An young being

@Schizophonia are you from India? You seem to know very much about it.

I too had experienced some inconsistencies in my life. Like, seeing everyone functioning together with synchronicities to a great extent, that it looked like a perfectly enacted drama. But, still I am not able to arrive at a conclusion based on that experience.

All these are valid reasons to visit India. Apart from that, here are some unique things that are here: 1. Religious diversity; Big temples, big mosques, big churches and big gurudwaras. Though the religions may not be united, you can see the religious structures close to each other, big in size. In Kerala, you will be able to find temples, mosques ,churches in the same street. Religious harmony is higher in southern states and decreases when moving North, although there are exceptions. 2. Spiritual traditions: You will be able to see the unique traditions and superstitions performed in temples, which will be curious to look if you are not aware of Hinduism. Fir example, whenever there is a death in my state, people dance and fire crackers. 3. Poverty: Western minds complaining about in their life might find solace here, seeing the crowd, poverty, noise, emotions, daily life etc. Dalai Lama suggests to compare yourself with people suffering more than you as a way to attain happiness. 4. Culture: Different states have different culture.

Welcome! The southern most state Tamilnadu.

If you want what is called the real experience, ( which is a heavily biased word), here are some tips: 1. Say hi to everyone. Children will be very interested in you if you look different from us, and locals will also be mostly friendly. But you might get caught in a selfie frenzy, especially in tourist spots! 2. Visit Mumbai and old Delhi. It will be heavily crowded. Visit slum areas like Dharavi. Just walk through any street, making sure you have phone and Google maps in hand. Ask locals for directions if lost. You will definitely be lost! 3. You don't need to visit modern places like Gurugram, as long as you don't believe they don't exist in India. 4. Use all kinds of public transports. Metros, local trains( research and plan, book tickets in advance, otherwise you may not find your train!), long distance trains like Tejas,vande Bharat, Shadabdhi and Rajdhanis. They are of better quality. But don't expect the toilets to be clean. Also bicycle rickshaws, autos and buses). 5. Visit local markets. Negotiate like a local. Ask for half the price of whatever they are telling. 6. Wash your pooped ass with water in hotels! Don't forget soap to wash hands later. 7. There are some tourist agencies which offer food in local's home. Try that if you have time. 8. Learn a few words in local language and speak with locals. They will be happy to hear it! Although most in North India speak Hindi, south indian states have different language in each state. 9. Avoid barber shops for massage, you might get uncomfortable! 10. Visit a local super market and sweet shops and try local snacks and sweets Check reviews for sweet shops.

I have read both of his books long long ago. Though what most of he states is true, he is a bit biased towards placebo being a magical cure machine.

Here are some general tips to make your journey better: 1.Buy an Airtel or Jio sim. They have coverage throughout India. You need internet, and it is dead cheap, so please buy those data packs. ( Approx. 200 Rs per month for 1.5 gb/day. If it's over, you can buy extra packs). 2. Avoid eating in smaller restaurants/road side shops/ street food. They will be dead cheap but It will surely lead to stomach upsets. There are hundreds of good quality hotels that are cheap in every city, so use internet and read the reviews to find the restaurant. Don't eat somewhere simply because many locals eat there, because they have a stupid stomach that can digest any food. Use restaurants that Google shows as a bit costly and with good reviews. Costly for us is still cheap for foreigners. Even there are many good quality restaurants that offer tasty and healthy street food. Food will differ in each state you visit. If you can't handle spicy food, stay away from Telungana and Andhra Pradesh or stay in 3 star hotels. Even they could be cheap sometimes. 3. Use booking.com app or Oyo to book rooms. Once again, look for high reviews. 4. There will be hundreds of people everywhere, so please relax and observe slowly. You will get used to it very soon. Natural and off beat places will have less human population. If you want such places, look for places with less popularity but high ratings. 5. Have cash always in hand. 6. The south and the North and the northeast are completely different zones. You will have cultural shocks in each zone. North East is rarely visited by both Indian and foreign tourists, it had many hidden natural gems. 7. There will be taps in every hotel to wash your hands, so wash it thoroughly before eating. Also, don't drink from bathroom tap, it's not drinkable! 8. There will be people everywhere ready to cheat you and earn some money. Avoid taxis in airport, use Ola and uber apps to book them. Technology is your best friend in India! If you can't avoid, negotiate as much as you can, they will reduce the price to less than half the original. Avoid paying beggars and children, they are mostly scammers. If you want good tourist agencies, look for their reviews in Google. In India, everything has Google reviews! 9. Use the list I provided. All temples have high ratings because of faith and usually overcrowded, so visit only the must visit ones or check the architecture in Google. Most will be similar. If you wish, I can provide personal recommendation of temples/ spiritual sites you can visit. I will update with more points of I felt anything necessary.

I can't help you in person, but here are (almost) all the places you can visit in India. The list starts from the south and ends in North, but doesn't include Kashmir and Ladakh as I was too lazy to complete it. I have marked the must visit places as well, but you can decide based on your interests! Enjoy your trip! India tourist spots.xlsx

Even if it is an illusion, we can't comprehend anything beyond infinity, with the body.

But still I can't experience their pain, can I?

That's a nice way to do it. They will ask you back due to curiosity to tell them the truth, then you can reveal it and the damage will be minimised.

The same goes with expanding your ego. The more you expand it, the more you identify other's suffering as your own. That reduces your own suffering.

You can try expanding your ego the natural way by practicing compassion, gratitude, forgiveness and love in everyday life and doing 5 minutes of meditation everyday. Also, try practicing mindfulness.

That's why the experience is structured to happen only when there is very less egoism.

Not equally real, because there are too many inconsistencies inside a dream and other people exist as long as you are inside the dream, so it doesn't matter when you are asleep but it definitely opens the possibility of the world being a dream, without proving or disproving it. Also, it is dangerous to assume others are not real without waking up.

You are being a monster! The realization at the end could also be a belief and not exactly an eternal truth.

But it can hurt others.

It doesn't matter but as long as you can see people outside of your experience functioning independent or atleast slightly independent of your thoughts or actions, you can infer that other people do exist.

That helps in making your own life better and not doing it makes your friends' lives miserable. If you are following the rule, but they don't, the rule is not necessary to be followed. There is no mistake in pointing it out, but if they don't change or feel offended, and you are annoyed because of that, there is no need to point it out. If they don't change because of your opinion, they are not valuing it, they just want someone to support their biases, so that they can feel good about themselves. You don't have to appease them, you can simply say I am not sure or I don't know what's right. Tell them that. They wouldn't want to hear such things either. Being compassionate with your friends and yourself might help. Be compassionate for your friends' inability to be honest because of their ego and not because of their own will. Be compassionate with yourself, because you don't have to live the truth and get rid of ego, realising it itself makes wonders to your ego.

May I know how you came to this conclusion? @Ninja_pig

Just don't forget to post once you have understood it completely or how much ever you can.

It's natural that ancestors try to teach their children. Actually, everyone can be considered black in darkness. It's just a matter of perception. And darkness in not bad! It's just not ideal for human survival.

Do you suggest any books or videos to atleast try to understand time?

Here's what I think as a better way to understand ego: Imagine your ego is a highly concentrated juice syrup in a bowl full of water. If you don't dissolve in the water, you think you are the sweetest and the most important thing in the whole world. You can remain as such, but if you experience its taste, it tastes so so sweet, that you can't consume it all. So, you dissolve a bit in the water. The more you dissolve, the less sweet it becomes, but the concentration becomes a juice and more drinkable and tastier as well with the correct sugar levels. One time, you decide I am going to dissolve completely in the water and see what happens. That time, you lose the taste, but become a part everything, that is the water. You realise your true nature, which is water, and it feels awesome because you have become a part of something so large. But, still you have lost your sweetness, and decide that you wish to come back to being sweet again. Whether you return to become a juice of whatever concentration you wish or become more concentrated than you already were, is upto your actions.