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Well If someone really thinks they are the only living being in existence and everything/one else is a figment of their imagination, that they are literally GOD/Absolute then that is a serious distortion/denial of reality, he has claimed that is how he understand reality, not sure if that has changed for him but if it hasn't then yes he is in denial of reality in my opinion, but he has some good points that he posts regularly lol.. What gets me about these solipsist types is then why do anything, why share videos, ask for opinions, do anything social, If I was a true solipsist I would not do anything with society and interaction of any kind, I would find out how to mahasamadhi right away and do it...

My opinion of this place is not really a good one.. Now I respect Leo allot, I don't agree with him on everything, but he seems to be a realist is most cases, most of what he says I agree with, other than solipsism and that I am a figment of his imagination and that nothing really exists except God.. Its way more nuanced than that, everything is in levels, from gross to subtlety okay...Human Beings are the only life on the planet that can navigate this gross to subtle path, we can live experientially like pigs or Enlightened Beings, that is what is available to Us Most here are either non experienced spiritual seekers, or psychedelic users seeking answers to question or trying to integrate grand experiences or ppl with mental health problems, the point is most here don't really know what they are talking about, they know little pieces of this or that on intellectual levels only.. There are some that seem to know on levels higher up the scale, you can tell by how they post and such imo... James123 it seems he has good intentions, had some sort of experience but doesn't know what it is or how it happened but is sharing like he does, that's a problem in my book...

Everything here is a sort of assumption, which is the same as saying it is all a story being told, now depending on the skill of the storyteller, the ppl reading it will either understand it well or not understand it well.. They say that with in person contact and communication most of it is thru body language, we pick up visual ques as to what the person is meaning, that is all gone when it is done this way via the written word and thru forums like this, that is why nothing here is really important or valuable, because we don't really understand one another, we just share stories back and forth, maybe it inspires someone maybe not. At the least I can somewhat explain the concept, or attempt too, James123 does not do this, you don't either really, just reply with responses that are vague and need more questions asked to find out what it meant in the first place... Problem is we are too attached and identified with our mind and intellect, ppl believe words actually mean something and are of great great value, they are in way but nothing beats person to person contact and relationship and knowing that way.. So if it is all garbage which I sort of agree with, then why we all post so much? Well its fun sometimes and entertaining, at least for Me:)

With "Not Knowing", when You genuinely know You do not Know, what happens is our natural curiosity and intelligence within Us begins to work overtime.. Right Now most People think they Know, they think they know what life is (situations, relationships, stuff they buy, experiences they had), what the meaning of life is (have a family, make money, go on trips, etc) and this sort of stuff, plus with tech today, AI, ppl can ask chtgpt what something is and it will tell You, but that is not real knowing..but ppl think they know so their intelligence and curiosity is turned OFF.. When you know You do not know Experientially, it turns back On, You now have endless energy and are totally alert to What Is, and then true knowing is available to You, this is not intellectual knowing, book stuff, its Experiential knowing, a connection with Life itself which is what You are, then life opens up to more Possibilities!

Quite simply, when one say "Let Go or Surrender" just as pure concept, without a way to do, bypassing what is going on in your Body, Emotions, Energy, Relationships, Situations arising, etc then that is dissociative..

Being at Peace naturally is Transformative, just imagine having one day with no Stress just Ease of Mind, Body and Emotions.. But How? The simplest practice is Acceptance..How to Accept? Take the weather, many let the weather (winter Blues up here in Canada) affect their mental health, so use it, accept the weather today as it is,, simple small steps.. Accept I am getting older, I am gaining/losing weight, I am not in the job I want to be in.. pick any event in life, small or big, and accept it.. Then move on to other aspects, little by little no resistance will be within You, You will flow with what is, then no stress is possible or very little, then Ease or Peacefulness is natural.. Its a skill of sorts, no different from learning how to stand or walk or run,, just takes some practice.. There are many more things of this nature, how to stand, how to sit, how to breath, how to think, how to dis identify with what you are not, all sorts of little sadhanas that we do, that in the end are transformative..

Everything stated here on the forum, all written books, all video's sharing stuff, is concept, or philosophy, or a story being told, it may be Truth for the one saying it, but its not for the one's listening or reading, until it is in their experience too then it is real for them.. This is all good, but its limited, it can teach a bit, make little changes here and there, but its not the real thing, its not transformative this sort of stuff, that is when the real Sadhana has to be done.. I don't think Contemplative practice are any good because ppl are already thinking too much, their minds are already too over reacting and stimulated, so thinking about Spiritual concepts is not the way imo... again maybe for a small few it makes some change, but not for the majority.. There's too much confusing and contrarian concepts being put out there today, for someone new to this and wanting to make change in their lives they will get confused with all the variations and differing concepts and methods saying to do this or that or not do this or that, so it confuses them, they don't know what to do and where to go, so nothing changes for them, this is the problem with too much sharing..

just watch Adrian's video, then come back and tell me what You think..

Anytime You deny what Is, and that can mean what a Person is Experiencing in this moment, then You deny reality! James123 denies reality all the time, you seem to be within him on this.. I have no problem with ppl doing what they want to do and going in any direction they are going in, just expect push back at times when You post it online on a forum.. so I push back, he cannot explain HOW to surrender, or anything that he says one should BE, that means he does not know what he is talking about.. Its just pushing a philosophy that in the end can be very destructive ala Adrian Colby's thread and video and is self promotion it seems... Dissociation is just that, denying reality, we have this Body and Mind, they are not Us but we have to deal with them, to just say Surrender, or Let Go, is not good enough, its dangerous teaching if you cannot back it up with methods as to How to Surrender or How to Let Go, just saying "Just let go" is not good enough, it lead ppl down a road of hope that ends in suffering and nothing changing in their life...

The Beauty of Life is that we are Equal and the Same essentially, but at the same time very Unique to One Another, no two ppl are the same, not even twins born with the same genes brought up in the same family situations, so all Pieces of Life are both Unique and the Same, that is the basic quality of whatever created Us, its super intelligence of a sort, nothing we can fathom with our simple survival based Mind and Intellect, try all You want you won't be able to do it completely.. You just figure things out piece by piece but it never reveals the complete picture, and it won't doing it this way, like counting 1 to infinity, you cannot do it...

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Interesting, I have no talent to do it myself that is for sure...

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