Don't be a non-dual zombie - it won't help you on your

[@alexxmde]

I've been practicing alone for 10 years now, reading a lot, and meditading a lot. And I have found out that this "directness" is actually the only way to experience things as they are, and accept them and advance on the path. It's mindblowing how it's always available to us, to be here now, doing what we are doing now, it takes practice and patience. I have realized that one does not think one`s way to enlightment. It's not something to be learned from facts, but to be learned from experience itself. The concepts themselves are very direct. They just need a good teacher to explain them simply and guide on how to experience them. Thanks for another great video!

[@ultimatemeaning]

❤ thanks for sharing your experience. Its heartening to here about your progression ❤❤❤

[@alfredsams9059]

Your talks are the best ive heard on real application of buddhas teachings. We are dumbfounded by abstractions of religious teachers and swept away with pop psychology.ypur talk is an antidote to that as you return to simple truths and ypu deal with everyday living.ypu are insightful and relate buddhas teachings to our daily lives. Also you communicate effectively and give examples from films and books to bring enlightenment to us.please kee foing your goodwork.im sure millions will respond to your talks. Prople want spirituality without becoming good human beings. Thsnk ypu.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thank you for your high praise Alfred although I am not sure I deserve it. But I can see clearly that you are sincere and well motivated to help bring about positive change. Welcome to the discussion! 🙏🙏🙏

[@Alexmw777]

Wittgenstein posited that there are no real philosophical problems, no true paradoxes -- just framing problems and failures of language. Many paradoxes dissolve when the question is asked differently. Having good questions is more important than having good answers. I think, at least. Thanks for the teachings

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thanks that is very helpful, I always wanted to know more about Wittgenstein, maybe I should do some research. It is very similar to the Buddhist position.🙏🙏🙏

[@chrisdiaz9061]

Thank you for your honesty

[@ultimatemeaning]

my pleasure friend 💛💛💛

[@maryfreund4957]

Thanks for always kicking our butts. We need honesty to illuminate our faulty thinking, even if it hurts. Lately, my faulty thinking is revealing deeper undertones. Like how I catch my mind thinking it 'knows something' and I'm like 'dude, you don't know anything, just stop'. The best professors I ever had were the ones who kicked our asses and didn't hand anything to us on a platter. We were expected to know the fundamentals inside and out. This is the quality of a professor who genuinely wants us to succeed on our path. Also, thank you for describing the zombies in the glitch mode. That made me lolz hard 🙏💚

[@ultimatemeaning]

$%^&* does not compute! does not compute #*(@& does not compute! !@$&%* 😆🤣😆

[@djamalyoutube230]

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[@Feninou]

Thank god, someone finally address this disturbing reality ... Thank you.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thank me! don't thank god! 😆🤣😆 Joking!

[@TheHumanSynthesisProject]

These messages make me feel so much more sane. They have been giving me more and more reasons to share joy and compassion with myself and others, even when it gets difficult. I hear the wisdom in so many of your words, like, "you can't just sit on your ass," :'D really hits the nail on the head, and it got me to realize so much of my own hypocrisy of late. Returning to ground is good, and brutal honesty is needed in a world where the truth gets lost too easily amidst the race for profit and status. Thanks again

[@ultimatemeaning]

You know my friend I don't have many spiritual qualities, but if I can actually help some one "return to their ground" or to find "more reasons to share joy and compassion" that would make the life I have up until mostly wasted feel more worthwhile! ♥♥♥

[@OG-Joshwaz]

Honesty is the best policy, even if it is something you yourself do not want to admit.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Yes, yes, that's it. We need to be authentic and honest.🙏🙏🙏

[@brandankelly4069]

I’m delighted to have discovered this channel. I have been part of a spiritual community for the past 30 years or so and I can instantly recognise what has been said in the video. In fact I have directly experienced what is being described. Nowadays, I am still part of the community but more of a loner and not inclined to the same level of groupthink/brainwashing one finds in a ‘spiritual’ community. I’m more inclined to rattling the cage rather than drinking the Kool Aide. That said, it can be beneficial to participate in Satsanga in the pursuit of Moksha/enlightenment. Many thanks for your profound and no BS approach to the spiritual path.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Please to meet you Brandan and thank you for sharing you story 🙏🙏🙏

[@Ope_itsadam]

Your realistic approach is very appreciated. Thank you. 🙏

[@ultimatemeaning]

thank you Ope, appreciated coming from someone with a sense of humour 😆🤣😆

[@ohjein]

Yes, thank you! Spirituality is not an excuse to be arrogant, annoying or condescending... ideally the opposite

[@ultimatemeaning]

You are right my friend, a sign of spiritual progress is increased humility 🙏🙏🙏

[@djamalyoutube230]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3uzgmOZebJogJIsi=ziCozTiUb22RQiTj

[@mobicera502]

Rather grateful to have found this channel. Thank You.

[@ultimatemeaning]

I'm glad you are here as well! 🙏🙏🙏

[@RaphaelFoshay]

Well said, Lama Choga, a salutary dose of realism, but also very affirmative: "no turning back," through contradiction, paradox and suffering to (if we persevere) liberation and the benefit of others as much as ourselves.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Yes Raphael! Yes! NO TURNING BACK!

[@SARASTANLEY-dg2wu]

Hi Lama Choga, I am a recent subscriber to your channel having been on the path for almost 40 years., mainly practicing alone. This is SO refreshing. Fake-ass spirituality I call it. Many thanks. You’re a dude! 🌀

[@ultimatemeaning]

Fake ass spiritually! 😂😅😂 please to meet an old hand on the path ❤❤❤

[@SARASTANLEY-dg2wu]

@@ultimatemeaning❤

[@wiwidity]

@@ultimatemeaning I post a 0% offensive commentary, now it's gone. Is it possible that you deleted it? that would be really disappointing, on the trace of "fake ass spirituality"

[@brushstroke3733]

​@@wiwidityKZbin deletes or misplaces all the time these days. Maybe their AI comment screener isn't very discerning at what is critical thinking and what is rage criticism. That or they intentionally delete or misplace comments at random to give them plausible deniability when they do intentionally censor comments that they simply don't agree with politically.

[@SARASTANLEY-dg2wu]

Hello, I have not deleted any comments. ❤

[@helee28]

Hahah thank you! You tell em! Sometimes I watched them to challenge my views, by the end of it, feels like great comedy. Very strange, no light in their eyes kind of beings.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Hi Helee I hope things are going smoothly for you on your quest ♥♥♥

[@helee28]

@@ultimatemeaning shokba delek, I came to boudha last evening to meet my parents. That went smooth, maybe signs of some accomplishment 😋 Retreat wise, it's been like sitting on the tea cup ride in amusement parks but disfunctioning + going wild. It went beyond tiktoks and annoyance Lama la. Received signs from a visiting monk and messages from others. Unsafe. I need to find a new place.

[@helee28]

​@@ultimatemeaningdid you delete my response? 🤔 If yes, then I won't write it again. Either way, your presence/ response felt like a nice hug today. Thank you for that Lama la.

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@helee28 No I never delete comments (not even sure how to do it) but KZbin does some weird things. And maybe there is a limit to how many comments can show in a feed? ♥♥♥

[@helee28]

​@@ultimatemeaning😂😂 Don't think so, some comments have 100s of replies. Anyway, allow me to share. What started as an annoyance is now a real threat for my safety. I'm quite sensible about these things, not creating stories. Sooo, looking for a new place. Also going back and forth wondering if I need to work through it. Obstacles, kleshas will arise no matter where I go. However, it's beyond my limitation right now. I'm not trying to run away, I even formed an attachment to the nature around. But if I'm getting constant signs to leave... Issue: don't know where to go 🪷🪷🐈🐈‍⬛🌞🌷🪷🪷

[@PP-G]

Thank you Lama Choga i love your Vajra like directness,i admired this from the early videos. As they say no pain no gain..thats phenomenonal captain 🖖😂

[@ultimatemeaning]

And even when there's no gain there's pain! OUCH!

[@PP-G]

@@ultimatemeaning this is so true

[@Marta.zie_]

Thank You so much. Very important message

[@ultimatemeaning]

I hope it will bring you some benefit Marta 🙏🙏🙏

[@gracehillcolorado2668]

The True Spiritual Path will rip you to shreds. It requires much suffering - and deconstruction. It requires the Surrender of Everything. Then? You can begin.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thank you Grace for your instruction 🙏🙏🙏

[@edenrose8831]

Oh, my goodness, Lama Choga. I love your social critiques (and your Star Trek footage), so much. I don’t want to throw obstacles of praise, and probably I am not skillful enough yet to even praise properly, but one does not need to rely on blind faith to hear such a one as you. It’s so potent to hear someone who has rightfully earned some respect in regards to speech. Were I to make a valid social critique, many would refute, as you’ve mentioned. however, coming from you or such a one, many would not refute. The trap of blind faith from students would seem so annoying… when there is important stuff at hand! I’m rambling but I cried a little watching this video and simply want to say thank you. For the words, guidance, wisdom, and encouragement. You’re loved

[@ultimatemeaning]

I see you are a Trekkie! 😆🤣😆 And you're too kind, you will spoil me, watch out! 😆🤣😆

[@barefootincactus]

Carrying around a thought no matter how novel or surprising is simply carrying around a thought. A person needs to discover/realize truth for themselves.

[@ultimatemeaning]

hear hear well said! 🙏🙏🙏

[@yohannesmulugeta6214]

Thank you for your honesty, You are a great spiritual teacher. i guess I'm one of those people who give out praise, but there is nothing to criticize here.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Hi Yohan pleased to meet you and I like your non praise tactic, but I am not a great spiritual teacher. Shantideva was a great spiritual teacher, I am just some guy on KZbin ♥♥♥

[@brianbuczynski3555]

Thank you for your teachings!

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thanks for your support Brian! ♥

[@bodhicitta3jewels]

I appreciate these reality/non reality checks you give us. I'd rather you be hard on me and prompt me to think for myself than any of the alternatives. I welcome it. 🙏 I have notoriously been guilty of delivering an honest philosophical opinion and then subsequently been shunned for said opinion. I'm grateful to have learned how to read my audience, so to speak, but with that being said, it's important to give and receive challenges to our thinking. I admit I'm a firebrand, but how can we realize the truth of existence without diligent and ruthless self honesty. In a world full of vanity, self grasping, and platitudes, honest feedback is like ice cold water to the face when you're falling asleep in your car at midnight because the heat is up too high. Refreshing and enlivening! Thank you, Lama Choga!

[@edenrose8831]

I had a similar comment about the being shunned for making an honest statement. It’s such a quintessential aspect of our times now more than ever it seems. I feel like the practice of Vajra speech really comes to mind when hearing teachings from one with potency.

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@edenrose8831 Yes it is difficult and sometimes better to say nothing at all. The herd mentality and cultural inertia are very difficult to counter. thanks for sharing! 🙏🙏🙏

[@djamalyoutube230]

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[@Nhhhhhhhhhhggbghhhhbghh]

Twice on my so called path I experienced terror. A terror where all I wished and prayed for started chasing and hunting me. It was unspeakable. Even to breath a word, usher a thought in that heightened confusion would seemingly draw the forces to me . Twice I experienced this and twice I had to run from the human world. Anyway it seems amusing now but was very real at the time. No prayers no practice no faith in a guru or teaching was going to help me . So why do I still want to belong!

[@cabudagavin3896]

To be god is to be alone... Is that why we divide the power? or were we just given the power when we took it simply so we could be shown that very truth? I agree with the idea that on our journey to enlightenment, if you gain super powers that you shouldnt use them, because thats missing the point.

[@Nhhhhhhhhhhggbghhhhbghh]

​@@cabudagavin3896 I'm not planning to getting enlightened any time so hope to use siddhis to my full advantage such as lottery numbers etc

[@ultimatemeaning]

Samsara is cold and lonely and instinctively we all know we must proceed to the next realm alone and naked, so we seek comfort in temporary places of refuge. But liberation is freedom from all fear and suffering and the supreme cause for this is love and compassion that is free of clinging to substantial existence. You are never alone because you are never separate from the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas ♥🧡🧡

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@cabudagavin3896 Nothing is given and there is no lesson to learn, simply remain with loving kindness compassion and let go of mistaken identifications ♥♥♥

[@bodhicitta3jewels]

@@ultimatemeaning Preach!!!

[@paulbendall1238]

To Practice and to teach is habitual of its very nature and what the words mean; to show is not; for showing is being in a nature, how it is perceived by others can it become copied and so repetition, which becomes a teaching or a practice....practice not just witness to being so.❤ Much love.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thank you Paul 🙏🙏🙏

[@coconutmilch2351]

Tbh I am happy that you are pointing out the faults of others 😂 maybe I’m a nit-picky perfectionist but I’ve felt the same and said even some of the same words about those people who merely utter words with no understanding to back up their utterances. It feels good to hear someone call them out 😂 it’s as liberating as the honest boy from “the emperor’s new clothes”

[@j.p.zukauskas7626]

Wow! A Dark Star reference! That was a little unexpected, nice 😂❤

[@sugarfree1894]

Glad to hear this; there is a wish to believe that the self doesn't exist, so nothing done is really done, so no worries. There is an absence of compassion to many of those who subscribe to this viewpoint. Not for nothing is there a recommendation against teaching emptiness to those whose minds are not prepared.

[@ultimatemeaning]

this is a very important point sugar free thank you for bringing it up. this is also a quality of the Spiritual Zombie, who thinks emptiness is nihilism and so becomes cold to the suffering of the world 🙏🙏🙏

[@user-j7Ilt]

Yes, I had to use my own discernment when following Non duality channels on YT because they seem very motivated by material wealth (subscription services, courses, and the like). Wisdom should never come with a price tag attached to it. But that is what it is seemingly turning into for these folks. A lucrative business endeavor.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Someone who has realised non duality has as much use for money as spit in the dirt, so maybe it is a sign of something? 🙏🙏🙏

[@TheRavenOne]

Great talk, sir. Thank you. 🙏 You have a new subscriber.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thank you for joining the conversation Raven🙏🙏🙏

[@djamalyoutube230]

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[@Jason.L.M.]

Thank you for sharing your Wisdom! ❤

[@ultimatemeaning]

My pleasure Jason! 🙏🙏🙏

[@StephenForrest79]

My sincerest gratitude to you! I will bear in mind your thoughts and words!

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thank you Stephen, and please check it out for yourself. If you find it is useful then please put it into practice. If on the other hand you find it of no use then please disregard everything I have said. 🙏🙏🙏

[@StephenForrest79]

Assumption on both our parts, I have been studying many different paths for years, peace, compassion and peace of mind my fellow, it’s no use to stare up the stairs, you have to climb them!

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@StephenForrest79 My problem is trying to go up 3 steps at a time!

[@StephenForrest79]

There is no problem, you’ve already solved it. ☮️

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@StephenForrest79 Theoretically at least, now is time to put it into practice! 😆🤣😆

[@SethEvans-r2j]

Thanks monk, just listen to Australian prime minister using indigenous land for revenge on a lie. Your brutal honesty is appreciated,

[@ultimatemeaning]

How are they doing down under? Are our brothers heavy? ♥

[@plokiju12345]

Thank you for this video.

[@JohnHildebrandtWilliam]

Well said. Thank you.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thank you John you are welcome my friend 🙏🙏🙏

[@Markus00007]

Loving man . Just loving 🙏

[@ultimatemeaning]

OK Mark sending the love right back at ya! ♥♥♥

[@Markus00007]

@@ultimatemeaning oh boy u reply. Unfortunately low at energy RN will be back Radhe Radhe 🙏

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@Markus00007 I hope your batteries recharge swiftly my friend!

[@Markus00007]

@@ultimatemeaning I forgot 😂😅

[@Markus00007]

@@ultimatemeaning don't use KZbin that much

[@Mithras444]

I had no idea there was a spiritual community. I walk my path alone. I don't even think my family or friends know what I believe or think. I try to live the changes I have made and lead by example. I think I am doing a good job? Regardless I will stay on my path, it feels right to me. Do good, feel good is my moto.🌄🎆

[@JohnBurman-l2l]

I almost never meet a spiritual seeker or anyone even remotely interested. I was part of a well known meditation group decades ago....we were spoon fed and there was never discussion. I don't know who he is talking about.

[@ultimatemeaning]

❤wonderful advice for all "lead by example" thanks for sharing❤

[@Mithras444]

@@ultimatemeaning Hope my comment was not rude? I just live in a small community in the Appalachian mountains, that's probably what I should have said. Not many people here.

[@edenrose8831]

It’s better than not walking at all…it would be a privilege to find a proper community.

[@Mithras444]

@@edenrose8831 I hear that, true!

[@jonmustang]

Very important message! A teacher explained to me that there is a very real psychological risk as well to thinking oneself out of the ego without a framework of developing peace, space, virtue, purification, etc... it can lead to "malignant depersonalization" if an undisciplined mind with lots of hidden trauma attempts to dissolve itself without doing the groundwork first. I've seen in happen in someone who was doing the non-dual zombie thing. Very destructive.

[@jonmustang]

P.S. I love that term "brutal" when it comes to teaching and being honest. I think brutal honest is compassionate.

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@jonmustang 😆🤣😆 Yes my teacher is brutally honest!!!😆🤣😆

[@ultimatemeaning]

LIKE THAT TERM! "malignant depersonalization" I will try to remember that, it is very apt! 🙏🙏🙏

[@oksanalane1354]

Thank you

[@ultimatemeaning]

My pleasure Oksanalane! 🙏🙏🙏

[@aggressiveavocado]

10:00 “There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest - whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories - comes afterwards. These are games; one must first answer.” -albert camus

[@johnbolton292]

In case you've forgotten, God loves you. Jesus loves you. On your journey beware of traps and snares. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Don't become lost in the ways of the world.

[@ultimatemeaning]

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" Beautiful Wisdom from Christ et al. ♥♥♥

[@junebug8934]

Dont drink the juice ! Also, i believe the high views are like doing extra credit homework. The basics like not killing or stealing & being honest & kind will give a big chance to at least get reborn in a pure realm after death & it will be similar to what Christians already believe. Then, they can achieve full enlightenment in a place like Amitabha's pure realm.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Ha ha ha koolaide or skoolaide ❤❤❤

[@junebug8934]

@@ultimatemeaning lol ❤️🫗

[@jeanthornton2107]

Good common sense advice thankyou ❤

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thanks Jean Jeanie from Burnley 😆🤣😆

[@That_Freedom_Guy]

♾️ Respect. 🙏 🧡

[@ultimatemeaning]

☮☮☮

[@containsbeautyvideo]

Most people, maybe all of us, need a conceptual shelter from the fear of pain. A few others have the ambition to preserve their integrity and dignity even when facing painful circumstances. I would call these stoics. A scant handful have a geniune desire of relieving others from pain. These are the rarest. But even in children I sometimes happened to see this natural virute.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Yes! very good point and we attribute this to previous karma that shapes the child's disposition (sticks with then from lifetime to lifetime).

[@containsbeautyvideo]

@@ultimatemeaning I wouldn't know about this, I can't remember. can you?

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@containsbeautyvideo 😆🤣😆 But I can infer by what I was like when I was a child that I was very naughty in my past life! 😆🤣😆 But seriously check out the work of Dr. Ian Stevenson at the University of Virginia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Stevenson and here is a link to and abstract on the subject: med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2016/12/REI35.pdf

[@danwilkinson2797]

Life is the game that must be played.

[@ultimatemeaning]

The question is "is cheating allowed?"😆🤣😆

[@EliLemke-ft3fs]

This is good stuff

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thank you Eli it is gratifying to have your support ♥💚💙

[@colbyboucher6391]

Hah, I noticed this myself recently! People realize that they can strip away the "world of forms", see everything as one continuous lump of stuff, and decide that they must know how things "really are". They still categorize absolutely everything, it's why they aren't unthinking vegetables, but they go as far as claiming that even their own conscious experience doesn't exist, actually, because everything's one so it's all nothing or whatever. They just sit there negating absolutely everything that you try to say to them. It reminds me of a joke character in a video game (TES 4: Oblivion) who just stepped out of a realm of madness. If you try talking to her, all she says is "No, go away, you can't see me, I'm not here" and sprints away. Unfortunately that's exactly what some people are doing. Mistaking the map for the territory, I suspect. These words are attempting to describe experiences that words can't convey, in the same way that words can't convey what being happy or being sad is, really.

[@DeIeted_User-i8m]

I thought of a vision that benefits you. If you take the simple concept of duality then add the third concept you get the self which perceives the dualistic nature, which leads to creation, I call the fourth concept. People like to confuse their self in the world as nothingness due to depression. Nothingness leads to oneness, then dualism, three which is 4 if you create. Numbers could go on forever in these systems. 4 seems to be useful for a simple consistent method.

[@hansenmarc]

It’s wonderful to realize the absolute, but if it comes at the cost of no longer being able to function in the relative then perhaps there is more to understand.

[@ultimatemeaning]

The realisation of the absolute (dharmakaya) "རང་དོན་" automatically includes "གཞན་དོན" the benefit of others (rupakaya), but it is only those that still have some level of dualism that appear to work for the benefit of others in the conventional sense. Or to put it another way: the relative doesn't arise for a Tathagata, but sentient beings still perceive the nirmankaya Buddha

[@DougDeYoung-gt4id]

🤣 you rock for bringing up the muddy springs ranch! Guru says there is no right direction to drive on the freeway!🤣 My nonduality only comes into play with things like politics. Do I want to eat shit or eat poison? Well, I would prefer to not eat either.

[@franzhaas5597]

I'm a non-existent person. Writing to a non-existent phone to a non-existent lama. All is maya.😂😂😂😂

[@ultimatemeaning]

❤❤❤ I didn't see that non existent comment from the non existent subscriber 😂😅😂

[@franzhaas5597]

@@ultimatemeaning This writing just happens.

[@SomeCallMeTato]

"Laughing ocurred*

[@franzhaas5597]

@@SomeCallMeTato a comment was just left

[@caseyjones2048]

Direct experience

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thank you for participating Casey ♥💚💙

[@RepairRenovateRenew]

Does paradox and contradiction point towards non duality by pointing out instances of the glitch type feeling that makes them sound so odd? Is it possible to overcome paradoxes with higher awareness and progress on the path? Thank you for speaking on this topic.

[@ultimatemeaning]

In terms of the direct path then paradoxes do not need to be overcome. Progressively through familiarity with the authentic and direct experience paradoxes and other conceptual fallacies are recognised as illusory. they lose their hold over us and this leads to liberation. Some of my thoughts on the matter: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYecfJWLpNZqp5osi=20lDOCd8ymx23dwu kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZDLdKmhn8t8r6Msi=Ga7PglS7AMqpydXQ Thank you for sharing! ♥💚💙

[@noriringtail7428]

What's the phrase? "If you can't explain it to a child, you don't understand it well enough." Honest questions will always tear away any false pretense of understanding.

[@ultimatemeaning]

May be true in some cases but probably not all. I wonder if Einstein could have explained the special theory of relativity to a 3 year old. Maybe it us the case that although you can explain it well the listener doesn't necessarily need to be able to understand it. 🤔 thanks for sharing

[@noriringtail7428]

​@@ultimatemeaning You should look up Wired's videos on "Explaining (concept) In 5 Levels of Difficulty"- you'd be shocked how well truly knowledgeable experts (who are good at teaching) can explain incredibly complex processes to children! It's also a fun watch.

[@khana.713]

Is '6 realms of Samsara' a form of psyop to get masses to begin their path towards learning and realization? "There's this terrible fate that you need to escape and you can do it by thinking and meditating hard about phenomenology and consistencies you are able to derive from it". Or do practitioners believe in that sort of thing, including various mystical beings and spirits? Is there a reliable way of verifying if mysticism isn't self-induced form of psychosis, but instead you are actually 'touching' something that exists? Non-duality and non-cartesian perspective, materially, makes perfect sense. However, everything else sounds either like an allegory because language at the time wasn't equipped to express those sort of ideas; Or like a psyop to incentivize masses towards aforementioned practices

[@paulbendall1238]

How was your life in India compared to where you reside now. How do you pay your bills , no one on these created platforms in an internal nature of reality within this creating paradigm of screen time asks it. I know the answer but I like others to think about it.❤ It is only my answer, thinking about yours is the spirit of you.

[@ultimatemeaning]

In the monastery everything is provided, and I came here to care for my elderly parents. I live with them and have no expenses ♥💚💙

[@paulbendall1238]

@@ultimatemeaning I'm doing the same I live like a monk I live with my elderly mum and my adult son I eat very little and often eat from the hedgerows it is something that has slowly arisen over several years not out of searching for spirituality but given by the taking away of things it is out of fear / unfamiliarity that I don't sell what I have and become a bum to coin a phrase. The world will and is continually being created within ai structure and all regulation that arises from it. I don't know where I am going or where I will physically be I see all the others increasingly becoming aware of their own prisons of structured societal obligations, when I'm walking I see their looks its like I'm a strange sight but what they are seeing is that same reflection of their within they know must change. Between the devil and the deep blue sea.! Thank you for your honesty, it is what many are yearning to be " honest" but as those constraints of feelings dissipates of daring not to speak the truth of which they see, we are seeing great discomfort which comes out in anger jealousy envy etc. I do not know from where I am now how the path/s will unfold....just keep going is I suppose...no one knows but the one we are separate from because its separate and not the one😉❤️🙏

[@paulbendall1238]

The answer there is none only looking inward do you find answers of your asking of which you see there are none only where you reside lies the answer and as you move again it was a lie. Truth and lies lay as one in its momentum of finding the new now.

[@soulTC]

Do you believe that it's possible for some spiritual teachers to not belong (or to have never belonged) to any recognized tradition and still have attained realization (awakening)?

[@ultimatemeaning]

Yes it taught in the Buddha Dharma that there are self realisers but they do not teach others, they just enjoy awakening. Sometimes they help people out kind of secretly though ♥💚💙

[@ANGELofAUTHENTICITY]

I don't use any spiritual practice I per say. I have spiritual knowing

[@ultimatemeaning]

How nice for you, may your knowing flourish ♥💚💙

[@ultimatemeaning]

Sorry everybody, I don't know why comments are disappearing, it has happened before and I think it has to do with KZbin. There may be shear number of comments on this thread!

[@S3RAVA3LM]

'The ends is not a means'. People always giving verbatim, right. It is funny. "All is Brahman, none of this is real".

[@ultimatemeaning]

We teach that method and wisdom are not two ♥💚💙

[@djamalyoutube230]

It's clear to see his errors. Making accusations from a point of ignorance. Practicing which means to practice / attempting/ trying. Judgements from a position of separation. A false sense of Self. Following a programme th at gets disturbed and irritated by the perception of other. Doubts of his own belief systems and cognitive dissonance. The list goes on. There is absolutely no danger in being enlightened and free if ego. It cannot be achieved or worked at. There is not Self and other. 🙏💛 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eofQiJ-IorShidEsi=YjtDFAhb5hXYSZ8i

[@djamalyoutube230]

@Amrit-ElixirOfLife only to those who are earth bound and separated by mind fullness. You too are free of this nonsense. 👍

[@ultimatemeaning]

If there is no self and other is this a self memo? or are you talking to me/ us? Just checking ♥♥♥

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@djamalyoutube230 Are no not on the Earth?

[@djamalyoutube230]

@@ultimatemeaning I'm certainly not attached to the world as you.

[@djamalyoutube230]

@@ultimatemeaning there is only Self. This, your mind can not get.

[@stephenowen5229]

🙏🙏🙏

[@ultimatemeaning]

Yo guitar man! ♥💚💙

[@phoenixlawmac]

❤

[@ultimatemeaning]

♥💚💙

[@Rzevy]

Interestingly enough I experienced this cult like environment a budhist community Non-dual and the world is an illusion is common in vedanta tradition an is not supported in shaiva tantra tradition

[@ultimatemeaning]

Yes it is everywhere! Watch out! ♥♥♥

[@johnjones99124]

can we practice falun gong if we follow Buddhism

[@ultimatemeaning]

It depends in what context one practices and also if you have taken refuge, but the general answer is yes ♥♥♥

[@johnjones99124]

@@ultimatemeaning while meditating can we put left hand on top of right hand because in Buddhism its opposite. 🙏

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@johnjones99124 "because in Buddhism its opposite" 😆🤣😆

[@cbesc]

You gotta put in the work. -Lebron James

[@Scienceoflife10]

The Buddha may have said that there is no self, but what use is that to you if you don't fully understand what he meant by that? Like all other high initiates, the Buddha only made as much of the universal esoteric teaching, which is one worldwide, exoterically public as was possible at that particular time. And it is common knowledge in the esoteric teachings that there is the false self, which is not a self at all. And then there is the True Self, which, however, is also only an individuation of the one true self in the cosmos. A solar system is nothing more than a human being who has expanded his consciousness to such an extent that he is able to embody an entire solar system and not just a human body system.

[@thomasj.loebel9809]

"Wait" is the same "way I cross" as no evil is wait as the way to cross does not turn to the left or the right in scripture is the same as taking the middle path as a Buddha turns to neither side and takes the middle path..but 'I" am that.. has no sides of thought as the same truth that sits and waits is the lord Jesus Christ at the last death on his way will try to exhort and convince the gainsayers to believe and make it home the first time as many good are deceived by evil to return again to serve them next time. Sitting here waiting with someones words to say that you kept forward to this day.. is still the same "way I cross" using scripture as the word that was god and still is will help faith find love before it is two late.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Thanks Thomas. I am not clear on what you are saying but I appreciate your participation ♥♥♥

[@robertkneisel1360]

I really don't feel that you are hard on me. And, I do believe that you are sincere. I have no criticism. My personal... Well, what I have been up to with my life when I am not lost in the mundane world is trying to figure out how to live these truths, and how to share what realizations I have had. And, it does feel pointless at times, as I don't think I am saying anything that hasn't been said before many many times through history. The only thing that helps, is to think that I am perhaps saying it in a way that could be more accessible to other people that are living in the modern world, or the western world perhaps is more correct to say. Only because these are the places I have lived and am living my life as well. Of course, in practice I generally feel completely misunderstood. But, it is perhaps the problem that the big answers don't mean anything to people. They are not very comforting to most, as they feel to me. Really, thank you for all the videos. I have admittedly been doing some fairly deep suffering today, but, it has been a year filled with misfortune, on the level of surface things. And, I of course am not blameless for the outcomes, though I also do not know that there was anything different that I could have done exactly, at the same time. And, today, feeling the suffering while listening to you speak feels... Clearing rather than like it is building up to ever more intolerable levels, so, it seems good to me. And, truthfully, I hope you do find students that don't feel you are passing judgement on them as beings, but rather simply giving them what they seek, to understand better, even if the understanding is not what they previously held.

[@djamalyoutube230]

@ultimatemeaning and answer me this. Did not your god the delhi lama, take the Jim Jones Juice and he then persuaded his followers like you to do the same thing and now thousands are suffering?

[@djamalyoutube230]

The comments keep disappearing? Are you deleting the ones that don't support you?

[@djamalyoutube230]

suggest to take the post back. You were in error posting it. And keep away from the zombie juice in the arm in the future. Stop causing harm.

[@KalisFlame]

Early on in the KZbin days, I remember 20 somethings debating this stuff. One can intellectually know a fact yet not have had an experiential gnosis of this fact. Which is not good, itis a self deception of enlightenment. Even an experiential gnosis sans perfection of the emotional mind isnt perfection.

[@DivineAlchemyOfSouls]

you dont be one mr. Monk… also come visit me in texas, id love to learn from you.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Man if we only had a dime for every comment the retreat would be funded for 100 years! 😆🤣😆 But I know that's not how KZbin works!

[@maryfreund4957]

I'm super excited to watch this unfold for you. The last few videos seem to be gaining some good traction!! Nice job with your message, titles, thumbnails, etc. KZbin is definitely not easy.

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@maryfreund4957 Funny I suspect the reason why the last video got so much traction is because it was raining and so I was wearing a raincoat and so I don't look like a monk! 😆🤣😆 The message is the same just the attire is different!

[@maryfreund4957]

@ultimatemeaning also I see a number of followers going up and down the comment section interacting with all comments. Just going through and liking all the comments helps the algorithm. I would be one of those people 😋 it seems like this has become a community effort! We want to help you spread the Dharma!

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@maryfreund4957 Yeah the comments (and like aswell) are rocketing. Not sure if I will be able to keep up 😆🤣😆

[@mapetlv]

I dont believe you! I will check myself about the things you tell us! 😅😅😅

[@ultimatemeaning]

That makes two of us! I don't believe me either! 😆🤣😆

[@djamalyoutube230]

Take the post back. You were in error. Admit it. And next time stay away from experiments with zombie juice shots.

[@ninaallchurch3101]

classic observations! actually kinda sad and kinda funny if we think about it! the mimicry is somewhat embarrassing!

[@ultimatemeaning]

🙏🙏🙏

[@croft1999]

Tashi delek.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Hi Renee

[@Nhhhhhhhhhhggbghhhhbghh]

I gave up on Ken Holmes. Maybe i'll start working on You now 😅

[@ultimatemeaning]

Gave up in which way? Gave up trying to wind him up 😆🤣😆 Joking!

[@Nhhhhhhhhhhggbghhhhbghh]

@@ultimatemeaning no, I was questioning his assumptions and suppositions and accepting of the romantic dharma. He rarely gives students a chance to question the foundation of his faith. It's as though he believes the dharma is something so tremendously glorious and great with knowledge so vast it is outside of the reach of us mortals but we are graced into the acceptance of the bodhisattva vow. But he remains serious , reciting his vow several times daily and I took him seriously but he didn't accept the validity of my questions. Anyway, I don't have dharma credentials. I came from a country with hundreds of years of monasticism and believe I have a natural understanding. Ken divides the world into relative and ultimate reality and that is where the questions remain unanswered. And just like Catholics in old Ireland, you must accept the teachings of the learned holy people and perhaps that is why he cannot tolerate people questioning his faith in his teachers. Me personally I am starting to relax and feel glad, having been through the intensity of loneliness and starvation in the vacuum returning to the religion of my birth. HHDL says we should stick with our own religion. Maybe he's right. Anyway this evening I can feel the release from the snare if views and my heart is glad. At times with Ken, my natural dharma was there but also my hostility towards the world to which I felt bound. Now I am busy walking away and glad.

[@Nhhhhhhhhhhggbghhhhbghh]

I imagine my natural dharma returning in all it's fullness being able to dispel all of his arguments with reference and cross reference to holy scriptures of any tradition. With my own mastery being the authority, only served by the scriptures and not bound by them. I wrote a long paragraph on the Dharma of Ken Holmes and this paragraph was only in conclusion but it did not post. Probably just aswell as it will end up like Samyeling cafe dharma

[@Nhhhhhhhhhhggbghhhhbghh]

Lama, I am so delighted this evening. My particular story is of one who has felt bound by others for so so long and this evening I hear my train coming. It's on the way. I am getting ready to board and return to the delightful religion of my birth 😉

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@Nhhhhhhhhhhggbghhhhbghh To hear that fills my heart with joy Colm. I wish you great fortune on your chosen path ♥♥♥

[@moss5356]

he talks like dr strange lel

[@asemic]

the world is flat

[@djamalyoutube230]

and answer me this. Did not your god the delhi lama, take the Jim Jones Juice and he then persuaded his followers like you to do the same thing and now thousands are suffering?

[@ultimatemeaning]

Buddhists don't believe in God 🙏🙏🙏

[@djamalyoutube230]

I cant actually believe how hubris this person is to think that he can have the solution to an argument that has been going on for thousands of years between Advaita Vedanta and Buddhism. Ge assumes to have all the answers and yet is asking me for the most basic of questions. Drop the ego. Thats all you'll fet from me.

[@ultimatemeaning]

Of course participation is voluntary 🙏🙏🙏

[@djamalyoutube230]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oobdknqvmdudqtEsi=E-TwJSaQ0NWtMvAW

[@djamalyoutube230]

So long as persons like this guy cause suffering, confusion and harm to others, you will not reach liberty. You will be forever stuck in karma. Life time after life time. Unsubscribe. He has an over inflated ego. His channel is monetized. That's enough proof in its self. Keep seeking but not here. 🙏💛

[@ultimatemeaning]

Well we teach that the individual is responsible for their own Karma, and that negative karma arises out of negative emotions like anger, etc. ... BTW here is my position on monetisation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH3UloKlnLKCg9ksi=KnmWVAq-_XfEI0Pb Of course subscription is voluntary and it is up to the individual to decide 🙏

[@djamalyoutube230]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rH3MkKidpqZjZrssi=oNIWDjgOIqZmmOCi

[@mandragon8108]

You are the one who doesn't believe in the Highest Truth. You are the one that's projecting danger. To whom is the danger if there is no individuality? Buddha? The "one" who is looking left and right when crossing the street is consciousness; it's a spontaneous happening; no one is there. Things happen and change, Buddha stays the same. Alibaba Buddhist does it again. Please ditch the robe if you plan to continue to preach your opinions and not facts.

[@ultimatemeaning]

So what you are telling me is that you look both ways before you cross the street, right? 😆🤣😆

[@mandragon8108]

@@ultimatemeaning How do you think enlightened people drive cars?

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@mandragon8108 If you look at the ancient stories of accomplished masters then they tended to do worldly activities in inconceivably strange ways. so if these mahasiddhas like Milarepa or Drukpa Kunle as an example then they would probably drive backwards with a blindfold on (a bit like Dr. Suess's Cat in the Hat I imagine.)

[@mandragon8108]

@@ultimatemeaning I know about those stories but there is also a teaching that siddhis are a potential hindrance on the path. What about chop wood, carry water? Wouldn't you agree that you project specialness on the supernatural? Is it possible to realize your Oneness/Buddhahood without having supernatural powers?

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@mandragon8108 Maybe this video will help answer that question: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpTLmJKffsSFeNU But this is my advice on mystical experiences: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4a9apivr9iFrsU

[@AzmialPrime]

Zen Master: "What is the ultimate secret." Student: "Nothing is real, all is illusion." Zen Master whacks the student upside his head, knocking him flat. Zen Master: "Then what just hit you?" 🐕‍🦺🙏🐕‍🦺

[@edenrose8831]

Haha! Good one

[@ultimatemeaning]

😆🤣😆 As usual Christopher you hit the friggin' nail square on it's head 😆🤣😆

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@edenrose8831 He's no fool!

[@cabudagavin3896]

but how do I bend fate to my will or shoot fireballs from my hands?

[@sugarfree1894]

No one bends fate, there is no will of the self and no one has any hands. But the fireballs....the fireballs - that's another matter. They are flippin real! 😀

[@ANGELofAUTHENTICITY]

By knowing you already can. Maybe your fireballs are differebt than the typical fireballs hmm?

[@ultimatemeaning]

We don't posit the notion of fate in the Buddha Dharma, it is a very different idea to karma. But luckily you can bend karma, because karma is malleable. Its easy "practice virtue and you will experience well being, practice non virtue and you will experience suffering." and regarding fireballs then these things are spoken about in the old scriptures and some modern people seem to have special powers, but these are worldly attainments and can be associated with evil acts and with good. ♥♥♥

[@ultimatemeaning]

@@sugarfree1894 😆🤣😆

[@cabudagavin3896]

@@ultimatemeaning wow thank you, Two things (since you are being so kind