Leo Gura

Yeah, this is the whole trick with self-inquiry: the mind refuses to stay with the emptiness because it needs some image to grasp. Everything you wrote is the noise of the mind. Look past all that towards the emptiness and just try to observe it without worry or mind noise. This takes lots of practice, focus, and patience. Yes, this is Neti Neti. The emptiness cannot be found in the conventional sense of finding a physical object. Something radically new must click. What are you beneath all that mind noise and doubt? What is observing the noise? Stay on that with steadiness. Try to keep the mind very calm. You want to hit a silent observer state. Observe observation itself. You are observation itself. But what is observation?? Don't think the answer -- observe! You will definitely fall into the trap of intellectualizing emptiness over and over again thousands of times before you learn not to do that. Remember this is like a live scientific experiment. You are working in the labrabory of your own mind.

@seeking_brilliance There is not cause and effect. Those are relative. Trying to fit reality into a cause and effect paradigm is a big obstacle to spiritual understanding. Reality is nonlinear.

Cool

@TheAvatarState Nice! Have you realized the screen is infinite?

@Fairy Yup Something and nothing are indistinguishable.

Organic/inorganic is a duality.

@lmfao There is no such thing as "typical". Everything is 100% relative to the structure of one's nervous system, including the nervous system itself! Your nervous system restricts your access to what would otherwise be an infinite number of possible "realities" and insights.

You guys are playing with fire.

@Giulio Bevilacqua A leap of faith is required. You have no idea what will happen after enlightenment. Your whole life could change. Or not. You have to be willing to take that plunge into the unknown, ready to surrender everything, including everyone you love.

You can! That's called Astral Priojection. And you do so every night when you dream. But your mind is too weak right now. It requires training.

That's the trick: it does so without a how. It is mystical. Being and Creation are identical.

You ain't gonna get it without hardcore spiritual practice or psychedelics. Go do a psychedelic retreat. Then you will get it. Because right now you ain't got anywhere close to Truth. You are lost inside a hallucination with no idea of how to escape. Psychedelics are no joke. They are a crucial tool in the journey for ordinary people. The average person will NEVER grasp the depth of this work without psychedelics. Even people who meditate will still miss the depth of this work. It is worth your time and effort to do a retreat. Stop being lazy.

When has it not been a mess?

The cake is a lie

@Quicksilver 3rd world countries definitely come with more dangers, since they are by definition less conscious, less openminded, and operating more from base survival needs. A Washington Post journalist was dismembered in a Turkish embassy recently. So yeah... watch your ass in underdeveloped places.

Eliminate all wheat, rice, potatoes, and refined sugar from your diet and you'll lose weight easily. Also reduce your meal portion size by 20%-30%. You want to leave the dinner table with a slight feeling of emptiness in your stomach. Never stuff yourself full. You don't need to starve. You can still eat delicious high energy foods like meat, oil, butter, and fat. Don't make this a diet. Make this a permanent change to how you eat food from now on.

My dad lost many tens of thousands of dollars daytrading. It's an idiotic pursuit. The stock market is deliberately rigged against you by giant hedge funds with insider information. You are playing a rigged game against the house. Stock trading is basically legalized gambling. But you know best.

@Jeff Zhang Trump does not put America's interests first. He puts his own interests first. That is the problem. And it will lead to his downfall.

@Inliytened1 But Love is the proper word. When you encounter it you recognize it as Love! Not something else.

Well, for one thing, we vote and China don't.

@andyjohnsonman This was explained in my video: Why Brains Do Not Exist Science and the brain are themselves part of the entire hallucination you call reality. Ask yourself this: Where is the proof that all of science as a whole is not a hallucination? If the universe is a hallucination, so is science and so are all methods of proof.

Their sages are shamen and medicine men. Their names were never written down in history books. If you travel to South America or North American tribal lands, you will find great sages. Ever read Carlos Castaneda? That's how shamanism works.

As I've told you guys before, the best teachings are the opposite of mainstream. Why would you assume the best should be everywhere? To be everywhere a thing must be the lowest possible common denominator and appeal to mouthbreathing fools.

@Inliytened1 No, Love is a distinct facet of the Absolute. And when you become directly conscious of that, you will have a much deeper understanding of where the human emotion of love stems from. This is very advanced stuff. So stay openminded and be ready to investigate the issue. There is something about love that you do not yet understand. Find what that is. If you dare.

Free will vs no free will is a duality. God is nondual.