Truth Addict

Tell me something I don't know. It's obvious to me, this solipsism. I call it consciousness, you call it being. Is that the difference?

1) I don't know, that's why I'm asking. 2) I don't know, and I don't think I need. I just read that there is a difference between them on this forum. 3) I don't know, I call my calmest experience of the present moment during meditation: "consciousness". Thank you so much, that helps a lot. ❤️ ?

Why do you think I don't understand that? I might, but how do you know? Is it the way I'm talking or the question itself? Then I guess that leaves me with no choice but to do psychedelics. I don't know yet, I don't think I'm ready. Thanks though. ?

@Telepresent I only recognise it as consiousness. That's why I asked my question in the first place. @Faceless Quite interesting, I think I understand that. But I'm digging deeper, is it just a word game?

I appreciate difference. I think the man did what he had to do. The idea of God back then was very acceptable, also, you can't make people want to increase their awareness. Mohammed made the motivation for them. Even nowadays, though we suffer a lot, very few people choose the way of Truth. I think the man did a great job making the motivation, unfortunately wasn't enough, because the ego corropts everything. But also he realised throughout his life that life is a game between the ego which he called the devil, and awareness which he called Allah, he realised that you can do nothing about it, both are necessary and inevitable, yin-yang. Intuition must support the idea of God, in any kind of way. It's only after we disconnect from our intuition we can't see God anymore. Glad to hear your opinion dude. Recently I just realised that life is one, for me and everyone else, it's just the point of view is the only difference. And it's inevitably inevitable, and absolutely infinite.

First of all, I would like to thank Leo for all of his effort and open-mindedness. Last episode was great and brave. Thank you so much @Leo Gura ? I chose to talk about Mohammed's death because it was very special, because he had his last mystical experience, and he gave his last will during his death, and an important event happened after his death. So let's start... The mystical experience: The most reliable sources say that when Mohammed was on his dying bed, in the house of his wife Khadija, he told her to open the door for Gabriel, then he spoke with him saying: "no, I want nothing but the highest companion, the highest companion". They say that he was being asked to choose between this life or joining his Lord. Many things happened there but the most important thing I think is his last will. The last will: Mohammed was being carried to the mosque to pray, he couldn't take the role of the "Imam" (the leader) because he was so weak. After finishing the prayer he said to his companions (Sahaba): "I order you to keep on your prayers, the prayers, and take care of the people you own (your slaves)". After Mohammed's death: People went crazy, some shifted back to paganism, some couldn't believe that he died, but his closest companion Abu Bakr (the righteous one) came out to the people, he stepped to the stand then said, (probably the most eloquent words of all time): "WHOEVER WORSHIPPED MOHAMMED, KNOW THAT MOHAMMED IS DEAD. AND WHOEVER WORSHIPS ALLAH, KNOW THAT ALLAH IS ALIVE, HE NEVER DIES". Now I know I'm a terrible writer, but I'm just sharing wisdom here. Thanks for all.

You can believe him or not ?

Yes it is history, and I want to know the facts. Beliefs are beliefs. And no, we can't delete verses or hadiths because that would be a distortion of the real history. And actually there are no controversial verses, I would bet on that. But you can find a lot of nonsense hadiths that are not originally said by Mohammed. If you want the most reliable references of Isslam, I recommend only the Qur'an and what's called the forty hadiths of al Nawawi (الأربعين النووية). Here are some examples from the forty hadiths: Mohammed said: 1) "None of you is a true believer if he does not like to his brother as much as he likes for himself". 2) "Allah said: whoever fights my servants is involved in war with Me. Nothing is more pleasant to God than what He ordered his servants to do. And a servant keeps reaching God with voluntary work (prayers and fasting, etc..) till I (Allah) love him. And when I love someone I become his ears by which he hears, and his eyes by which he sees, and his hand by which he grasps, and his foot by which he walks. And if he ever asked for anything from me, he'll absolutely get it, and if he ever asked for my protection, he'll absolutely have it". 3) "Be in this realm like a stranger, or a passenger". You see how these words are full of wisdom. And as Leo once said: "Conscious people never lie".

The tree is the ego (immortality) according to the Qur'an. ?

@AstralProjection @Spinoza Guys, I studied Mohammed's history very well, there's something very important when you study the history of Isslam and it is that you have to know the resources that are reliable and only pick facts from them. I can tell you easily that the image you have about Mohammed is completely false. Yes, the Qur'an shifted its language to violence later, but that was very specific and for special cases (battles), the problem came when dictators used the Qur'an for their own egos. They turned the "particular" into a "general". Therefore they invented what they call: "CALL FOR JIHAD" (conquest) which is something invented after Mohammed's death. The only jihad in Isslam (from the Qur'an itself) is the other kind of jihad which is called the: "JIHAD OF PROTECTION" which is completely valid. I'll talk more about that in the future and I'll give my evidence from the Qur'an itself. P.S I'm an Arab.

Same thing happened to me. Just realised how stupid I was. Leo is a really good teacher, I owe him every single penny of my happiness. Btw, @Cudin thank you for your eloquent post.

@Tearos It is dogma and you are a fundamentalist until you know for yourself.

It is true, just like the dream you had last night. ?

@How to be wise Roses are red, the past happened in the past, the future will happen in the future, now is happening right now. If that didn't help, maybe it's because you're asking the wrong question. Contemplate time and you'll find the answer. Or simply use a time machine ?

Doing science and isolating philosophy is like cutting off one leg BELIEVING (and I mean it) that one is enough.

@brovakhiin Thanks ? Success (even materialistic) itself is not bad, just like money, it's just a tool not the goal. Though I find it worthwhile trying to succeed at anything as long as I don't cling to it. Plus you gain XP and consciousness more than what you gain from just living an ordinary life. Varying one's lifestyle is very important imo. Always do what's emotionally harder.

@vanish Leo is already on it bro! But he's aware of the danger of zen-devilry.

@egoless "So many people here linger through the topics like self-proclaimed gurus - repeating what they heard from other teachers blindly. What is happening to us? Is this place turning into cult or new religion?" Well how do you know that? Why are you assuming that they are lying to us? What if they really are gurus? Why are you not comfortable with that? I myself have found many profound and delicious knowledge and wisdom here, I'm not really concerned with the source of information as long as I have my direct experience. It's really about removing the old deep layers of wrong information (beliefs) and replacing them with nothing. Filling your page with Truth! ? The only one you should worry about being deceived is you. No-one can deceive anyone unless they let them do ? Leo keeps saying that all the time: Don't buy into dogmas of any kind.

@Jamie Universe Positive body sensations are bonus for calming down the monkey-mind. Focus on the mind and enjoy how you feel simultaneously ? But don't make the mistake and cling to these feelings. Feelings come and go, you want the Truth which is there for you all the time ?

Exactly! But media and mainstream people still won't agree with you ? Yep, you infinitely end up being exactly at where you started ? Imagine yourself walking on a solid ground, and then you see a ladder, you climb it up, you put effort depending on the length of the ladder. The goal appears more solid as you climb higher, at some point you reach the top, you get your success, but where does that leave you? Nowhere! You're at where you started. It has no substance! So your excitement levels fall down after your success and then you're addicted to it so you try to make another one endlessly unconsciously. This is mainstream success. Success doesn't mean happiness, modern society is so much success-oriented. You don't have to be successful (at any level) to be happy, though of course you can be, what you really want is authenticity, not success. There is happiness. It's everywhere all the time. Much more to say about this pic but that kills the art (what isn't said is equally important to what is) imo, doesn't it?! Hope I was successful trying to make this clear to you ?? ?? You're welcome, glad you find it helpful ?

@Deep 1) does that matter? 2) does that matter? 3) does that matter? To really answer your questions, you need to stop assuming things you don't really know. For example what is existence? What is the "mind"? And so on...

Notice you're saying they're all colours. ? I'm not going to debate over first person experiences. You have to see it for yourself. Avoid debating and mental masturbation, then try to view the world from your own perception.

@electroBeam I've been stuck in your paradigm quite a bit of time. I never broke out until I realised that 'wait a minute, why am I concerning myself with things out of my perceptions field?' There's no proof of existence for anything outside of your perception in the moment. It's just mere memories and beliefs. The Truth is right here, it's right now. Here is the clue: you need to make a distinction between your thoughts and what's there, and after you do that, all distinctions collapse. Thoughts and beliefs become reality when you lock within and limit yourself to them. You just don't realize that, this is how it works, you imagine stuff and dream them up and therefore they become reality in your consciousness. There's nothing outside of your perception. I hope you see it. There is true happiness.

@electroBeam Try a psychedelic, and then let us know if your world view is any consistent anymore. ?