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@Leo Gura Interesting. I agree. But when in a normal state of Consciousness, it seems like the limited ego mind can always spray doubt and skepticism into everything. This is a challenge that i don't know how it gets resolved...

Let's say that you pretend being a hard nosed scientist. You want "proof" for everything. Then as you sit to eat your dinner, you accept as facts all sorts of feelings, thoughts and images in your head. That you really did went to university and didn't just fabricate that. That you really just returned from work and not just invented that. You hold that as a true and valid memory and not as a false one. Where is your evidence for that? There is none and it can't ever be one. You might go and check and see your diploma that you got from University. You say "here is the proof". Then 10 minutes you go to the bathroom to take a sh!t. And you ask yourself how you really know you went to University. You reply "i remember it". So you hold your memory as true. When Leo is sharing insights in his videos he believes he really did read those books and really did have those experiences that he talks about . If i ask you to check if an alien is sitting under your bed. You check and see no alien there. Then 10 minutes later you ask yourself "how do i know that there is no alien under the bed?" How do you know that your memories are true? Again you have to rely on your memories as true and not mere fabrications. There is no escaping this. Either you question forever and lose your mind completely or you accept your memories, feelings and thoughts as valid. 1. Even the most “rational” or “scientific” person ultimately relies on memory and subjective experience. 2. When we claim to “know” something — like having gone to university — our only evidence is that we remember it. 3. But memory itself is not independently verifiable — it’s an internal experience. 4. Therefore, our most fundamental “knowledge” rests on faith in the reliability of consciousness and memory. 5. If we try to demand proof for everything (including our memories), we end up in an infinite regress — questioning everything until sanity breaks down. 🧩 The core insight: There is no ultimate, external proof for our direct experiences and memories. At the deepest level, all knowledge depends on subjective trust — trust in perception, trust in memory, trust in reasoning. 🧭 The philosophical conclusion From this, we can conclude: 1. Absolute certainty is impossible. Everything we “know” depends on assumptions that can’t be proven without circularity. 2. Practical certainty is necessary. To live and act, we accept memories and perceptions as “true enough.” 3. Science and reason are tools, not ultimate truths. They operate within the framework of trusting our minds and memories. 4. All perspectives — even the scientific one — rest on faith at some foundational level. When Leo makes a video and talks about one of his God Realizations this is as true and as valid as a normie scientist trusting in his memories that he really did return from work 20 minutes ago. *Lol*

@ivankiss Explain. What do you when you say "There is only infinite consciousness"?

@ivankiss This makes no sense. Everything i experience right now (feelings, thoughts, sounds) is Direct Experience. You could give it any name you want. It may be an illusion. It may be not. But it definitely Is. It exists. Existance is the base.

@Deziree If you want to play that stupid game you can do it all day long.

@ivankiss Lol. Then how i am reading your comment, if there is no direct experience? How can there be even an idea without the experiencing of it?

@Deziree You don't get it. Assume that you Really had a conversation with Stacey yesterday. Let's pretend it Really Happened. After 1 day you wake up in the morning. How can you actually know for sure that you really had a conversation with Stacey yesterday? You cannot prove it. How can you prove that your memories are real and not false? Lol Even if you are a scientist, you believe in your memories that you actually did study science. None of it can be proven. Direct experience needs no proof fot it to exist.

@ivankiss Why not? It's the Only thing that exists right now.

@ivankiss Thanks. I mentioned though that "the only ground is my direct experience".

Let's imagine a specific scenario. Yesterday you went out for a walk in the woods and you saw a bunch of people walking with their dogs and also you had a conversation with Stacey. Next day you wake up and start thinking about your conversation with Stacey. Then you ask yourself: "But how do I actually know that this thing actually happened?" What if you are deluding yourself. What if your mind is making it all up and it never actually happened. The only genuine answer you can come up with is: "I just know it happened. End of story." You could call Stacey and ask her if you really had a conversation with her yesterday, but how do you know that you can trust what she is telling you? There is no proof. There is no process. There are no steps to arrive at this conclusion. It's too direct. That's why I find it funny when normies make fun of spiritual experiences and God realizations. They ask for proof, even though their life doesn't run on proofs. Reality is too direct for it to have a proof. You can always question everything if you want. A God Realization is as real and true as you believing you really talked to Stacey, even though you can't prove it. Scientists are assuming many things they don't know nothing about. The only thing that is not an assumption is my direct experience. I can always question everything else if I want. This is the reason people with OCD go to such extreme lengths. Their mind realizes that everything is groundless but yet they still try to find a ground.

Leo says that people who are not “awake” are unhappy. Is that true? If it is, why? And since, there’s no free will, why would God let billions of people be unhappy — would that make God a sadist? Most people are miserable, but I’ve also seen non-spiritual people who seem content, especially those with a good solid position on the social pyramid. Any thoughts? If people didn't find any happiness, there would be a lot more suicide going on. Peter Ralston says that even normal people can be happy, if they work. Many normies derive happiness from simply working and then meeting their basic needs. Also what about children? They seem quite happy too, even though they are not awake.

@Xonas Pitfall Very good answer. Thank you.

Because of massive, super extreme type of suffering in my life i have been very motivated to get a better grasp on what reality is all about and how things work. I have distinguished in my mind what is a dopamine hit. I have also distinguished what is satisfaction by doing a concentration exercise. But i do not understand what is happiness if am being totally honest.. Is it a feeling? Well feelings come and go.. Is it the absence of all feelings? What is it? David Parish (spiritual teacher) says that what most people call happiness is actually gratification. Gratification is when you get what you want.

I do a concentration exercise consistently every day for close to 9 months now. I began with 20-30 minutes per day. Now i average around 2 hours (total, not in 1 sitting). I've seen slow and consistent results. This is why i think noone should be discouraged from meditating, no matter how long.

Leo said that meditating for just 20 minutes a day is a trap. And will just make your mind daydream. Well, usually at the first stage of learning how to meditate, you get lost in thinking. That is normal. Also, i think there is a study, showing that just 20-30 minutes of meditation everyday, changed significantly people's brains in 2 months. From my experience this is true also I do not agree with Leo's claim and i am very much surprised that even Leo mentioned something like this... This can get people discouraged and stop meditating alltogether, which is not good. David Parish , advises people to start meditating 30min everyday, like your life depends on it. And i agree with him. It's not realistic for most people to meditate like a monk. Almost nobody has money like that, especially in poor countries.