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See the picture below.. You can either see the rabbit or see the duck.. You can either see one of them or the other at a time.. You can't see the two simultaneously and realize that they are actually identical at once.. Only in a linear process of going through one and then other.. And then having the Insight "oh its not a rabbit OR a duck.. It's both simultaneously and only one of them relative to a certain perspective". If this is understood.. Basically you don't have to read a single word in epistemology looking for the truth in this OR that. Not- two. Reality Is the rabbit - duck!!

I just found a medium-sized spider hanging out in my bathroom...the first thought that came to my mind is to kill it immediately..but idk..out of the blue something weird happened..it just hit me that killing it is evil ..why should I kill it ? Who am I to decide the end of a living creature's life? Then I started questioning stuff like eating meat and animal products. Beheading a goat or a chicken to ear from their flesh .. The main point is that from where should I have my Morals? Who decides right and wrong ? Of course WE do . And of course we are biased to ourselves and we put our own survival above other animals' survival. The Religious people get their morality from their religion..from their holy books basically (and that's what made me interested in Islam because I needed a guidance in my life ..that's something I'm lacking..I need a sense of purpose..ethics and moral compass ). But I'm asking where Do secular people get their Morals from ? How to decide what is ethical and what's not without adhering to a bearded old man in the sky who will fuck us in the ass in the afterlife If we fuck up (let me put it this way ?).

I've tried a lot of stuff (material stuff) in order to be happy and as expected I end up craving for more. Because the nature of those things ive tried is transitory. It's like chasing a mirage. So I'm convinced that chasing experience or external conditions Will not result in deep satisfaction (and this goes against what 99% of people are busy doing). It Will result in a temporary satisfaction before the longing resurfacing again. I haven't found a resolve to this issue yet. Except maybe complete monk-mode and abstaining.. Fasting etc... Which doesn't work either. Some people are just not born to be monks. I am one of them . But the dilemma I'm stuck with is that neither indulgence in pleasure nor abstaining and sobriety leads to true Happiness. So then what brings happiness? I tried to make a list ..and it included: health . Life purpose. Awakening. But I'm neither in a good health recently because of smoking and eating crap junk food and Soda etc nor do I'm achieving anything related to my life purpose (which Is to become a philosopher )..nor am I awake . Any advice appreciated ?

OK Leo . You know better. Do what's best ? . I'm not going to obother explaining this to anyone. Maybe I am wrong..or maybe Leo is just unaware. Besides..I would certainly receive a lot of hate for trying to share my perspective..and I could get banned. It's strange how I was not able to see all that with such clarity before.

That's exactly the problem. You must take this forum seriously. You could make it so much better by applying some more seriousness . This kind of communication will not help anyone to get it. . If you get it..you get it. You should offer the ideal communication that will not only give people here an ideal to strive towards..but total embodiment of the real work . Take me as an example..I'm mentally masturbating on here for close to 3 years now and you still didn't kick my ass out (not asking to be banned ..lol).

You are one of the rare exceptional few who aren't parroting and thinking independently. I like everything you post because you question all the "sacred Hindu cows "(the ideas that others are parroting). Curious to know how exactly I'm not doing proper philosophy and what is your definition of it ?

Everyone is crazy. And they know it . But they just don't want to admit it because of how radical it is .

@Leo GuraCome on Leo ..at least say yea or no to this .why you run away ? My gosh didn't expect you to be so introverted...

Which is what ?

Haha I resonate a lot with this. It's like I can't even strike or hold a conversation with my family even for 5 minutes without both me and them feeling awkward.

I'm struggling to understand what you are saying with all honesty. Not sure if it's because the immense lack of punctuation lol. Can you break it down a lil bit so that my fish-sized brain understand it better ?

@Yimpa I have shallow relationship with my family..I live alone and only visit my family twice a year or something. I never understood that deep relationships and socializing is crucial to happiness. We are sociai animals ,It seems . Yes that's how conditional happiness work . I like your skeptical posts. But your always through a wrench of skepticism without answering the question...you just add more questions ?

Thank you guys .high quality advice. Exactly what I've been looking for . ?

@Leo Gura but you have teached in the past that we should strive to unconditional happiness as the ideal approach because conditional happiness is not realistic nor sustainable.. You have videos saying happiness (or rather goodness or love and so forth) are synonymous with existence itself. Did you change your mind about those things ? BTW I hope you have good health and well being and happiness in your heart . You are truly a gift for all humanity. So I want to just say thank you for all you do ❤ P.S I asked you before.. but this is the last time I will ask you this.....can I contact you outside of this forum via any social media app that you use? Thank you ?

@LastThursday @Osaid thank you for the advice guys .? Would you guys mind if I want to hire you (at least one of you) as a life coach? I've been following your posts for quite a bit now and I feel like you guys know your shit . What do you think ? (And of course I will pay you )

I don't believe there is such thing as unmovable happiness..because reality is in constant change .everything is fleeting. Can you point to something that doesn't change in your experience? Only nothing doesn't change.

That's too little and vague to say . I don't know how to respond to this.

Consciousness has the ability to understand itself . Its a feature of itself .just like how you are able to self-reflect and self-reference. When you say "I'm deluding myself " . It's not like there is two of you. It's one that is able to self-reflect .

Dude ..no offence..I admire your passion about those topics but when you are gonna wise up and see solipsism for what it is? A load of horseshit basically. I have my own experience and you too .so are the approximately 8 billion human on this godforsaken earth . I empathise with you ..solipsism is part of the path..but a smart guy like you should not dewll on it too long to outgrow it .

Why ? Should we instead be obsessed with that ghost in your pfp ?? Krishnamurti as well has a similar approach.

@UnbornTao been reading or getting influenced by Peter Ralston as of late?

It actually feels awesome. Leo Is a genius: "No one here understands free will better than me . In fact..no one ever in the entire history understands free will better than me ."

Finally someone who is actually awake on this forum .?

@Carl-Richard stop playing peekaboo with me . I will pull a Leo on you " don't think you have outsmarted me "

You are saying it as assumption. That let's assume that we can call our actions that they are "our " actions. Because at the end of the day we have survival that gots us by the balls..so we are forced to make choices. Etc But I'm saying all THAT ⬆️ is out of your choice as well . So you didn't escape the problem. Compatibliam is impossible. If everything is the result of previous events going back to the big bang or whatever the fuck else from all of reality came from ..then the only one who has free will is God (the Godhead not the ego).