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I’m awaiting the one about solipsism. Not because I have an issue with the whole solipsism thing - quite the contrary. I’m just curious as to how he will address it, as he’s seemed quite reluctant to really delve into the issue.
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I’m actually kind of disappointed. I was hoping for a better argument.
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The Lucid Dreamer replied to Frosty97's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
He takes at least a month off at the beginning of each year. -
Last one doesn’t have vocals, but the melody is so sublime. These are amazing tracks to listen to while tripping.
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The Lucid Dreamer replied to ConsciousOwl10's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Based on some things that he’s said in the past, I’ve had the suspicion that Sam Harris might actually be a closet non-dualist. That’s probably not true, but one can dream. -
The Lucid Dreamer replied to Ineedanswers's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Life’s no fun if you don’t play along with illusions. -
The Lucid Dreamer replied to Ineedanswers's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
What is this “I” you speak of? -
The Lucid Dreamer replied to Ineedanswers's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
You are experiencing what I’m experiencing right now. That nothingness that is looking out from behind your eyes is the exact same nothingness that is looking out from behind mine. -
The Lucid Dreamer replied to happyhappy's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
I haven’t the faintest. Was just asking to see if OP had a sufficient definition of the word to begin with so we could decide whether or not the question is even a coherent one. -
The Lucid Dreamer replied to happyhappy's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Dayuuum. Truth bomb. -
The Lucid Dreamer replied to happyhappy's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Those are entirely subjective. -
The Lucid Dreamer replied to happyhappy's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
What does finished mean in this context? -
The Lucid Dreamer replied to happyhappy's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Can you define what perfect means? -
The Lucid Dreamer replied to ethanb121's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Think of the religion like a multicellular organism, and think of the people who make up that religion like the cells that make up that organism. And think of ideas against the religion like germs that could kill the cells within the organism. As an organism, the concept of hell is like the religions immune system which keeps people from entertaining certain ideas and thinking for themselves out of fear. The concept of hell is like religions last line of defense, when everything else fails to keep people in. -
The Lucid Dreamer replied to OneIntoOne's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Actually Leo has said that he has had deeper realizations that he hasn’t really talked about because it defies all communication. And he’s always said to never stop inquiring because this goes infinitely deep. So perhaps he’s realized something deeper than yourself. It’s very presumptuous of you to assume you understand exactly how deep Leo or anyone else here has gone. -
The Lucid Dreamer replied to IAmAtomical's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
ADD is a real struggle my friend, and I too suffer from it, so I’m not going to tell you you should just not take any medication for it. I have been prescribed Adderall before and it certainly helped at first but it eventually started to mess me up and I started have anxiety issues from it. Constant rapid heart beat, frequent heart palpitations, panic attacks. This was very very unusual for me as I had never suffered from anxiety before using it. Personally, I would not use it again. If I were to have to be prescribed another stimulant, I would take Modafinil instead, as it is far less jittery and does not raise the heart beat so much. It more just gives the focus apart from the jittery euphoria you get from adderall. But psychiatrists have other non-stimulant medications that can raise dopamine in the brain and they are effective. I would honestly try those first, and then go to stimulants if they don’t seem to work for you. On top of medication, you should also start to retrain your mind to focus on one thing at a time. -
The Lucid Dreamer replied to SQAAD's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Lol. -
The Lucid Dreamer replied to SQAAD's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
There is appearance. To deny this is to deny existence itself, which is pure foolishness. Appearance and nothingness are not mutually exclusive. -
The Lucid Dreamer replied to SQAAD's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
“Nothing” is precisely what is before you now. -
The Lucid Dreamer replied to SQAAD's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Oof. One of the first things you should understand if you’ve had even the slightest bit of an awakening is that there is no self and that your identity is an illusion. This is like, Spirituality 101, my guy. There are greater and lesser degrees of understanding this, but a more advanced understanding is that all there is is simply appearance happening within pure nothingness to no one, nowhere, no when, and no how. And any significance or meaning that is put on any of the appearances is pure imagination. -
The Lucid Dreamer replied to SQAAD's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Experience exists. This “my own” business is a projection. There is only consciousness and the phenomenon that arises within it. This experience does not belong to anyone and it is not happening to anybody. -
The Lucid Dreamer replied to SQAAD's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
If you yourself don’t even exist, why would you think “others” could exist? -
Boredom is the result of an inactive mind and taking things for granted, blinding yourself to how infinitely fascinating even the most minute aspect of reality is.
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It depends on the nature of the conversation and the relationship I have with the person I’m talking to, but most of the time I just literally say, “Hold on.”(while smiling) in a sort of non-aggressive yet firm way just to let them know I expect for them to let me finish my thoughts. This usually does the trick, if the person is even half conscious. A few times I’ve actually had to stop them and be like “Listen, if we’re gonna have a conversation, you gotta let me speak so we can have a mutual back and forth, otherwise we’re not having a conversation; this is just you talking at me.” That is totally last resort, though. It’s usually not worth it to do that if it’s just a casual conversation, because it will usually upset them and change the tone of the conversation entirely. It’s only worth it to do that if you’re having a sort of serious conversation.
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The Lucid Dreamer replied to Tyler Durden's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
You have dreams all the time where you can’t predict what’s going to happen or what people are going to say. And yet, it’s all happening in your own mind.