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    I can kind of see your point here, I had similar thoughts

    I think Leo was specifically referring to the claim "reality is a simulation". Even within a simulation it would still just be consciousness. So, at the existential level, it is never true.

    At the relative level, maybe. It could be possible that consciousness imagined a computer which then created more conscious experiences. But, in the end, this is all still relative to some story about computers and simulations. It still boils down to just consciousness imagining all of that.

     

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    I had the same experience randomly happen to me when I woke up from sleep, but it didn't last very long. That's pretty crazy that it just randomly happened to you while you were sitting in a car.

    This state is called turiya in Hindu philosophy, it is described as pure consciousness. I think it is accurate to say that you experienced nothing, as paradoxical as it may sound. That's how I describe it at least.

    Rupert Spira describes it as "absence of absence" which is pretty accurate too

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    19 minutes ago, toocrazytobecrazy said:

    surprise me

    "Experiencing nothing" is a paradox for the finite mind. You have to experience it yourself to truly know it.

    It's like trying to imagine the experience of having no eyesight. There are people who see absolutely nothing, not even black or white or any other colors. From this example you can see it is possible to be aware of nothingness. Now extend that awareness of nothing to all the perceptions that make up your reality, that's what complete nothingness feels like.

    You are actually experiencing some form of nothingness right now. You are never aware of what is behind your head, so you could say you are experiencing nothing there. You just take it for granted because you are so focused on the finite things you can experience. Now try to extend that feeling of nothingness to all your perceptions. This is basically the best I can describe it.

    1 hour ago, toocrazytobecrazy said:

    similar to fainting, anesthesia, or getting knocked to f out.

    The difference is that these are not experiences, just imagination. They're like the off-brand versions of nothingness.

     

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    A paradox is what happens when the finite mind tries to describe an infinite aspect of reality through its own superficially dualistic terms

    I realized this after I had an experience of nothingness. After reading that over, I realized that I experienced a paradox. It is entirely possible to experience nothingness, but impossible for the finite mind to reconcile that since it can only think in dualisms, so it gets turned into a paradox. It's impossible for me to imagine my experience of nothingness because in order to have a thought you need a finite object of some sort to think about.

    Here is one of my favorite ones: 

    The second sentence is false. The first sentence is true.

     

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    3 minutes ago, Gesundheit said:

    You just ignored the question

    You asked me if it's justified or if it's okay and I'm trying to explain that "justice" and what is "okay" is very nuanced and relative here. One person could look at the situation and say it is justified and another could say it isn't, because it is relative.

    There isn't something out there in the universe that confirms if something is "okay" to do, that's entirely made up by you.

    14 minutes ago, Gesundheit said:

    Even then, it still does not make you less selfish to judge that behavior. The truth is that you'd be as selfish as a murderer without even knowing.

    I'm not trying to judge anyone. I'm saying that perpetuation of your ego will lead to suffering, that's it. I'm not saying if anyone is "bad" or "good".

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    5 minutes ago, Gesundheit said:

    What if it's a life or death situation? Will stealing (let's ignore killing for now) be justified then? For example, if a poor man is hungry and can't afford food. Is it okay for him to steal from a rich supermarket?

    It's definitely not black and white. A common problem, which can be seen in religions, is they see it says something like "don't drink alcohol" and then turn it into an absolute rule which cannot ever be broken.

    For the sake of argument, I'm assuming the killing and stealing is being done for very obvious and highly selfish reasons.

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    35 minutes ago, 4201 said:

    Ok but then how do you know that you created those things and they do not correspond to anything outside?

    By paying attention to your direct experience

    It does correspond, but you aren't gonna get more accurate than the direct experience itself. The thought of a wall is secondary to the experience of a wall itself. The thought is just how the finite mind attempts to describe the direct experience.

    1 hour ago, 4201 said:

    How do you know that there is no outside?

    "Outside" is just a superficial duality created by the ego-mind to make itself feel separate. No such thing exists in reality. It's like "up" and "down", they're completely relative dualities you project onto reality. 

     

     

     

  25. Posted

    You've been inside your mind this whole time

    You saw something in your mind that has certain qualities, and called it a "wall" and "physical" and "something outside of my mind"

    You're just throwing labels onto things and thinking it differentiates it from your mind. This is just a labelling game. 

    When you see a wall in your dream you could very well believe that it isn't inside of your mind and instead outside of it, but we know that isn't true.