Gesundheit

I think humans are more accurately copying machines than survival machines. We copy the behaviour of others, and we do that unconsciously for the most part. For example, if the general trend was to go and jump off of Mountain Everest once a human reaches 40 years old, we would all be doing that without questioning. Only the minority would be skeptical enough to question the general trends. I know that's a crude example, but then how do you explain smoking, video games addiction, unhealthy diets, and all the other stupid things that humans do that clearly go against survival?

Have you considered the source? Maybe they're giving you a placebo to rip you off.

Does it matter when you're lost in the mind? When you're lost in thinking, "thoughts arise" is just another thought. The qualitative difference of awareness/detachment is missing. Full identification. Deep in the illusion.

Really enjoying your insights! Please keep them coming.

Yes, exactly. That's what I have realized recently. It's all absolute truth so there's no point in looking any further. The problem, though, is that I have realized that before, about a year and a half ago, but somehow lost it. So, this time I'm trying to lock it down once and for all. Kinda like taming the ox before returning back home.

@Keyhole What you said here is more or less the reason for my views on hippies. They're total hypocrites. At best, they're like a powerless life partner who can do nothing but complain about how their partner is abusive to their children, while going out with friends shopping or playing video games. And while the abusive person is also a hypocrite, they're not a hypocrite to the same degree. Still, in terms of suffering and poor physical conditions, it's not like you're imagining it is. I live in a very poor third-world country. It is hard, but not like you're imagining. You're inclined to view life from your perspective. And your perspective is in a different dimension. To a kid born in poverty, it doesn't bother him as much as it does to you. The kid does not know any better, so that's the best it can get for him. He simply develops other survival strategies. It's because it's way outside of your comfort zone that you can't properly imagine what it actually feels like that you feel like it's the worst thing there is, but in fact it isn't. I would choose poverty over psychological suffering anytime. You're applying your stage Green vision on all of reality, and so of course you will want to remove all poverty and inequality. There is a thing called hedonist adaptation or something like that, you may already be familiar with it. It applies here very well.

But it doesn't make sense why I would wake myself up during the dream. If the purpose is to experience delusion, then why do I want to know my true identity? It feels more likely that I want a semi state between truth and delusion. Then again, delusion does not really exist. So no explanations make any sense anyway.

We are God in human form. Everything came out of nothing. This current life experience will end at some point. All adds up to a simulation, imo. What are some strong arguments against this?

Good.

It's not even neutral. Neutrality means absolute detachment, but attachment also exists. So, the universe can care and can not care.

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Infinite intelligence now sounds like a plausible solution. Sorry, but no ? I don't see you posting often.

Something that exists. Location is a made-up/relative notion. Nothing more real/tangible. @Swarnim @Someone here ????

Yep. Finite is conceptual. Infinite is actual. It's mind-bending. Just because I didn't accept absolute truth, I thought it was limited. Yeah, you're probably right.

@Mafortu @Brandon L @PeaceOut96 @lmfao Thanks. I got this confusion removed. God is infinite states of consciousness/being. One of them is the human state. The human state is not a single state, it's also infinite states. I happen to reside in one of those states, and so do you and everyone else. Each being is in a certain state of consciousness, i.e. we're at different frequencies. There aren't two identical frequencies. Only one infinite range of different frequencies/states of consciousness.

Let me explain what happened. You asked me "what is reality simulating?", and I understood that simulating is a materialistic concept that means grounded in another reality, i.e. turtles all the way down. So, obviously it would make no sense to say that reality is a simulation, because it makes no difference to have another reality without being simulated as well. I didn't know the literal meaning of the word "simulation". Okay, now having removed that misconception, I thought to myself, if reality is groundless, then why is there something rather than nothing? And the answer is because there was never a nothing. Nothing is a concept. It has always been something, although unidentifiable. Next, I had the question, if something has been all there is all along, then why am I now couched within this particular perspective? And the answer is because I am all there is. And this perspective is all I am. So, it all is just me. So, I now have the answers to those questions, but I still don't understand how or why everything is as it is. In other words, I don't understand the mechanisms by which reality is happening, nor do I understand why it is occurring in this particular way. So I am now finally left with this: reality cannot be any other way because it's absolute truth, until it can and is, and it will still be absolute truth. I don't know, maybe that should be enough to shut down the inquiry, maybe I should contemplate these realizations more.

I'm experiencing an awakening right now. Too bad I was about to sleep when the domino effect kicked in with only one question from cetus. A cascade of insight is occurring. Might report about it and might not.

Can reality be any other way? It can't, until it can and is.

@cetus Alright, I got it. It's all just me. But it all still doesn't make any sense.

It depends.

I didn't read the article. It's too long, and too formal. Can anyone summarize the main ideas?

And if it was limited, would it be infinity? No. You're falling into a double-standard fallacy here. What does that even mean?

Not when you're thinking, it doesn't count.

I mean, come on! What are the odds?!

@Barbara Yeah, but obviously, just because it has a name doesn't mean it's bad. Unless you're suffering, you can think of it as a challenge and an opportunity to grow. Right now, you're experiencing lack of motivation, and this may occur to you while you're pursuing your LP, so you better be prepared. You may benefit from training now with your dummy degree. You can develop and sculpt your motivation and discipline for 7 whole months. That ought to make you more prepared to face any challenges that may come up later. Thanks. Best wishes to you too.