Inliytened1

Cool analogy. Can you escape your own Event Horizon? Only by defying the laws of physics.

It's nothing. It's a dream..

You're right but that is what is has evolved into. Which is sad. But the reality is when I joined i wanted like minded individuals to be able to interact with. That's not what this is. Maybe that's a good thing. Otherwise you run the risk of it turning into a cult.

When you start to have the realization that nothing would exist if it weren't for you. I mean, would it? We carry the belief that something exists "out there". It's always something out there. But see this brings you back to the ancient question of something out there. Out there beyond all consciousness. In other words could anything exist without someone being "aware" of it? Think now that if no one is aware of it isn't that the same as it not existing. And so there you have it. That lays the foundation for idealism. But it gets much deeper when you realize that no only this is true but other consciousness are also "out there." The age old philosophical question is if a tree falls in the forest and no one is around does it make a sound? But now realize that other is the forest and the tree. Becsuse it also can be questioned.

This is false. You know nothing of enlightenment. It's very real and it is not conceptual or just the concept that there is no self to be enlightened. If you understood the difference between concept and actuality you might have a shot. But you don't. This is the problem with you neo-advaitans. You've turned it into a religion. It is not. It is actual spirituality.

It's not Schumer he wanted to hold out. They should have held out. Had they held out it would have been on Turnp. Dems cave once again.

The tarrifs destroyed Trump. Whether they work 10 years from now mean nothing. Americans needed immediate relief from the disaster of Biden. Which was a disaster. But this is worse because it has compounded on the disaster plus the guy is just an asshole. MAGA is a joke. MASA (Make America Starve Again) should be the acronym.

I don't know how either. This is a joke. Trump continues to bully people. The gold news is he can't serve again.

Bro people can't eat. The right are monsters to force the left into defeat. All I can say is you guys better have a plan in place to overtake these goons. Worst President ever and not because nothing good happened but because he promised the world and delivered nothing. Groceries aren't even affordable anymore. Inflation is at an all time high. Good immigrants are being forced out. Mofhers can get abortions if they choose.. And wars rage on - Putin laughed in Trumps face. This is an all out nightmare

He says the government isn't fixable but maybe its him.

Because this ability directly contradicts with the ego. When you go meta you are going beyond and almost disregarding the ego. So even if you have this ability it's easy to just side with the ego as it is always pulling you due to survival of its own existence. I would agree that most on here have a gear most do not but certainly not all. Think about it. This forum is meant for debate and to do this you have to take a side. A lot here can see the other perspective and the ones that don't- well not sure how they got here.

Because most people lack the ability to go meta. It's a very special ability that not everyone has. Which means to step outside themselves.

This is the basically the "What is bias" video. Your perspective will always be skewed by your own experiences and upbringing. You will have bias due to this. Any finite being has bias. It's part of coming from a finite point of view. And we all here in finite form have a specialized limited vantage point. A finite being can't see all vantage points from it's own point of view because that's what having its own point of view means. God has no particular point of view and thus can have no bias

We all deal with addiction to some degree. It's just a matter of how severe it gets and if it's a health impacting one. But we all have them But that's a good point. But that's not self awareness that's really just getting pulled into an addiction. Sometimes it takes years for an addiction to build which to Leo's point would be why it happened after enlightenment for Alan Watts and myself. To further that point and your point as well - at that point you just don't give a hoot in most cases because you've already had the most miraculous thing happen. So everything else is completely mundane and meaningless. That's probably the worst thing or the best thing about it. I have tons of addictions. Work, pleasure, fitness..alcohol. . When I go in i go all in for a while but this neglects other stuff One must always come back to a balance.

Birth and death doesn't govern what happens in between. You make choices everyday. Is that not you? It feels like you are making those choices doesn't it? That's what I mean by free will.