How to be wise

@TheSomeBody you will do better looking at Leo’s booklist.

@Bryan Lettner if you relapse, then you pick yourself up afterwards. Simple as that.

@Hansu The reason you can’t look upon reality without thoughts is because you’re attached to thoughts! So to unattach yourself from those thoughts, you need to inquire into them. Once you’ve inquired into thoughts for a few months, your mind will naturally let go of them. Then you can live the rest of your life in the present moment.

The classic shoes thrown at Bush video:

@Leo Gura You said in your blog that homosexuality is a new topic. But the Quran also denounces homosexuality, and talks about the punishment received by the people of Lot for being gay. An angel grabbed the land they were on, flied with it, then dropped it upside down onto the ocean. Homosexulaity is an old topic.

Deep stuff to contemplate “Reality is not an event. It cannot be experienced. For reality neither comes nor goes.”

Nisargadatta: “The absolute doesn’t know itself at all.” ”Beingness is the child of no beingness, the absolute.” ”Something prior to the creation of the body knows that there is a body.” “When you did not have the body, complete satisfaction existed.” ”The arrival of my beingness without my knowing constitutes my parents.” ”The one who observes the being and no being state is the true state.”

@Anna1 Nisargadatta didn’t speak English.

Nisargadatta: “Come to the conclusion that you are not the consciousness.”

Nisargadatta: “Just understand yourself. That itself is eternity.”

@cetus56 but he just told us that psychedelics can’t rewire your brain whilst the other practices can. Surely that’s the difference.

Nisargadatta: “What comes and goes has no being.” ”What changes is not real. What is real does not change.”

Nisargadatta: “There is no such thing as experience of reality.”

@Leo Gura you didn’t answer the question. Did you have any mystical experiences from your other practices since taking psychedelics? Surely you can answer that question.

@Leo Gura how many mystical experiences have you had outside psychedelics, ever since you started taking psychedelics?

@Leo Gura so does the other infinity. 1 infinity - 1 infinity = 0

How can we increase our creativity? Are there any techniques we can use?

@Faceless it seems like you’re talking about enlightenment. But is there a way of increasing your creativity further? Is enlightenment the best way for it?

@Faceless when I say creativity, I mean ‘out of the box’ thinking. Is that what you’re talking about?

@Faceless do you really think that enlightenment will turn you into a highly creative person. I mean, there are many enlightened beings, and not all of them seem very creative.

@cetus56 but you need creativity to find a way to use nature. So it isn’t a solution for how to be more creative.

@okulele is that a reliable way? How long does that usually take?

@Prabhaker When I say creativity, I mean ‘out of the box’ thinking, and ‘coming up’ with clever insights. As you probably noticed, it’s very difficult. How can we make ourselves better at it? @denydritz thanks!

@Quanty what does that mean?

I’m very interested in how I can increase my ingenuity for solving problems in science. I found that this was a lot harder than creativity for artistic works. I’ve researched it online, but have found very little advice. Is there anyone who knows of techniques or ways to increase your ingenuity. @Leo Gura I’m hoping you might have some tips or information.