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Also, as long as you ask others for answers, you will forever never trust your own instincts and conclusions. Notice that. Some of this stuff you need to work out on your own and not have Leo or Buddha hold your hand through it. Notice how that is giving away cognitive/spiritual independence.

It’s not about knowing whether you are right. It’s about knowing whether you understand. You have to go with the level that you are at and do the best you can. There are levels of God that no human will ever be able to access. What you are missing is insight. There’s gonna be a lot of stuff you will always be ignorant to and will never know. Keep contemplating. Let go of that Leo quote. That raft got you across the river, but it won’t get you through the forest.

What about Buddhism? Buddhism is filled with opinions, traditions, and conclusions. If you put Buddhism in a different category than opinion, then that is your opinion. You can’t be a Buddhist if you doubt the Buddha’s enlightenment in the same way you can’t be a Christian if you doubt Jesus is your Savior.

There are many things you cannot un-imagine and yet you imagine them. Your entire experience is constructed by your mind and you cannot easily undo this construction. If you cannot de-construct or un-imagine your traumas, what makes you think you could easy un-imagine gravity?

Dude. Why are you here? You’re not questioning to deconstruct materialism. You are defending Physicalism. All of this will be answered with 2g shrooms and a genuine desire for truth.

Because Consciousness is constructing gravity. Good luck changing that. Do 2g shrooms and you’ll realize that all is mind.

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Yes. But how do you validate and deconstruct rationality/logic without using rationality/logic? I don’t think you can. All deconstruction is using Rationality with a capital R to analyze the limits and assumptions of a thing. It seems like it is circular reasoning in the end. But circular reasoning may be rational when talking about existence itself. Existence exists because it exists. Consciousness has an Absolute Rationality to it. Rationality itself is circular because there is nothing outside of it to deconstruct it nor validate it. It’s self-validating, just like Consciousness. I may have answered my own question. I’ll have to contemplate this more.

The irony is that to deconstruct rationality you’re using rationality to deconstruct it, aren’t you? Meta-Rationality. It’s like trying to deconstruct thought with thought.

I agree. But the steel man of atheism is that atheism in theory is similar to Pyrrhonism. A Pyrrhonians whole philosophy is to suspend judgement. I remain unconvinced of Alien Awakening and paranormal. Does that mean I believe Alien Awakening and paranormal doesn’t exist? No. It just means I will suspend judgment until I have verified it for myself. It is a logical position to suspend judgment and be skeptical about things I have never experienced. If you choose to make a video about atheism, you will want to address this objection. Every atheist I talk to doesn’t want to admit that they are in a paradigm. An atheist thinks it is a form of skepticism but it’s a biased form of skepticism. Edit: Also many atheists will disagree that it’s a worldview because atheism is about just one thing only: A suspension of belief about God. It’s one position on the issue. Of course, for many “atheists” this is wrong because their atheism exists inside of other paradigms such as materialism, naturalism, evidentialism, etc.

No atheist will agree with this definition. They will say you misunderstand atheism because atheism is the disbelief and remaining unconvinced of God. Kinda like if someone says there are aliens, I remain unconvinced but it doesn’t mean I believe there are no aliens. Of course, I disagree because an atheist lives life unconscious of God and thinks others need to prove it to him.

I want you to consider that contemplation is more important than meditation. Why? Well, that’s something for you to contemplate . But for real, the main reason is self-deception and increasing intelligence/insight. Meditation is good for many things. But no amount of meditation will get you to deconstruct Buddhism itself. Even though Leo is trying to teach independence of mind, 99% of people I see in this forum are engaging in Buddhist groupthink and at the same time not taking seriously the cognitive rigor it takes to attain truth-realization. Buddhism isn’t truth-realization. It’s a flirtation with the idea of seeking truth in the disguise of meditation traditions, cultural conformity, and Buddhist ideology. This isn’t just about Buddhism but all spiritual ideas that you don’t question. Many of you reading this or following my posts will assume my critiques of Buddhism come from ignorance rather than transcendence. You will think I need to read more, meditate more, and study Buddhism more. You couldn’t be more wrong. No amount of learning about flat earthism will get you any closer to discovering the truth about earth. Likewise, no amount of studying Buddhism will actually get you to realize inner intelligence/authority. Emptying the mind has its uses and purposes, but it also has its drawbacks that many overlook. You can have an empty mind and still be ignorant. You don’t solve ignorance through meditation alone. You solve it by deeply questioning epistemology and detachment from all ideologies especially Buddhism. Buddhism is an ideology about nonattachment. It’s an identity and worldview about nonattachment. But notice that it’s not the same thing as true nonattachment. True nonattachment isn’t Buddhism, Skepticism, Solipsism, or anything. It’s just Truth/Consciousness.

Thanks for your feedback. Where do you see a strawman? My broader point is that Buddhism is a conceptual framework that limits the mind and needs to be let go of. It’s a conceptual framework about nonattachment and enlightenment. Notice that Buddhism is a map and is not the same as the territory. You won’t achieve sovereignty of mind following the Buddha. If you are really present in this moment, you won’t find Buddhism in it.

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Got it. My misunderstanding. In that case we are on the same page. I am just suggesting that for me, contemplation is more important to me due to my goals of higher development of consciousness. It’s a balancing act of serious questioning and letting go of thought.

Pretty much. Except meditation isn’t just about peace of mind. It’s about letting go of thought/ego in observation of Consciousness/Truth as it is. Meditation is essential, but meditation without contemplation will not lead you to the highest levels of consciousness development. This is obvious. Contemplation is the best technique I know to penetrate through delusion and attain insight. Psychedelics definitely can assist, but you can misuse psychedelics and remain deluded.

Then I have no idea what you meant by the needle and sweater analogy.

I’ve been meditating since 2018. And I contemplate and meditate daily. I do concentration meditation and contemplative meditations. Buddhism is not needed for awakening. You don’t need Buddhism to knit your sweater. I’m surprised this isn’t obvious. The Buddha didn’t even need Buddhism to awaken.

I am coining the term spiritual gymnastics. I had an insight while reading If Truth Be Told By Om Swami. He talked about monks engaging in intense sadhanas to the point where they would push their bodies and minds to the limits such as meditating in the ice, fasting, etc. As I was reading this, I had an insight that none of this has to do with enlightenment/awakening. It is no different than a body builder going to the gym or a marathoner running 150 miles. None of those intense meditations have to do with enlightenment - understanding reality. They are all about transcending the body/mind and pushing it to its limits. I see the spiritual gymnastics game being played. Monks were amazed by how many days in a row Om Swami was able to meditate. But no monk stressed the extent of Om Swami’s understanding/insight. Buddhism is spiritual gymnastics. It’s not about truth/understanding. It’s about who can tolerate and transcend suffering the most. All of their rituals, tantra, and Tumo meditations are about gymnastics not truth. All of this semen retention, laying down on nails, walking on fire, meditating in the winter, chanting a mantra, etc. is a form of spiritual gymnastics. It’s fake spirituality.

Yes I do. They are about conformity, groupthink not Truth. Truth needs no tradition.

How do you really know what Siddhartha’s intentions were? None of you get this: If a Buddhist monk was offered the choice of saving humanity or truth, they would choose saving humanity. They don’t value truth as much as you think; otherwise, they wouldn’t be Buddhists. Buddhism is an attachment ironically. Burn everything, kill the Buddha, slay all tradition, and sit in utter not-knowing. You guys don’t seem to understand this. Truth is NOT Buddhism. Truth is NOT nonduality. Truth is NOT Meditation. Truth is NOT psychedelics. Truth is NOT tradition. There’s no way you’re gonna get Truth in a groupthink. No way you will ever have independence/soverignty of mind following the Buddha.

Read the book Marathon Monks In Mount Hei.

Nobody has answered this question: What is the real difference between David Goggins and a Buddhist monk? Both seek to transcend suffering but one does it through running and another through sitting. But, there are marathon monks who do feats similar to Goggins. So what exactly makes a Buddhist monk different from David Goggins?

One thing that stood out to me from Om Swami is that he illustrated the point of why intention is important. Without true intention to meditate for the purposes of truth, you will end up doing gymnastics instead. One guru claimed to do many sadhanas of ice plunges, fasting, intense mystical experiences, etc. but he was not enlightened. He was focused on transcending suffering rather than on truth. If you had to choose between transcending suffering or truth, I think most monks would choose the former. Thats mainly what Buddhism is about. A big flaw of Buddhism is their conflation of transcendence of suffering with truth. They aren’t the same.

I can never know the experience of others. I can only judge based off of my experience. Unless Wim Hof has demonstrated he has realized God, I remain unconvinced.