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Thinking outside the box is about embracing the mental state of not knowing instead of being addicted to knowing. Did Newton know about gravity before he 'got it' when the apple fell down onto him? Hell no, he was first in a state of not-knowing. Was Einstein addicted to 'knowing things' (= clinging to beliefs to make sense of the chaotic world) before he 'invented'/'realized' the (theory of) relativity of time & space? Hell fucking no. Einstein (and Niels Bohr and other great mystics) were curious and open-minded in extreme ways that most people can only dream of. Einstein acknowledged and embraced the fact that, absolutely speaking, he knows 0. Nothing at all. Even General Relativity is just a useful, accurate, mathematical *model* ... at best. Precisely because of the fact he acknowledged he didn't know shit, he was able to grasp such a magical mind-bending thing as the relativity of time & the curvature of space. What preceded these genius insights was <a total empty, calm 'state of not-knowing'>. Period.

Anything that you need to survive feels good when you need it. Try not breathing (for just a few seconds) and see how good that first breath feels. Or try not eating for several hours past mealtime. You feel very hungry, and the food tastes so good. Sleep is the same way. When you need sleep, it feels very good because that's what your body needs. This is because of evolution. Creatures that didn't enjoy eating, sleeping, or breathing wouldn't live very long, and wouldn't have much of a chance to make baby creatures like them. Creatures that did survived longer, and had little baby creatures that liked the same things.

Pardon my little knowledge in politics. I never was attracted to anything related to politics since I was a child . I saw my dad and his friends arguing about political issues in the country and I just couldn't figure out what's so appealing about it . To me, politics is a very toxic endeavour. People in power are all crooks anyway. Consider Trump vs Hillary. Both sides said the other was the devil. The truth? Both sides are right, at least on this one. Trump vs Hillary brings up something else: how can American people possibly be motivated to get out and vote if doing so means facing choices like THIS? Politics is just a whole lot of nastiness. People argue over it. People fight over it. Friendships are broken over it. Family members stop speaking to each other over it. Is this REALLY something you WANT to be involved with? I mean, the world is nasty and divisive enough as it is. Who is REALLY ‘right’? Both sides say their way is the ONLY way, and the other side is bad. But all in all, the economy can go bad with either side in power. Wars start with either side in power. Nobody REALLY seems to be able to get things right. Both sides just look like a bunch of incompetent fools who only THINK they are right. Meanwhile, they enjoy blaming EVERYTHING on the other side when things go wrong. I know that politics affect my life indirectly Everything around you is affected by political decisions; schools, hospitals, jobs, rules in society, the environment, what you buy and what you can't buy, the quality of life and million other different aspects to every moment you breathe. But I just didn't find it appealing or worthy for my consideration. Even though my life purpose is to become a philosopher. But I would just focus on metaphysics and epistemology. No politics.

Thanks for the info dude ?. So soy from resources like cow's milk and soybean are not what I should be concerned about .. As it isn’t yet proven that it mimics estrogen effects on the body ? But then what does(from the common foods that we eat ) work like estrogen I'm the body ? But what about beef and pork products, chicken and turkey products that are constantly being fed a lot of estrogen to make them gain fat and weight so they can be sold for more money. They are also getting exposed to many estrogen like substances from the ubiquitous use of so many plastic products. . It absolutely should be illegal to feed any animals any forms of estrogen or any other hormones. P.S May I ask you what you work for a living? Are you a doctor? Or nutrition expert? Or what?

Interesting. I'm wiling to remove soy from the list. But I read somewhere that soy affects the body like the female hormone estrogen. Is that correct ?

@Godhead oh and I forgot to mention..that owning a gun and living kinda thug life increases your testosterone

Like what ? Mention one of them and then Google it . Do your research and find out . All of the mentioned above are clinically proven (whether what increases VS. Decreases).

@Carl-Richard in your opinion, what exactly did open the gates for the scientific revolution? I mean the Revolution of science and technology for the first time, Which was firstly revolution of science and technology in the 1760 s ... (the middle of the 19th century), which is also known as the industrial revolution.

Death is the ultimate fear that humans have. Death is no joke . I contemplated my Death before in a failed suicide attempt. I simply couldn't do it . The unknown will fuck you in the ass.

Thanks. Will look it up .

I don’t have any proof but my intuition tells me that time is circular. Linear time is analogous to when people used to think the Earth was flat, then people discovered if you go far enough west you end up in the East. Similarly I believe if you go far enough into the future you’ll end up in the past. This means that our past is also our future, which explains how the ancients built the pyramids and so on. This also explains why most cultures revere their ancestors, to such a degree that until recently the search for knowledge was usually conducted by reviewing ancient scrolls. So at some point in the future the human race will build the pyramids and then some event will occur which will wipe out our cultural knowledge and the cycle will repeat again. this also explains the Bible Code, how the ancient knew of events to come and used computers to encode these events into the Bible. However even though there is a general cycle I dont believe history repeats exactly the same way as there is an element of random variability. So each time the historic cycle repeats it is a bit altered creating a variation on a general theme. If you tell most people time is circular as the world is round they will think you lost it. But isnt it a more beneficial paradigm than seeing time as linear?

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao .

True . eternity has no beginning and no end .but why do people refuse to see that time is a circle?Only in that way can eternity be understood. This moment, now, is but a point on our finite timeline.We are linear beings with respect to time. Our timelines are finite.Birth- Now- Death. Yet our finite timelines exist within eternity. As a fraction of a degree of arc On the circular timeline of infinity. All moments within eternity exist on this circular timeline.Each moment occurs, then eventually, following each moment after, forward on that circle, returns and occurs again.Eternity is an infinite repetition of the same moments. Any moment in eternity is both the beginning and the end of time.

What I'm really asking is really Did reality itself begin and will it end? Even if you make the implausible and irrational claim nothing existed before the universe, well then wouldn't that have been the "reality" at the time? But how does that make sense, if there was no mind here to conceive of or contemplate "reality"? No matter how you cook it, when you suggest reality had a "beginning," you spiral deeper and deeper into absurdity. It's impossible to explain how reality could begin..without something having had to begin it. That something, then, would itself have to have been "real" to begin reality. You're therefore stuck in an infinite regression. You're going to have to make something eternal.

I find him difficult to read and speaks a lot of philosophical word salad. What's his thoughts about how all of existence came about ?

Thank you .Will check them out .

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For hungry, food is heaven. For thirsty, water is heaven. For armyman, country is heaven. For parents, their child's happiness is heaven. For kids, parents are heaven. For priest, temple is heaven. For tippler, alcohol is heaven. For smoker, cigarette is heaven. For greedy, money is heaven. For lustful, sex is heaven. For king, palace is heaven. For me, well ..I will withhold this until YOU tell me first what is heaven for you? Yes, heaven exists but it's definition changes according to different people and diffrent situations.

If you are not enlightened, then you probably don't know what Truth is . But are you satisfied with this state of not knowing ? Why not brainwash yourself with any kind of ideology or religion and buy your peace of mind instead of doing the hard work of finding the truth by yourself? The point I'm trying to make is that given that our current state in the spiritual journey is less than ,let's call it ,"fully awake ".. Then how do you at least find a ground for your metaphysical and epistemic worldview which you know isn't complete and you are deluded about ? If you knew the Truth, it would make your life a whole lot easier. But one thing about truth is that it’s hard to cover up once you recognise it for what it truly is. When you learn the fundamentals of some truth, others can’t deceive you into believing “alternative truths” or modified truths. You can easily see if claims other people make fit the truth or not. False infromation doesn’t fit/connect with the truth without having to twist it in some fundamental and obvious way. Thus you know that something is wrong with the new information you’ve been given. But the question is are you there yet ,or do you got it all figured out?

Any excessive thinking of any kind accumulates concepts and delusions. If you stumble upon any topic including spirtuality and start incessantly thinking and conceptualizing about it ,it won’t only cause stress and anxiety but it will also hinder your spirtual progress,it will back fire on you. But also don’t try to suppress those thoughts because supressing thoughts using thoughts will create further anxiety and irritation. So you have to leave your mind alone just let thoughts come and go untill they get exhausted and come to an end. People in the contemporary world want freedom to experience spirituality in their own pace, in the doze that they are ready for. Adhering to religious authorities or submitting to religious power structures are not very attractive to the modern person. It’s a great development in my opinion. But the move towards spirituality is not without its flaws, for even the world of spirituality has its hierarchy in the inner plains. Right now, its a bit free-for-all, the blind teaching the blind and both are running around in circles not finding enlightenment. Because when you find a true spiritual master ( “guru”) who has authority in the unseen spiritual world to teach, your heart will be drawn to that teacher and you’ll want to follow him and learn from him! Meanwhile spirituality is about finding the truth on your own.

Attraction can come from anything. A laugh. A comment. A wink. A nice dress. A smile. The way your hair looks when you look away. It could come from hands, feet, shoes, a skirt, a pair of baggy jeans that makes someone wonder what’s under them. It can come from a walk or the way someone orders a drink. It’s not something that makes sense and fills a certain number of things on a checklist. Attraction just happens. The secret is to be able to keep it. THAT’S the part where everyone fails most of the time.

Enlightenment is not Nihilism . You should probably listen to some Alan Watts, he’s quite good on all this .I can’t really keep track of his thoughts but hey ho, it doesn’t matter. Nirvana too. Very good on this. Don’t blow your brains out though because the entire universe is created within you by your experience of it. So you can choose what matters. Let your heart steer you towards finding meaning and what matters, to you.

Actually understanding that you don't know everything is a sign of acquiring some maturity and some common sense, not enlightenment. Ideally this is not where humans end their path of growth and development . it's where they begin.

You are falling into the neo-advaita trap . Obviously you exist. Touch you'd body .feel your sense of self . There you go. I do agree though that there is no "you" as in a CEO that lives inside your skull behind the eyes somewhere deciding stuff .it's all happening spontaneously . But this realization alone isn't complete enlightenment. There are other facets to enlightenment .