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There will never be an explanation of this present moment being here .forget about it .reality is irreducibley mystical .consciousness is fundamentally a mystery. Even to itself. Existence is just a brute fact .it just is the way it is and there is nothing more that can be said about it. It's Infinite.

To me it seems that the only way to know what death is or what comes after death is by actually dying. You can't know it unless you experience it .is that correct ? Can you become conscious of what death is without needing to commit suicide ? P.S I'm talking actual physical death not some flimsy ego death or whatnot .

Through mindfulness & meditation, I've become aware of many behavioral habits I've developed subconsciously since birth... my Ego is one to be reckoned with... one of these habits is my addiction to stimulation. Allow me to define: I am unable to be satisfied with the current moment, regardless of what I’m doing. I have this habit of projecting myself into the future in hopes that a different moment in time will provide me more than what the current moment has to offer... and it never stops. It occurred to me this weekend while enjoying the National Park (one of my absolute passions) that i was still not pleased or at peace while doing something i have come to thoroughly enjoy... Even on the side of the park I was projecting myself someplace else because i felt "this wasn't good enough"... These emotions cause me to carry out an array of random acts in hopes of satisfying my craving for a new form of stimulation... anything from checking my phone every 5 minutes for social media updates, to engaging in smoking cigarettes , channel surfing for hours without deciding on a program. My brain always finds away to become distracted from the current moment and seek a way out of it. The fact that im aware of this behavior does motivate me to continue to open this new level of consciousness… but I’m hoping someone might have some advice as to how I might correct my issue. Does anyone out there know of an approach to take with meditation to counter this behavior? Or how I can bring the underlying source to attention so i can learn to correct my behavior? Im tired of always wanting something, of craving stimulation and often not even knowing what it is that I desire. Nothing seems to satisfy the craving... I’m experiencing what the Buddha identified in the 4 noble truths... desire (in many forms) is certainly the cause of my suffering... I just want to overcome it!! Thoughts welcome; Namaste

Why ?

@VeganAwake so your views on death is that when we die we get lights out forever?

@Gesundheit2 I'm already back to smoking. Unfortunately

Here's an interesting question for you guys..how do you know that death is even real ? What if death is just imagining? And you never actually die ?

So when we die we first enter into a psychedelic trip -like experiences and then we reincarnate? Man that's giving me existential crisis ?

@Vibes I answered here

I'm talking about when the physical body dies .stops breathing and the heart stops beating. So there is a clear boundary between that and some psychological death while maintaining the body's life (to die before you die as they say )

Agreed.

@Breakingthewall look .awakening is simply the recognition that all of reality is a creation of your own mind .you as God designed evey human and every animal and every thing in this dream just for the sake of sharing love with others. But since there are no others and you are completely alone..you need to imagine and construct apparent others and you actually believe they are real and even give them authority to decide for you what reality is . The bottom line is that you are the only thing in existence. Everything is you Everything is a manifestation of your mind .and that's the ultimate awakening. When you realize that beyond a shadow of a doubt .like I did. I don't know what exactly do you mean by void and whatnot. But its not the higher awakening. You need to go deeper.

False .that's just the no self facet of awakening. It's an important realization but there is much deeper stuff to awaken to . Are you conscious that you are God? are you conscious that you are the only thing that exists? Are you conscious that all others are a projection of your mind? If you are,then that's complete awakening.

It disappeared into nothingness, I guess ?

Then how do you know that life itself is not one giant ass dream?

Can you tell when you are dreaming that you are dreaming.?

It's crazy Man. Awakening is the realization that life is no different than a dream .although a persistent one

@Zeroguy I understand that everything is love and goodness from the absolute perspective. It's all perfection. But I intuit that there something deeper going on here although I can't quite put my finger on it so far.

I don't agree with demonizing desire .not all desires and all goals should be avoided .if its a genuine case and curiosity then it must be followed. I don't feel fully awake or that I have complete understanding of reality even though I had massive awakenings recently. But I know that there is deeper .and I wanna go as deep as I can.

What do you mean ?

Because listening to Leo's videos is the most remarkable thing I ever done in my life .Leo is everything for me .without him I could have not awakened to the facets that I mentioned. For example the solipsism awakening was triggered by listening to his solipsism video three times and then contemplating it deeply for myself. And I'm actually fascinated by the degree of consciousness and understanding of reality that Leo has achieved. And I want to be like him or even better than him .

That's the nature of infinity. You are never done with it .you can keep exploring reality forever.

I'm god cosplaying as a human

@ZenSwift thanks to you .that was extremely helpful ?

I do.