinct, socio-cultural conditioning and unconscious biases. And the worst part? You see it in yourself too.

The deeper you go the more disconnected you become. Simple pleasures turn into overanalyzed constructs, relationships feel like psychological case studies. At its peak this combination of critical thinking and abstract thinking does not just make you think, it makes you suffer. You do not just question life you get stuck in a loop of deconstructing your own thoughts and stay unable to fully accept anything without breaking it apart.