Look inward.

[SwiftQuill]

Philosophy is bullshit. The bald man is bullshit. Spirituality is bullshit. Nonduality is bullshit. This forum is bullshit. Textbooks are bullshit.

If you want to know something, you must find out for yourself. Of course, if it's something practical, technical, factual, you can (and should) seek external sources. But if it's something profound, you must look inward.

• How does society work? How does it really work?
• Why do humans behave the way they do?
• Why is life structured like this?
• Why are we even alive? What's the purpose?

No bullshit. No spiral dynamics bullshit. No actualized.org mental masturbating.

It's possible to answer these types of questions.

You must become mad. Paranoid. Ill. You must become obsessed, for a long period of time. And only look inward. See what is the logical pattern in these questions, and in your lived experiences. When you discover the truth, you also feel it. Once you discover it, it's no longer an opinion. No longer open for debate or discussion or gaslighting. Truth is true. Truth contains all other smaller, fragmented truths.

You then can detect an incomplete truth. The Truth doesn't deny it, it simply contains more than the incomplete truth. And if they keep trying to sell you the incomplete truth as the Truth, well, they aren't wrong in a sense. But it's incomplete.

I recommend writing down your findings. It is possible to have a strong epiphany about something and then forget it. Some things are too abstract to be applicable to day to day life.

But it's also possible to not answer your question. If you aren't obsessed enough, or if you don't feel it, or if you haven't had sufficient, diverse life experiences, these truths may not be accessible.

I've suffered greatly. But at least now things make perfect sense. Certain truths are nasty. Still worth chasing though.

Edit: I'm using truth, insight, epiphany, interchangeably here.

Edit 2: Engaging with your Life Purpose also helps experiencing insights.

Edited May 9 by SwiftQuill

[Carl-Richard]

Edited Monday at 05:18 AM by Carl-Richard

[Sugarcoat]

If you look inward enough you’ll start to dissolve all the layers of yourself. Be careful 

[gettoefl]

The greatest self deception is telling people about their lives. It is but an appeal for validation.

The greatest dishonesty is not telling people about your life. It is but a cover for guilt, shame and fear.

Can I get a witness?

[Eskilon]

9 hours ago, Carl-Richard said:

 

[Princess Arabia]

I looked inward and found NOTHING.

[tuku747]