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Originally Posted by ethereal  That's basically it 
But when you really experience it on an experiential level and not intellectual level, it's mind-blowing, literally 
I haven't had full experiences of it, just tiny tiny glimpses. But from what I've seen, what it means is that you're completely free. There is no "you" (ego) to suffer anymore. It's like what Steve talked about in "The Joy of Sadness" -- everything is fine, everything is ok, everything has a particular quality of joy, beauty, and perfection to it. There's nothing you need, nothing you want -- not even the desire to continue existing in the next moment -- because you are already complete and perfect. And my mini-experiences are probably just 1% of what the real thing feels like 
So I applaud and encourage all your efforts to understand SR, because it's all worth it in the end |
That sounds similar to something Eckhart Tolle would say sitting on a recliner by his swimming pool. "Just enjoy the peace of God."
Yeah, that's awesome when you have a passive or at least semi-passive income like he has or even Steve has. I had many such experiences of "God's peace" when I was on my honeymoon last year, sitting on a beach chair in Hawaii pretty much doing nothing. In that kind of setting it's easy not to want to change anything, not to want to have any desires, and accept everything is already perfect. THat's because IT IS! Or at least close to it.
When you're not at that level where you can "vacation" 23hours of your 24hour day, how does Steve's SR point of view help you?
How does the average person who works 40hours a week at a job, with another 10 hours of commuting in there, and trying to run a "side business" or two on the side for another 20-30hours a week tap into the benefits of a Subjective Reality perspective?