You have such a massive ego op and you keep feeding it.

One day you’ll realize that the real goal should be the quality of your consciousness which does not require any work or time.

Goal setting and goal seeking are functions of your ego and irrelevant to the quality of your consciousness in the present moment.

No but I understand it.

Op has one of the biggest egos on this board but he is completely unaware of himself.

Op all this goal setting and goal seeking and self seeking is ego. Study yourself and you will find ego.

hello

does anyone remember what chrissy was cringing at?

It is just awareness. No work is required. Awareness of yourself. Just quietly observing yourself and observing your ego. Then you will find you are the observer not the ego.

Your goal setting and achievement seeking is all ego and you think it is you. But it’s not the real you. The real you is only the formless observation.

You just open your eyes. Be still and be aware in the moment. Look at yourself. Instead of seeking goals and achievements in the future which does not even exist.

Every time I reach a financial goal, a new goal is instantly set. First $100k, then $150k, then $200k, one rental property, two rental properties, three, etc. I grew up poor as hell, and I never thought I'd be where I am, but I also never realized low much money is spent just living a middle class life.

"Quality of consciousness does not require any amount of work or time"
How can I be aware of myself and my ego without time? Please explain.

So if something impacts something else in a positive way (or negative for that matter), what would you characterize that as?
If nobody sought to do that.....what would the world be like. Id love to hear your perspective on it.

Again, I never claimed to be a saint or a monk. I understand things and actions feed ego.
Arent you being a bit hypocritical spending time on here and debating things with people? How does that not feed ego?

Im not saying I don’t have ego. I’m saying I’m aware of my ego and self seeking and goal setting and achievement seeking and I know it’s just ego. It’s not my true self.

If you close your eyes right now and look inside yourself can you experience your true self? Who or what do you see?

You have such a massive ego op and you keep feeding it.

One day you’ll realize that the real goal should be the quality of your consciousness which does not require any work or time.

Goal setting and goal seeking are functions of your ego and irrelevant to the quality of your consciousness in the present moment.

Im not saying I don’t have ego. I’m saying I’m aware of my ego and self seeking and goal setting and achievement seeking and I know it’s just ego. It’s not my true self.

If you close your eyes right now and look inside yourself can you experience your true self? Who or what do you see?

i think it's driven by insecurity. you see, when i walk into a fine restaurant, people think i'm a VIP. when OP walks into a fine restaurant, people think he works there. and nothing can change that.

They say money doesn't buy happiness (massive cope imo), but it buys freedom. Imagine all the chit we'd do if we didn't have to concern ourselves with money much.

You and OP are basically the same guy though. You're both boomers who put money in a 401K. You're financially secure and better off than the average retard American who's in credit card debt but that's all. It's not like you're balling out of control and banging supermodels, it's not like you were a visionary who built a company from scratch. No one wants to be you and putting money into a 401K isn't an accomplishment. Yet you post know it all advice.

Again I am not saying I don’t have ego. Everyone has ego. It’s part of the human condition. But you can become self aware and open your eyes and see your ego. And become aware of all the seeking and goal setting and achievement chasing that your ego creates. And you can become aware that your true self is not your ego but only formless awareness. You are the formless ego less observer watching your ego.

You keep setting new goals and seeking new achievements because you are trying to self actualize. All those goals are endless, if you reach one goal you will seek another. Whether it’s financial goals or physical goals or helping other people. They are all external goals that will never give you what you truly seek: true self actualization.

And true self actualization is not attainable through goals or achievements or helping others etc. Those are all functions of your ego, not your true self. Your true self is just the formless awareness of everything. The formless space in which all forms are coming into existence. True self actualization is experiencing yourself as that space. That is what you are truly seeking.

And that is why all your goal setting and achievement seeking is endless, a treadmill, a conveyor belt. Because you’re looking in the wrong place for self actualization. You’re seeking achievements instead of awareness.

You and OP are basically the same guy though. You're both boomers who put money in a 401K. You're financially secure and better off than the average retard American who's in credit card debt but that's all. It's not like you're balling out of control and banging supermodels, it's not like you were a visionary who built a major company from scratch. No one wants to be you and putting money into a 401K isn't an accomplishment. Yet you post know it all advice.