Akilesh NorCal 2024 workshop on surrender, inquiry, and Ramana's supplement to 40 verses - Day 7 pm

[@vvv2k12]

Hey wanted to ask a q... So do the dream characters in sleep dream have their own experiential field of awareness (visual, auditory, thoughts, emotions)? How about this waking dream? Do all the characters have their own experiences or is it just one character? Wether that's me or you is a different discussion.

[@SiftingtotheTruth]

that question cannot be answered in words. You'll have to find out who is asking the question

[@vvv2k12]

@@SiftingtotheTruth 😩 thanks

[@vvv2k12]

@@SiftingtotheTruth would you recommend the headless way? Also what are your thoughts on Jim Newman/Tony parsons (radical non duality)

[@SiftingtotheTruth]

@@vvv2k12I tend not to comment on other teachers. I recommend the way I set forth in my videos and books

[@vvv2k12]

@@SiftingtotheTruth they're not teachers, they don't provide any prescriptions or homework. Just an uncompromising simple direct message. They don't use concepts like ego etc but they refer to it as a "tension" in the body that could fall away, but that falling away has no cause. Is that accurate

[@pairadeau]

it's not so mysterious this business of how "my duties" will continue post liberation. take, for example, a ball rolling down a hill. the momentum of the ball rolling down the hill basically forces it to continue in a certain direction. is it possible for it to stop suddenly and start levitating and then go backwards? anything is possible but it's surely not likely. similarly the body/mind has gained a certain momentum over the lifetime. so when the illusion of doership goes, it is cerrtainly possible that you might want to start going in a completely different direction in your life. however, due to your momentum, this new post-liberation alignment will likely take time. it of course can be sudden but most likely the change will be slower. you will likely need to first slow down your momentum to a halt before proceeding in a new direction. hence, this fear of a sudden and violent and dramatic change is not well founded. the fantasy of just falling off a cliff or teleporting to some other dimension when the doer disappears is seen to be complete imagination........or is it? ha ha. proceed with the inquiry my fellow students of stubbornia....