Conceptualized Self

Leo, can you make a video talking about different paths/methods/techniques to enlightenment?

Leo, can you make a video talking about epistemology, limits of science, knowledge and rationality. How does science and enlightenment work in different domains?

You can watch the youtube playlist from top to the bottom.

I just started to try strong determination sitting today. I have few questions: 1) My saliva keeps accumulating in my mouth. Can I swallow it? 2) My right leg become very pain after certain period. Any recommended postures? 3) After a certain period of time, I noticed that my backbone bending downwards. What should I do about this?

Really like this forum. Great platform for lots of great people to undertake the actualize journey together. Thanks Leo.

Singapore.

After I watch "How You Lie", I notice that almost everyone around me is lying, including ME, the feeling is so freaky. I won't believe what you say, Leo. I finally make up my mind to start my meditation, after I can calm my mind a bit I will do self inquiry

My session today not very good. My body becomes very itchy. My mind cannot rest because it keeps focusing on the itchiness of the body. I almost cannot finish the 1 hour session.

@Leo Gura Thanks for your reply. I still not very clear about the back issue. My issue is that my back tends to bend itself. Should I purposely control it to become straight up position? Or just let it be throughout the meditation?

Today afternoon, I had a with my colleague about truth and how we going to grasp it. The conversation is something like below: Me: Is there a one and only Truth? There are so many religions in the world, why teaching of different religions seems to contradicts with each other? Him: There is only one Truth. Different religions talk about it differently because all humans (including those enlightened) have different nature and comes from different culture. One type is gentle type that likes to help people by preach and hint them about the Truth. Another type is action oriented type that likes to help people by giving them materials that they need. Last type is passive type that only helps people only when the peoples approach them. Me: If there is one single Truth, why the behavior of every enlightened people seems to be different after enlightened? Him: Truth is literally Nothing, which is the source of everything which comes in many flavors. Me: If it is Nothing, does this means that enlightened persons is kind of like a empty glass that have no feeling? Him: No, Enlightened people is omnipotent, he can do whatever he wants. God is Everything. Me: Our foods are Gods? That means we cannot eat vegetables and meats? Him: God eat God. Me: How we know if any person is enlightened? (After that some thoughts arising in my mind. "What matters me the most? Whether the person is enlightened or whether the person help me in my truth-seeking process?") Him: You cannot know the answer by asking any person. You need to ask yourself. Me: What if enlightenment is just a concept and we can never understand the Truth? (Some thoughts arising again. "This might be an ego trap of mine to prevent me from start the seeking") Him: Truth cannot be understood. You need to ask yourself. During the conversation, I noticed that I have a lot of black and white thinking. Are all these ego traps that prevents us from the realization? Am I doing mental masturbation and just going round and round in circle to find a truth that is non-existent? Or am I under progress to the Truth? I not sure. Btw, I just started my meditation today morning. I listened to all Leo's video about enlightenment and meditation since about half a year ago and all of them seems to point to a single Truth which seems plausible to me now, though I still have doubts on it but I decided to start my meditation. I hopes that I can make it a habit.