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Might work .Might not. Needs testing So you are suggesting that You are devoid of happines because you are linking your happiness to a lot of other factors. It is coming with terms and condition? I will be happy if I earn so much money, I’ll be happy if that person is there with me etc etc What we do not realise is, happiness is not something that will come to us. It is something that comes from us. Is happiness a result or a choice? (Think deeply about this question).

Scary .

Your might have come to realise that your happiness does not depend on external factors. This is in ultimate sense indeed true. However you do depend a lot on external factors for life in general. From the people providing food to you to the people who create homes or for example people working in medicine. Those people all do things that benefit you. And those people might not have discovered what you did. So they depend for some part on the influence you have on their life. So getting good grades on your exams and because of that getting a decent job, doing any work or even just living and giving a helping hand here and there will relieve others of stress. It's not that you are a lonely man or woman living in a remote forest fed by nature itself, right?

I call BS ?. In truth ,you are aching for all sorts of material pleasures . Be honest

This is called Depersonalization-derealization disorder. Seek a professional therapist to help you out with the appropriate medications and provide you an outlet to express your problems . Be well?

When I was 5 yrs old I was so obsessed with boobs I started drinking out of baby bottles in order to pretend I had one in my face. When I was 9 yrs old I would steal my uncle's Playboy magazines and stare at them for hours. I was forbidden from playing with Barbie dolls because Ken always ended up headless in the corner, and Barbie and her friends naked and humping each other. I just felt that this was how things should be done, and didn't understand why adults kept asking me if I'd been molested. Despite my obvious nature, I did try very hard to be straight, or at least bisexual. I was very bad at it.

I do not mean believing in the religious aspects of Buddhism like rebirth etc. . Rather, i am referring to just their lifestyle of long periods of meditation, helping others, learning and doing meaningful work. If there is a chance to be relatively happy and cause minimal suffering in the world through living like a buddhist monk why would we not do it? Is it because temporary/materialistic pleasures (new cars, fancy computers, good food, sex) ARE NEEDED for some people's happiness? Are things like music and movies/stories/art needed for your happiness? If these things were not available in the world and everyone just meditated, socialised, volunteered and lived simply all day, there would be MUCH less non-human and potentially human suffering AND we could still possibly attain happiness? I guess in a broader sense I am after opinions or research on what is needed for a human to be happy. Obviously there will be variation in what is needed between people but there must be some general requirements shared by all. With this information, we would then be able to figure out how to live happily whilst minimising suffering of other sentient beings. Thanks in advance for your thoughts

Ah ..that's ⬆️ psychological analysis of dreams. Its not what I am talking about which is the metaphysical ground for dreams . I'm interested in questions such as ..what's the difference between dreams and waking reality? Whereas psychology claims that dreams are an outlet of the suppressed elements of your subconscious mind (which is what you said about whatever you think about often ..you end up dreaming it ). an observation: dreams and waking reality are identical manifestations. So whatever generates dreams is also generating your waking state right now. Ultimately, it's a philosophical question. I'd say the main difference is not in nature, but just in cohesiveness. Dreams are less rigid or cohesive; everyday waking reality is very strict and unbending. If you examine dreams, they are very staccato and full of non-sequiturs. Then again if you really examine waking reality, it's very similar. "everything we see or seem is but a dream within a dream " -Edgar Allan.

Like I said Because its gonna require the work of engineers and physicists and psychologists as well. science advances, most likely, but not for a while. Well I guess it already has, , if there is no brain there would be no mental illness. But besides that there’s not much else besides drugs like depression and schizophrenia meds. But as far as I know, that’s about it.

Could you explain why ? Did you get abused as a child? Do you suffer from unsettled trauma? I think it's a good idea for invention .but that will require hard work from both engineers, psychologists,and physicists . But I don't believe such a thing will be possible in our lifetime or in this whole century. Also consider...many people would rather retain their trauma… almost as a sense of identity, or be stuck in trying to make the trauma un-happen, or be stuck in blame and anger and seeking vindication, if not vengeance. Some people may even hold onto their trauma as a reason/excuse they cannot advance in their life. It’s hard to move forward when you are stuck in the past.

@Tyler Robinson have you ever tried to inquire into the metaphysics of dreams ? By asking questions like : What are dreams? And how they come about ?and where did they occur (in the brain or do we leave to parallel universes etc? Or is that just not of any interest to you ?

Enough of these mental masturbatory threads on solipsism..?‍♂️ You are god. And you are the only conscious thing In existence. "Other people " are like people in your dreams .

Well, for starters, how do you know it's boring? Have you ever lived a Buddhist monk's life? To you, life in the external world may be exciting. To Buddhist monks, maybe the internal world is even more exciting than the external one. For me, boredom is not something I experience just because I have nothing to do. I always have something to do. But sometimes, circumstances require us to be somewhere we’re not interested in being, engaging in mundane conversation that we don’t particularly care about and so on. Boredom can become a habit, however. So, we must be on guard. We are currently living a life mostly experienced in samsara. Consequently, we must attend to the well-being of our body, intellectual mind and spiritual nature. So, unless we’re trapped by circumstances, there’s no reason to be bored. There’s so much to learn, to do, to discover. How could we get bored?

Good points . I have also a question of how much it is beneficial to live the ascetic life and overcome attachments. With material possessions it can be a case of not having many but being extremely attached to a few. Detachment in relationships is difficult as well, and this is emotional as well as sexual. Also, sexuality may be a natural part of life and it is questionable to what extent a person should try to overcome this aspect of life entirely. In some ways Western culture overemphasises the importance of sex but for many people finding the right person is hard enough, but not having any sexual relationships is something that many would not choose intentionally. I think this is at the heart of finding happiness and joy. The Dali Lama called it a selfish compassion, the more you help others the more you seem to help yourself. You give joy and happiness away, and it comes back to you.

Meditation is something which I do wish for but I would not wish to renounce all pleasures and live as a monk. The reason why I don't think that I could live as an ascetic is that there is so much pain and suffering in life and it needs some pleasure to balance it out. Even in the monastic life in Christianity the monks and nuns are provided for and don't have to worry about supporting themselves. Strangely, not many people in Western life are drawn to the monastic life. In the past, many people were drawn towards it because they struggled with being gay. I have come across people who joined a monastery for that reason and left eventually.

If you see a person, out in a cafe or wherever, one day and you feel really attracted to them and you spend the rest of the day imagining and fantasizing about who they are, is this person all in your mind? Your fantasies about the person are in your mind, your stories, your assumptions are in your mind. But the person itself isn’t. The person exists, out there somewhere, independently from your fantasies. Do you agree /disagree? I'm trying to understand your worldview .whether is subjective idealism or objective realism. No I actually meant "mind " not "brain". Obviously you've got a brain inside your skull. But can you please point to your "mind "? It's just a concept. Zero actuality.

@emvipi you are God. So stop praying to yourself.

Sex is very much important to maintain a spark in a relationship in order to keep the fire of love burning. Suppose if you are in a relationship since few months and haven’t even touched your partner yet. As you both will grow more affectionate of each other, you both will start holding hands. After few months, you both will kiss each other for the first time and sooner or later, it will lead to intercourse. It’s human nature, people will get bored if there is nothing new in a relationship. Everyone likes to have some change in their old life, that’s what keeps everything going. Even the nature changes its seasons because it can’t keep on having the same season its entire life. I am not saying that sex is very important. You can keep on having that spark in your relationship by trying many other things like doing some adventurous stuff like skydiving, travelling, trying new dishes et cetera along with your partner. But at some point, you will need it and do it only if you are serious about your relationship.

I need them. Unfortunately they are illegal/banned in my country . I don't know if I can reach the same level of understanding while sober . You can have a mystical experience out of nowhere, or you may fast, meditate or do other intense ascetic practices for extended periods. Or, you may ingest a molecule, a mushroom, or a brew, and you may discover billions of years of evolutionary intelligence through journeys into the depths of human consciousness. Unfortunately that option is not available to me .and honestly it's making me upset .

@Leo Gura in your philosophy video you talked about using philosophy to reach omniscience and a total understanding of all of reality. I wonder and I'm skeptical if that is possible..how is it possible to know everything in the world? “Everything in the world” would include all the grains of sand on every beach, and the names of seven billion people, and every thought in the mind of each of them. No one can know all of this, and no one would really want to. Einstein is quoted as saying, “The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know”. To me, this illustrates how the illusion of total knowledge evaporates as we move closer to facing the infinite complexity of reality . Just the very fact that reality is infinite makes it unknowable. How can you ever know everything about something that is endless? Perhaps the illusion of total knowledge is comforting because of fear of the unknown. Many people are too quick to pigeonhole their experiences, or pretend to have total knowledge of things they’ve never been exposed to because it’s scary to admit to themselves that many things exist in the darkness beyond the reach of their knowledge. So I have a few questions What's the definition of omniscience? You talked in the past about general omniscience and detailed omniscience..like you can know the zoomed out picture of the earth but you can't get all the little details of every particle of sand on the whole planet .or is that kind of omniscience possible? If so,how ? How can you know everything when everything doesn't end ..so how can you reach the end of infinity?

How ? What is it then?

@Pudgey @Michael569 So basically developing a skill and present my services into the market ? Or selling a product ? I lean towards selling products through online marketplace such as Amazon, Alibaba, eBay, Shopee, etc. can i sell either my own products or other people’s products through dropshipping arrangement? I want to write a philosophy book and sell it online...how do I go about doing that ? Please guys be patient with me because I lack experience. I have zero expertise in online marketing so can you explain to me in simple steps what EXACTLY should I do ? I would love to list so many businesses that can generate massive income and can earn me a bunch of money..

I don't believe in the Christian, Jewish, Islamic god . You know, the bearded man up in the clouds.... I believe in the one and only god. Existence itself.

Omniscience is often regarded as impossible by folks who are unable to think outside their own three dimensional grasp of reality. Scientifically, to possess what we humans would consider omniscience, one might need a fourth, or fifth dimensional being. Maybe there's infinite dimensions that we don't know shit about? Who knows ? To understand how to achieve omniscience in this lifetime and this particular incarnation as this particular human.

good question. Yeah sometimes when you corner Leo he just ignores you. But I don't think that he is making this shit up . Buy he is always ambiguous and mysterious when cornered. Supposedly, An omniscient being knows everything, including what he himself will do in the future. And An omnipotent being, on the other hand, can do anything, including committing a random act that he did not himself foresee. Of course, people try to get out of this conundrum by claiming that God is “above” logic, but that’s nothing more than a cheap dodge. It’s like claiming that God exists “outside of time” in order to explain how he could have created the universe in the first place. It’s a linguistic loophole without any actual semantic meaning.