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You just mentioned 3 very valuable things about OBE, why did it become a distraction? Thanks and I read ‘mastering astral projection’ When you are sleeping, have you had the sensation that you’re falling off a building or you are tripping over? Then you wake up? Doctors call it hyping jerk or sleep starts. What doctors don’t know is this is actually a partial AP. Your subtle body fell out of your physical body, and that’s why you got that sensation. So everyone is born with it, some people just get the sensation more than others.

If you have the intention to completely drop every judgment you have about all human beings on the planet - especially in scenarios where the humans hurt you out of ignorance and selfishness, is loving kindness an effective way to do that? If not what techniques work for you for this intention?

cool, seems like it would work.

What would a deeply spiritually evolved physical scientist create? Would the scientist quit science or continue it? What would the scientist's life purpose evolve to? Is it possible to revolutionise the physical sciences to a deeper level?

yeah Stephen Hawkins was definitely wrong when he said philosophy is dead. But at the same time i totally understand why he said it, bad philosophy is also very toxic, and its very easy to be a bad philosopher. Do you think there is some value in looking at combining science and art? They way renaissance architects and Da Vinci envisioned? Do you think science needs to be more psychologically focused rather than materialist focused? Is there a place for mathematics in a world without materialism? In small regards to this comment, Imagine there was a person who would in 30 years revolutionise the hard sciences. He built a temple which got people into extraordinary states of consciousness. He used new perspectives and paradigms he developed in his 30 years of combining traditional science with spirituality and art, to formulate the design of the temple. Does this scenario sound likely? Or is this a pipe dream that shouldn't be attempted in your opinion?

Thanks! Amen agree. And also your LP if you intend to revolutionise the world in a grand way. You need to work with people to cause a revolution, instead of judging them.

interesting, maybe a hyper advanced version of science will be like a magnificent ancient egypt occult.

@Leo Gura thanks, you're right, I should stop looking for shortcuts.

Yes you do very briefly. 1. How are you sure cross reference is a valid way of predicting the truth of something? Cross reference relies on the assumption that consistency leads to truth. Do you believe that and if so why? 2. How much do you trust gut feelings? Not in that video, but in a comment you once wrote to me in regards to that video, you said that you read from all different sources, then throw it away and let your subconscious mind eat all of it up and generate a feel for what's right and what's wrong. Does this mean your technique largely involves trusting your gut feeling? Is there a difference between an inner muse and a gut feeling? Can you trust either one? Why do you trust your gut feeling? When can you? Are there techniques for training your gut feeling so that its more effective at existential stuff like spirituality(in other words beyond the ways mentioned in thinking fast and slow)? 3. How do you effectively map raw experience to intellectual concepts/information/knowledge? If you have an existential insight about something, what ways can you know whether someone else is talking about the same thing as you? How do you effectively map this experience to words(without distorting it, or alternatively distorting it in a way that helps you compare it to other sources)? 4. What is active listening in essence? What is critical thinking in essence? How do you measure your performance in either one? How do you improve them? 5. Does spirituality help you in this topic? 6. What is believing vs thinking for yourself in essence? 7. What is fundamentally the difference between thinking in principle, and thinking in analogies? What are the ramifications of this for making use of spiritual sources, and also sources in general for scientific work? 8. if you don't want to answer any of the above questions, at least answer this one, the most important one of all: What is high quality critical thinking vs low quality critical thinking? How can you improve your skills? What metrics or performance indicators can you use to improve it? Are there any metaphysical and existential practices to improve this area?

where did you learn your techniques on critical thinking and taking advantage of knowledge and information for the sake of Truth rather than just blindly believing it? How do you critically think? This is something you seem to do that very few teacher do.

did God create survival?

@okulele thanks! Didn't realize that video existed. Must have missed it a year ago.

Which books are great for teaching you skills and techinques for how to understand reality well. Well I mean with clarity, holistically, etc. Understanding the universe from a yellow or turquoise perspective. Are there any spiritual techniques for this? Maybe like a jnana yoga but not for absolute infinity but for relative reality? Any good books on critical thinking? Active listening? How do you absorb stuff from a philosophy book in a totally wise way, what's the best way to get insights from them? Are there any meditation techniques directly applicable for such a use case? Would really love a jnana yoga sort of philosophy and practice for studying the universe, rather than studying who you are. Like a contemplative practice where you could contemplate on some phenomena of reality and get really deep with it. Would love to understand what the laws of physics are made of, why they work the way they do, what is a square in essence? What is light? What is qualia? I'm looking for some practice or technique to really go deep and understand what is all this stuff and how it was created, why it was created, the consequences of its creation, etc. My life purpose is to revolutionise science in a way which sparks waves of curiosity in people and enables the human race to reduce suffering. To do this, one needs a really good understanding of what science is, and what needs to change. Also what reality is too.

Imagine the scenario that man A stole money from man B. man B then decided to plan a massive plot to not only take all of the money back, but also critically injure the person, along with take all of his money, then left a note explaining to the family of the person that if they did it again their child would be next to get critically injured. What stage contains such behavior? Is it possible for stage green, orange or yellow to do such a thing?

@Aakash you are right, the map isn't the territory. Mickey mouse isn't real, its just an illusion. Yet what is real is the understanding of Mickey mouse, the knowingness of what mickey mouse is. I'm not saying the map is the territory, I'm saying your understanding of the map is the territory, if you dare contemplate on that facet of reality. If you wish to keep practicing self inquiry and digging through the map, which will in turn lead you to the territory, then you may, but there is a lot to discover about understanding which is missed by the hindu traditions.

yes, but that's not point. Science doesn't tell the truth, but something made science, something was the almighty creator of science, something created all of the patterns science observes. There are some truly magnificent and beautiful patterns in the world that are deeply mind fucking. What is it that created that? Just think what could have created such an expansive and deeply intelligent set of patterns? Hint: its not you (the ego) and precisely because of this point, Maya as it stands is deeply intriguing for its own sake.

Interesting, but, when an enlightenment experience is happening, there is an understanding of it. Its an understanding that there is no inner or outer world. understanding does = infinite humor, but it wasn't created by illusion, it was created by god. This is deeply significant, the understanding has God in it. This is also different to nothingness and everythingness. It explains how the world was created, instead of what it is fundamentally.

on the one hand, it is just play - but keep in mind, this play was created, and it wasn't created by beliefs, it was created by god. This play has god in it, it is made of god's intelligence.

Are you talking about modern day science, like western science, or science in general? Science can also mean yoga, contemplation, zen, etc? understanding and science are 2 different things. Its possible to understand without science. You can develop a very genuine insight about how to defeat an opponent in League of Legends, yet this insight is about a fantasy land called league of legends, not 'reality'. BUT the insight is just as genuine here as it is for the insight to make an aeroplane fly. Both require a taste of consciousness-intelligence(the thing in your intelligence video/philosophical nirvana). Reality is Maya, and Maya is illusion BUT that illusion is deeply intelligent. The devil/illusion/Maya is filled with deeply mysterious and intelligent patterns, each capable of being understood through insight. Most people seeking enlightenment ignore these patterns and just dig straight through Maya to get to god, but they miss that Maya wreaks of consciousness-intelligence. And just observing this is enough for an awakening. If you dig through thoughts to ordinary nirvana, you will get to consciousness in the form of everything-nothing, but if you understand deeply the patterns in Maya, you will get to consciousness in the form of intelligence, yet these 2 things are actually equal to each other. What is your answer as of now, to that question you posted? Isn't the answer to this question deeply related to your intelligence video?

here's a riddle for you: how is it possible that a chess pawn is able to take a horse in the right conditions, if the pawn is just a symbol/story/imagination? Like how can an imaginary character (like a pawn) destroy a character like a horse? Its not like we made it up, we didn't just say 'ok im changing the rules, the pawn can now move anywhere, Bingo! there goes your horse!" No! We agreed upon a set of rule prior to the pawn taking the horse, and then throughout the game, it actually took the horse without us changing the rules or making anything up! We did it by following the rules! Wow! but isn't it possible because that's the rule we've agreed upon in the first place? So how does science manipulate reality so well? Well reality is a set of rules we've agreed upon, and we agreed upon them at birth or close to it. A light turning off and on isn't something Absolutely true, its a rule we agreed upon. We chose to understand reality in that way, we are assigning the beliefs of 'light', 'switch' 'turning off and on' ourselves, reality isn't that way fundamentally. And then you ask the question, how can science manipulate that switch that well! But, you gotta remember, we are the ones who made that rule, we are the ones who understand it that way, so is it really surprising that if we play by the rules of science and mathematics, we can make a rule (which we accepted and developed at birth) happen in the future, just like the pawn and the horse?

it doesn't matter whether or not this life is True or False, regardless you cannot deny that within this false life lies patterns, relationships and qualia which work together in an intelligent way - and this is a very important observation about life. If you take an Absolute stance about every single phenomena about reality, you will certainly get an experience of God, but you will miss out on Understanding the intelligence of God, and how he creates. This facet is deeply intriguing, as intriguing as experiencing god directly. Why does gravity exist as opposed to antigravity? You can dig deeper and become conscious of how gravity existing and antigravity existing are the same thing, but that doesn't answer the question, and you bet there's a bloody good answer to that question, God has a magnificent answer for everything, no matter how mundane or meaningless it is.

so in other words, it doesn't show you what you want, but shows you what you TRULY want. @kieranperez yes, of course they do.

I took leo's LP course a few months ago again. my lp statement was "to expand the possibilities of what man can do by inventing tools and techniques" which naturally points towards engineering. Yet ive been doing engineering all my life already. I gave it a second crack again recently, tried to like it or at least convince myself that I did, but now im burnt out again. I've discovered 1 massive issue with engineering: the happiness comes from a desire to see your ideas turn into reality. Yet this keeps you (or at least me) constantly miserable, because you're always looking forward to the future and never the present. I think ive finally discovered what I really enjoy about engineering. I enjoy expanding my thinking and awareness. I enjoy the feeling of mystery (moreso than discovering the mystery itself) and adventure and discovering completely different universes, worlds and paradigms. What LP could possibly fit this? I have a burning desire to try astral projection, dmt, lucid dreaming, anything to break my mundane existence and explore something really cool and awesome. Something more awesome than the stars. Could a scientist ever have a life like this? I find science to be highly mundane. You do discover things, but its no where near as awesome as what I need to quench my thirst. Any tips on how someone could make money off this or if someone has before?

@CreamCat he is enthusiastic.. but about going to mars, which is some fantastical future event. After a while being enthusiastic about imagination gets tiring and boring, because you're getting excited over something made of thought. And even if you materialize it, the material is fun for a few days, or even weeks, but it gets boring aswell. And this process goes on forever. What's actually exciting about building a spaceship to mars is the process of expanding your mind beyond mundane existence, it has nothing to do with the engineering process at all. Engineering is 10% this, 90% banging your head against a wall because your rocket engine keeps thrusting backwards instead of forwards. The actual process of doing engineering is dry, cumbersome and myopic.

First of all, I will describe the experience so that we are on the same page about what we are talking about. The experience tends to go generally along the lines of this: 1. through yoga, or meditation, the mind becomes reasonably still. There are still thoughts, but the mind is so still that the body feels like it isnt being controlled by anything. The ego still exists but its not the focus or in control of anything. I like the analogy I heard for this feeling: "its like your supported by steel at either ends of your consciousness". 2. The world seems like its fading away. I don't know how to describe this. Its like going to sleep, except you're wide awake. Also you don't feel tired. Maybe you could say its like you're entering a void? Literal nothingness? 3. The scary part. In yoga at least (not sure about self inquiry because I haven't had this experience through any other way except kundalini type practices) this is where you feel heaps of energy permeating your body. The energy feels like a more strong, intense version of 'a chill up your spine'. Again I don't know how to describe this feeling. When you go to the gym sometimes you can feel it. Its similar to that energetic burning sensation. 4. If you keep going with the 'world is fading away' step, using the energy to explode the world, it feels like you could die. Like literally, forever. None of this you will come back crap. Maybe I'm wrong and my ego is just over reacting, but it certainly feels extremely scary. First of all the lost control over your body means you can't stop it after a certain point, and your heart tends to rise to levels that could kill you, if I'm not over reacting. Has anyone ever exceeded through step 4? How did you make sure that you didn't get hurt? What was the circumstances that led you there? Would you recommend people to exceed past step 4? I've never tried psychedelics, but would be super interested if someone out there has had this experience using a psychedelic like lsd or something.