Oppositionless

If I go full on solipsist I can simply affirm "Unconsciousness does not exist. Period." If I allow for a world outside myself I can say I am pure emptiness, nothing, absolutely nothing , and the world is also nothing. I have no fucking idea what will happen after the body dies .

Yes i agree . The hard problem is deadly , and all the other arguments from paranormal phenomena are merely the nails in materialism's coffin. But I also don't think immortality is a guarantee. The Absolute could imagine my survival after death, or not, and neither would be wrong. It's perfect either way. Survival seems baked into certain theories I call experientialism (the subjective idealism of Bernardo Kastrup and other related ideas), but if you read the words of Ramana, "only that which exists in deep dreamless sleep is real" and find they ring true, you are forced to accept that survival isn't baked into metaphysics. Which is scary for some. In short i think pursuing Truth for the sake of personal immortality is an egoic corruption. But ndes are interesting and the most I can say about them is that they seem to convince the people who have them that there is more.

Skeptics will say it's explainable because some brain activity remains after a cardiac arrest. But that begs the question of why anasthesia removes consciousness with more leftover brain activity than in the case of an cardiac arrest nde. I guess you could argue that anasthesia targets specific brain regions associated with consciousness, but I find it highly improbable that those regions are not disturbed even more so in the case of an NDE. Also, some of them occur during surgery, with the addition of anasthesia. I have not decided what to make of it. Some also report veridical details about what was going on with their operation and even what was going on in different rooms during their experience. NDEs are also not the only data point. Remote viewers report similar veridical details beyond the reach of the five senses.

I identified God with nature in catholic school as a boy. I believed I had powers and could influence sport games on the tv with my mind. I was introduced to the concept of alternative religion by a friend when I was 14 who practiced Wicca, claimed to be able to astral project and enter other people's dreams, and to be a demon. I learned about enlightenment from Leo in high school. I also started smoking weed and having otherworldly experiences at this time. Life has been a disappointment and I have not made the progress I would like, and it appears as if I could not have done anything different. Yet the curtain hasn't fallen, and the show must go on.

I don't think "consciousness is all" means "experience is all." Mind can imagine anything, including unconscious matter. But as quantumn mechanics shows us, this matter is not bouncing billiard balls, but a field of potentiality generated "on the fly" by contact with an observer (although it's unclear what "observer" exactly means, and whether it needs to be conscious, I lean towards no). "Awareness is the first ignorance." Nisargadatta "Only that which exists in deep, dreamless sleep is real." Ramana

I think it's more than cultural gaslighting. I think it's structural , that is, for consciousness to evolve to the point of doing rationality, it had to abandon some of these abilities. You could check out the work of Jean Gebser, or the YouTuber Formscapes' videos on his theory. And really, is creating a smartphone any less miraculous than perceiving subtle energies? Ultimately it just comes down to bias to say one is a miracle and one isn't. Consciousness is evolving, and concessions are made.

When I'm tripping I can sometimes feel the physical world being generated from my chest, it's very strange. And if I'm with someone else I can also feel them creating the physical world , a kind of radiation emanating from their chest . It feels like we're each independently creating our own physical world but because some kind of deeper principles they more or less line up (unless it really is just pure fucking solipsism wtf do I know)

I think there is a strong argument that can be made that "Consciousness" or perhaps more specifically Mind is not restricted to what we know as experiential awareness. Like how do you explain the order and complexity of the whole universe in terms of just awareness? A kind of "physical universe" or pattern intrinsic to Mind may exist . I guess the difference from your view as I understand it is, is I'm unsure physics is able to study the "real structure" of mind because it would also be nonphysical.

But that's not solipsism, that's nonduality .... I don't understand how anyone could believe in solipsism. Even if they proved it, the body mind would have to reject it.

Is Mind just the stream of consciousness ? When you say imagination I'm interpreting that is something more fundamental than this stream of consciousness . If so then there could be multiple streams but only one "mind."

That's something I wonder about. Is it possible to become so awakened that all your "evil" tendencies fall away? Absolute, complete , total selflessness? It's a compelling idea.

I knew Goblin was gonna become the new face of YouTube druggery back in 2016 when he was even more degenerate. He's entertaining as hell.

Yes, this is essentially solipsism in a nutshell, although I'm not sure we can say for sure it joins other metaphysical universes.

Interesting. I could never be a materialist because of consciousness / infinity . But I don't think consciousness as we know it is all there is.

I believe in Bigfoot and other interdimensional beings . I believe the Mothman Prophesies was based on a true story, and that mothman is a harbinger of death and destruction. Also hell hounds, very real. Synchronicity too, Jung said synchronicity wasn't just meaningful coincidence, but meaningful coincidences that occur at the same time. Example not quite a synchronicity : seeing the same word multiple times a day in different contexts. Example true synchronicity: hearing someone say a word you just read. I was at the gas station and thinking about buying a Mellow Fellow delta 8 vape. At that moment exactly my roomate sends a picture of our cat with the caption "mellow fellow." I took it as a sign to not buy the vape bc I'm trying to stay sober and clearheaded. the schizoverse 😂😂😂

I just really want some form of justice and I don't see it happening in this life

You're misrepresenting my argument . I'm not saying Jesus wasn't awakened, I'm simply saying that there are individuals equally as awakened who don't have as big of an impact due to a very complex set of cultural and historical factors . I hope i don't sound condescending, that's something im trying to work on That being said, I've felt Jesus at church before , at Easter 2 years ago. So I agree there's something there.

Influence on culture isn't a sign of awakening. Jesus was the right person at the right time.

People had spontaneous nondual awakenings around Ramana. That to me is a more impressive "miracle" than walking on water .

What do you think the chances are Trump ends up in some kind of hell realm after his death?

I've heard that if you struggle with lucid dreaming / astral projection (I believe AP is a form of lucid dreaming), having some blue lotus tea can help induce it. Any other substances that can?

I'm not sure it's wise to put Jesus on a pedestal above other realized beings. In fact, based on developmental psychology , modern masters should have a more integrated , deeper level of awakening . also if we believe the Gospels contain the literal words of Jesus, he said a lot of problematic things . If Jesus really performed any of the miracles in the gospels, to me that just means he had a whole lot of Shakti, not that he was the most realized being of all time.

I believe both are possible, being saved by Jesus is something that can happen. But it's a relative phenomena, Jesus has a certain ability to take on the karma of his devotees, but so can other saints.

He's Into The Fray now Part of me is afraid he's right .