I haven't for a few decades, but with the pervasiveness of screens in these times I don't think owning or not a TV makes a big difference. Not having cable service might tho. It is a practice to unplug from the addiction to mind, screens/devices are just the access point into collective mind. Very powerful and addictive, but the addiction root is at the level of the personal mind.

Direct sensation bypasses the character, reveals it as 100% imaginary, imagination can be practical, so there is a valid place for the character, but only possible when fully known as character vs real / essential.

@@AcceptingLove can you expand on what you meant by ‘direct sensation reveals the character as 100% imaginary’? How would that happen? Is there a practical example you can give to illuminate this?

@@sarahmuschel4812 It is possible and accessible to have a partial realization ('seeing/knowing' of reality) where there is only perception and no 'me' story. In a sense it is 'to be as children', from that we can experientially learn that the content of 'me' is only thought, which is optional to existence. It is a partial realization because there still remains perception, in a total realization there are no perceptions, no experience, experiencer, experiencing. That cannot be described. Either happens spontaneously without a cause, but practice and training in meditation, self inquiry and good therapy greatly increases the chances, prepares the ground for the seed to spontaneously grow..

@@AcceptingLove thanks for responding. Not sure that that was my question, but I appreciate your words. Also, I believe you are one of the very few non-duality speakers who recommends therapy and I find that to be refreshing and necessary. Too many people come into this subject carrying loads of unprocessed trauma, which makes the message of truth less likely to be accessible or received fully into the depth of their being. So that component is a big factor I feel in the awakening process amongst the other things that you mentioned. So I’m glad you talk about that.

I don't consider myself a non-dual teacher, that said non-duality is a powerful tool/method, a thorn to pull out a thorn. But as for any tool, the one wielding the tool is more important than the tool itself, I'd rather receive surgery by a master surgeon with improper tools than surgery from a medical student with proper tools.

Yes, but we are not mind/body, that is where the heart I speak of is.

Heaven and hell exist relatively and only within mind. Life after death: what dies dies, what doesn't die does not die, we are both and neither. I have strong evidence from personal experience to be certain that I cannot conclusively determine that the individual mind does not continue after death.

Having joyful work could be helpful for some, and a lucky thing for many, but the joy, wellbeing and peace that I'm speaking of does not come from activity nor work.

That's great! For some people it's harder to go right, for others to go left.... we usually need to move until it's easier to move than to stop moving. Ride the energy that moves when you 'do nothing'... don't worry about being at peace, dive into all the discomfort with curiosity, what lies there might not be what it appears to be.

Thank you for your comment! I'd invite you to trust that something else is possible, something that science is just starting to validate. If you're interested in a scientific perspective on this, check out the video "The Default Mode Network & End of Suffering" by Gary Weber

In the deepest sense, yes.

Hi Mattias, I appreciate the feedback, ultimately all discomfort is a flavour to be savoured and music is a great environment to elicit that. On the other hand, here is another meditation with maybe a more preferable taste for you 🙏: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHqbnpyjnbOGq8k