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I used to do that... Lol

I just watched 10 minutes, the dude is pretty confused. He doesn't understand what Leo is saying or pointing at, but I don't think is funny him trying to associate the logo with something related with minors... that's very low. He is also trying to relate the video about morality making seem that Leo has no morals or something like that. Pretty twisted that guy.

Welcome to the club @hinawashi You are Ok. People don't want to hear they are wrong, they don't want to know they judge others, they don't want to deny or kill their egos. And they are being manipulated by what they think they are, by their ego. So, it's obvious that the ego will say "I don't understand"... The stuff you are learning is too deep for them. You are Ok, you have to get used to that and find friends who can understand what you are talking about. And you are right, you are paying "taxes" Lol... that's the byproduct of being aware. Good Luck!!!!

That's very true, and something tells me that what you are saying is nature talking to itself.

@blazed Thanks! I missed that part...

@Salaam and what is your concept or opinion of Buddha? He's the one that taught more about impermanence and no self.

That's exactly what people "does" to get enlightened

Life is life... Maybe this can sound a bit harsh, but I heard once Jed Mc Kenna saying to a forer that was complaining about how bad his life was. And he said that we fill more important than what we really are, and we want to do special things and feel important, when we are just a part of nature. Seeing from the point of view of "our" body, "our" ego, "our" etc etc etc... Seen from the absolute point of view, we are the reason why everything was "created" or perceived... there's no world without you.

I think lucid dreaming happens when you begin to get not attached to the "body" concept.

Awesome question @Parki This is good for inquiring about the nature of reality. When I am meditating I am questioning about what is a thought, if it has weight, color, smell? etc... hehehe...

The "I" thought is the source of all suffering. The "I" that appears even before the "I thought", that is what you are.

No more questions for me. What about you? Are you feeling the same way? Everything what we talk or try to "understand" by thoughts is pointless. It's better to sit and observe reality. What do you think? I want to listen to different opinions. :-)

What is "pure" consciousness? Our bodies are consciousness too... that's why Buddha and Jesus say we have to take care of our bodies.

Did you experience something like that Cetus?

Well, Adam Watts already gave us a hint about the game... it's like trying to bite your own teeth. The mind will always have questions, on a second thought, it's not me who is tired of questions.

That's the conclusion that I have arrived. Thanks @Prabhaker

The problem is... who is asking the questions? There's no one to ask questions. The act of asking is just another game in consciousness. Better to flow with the "game".

That's true. You know that I always think about that concept that the Hebrews had about the names of God. They say God has infinite names, etc... And it comes to my mind that they didn't name him, not because of respect alone, but because it can't be named!!! But a lot of people now doesn't understand it, so sad... but I suppose that this is the way it has to be. :-)

Don't call it like that, it's disrespectful, you have to call it YHWH

The brain changes depending of the thoughts we get attached. I know is hard when you are very bad mentally (I am talking from experience) but in my experience the problems with schizophrenia and other mental disorders is a problem of identity. At least that was what took me out of a big depression with some psychotic episodes. I was trying to fight against reality with my ego, and that obviously doesn't work. I denied my true self so much that I believed I was my thoughts, and thoughts are chaotic by themselves. In my opinion, the mental disorder is one of the ways of nature to let you know, there's something wrong here. Something you need to see and experience more than your mind. The physical appearance of the brain (as one mentioned that you can be ill because your brain is not OK) is a reflection of us. So, if there's a damaged brain is because we need to experience that. There's nothing wrong in "what is" or "reality". What seems to be "wrong" is wrong from the ego point of view.

1 Corinthians 2:14 King James Version (KJV) But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

It "seems" that life is created and destroyed, but that's not what really happens. There's no creation and nothing is destroyed, life always is there. And that's all there is.