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@Member so there is a you and a yourself??? Are you one being or two?

@Harmony342 yeah exactly

@Harmony342 The one who has or has no idea what's going on is itself an idea that no one is having.. Sorry to ruin it all for ya

Isn't that obvious?

Interesting . Any resources? Would like to hear their description of new colors lol

Yes your mind can only imagine something you can already see in the real world.. Because mental images themselves are made of your visual memory. Btw if all the sudden you saw a new color that no one have ever seen before that would be identical to seeing a ghost.. It would be one of the most scary experiences you can have. So be careful what you wish for

@Tim R lol yeah the less you think about it the better your taste of what nirvana is about.

@Tim R "nirvana" samsara "" karma "" rebirth "" permanent "" non-permanent ".. All these words will get you more and more confused. None of that will help you. Because you are creating imaginary distinctions where there are no distinctions.. You are not going to solve the problem of assigning imaginary distinction by assigning yet even more imaginary distinctions on top of those imaginary distinctions. Reduce the complexity and equate all those terms together.

@Tim R well the Buddha didn't speak of God or gods. In Buddhism they Beileve in the cycle of life and death. (samsara) According to your karma you keep reincarnating in new forms until you get your shit straight and learn how to be detached.. desirless and compassionate with all creation.. Then you break the cycle of life and death (which was just a dream caused by your fears and attachments) and attain nirvana which is simply to cease to exist. Forever.

The literal meaning of nirvana in sanskrit is "annihilation" or "cessation".

LOL. @zeroISinfinity confused @allislove yeah idk why you are mimicking Nahm so much .

it seems like its undebunkable which is not the same thing as its true. Can anyone disprove solipsism logically?

"one convincing oneself that he doesn't exist" just how many are inside your head? That's like saying you can have the same moment repeating three times...each moment is a new moment. Each self is a new thought. There is nobody home. People underestimate the significance of this.. Ofcourse that'she death of you.

@Seraphim the one who thinks thoughts is a thought.

@Moon we have the label but nothing is under the surface. The real identity. Is enlightenment. So no there are no enlightened persons and not enlightened ones.. A huge misunderstanding and very common one actually.

OK seriously I'm genuinely interested in knowing the answer. How in the world could there be an enlightened someone when there aren't any someones in the first place?????? How can something that doesn't exist become this or that??. "I" is a thought.. Is a thought enlightened? (and enlightened is a thought as well)

Contemplate these concepts for yourself " An enlightened being who is constantly high on bliss "is just a funny Fantasy in my opinion. It doesn't make any physical sense even. This is enlightenment. You are looking at it. It's not event that happens to your non-existing ego.

I gotta say there is no such thing as enlightenment or enlightened beings or permanent anything including happiness or any other temporary emotion. Just sayin it as it is .

No

Well everything you can ever get is in the present moment or non at all. You can't get something in the future because it doesn't existssssss(with osho voice lol)....And since the present moment itself is always shaking like a jelly.. You can't get anything from it either.. So you can't get anything from anything.. To exist means that nothing important is waiting you. Good luck. Ps. Now at this point he will be no longer your friend so you don't have to worry about it lol.

It's ok lol. You don't have to convince him of anything. Even his belief that he is not in the now is happening in the now..whether he is aware of it or not . Because he is the now.. All else are thoughts playing with themselves doing their life purpose . Let them

Also the trick is in thoughts and thoughtlessness. Past and future only exist in thoughts. If you don't think then they don't exist.

@Dodo well really look at how hilarious this is.. If he asks you where is this "Eternal now".. Tell him "you idiot.. Where is this fucking past and future you believe in.? The now is right in front of you.. Now You tell me where is your past and future"?? Lol And ofcourse he will confuse the content of the now (which is endlessly changing) with the now itself which never changes. The only unchanging thing is changing.. It goes full circle. Change is changless as change.

Well it's really not. Just go directly. There is no such thing. It's always NOW and there is nothing else. Where is the future or the past? Can you point to it? Can you grasp it with your hands? All the future (or past) really is.. Is just an idea that is happening in the NOW about something that is not happening in the NOW!!

@Dodo I get you. And nice post btw. Just thought I would add that note