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There's a difference between understanding and being aware of something. For example, i understand there is no self but i am not aware of it.

@Nomad I loled xD

@Why? It's funny that you call yourself "Why?" and you don't apply it to everything So let's begin. Why do you need something to have meaning?

@Falk This is exactly what I've been planning to do a long time now,once i reach 3 hours ( 2 and 20 minutes right now) and yeah, this is real meditation. It should be mentally and physically challenging in order to make you question your existence (aka enlightenment)

@Lha Bho Because it's not true.

@Lha Bho Why is suffering evil?

@Lha Bho From my experience i say you're bullshitting yourself, but as you wish.

@Lha Bho No that's what you cant get. I am sure you categorize everything in the world as good and evil

@Lha Bho why?

@Lha Bho why?

@Elektrisko Ok, so you don't feel, why bother?

@Elektrisko Emotional reaction. Period.

@Lha Bho ...which creates suffering, that's what we must realize.

@Lha Bho Again, why is it evil?

@Lha Bho True, but it's also a lie created by the mind

@Lha Bho No, that's my point! I find it maybe disgusting, maybe frightening...whatever. but not evil, not anymore.

@Elektrisko I know you are waiting for Leo to answer, but i would like to contribute an answer to this topic, cause it was life changing for me when i truly realized it. If you do some introspection, you'll notice that everything you consider as good (Greater Good even...) and bad, are the things that you like and the things you don't. Those preferences are due to your psychology and how you were shaped through the years, but that's not the point... The reason we label terrorists, thieves, rapists etc. "evil" or "bad" is because they do things we don't like. Morality is ultimately based on thinks we feel like doing and things we don't feel like doing. That's the reason why (if you sit and notice, while being truly honest with yourself) when your mood changes, it's a lot easier to do acts which you would consider as bad. Classic example is believing in peace, but when you are angry as fuck you wanna kick somebody's ass immediately . So...you can see that morality is basically lots of beliefs, which can create dogmas too. There is a morality in capitalism, communism, fascism and you see people loosing time and energy deciding what they want to BELIEVE the goal of this life, or society, should be (as if it matters). Just because we have an emotional reaction to certain things, it doesn't mean those things should be labelled as "bad". Bad in comparison to what? and why? what do YOU(meaning your ego) want to achieve? you want to stop that serial killer. GREAT! Stop him, but don't get lost in this morality business,.

The Holy Mountain by Alejandro Jodorowsky

Imagine you had everything you ever wanted, would you be happy then?

The more i increased my mediation time, the more patience i had with people. Mostly because i learned to let go of (or at least observe) thoughts, physical pain and harsh feelings that always arise during meditation sessions.

@StonerLord LOL, no idea man! That's really up to the person and the level of attachment he has with his thoughts! Plus, probably you won't achieve enlightenment with pure mediation, you need some enlightenment work if you wanna raise your chances.

@StonerLord The more, the merrier. There is no upper limit.

I was curious, after seeing a post about affirmations, if making affirmations like: "I'm enlightened", gonna help you with your enlightenment work. What do you think?

@Vercingetorix It doesn't matter what you tested, the moment you turn your head from the experiment it's not real It's no use talking about it, sit down and do some enlightenment work.

@Vercingetorix Conspiracy would be just another belief, so no, i don't waste my time with that :-) What i am trying to communicate to you is that you are looking at the world (and yourself) like you are looking at a map. Yes, the map tells you that if you go at a certain direction you are gonna reach your destination. But you've never seen those roads yourself! That means that the moment you are looking on the map and not on the road, the road is not real! You have just the idea of a road, but you don't experience it. Do you realize that because it is in your head, it doesn't mean necessarily that it's real?