emil1234

in my experience buddhism is very right on the point of suffering. In terms of its perspective on Absolute reality im not sure. Desire (AND clinging, which is very closely related) definetely is the root of all DISSATISFACTION, which in my experience is the most fundamental form of suffering. Desire is always a clinging to something that IS NOT CURRENTLY THE CASE. therefore desire is fundamentally dissatisfactory. only if you cling to desire do you desire. and only if you desire your suffering to end do you truly suffer. after all, if you truly did not desire not to suffer; what would the problem be with suffering?

yes, i recently confirmed this for myself. I recently started playing old school runescape ( (I know the example of oldschool runescape might sound silly, but stick with me, it applies to all areas of life) , and I got super into it and had myself "addicted" pretty quickly, desiring progress in the game above all. Getting to the next step in the game was all that mattered; I could feel the desire deep in my bones. The way I approached the game was that I had a very clear long term goal that I wanted to accomplish. This meant that all progress along the way was simply means to an end, and I wanted to skip through it as fast as possible so that I could fulfil my desire, my ultimate goal in the game (the goal itself doesnt matter, however it was "maxing my account"). I thought to myself "Damn is it really not possible to play this game without suffering from the consumption of desire?" I tried a couple of different things, and one of them worked. I dropped all the goals I had in the game, and simply started playing it for what it was, moment to moment. Nothing was a means to an end. The means was the end. I was not striving for anything; i was simply playing the game from moment to moment, while still progressing towards "maxing my account". The difference this made in my experience of the game was unbelieveable; beforehand I would literally feel like a crack addict, desiring PROGRESS PROGRESS PROGRESS in the game, like I could literally feel it in my bones. And now all of that is gone. No desire for anything but the present experience the game offers. Another example is that I write an intuitive journal every morning I wake up. I used to think of it as a drag that I wanted to get through; i desired to get done with it every morning i was doing it. Every word I wrote had me closer to my desire of finishing writing. These examples are identical; I dropped my goal of wanting to finish the writing, and instead I put all of my effort and focus into each word itself. Again, this enabled me to continue the same activity i was doing beforehand, but without desire

but you can have both. it actually is possible to pursue things without desire, however paradoxical it might sound

Well Leo speaks of truth as something much more radical than just honesty. he describes it, if i recall correctly, as "the pursuit of understanding of reality". Seeing things AS THEY ARE. This transcends honesty radically (while it may still include it). This is why im a bit unclear as to how we are to view truthfulness in practice. Is truthfulnes just the dropping away of EVERYTHING in order to understand reality? And if so, how do we translate this into a daily practice? Is truthfulness just locking myself in my room contemplating reality? Or is truthfulness perhaps alligning my life so that I am, to the best degree possible, able to pursue understanding of reality? Even so, I still see a radical disconnect between the practial expression of "truthfulness", and "understanding of reality"

@Leo Gura im on my second watch, and while i find it potentially one of your best videos to date, I'm still unclear on what being truthful in practice looks like? My own stance and interpretation of your video as well, is that truthfulness is investigating what is the case, and then embracing and not rejecting what is the case. I think this is best demonstrated on the emotional scale; if I feel sadness, being truthful means experiencing, embracing and even expressing the sadness. Not rejecting or fighting it, not putting on a fake smile when talking to people. However I think the question of truthfulness in practice is very nuanced especially in different contexts. One could say that rejecting sadness even through im feeling it, is still truthfulness, because truth is just what is Could you elaborate on this?

@Carl-Richard for some reason my reply didnt post - philosophy for some reason i took that as implicit

i completely discarded all forms of modern science at this point

@Oppositionless according to ramana maharshi, awareness is still present in deep dreamless sleep. the mind only need be trained to recognize it

Hey guys Im finishing up my university degree with my "bachelors project", which is a free written assignment. Of course I have chosen to write about psychedelics and mind expansion - however I am not completely sure what angle i want to pursue yet. Definetely something epistemological, the relationship between psychedelics, mind, consciousness and the nature of reality. So I'm searching for relevant articles / books / papers about the matter of psychedelics and the nature of reality. I thought the actuallized community could come in handy here thanks in advance regards emil <3

@theleelajoker if you dont label anything everything is beautiful. ofc not labelling anything can be very very difficult when you are being tortured in a war torn country. but from the POV of pure consciousness everything is satisfactory

what do you mean this messy real world. its pristine and beautiful

from my point of view, liberation is annihilation of even the desire for more consciousness. desire truly is the root of suffering, buddhism is right on this point. be it desire for food, sex, money or even increased consciousness, it doesnt matter. i say kill the desire

i completely reject this. i had chakra openings through drinking cacao (which is chakra stimulating), before i even knew chakras existed nor that cacao had chakra stimulating effects

wut. chakras er definetely real, very tangibly

this is consciousness. not deep sleep.