Is Leo Being Ironic In This Video?

[Joseph Maynor]

Let's create a big-picture conceptual picture of Enlightenment.  Ok.  Is this supposed to be some kind of irony?  Like --  watch me try to do what you guys are looking for.  I get a flavor of that, but I need a second opinion.  There's kind of a satire thing going on here.  

 

Edited May 26, 2018 by Joseph Maynor

[MarkusSweden]

@Joseph Maynor I see what you are saying. 

But one good thing about Leo(among many others) is that you never have to guard yourself from what he says, simply because he always stand naked and speak his heart. 

Irony and sarcasm aren't in his awareness at all, thanks god! Unless for a few (bad ) jokes at this forum, but they were perfectly innocent and harmless. 

There should be no doubt about his pure honesty in everything he teach. That's why we love him, he's not manipulating at all. 

It's great to questioning though, we shouldn't take anything just for granted. 

[tsuki]

Truth is nonsensical to the mind. It does not compute.

It doesn't matter what he says as long as it is nonsense.

There is one nonsense, just as there is one truth. I don't think that his video is a satire. It is a honest and accurate explanation.

[MarkusSweden]

2 minutes ago, tsuki said:

I don't think that his video is a satire. It is a honest and accurate explanation.

Yup!

[tsuki]

Truth resides within the title itself: absolute infinity. The infinity so infinite that it contains itself. It's nonsense.

The rest of the video is unpacking of this concept. Reality is a paradox. It does not compute.

You are this absolute infinity. An animal that can contain itself within its mind. Nonsense that is existence.

Edited May 26, 2018 by tsuki

[Joseph Maynor]

Here’s a good exercise.  Lay down on your bed with this video playing and just maintain mindful awareness of the passing sounds and concepts as Leo talks.

Edited May 26, 2018 by Joseph Maynor

[okulele]

@Joseph Maynor I think the video proves well that reality cannot be grasped by the mind. That is pretty powerful to be aware of.

[NoSelfSelf]

I think its a good guidence to what you are looking for...when you disappear still there will be a mind whos saying im everything infinite etc...

[Joseph Maynor]

There is a value to being provocative as a teacher.  

Here’s Part 2

 

Edited May 27, 2018 by Joseph Maynor

[lmfao]

@Joseph Maynor I personally didn't watch the whole video. I see no point in listening to people talk about something you can only grasp from experience. You can't be "told" about the "nature of reality". After all, words are symbols and symbols are not equivalent to the things they are representing. Language become trickier and trickier the more fundamental the thing you're trying to describe becomes. And nothing is more fundamental than "the nature of reality". Consider this, can a man who has been blind from birth know what vision looks like from you trying to describe to him what vision is like? No. 

Edited May 28, 2018 by lmfao

[tsuki]

14 hours ago, lmfao said:

Consider this, can a man who has been blind from birth know what vision looks like from you trying to describe to him what vision is like? No. 

When you look for the nature of reality, you are not a man that has been born blind.
You do not acquire sight as you become aware of the nature of reality.
It is a matter of recognizing what already is and seeing it for what it is.

Language can be helpful in doing that.

Edited May 29, 2018 by tsuki