Fear of Non-Existence

[@ArashZaghi]

This is the most beautiful paradox: nothing changes with this realization, yet everything changes. Life continues as it always has-unfolding moment by moment-but the weight of trying to control it, the illusion of being a separate person steering the ship, falls away. In its place, there’s a quiet, profound freedom in simply being. Thank you for pointing to this truth with such clarity and compassion.

[@remedy4all]

At times, you can simply be, but not all the time. You still often have to perceive yourself as a separate individual. Otherwise, it would be difficult to live in society.

[@ArashZaghi]

@ very true!

[@JohnAtkinson-v5z]

In any future, on any day, I will need clarity of mind, gratitude in my heart and peace in my being.

[@theparijat1000]

​@@remedy4all Well the awareness as God also figured that out and illused itself into egos, innit? I would say as we do this thing where we try to realize our true nature, the infinite awareness also fantasizes to be finite and become us. Because without that, why there is us? The reason for the illusion of samsara must be because the awareness it comes up from fantasizes/ dreams it up.

[@kevinchavarria6792]

The unseen is the same as the seen, the revealed the same as the doing the revealing, the son the same as the father, so when people talk about that you don't exist or you exist they are still falling under dualism. That's why these videos are just symbols nothing more, your experience is the only real thing, you can't escape yourself.

[@simpernchong]

Thank you for sharing.

[@jeffatkins1691]

Such a beautiful explanation❤Thank you🙏

[@discoteque7768]

Thank you, dear. What I feel I can do is observe these thoughts projecting into the future as mere thoughts. Also, I can immerse myself in the present moment by acknowledging the feelings, no matter how uncomfortable they are.

[@shar-jason]

That is a beautiful practice which I’m sure other people reading this comment will find very useful

[@PowerOfOne-u4h]

Great info. Thanks for your Godliness.

[@PowerOfOne-u4h]

Subscribed thanks again for your heart based words. Whilst I'm here, have you heard the talks by Dr David R. Hawkins, Francis Lucills and Candice O'Denver? They also helped me. I also have studdied Eckankar.

[@luisavila4704]

I love your elephant on the background and feel your divine energy!!!😇🤍

[@shar-jason]

Thank you dear

[@AaronMichaelHatefi]

You elaborated that so well Thank you for that It’s helping me a lot

[@shar-jason]

Thank you Aaron

[@remedy4all]

Living in society still necessitates being a distinct individual. However, the ego now realizes that it is just the ego and serves merely as an avatar in this world.

[@Max.Wiggins]

ego an avatar great comment

[@bertkreft9689]

you are coming across so ice cold - and i love it - saying this totally weird things - like simple facts - and the are in deed ❤🙏🏼❤

[@edzardpiltz6348]

It happened to me as well a could of years ago. I was laughing and crying at the same time. Laughing, because of the relieve i felt, when i saw that that persona i carried around for all those years was just a terrible misunderstanding, and crying because of all the work i had put in to become someone and all that suffering i endured, it was all in vein. 😘🤙

[@shar-jason]

That’s beautifully expressed!

[@cesar_zapata]

Thank you for the guidance Shar. One of the struggles I'm going through right now is a lot of fear of what is gonna happen. A lot of difficult emotions coming up, and fear of burning out, losing job, house, family, all that good old fear coming up. And what I have been doing is trying to drop the thoughts and just be in the body, but I'm wondering if this is an avoidance of the underlying fear, and if I should actually go into the stories and feel it, cuz the stories seem to intensify the fear unnecessarily as I don't know what is happening or gonna happen. Like giving meaning to the fear seems illusory.

[@Marcelk86]

Same here…..

[@knottyinks1]

❤ surrender it all to faith/knowledge, easier said than done but this can be practiced.

[@Marcelk86]

@ recently thinking a lot about surrender and wondering if the mind can do it… it’s an easy word but so hard to do… especially if life told you that trust is dangerous

[@shar-jason]

@@cesar_zapata I would go into each fear and do your best to resolve them. Some of them you may be able to do something to give you some peace, like if you are scared you will die, get your affairs in order. Others you will just need to face and decide if your love of truth outweighs your fear of losing that attachment, so you’re willing to lose it even though you may not. You psychologically prepare yourself and remember that nobody knows what they will lose or how it will look, but can you still trust in the great mystery. It’s not trying to destroy your life, it’s trying to get you to surrender. Once you’ve been through each fear, try to let it all go. Throw your hands in the air and let it take you down the river.

[@cesar_zapata]

@@shar-jason Thank you Shar for the response, this is exactly what I have been trying to do, I'm feeling exausted trying to manage life, and my intuition is to let it take it's course, even if that might be really painful, like open myself to let life show me a different way to live it. Thank you so much for the guidance. ❤

[@knottyinks1]

I can see why time was used as a reference point for this message but ironically, there is no proof that time even exists. 😅😉❤️

[@nicholson392005]

I have been thinking alot about ego death and the illusion of self and feel so many of our problems would vanish if we abandon this human created construct

[@shar-jason]

I can understand the instinct towards moving away from our humanity. We are a trouble species.

[@richieroberts1588]

Thank you Sha..very succinct and comforting.❤ Your video popped up at the right moment (Thank you universe 😉) As a daily follower of Eckhart Tolle, Rupert Spira and others which I enjoy as I follow my path of enquiry. I do sometimes feel maybe I should have remained unconscious so to speak as this path can be unsettling by the acceptance of being nobody, not a son, a Dad, a grandad, a husband... I do feel that being aware of having one foot on each path i.e the self and non self helps. May we assume that you are a happier entity now knowing what you know. Thank you once again for providing kind words. Have a beautiful thoughtless day ❤

[@shar-jason]

Once you pass through the gateless gate, all of these concerns melt away. 🌼

[@richieroberts1588]

@shar-jason Thank you 🥰

[@richieroberts1588]

@shar-jason I ll look forward to passing through it soon...I guess I'll know when the time is right :)

[@afternoonshred4866]

Beautiful!!!!

[@paulkennedy4305]

Thank you. p

[@skiplee5490]

Existence is suffering, and suffering can be ended by following the path of the Buddha.

[@JJDK485]

True but not necessarily true. Define the path of the Buddha. Were you there to observe him all your life? How do you know what you're doing is "the path of the Buddha"?

[@shar-jason]

Yes, a dissolving into unconditional love

[@kennytkh7578]

It’s the most beautiful thing after I know I don’t exist as a person. It’s so peaceful

[@shar-jason]

Yes! What a relief!

[@GoodInTheHighest]

Nothing is impossible. This is why anything exists in the first place. Eternal existence is inescapable. Consciousness is the true essence of all things. God dreams of man to create the illusion of a temporary existence in the inescapable eternity of now. The self-bounded ring of existence is forever the impassable limit. Love the natural life of being human, for omniscience and immortality is boring beyond understanding.

[@shar-jason]

You have a beautiful way of describing in indescribable

[@landrew56]

elephant -trunk up, keeps all of the good luck from running out. Thank You.

[@ThisMichaelBrown]

I would think we have more control as we let go and we become the flow that is above ego? Maybe the I has no control and the flow has the control. Semantics I suppose...or it is what we identify with. Now the bigger metaphysical question is, can I end a sentence with a preposition and not go back ;) HEE...thanks for the vid and the wisdom 🙏

[@shar-jason]

That is an interesting inquiry that will lead you to wonderful places. Thank you for your insight

[@JustOneWillingSoul]

Wow, a LOT of really obnoxious comments on this one. Shar clarified she was speaking of the personal "I" as that which does not exist. The infinite "I" does, whether that winds up with the title consciousness, awareness, God, emptiness, the 'I am' sense, presence, etc.. This was a nice, simple presentation; the intended audience is clearly those who are not yet awake; she did a nice job. Relax people, you don't have to constantly prove how awake you are by nit-picking. Language has inherent limitations, we do the best we can to communicate complicated ideas like this regardless. Chill.

[@There-Is-No-Virus]

I felt the complete opposite. She was waffling on for long time without saying anything at all of substance or clarity. Videos like this make me angry as they waste my time.

[@lindahartmandausel3254]

Shar ❤

[@drifter-qg6vn]

What is that next immediate step beyond not existing as a person/physical? I haven't thought much in this but I can only think that love is what fills the gaps. Love is everything and our ego is holding it back. Maybe it's just me. I really want to give it but am battling with true love not being instilled in me. I feel if we are filled with love, we can give it. I want to give but can't

[@shar-jason]

Perhaps contemplate: Is it true that love isn't here? Is there a love that is here which is deeper than what someone can give me?

[@DermoPhoenix]

Fear is crippling people. I've been on the other side through OBE. We are not empty, we are not eternal either..it's a paradox. Eternal is the lowest frequency. Unconditional love is the highest point. No judgement.

[@shar-jason]

Yes fear can be one the greatest challenges we face on our spiritual path. I enjoy your perspective on reality.

[@DermoPhoenix]

@shar-jason thank you 🙏⚖️🙂

[@davidrandell2224]

‘Person(a)’ is Latin for “mask”. No one should aspire to be just a mask. “No idea has existence, because none is capable of embodiments; “Nothing at all is justified by being “. Max Stirner:” The Unique and Its Property “, 1844/2017 Landstreicher translation. The “creative nothing “ is still as good as it gets.

[@shar-jason]

Creative nothing, I love that! Thank you for sharing

[@user-ej1dh3hb6l]

'I' do exist. 'Me' doesn't.

[@oneom8158]

What brings one to teach about awakening ? From where ``I`` stand, the final nail in the coffin of the ego, is being liberated from the awaken one, cutting free from all association with the game, the process, or whatever one chooses to call it..., liberated from all concept of awakening, of being awaken and the play of it all. Free of anyone claiming to be free, awaken, or even liberated. This cutting free isn't truly happening to anyone, beside the one believing to be, holding on to this last branch of me. 💙 All distinctions are part of the dream, including the clear distinction of awakening v/s liberation. How can there be any distinctions in Thusness ? Here stops the teaching.

[@shar-jason]

The dream of awakening - what a beautiful dream!

[@oneom8158]

@@shar-jason What a journey indeed

[@manishtmr]

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[@shivakoliar4846]

How To Live In Harmony With Nature And Reduce Pollution 1. Many Production Which Do Not Need Actually For Human Beings Has To Be Stopped We manufacture so many products and it is creating pollution. So if we minimise our products, pollution7 would be less. We produce so many things which we do not need, like cold drinks, leather products, potato wafers, chips, fruit juices, chocolates, biscuits, pickles, ice creams, etc. Cold drinks, fruit juices, pickles, ice creams, etc. Should be cooked at home only. If we stopped producing this things which are not required for humans, so much pollution could be reduced. If we colour the clothes pollution occurs. So if we don't colour our clothes, the pollution resulting from colouring the clothes can be stopped. Let everything remain in natural colour. 2. We Should Cook Foods In Its Natural Form We can cook rice and wheat in our homes and eat it. Rice and Wheat is produced in farms. Then it is packed and transported to big warehouses, then wholesalers buy from them and supply to retail shops. But if a manufacturing company makes bread from rice and wheat, then to make bread a manufacturing company has to be set up, machines and working staffs are needed. When a company is built many other things are also needed. Then at last a plastic pack is required to pack the breads. So if we start cooking eatable things in its natural form then we do not need many companies like bread manufacturing company, tomato ketchup, noodles, fruit jam, pizza, burger, etc., the things required for the company and the plastic pack, paper box pack and glass bottles. If done like this, so many companies will not be required and hence less pollution for the world. Also we could save our money like this. If you buy a packet of bread, it would cost you more money than if you cook wheat and rice in home. Previously before industrial revolution, we didn't have technology, but our foods were rich with nutrients. Now we have technology, but technology is polluting our foods and our foods are not rich with nutrients, and because of that also we have health problems. If this is done, then many jobs would be lost. For that many peoples should do farming and they should be given loans if they do not have enough money to start farming on their own. Food, Medicines, Surgeries and Education's should be made free to the world till the world settles down with farming. After that food, medicines, surgeries and education's should be stopped free to the world. Many people should study botany subject so that they have knowledge of plants and they should do farming. Is their any another solution, that humans won't lose jobs and also pollution would decrease. Humans have to take this step certainly instead of going on polluting the earth, making wildlife extinct and also mass extinctions of humans in future. 3. Electricity Pollution We create electricity from many types of sources like coal, water, etc., but it creates pollution. If electricity created from windmill and solar energy then no pollution occurs in the creation process. But still to manufacture windmill and solar machines pollution would occur. As I previously said that if we shut down many manufacturing companies which are producing things which are not needed for humans, then the world would not require so much electricity. If less electricity required, then less pollution generated. 4. Could We Stop Drinking Cow's and Buffalo's Milk Whatever vitamins and nutrients we get from milk, if we can get it from other eatable things, then we can stop drinking cow's and buffalo's milk. As milk has to be packed in glass bottles and plastic packs and then transported to places. All of this can be stopped. For infants whose mother's have died or mother's who cannot breast feed their infants, only for them cow's and buffalo's milk should be given. We use milk in tea and coffee. Instead of milk we must use coconut milk with tea. 5. How Much Should Be The World's Population Every place should have a single house. No buildings, everything ground floor. If we do this and the whole lands of our planet earth would be occupied one day with homes, farms, forests, schools, hospitals, etc., then we would come to know how much our planet earth can have maximum population. Once the population is determined, then we have to maintain that population. For example if our earth can have a population of 10 billion peoples, then when the population reaches 10 billion, then everyone should have only one child till the population reaches 9 billion peoples. As if we have only one child then the population decreases. When population is 9 billion peoples, then everyone should have 2 children's till the population reaches 10 billion peoples. After that again we should have only one child. In this way population can be maintained.

[@gwayne11000]

I see it quite differently . I say we do exist bodily now and for me it is obvious. That forever is still with us now but outweighed somehow by all that goes with carrying the human experience. That's my view of it but I must say that spiritualists actually have no evidence of what they believe,just as the "church," and others. Seems as far as proof ,it does not exist concerning our existence.

[@shar-jason]

Yes, we’ll probably never find proof of this, but thankfully we don’t need it as we experience it directly. Thank you for your comment

[@apparentbeing]

Maybe it's scary because there is no future or separate moments, there is only this.

[@shar-jason]

Yes that can be scary initially. To feel how we really feel in this moment.

[@purephrase]

What is the evidence for this experience

[@shar-jason]

You expressed the key word here - experience. Your direct experience is the evidence 🌼

[@mearss]

❤

[@delublink127]

we exist as emptiness??? wow.

[@BingoNamo-gb8pz]

To empty yourself so that God can fill you. That is the ultimate purpose that Jesus demonstrated. Having no self identity but being an empty vessel so that God becomes your identity. “For it is God who works in you to will & to do of His good pleasure.” What does God want to do? Love everyone. How? Through empty vessels that allow themselves to be filled with God’s love so He can love others through us in the earth.

[@nowhereman9463]

The only thing about ditchin the ego is life's no fun. No goals no judging no wanting and no ambition. You know, all those HUMAN things.

[@shar-jason]

Thankfully we still get to enjoy the fun things. I’m about to get a coffee and go to the beach!

[@PatrickPhillips0]

I do exist, I don't exist, some what confusing for people. Rather than saying, "I do exist god or true nature, try the simple "I am". This removes the tendency to confuse the distinction. After all, we are dealing with the mind here. It is only ever about it's own survival. Stop using I do exist, I don't exist. Let go all such thought. Reside only in the presence of I am. Don't complicate Awakening with mind games.

[@shar-jason]

Experiencing the I am - always the most direct path. Thank you for your comment

[@vibrantvoid14]

0 = (+) + (-) = ☯️ = ♾

[@tonydaniels6352]

You are saying that you don't exist as a person but you are saying that as a person which is a performative contradiction. This is easily resolved by recognizing that you exist as a person because the person is not different or separate from the one indivisible reality that is Brahman. How can reality accommodate something which doesn't exist or is unreal? Taking yourself to be the limited personal self is what is called the state of ignorance but realizing that the personal coexists with the impersonal without separation or difference is the realization that you are the reality. It doesn't matter if that reality appears as impersonal or personal. So in other words you do exist as both personal and impersonal without a difference. Does the ocean deny the existence of the waves? No. Both ocean and waves are nothing but water. There is only existence or being whether it manifests as impersonal or personal. It really doesn't matter.

[@jaylinn416]

If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, you exist in God. According to the Bible.

[@Max.Wiggins]

restatement of vedas

[@russellsreflection]

The fact that the ego is fictional does not mean that there is not a core self.

[@shar-jason]

This is a beautiful inquiry. What exists beyond ego?

[@russellsreflection]

@@shar-jason I have written on the nature of reality with reference to my very unusual paranormal experiences for an academic organisation. Some 10 years ago I was harassed including knocking on walls and great stunning flashes of light from football sized plasma orbs and telepathic communication telling me where lost objects were ( I could mimic his strange thin gravelly voice) by the husband of my then French partner ( His interference broke up the relationship...honestly...) I have also seen ETs in 3d in the daytime, taught CE5 and have seen glowing 4 foot across plasma balls at very close quarters. Consciousness is the basis of life, and I feel it likely from evidence in my own and others' lives that when we die we return to an individuated consciousness that is also in symbiosis with the field of consciousness, the answer to me feels like the Conference of the Birds by Farid al din Attar. The one in the many, the many in the one.

[@shar-jason]

@ It sounds like it has been a wild ride for you!

[@gwayne11000]

Makes no logical sense to me. We don't exist as a person ,yet we have consciousness? We don't exist when you are being seen and heard? Where did you get your beliefs from and why ,just as the socalled church is there never any proof of anything?

[@76livika]

The 'me' that is a thought in the mind that doesn't exist.The body is here and beingness, who we truly are, is here. The me in the mind that creates all the commotion, that is trying to plan, manage and control is just a thought

[@Invictaman]

So if I fall down the stairs that would be me falling as a person who doesn’t exist so would need no assistance. Even if assistance arrived it would be in the form of other persons who are illusory anyway. Not sure I can go along with this. Sorry.

[@JadenJahci]

To otters. Best, Lobster literature

[@christiank5795]

But isn’t it kind of obviously a wrong estimation to say I don’t exist while you could only communicate that idea of your own non-existence while existing? Feels kind of delusional about your own reality to claim that. That would lead to the conclusion that the self would only be an experiential phenomenon here and now to let go of it. I mean, what would be the purpose of it then? To get rid of it? But why put it up in the first place then?

[@philipp176]

The communication doesn’t need a communicator. To see that the self is an illusion doesn’t make bodies unable to speak

[@edzardpiltz6348]

If you listen carefully, Shar doesn't say that you don't exist, but that the person you too yourself to be does not exist. This is a huge difference. Like the character in a dream that feels separate from the environment of the dream does not really exist. But that experience still is perceived somehow. So who or what is it that is experiencing the dream?

[@christiank5795]

@@philipp176 Communication: From Latin communicatio, where com- means "together" and municare means "to share or impart." It involves the exchange of information or ideas between people, emphasizing the act of connecting and sharing. So communication literally means to share between at least two differentiatet presences in order to exist as a concept in the first palce. Also, the act of speaking implies that there is somewhat of an intention to speak a certain information into actuallity. where does this intention come from when not from the self? I kind of dont understand this reasoning. What you're saying feels like: in order to be together, we don't need to be together. Or in order to drink, you don't have to drink. Or in order to go there, I don't need to go there. By the way, if the self is "just" an illusion, the concept of unity as well as the concept of oneness would lose its meaning. But in this teaching, as far as I can tell, everything is losing its meaning. And that's a logical consequence when you are in a reality experience where all the meaning is applied by the interpretation of reality from the perspective itself. So the declaration of meaning comes from the self. Therefore, when you don't exist as a self, the logical consequence would be having no experience of meaning at all. That, however, isn't happening because, e.g., food still has meaning to you, or communicating, and a lot of other stuff. This then proves that the self does exist and that it's meaningless to see it as a meaningless illusion because it will create a meaninglessness in your own perspective. While the perspective itself is what seems to, through the interpretation of reality, be the determining factor of the meaning of all that is in the first place. Of course, you could imagine yourself as a perspective that gets dictated the meaning it's meant to give to everything by someone else, but that would lead to the realization of oneself as a slave. I am wondering if you could back up your claims with some logic or reasoning because, as far as I can tell, there is none. However one thing is for certain. there is one existence and everything is part of it. Thats my thoughts about it :)

[@philipp176]

@ thanks for sharing your perspective. I think you get a little bit hung up in words. Let’s say it that way: The experience of hearing and thinking does not need a self that does it. That doesn’t mean that there can’t be a sense of self. Although it’s an illusion, on the practical level it’s relevant having a self concept

[@GavDuggan1983]

@@christiank5795 Hi Christian, from experience you are probably fighting a losing battle. Everything you have stated, I fully agree with. It’s as though once you join the non duality club, you become a fundamentalist and adopt these highly dualist points of view which completely disregard anything relative or personal. Who are all these ‘people’ with perspectives and personalities arguing so vehemently over KZbin trying to convince others if not selves?

[@MeatBased365]

EXI$T

[@denniswinters3096]

Art is an illusion, but that doesn't make it invalid. Characters in a novel don't really exist, but that doesn't make them any less compelling. I object to the "I don't exist" assumption because it can lead to a descent into meaninglessness, which in turn can lead to the negation of any kind of moral responsibility. Charles Manson's followers used to chant "cease to exist" for hours on end, while under the influence of Acid, until they became virtual zombies, at which point he would program them to act out his psychotic fantasies. I'm just saying, in the wrong hands these things can be turned into tools for manipulation by unscrupulous, dangerous people.

[@shar-jason]

Yes, throughout time, truth has been manipulated to serve ego’s purposes.

[@There-Is-No-Virus]

Unsubscribing. You repeat "we don't exist" many times without actually going into detail.

[@simpernchong]

It is a direct experience.. Not an intellectual understanding. The intellectual understanding, if conducted under the incorrect perception of 'I' understood this.. is not going to be correct. Can you intuit this ? The sense of wanting to know the answer is that 'sense of self' grasping, splitting into subject and object. Feeling it and then 'you' may have the possibilty to re-orientate the perception. Ultimately and even at this moment, there is no self.. just all the activities coming into attention to give that impression of a 'me' doing all these. Cheers.

[@projectbirdfeederman5491]

If I don't exist why does the chair break when I get hit over the head with it? This spiritual stuff is nonsense. I tried but it's just blah.

[@Corey_jam3s]

The apparent journey started here, when I realised I wasn’t the thoughts, then I realised I wasn’t the emotions. Now I’m having glimpses that I’m not the body, and it seems to keep revealing itself in subtle ways. Could be while driving, turning the key to lock a door. Using tools at work. I used to be a guy also, thinking I was someone, doing something that was going to amount to something. And now it’s like a fading away.

[@poutinez1688]

dude how many mushrooms did you consume dude

[@Magik1369]

If you believe you don't exist you need to see a professional. I mean what's the point of the spiritual path if your don't realize your True Nature? I am Self Realized and my awakening process began 28 years ago with a direct encounter with the Divine. Through every trial and suffering, I AM. I Exist. I AM. You missed the whole point!

[@JustOneWillingSoul]

The VERY first thing she said was "we do exist, we very much exist". Gee whiz mate!

[@FrancisFurtak]

Get real . If you don't exist who is doing the perceiving? Stop believing this !

[@LinguisticLifeform]

Perception exists, undeniably. Why does there have to be a separate someone doing that? Look for the person pereceiving in your immediate experience here and now. What do you find? You find experience and sensation in awareness. Where is the person you speak of? The one constant in this is awareness. Everything you experience exists in awareness. Awareness is fundamental to all experience, it is who you are. That's not a person. This is not about belief, it's about verifying this for yourself here and now, no belief required

[@FrancisFurtak]

@@LinguisticLifeform Right. Thank you!

[@projectbirdfeederman5491]

I saw this video so you exist, sorry

[@viktorianagy7965]

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