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What is going on other than what is going on ?

He said the same thing about God in this video . “can the mind observe this emptiness and not move away from it ?” this is very fucking important question. Give it a try and Good luck . If you can then it’s time to graduate from this forum . We are light years from achieving this . Even people who are into spirituality can’t let go of their morning Coffe or their phone or watching spiritual content on YouTube( which is not “ bad “ per se) but spiritual graduation means exactly that what he said .. you cut all your addictions including the spiritual addictions and you face the emptiness of life and yourself head on. At some point it has to be done . There is no way around it . But we like to postpone it to run away but you can’t hide the truth forever .

I understand. And how is this related directly to my topic ?

@Lyubov pretty good analysis and breaking down . Thank you .

Thanks man I find your post very lighthearted and informative but I don’t see the connection with my question. if we have deep psychological insecurities or wounds then how to erase them from our software entirely? I likened it to cleansing the body from toxins by doing water fasting .. in a similar sense ..how to cleanse the mind from toxins?

Language is made by humans . Language carries implicit metaphysical assumptions about reality which came from the humans who created the language. The phrasing “I love myself or I’m talking to myself or I hate myself “ is present in all the languages in the world yet we are aware there aren’t actually an I and a myself in relation to each other . It’s just an assumption in language.

The explanation of synchronization is law of attraction. Law of attraction is actually a physical law like law of gravity.. not just a law of the mental world . norice this in your experience: if your mind is occupied by a specific person .. let’s say someone you love so much like your role model or a girl you have a crush on .. then you start getting dreams about that person so often . if you are so obsessed about buying a Toyota car you will start seeing Toyota cars down the street everywhere . there is only one explanation for why such phenomena happens : thinking about a specific thing too often literally attracts it to your life . Thoughts become matter and enter into law of gravity which is a physical law ..not a woo woo law .

@Stick a rock isn’t conscious ..neither human beings . Rocks and humans are forms apearing within consciousness. Consciousness isn’t the ability to perceive. Consciousness is the substratum of all existence.

Good question. the substance of consciousness is itself . Reality is made out of itself . Could it be otherwise?

Schopenhauer have said the will to live isn’t a conscious decision or desire in the everyday sense. It’s a blind…irrational and constant drive that pushes all living beings to keep existing and reproducing and striving. it is an endless wanting whether for pleasure..success ..but most importantly survival itself. it doesn’t operate through logic as we are all conscious that we will die one day and that survival is a doomed to fail project . i think you can only find meaning to life if you transcend survival and find something of higher spiritual value .

You are right in a sense .. but keep in mind we can’t actually contribute to helping people in Africa or the Middle East or any war zone that much . The best we can do is to find good donation sites and drop few hundred dollars. And who told you that we don’t embody our realization of our shared being with all that there is ? Some people choose to stop eating animal products mainly because of this. I myself can’t stand hurting anyone in my life without immediately apologizing to them and asking them for forgiveness because I know that I’m only hurting myself if I hurt others . Stop being concerned about what other people do in This regard and start doing it yourself. Be the change you wish to see.

Yesterday..I smoked two cigarettes from two different brands after being on a one-week sobriety streak. For the first time something odd happened ..I immediately felt extremely bad and overwhelmed by negative emotions. In a way I’m glad this happened because it means I’ve started to associate smoking with feeling anxious and depressed which was never the case before. In the past..I used to feel high and euphoric right after smoking..and only later would I feel the negative side effects like coughing.. nausea..and a burning sensation in my chest. What’s new now is that I feel anxious and low almost immediately after lighting a cigarette. To me this shows that I’m developing a more serious mindset where smoking is no longer an option because I can’t even enjoy it anymore. I start to feel bad as soon as I light the cigarette.

We are the fish in water .

I’m at a point in my life where I’m questioning my priorities. Ten years ago..I was deeply interested in philosophy and existential questions.. driven by curiosity and fascination about existence. When I discovered Leo’s content ..I immediately got hooked. I watched almost the entire playlist on metaphysics and epistemology. I wasn’t (and still am not) interested in topics like politics. Lately however I’ve been rethinking this. I have a strong theoretical understanding of existential topics.. largely thanks to Leo..but now I’m leaning more toward living a peaceful..fulfilling life free of suffering. That feels more important to me now. There’s no need to endlessly question existence..not because these questions can’t be answered (they can..and Leo has done so for himself) but because I’m trying to think more realistically. The apparent situation is that a human being who was born into this world and the basic conditions of life are already given. I have a body and a mind. The body has its own design and requires constant care and attention. It needs air..food, water..sleep..and basic hygiene. It also seeks pleasure and comfort. Sometimes it craves adventure and risk..other times it seeks dopamine..adrenaline or serotonin. Its needs are not static. There isn’t just one single thing that matters to me..it’s more complex than that. I am now 30 years old. In another 30 years..I’ll be 60 approaching the later stages of my life..and I don’t want to look back with regret. At the same time..I’m aware of the idea that my existence might have a kind of “mission” and that even simple actions like raising my hand to write these words can feel almost fated. I also recognize how this perspective could become an excuse for inaction. But I believe I’ve resolved that paradox for myself. The insight of non-doership is not a justification for passivity. Even if individual choice is an illusion, that doesn’t imply success or failure ..only that whatever happens isn’t entirely “my doing.” Returning to the question of priorities: I simply don’t want to suffer. That’s it. I don’t want to deal with constant discomfort or headaches anymore. I don’t think that’s too much to ask. The question is how to achieve that…although in a way it may not be something that can be treated as a future goal. It’s now or never .

Lately, I’ve been having difficulties with my sleep patterns. I struggle to go to bed early, mainly because I overuse my smartphone. I’ve identified the cause ..it’s really just the phone. If I were living in a camp in nature without any technology, what would keep me up all night? I would probably go to bed early because there wouldn’t be much to do. I would simply lie down, relax, and let my mind wander, or watch the stars or the moon if it’s out, and just be present. This would gradually turn into a form of meditation and relaxation, and it wouldn’t take long for me to fall asleep. So, I’ve realized that I need to do something to stop overusing my phone at night.