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Materialism grounds itself in a physical objective reality separate from you. But when pressed a materialist cannot answer the question of where did physical reality come from. They will say the big bang, maybe. But cannot answer where the big bang came from. Their answer would be something like - "we will figure it out eventually". But they will just be pushing the question back a notch. Science (science as we know it today) will always have the infinite regress problem to deal with. Truth is prior to it. It doesn't mean someone who is conscious of Truth is special in any way - they are simply conscious of Absolute Truth. Anyone who has an open mind and not paradigm locked can discover Truth for themselves.

Haha its just Being/God until God imagines it is something. And yeah you are Consciousness and Consciousness is God. So you are God. As am I. I am You. You are me. All differences are imaginary.

Yup - and Quantum tunneling as well - most notably with photons from the sun.

@Name Its been a while since i listened to that one but i went back to confirm what i thought the point of the video was about...the point of the video was to show that physical reproduction is not objective since there is no objective reality. It is relative. The universe (ultimately this is you) is reproducing itself in an infinite number of ways all the time. Its an illusion that physical reproduction is an Absolute. It is not about morals. But since its not an Absolute you don't have to feel less whole or imperfect if you for whatever reason don't want kids - contrary to what our predominantly materialistic society indoctrinates us into. The video is trying to show you a more meta or holistic POV. I for one have two kids and i wouldn't change a thing. So the message is not telling you that having kids is wrong - merely that it is relative. It's probably your own bias that triggered this response. We all have our own bias so i get that.

Nice ??

Cuz there's nowhere to go. You are omnipresent

I know what you mean.

This is normal after awakening but just keep in mind the more you neglect the body the more you will suffer for it in your current form. Despite being conscious that suffering is illusory. It's a catch-22. It's better to show the body Love.

@PeaceOut96 so..when i became directly conscious that the self was an illusion and i was simply pure awareness was when i was innocently curious doing meditation and self inquiry - the ego was not aware of what it was getting itself into and thus defenses - fear - was non-existent. Since this seemly isn't feasible for you as you know too.much (i had stumbled on all of this late in life) - the whole point of a psychedelic is that it will seamlessly overwhelm the ego. So the ego doesn't have a say in the matter. At least that is the idea - from what i have seen Martin Ball and Leo discuss. I don't have direct experience that it overwhelms the ego and triggers non-dual states, since meditation worked for me. However if this is the case there isn't much to do but responsibly trip. No point in working yourself up over anything. Should trigger ego death at responsible doses. May take many trips before it happens.

I am sure there are some who make these teachings into spiritual ego but i do not feel that is the case with most. And yes of course the Absolute transcends all models and pointers - but at the same time they can still be helpful until they are not. But we always say not to take anything on as dogma

Not sure where authority or superiority comes in anywhere. Are you saying there is no benefit to the teachings? The old you are already enlightened and there is nothing to discover perspective? I would disagree there if that is the case.

Relatively speaking a rock is a rock and not a kangaroo - but when we say it is One we aren't speaking of the number one (in the relative domain). What is being said is prior to that - a singularity prior to language. And a singularity must be unlimited, or Infinite. Which means all relative distinctions must collapse. Something and nothing are identical.

Its a hard one for the ego to swallow We throw it around a lot in spiritual circles but becoming directly conscious of it is a whole other matter (no pun intended)

Indeed you are waking up

You don't have to change anything simply begin a meditation and self inquiry practice. Also be conscious that awakening is about selflessness not selfishness.

You got it! it IS the Universe - it IS Infinity. It is Being. Thats why all of these are synonymous. Universe not as in our imaginary one but as in Infinity.

Keep an open mind that maybe that sage is saying that because they have had mystical experiences - have become conscious of God - and perhaps even that they are God. That is what they are conscious of. Then keep in mind that such mystics make up less than one percent of the world population. So relative to everyone else this is self realization. Yet be open to the possibility that there can be infinitely more degrees of consciousness and infinitely more degrees of "wokeness". Are you seeing now that the finite becoming infinite will always be relative and partial until it becomes purely infinite or Absolute? Is the relativity hitting you yet?

Totally normal. It will take time for your levels of consciousness to come down to normal human levels. As you mentioned you are hitting non-dual mystical states of consciousness spontaneously. And these are often accompanied by massive realizations. It's a lot to take in. It is both wonderful and terrifying because awakening is the ultimate miracle but you have no one to share this with because you are totally One. In time you will come back around to embracing duality and then you can begin to really hone in on finding life purpose again and ways to service mankind which ultimately is an expression of you. With awakening comes responsibility ? As everything is you, you start to care about everything not just yourself.. yet at the same time you can continually work on improving yourself, becoming more and more conscious, and being a more selfless and loving person that others can learn from.

Infinity. Its any which way and no way.

So happy for ya! Can't grasp Being just have to Be it Sounds like you had an experience or glimpse of Pure Being. It is Absolute Love ❤

@An young being yes most scientists today (there were some founding fathers of quantum physics who got it even if they weren't enlightened) hold science as Absolute Truth. They were indoctrinated into this by their culture and have never thought to question it or think it could be any other way. And so they think that one day science will discover everything there is to know and then we will know Absolute Truth. But this will prevent them from actually transcending beyond science and the human mind. Hopefully at some point our civilization will evolve and advance to where science and spirituality come together in a metaphysical way. Right now metaphysics isn't really mainstream because thats not where we are as a society yet.

Of course what is not relative (other than the Absolute). Well you can actually reach a point where such labels are dropped and one just sees reality as it is. You would not want Truth taken on as a belief and giving it a label like idealism is trying to lump it laterally with other beliefs.

why can't one be both? Why are you putting a "non-dualist" in a separate category than a "scientist"....why must they be separate and not incorporate both. At some point one will hit the limits of science but it is incorporated and transcended without judgement. It is still incredibly useful for what it is, though it may not get you to the ultimate Truth - its value is there. Keep in mind that there is no need to demonize anything.

What you are saying is it is a part of infinity. Of course everthing is. Even the deluded are a part of Absolute Truth. You can equally say a rapist is Absolute Love. If you have One thing then this can't be escaped. It is paradoxical in that way. That said, at the same time you can become more conscious and transcend the materialist paradigm because you see it for what it is which is a deception. It doesn't mean you are better in any way.

You ARE Truth. And you can become directly conscious of Truth by being it. Or being directly conscious that you ARE it. Same thing. Usually you will not become directly conscious of all of the facets of Truth at once - but you can become conscious of Infinity - in which you realize that everthing and nothing are identical. Therefore it has no ground and therefore physical reality is an illusion or an appearance. Idealism is just a finite label or pointer to a facet of Absolute Truth.