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@UnbornTao I don't understand what you are meaning for the most part but okay .

No I'm asking about the actual method by which we can define things like self or other or existence etc. What I'm implying is the law of identity .a thing is itself .A=A. A self is a self .Red Is red .a tree is a tree. A big hairy dick is a big hairy dick . You can't define a thing in terms of other things ..by saying for example that red is photons. No it's not .

@UnbornTao what's a thing?

What's next is the coming back to the market place from Zen's ten Ox herding stages. You've glimpsed truth or a facet of truth .now you bring this realization to the everyday world and integrate it with practical life .

Yes its all you but its not solipsism. Of course it gets extremely tricky and "hair splittery " if we are gonna discuss this distinction. But the bottom line is Someone here ..Zeroguy..Leo Gura..Natasha Tori Maru are the same at their essence. There may be apparent differences..but what we really are existentially is the same .

Yes . "You all know that you are you ." -Alan Watts.

My intentions are good. I'm not trying to sound smarter than them or superior than them in anyway .its not about me. Its about them. I want to help them . All of my family members are stage blue or lower (idk purple maybe ) folks. My mom is 65 years old . Very simple minded .I remember once she had a nightmare .she woke up crying and literally screaming. I ofcourse cuddled her..kissed her forehead and tried to calm her down. Then I sat down with her and told her like. look ..don't you ever go like "wtf was that about ?" (Didn't literally say wtf ofcourse)..don't you understand that our own life might be a dream ? I introduced her to René Descartes' evil demon doubt and the whole (dream vs reality)skepticism thing . She literally told me "dude ..you need to get a girlfriend 😂). I don’t know any other way to help her develop her conception of the world. When she asks me a question..it’s not rare that l respond "are you asking for an epistemic or an ontological answers ?" She have not the first clue entirely what these words mean. Whenever she asks me a question.. I always aim to tell her true things (unless of course the question is what are you watching on your phone late at night ?) in which case lying is completely warranted because I'm Mommy's good boy . Even the idea of me watching porn can make her heart stop . she doesn’t need to know where I have it .Philosophy at its best is the pursuit of truth ..correct ? so why wouldn’t our conversations every single day interact with philosophy and philosophical method? In short ..why am I philosophical and people stupid ?

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Haven't you watched Leo's recent video why truth is the highest value? Bad girl haven't been doing the work 😂. But yeah there is obviously existential curiosity in all of us ..but seeking happiness and peace are of a more importance to most people..not pure truth .

True in a sense. The biggest motivation for "ACTUALLY" purising awakening is to overcome suffering in life .

my next post will be :how many angels exist on a head of needle?

This makes everything clear right now .you just want to sound smart and knowledgeable by writing a long ass journal? This is pathetic.

@Hojo OK you are on a next level dude . Like I said I want to help people who are close to me to improve their minds and to start thinking deeply about life like how us(actualized.org followers) do. It is not "necessary " but its better.

@Hojo what its like to experience a new dimension? I can't imagine it because my imagination can only create a replica of 3D world .

Well actually that's a point that I did talk to my mom about . There is literally no such thing as a past . How could anyone possibly not get that ?😂

Thanks for the quality reply . I think this is a reasonable perspective. Maybe she is too old to consider that her entire life was predicated upon lies and her entire worldview is a house of cards . Maybe my brothers and sisters will be more mentally flexible than her .

@Princess Arabia it's not assumptions sweetie . Your entire terminology and ideas which you spout every day here is literally borrowed from those I mentioned. Not your own original "philosophy " or call it what have you .

@Hojo what's up with the antinatalists on the forum recently? Every other day someone tells me having kids is the devil

@Princess Arabia few points here ..you can't be in this forum and "doing this work " and say what you just said . Do you even watch someone called Leo Gura on YouTube or just Jim..Tony..Anna..Andreas..etc? Kids don't know anything about the world. You encourage them to ask questions.. to be curious and you teach them how to feed their curiosity..you . You don't shame them for being ignorant fools. If you do maybe they will pretend to know while they just feed their fear of inadequacy rather than their love of knowledge and sometimes it's the total opposite of that. The parents brainwash their kids with ready made answers (mostly from religion ) that kills their curiosity at its root. And they grow up thinking they've got it all figured out (by being a Christian for instance) and that's about it. They know not what they are missing on in life by ignoring not knowing and questioning. Constant exploration and learning etc. And you too.

Exactly. How to apply it skillfully cuz that's what I'm going to try to do. Because I'm not just another guy walking around caring about money ..food and sex. I consider myself advanced. And I want to raise the consciousness of people who I deal with . Imagine actually arranging a philosophical debate with your family members. Quite an experience.

Very flat logic . No problem with being happy sure..let's take out that syringe out of our poo-hole and inject Heroin into our veins and let the entire world go to hell .

Maybe my OP sounded a bit trolly but this is quite serious dude ..I don't need to cause them existential crisis by talking about nightmares and stuff ..what should happen is that I just show them a piece of existence .Leo have said before people are born with different genetics that make their minds think differently.

Sometimes, not always .

How on earth you don't see how this is problematic?

Totally relate . But between me and you we must put the motherfucking cigarette down . We know it's bad .it's a fucking addiction. Addiction is suffering by definition. It's the matrix . A self Actualized and enlightened human being is one who is capable of getting high on existence itself . Not a slave to "things ".