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@JoeVolcano agreed ?. Occam's razor states that when given two explanations or competing theories that make the same predictions for the same thing, the simpler one is usually the correct one. And so when we look at possible explanations for the existence of the universe ..you can say there are multiple possibilities..either there is a separate deity who have created it ..or it emerged through the big bang ..or it's a simulation in some computer software behind the scenes..but notice that all these explanations are not the simplest .because you have to explain where the deity came from..or where did the big bang come from ..or where does the computer who's rendering the simulation came from . The simplest explanation is simply that reality itself is its own cause .its eternal. We can't get more fundamental than appearances.

No .actually the majority of people are buying into the materialist paradigm. They think that consciousness is an emerging phenomenon from brain activity and they think its located in your head behind the eyes somewhere In the middle of the skull .and not much people know that consciousness is universal or that every object is made of consciousness.

@ScholarWe go with the simplest explanation that covers all the facts. Any time we take a more complicated explanation, it's because the simpler ones, contradicted by rogue facts, don't work. If we abandoned the Razor, then we would have an infinite number of answers to every question, and no way to choose between them. If you had a quarter on your seat a moment ago, and now it's gone, and there's nobody else around, then there are a very few explanations that you will entertain: Maybe it fell off the seat, and you can find it by looking underneath. Maybe it slid under your leg, and you can find it by standing up. Without Occam, you must also consider these possibilities: 1.All the other coins in the world have just disappeared too, and nobody will ever know why. And every time you check another coin to see if this hypothesis is correct, that coin will reappear just long enough to fool you. 2.God did it. 3.An invisible man did it. 4.Somebody wished for a quarter, and yours was the one. 5.The coin is still there, but light has decided to bend around it. 6.The coin is still there, but you've been hypnotized not to see it. 7.When you put the coin down, the side facing up was heads. That was the sixteenth time you got heads, so the Illuminati took the coin so that you won't notice that they've been messing with statistics. 8.One of the pins is corroded, so your connection to the Matrix is failing. And on and on forever, with no way of one explanation more probable than another.

It is actually very valid .if something or some phenomenon could be explained by one step ..why use two steps to explain it if it can be explained by just one ? Therefore the simplest explanation is the truest. It says that (on average) the simplest solution is most likely to be correct. But sometimes, of course, the complex solution is the correct one. So for example.. note that Creationism fails Occam’s Razor. “God did it” isn’t the simplest solution, because that would require either that God deliberately designed the world to lie to us and provide millions upon millions of pieces of strong evidence for evolution in order to fool us, or that millions upon millions of scientists have been engaged in a vast conspiracy to deceive the world, for well over 100 years. Both of these are far more involved and improbable than “The world is what the evidence indicates it to be. So both evolution, and a separate deity/God..or even the big bang theory are all unnecessary to explain reality . We don't need an explanation at all .the simplest explanation is that there is none . The present moment is pure uncaused magic .

Yes .seeking perpetuates the ego . Enlightenment' tends to be a notion that has been accepted through time/thought and the self clings to the idea and pursues that idea/notion. So the destination seems to become more important than the exploration/observation. The destination corrupts the exploration/observation. Looking for a way out means I am not interested in the exploration/observation but instead to outcome of a self that “becomes enlightened”(psychological safety). We seem to take in ideas from the past(thought) and pursue those ideas to become something other than what we are that moment(escape). We seek what we have learned about enlightenment to end our pain, suffering, discontent. This itself is why we suffer. We are always looking to time (future) to solve psychological issues and that seems to be the root of those issues. We dis identify with what-is actually presently and we seek the idea, which is psychological evolution(time). We disidentify with “our experiences” which is the same as identifying with them. It’s in both cases a “movement of me/the chooser.

@axiom Though the spiritual path can involve suffering .. sometimes intense suffering .. it is also a path to happiness and fulfilment which are truly beyond imagining. The path is real and so are the rewards, but one must pursue it with an unreasonable amount of passion, discernment and devotion. Then again, it’s not that difficult when you accept that the alternative is to remain in the dull loop of ordinary human existence as most of us experience it for the rest of your life. Thanks but I don't think so .

So far all of my openers suck and make me look cringe-worthy. Through trial and error, I discovered that Stuff like " I think you are beautiful " should be said in the middle of the conversation not as an opener .it gives you this simp vibe. what is the best openers to say when you approach a girl? Let's imagine this scenario ..you are out and about in a mall or something and you see this cute girl passing by ..what is the first thing to utter to her ? And when exactly should you ask for her number ? In the beginning of your conversation or at the end when you are wrapping up ? Thanks.

The “spiritual path” promises a lot ..for example some people are searching for “the kingdom of heaven”, others for “enlightenment”. One thing for sure is that being on this journey takes courage at times we can seem utterly blind or ignorant and leave ourselves confused, open and vulnerable. Recognising this, you do not have to accept what is written in this thread ..however, hopefully you are able to read with an open mind. My personal spiritual journey started when I started working with a life coach. I then found the personal development and spirituality sections of the book store and I was hooked. Something clicked, and I have had the chance to listen to many influential speakers and explore many books relating to spirituality. I feel that I am on a spiritual path, but sometimes still get confused listening to others and find it hard to communicate what it really means. I have come across many people referring to spirituality and the spiritual path. Here are some of the more common things I have seen described as spirituality: “Finding Meaning”, “Love and Gratitude”, “Channeling and talking with Spirit/beyond”, “Being Here and Now”, “Dissolving the Ego”, “Eternal Life”, “A celebration of Life”, “Finding God”, “A journey into Self-Realisation” or “Yoga and meditation”. It could be said that the spiritual path is all of the above, yet none of them. This is the most difficult part .. those who talk about spirituality can be contradictory and paradoxical. The reason why the spiritual path can be described as none of them is because they are concepts of the mind which themselves cannot be “real”. In fact, the so-called enlightened masters tell us that anything of the mind cannot be real. Therefore, the above statements can only be signposts to something beyond .. something deeper and more profound than how most of us think of ourselves. The spiritual path seems to start in a world of confusion, endless distractions and deep pain. However, in my experience, knowing you are on a spiritual path .. no matter where you are .. gives you a certain feeling, a deep sense of trust, a sense that you are being looked after, a sense that everything really is ok.

It certainly can be misunderstood .if you want to know how you can prove the Earth is flat using Occam’s Razor? Do you want to prove God is the reason for everything in the Universe? Do you want to refute Einstein’s theories without knowing anything other than high-school physics? Use Occam's razor . But that's not what I'm doing here .I'm giving the most extreme use of the razor. Reality exists and has no explanation. We don't need a separate God outside of reality creating it. Reality is self-explanatory. That's the simplest explanation possible.

From Leo's blog :https://www.actualized.org/insights/absolute-presence-immortality "Imagine becoming so absolutely present in your consciousness that you could not die because you are too present for a past or future to enter your mind. No birth. No death. Just absolute consciousness. If you could achieve such a level of presence, you would literally become immortal. What if death was nothing other than the story in your mind that "I will die"? How would you know the difference between "real death" and your story of it? What if that difference is itself a story? What would happen if you never again had the thought that you were born and never again had the thought that you will die? "But Leo! If I do that, then I'll die!" Will you? Is this just philosophy, or is this actually possible? ". I realized a possible explanation for this ..if all you have is the present moment..and the future is something you are imagining by definition..and since death exists only in the future..therefore death is imaginary. You can indeed see people die in your life. But everyone can die except you. This realization requires insane degrees of open-mindedness and cosmic skepticism. Or otherwise it won't make much sense . The universe might end this very second..that's a fact. You can't prove that everything won't just disappear.. boom gone this very second. No you can't. You want to believe it can't. But it most certainly can. What the fuck is holding everything together anyways?.. In fact, The universe might suddenly disappear completely in a blink of an eye for no reason at all. Reality is an illusion .solidity is a dream. This means that the only certain thing in existence is what's happening right fucking NOW.!. The past and the future are completely imaginary and unreal . Don't underestimate the power of this fact .you think you've got it but you don't. When you get it you will be left speechless in awe . When you fully understand this you might want to consider to let go of a lot of bullshit that you believe. Thanks @Leo Gura for opening my mind to such possibilities.

First time hearing of him .I'm gonna search him .

I hope this isn't against forum guidelines and the "no sourcing" policy. If it is ..then feel free to lock it ,O moderators!. It seems like weed is the only substance I can obtain in India. Even though it's also illegal like psychedelics. But I have heard that there are weed dealers here .not sure where to find them. It seems like everyone in the world has easy access to weed except for me. I always felt weird about asking to buy some so I never asked. I have a very limited amount of friends and none of them really smoke regularly. I’ve read some people say to go to a college campus and ask around. That seems super risky for me to go around asking random students. Knowing my luck I’d either be laughed at and made fun of at best or get in trouble with campus security at worst. I joined a weed group on Facebook and made a post saying I lived in India , and was looking to find weed dealers .Only one person commented and said I was probably a cop. I’m kind of socially awkward so going around trying to make a bunch of friends seems not only difficult but time consuming. Like all I wanna do is meet up with someone, buy it, and leave. I’d literally be the easiest customer ever. A couple days ago I messaged someone on FB who I went to school with who posts about smoking weed all the time and I messaged him and asked to buy some and all he said was “I don’t sell” so I just assumed he wasn’t going to give me his dealer’s number so I didn’t pry. Or should I simply get the fuck out of India to places where its legal and easily obtained?

"God-realization" is a term coind by Leo himself. So naturally he is the only one teaching it .

What's the point of having an orgasm without ejaculation? Seeing the semen just bursting out of your dick head is a pleasure into itself.

@Gesundheit2 it would be more beneficial when you link something to me to give a brief explanation of it or why are you linking it and In what context or which post of mine that made you link it . I watched that video before .I guess its about language and the limitations of language and something like that . Are you implying that I have problems in my style of using language? Or something else? Please explain.

@Razard86 I'm very happy that you are done.

@Godishere yes you got it . Non duality teaches that consciousness is the only actual existence. This is obviously quite different from the understanding of the solipsist. Solipsism is a theory holding that I can know nothing but my own modifications and that I am the only existent thing. It is like saying, I exist but everyone else could just be my dream. There is a definite “me” and “other” duality in solipsism. Nonduality is that there is no other. In fact, the “I” is also a fiction of thought. “My own modifications” are part of the illusion of duality. There is no “me” or “my”. Duality is an illusion…there is only nonduality and no other.

God is Both form and formless. Since God is unlimited, He cannot be limited to being either formless or having a form. Since God is everything, He must possess both form and formlessness. God is unlimited, and His form, consisting of eternity, knowledge and bliss, is also unlimited. Usually form is defined by limitations in space, so an unlimited form is inconceivable to us. It would be the same as formless. Still, for the simple reason that one cannot love the impersonal, unlimited feature of God. One can only love a person. Therefore we say that God is both the formed world and impersonal formless at the same time . You can't escape this problem. You can't lean towards one or another (form or formless). It's both .

Right now, you are probably sitting on a chair, using a mouse or a keyboard that is resting on a desk ..all these things are solids. Something is described as a solid if it can hold its own shape and is hard to compress (squash). Once again (this is the third time now )..where are you going with this whole conversation? What's your overall point ? Please explain. Or I might stop responding to you.

Solipsism is defined as "only the self is real". And that's exactly correct .the Self is all there is. There is nothing but the Self . The whole trick is how do you define the Self .if you take it to be the human self ..that's just a wave in the ocean. The Self is the entire ocean. We are all the same being.

Nor getting what ? Please explain your point /points fully in your next reply because as I said I'm starting to forget what this whole conversation is about . Being a physical object with physical volume and mass and inertia and all the physical qualities.

Of course they are ungraspable. They are "mental objects ". They are abstract rather than concrete. Not everything has to be a physical object to be considered a form. Being a specific form means it must be limited .so yes .a cat is a cat and not a dog .and a dog is a dog and not a cat . Ultimately reality is unlimited. It's infinite in all directions and dimensions. But it consists of limited things .those limited thing add up without a beginning or end to then compose an infinite reality. BTW I'm starting to lose track of this conversation that we are doing here lol..so would you mind explaining what it is exactly that you are trying to get at from all these questions? Or what is your overall point that you are trying to make?