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My claim is simple..whatever exists..exists and full stop. We can't move past that in our ontological investigating. Things are. And that's it. In this" theory" there is no reality nor illusion..no infinite or finite.physical nor mental. Etc Such things are all approximations. We know that something exists and we don't know any further. I know I'm being a broken record with this "we can't know anything " stuff. But it's not something that I come up with in a day or two. I spend hours everyday investigating Epistemology and how we know anything at all. And I always come to the Same conclusion. No matter how much we break things down.. we cannot find what existence IS. We just keep looking and finding things which we think substantiate our beliefs (which also do not exists) then the whole thing moves around the circle and we end up describing something else. Reality is a bunch of objects occurring in consciousness. Thats all. The object can be many things: a horse..a chair..a human..a dog..a snowflake.. an atom..a photon. or anything else in the universe.

One thing is for sure ..God is stuck alone for eternity. So he is stuck because he is infinite and alone. So as God is 100% good .its 100 % evil too . So it must entertain itself with all possible fantasies and dreams that it could ever be created. And I think dream at night are a sign to see that the waking state should not be taken for granted . Because your whole life might be a crocodile's dream .

@Jowblob no offence taken . Thanks for your worthless reply .

What's the difference? Can you illustrate using an example?

I am 26 years old. Up until recently I was more or less guided in life: school.. college etc.. Now I've started working just yesterday..and although I like what I do.. I feel like I'm not "fulfilled". I got this job because it was in the same city as my girlfriend.. and I thought it was the logical continuation to life: work and settle with a "7" girl . The thing is.. we broke up a couple of weeks ago and I'm starting to requestion everything. What do I want out of life? I feel like surviving is too easy. I don't make a lot of money . But it's enough for food and rent and I'm not really a very materialistic person. Sometimes I would like to have real problems just to challenge myself. I have a lot of free time and don't know what to do with it (my job is completely stress-free). I've started several projects (web apps) but I always end up abandoning them from lack of motivation and just watch tv series or documentaries and bindge on YouTube or Netflixor Porn etc (which I enjoy but it doesn't feel very productive). I think I need someone to challenge me to be motivated.. and for some reason that someone can't be me. Any advice appreciated ?

Sounds like something Rupert Spira would say ? (nah just kidding lol). I think life purpose is to be discovered or found is pretty similar..but to choose that is different. Sometimes a purpose is given to you.."presented" if you will. You might by the son of a beggar or the son of a King. This is where choice comes in. I must choose a different script a different role. I like philosophy..Science..any intellectual work. But can't become a famous scientist or philosopher with a business degree. Good point ?

I study business and marketing in university. I wanted to study philosophy or psychology but there just wasn't that domain in my city . So I made a choice between literature &history or business. I picked up business because it seemed the less complex . I can't be a philosophy professor in a college because I don't have a philosophy degree. However, like I said I want to become a true philosopher who writes books and publish then. Typical philosophy work like Nietzsche, Descartes etc but I still haven't figured out the how's and the whys . I know. Thanks for the "encouragement"?. The expense of launching a business in India is exorbitant..and the procedures might be intimidating if you don't know what you're doing. Any tips on how to make work enjoyable? I made a rule on my vision board that I won't be doing anything in this life unless I'm deeply passionate and feel enthusiastic about it .is that just a false expectation based on lack of experience from my part ? I agree . But I have the burning desire to pursue my goals in life . I just need a little push .a little piece of luck and I promise I will do all the hard work required. Recently.. I've noticed that I've started to restructure my priorities and put a lot of the somewhat more trivial things I used to really care about behind me (partying ... what others think of me..fiitting in, getting girls to notice me etc...) and now all I can ever really think about is succeeding at reaching my goals. I'm so focused on it..that I've become borderline obsessed with it. Gotcha ?

And is masturbation helping you tackle the depression or does it make it worse ? Do you watch porn while doing it ? Can you get hard just using your imagination and the physical sensation of touching your dick ?

Don't get me wrong .. I fap too..So I'm not looking down at you .But I Do believe that every guy at some point of his life should seriously consider quitting wanking their dicks . By all means ..Go enjoy it .But hurry up and learn the lesson quickly I take antidepressant too. Prozac and Invega. What do you take ?and why? Yeah no shit sherlock. Snorting Cocaine will also make you happy . Just think about it .

@LSD-Rumi Imo Masturbation has its time in one's lifetime and its the age if puberty with the explosion of hormones that happen during that age . But as you get past 20 years old..your testosterone stabilises and you are not horny anymore or popping random boners. So I think you should save those balls for real sex .

I'm not fine . I'm interested in philosophy. I want to become just like Leo. Start my own business or YT channel and ramble about metaphysical woo-woo. I work at Starbucks. It's a wage slave job. It makes ends meet but I want something more joyful and creative . Like art ..music..philosophy etc

The only thing I'm interested in is philosophy and science.

Yes . So what? I'm bisexual .

Why ? From which country are you?

How old are you now ?(If you don't mind me asking ).

@Yimpa you still haven't told me what are you high on ?

I honestly couldn't understand a single thing. Would you try to put it in a different way ?

Actually it doesn't . Since it's infinite..it contains within itself All finitude. Is your body finite or infinite ?

I agree ?. Thanks

You misunderstood infinity. Infinity simply means its not fixed . So your direct experience right now is Infinite in the sense that you cannot find a beginning or ending to your field of consciousness . "Sound " and "explosion " are qualia .by definition consciousness stuff . Im not saying it cannot happen outside of Consciousness .but it can happen outside of YOUR limited consciousness. There is a difference between your consciousness and universal consciousness.

It's not. How do I know ?simply Because It doesn't feel right. Its insanity. And I have no interest in losing my mind. It doesn't resonate. Moreover its just a thought in your mind .

A pointer for what? You equate existence with being perceived. Do you perceive your blood flow ? Do you perceive your digestive system digesting food ?no right? Then why do you believe they exist if reality is one layer deep?

I know that there is no edge to the universe because its Infinite. But I used that expression just for the sake of simplicity and for argument sake. I'm not saying you can get past consciousness..I'm saying whether or not there is stuff happening outside of my consciousness is unsure . Yes i agree .so stuff can happen outside of your consciousness. But stuff cannot happen outside of Consciousness . That is to say a tree can fall but it won't make a sound unless there is a consciousness observing it .not necessarily your consciousness .but certainly there must be consciousness observing it .because that's the whole definition of what a "sound " is .it's a phenomenon occurring within consciousness or qualia. I think there is a difference between perception and consciousness . Perception doesn't even exist .because it assumes a perceived and and a perceiver. A subject and object .and that's duality .which is not actually found in direct experience. Consciousness on the other hand is self-evident . Again if you don't see colors that means they cease to exist within your consciousness. But they don't cease to exist from existence completely. I will say it again .just because you have no access to other consciousnesses does not mean they don't exist . You wouldn't be having this conversation with another human being if you truly believed there are no other conscious agents in the universe but you .

I hear you. Abstract concepts like ‘the self’ clearly don’t exist in the way that material objects like the Eiffel Tower exist..but presumably you’re not in any danger of thinking they do. They are linguistic shortcuts which allow us to talk conveniently about groups of objects or phenomena which would otherwise have to be described at length every time we wanted to refer to them. So without a sense of " I" you wouldn't know who's shoes to wear in the morning lol. Epistemological Solipsism claims that you definitely exist even as an idea .but other minds not . So you are the only certain thing in existence. Others are impossible to know since they are impossible to access.

It's not . I can move back and forth in it . I'm not talking about some parallel plane . The more fundamental questions you should be asking include: Do minds exist at all? Let alone multiple minds. If they do exist. what are they? How can one identify a mind? If they do not exist. .what are we?