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That would be awesome man! Thank you! My problem is that I'm still not sure that reality is infinite, and that I am very much skeptical of the 'infinite possibilities and points of view' claim.

I understand that.

@Voladores ??❤️

Well, according to my and many other people's experiences, it's not. In fact, it requires really huge balls to dig into one's past and face the deep-rooted fears. The judgement 'girlish' is not a healthy excuse. Do whatever cures you.

@Voladores It's probably obvious and basic for someone well-developed like you, but have you tried shadow work and emotional healing? This you can do by yourself. The other suggestion is psychoanalysis as recommended by winterknight, an enlightened former member on this forum. Here: This is shadow work facilitated by experts, so it requires someone else to help you if you feel comfortable with that. Remember that you can use the search function to help you find more specific results.

I feel like I'm making a fundamental mistake that I'm yet not able to see while contemplating 'infinity'.

Guys, it's not easy for everyone to just shut their minds. .. @Voladores It's okay. There seems to be an accumulated resistance to being around people. Chances are it didn't happen suddenly but had grown and been building up gradually. Is that right? And if so, could you elaborate and give us some background story so that we can be more specific with our advice?

Some people like challenging themselves and some others like challenging others. That could be another possible perspective. Plus, there's beauty in everything, and some people are more sensitive to it through horror, I guess. Another possible perspective is that watching horror movies might be stemming from deep insecurities, as a call from the higher self, I mean that some people might be able to break their deep-rooted fears by facing something horrible, at least on a screen. I could come up with some other thoughts, but that'd be selfish of me. I'll leave something for others

It's a duality, but a helpful one. See, the problem with enlightenment is that it will strip away everything you have. So, as you're going after it, you want to make sure you won't go broke and end up living on the streets. Although that's not a problem if you don't care, but most people care. (money is just one aspect, there's also health and relationships and all of their accessories). Also, after you're done chasing enlightenment, you don't want to start your mundane life from zero (let alone from below zero), because that would be a very unfortunate situation. But, you know, you can collapse the duality and try your luck like I did.

@SoonHei @mandyjw @Aakash @Synchronicity @Telepresent @Nahm Thank you all. I obviously need further observation and contemplation.

Think of suffering as a virus running in the background and consuming all of your 'RAMs'. It's literally a dis-ease. The anti-virus would simply be 'ease' in any possible way, be it meditation or rest or whatever you want. Ease is simply the removal of resistance, which is the virus.

Simple. Just do, don't think. And when you think, don't resist. Let thinking work itself out without interruption. Enjoy the thinking, it's not the enemy. Also, avoid multi-tasking.

It's an integral process, you need both construction and deconstruction at the same time. It’s more about conscious balance than complete detachment. It's a process of adding the most value to your life by removing the lesser values that society gives by default. You might want to start with this: Also, take a look at this ? And most importantly, be careful not to depend on a single source for information. Always try to keep variety.

Your personal life, health, friends and family, education and work, etc...

@Aakash I don't understand the exercise. P.S. Edited previous post. Life will end. No doubts about that, I guess. The ego will die.

@Aakash Thank you, but this does not make sense to me at the moment. I'm questioning the validity of the concept 'infinity', not what it means. How do you know that reality is infinite not vastly huge? What if there are limits after all? We might say that there does not seem to be limits, but we haven't either proven no-limits. My little brother says that humans crave discovering stuff and claim righteousness. Are we just bullshitting ourselves? Also, why be a limited human if I am reality and infinite? The answer is not to experience all POVs.

I think the younger, the better. But you gotta make sure your shit is handled before.

@Ibn Sina You're not ready. I'm not going to push anymore.

I certainly am deluded, but that's none of your business. I have no problems whatsoever with my delusions, while you have. My delusions solve all problems, while your delusions don't. That's the fundamental problem here, you're focused on me instead of focusing on yourself. This means that your cognitive development is at the same level as those two answers. Not that the answers are actually either good or bad. There are levels of development beyond your ability to detect, let alone comprehend, and that's fine by me. The only obstacle is your closed-mindedness and denial of those levels because you think logic is the utmost system for mapping reality. I acknowledge that the judgement I made can be wrong. However, I don't care if it's wrong or right, since I'm here to help. If it's right then it'll raise your awareness, if it's wrong then it will trigger you. In either cases, it's beneficial, depending on how you use it. Open-mindedness. The possibility of other illogical, yet valid, ways of thinking. Honestly, the answer is because I don't want to repress my desire to help you. I can do that, but I don't want to. Sometimes a slap on the face is the only way to teach, because if I don't, life will. But be careful, because life's hands are gigantic and might not give you the chance to reply.

@Ibn Sina Yes, you can. And that's why you will keep deluding yourself and stay stuck and never solve your problem. Notice your hypocrisy, you're asking for help but you're rejecting every other solution that's presented to you, like you don't need help in the first place. If you're sincere, then you wouldn't be wasting your time on putting your precious 'logic' on a pedestal, but rather you would consider the possibility that logic is fundamentally flawed and cannot be applied to everything. You already think that you have the answers and then you come here asking for answers?! Give me a break! I never said there is a problem. I replied to you using a blind man's analogy, because it applies to you (even though you deny that). What's the problem here? Okay. How about this for an answer? ? Pre/trans fallacy: www.interchangecounseling.com/blog/somatics-and-the-pre-trans-fallacy I also asked you this ? and you ignored it: This is a vital question. On it hinges most of your delusion.

@Ibn Sina You don't know what you're talking about. You don't know what intuition is. You confuse intuition for closed-mindedness. You're closed-minded and cannot be helped. I wasn't asking for help because I have no problems to begin with. If I have no problems, then I must be having some higher wisdom that you don't have.

You're blind, and that's your problem. I can't give you eyes.

This is only the beginning, my friend. The beginning of the end.

Oh, and you think you get more understanding without wisdom? How contracted of a worldview is that! You've basically fallen into the trap of mainstream science, closed-mindedness. Wisdom is what expands your understanding beyond its current limitations. You think that logic is the ultimate tool for understanding reality? This means that you have very little wisdom. The more wisdom you acquire, the more tools you will have in your pocket, and logic can still be one of them. Keep your mind open if you want to learn, cuz you ain't gonna learn too much by sticking to your current paradigms. It might not have a logical basis, but that's where you could expand your paradigms to include non-logical bases as well. Non-logical claims are way more valid and valuable than the logical ones. They are way less contracted and way more flexible. It's something that requires turning inwards to see. Again, there are a lot more tools than logic, such as intuition and foresight. Of course, these tools have no logical basis. BUT, does logic itself even have a logical basis in the first place? Or is logic fundamentally illogical? Be careful with your answer. But let's say that you're right and I am very focused on others, the difference between me and you would be that I don't care about changing the world as much as you do. So, even if your claim is true, it's irrelevant to my situation, while mine is relevant because mine will help you move towards your goal.

You wouldn't need to assure me if that was the case. You're focused on my opinion/judgement.