The observer

of course as long as u have these distinctions levels degrees and percentages in mind

how do u explain masochism? deriving pleasure from pain

i gave u two examples from my own life where i did not prefer life over death it simply did not matter to me at that point i was literally completely selfless and immortal. what would happen if u were to stop looking for ur survival? have u tried doing it? im not saying stop eating or drinking just let every thing be as it is and kill ur desire for more. take what ever life throws at u and see how beautiful and yet selfless that is

i once got beat up by a random dude on the street and still felt love to him. i fought at first but then realized that its pointless so i gave up and decided to let him do his thing. i did not die but my ego was dead one other time was when i was a kid and first learning to swim i jumped into the pool thinking that its easy to float but i drowned. i knew i was gonna die and i thought no one would dive in and rescue me. i was watching myself going down in the pool i still remember that scene vividly the walls were blue and i almost reached bottom from the moment i knew i was drowning i chose to surrender and i never freaked out even though i was aware i was gonna die. after about 30 seconds i saw a shadow from above it was some one that came in and saved me im not claiming that i could endure all sorts of torture im merely suggesting that it seems possible to be selfless and alive at the same time if ur able to transcend desire. really in both of these situations i had no desire to change any thing at all i simply let things run their course and i felt tremendous love and peace

@Leo Gura i think i see where the problem is and im really trying my best to make my points clear and not offensive and at the same time as direct as possible so please try to be open to it.. the problem is that ur stuck in an absolute worldview u either perceive reality in an absolute nondual way like saying that every thing is one being and in an absolute dual way like saying that meaning (dualistic relative notion) is illusory b cuz its imagined, so u perceive duality as nonduality. in ur mind which u cant even perceive as different from anything else right now, theres a thought "duality is nonduality". in other words ur confusing the two and lumping them into one altogether without any distinctions while justifying that to urself by saying that all distinctions are imagined and therefore false or relative. BUT that is yet another imagined distinction or isnt is? so the meta view here is that its a strange loop ie imagination calling imagination out. u see u cant escape imagination b cuz its all there is. and while on the one hand theres truly only one being, on the other hand duality is flexible it can be two or three or infinity and it is in fact infinity. think of the yin and yang symbol. right now when u look at the whole circle u only perceive the circle without color and u cant tell the difference between the yin and the yang any more and even when u try to find them u only perceive one of them and think its both ie ur perceiving a grey circle instead of black and white so ur not able to perceive each color individually and the totality of them together at the same time b cuz ur (hopefully temporarily) unable to create distinctions or contrasts but unfortunately stuck with one and only one malignant distinction that says all distinctions are illusory. right now ur viewing reality from such a narrow perspective that is not even binary and it cannot even allow binaries to exist b cuz theyre imagined and therefore illusory and therefore dismissed but the one truth is infinite binaries and of course we should end up with a strange loop as the limitations of the mind and language impose b cuz once u capture the one truth it immediately splits up into two once again (binary) and so on it goes forever (including this truth as theres awareness of it). thats the nature of god it has awareness and it has thought and theyre both one and the same only in different forms so of course duality is nonduality but that doesnt remove duality it does not dissolve but rather it gets sharper and yet at the same time u understand deepest down that the essence is one and cannot be captured but can only be

dont get hung up on semantics dude ur better than that ur generating these meanings. go meta go above meaning into observation

@Inliytened1 @Pookie @Leo Gura ur forgetting that ur imagining ur experience of no experience! when u were out of this dream thats imagination right now. right now ur in this dream and not any other so who are u kidding? ur perception agrees with me but ur thoughts wont cuz ur trapped and im trying to help u out

@Inliytened1 again ur falling into the same trap. why call dreams an illusion? dreams are perception too and every thing is impermanent so whats the point? we all know life is going to end one day or another but were immersed in it b cuz we dont call our perceptions illusion. this trap is a monkey mind trap and it is one of the sneakiest ones ive encountered before i moved out of nihilism. notice at the level of thought ur leveraging one thought "all thoughts is illusory" above all other thoughts. can u see the trick? its like a virus in the mind that destroys all thought related truths it really is a bug

may i point out a bug in this worldview? leo why would u call imagination or thinking an illusion? i just dont understand why one would value perception but then exclude a particular part of it. thought is part of perception its not the enemy and it does hold truth. what am i missing?

things are ok already but ur thoughts are saying otherwise. take it slow dissect the thoughts one by one and see where u will get

then do nothing and dont fear the consequences. follow what ur heart is saying this is a belief that u can question and prove false. many sages throughout history have achieved peace of mind without drugs and many ppl in this day and age too ur already doing that just look closer dont get distracted by the minutia of the trips. context is way more important than content

@Artaemis what are u talking about? this is about appreciation and giving back only love prevails

these are some great stuff for questioning if u truly believe so then start right now! baby step ur process and watch it snowballing. dont waste ur time here and there. eliminate distractions and focus on whats important for u right now just dont overthink it. what do u want out of life?

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@WhatAWondefulWorld u shouldnt be worried about these things. they will come naturally one way or another. do u truly believe that god will leave u like this? how do infants survive without thinking? how do trees survive without thinking? notice that thinking has very little to no impact on ur survival it only seems like its the most important factor. let the thoughts go and trust in the process theres tremendous rewards on the other side but dont expect life to be like u want b cuz u dont know whats best for u but god does know

no problem either way. if u cant do anything.. do nothing.. it works as well

i think we should all be sending love letters to him. whos with me on spamming his inbox?

ok leo it looks like u could use some more time to integrate ur awakenings just dont rush into taking decisions early on. at the end of the day love wanted to disconnect for a good reason and its love so who is rejecting that? perhaps love too but that gives u the freedom to pick either options. love is free

haha time is an illusion and enlightenment is instantaneous

But u were in infinite consciousness and we did see u on camera. right? or are u saying uve never been there?

just a thought.. how about u stop teaching nonduality and go back to basic self help stuff? u were great there its such a waste to see u leaving that behind

infinite love and infinite goodness ?

@Lila haha there are no rules u create the rules. be..... with out conditions..... and see

@Meta-Man all is well. love to u and every one ? god takes his time some times

ok i see ur point leo but u make it sound like bias is a bad thing or like some thing we should get rid of. the traditional approach of spirituality is to transcend desire instead of bias b cuz obviously its not possible to transcend bias as long as were alive but it is possible to transcend desire. so bias is not the enemy neither the source of suffering even god in his purest form (formlessness) is biased towards himself b cuz he loves himself but the difference is that theres no other to contrast that love with but even here bias could go full circle and become infinite love for every one. really think about it. bias is not the enemy but desire is