AtmanIsBrahman

@Leo Gura I have a question about solipsism. When you communicate solipsism to "others," are they having a conscious experience of receiving the message? As I remember, in the solipsism video you said that the viewer is imagining you having a conscious experience. In the same video, you claimed to be conscious that there is no one to teach and you're just playing a game with yourself. So which one is it: are you imagining the viewer or is the viewer imagining you? When you tell the viewer that they are imagining you, from your point of view are you telling a being you imagined that they are imagining you? By the way, I know this assumes you have a point of view. The confusing part to me is that if you think the viewer is imagining you, you can't truly believe you are God because that would contradict your absolute sovereignty.

I just wanted to share this video, as I think it's a good motivational speech. The guy is talking about becoming lean and improving your physique, but the lesson applies to all areas in life. The key idea is: People prefer for you to be the same as them because different people stand out. If you make radical changes to your life, there will be a period of isolation and judgment. However, if you can stick it out and prove that what you were pursuing was worthwhile, people will eventually come around and give you massive admiration.

@BlessedLion you didn't respond to my points.

I'm not very deeply awake. However, here are a few things that have changed from the insights I've had. I suffer far less because I realize I'm creating my suffering I view suffering as an illusion that doesn't truly exist I view chasing material success as stupid and short-sighted I see through religious people as deluded fools I see through scientific people's constructs I am aware of the gross arrogance and ineptitude of human knowledge I am aware that my consciousness is eternal and I can't really die I am emotionally equinanimous

Do you have an actual argument or insight?

Okay, fair enough.

Yes, but we do live in a world where survival matters. Are you aware of how bad average men's results are on dating apps? I wouldn't hold it against them for being a couple inches generous with their own height. I think your perspective is somewhat female-biased. And I know mine might be male-biased, but there has to be a middle ground somewhere.

The hard truth is that it's a massive disadvantage.

Pretty much all men lie about height on dating apps. It is justified from a certain pov because women have height filters that eliminate a huge quantity of men from the pool. I mean, yes, it is low-integrity devilry technically, but compared to all the other things humans do it's quite understandable.

@BlessedLion 2 points. 1) You admit that self-concept is very important and does bring results. This is something you can manifest. For the success with women example, you can listen to subliminals for attracting women (if you don't know, these are audios with affirmations put in at a very low volume to target your subconscious). Alternatively, you can affirm "I have great success with women" or "Every woman is attracted to me." This will make you believe it if you do it consistently with an open mind. The point is that you're making your mind believe something without evidence and then it tries to make the thing come true. This is way more effective than cold-approaching hundreds of girls to try to build up "hard-earned" confidence. Nope, just tell yourself you're already great with women! 2) The person in the video claims that they manifested things which could easily be acquired through action. That makes it easy to be skeptical. A manifestation believer will believe her, but a skeptic won't. The way to bypass this is by manifesting something physical -- something that would require an absurdly lucky coincidence or breaking physical laws to happen. If it works, then you've proved manifestation definitively. The problem is that you're being too lazy to try this out seriously and would rather insist manifestation is nonsense, probably because your ego would be upset if it realized effort is actually pointless.

Academic formatting of writing is very conformist in general

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Being sick always raises my consciousness. I don't know why, but it does.

I'm aware of that, but more so in the sense that two is one than in the fact that one is two, right? What I mean is that the numbers 1 and 2 are both encompassed within the field of oneness, if that makes sense. This might just get beyond what language can communicate. Didn't you also say in your Infinity of Gods video that even if you imagine another sovereign consciousness, it's still ultimately your imagination and so still one consciousness?

@Carl-Richard you're too focused on rationalist clarity and rigor.

Yes!! I've been saying this for a while. They basically take you past rationality. I still see people in the forum arguing in rationalist ways and wonder if they haven't gotten the message.

So you're saying the realization that seeing comes from nowhere isn't enough to ascribe any properties to seeing, right? I would agree, but it being YOU is not a property. It is an absolute, the claim being that YOU=NOTHING absolutely. I think you fail to consider that people on this forum might actually have direct consciousness of solipsism and aren't deluded or conceptually confused.

Has anyone had this same insight? The fact that two consciousnesses can't exist is quite profound

Your approach is too scientific. But anyways, I'm done defending myself on this thread.

If I don't get my desire. I'm attempting to manifest some physically impossible things, so confirmation bias isn't really an issue.

To all the skeptics: For me manifestation is an empirical issue. I'll update if/when I get results, but otherwise I don't think there's any point in talking about it.

Agreed. Thanks for explaining your perspective.

Maybe I misunderstood your notion of solipsism then. I don't see how the ego-you could truly be separate from the cosmic You. The You that's imagining everything has to be the same as the ego-you because of unity, right?