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@Heyyyyyy Existentially speaking, nothing is good or bad. But such low-consciousness behavior will lead to suffering. By that logic, you might as well go murder someone right now.

@Anon212 Holy shit this is like synchronicity for me. I just came back from my mom nagging me about praying, she started doing this recently now. My mom is also muslim lol

@Tobia "Fear is the currency of control" - David Icke Nice post.

@andyjohnsonman So that God can experience duality. So that God can experience all of itself. So that we humans could exist through survival, like you said. So that Love can be maximized. These are all the reasons that pop into my head.

Fear

God do be lookin kinda fresh doe

@arlin I think experience assumes that you are observing something, but with consciousness there is just observation without the something. It's like existence without any content, if that makes any sense.

@Meta-Man Yeah language is too limited. As long as you get the idea though.

@Meta-Man Pure awareness? I think that's the best I can describe it

@Meta-Man I think consciousness is ultimately what the quote was referring to, but you bring up a good point. Would it be more accurate to call it an experience instead of a feeling? It's a bit hard to put in words. It just is.

@Joker_Theory Yes. The "feeling of being" is consciousness, and that's exactly what you are.

@dimitri lol

@fridjonk Interesting how that works. Thanks.

Wow, nicely put

@Peter124 How does this apply when it comes to other people/creatures? Do they not have their own experience like me? Or does the same apply, whatever I cannot perceive in my direct consciousness does not exist. This is where I've been stuck on.

Do animals have ego? To what degree? I can imagine maybe chimps having one, but what about bacteria? Does a bacterium really have a sense of self?

@PlayTheGame Yeah it is pretty crazy when you put it that way lol

@PlayTheGame The ego is God, but it is a small part of God that doesn't help you realize that you are God.

@Victor Mgazi All of that conditioning ultimately stems from the sense of self. Acknowledging that you are not separate is a good start, but as you said, it doesn't instantly get rid of all the implications of the ego that still exist in your life. Realizing yourself to not be separate, if it is truly accomplished, includes getting rid of all that conditioning.

Sense of self is when you believe to be the human body and nothing else. It doesn't necessarily refer to the sensations that come with the human body. Smell, taste, etc. is not the sense of self, but, believing that you are an individual human body BECAUSE of those sensations is. Where does this belief come from? It comes from consciousness mistaking itself for a human body.

@Brivido Wow staring at that actually gave me an illusion where my hand and the walls were bending haha

@from chaos into self No problem

@arlin Do you think God exhibits fear and hate towards his creations? The only reason you love and hate specific things is because you have adapted what you love based on what helps your ego survive. This is why your view of love is fundamentally selfish. I am not trying to insult you, I mean that word in the most literal sense. Your view of love is highly based on what your ego self wants, so I say it is selfish. Don't take it personally. Lets say you love someone. Then, that person does something and now you hate them. Why is this? It's because you are adapting your love to suit your ego. This love is conditional, not unconditional like God's. If you look at things more holistically, you might be able to appreciate them more. What would happen if pain didn't exist? What positive/negative consequences would this actually have? The conclusion you should reach is that reality is perfect, and it actually needs these things to function and create love. There are so many radical implications that would come with removing pain from reality, it would be a massive domino affect, and this perfect reality would no longer be perfect. God would no longer be able to be itself. Love would no longer be. When a person hates something, they do it out of love for something else. When a person makes fun of your looks, they do it because they want to love their looks. These things are hateful, but now you can see that hate is also a form of love. In the end, it is a struggle for love. Learn to see and appreciate the love. Everything is here to maximize love. If you can't see the love in something, your perspective is not broad enough.

@SageModeAustin Yes. Ignorance is everywhere. But they don't know any better. Everything they experienced in their life has led them to be ignorant. They were not fortunate enough to have an opportunity to better themselves and find truth. With everything they experienced in life, they HAD to have ended up ignorant. There was nothing else to stray them from that path. If you experienced their exact same situations, you would have ended up the same. Ignorance, like everything else, is a form of love. In their narrow attempt of love, they try to ridicule other people's looks so that they can love their looks. Really, it is just a struggle for love. Try to see it from that perspective. It often helps to look at things more holistically, this usually helps you to appreciate things more. What would happen if there was no ignorance? What sort of negative/positive affects would that have on reality? Hopefully this helps a bit.

@Nate0068 Yeah now that you mention it, I had a dream with a certain vibe recently that I thought to myself about. It has a sort of adventurous and scary feeling to it. Now that I think about it, it's pretty crazy how this feeling even spreads to dreams. Like why did my mind put that feeling there. But it's also true that every area in reality has this sort of atmosphere/feeling to it, so it makes sense to have it in dreams as well I guess.