How to be wise

There's no way for me to convince you that solipsism is true. However, based on my direct experience for the last seven years, I am completely certain of its truth. The only thing I can ask you to do is keep an open mind. Question all of your assumptions. I hope you find the truth.

@Carl-Richard Go to 14:00

It's simple. Reality is all happening in your head. There is no such thing as external. Everything is happening in your head, so to speak. That's it!

I am engaged and hopefully will get married in a few months. Good luck to everyone who is searching!

Yes, that was the story. It's been many years since I read the book, so I must've forgotten the details. Well, if Yogananda was not present, then that does change things. Possibly he believed that this actually happened.

But some of these 'exaggerations' he has narrated in the first person. I remember he mentioned in the book that while he was talking to a swami, a tiger came and bit off his arm. The swami was just talking like nothing had happened, with a piece of his arm just hanging from him. The swami then just reattached it and it was fully healed. Yogananda claimed this happened in front of him. So either this happened, or Yogananda is a liar.

@jacknine119 Firstly, realise that you can’t. If it was possible, everyone would have done it. Whether you chase them or not, it is up to you. Remember, there’s nothing wrong with chasing material objects. For you to be in a blissful state, you will need meditation.

Everything needs resistance

Didn’t you make Tier 2 videos using their model?

Why do you assume there is a why? Maybe ‘why’ is part of the dream

The truth is that your dentist was a figment of your imagination. If you were conscious of that, what would you have done? That is the question.

I can hardly believe that you wouldn’t want that, Mr. Truth.

You mean to develop your ego. Let’s be honest, you were fully inside the dream of Maya when you were banging that door. Imagine you instead took a deep breath and became conscious of the illusory nature of the dentist. What would you have done then?

The topic is what do you regret not doing, in case you missed it

@LoneWonderer I love how Leo glorified stage green and put down stage purple as genocidal and racists. We all know stage green is fully capable of that. Look at how many gays (including Douglas Murray) and lesbians (including Bari Weiss) are cheering on Israel’s genocide and barbarism. Stage green’s barbarism is worse than any stage below it.

@Leo Gura Do you think some of these pickup artists have children that they aren’t aware of, just because of the large number of women they came inside of?

@Leo Gura There is no such thing as ‘true from a certain point of view.’ Something is either true or not. What you said about us reincarnating into every living thing is simply false. I know you don’t like to admit when you’re wrong, but this is very obvious to anyone who has experienced enlightenment.

Why can’t you just say that you were wrong? You were at the time only a beginner in enlightenment work and you made a huge blunder. Maybe you should think about taking this video down. If you took down your truest ever video, why can’t you take down the most misleading one?

The problem here is that in order to create something you have to be willing to endure a lot of discomfort, but why would you endure discomfort for the sake of an illusion? It really doesn’t make any sense. I really don’t think anyone would go through discomfort without taking what they are doing literally and believing it is actually real.

How about somebody who made a video series called How to get laid?

I’m pretty sure that most pickup artists are doing it only for sex

I really believe that if you are enlightened, you will only do easy things. If something is difficult, it requires a lot of motivation, which usually comes from ego. I highly doubt somebody who is aware of the illusory nature of reality is going to be motivated enough to do something ambitious.

I thought two dates per month was terrible performance, thank you for making me feel better I am using hinge though

@Joseph Maynor good to see you back, my friend. It's been many years since I last saw you here.