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That's great. If you just start keeping tabs on it, slowly you will start to see it's nature. It's not about stopping the thoughts. It's just about recognizing what it actually is. When you see what it actually is, the gravity of it will fall away, and then so will the compulsion. When you see it as it is, then you can consciously engage with it without harming yourself. If you imagine a snake, and you know it is imaginary, the way you handle that imagination will be very different to someone who imagines a snake but cannot see that it is imaginary. This is the difference between consciously engaging and unconsciously engaging. When you give it so much importance, you won't be able to stop harming yourself, because that sense of importance creates a compulsiveness that constantly pulls you to it. Now you're stuck, constantly delaying the peace which is inherent to the present moment, because you have some business to deal with inside of your head, but the catch-22 is that the business in your head is infinite and neverending, so you're stuck there until you become conscious of what you are doing. My pleasure.

Thank you! I appreciate that. No AI, just my brain. I'm glad I'm a good competitor though. My pleasure, I hope so too. This type of stuff is very hard to communicate.

Yes, you have become obsessed with ideas. You don't fear death or eternity or any of these things. This is a misdiagnosis. None of these are in your experience. You can't fear something that isn't there. You are fearing ideas. It's just that a lot of value is being placed on your imagination and ideas about reality, even more so than reality itself. You have unknowingly created this type of value system within yourself. If I were to wipe your memory right now, you would be at complete peace. I'm sure you have small moments in your day where you are at peace, and then you start thinking about these things, and then you start fearing again. It is very important that you notice when this happens next time to get a good grasp of what I am saying. One moment you will be focused on something else and you won't remember this topic, then once you start remembering this topic, you will immediately become stressed and panicked. Nothing in your experience has changed, yet the imagination creates such a substantial difference in your emotions. When you notice this, it starts to seem like your life would be much better if you could do away with the burden of your imagination. So, your ability to remember and imagine things is working against you now, because you have started to fear the things that you imagine. Imagination can be very vast. It has infinite variety. So, it becomes a big problem when you put so much importance on something like imagination. If you sit in a room with another person, you will be the only one fearing these things. The other person will just be at peace. They wont perceive any of it. So, this fear is ultimately just you fearing your own personal psychology, that's all. It has no existence otherwise. Existentially, things are at peace, or else the person in the room with you would also be panicking with you. You are fearing something you don't know. It's just a "what if." Here's another "what if" for you: What if it never happens? All that stress and suffering for just something you imagined. Wouldn't that be tragic? What if this? What if that? This is just mental drama which you are emotionally reacting to, nothing else. If you don't know, then all you are doing is imagining colorful mental scenarios which have no reality. If you really become conscious that you don't know anything, and that you are just imagining things that you don't know, you will be at peace, because this will immediately remove your psychological drama. The psychological drama runs because there is a misplaced sense of importance. You think there is actually something to get emotional about? No, it's just a thought. It will vanish just like that if you decide to stop it. If you really realize it is something you are just making up, your motivation to continue creating it will immediately collapse. You should understand the absurdity of fearing hypotheticals which do not exist. When you fear ideas, it is because you have separated yourself from your current experience. You are not experiencing your current experience, you have removed that privilege from yourself. Your current experience has nothing to panic you. For someone like you, you cannot even drink a glass of water without simultaneously fearing some idea of death or hell or eternity, so the experience of drinking water is never actually experienced, it has become tainted with some imaginary non-existent experience. These thoughts are like a wall which block you from making contact with your present experience. You don't want to unimagine this wall, even though you could, because it feels like something that you should continue imagining since it is very important to you. So, you compulsively focus on it, and it causes you fear and anxiety. Again, there is a misplaced sense of importance. If you aren't currently experiencing it, it's at best a lie or fabrication or imitation. So, if you actually ever connect to the present moment, if you actually decide to experience what you are experiencing right now, you could only be at peace. At a certain point, you started missing the point of life. The point is not to be analyzing the future at the sacrifice of your well-being. The point is to experience what is happening RIGHT NOW. If you don't do that, you will be unable to experience life, you will only be able to experience your ideas of life. Over time, you've "logicked" yourself into thinking that thoughts and ideas about reality are better and more important than reality itself, even at the cost of your own sanity. Thoughts are SECONDARY, not PRIMARY. Experience is primary, always. I am not saying not to imagine. You can have ideas if you want. It's a powerful tool. But, right now, you're like a chef that's holding their knife from the wrong side and cutting themselves everytime they use it. Having a sharp intellect is good, but if you don't know how to use it properly, it will cut you as you use it. This self-harm is completely unnecessary. It is possible to use the knife without cutting yourself. You can use your intelligence and ideas and imagination to plan ahead, but there is no moment where something substantial enough to fear manifests itself. It's just a thought, after all. If you take the time to really realize this, your experience will be permanently recontextualized in a very powerful way.

I wouldn't call this a synchronicity. Just your subconscious speaking to you. Your fears and neuroses that you push away in the waking state will manifest themselves in the dream state, because the dream state is made of your thoughts, and there is no ego identity in the dream state to readily push those thoughts away as you would in the waking state. What I would take away from this: There is a lot of resistance in your psychology that you need to take the time to look at and unravel, instead of pushing it away. Your dreams will also change as a result of doing this.

This thread is mental masturbation.

hyper-disciplined = hyper-logical So the solution is: be more intuitive.

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My cup of tea

I am pleased to see a fellow solipsist, or rather, an imagined fellow solipsist. Allow me to divulge a day in the life of a devout solipsist such as myself. Dare I say, I am the probably the biggest fan of solipsism you will ever encounter in the entirety of existence. Once upon a time in the bustling city of Solipsville, there lived a particular solipsist. That solipsist was, of course, none other than me. Today, I decided to visit the local Solipsville grocery store to restock on my imaginary groceries. As I strolled through the aisles, I couldn't help but chuckle at the thought that all the other shoppers were just figments of my imagination. I picked up a carton of milk and glanced at the label, thinking to myself: "I wonder if this milk even exists outside my mind." Approaching the checkout counter, I encountered a friendly imaginary cashier named Susan. She greeted me with a warm smile and asked, "How's your day going?" Being a solipsist, I couldn't resist the temptation to reply: "Well, Susan, I'm having a delightful conversation with myself, thank you." Susan was taken aback, but not one to shy away from humor, so she played along: "Ah, I see! You must be an expert at keeping yourself entertained." I smirked and nodded, amused by her quick wit. As Susan scanned my items, I couldn't help but wonder if the beeping sound of the register was just a product of my own imagination. Leaving the grocery store, I felt a surge of excitement. I couldn't wait to share my solipsistic musings with the online world. Logging in to an online spirituality forum, I started a new thread titled: "The Profound Wisdom of a Solipsistic Sage." I began my post with a cheeky opening line, "Greetings, fellow fragments of my imagination!" The responses from fellow forum members varied from curiosity to confusion. Some tried to engage with me in philosophical debates, while others dismissed my ideas as the ramblings of an eccentric mind. I found great pleasure in reading their responses, contemplating how their lack of self-awareness further bolsters my solipsistic beliefs. I mean, there's no way that REAL people are stupid enough to not see that everyone is just their imagination, right? The forum quickly became a hub of amused and bewildered responses. Some members poked fun at my unique perspective, while others engaged in playful debates about the nature of existence. I gleefully replied to each comment, relishing in the irony of discussing solipsism with nonexistent individuals. As the thread grew longer and the discussions became more convoluted, I found myself questioning the very foundation of my beliefs. I wondered, "If all these responses are merely figments of my imagination, does that make my belief in solipsism itself an illusion?" The thought sent me into a fit of laughter, as I realized the absurdity of my situation. At the end of the day, I retired to my cozy home, still chuckling at the events of the day. I sat back, sipping an imaginary cup of tea, and I pondered the paradox of my solipsistic existence. With a grin, I concluded, "Whether I'm alone in this world or not, the laughter and connections I share are as real as can be, even if only in my own mind." And so, I continue my life as a solipsist, embracing the humor and irony that comes along with this unique perspective. Each day brings new experiences and laughter, reminding me that sometimes, the funniest stories are the ones we create within our own minds. I continued my day, relishing in the humorous absurdity of my solipsistic adventures. Till next time.

Yeah but apparently second-hand smoke actually carries heavy metals like cadmium: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29224186/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3924441/#:~:text=The level of exposure to,concern [6%2C12].

Guys, chill ?

Like this: It's one thing to love porn. It's another thing to say you're in love with a specific porn star and then considering leaving your relationship because of it. There's a value system which is making your relationship unsustainable. You will get bored of all the girls you get with because you're reducing their value down to something very limited that gets exhausted very easily.

Me too, but I'm not falling in "love" with porn stars. There are different ways of experiencing sex and creating relationships with sex. Some are more sustainable. Some are more limited. Some are even more pleasurable. Lol, I'm not talking about past lives. You just have thoughts and projections that need undoing. They are constricting your experience of sex.

This is lust, not love. Your motivations for being in a relationship might be unsustainable. You have some sexual karma to work through.

There's a new competitor for a hot witch girlfriend:

No.

As long as you are conscious that you are doing this, it's not so bad. But you are sacrificing details to do that. You will not have all the information you need all the time. So cutting corners is fine. But cutting corners without being aware that you are cutting corners will lead to problems, because you are unconscious of what you are doing. Yes, absolutely. Pretty much. You have no option but to accept what they are, or else you are denying reality. But, you do have the option to deal with what they are. Dissecting the label is important, because a lot of times the toxicity stems from your own expectations and attachments. You can deal with toxicity in many ways. You can move away from it. You might even be able to evaporate it by dissolving your own attachments. Or maybe you will try to change the person. Up to you. Ultimately, it will only ever be dealt with when you decide to inspect the contents of label itself. Once you do that, then you can take conscious action.

The term "toxic" is just a placeholder label meant to describe a certain set of attributes that you are perceiving. Labels will always lack nuance, because their function is to just condense everything into one simple easy-to-use term. You lose a lot of details with them. When you say something is "negative" or "toxic", you've immediately created a psychological framework that says their existence has absolutely no positive value. More accurate and insightful would be the answer to these questions: Why is he toxic? What is toxic here? What is it about this person that irks me so much? Why is this conversation so hard for me? The answers to these questions will bring to light the contents of this label you call "toxic". It is not necessarily wrong to call someone toxic, but you must have contemplated these further nuances beforehand so that you actually know WHY they are toxic. Otherwise, the word toxic just becomes a weapon for the ego and it gets applied everywhere indiscriminately. Because your identity and survival quota is so unique, someone else might actually perceive this person as "positive" and not "toxic". So now you see how flexible these labels are, and how easily it can be used to perpetuate your ego and someone else's ego. This guy probably has friends of his own that see nothing wrong with him, for example. Here's a practical example: The person I'm talking with is toxic ("toxic" is the label here) The person I'm talking with always communicates as if I am inferior to him (the contents of the label "toxic" are explicated here, so this is more accurate)

Judgment is on faith. It's a conundrum because you're assuming you know something about someone else when you don't. That's what it means to judge. Just become conscious that you don't know and then you wont be able to judge anymore. Just observe accurately instead. It's not a judgment that 1+1=2, it's just a fact. "I don't like fat people" is a judgment because it is based in your psychological reality and not an existential reality. Distinguish between these two.

Uh oh. Bad if you resist. Looks like reality is saying "stop resisting these parts of yourself all the time". The psychedelic is trying to stretch your identity. If you stop resisting, it might become something more pleasant.

Reincarnation might be true

Fundamentally, "downward spirals" are stories designed to justify why you should resist reality. There's some secondary layers and nuances to it, but that's basically what it is. The ego very easily attaches itself to stories and imagination, that's actually how it exists and perpetuates itself. Today, a lot of people place immense value on thoughts and imagination. The reason it is addicting to latch onto these stories is because there is a sense of righteousness there, the ego feels it is right, it thinks something real and valuable and tangible is there, so it latches on. It forgoes feeling good and being at peace, and instead chooses to think incessantly about these stories, which often brings serious emotional dismay. The imagination has limitless potential. It can contort things in many ways. Once you place so much value on something like imagination, it can lead to a lot of problems. After a while, the ego starts creating a bias towards what types of thoughts it likes and identifies with, and it becomes harder to let go of those over time, because after a while your ego builds so much of its personality and life around those thoughts. If you're just conscious of how it makes you feel instead of being "right" or "correct", you might find that it is much easier to let go of these stories and falling into spirals. Next time, if you consciously look at it, you will simply see that the cons outweigh the pros when it comes to "falling into the spiral". You'll realize that it doesn't make sense to continue thinking about certain things because it wont bring any positive change, it will just ruin your emotional state. It's much easier to just let go, and it will be a net positive in every regard. Being conscious here simply means to realize that falling into a "downward spiral" is equivalent to self-harm, like stabbing yourself with a knife for no reason. No one will consciously harm themselves. It's common sense to remove your hand from a hot stove. It's the same principle here. But the ego would rather get burned and feel correct than remove the hand. The ego would rather torture itself than to stop being logical. If you start practicing this, the next time you feel yourself falling into a spiral, you will consciously perceive an upsurge of negative emotions associated with it, and then immediately you will recognize that as a cue to just let go of those thoughts, and then you will easily let go of them, because that is the action that will negate those emotions. It's the only action that makes sense when you are behaving consciously. Just letting go. The outcome of letting go is way better than thinking about those thoughts. There will be an initial thought that creates an unpleasant emotion, then, from there is the vital moment where you can choose to keep your mental peace or allow yourself to get sucked into that thought. Metaphysically speaking, there is no emotional content to thoughts. That is something that comes after the fact. You have to build that type of relationship with your thoughts first, it is not an inherent property of thoughts. Over time, you may have gotten your emotions and value systems unconsciously wrapped up in thoughts, which only have a psychological reality and no existential reality. This can be improved and turned into a more conscious relationship.

You mean your cholesterol levels? Probably because your body is eating it up as fuel

Obligatory mention of The Matrix

Lol, I'm imagining a spiritual retreat "Yo that dude over there keeps talking about solipsism, he's def not natty" "You want some of this? It'll seriously boost your spiritual gains"