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Thanks my friend. Likewise for you. can you explain the bolded part ? Because the point I’m making is actually the opposite. When you are young and healthy and you believe that life is still ahead of you you don’t seem to even believe that you are going to die . But people laying in hospitals suffering from old age ..cancer or the like seem to be going through hell already prior to death .

I had this insight and I would like to share . Religion describes hell in the afterlife as the destiny for people who fucked up in this life or were evildoers as a moral lecturing and a call of waking up to the reality of death . my mom had a heart attack and she is undergoing surgery. She was crying in my last talk to her before the surgery. The way it works is they basically cut through the breastbone to work on the heart . Obviously they have to make her take full body binge. She is very afraid. I wondered why . She has firm faith in god in her own unique style of those elderly people who have that detachment from this life and have that glow of unexplainable peace on their faces ..like a lot of deeply religious and faithful old people. But when the real time came for something serious like this she lost her peace and she is full of fear . And I would imagine that no matter how grounded you think you are ..you will freak out completely if your life is threatened by death or serious illness or deep deep deep suffering and turmoil. Please take some minutes and contemplate your death . I’m not trying to make you depressed or causing existential crisis for you but death is a simple fact of life . All living creatures must die . This human being you are currently identifying as is going to die one day . And it seems to me that this doesn’t click well for us precisely because it’s sooo shocking to believe. We know it mentally but we don’t want to consider contemplating it for real because it causes insane levels of fear and existential dread . so the insight I had is why in some religious contexts they describe burning in hell fire after death as a punishment for ..you know..”sinners” and those who lack faith in god . . It’s the only way to shake you awake . The Buddha has said that suffering..diseases and illnesses..old age ..and finally death are all inevitable facts of life and therefore that means this life is really not the highest form or highest quality of beingness that our souls aspire to . It’s actually very gross and exhausting. I’m not saying there is no joy or peace at all in this world but it’s certainly a mixture of joy and sadness. to get to the point ..certain religions make you afraid of hell in the after life to make you think about your death moments when you have to leave this body and experience (perhaps ) tremendous pain and most importantly the moment that comes after you die completely and face the unknown . They fill that “unknown “ with hell to nudge you to contemplate your death seriously and consider your life and wonder about it all .

ok thank you for clarifying. I think this is pedantry. Obviously I can know myself . I can know itself .

Interesting. My mother is actually right now undergoing an open heart surgery and I called her before it and she was crying because she is afraid . I know her suffering and fear is real . I can feel it . I honestly feel like this solipsism thing is false albeit innocent one . Yes the whole world is one self but it can fragment itself . A reflection of the moon can appear in two different lakes of water. The two reflections are apparent separate selves ..but the actual moon is only one . I didn’t come up with this analogy myself ..I read it somewhere.

@Mellowmarsh I’m honestly not sure what are you trying to communicate.

The absolute is both Immanent and transcendental. The only thing that exists . It’s both the formless ground or essence of everything and it’s simultaneously the very thing which appears to be the relative forms and the physical world .

I think what he said at the very end is clarifying enough . “It’s a quality .don’t confine it . Let it remain free like a fragrance “ . That is spot on imo .

They arise and fade from and into the absolute . It really doesn’t matter what words you choose for it : the absolute ..the void ..god ..pure love..emptiness . just think of falling asleep and waking up .

This is naive reductionist mentality. Yes I smoke when I’m stressed in college or in crowded traffic . I also smoke to relax at night . I also smoke after eating a delicious dense meal . I also smoke before bed to sleep . I also smoke as soon as I wake up in the morning by making a combo with French Coffe to refresh. You saying smoking is just for stress relief is off the mark . im not trying to justify it . In one word it’s an addiction . Addiction by definition means imprisonment and misery .

If you are still alive as a human body then bad exists for you or you will be a beautiful corpse .

Yes you could say that . I totally agree . The only thing is this is like going balls into the wall with your values as truth seeker or a radical person who doesn’t settle for anything less the full ugly truth . All that’s being asked from you is to understand that not all people view reality like that . Fear is a great shackle. Shame as well .

Smoking is a powerful addiction. I’ve struggled with it myself. I can walk away from almost anything for a while.. but cigarettes always seem to pull me back. No matter how determined I am.. after a month or two the cravings return and I find myself caught in the same cycle again. Right now I’ve been smoke-free for a week but the journey feels like a yo yo progress. setback and then starting over. That experience has given me a glimpse of how difficult addiction can be. If nicotine has such a strong grip ..I can only imagine how much harder it must be for someone battling alcohol or cocaine addiction. The truth is that addiction rarely leads to peace..freedom..or happiness. It promises relief.. but often delivers suffering instead. If you continue down that path it won’t lift you up it will slowly pull you deeper into misery. yea free will is a bunch of potato but to stop putting a cigarette in your mouth doesn’t require free will to exist .. it just requires not putting a cigarette in your mouth .

Where is the nightmare? What happened in the dream ?

Most people know the saying “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”…But I believe there is an even deeper truth hidden beneath it: Do unto others only what you would be willing to do unto yourself. Before you insult someone..ask yourself: Would I speak those words to my own self if I knew they were not others ? Would I willingly inflict this pain upon myself? Before you judge someone who insults you pause and remember that the one standing before you is not truly separate from you. I think empathy and Compassion become the natural consequence of understanding who you truly are which is all of reality . To harm another is to harm a different expression of yourself. To love another is to love yourself in another form. Of course life is imperfect. Survival..fear and human limitations place us in situations where our actions may conflict with this ideal. Even something as simple as eating meat can create negative karma when you realize that the animal whose life was taken is also a manifestation of yourself. That’s why a lot of spiritual people become vegetarians because you recognize that there is no absolute separation between yourself and the life that was sacrificed. the purpose is not perfection. The purpose is growth. Every day we are invited to move a little closer to the highest expression of love and compassion. I strongly struggle with this because I’m so easily triggered and angry with toxic people. The question is not whether you have reached that ideal like Jesus Christ ..The question is: Are you moving toward it?

Wanna see you debate AI about god vs godliness 😂 On a serious note I think AI is going to transform everything in human life and society. It has entered literally every single field in life ..including spirituality and awakening. You can become a spirituality content creator on YouTube using entirely AI-Generated scripts. As times passes and the Technology advances we will definitely not need so much human effort to generate insights .