OGS, what is knowledge of self and how do I achieve it?

[Marks]

I didnt even want to get into that part yet


I'm finishing this book by Alan Watts called The Book. You can find some of his speeches on youtube too. You also have actualized.org, sadhguru, eckhart tolle, ram Dass, and mooji(this is a breh if you want to learn from someone black) on youtube. Other books im planning on getting into is Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, the end of your world, and cutting through spiritual materialism. Research about buddhism Taoism and stoicism. Probably more isms im forgetting. It's interesting stuff

Watts is a great intro to all this. He gives you a little taste of most of the eastern stuff so whatever grabs you follow from there. If you're into some more science and psychs Terrence McKennna is good too.

Joseph Campbell too. He wrote The Hero with a thousand faces and the power of myth which is what got a lot of ppl started on their journey.

Spoiler

 

[Leao2005]

It's a bunch of dusthead ramblings. Literally.

There's much better paths to "enlightenment"

Enlighten us then

 

[Turbulent]

God is within you (and within all of us). We are all connected.

How to achieve it is hard to say. I guess everyone has a different path. Every time I think I have achieved "it", i either lose it (like a fleeing thought i barely grasped for a second) or i end up finding out there's another level. Also some things you can read, watch or hear and you might understand intellectually but you might still not "feel" it. Advice i would give is not to focus too much on "getting there". Don't focus too much on the time it takes to get to the destination and instead create your path. You could die at any moment without reaching this mythical destination. Each moment within the path is the destination.

 

[Sohh_lifted]

 

[KingsOfKings]