Sorry, humor is a byproduct of too much Kensho. 
Who mentioned the Anti-Ego Club? 
I’m the treasurer of that club. Pay your fees and you are officially a member. 
. Just kidding!
Hi nothingatall,
Just go back and re-read all the advice you have received so far. The answers to your questions are all in there.
Wishing you the best. 
If you’re the treasurer, then Blanche must be the President, and I imagine BlueRC is the Vice President, and I…well, I am the devil’s advocate. 
[quote=“nothingatall”]
Hey Bodhi, my question was serious 
I am not sure why are you joking in this way
[/quote]I’ll tell you what I think nothingatall. My first reaction to your post was “Does he think that if he calls this state by a different name he’s going to get different answers?” A different tradition will give you yet another term for it.
As Sunyata pointed you, you’ve got pretty much all the views that AYPers are likely to hold on this matter in the two pages of replies.
[quote=“Bodhi Tree”]
If you’re the treasurer, then Blanche must be the President, and I imagine BlueRC is the Vice President, and I…well, I am the devil’s advocate.
[/quote]It is just possible Cody that I have a more vicious ego than you do. We’re all informed by our own experiences. I’ll take the Vice President position only if I get paid a very large amount of money for the job.
Only top dollar for you, Blue.
But all joking aside, and getting back to how this relates to AYP, I just want to convey to Nothingatall that karma yoga is a big part of practices, and that’s why Yogani wrote an entire book on karma and bhakti, because the internal experiences of samadhi/kensho/witness are not enough.
If your profit motive has dwindled, and you feel detached and indifferent, just know that a new desire will emerge, and that is the desire to contribute something altruistic to society that doesn’t merely hinge upon personal profit or financial gain. It’s that desire to turn inner silence into action that is what sets AYP apart from a lot of passive approaches, and samyama is a mental way of helping our noble ideals come into physical reality.
I’ve been to high places internally (both sober and on psychedelic drugs—DMT is a hell of a molecule), but I’ve had to return to the inevitable need to translate the inner magic into something on the outside. I’ve gotten burned for trying to cling to the inside for too long. So, levels and notions of samadhi are highly subjective and don’t mean as much as what we can bring to the table in terms of palpable and tangible expressions of stillness in action and divine love.
If you think you’ve attained a deep level of samadhi, then make sure you go out and prove it with every single movement of your body. If it doesn’t translate to the flesh in a perpetual continuum of outbound service, then it’s of minimal importance.
[Also, just to clarify: all of this talk is directed to myself as much as anyone else. I’m challenging myself to keep pushing the limits of what I can accomplish with my body (self-pacing applied), so please know that I’m merely sharing a monologue and stream of self-inquiry that occurs within my own mind on a regular basis.]
Nice post, Bodhi - I agree 100%.
Beautifully said Cody
Hi Bodhi,
Well spoken.
The beauty of these forums, they work both ways.
Lovely post, Bodhi. Deeply resonates here.
new here.
compassion overflows. divine coincidences abound.
unsure of “right action”. to act or not to act, is the question.
Welcome allislove
Thinking of you, Bodhi Tree, wherever you may be
Do (or don’t do) and let go
Sey