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You see that's irrelevant. That has nothing to do with proving a material objective world. Yes ..Consciousness "can" dream of a consistent world or inconsistent world and I don't know why it would choose one over the other . That's not the point sir . The point is that consciousness CAN DREAM OF A MATERIAL PERSISTENT WORLD. And since that's true then you definitely can explain the appearance of a seemingly Persistent material world under the idealist worldview..Which makes your point that you've made in the post that I've quoted obsolete.

I still remember when i first discovered what an orgasm is during puberty..basically the very time i masturbated ..my first thoughts were something like "Holy shit holy shit holy shit...white stuff came out of my dick. What the fuck did I do? This has to be bad for me. I'm never touching myself again" And then the next day I did it again.😂 Back then I didn't even start watching porn ..I mean I could..but it just didn't arouse me..I don't want to just insert my penis into some fucking vagina while looking at the window and the woman is looking at the wall 😂 (isn't that 90% of porn scenes ?). So for the first few years in my puberty I used my imagination to jerk off .and it felt better than jaking off to porn. But obviously as the years went by I started getting lost in Pornhub and other XXX tube sites . That's not what I want to talk about today though so let's get into it : I did nofap for years on and off .meaning I abstained and relapsed a million times .I tried to quit porn and masturbation as much times as there are hairs in my beard .but it just didn't work . Plus I always thought that masturbation is bad and unhealthy. And that was my opinion expressed here on this forum around the topic of masturbation since my first day joining this forum . Now I've changed my mind . I started jerking off again . And I believe now that it's 100% healthy and normal. And in fact not masturbating is actually bad for you . Why is that ? For the following reasons: 1- it just feels gooooood ,okay ? Why should you deny yourself self-love ? Why should you keep gallons of Cum inside your balls and become a sexually repressed creep who will harrase girls in public because you can't think straight from the amount of Horniness you are experiencing? 2- actually it's healthy to cum every once in a while . Why ? There is a scientific study that shows that men who ejaculated more often have lower risk of prostate cancer . https://www.health.harvard.edu/mens-health/ejaculation_frequency_and_prostate_cancer 3-there is a scientific study that shows that ejaculating once a week actually INCREASES testosterone levels . https://www.healthline.com/health/masturbation-and-testosterone . So I'm convinced now that masturbation is good..healthy &NECESSARY. The only problem is when you overdo it .obviously if you squeeze your fucking balls dry by Cumming 3 times a day everyday you will feel lethargic..depressed..zero libido ..not motivated..temporary ED..etc. so just use common sense boys and cum twice -4 times a month and enjoy your life . Move over !.

You can't explain consciousness from materialism..that's true .because materialism says reality in its essence is dumb and unconscious. Then how can dumb matter like molecules ..synapses..neurotransmitters etc give rise to qualia aka sight ..sound ..touch etc ? But you are wrong that materialism cannot be explained from consciousness. Because consciousness can dream of material persistent universe just like most of your dreams (if we exclude the wacky ones ). I have no answer to the rest of your post .you roasted my brain 😂. And it's mostly semantics and impossible inquiries.

Maybe . But it's meh . Plus there is no Lexi Belle in India 😂.

I agree . But you do realise that porn is one of the most addictive things nowadays after hard-core drugs ?and that its easy to watch it for hours on end because it just hooks the shit out of you and literally rewire the reward circuit in your brain ? I know guys(online not in irl ) who watch porn all day everyday and they can't get keep their eyes off the screen. I agree . You said that already. No need to repeat it .

I think the answer is obvious. Because I live in Kashmir in India. Not in San Fernando Valley in California.

OK good luck brother . I wish you the best .if you are happy with abstinence and its making you a better version of yourself then I'm not gonna gaslight you about it or trying to convince you to start fapping again . Much love 🙏

Said someone who has masturbated a 1,000000000000 times in their lifetime already . Not true . If you binge out on pornhub and fap 5 times a day ..then good luck being successful. Motivation and zest for life comes to a very big degree from sexual energy. Sexual energy is literally your life force .its the fire in your eyes and the hot boiling blood in your veins . Try nofap for a year and watch yourself turn into a self -improvement machine who can't get enough from success. As far as I know there is the nofap website .the nofap reddit .the YBOP website but that's about it . On the other hand there is like a million and one porn sites. So I'm not sure really which one is trying to suck you in ..porn industry or nofap movement?

It means just that .does..not ..exist. There is apparently a human body but turn your gaze inwards and try to find "little me " inside your head ..body ..or even the external environment . You think there is a mouse alien residing inside your brain giving commands to the body ? That's an illusion. You can't control your actions either . Try to stop sneezing or farting when they happen next time . In a sense.. I'm not writing this.. and you are not reading this. It's all being played and it's all karma. Circumstances are infinitely complex and destiny is inevitble. As the awareness watching the movie.. we have zero influence over the plot. "You're not doing it, it's doing you" - Alan Watts You didn't choose your birth as this particular human.. In this particular world.. In this particular part of the world.. In this particular Era.. To this particular family.. With this particular genetics.. With this particular gender.. With this particular look.. Yada yada..you didn't choose the language that you are speaking.. You didn't choose your upbringing.. You didn't choose your cultural conditioning.. You don't choose your heart beat.. You don't choose your thoughts.. You don't choose your actions.. You don't choose your reactions.. You don't choose what you agree with.. You don't choose what you disagree with.. You don't choose your beliefs.. your desires.. your traits .your mood.. your habits.. your chances.. your anything lol...simply because you are not real as an individual. you yourself are a thought or at best a continuity of conditioned thoughts been shaped by your environment. I explained it .I don't think you are even asking primarily about free will but about Satanism . I suggest listening to Hojo .he knows this shit .

Watch it again . It does answer your question. It means the self who thinks it's thinking thoughts ..doing deeds ..and selecting variables and is in charge of itself &its life is illusion or does not exist in actuality . This self is what religions gave the metaphorical archetype Satan. Its a metaphore for the ego . There is no free will you don't know what's the next thought in your mind after 2 seconds from now it just pops up like a porn ad .

Watch Leo's video "what is the Devil?". Satan is basically another name for you or the separate self that thinks it has a say in the matter ..that thinks it's actually orchestrating anything at any level and is actually separate from the totality or all there is or God. You are Satan. Ta-daa

There is an old Buddhist saying " form is empty. Emptiness is form". It's basically pointing to the collapse of the duality between somethingness and nothingness. I've realized it many times.. That something and nothing are identical. The mistake is thinking that "nothing" is some blank black void somewhere. No.. Everything we are experiencing all the time is precisely nothing. It's completely hollow and unstable. No different than appearance of a Dream. Even scientifically speaking.. If you break down the atoms that make up the universe.. You will get waves of energy. Break down the energry and you get nothingness . We know now through quantum physics that the universe is literally made out of nothing. Scientific community just doesn't want to let mainstream society know because it's going to cause a serious existential crisis and mass suicides if people knew that nothing actually exist .

Same thing happens in a dream bro. What are you basing the "persistency " of reality on ? Memory right ? Can you Prove the world and all of your memories didn't just come about Last Thursday ?

Bro the word "Imaginary " is outdated by now . I've heard it enough times to fill one billion universes. It doesn't have the same brainwashing effect on me anymore . What, do you still think it's 2018 ? You left the bus station too early in 2020? Have you heard of COVID-19 yet?

Sure .just ..Good luck with that . Let's see how far you can go. Actually the more alone you are the more you gonna mastubate . Who do you think masturbate more ? Single guys or guys with girlfriends ? Great !. And why should that be incompatible with masturbating In a moderate..healthy..and responsible way ?

you see ..you make a point here ..but what you are missing is that 99.9999% of young males got their brains down their dicks ..and they need to figure out how to deal with their sexual needs properly first before they can focus on kicking ass in life . That's number 1. Number 2..if we talk about porn..it is. Indeed extremely addictive and toxic ..at least some of it ..so if you are a guy who is struggling with masturbation or porn addiction then you definitely should look into this aspect of your lifestyle first before you can even dream about achieving anything meaningful in your life .

@Aaron p now be honest ..which is better? Listening to a bald head without feets on YouTube mumbling about god for 3 hours..or smoking some pot with your friends and hitting on some cute chicks?

Oh thats because I'm you, silly

Good luck with that . This is only possible if you are a soy boy with low to none testosterone levels..or if you have a sexy bombshell blonde girlfriend

Yeah ? There is VR and 3d porn nowadays. Please catch up to the latest technologies .

Bro you make quality posts all time .I agree with what you are saying for the most part but I need to contemplate it as well. Thanks for your comment .

Totally wrong and off the mark . I could literally chop one of my two balls off for a chance to shoot a porn scene with Lexi Belle .😂

😂 I can relate bro . I'd say it's a skill that needs practice . Most guys tend to binge after masturbating. Meaning they keep doing it again and again ..if you can control yourself and do it just once a week then you are good to go 👍

Agreed . I only watch audio porn and Roplay at this point . Most mainstream porn is garbage.

There is validity to celibacy if you are trying to achieve something extraordinary in the world like becoming a millionaire or a full blown fana-al-fana enlightened monk ..but if you are just a regular horny young single male..then just wank it off few times a month and chill .