Gesundheit

Ahhh, okay! I want to get technical here with you. Can you please elaborate on quality? Because to me, it seems quality is a subjective thing. So how do we rate higher states in terms of quality? What if a lower state is misleading that it makes one think that it's a higher state? How would we know?

I do, but how did you know? People are reading me easily nowadays. It's kinda getting interesting. And we're back to being misunderstood lol. No, and you know why? Because I'm a soulless zombie that hates humanity and does not feel the love emotion. LMAO. Seriously though, I don't know about the last question. I probably would be reluctant, for various reasons; including personal and spiritual.

Oh, dear God! Just kill me now! Shocking!!! It was brief on the mind, but the body is still in shock. Dead. I'll play. No way. Just when you think you've transcended your personal story as a human, God proves you wrong. That was misleading. Won't hurt anymore.

@Keyhole Thanks. I'll contemplate my reactions and maybe post the results here. Already downloaded the whole list. I'm going for a walk right now. It'll be a great time for some music.

Ironically enough, it has always seemed that Leo is materialism's biggest "hater", and yet whenever he's asked a question about consciousness, his views turn out to be full of materialism. Levels, degrees, whatever... What is all that but quantifying consciousness? You know who loves to quantify reality? Materialists.

The answer to this question is the difference between being awake and being asleep. This difference cannot be made except by you.

Everything. Not just certain topics. Maybe I'm being neurotic here, I don't know. Every word feels like a betrayal of truth, even my words, but I recognize that. I don't think others do though. Yep! Don't know many of those though. You have any?

I'm triggered and really disgusted by the mind. Not my mind, though. My mind is cool and friendly. The minds of others seem like apes learning how to think. It bothers me to see apes talking about things which they do not understand. I want to breathe. I want to feel. Break. Silence.

Humans and their silly disagreements. Consciousness does not exist.

In my experience, moods cannot be controlled. I am a male and I find it difficult. Happiness is a different thing though. You can be having a low mood and still be happy. But for that you'd have to work on acceptance.

As a female, your mood is affected by your hormones/menstrual cycle. So, no you don't have much control over it. What do you mean exactly by controlling emotions/moods though?

Here is a fun experiment for those who think reality is absolutely good: Reality is absolutely bad and evil. Prove me wrong if you can.

Boring. I'm so over that long ago. It's like kindergarten.

I don't know.

@abrakamowse God has always been silent, but the mind likes to make up "rules".

In philosophy, it's called solipsism. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism And of course, it's bullshit. It is one of the mind's final tricks before it totally surrenders to groundlessness/not-knowing.

No.

@Someone here Good explanation. Thanks.

Wow! All positive reactions. That means I should watch the video and critique it.

@Someone here Why am I me, and not you?

No. I realize that I observe observation accompanied by amplification of attention. So I realize the correlation, but I don't see that necessarily as a rule.

@Inliytened1 If Nahm said it you'd say he's wise, but okay.

I don't see it that way. I can't recognize any rules at all. To me, it all seems illusory.

Exactly! But keep in mind that sometimes it will be excruciatingly painful, and so you just need to sit with it no matter what. The mind will play all sorts of tricks on you. Try to stay aware and non-judgemental. And try not to break. But if you do, it's okay, you can try again later right from where you left. Also, keep in mind that the more time you've invested in a certain habit, the deeper it will be within your psyche. So that will mean more pain and more time required to completely let go. The more pain you can absorb without breaking, the better/faster.

Try to not give in to the cravings as much as you can. And if you fail, try to be aware of those emotions instead of becoming them/getting sucked into them. Try to be aware of the guilt emotion. Sit down with it, and follow the same steps above. Step 3 is more advanced/long-term. It's fully employed after the cravings are gone. Although, technically, it should be already employed, at least to a certain extent. Not-wanting is not the same as wanting not to want. Not-wanting is your original state of being; desire-less. A state of being is not a thought. Thoughts can be paradoxical. Paradox arises due to the self-referential nature of language, which is thoughts. But you won't find paradox in a state of being because it's always one state. Your goal with the exercise is to reach the state of not-wanting, not to settle for wanting not to want, because that would be just faking it, and really a neurotic way to live life. Think about it this way: Your original state is unconditioned. You learned things and they've become your conditioning. When you're experiencing the cravings, that's the conditioning reinforcing itself so that it can survive. When you don't give in to it, you kill it slowly. But it is a part of you, so you're basically killing yourself. So that's why you experience pain. After going through the pain, you will be free from the conditioning. The next step is step 3 where you don't allow yourself to be conditioned once again, and you do that by avoiding the things you don't want in your life anymore.