What spiritual teachers actually teach Solipsism

[Joseph Maynor]

3 minutes ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

@Carl-Richard it reinforces my thought that we are all hidden in plain sight 🥰

Absolutely (⁠＾⁠∇⁠＾⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠♪

I find other women who are into philosophy & truth far more intimidating than men, actually.

Very true.  

[Natasha Tori Maru]

@Davino is another one (incognito truth seeker) - how he described his day job and general demeanor in a previous post made me think he would be an Uno reverse card irl 

[Inliytened1]

53 minutes ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

@Inliytened1 @ExploringReality

You, gentleman - I would cook lamb shanks, mash & beans. A good meal and hearty existential chats 🙏❤️

I know I do enjoy a mental clashing of the minds, but behind that I genuinely adore intellectual conversation and there is always MUCH respect. I also know exactly when to switch from savage mind jousting to warm compassion. I don't like walking away with a bad feeling. I suppose that's the women bit 🥹

I have never met one woman into serious spirituality. A few men for sure. And I really to try with those around me. I give them little truth biscuits to lure them in, but it is rare someone really begins to ask the big questions with the lead in. 

I suppose you would find truth seeking women in the last place you would expect. Because who would predict an awakened, female construction manager? Sounds busted 😏

Where have you been all my life.

[Inliytened1]

1 hour ago, Carl-Richard said:

I have to re-frame my past exclamations of "it's so simple, literally spend 10 minutes to learn the distinction between personal and transpersonal", as that is more a wish and a rhetorical quip than actual reality.

It was not the case for me, it was a paradigm shift after years of intentional grasping for something more than my vibez-based solipsism (which I did subscribe to for quite some time). I think it's almost a default to subscribe to solipsism once you get into non-duality. It's so seemingly elegant, simple, but indeed only if you are kind of simple yourself (in the conceptual department, not necessarily spiritually).

Yes, to make philosophically sound statements, you have to do a little digging into philosophy, into science, into trying to be logically consistent, into shaping your ideas in a clear and unequivocal way (which does not equal simple). It was a process for me, and unless you're exceptionally gifted in the logical department, it will be for you too, if you decide to go down that route. And I do believe it's worth it, because you are always making philosophical statements on the spiritual path. You are doing it right now. You are never exempt from stating things logically and from trying to provide an argument. Even if you're a vibez-based solipsist, you are providing a philosophy.

It doesn't matter if it's based in direct experience. I believe my philosophy of idealism is based in direct experience. It's the way you communicate it, the level of consistency, the conceptual rigor, that might be entirely different, that makes it come off as different, but it can be based in the same thing. It's about how well you think, not how well you "are" in terms of spiritual attainment. If you are all about spiritual attainment, then the pointing business might not be your game. There are other ways to spread your insights. You don't have to do it through words. But again, if you choose words, you take on the responsibility of being rigorous, logically consistent and unequivocal, or else you delude yourself and others.

Thank you.  I appreciate you clearing your stance. And im glad you have based it on direct experience

Edited 15 hours ago by Inliytened1

[Inliytened1]

50 minutes ago, aGuyWithTanSkin said:

@Inliytened1 thank you, bro. How does one continue to learn more and continue to mature spiritually? Just meditation and contemplation, with an internal longing for knowing more?

 

Absolutely. I can use some more meditation in my life haha. But don't feel sad about Oneness it's actually a beautiful thing.  The ego can't handle it because it threatens its existence.  As the duality of self and other must collapse. But as the higher intelligence you are you should know that this is but an illusion  

Edited 15 hours ago by Inliytened1

[Breakingthewall]

3 hours ago, aGuyWithTanSkin said:

The main question I’ve been wanting to ask you is- why do you (and many others) say that enlightenment is “total bliss” or it’s something to desire and yearn for, and the most amazing love or euphoria or whatever.. when at the same time you have said you wouldnt wish it upon your worst enemy? And many also describe it as realizing that you are the one and only lonely king trapped here for eternity and thats just the way it is. This is contradictory. I’ve seen comments on posts in the past from you, with takes from both sides. And by the way, as a result of the very few psychedelic trips, I became obsessed with learning more and read up so much philosophy… that i now believe in solipsism, as only it makes sense. The best way to explain/describe existence, is that its literally magick! Theres no other explanation.

They said that to appear cool. 99,99% of spirituality is just narcissism. Enlightenment is the dissolution of the limits, if you are alone, you are limited. What's unlimited is not one or alone, it's unlimited 

[Breakingthewall]

8 hours ago, Sugarcoat said:

Do you think if all fear and need is gone then limits are gone too,

Fear and the need for self-preservation are fundamental elements of a living being. A living being is a self-preserving universe within another universe; its root is the will to be. Every breath or heartbeat is a manifestation of that will.

8 hours ago, Sugarcoat said:

Yea even if we’d say it’s not real, doesn’t make a difference to our current experience

Saying that reality is not real because it's a dream is just a spiritual formula, same than saying that everything is pure consciousness. The main goal of those claims are seduction. Spirituality is used as a mean to gain money and attention, same than politics. Humans need spirituality, then there are sellers and the most charismatic wins 

[UnbornTao]

Yeah, I'm not going to keep contributing to this. You guys keep jerking each other's off.

[VeganAwake]

9 hours ago, Joseph Maynor said:

Yes.  And then the question is now what?  Lol.  

Yup,

At a certain point here, the mind questioned, who is asking these questions?  Like actually who or what wants this answer so desperately? Is there an actual source, or is it just random?

That particular inquiry seemed to come from someplace else. 🤷‍♂️

[Joseph Maynor]

21 hours ago, Inliytened1 said:

Yes I see that. And i have come to the conclusion that everyone has their own Truth.   Do you not see how silly it would be for me to tell you that awakening was Absolute in the same thread where I am stating that I am alone as God?

Its silly.  I get it.  I can tell you that for me it was the Truth.  For you, you have yours.  But..I will not stop teaching it.  

This resonates with me.  I stopped teaching and only share now because I get this.

[UnbornTao]

On 1/9/2026 at 5:27 PM, Sincerity said:

For clarity's sake. My insights regarding solipsism/oneness arose during intense meditation and contemplation from scratch (primarily on LSD), mostly only focusing on "What am I?" for hours. Every time, the awareness is basically the same but deepened, and also other things come to light.

This understanding isn't my lived experience right now; I'm in a state of selfhood and my thinking is corrupted for that. But the insights and vision are fresh because my recent awakenings were at the start of this week. Also, I'm actively investigating the nature of self-thoughts every day "sober" during meditation. I can also recall the states I was in, and do - for integration purposes.

Lastly, I'll also add that I awoke to an insight that's more or less contradicting solipsism. I've seen glimpses of it before, but this time it became really clear. And both it and the insight of solipsism are true. So it's not this or that - it's this and that. A cosmic joke. I've said it in my first posts here.

I wish there was a better word for solipsism that's hitting the bullseye and isn't an -ism. Or maybe I just don't know it. Nevertheless, to me, it's not beliefs. More like remembrance through the fog.

Sorry I didn't respond earlier to your post.

I really can't tell what you may have become conscious of - if anything. Hopefully it was true and profound.

The point is that the mind can pretty much make things up and distort whatever insight may have been had. I could retroactively attempt to confirm my belief system - if I were a Scientologist or a Buddhist - and with enough fervor, I probably could. I would be able to "move with the map", so to speak. I could think in such a way that any other conceptual structure like idealism, nonduality, and so on would be "confirmed" in my own mind. This is a fundamental point.

For example, consider that Ramana was not talking about solipsism. As far as I can tell, he was attempting to communicate the truth he was directly conscious of. Huge difference.

The realness of the consciousness is what is in question. I guess the point, once again, is basically this: we're biased. Our minds are biased.

I've realized that, generally speaking, people are not very good at discerning what is a real communication and what is something else - and how to tell when someone is speaking from an imaginative intellectual world or a conclusion, rather than from direct consciousness. As an example, revisit the thread on Teal Swan. Also, you mention Bashar, and to me it is not much different from the former. Like seriously, why are you listening to him? It's a waste of time.

Edited 4 hours ago by UnbornTao