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@Nahm no lol. You asked how are you certain of (the thought) birth? Im saying birth is not a thought.. Because I just became an uncle few weeks ago.. Meaning I witnessed the birth of my brother's son and verified directly that humans are born. That was just a revelation. It's kinda obvious and silly but James123 said that 'I Was never born' So I had to clarify which 'I'.... ?

Idk. But I recently became an uncle!!

The human me was certainly born. @mandyjw I said keep short.. Precise and clear lol.. @Carl-Richard what about your nearly 3000 posts?

@James123 are you denying that death is real?

I already know that. Still that doesn't answer all existential questions.

As I said I'm always in the moment and there still questions left. Like what after death for example.

Is there a two of me?

Because we have no free will

And what is that state?

But I'm always nowv.. Does that mean I am already awake?

What is it? Curious.

A bit pessimistic view?

What do you mean? That's a good way of looking at it. Although Leo means in a different sense.

@Dhruv I smoked again. So reseting the counter. I have sudden fear of death. As if I'm overwhelmed by the fact that I will die one day and there is no escape. Don't know how to deal with it but it's causing me too much stress and painc. It turns out that death is my ultimate fear. I'm not taking any anti depressants. . These are anti-anxiety pills..like Abilify.. It was prescribed to me to ease my anxiety. I feel anxiety. Overwhelming sometimes panic attacks. And body shaking...... Have you dealt with this problem before?

What about increasing your levels of consciousness and realizing reality is imaginary and you are God and all alone etc etc..?

I see. Thank you.

I agree. But there wasn't enough "evidence" supporting the other view. Let's say the brain thinks.. Neuroscience tells us that thoughts are resulting from neurons firing away. Now what causes neurons to fire? Not a soul or a magical you inside the body.. But other external or internal factor. Reality is a closed system of cause and effect. One thing leads to the other. At least that's how I see it specifically in relation to the topic of free will. If you so do have a counter paradigm.. Go ahead and please tell where is the doer and how does it create actions and thoughts "freely" and what does "free" even mean etc.

Maybe.. But my point is still valid. That thoughts are naturally occurring without an agency (there is no thinker thinking them). And this can be realized by observing thoughts and actions. When it's recognized there is no 'doer' and everything happens by itself.. The whole question falls away.

Sit down and try to stop your thoughts for 30 seconds. You can't. Who is this "you" that has free will or has no free will?.. If it's nonexistent then there is no question left. Now don't get this wrong.. Obviously you appear to be a this body or somehow an entity inside this body looking at the world. And this will continue to be the apparent experience. But it's not actually the case. I don't like abstract theoretical approach.. Especially to this question of free will it took me a long time to get in terms with it. You can practically figure out the defentive answer to the free will question.. once and for all. Just sit down and try to completely still your body..that means no thoughts no actions no internal or external movements.. You will quickly discover that you can't. The body will do something automatically. A thought will arise. A feeling. A movement. A tingle. A blink. A breath. Etc. That's it the body is just running automatically. There is no separate agency creating this.

@infinitelovegodetc what is the Truth?

I'm sort of a nihilist and subjectivity oriented. I do not think values are objectve. Just like meaning and purpose. Each person creates his own set of values and purposes and so forth. And no value is higher than other value. Only relative to how it surves different people.

Good question. Truth for me is direct experience. Happiness.. Is freedom from pain and suffering and experiencing good feelings. I'm searching for truth and happiness. Because I'm human. So I won't be concerned about the highest value of other animals.

No. It doesn't exist. I did not choose to type this comment rn. It had to happen.

Agreed. Value is subjective. When we say something has value... We must add that it has value to whom.

@Tim R ? wanna start a nonduality war?