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The major question of philosophy is what is existence and reality itself? Where did it come from and why does it exist at all? Many people believe this is a great mystery but I will argue that there is nothing mysterious or grandiose about it - in fact I will argue that existence is both mundane and comically simple. There are many theories of existence including multiverses, higher dimensions, string theory, quantum gravity, gods, conscioussness, quantum fluctuations, mathematical universe theory, simulation theory and on and on. While these are important things to research and ponder I will argue that none of them can be the ultimate truth. Even if these can be proven true they are not the ultimate answer to existence. They logically cannot be as they are just more 'things' which creates the question of where did they come from and so on leading to an infinite regression and more endless searching. This means that logically existence cannot have a reason or purpose for existing because this would lead to the question of why which leads back to infinite regress. Because there is no reason or purpose for anything that means that existence as a whole is completely free and unbounded. There are no meta laws or constraints on existence. There are 'laws' of physics but there are no laws of the laws. The laws of physics themselves have no reason to exist - they came from nowhere. This means that the fundamental truth of existence is pure potentiality itself - which is essentially nothingness. Nothingness is the superposition of infinite potentialities from which all purposeless manifestations of existence arise from for no reason. Our universe, the laws of physics, consciousness, qualia, logic, reason etc and anything else existing is a product of this pure potentiality. Pure potentiality is literaly infinite and has the potential to create anything including absurd things like a universe that was just a bunch of floating chairs but this does not mean it will necessary do so it just has the ability to do so in the same way it created our existence with its specific laws that look normal to us due to the habit of us living here. Pure potentiality is not constrained by any laws or rules and it has no properties because it is the very thing that creates laws, constraints, and properties. Pure potentiality is completely free and unbounded. Purposeless creation for no reason in other words. Itself the very reason for existence.

The point of self inquiry is to know what "the self" is. Or to answer the question "what am I"? Spoiler ;there is no self. Or you could say the entire bubble is you. Nothing is you =everything is You.

Heaven is not a place. It's a state of consciousness and being. Same as hell.

Humans don't exist ? That's what the 10 % of spiritual people would say. That's your perspective and bias. Maybe it's us who are insane.. and the 90% asleep people actually know what's up

Hey man. Sorry to hear about your struggles. Please feel free to contact me if you wanna someone to talk to. If I can help you out with anything

I found that the only way to find peace in life is through detachment and total let go. And total acceptance of my life situations no matter how unpleasant it might be to the ego. But I still am far far away from reaching that ideal. I'm still struggling with attachments.. Frustration when things don't go my way. And overall not very peaceful. How to go about surrendering my ego and my life to selflessness and peace?

It seems strange that the more you let go, the greater the peace and happiness that comes to you. The more you try to achieve anything like peace and happiness, your problems, your chaos, your confusion, it comes with the so called happiness you try to achieve.

@Godhead I know. It can be. Thanks for the caution.

Nutmeg. In high doses can cause hallucinations

You guys struggle to get my point. You still need more reality deconstructing. You deconstructed the past and the future.. But you still have to deconstruct the illusion of the present.

Are you saying reality is not changing? It only seems so because of memory?

The nature of "this" is such that it's uncapturable. And therefore can't be even called "this".

Exactly. A now or a present moment is a static object (screenshot lol). . Since everything is ever-changing and ever-moving.. What exactly are you calling "now"?

How can there be present moment if reality is always moving and changing?

You are into something. Since reality is constantly changing.. There is no " now." Because there is no static points. And of course that means there is no past or future either. But the opposite is true also relatively speaking. There is no now and there is a now. There is no past yet there is a past. There is no future yet there is a future.

To experience it.

Not always. You might believe that you are coffee table.. And that won't turn you into a coffee table. Of course you assume others are having an experience to be able to interact with them. That doesn't mean you actually know that. You do the same thing in your dreams at night with dream characters.

Since you are experiencing right now then it's certainly true for you. Your own experience. You have no access to other's experiences. So it's just a belief and will remain a belief.

Just re-watched Leo's series on absolute infinity. And left me wondering if my understanding is correct or did I misinterpreted the notion. Does it mean that everything imaginable will happen? ALL POSSIBLE LIFETIMES OF ALL POSSIBLE CREATURES . .. YES! All possible creatures. 5-legged ones or just beings made of energy only.. or creature with not 5 or 6 senses but 300 senses etc...and so on.. There is no limits to what can be created and experineced.. Is that correct understanding of what infinity is? And if that's true. I guess we are fucked ? Existence must be the most outlandish thing ever.

On psychedelics? And what exactly did you experinece? @Kambido because there is only one infinity. You can't get more infinite than infinite. Infinity+infinity =infinity.

@Shin btw let me ask you how do you know that's true?

That's just... Scary

I'm practicing (do nothing) meditation technique these days and self-inquiry to try to calm down the activities of my mind. In my observation.. it is impossible to stop thinking. The notion of thinking itself is a grey area because you could say emotions.. perceptions.. sensations are a type of thought as well. Even beyond that, the subconscious mind itself can be viewed as a collection of thoughts and notions under the surface. But even if we talk about the recurring surface level thoughts. From a functional perspective.. Stopping them will mean a regression in one's Evolution. You can't suddenly go back to an animal state prior to thoughts. Likewise.. transcending thought would mean being in continues state of Samadhi.. where one can't function in this world. Thoughts come and go out of nowhere and are outside of your control (like weather or your body's metabolism). Trying to stop your mind can be a powerful ascetic practice since you will quickly realize that it is impossible. Thoughts on stopping thoughts?

Do you mean The thought that stops moving is the psychological thought. Thought will still move to solve practical problems. To control certain aspects of environmental or to meet physical needs?

@BipolarGrowth how so? Even when you are 'not thinking', you are thinking the thought "I am not thinking" , or "I am aware"