#itgomyway

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the ego is NOT your identity. it is a false sense of self. it's a story you've repeated to yourself a billion times so you're more inclined to want to repeat it a billion more. you don't have to do this. if you tell yourself another story, it's the same level of realness as the current one your ego is being. the only difference is you are USED to the old one. familiarity ≠ reality in this regard. what story are you telling yourself RIGHT NOW in the present? that is what is your reality.

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identity is far for important than beliefs because no matter what you say you believe in, you are always presenting as something (in the present moment, the only moment there is)

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I wonder how do we have conviction and certainty? For me, I relate that to emotions and feelings and I just can’t conjure that. And people say creating/selecting is about conviction..

okay but whereeeee is all of this coming from? what or who is the one telling you what's real and what's not? who is the one experiencing these things. who is the one that answers the question, "this is real" or "this is fake"

it's YOU. it has always been you. you have always been the one that decides if something is going a certain way or not. you're the only one giving circumstances this "conviction" not an outside source. you are this source

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i know it feels so good to take familiar feelings and keep making the choice to identify with them because they are familiar but understand there's no rule that says what feels familiar is what's safer, easier, or is the truth; it's just something you're used to doing. something you're used to being. dare to assume that your emotions and senses aren't the only way you experience imagination. all of it comes from you so YOU make the rules

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the concept of time is simply there for people to recall things or anticipate something for the future. when you realize this and realize how the silly the concept is you'd stop giving a damn. the past can be 3 seconds ago or 30 years ago, the point is your fixation it on a time and that's where (or when) it is.

your unwanted thoughts become a thing of this past after they leave your awareness (and you stop thinking about it) so there's no point in worrying about them if they become a thing in the past and that past ceases to exist because the past= time and these concepts don't matter

what does matter is your present moment. your "now" can't be recalled nor can it be anticipated. it's just now. that's all there is. what you are now is something that can't be denied. YOU cannot be denied. with your perceived past or future you the common denominator has been you as the main character. you never stopped existing. you might have changed states from "sleeping" or "dreaming" or "imagining" but it's always been you and that cannot be denied.

do what you want with this information

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hi! sorry if this sounds like a manifestation ask but who tf "decides" when you guys say just decide? I'm really confused on this matter bc even when I understand nd from the absolute pov, I still have so many desires that I want to experience but then again these are the character's desires appearing in the " ", so how am I ever supposed to experience what I want to experience?

the point is to not assign the role of the "decider" or the "doer" to anything or anyone other than yourself. you're asking me "who" decides when i already said you are all that it is. who or what else could possible be there? since there is nothing outside of you, or nothing other than yourself then what exactly is so confusing? don't ever be afraid to return to the basics if you get confused.

i feel like yall get the character metaphor confused because you are observing this character thus creating it and its experiences. the observer isn't separate from what is observed. you are already this character. you can claim to have desires and mean it for the character it's OKAY. you're only experiencing yourself so quit trying to be "perfect" and quit trying make sure what you think aligns with what you're being because your thoughts are useless. i'm not asking you what you think right now i'm asking you who are you in this moment? what have you always been? the one that decides!

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Hi! I discovered non dualism not too long ago and recently started looking more into but I'm still confused. I know that you can experience anything you want, so I can experience passing my test. How do I go about "observing" that. (Apologies if this seems like trying to get something, I left loass not too long ago).

you must understand that this "you" that was mentioned exists in the limited terms of the 5 senses. those are limiting by default. how many times have you mistaken something because you only assumed based on what you saw, heard, or "experienced personally" (i.e. through your own pov [your senses])? why take what you know is malleable by your own perception as absolute when you can always change it?