UnbornTao

Can you summarize your point? What are you asking or trying to get across?

Existentially, I'd say it doesn't exist by itself; communication is an activity. I take my experience as it is, without bias or any form of distortion, and "hand it over" to you so that you get it as it is--that seems to be the core of what communication is. Clearly, talking about it is much easier than doing it in practice, as we find many obstacles to it--on our own part, mostly--in our daily lives. It is a worthy question to look into.

Letting you know beforehand that recruiting to external chats and excessive self-promotion is not allowed, just in case you were intending to do that. In any case, feel free to post!

What does he mean by existing? A human body, as far as I know, can't survive without oxygen for long.

Hence insanity, too, no?

What I'm saying is that this debate is intellectual. As such, it is superficial compared to getting the one who is asking the question. I felt "zenny" today.

This is GPT's response:

@Leo Gura What about the streamer guy?

Nobody questions the self that is believing in solipsism.

Why not meditate for some time and get your mind focused elsewhere?

@Javfly33 okey dokey.

@Javfly33 Like I've implied elsewhere, destroying one's beliefs isn't as welcomed as adopting new ones that seem promising. I'm pointing out your relationship to this matter which is grounded on a slippery foundation. Understanding this isn't the problem as much as it is "experiencing" it. In other words, the direction of dispelling one's own beliefs is more fruitful than pretending that a belief or set thereof is true--if the goal is arriving at the truth. Take care.

Blueberry captures the nuance better than Cheese.

I suspect it might have been intellectually-induced, in other words, by what he does with his mind--at least this may have contributed. You can be open and at the same time grounded on accurate or objective perceptions, without the latter you're more likely to float in abstract and airy-fairy worlds and notions. If one pays attention, the actions that preceded such episode can be tracked down, for example by superficially indulging or engaging in an idea.

@Javfly33 Wasn't referring to stretching the body and doing breath exercises, but the other part.

@Javfly33 You fell into wishful thinking. Be honest about your experience.

@Javfly33 OK, contemplating what life is from scratch is a better endeavor.

It is a story coming from an Indian cosmology. It claims that someone who is thought to be "advanced" is believed to continue to "function" after death. Fantasy aside, what it is essentially saying is that someone died.

I wouldn't engage in fantastical thinking.

It's a Breaking Bad meme.

"Jesus Christ Marie, they're minerals!"

This one. We assume that being alive is the same as knowing what life is.

Get the nature of life first

In that case "to personally understand a fact" may be a more apt expression. "Direct" may better be used for existential matters and breakthroughs, in my view. If direct means (is being defined as) the thing itself, I assume that doesn't pertain to the relative domain.