How to Ground Yourself in Your Subjective Experience

[@ThiagoOdy]

I totally agree with you, Emerald! I came to realise this infinite richness of everything only after giving up to label all my current experiences with my previous concepts, constructed after my latest enlightenment realisation. Life became lighter and brighter in so many levels after that! Thank you for sharing it!

[@TheDiamondNet]

You're welcome. I'm glad that you've come to the same realization. It really illuminates the beauty of life.

[@ThiagoOdy]

Thank you! :)

[@SuperKaner1]

Yet another video of yours that has helped me on my path. You have a very clear way of explaining things. I've never heard anyone encapsulate a description of what a thought is, so well. It reminded me how connected we all are, in that everyone's conditioned reality is as abstract as each others.

[@respublikas]

Without ever realising whats hapening i have found myself in life a couple of times being able in my mind to disconect the meaning from the words willingly in real time and hearing them how absolutely weird they sound in the language of Lithuanian.Verry happy to see this put in to perspective ty =]

[@learningenglishpath8148]

I've been watching a lot of your videos since I found your channel, and this one in particular resonated with me. I've experienced and contemplated a lot of this stuff myself, and you really connected a lot of dots here to create further insights that I hadn't considered before. What you said about language is so true - hearing it as a non-native speaker you experience it in its raw, firsthand reality; when we start learning the language and hearing it for its meaning, we attach ourselves to what I call the 'Second Reality' - this is the invented interpretations, the labeling, and we train ourselves to *think* of this new manufactured reality as the true reality. Not only are the raw phonetic sounds bypassed, but also the world around us as it truly exists begins to dissipate in our awareness if we are not conscious of how we are skipping over actuality. We are placing the raw experience of reality on conveyor belts in our minds as part of as assembly line to create our (mostly) linguistic-based conceptual structures of reality, which is how most of us understand the world because of the efficiency and security of that mode of perception. There's nothing inherently wrong with this process, but if we are unconscious of it then we lose so much of the glory and beauty of pure connection to life itself. I really appreciate how you've connected this to grounding oneself in subjective experience as a spiritual process, and I hadn't considered the practices you suggested about training yourself to isolate sounds in the auditory field or learning how to paint/draw in order to appreciate this more. Those are some fantastic connections and I will start doing them. 😁🙏

[@TheDiamondNet]

I'm glad that this one resonated with you. One of the most profound experiences in my life was when a huge insight into reality came up as I was learning how to draw and paint realistically when I was in high school art class. But it was really more about learning how to see without the interference of the symbolic mind. Once I could actually see the world for how it was, I could paint realistically very easily. And it most shocking to me that in my previous 15 years of life I had NEVER seen a single thing. I might as well have blind. I only ever saw my thoughts about what I was seeing. I never saw the thing itself until I really looked.

[@jameslamonde4952]

Awesone intelligence!

[@WingZeroDuality]

simplicity invites spiritual well being. Great video explaining a useful tip.

[@TheDiamondNet]

Thank you. :D

[@danihoek7341]

Thank you very Very much and now I am happy to learn from you again and again 🙏 Daniel Hoek from Ethiopia Africa I translate in Amharic language and printed out the Book 📖

[@Okalrightchill]

I love this video, thank you for it! Very clear vision of things you have young lady...

[@lindyastacey]

This is going to take a few more plays to completely absorb the whole content.

[@dragon-cant-fly6729]

this vids very informative.... i've seen some people who experienced some events and then detach from every day life. like a hardcore gamer- never leaves the screen. always talking about angel, demon, magical things n stuff. narcistic mage who drink coffe at morning and have chat with demon but cant have a functional relationship with his fellow human and take a shower

[@ErJoeJehosaphatz]

Funny. I was deconstructing songs on my way home yesterday. These are songs i've listened to for decades, and yet I was able to uncover things i'd never really noticed before, never really "heard" in all those years. Brought fresh ears to songs recorded before I was born.

[@AndreasDivus1]

Thank you so much for making these.

[@carlosmorthera5504]

Very useful scope of reality. Thanks!

[@deborahselleck]

Thank you Em!

[@SycodelicMaleVEVO]

I agree with you. I believe the spiritual reality is within this reality. When I die I believe I am still here just on another perception of reality.

[@TheDiamondNet]

When I had my ego-transcendence experiences, I realized that I had been living in heaven but simply was not aware enough to really see it. I recognized that reality was the spiritual plane.

[@SycodelicMaleVEVO]

The Diamond Net When I had experienced passing to me that was heaven. Yet, to me it wasn't a place within our understanding because I really didn't go that far. I was sucked in like a vacuum and that was when I was a kid before I even read about such experiences. There's also the dead in the midst of us and part of our own reality that some can't comprehend. I think Heaven is just as close as going to another country or even closer but we are too caught up and have to be trained to see it, to some of us it comes naturally.

[@kindnessducuray2656]

hi Emerald....your name stands sooo right for you! you amaze me,Thankyou so much Emerald!

[@TheDiamondNet]

Thank you and you're welcome! :)

[@shadown5757]

Excellent insights on this video, you really know what you are talking about, you are very wise and are growing in wisdom as it is shown on this video and how everything is presented, keep up the good work, Namaste 🙏, thank you for sharing.

[@DanielPuch]

Emerald, I am doing the Nisargadatta Maharaj self inquiry all the time. This video will be of a great help to deepen the experience of I AM. Thanks!!! Keep up the good work!

[@TheDiamondNet]

You're welcome Dan! Glad to hear from you. :D

[@mobsalazar]

Awesome channel and video 👏

[@BigManTate7364]

The best way for me to ground in reality is to focus on my body sensations in terms of an instinctual awareness of myself. When I tune into my body; my breath, my feet on the ground, the tension or relaxation I feel in different parts of me, the ways I want to move my body; I immediately get out of my thoughts and interpretations because I'm simply focusing on the instinctual sensations which operate outside of thought. I think you mentioned this in your trauma video as well.

[@TheDiamondNet]

It's really helpful for me as well. I did mention it in the trauma video too. :D

[@pauljones5566]

Very clear and well articulated

[@crazyowllady269]

Emerald you really inspire me. I hope you keep making such thoughtful videos.

[@TheDiamondNet]

I definitely will continue to make videos. I've been slacking a bit recently though, but I'm good at getting back on the horse... eventually. Thank you for your kind words. :D

[@krolessa1]

Holy shit!!!! This is some grounding talk!!! So good....

[@TheDiamondNet]

Thank you! :)

[@oraclewyrd2639]

This was amazing.

[@prabhakersaraswat]

Reality cannot be known through thinking, but it can be known through action.

[@TheDiamondNet]

Well said Prabhaker. :D

[@edsonaparecidopedro1898]

I can separete sounds like a guittar am drums , I think this is a start... Thank you , again I have acquired more knowledge from hearinng your videos.

[@primeharmonic2240]

Thank you Emerald !! Deepak Chopra just finished up a series in the YT channel 'Chopra Well' about the perceiving of reality through the chakras and he relates them to each sense. You might enjoy that. Thanks again ! You made it very realizable. I will point others here.

[@TriVThunder000]

Welcome back emerald!

[@TheDiamondNet]

Thank you. Sorry for the delay in posting. :)

[@shruthijayavenukumar]

Thank you!

[@alexismiller8978]

Have you heard of Byron Katie? If so I'd love to hear your thoughts on her technique of self inquiry? I have found it to be extremely grounding in the truth or present moment.

[@NatLopezOnYoutube]

thank you so much for sharing

[@TheDiamondNet]

You're welcome! :D

[@anthonyscott3347]

Great video!!!

[@TheDiamondNet]

Thanks! :)

[@donstanley3887]

Wonderful Day Dreams

[@BrockMolden]

Wow that manifesting work

[@dadabubz2674]

Hey Emerald are your videos going to be monthly now?

[@TheDiamondNet]

No, I've just been having a hard time carving out the time. I have one recorded now that I need to edit and post. I plan to do that tonight and have it up by tomorrow. But I want to get back to doing them on a weekly basis again. Just like before. I just have to get back up on the horse.

[@dason5408]

The Diamond Net You had me worried there for a second 😯😜

[@TheDiamondNet]

Oops. I'm a little later than I anticipated. I have it edited. I will upload it later on today.

[@dason5408]

The Diamond Net That's cool (I posted the comment, different account) take as much time as you need we'll be here😊

[@discoteque7768]

Why does life resemble a maze in which you need to find the exit? Why does it look like a quiz to solve? Why did I choose to be guided by senses that actually do not reflect reality? What does life look like a challenge? Is it me proving myself? Did God put me in a cage to see how I manage out?

[@CarolH2]

I can't concentrate enough to keep a grasp on what you are trying to say...idk why that is.

[@denster7715]

It's extremely abstract so no one blames you for that :)

[@edsonaparecidopedro1898]

It is almost like a training of mind, trains firstr the ears, then the remaing parts of the body, then thougts and etc, it takes time

[@SycodelicMaleVEVO]

I have always had psychics tell me that they can't read me because I am not grounded. I will watch this to see if they are just using an excuse or maybe they are right?

[@SycodelicMaleVEVO]

Michael Jacobs My statement wasn't meant to attack psychics or to be a slant against them in any way, I was simply relating my experience.

[@TheDiamondNet]

That's interesting. I never heard anything of that nature about psychics, so maybe they were using it as an excuse. But i"m not too familiar, so I'm not sure.

[@SycodelicMaleVEVO]

Michael Jacobs Sometimes reality means that like a Dr. when they don't have answers they blame their patients. That's reality too. I don't really quite know how to interpret what you are really intending to say. Maybe I don't do well at articulating and communicating due to issues outside of my control because of an illness or disability, which would give me still adequate reason to question if it's them or me, so that I can understand what is taking place, To assume that it is me that is the weak link still doesn't change my situation. I agree that you could have a point though.

[@SycodelicMaleVEVO]

Michael Jacobs I didn't have to visit them they are all over my social networks too. I never went out looking for any.

[@SycodelicMaleVEVO]

What I would want to see them for is the same problem I want to see counselors for all these years, that's my biggest problem and that is communication with others. I already mentioned that issue above. I don't want to go over it again. Most people miss it when I mention all that even though it's all there. You can't give me easy answers for that on here I doubt since I am 47 and still have these issues that don't make sense enough to me for me to just decide to change and do it. So, it's a complicated question to me that I already spoke of in the above.

[@jameslamonde4952]

Awesome Intelligence

[@2320brand]

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[@MegaSudjai]

Buddhism and enlightenment does not allow you to master your ego but to quell and subjugate it so that you become passive. This 'enlightenment' is a celebration of mediocrity. True mastery of one's ego involves much introspection, courage in the face of herd morality (overcoming the fear of what other's think of you), and constructive action towards cultivating civilisation (not activism, which is destructive by its very nature). People who are slave to their (herd) ego purport themselves as "empaths" but in reality are just serving their own ego and when someone comes along with a differing ideology (eg conservatism) the egoistical empaths all band together to tear down that person/institution. This is post-modernism in a nutshell. Paradoxically, the "empath" ideology is to denounce ego as "evil".

[@nikolinauvjek6722]

excuse me miss can you tell me your opinion on teal swan

[@TheDiamondNet]

I have mixed feelings about her. On one hand, if I had not found her work at the time that I had found it, I don't think I would have been able to deal with the challenges that life was throwing in my way. So, there's plenty of legitimate and very helpful advice in her videos. She really is superbly talented at describing the human condition. On the other hand, always exercise critical thinking when listening to her. There have been a few things that she's said that I thought would be destructive if someone in a low place took her advice. So, remember, to only take what truly resonates with you. Also, I know there are a lot of rumors about her being a cult leader and other things like that. I would keep that in mind as to not get into a position where that would even become relevant to you in any way. But I would also keep in mind that those rumors (whether true or false) shouldn't determine whether or not one of her teachings is relevant to you. You can truly learn anything from anyone.

[@nikolinauvjek6722]

The Diamond Net yeah i ve heard a lot too that s why i asked. and also with a lot of things she helped me also.. thank you!

[@SycodelicMaleVEVO]

You should watch her video on Teal Swan if you haven't. She does well at stating her thoughts there. On a personal level I love Teal Swan like a Sister and would defend her on certain things but much of the criticism that she receives is because of her inability to deal with her skeptics without belittling them and thinking less of them. She can make the irrational sound rational to some. She sent me an invite in google plus the other day, so I"m trying to use my words to fit the right places as she may see them now.

[@nikolinauvjek6722]

New Beginnings no i havent. can you link me or tell me the title of that video? i understand .. we don't have to have perfect opinion on anybody regardless if they are spiritual teachers or not and you can still value some of their teachings no matter the rest of their life. I think Rali has a video about that :)

[@SycodelicMaleVEVO]

nikolina uvjek Okay, I will find it for you. Within her videos there is a search on KZbin in her channel. All you have to do is put in the name Teal Swan but I will look for you and drop the link here.

[@SycodelicMaleVEVO]

When I first got here the title said that this was the easiest way to ground myself. You must have changed the title. lol... Okay, maybe that's a message as I haven't even listened now. Come out of your delusions James. lol ;)

[@thelastofyou9800]

bring back Stitch! please never remove him from our subjective reality again ... :))

[@TheDiamondNet]

I definitely will. :D I've just been a slacker on my videos the past couple weeks. But I'll get back to it soon, and have Stitch make a cameo.

[@pauljones5566]

Very clear and well articulated

[@TheDiamondNet]

Thank you. :D