A Heartfelt Thanks and Our Year in Growth: A Look at 2022 vs. 2023
Reflecting on our journey together in the Night Club Community, itâs awesome to see how much weâve grown! I echo the statement said by @Bianca_Aga, thank you @Andrew for creating not just a beautiful space, but a haven where we can share openly.
AI:
Letâs dive into the numbers that paint a picture of our collective growth (thank you AI for your help in compiling this information):
Key Growth Metrics (2022 vs. 2023):
Reading Time: From an average of 20.1 hours to a staggering 65.4 hours, growing by +225.37%.
Topics Created: Almost doubled from 10.2 to 19 topics on average, a +86.27% increase.
Replies Made: An impressive leap from 148.1 to 477.6 average replies, showing a +222.48% growth.
Engagement: The âMost Replied Toâ metric soared by +249.20%, from 99.8 to 348.5.
Likes Given & Received: A heartwarming increase in appreciation with likes given up by +346.29% and likes received by +388.65%.
These numbers arenât just statistics; theyâre a testament to our vibrant, curious, and supportive community. Each interaction, every topic, and all the shared thoughts contribute to this unique tapestry of ideas and conversations.
Hereâs to every member, every reader, every thinker in this community. Your participation and enthusiasm are the driving forces behind this incredible growth. Letâs continue to foster this environment of learning, sharing, and exploring the unknown.
Thank you, each and every one of you, for making the Night Club Community a thriving hub of curiosity and connection.
What an amazing review - never seen anything like it. And even though I am not participating a lot, I feel connected - just by reading at present books I would have never found without this placeâŠthis inspirationâŠ
Three months into practicing and no lucidity yet (beside the dream in the dream where I noticed the six fingers but could not convey lucidity to the dream figure - how strange and amazing that was!), but still not giving up.
I enjoy this place and hope to dive into it moreâŠ
Thank you all for your wonderful support.
Illusory form (âDreams of Lightâ) helps immensly too.
If you donât mind having Christ, the Holy Spirit and God as central figures in a book âA Course in Miraclesâ is a great one to get on audible and listen to it while walking around in your normal day to day life (not at home but places like work and grocery stores etcetera).
âDreams of Lightâ acts as a powerful catalyst for lucid dreaming, much like an accelerant ignites a fire. Our dreams frequently reflect our daytime experiences, and by applying the techniques from Andrew Holecekâs book or âA Course in Miraclesâ (which I recommend experiencing through Audible for ease of absorption), you can extend these practices into your sleeping hours.
Something quick I worked on with AI to better explain:
Illusory Form: This concept, often rooted in various spiritual and philosophical traditions like Buddhism, refers to the understanding that the material world and our experiences in it are not as solid or permanent as they seem. This perspective views all phenomena as illusory, in the sense that they are transient and subject to constant change. Itâs about recognizing the dream-like quality of reality.
Andrew Holecekâs âDreams of Lightâ: A comprehensive exploration of the concept of illusory form, presented in a manner that aligns with Western psychology. The book delves deeply into how our perceptions of reality and dreams can be understood as transient and illusory, similar to a dream. Holecek bridges Tibetan Buddhist principles with contemporary psychological insights, making the complex topic of illusory form more accessible and relatable to a Western audience.
Ah, ok. You mean looking at reality as a dream or illusion? In that respect I like to share an experience: Many years ago the world - as it appears to be - dissolved and I was suddenly aware of it being an illusion - while at the same time quite ârealâ or âsolidâ. Unfortunately, that was too much for me to accept (?), integrate (?), comprehend (?) and I felt terrified and this deep fear lasted for several days until I got back to a view of this reality as a solid reality.
I am still using reality checks, meditation, awareness of light, etc. as my daily practice. And reading and podcasts and NightclubâŠ
I might get back into the Course in Miracles, although I had quite difficulties with it in the past⊠Thank you.
How interesting! I thoroughly enjoyed reading this quote from Andrew - so well formulated. The funny thing is that I was on a spiritual path my whole life, I âknewâ intellectually about emptiness (I donât like that word very much - it appeared to me as transparent or illusory, or just plain UN-REAL, but not âemptyâ as empty suggest something âfullâ on the other side but that did not match my experience), but what a different situation it is when experiencing it directly!
I was told/learnt not to speak about these experiences because it was said that they lead to ego-inflation, aggrandizing your separate sense of self instead of diminishing it. But when related to fear, and to be able to understand it, I found it important to speak about it.
Like, again, experiencing âthe voidâ between sleep and day-wake state, I was completely terrified and pissed off with myself afterwards for not noticing and just letting go âinto itâ - haha. I have been experimenting since with that âin-between-stateâ, but obviously canât âcreateâ the void at will. I guess, I came first to Charly and then to Andrew (via youtube videos) at the right time - as it gave me first the opportunity to re-frame my nightmares and also to open up to further explorations and discoveries. While I feel like a moron when reading just a bit of the highly intelligent stuff that is posted here, I also felt very welcomed when I joined and enjoy this place.
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TURIYA - Forth State
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TURIYA - Forth State, that taught me a new realization which i found awesome.
. If I can remember correctly the term is sudden experiencers.