Max1993

If I was a dream character (for you) that was identical to a nightly dream character, I would lie and claim that I am real and can see and as a dream character my existence does not go beyond the appearance of these words. From my perspective now, I am not lying to you I truly see a dusty keyboard as I am typing this so I promise I am not trying to deceive you lol, there are things I can see that you cannot. So what is the difference between "me" and a nightly dream character specifically for you? A nightly dream character would deceive you but I am telling you the truth about my visual field. From your solipsistic perspective, which I happen to agree with, would I be identical to a nightly dream character for you or am I bit different for you and why? I know this has been discussed a lot but I was interested in a fresh perspective.

@Mellowmarsh I don't have access to what you are seeing now, but you do, could you elaborate on your visual field in relation to mine?

@Yimpa I am sure that I will get all of my questions answered, in the meantime I was just wondering how our visual fields co-exist or what relation do they have with one another?

@Zeroguy Or maybe when you expand out far enough, you see that Gods will is your will, this IS the universe that you want, also if you are not God, if you are not the universe, than who is? Who else but you?

@Joseph Maynor Yeah, actually understanding the self helps to understand others it seems.

@JoshB Thank you, I feel like I am getting closer. If the self can be deconstructed out of existence what does that say about others sort of thing. If everything is one, I would have your experience and then have my experience in a linear fashion, so even though you are just an appearance now at least at some point "I" was real enough as "you". Again though, if thoughts just happen without anyone deciding or doing, there is no decider or doer in the first place, or no self in the first place, so that dissolves others? Did their field of view ever happen? I want to interact with them as if they have a field of view deep down.

@Carl-Richard Thank you, that's a cool new perspective. My intuition says that its about seeing how thoughts and happenings are not decided by us so we are not a real self in the first place. If thoughts just happen, the movie is playing without an ego in the first place. So how can there be others if the self isn't even real. Maybe there is no "way" that it is occurring, it is THAT dreamlike.

@Mellowmarsh So is your character "Mellowmarsh" happening simultaneously with me or is it more linear, like I would have to live your life and then mine? Closer to one life at a time?

@Zeroguy What are dreams then? The places in your dreams are also biological and real? Even when your body rests and has nothing to do... a whole new realistic world gets created spontaneously. So that's created and is convincing but this here, this is not? Got it. Why would the universe need atoms if it already uses dreams? It already has the power to dream anything when you sleep.

@ExploringReality Isn't it even less than solipsism? What if solipsism is irrelevant. Solipsism implies that the you that feels like you is real to begin with. A true you would have to be in control of thinking, however thinking and decisions are just happening automatically you aren't deciding that. A string of thoughts and events just happening does not equal a "You" so perhaps solipsism greatly depends on how deep you see the illusion of the you to begin with.

@Leo Gura I am in the Bay Area, I have access to Vegas so this is something I would really look forward to if planned. This just makes sense. Very interested.

@Daniel Balan When people say they will never try psychedelics it physically hurts me lol. Imagining my life without them... all I see is a person destined to be lost. I would be completely lost without them. I was destined to be an atheist forever without them.

@James123 Why not verify what Leo claims directly? I was at the stage you are at, but I had to bust through it. Glory awaits you.

@SQAAD If you are relaxed enough you can do it. Keep going gently further and further with psychedelics as well. Follow your intuition, take it easy but take it. We eat carrots for good eye sight, why not take certain foods for consciousness as well? It is only natural and helpful. Mushrooms are medicinal food.

@Anton Rogachevski If you go deeper you will be shocked. In a good way. You will be like "ohhhhhhhhhh" Don't fear deep tripping. It is not what you currently imagine it to be.

@Aaron p Check out the song above too, it really embodies self-love and not needing someone to validate who you are. It embodies the celebration of awakening. I usually don't like girly songs but its great.

@Princess Arabia Thank you. That is a satisfying answer.

@MVPJOURNEY It is beautiful. Everything is just happening. Notice this. Have the intention not to think or do. And YOU will be done. You don't do thinking. If you were the thinker there would be an off switch. Everything is a self-improving avalanche just free-falling. Even when you brush your teeth. Even Decisions are just happening in front of you. A thought happens THEN you claim ownership. Notice this. Truth itself is the original pusher. But it doesn't need to push. It is a flow. An existential and absolute flow. Only the current perceiver is God. I am not God, But YOU are.

@SQAAD Only the original pusher of the dominoes can possibly have free will.

@Princess Arabia Why does Leo hate humanity so much, if there are just as many reasons to love it? The happy ending already happened. What is the problem? Where is his deep frustration coming from?

@Nito Pursue a dream that will blow your mind if it were to come true. Be bored to reset dopamine receptors.

@Leo Gura I remember in a blog post you mentioned you have the saddest job in the world. What you do is NOT sad. Yes, it must be heartbreaking for you at times that you cannot share or connect with us about the depth of this beauty that is truly within us. But I have been closely following you for a decade, I am almost 32, and ONLY recently have I been receiving the fruits of this work. You were right, no magic pill, it takes decades of work to peel back the layers of human conditioning. Just wondering have you ever tried to get back into shamanic breathing? What if you did it for hours upon hours daily to charge up the body enough to heal itself. I really hope you feel better health wise. Sending you all the energy. Worth a try.

@Mixcoatl Since nothing ever happens to awareness itself... nothing ever happens. Does this make more sense?

@Princess Arabia Exactly! Bingo! Nothing has ever happened or could ever happen. Trying to prove a happening is like trying to prove that the events in your dream last night truly happened and left a dent on you, but it didn't.