Understand that most masters or accomplished who say this is because they want to denote that self-realization only occurs in the present because there is only that moment. Perhaps they understand that third parties can understand as you do, but since understanding is always personal, perhaps they express themselves and let those who have the wisdom to understand understand, each in their own time, but if you think that tapping your finger and feeling pain is a minimally viable example to apply to any reasoning that involves the revelation of the divine nature, you still have a long way to go, it is something far beyond. Literally any hyperbole is little to express.

@@RuandosSantosGoncalves My original connotation still applies, if you are God then do God-Like powers and apply them for the sake of humanity. If you can't, and your only capacity is to teach self realization, then you are just playing out a Buddha-like archetype of helping humanity to awaken, and then it isn't anything "God-based" to begin or end with. As a side note, I do think a mere mortal can link up with God in a such a way that actual powers can manifest, beyond just the Self Realization of Consciousness and Beingness and the whole non-dual lot, but alas, I digress

@chrxmeface understand that these powers are realized at every moment, in the simplest things and to be able to perceive this is to be the "image and likeness of God." To be beyond the world and not limited to events is a true power, to the world, the natural order to which you yourself are but have no consciousness, it is enough for it to improve, however much it seems to worsen, everything to cooperate for evolution. His vision is limited by his limited perspective. Realize the being and perceive the reality of reality and the sense of "I am God."

I agree, there are buddhist long life practices, diets, secret immortal channel opening techniques found in Daoism and so on. We dont have to be slaves to the aspects of cause and effect, when we can redirect it and directly interact with it in a number of ways

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Indeed. Good morning my friend. 🙏💜☕️

I think we should both ask ourselves that question 🙂

Thanks Kevin, I'm glad you're finding it useful. I'm not very active here at the moment, but will aim to upload a few more videos in the coming months. Let me know what would be useful. I also have over 20 free talks you can listen to on my website which you might enjoy. You can find them here: mikekewley.com/talks/ Take care, Mike.

Hi, thanks for your comment and observation. Non-duality leaves nothing out, it is the direct recognition that everything is empty awareness expressing as the tree, the bird, the thought and emotion. This means that there is nothing extra to “do” to gain what you are. But it doesn’t mean that we then discount or deny the practices, methods or techniques designed to help people recognise their enlightened state. I can tell you that you are God, you are silent still awareness and that therefore there is nothing else to seek. You understand it as an idea, you like the idea, it makes sense. But are you now enlightened? This is why the teachers of reality often use methods and investigations to help others deconstruct their own identity and attachments to thoughts, feelings and emotions. For example both the Buddha and Ramana Maharshi has a silent realisation which seemed impossible to communicate with others, and yet they both developed ways of guiding people back into their original freedom. It is said that the Buddha taught thousands of methods. Why? Because words rarely hit the target. But ultimately upon recognition we see that because there is only ultimate reality, our practices and methods are none other than that too. This is non-duality. Not two. Nothing left out but also nothing to gain. All we gain is an understanding. This is why Zen Master Dogen said that the practice of meditation is the expression of enlightenment, not the seeking for it. I teach Mindfulness which includes guiding people back into their own original freedom through many methods. Everyone is different. Sometimes I point back people back into their own silent awareness, sometimes we focus on breath until the mind dissolves, sometimes we sit with the body until the body becomes space. These are all useful, weening us off the constant identity with the mind and the apparent self. Whatever we imagine enlightenment to be, it certainly involves a radically freeing relationship to our thoughts, emotions and circumstances, and a direct experience of who and what we are as a fact, not as an idea. Non-duality will rob you of all ideas. You will see that there is nothing more to say, there is no argument or comparison to make. Everything is as it is. Those are my thoughts, I hope you find them helpful, Mike.

Hi David, thanks for your comment, I'm currently writing a short book which explores mindfulness, the present moment, non-duality and enlightenment. It's been an ongoing project for some time, but I hope it sees the light of day soon. Best wishes, Mike.

Hi Dorian, thank you for your comment. Recognising that you are a movement of the whole, like a wave is a movement of the ocean, doesn't mean you should then do nothing. You cannot do "nothing'" as you are movement. Thought, sensations, perceptions, emotions, all of this intelligent activity continues. There's just no-one inside controlling any of this activity. You continue to live your ordinary life with the recognition that there's only the ocean, arising as Dorian.

@@mikekewley3186 Hey thanks for the brief yet pithy explanation but my one true grip with these teachings is that how does it help in anyones daily life with the worries and concerns that everyone faces? How's it doing anything for my worries of getting old or gaining weight, finding my ideal job or life partner etc.