Inappropriate attention to sense-objects is the cause of sensuality, inappropriate attention in regards to "being" causes desire for becoming. Dispassion is developed by appropriate attention to the world, but what would be the right way of attending to the world so as to bring up metta, ...

Nirvana is from the word nir- and -vana to get rid of the forest of reality where you have your own refuge in reality.

What is Nirvana? Nirvana is reality. What is reality? It isn't somewhere else, you are just blind to see it, the mind is dirty. What is the mind? The one looking here and there. How can I remove the dirtiness in my eyes? Like a dog would remove his wetness by moving in all directions. Basically this...

The best advice I can give to you is until you are sure of what you are doing with clear abilities and knowledge of what you have done then keep going until you reach certainty and clarity.

hope it is nothing to worry

meindzai wrote:It's like my ego's last guardsman going "haha! You will never get into this jhana!"

Don't care about an ego against your achievements, this is not true, ego is like a machine, you won't speak to it as a living being.

Did Gautama said there is no Gautama or when someone called him he answered or not? For this obvious reason he answered when someone called his name he wouldn't say there is no self. At the same time when Gautama say there is Gautama it wouldn't make sense as there is no need to say so as he is the ...

Change is ok, don't be afraid and keep going.

Let the mind appreciate your tea and allow the mind to learn with you about this idea of separating pleasure and comment. The thing is not really to harm yourself from reducing pleasure but to learn what pleasure is, if you don't know you will come back desesperately to pleasure in a more unbalanced...

You trust yourself and insights, if you don't have ideas or insight, keep going with breath until you feel done with it. It's all about how you feel about something, best trustworthy.

I would say that the Dhamma is counterfeit for now, there is no real dhamma and I don't trust in anyone out there, teachers or whoever you want. So my advice to you is go for it on your own.

I remember being fed up like for eons since very young.

The Mind is not trustworthy, if you love your brother I would rather be concerned first on me. Because your mind can hurt your brother as your brother's mind can hurt you. Together is possible only if you reach peace.

I would rather take my concern on me first then on others.

Maitreya is himself pleased to be Maitreya as he didn't know it before overcoming Samsara.