Leo was right about Buddhism

[oOo]

I love coffee, but I get addicted to caffeine super quickly, and yet, my body is really sensitive to it so I can't sustain it.

Decaf.

There's some things you gotta go Buddhist on and other things, that's where you need Star Wars.

[Yimpa]

22 hours ago, Oppositionless said:

And obviously they don't talk about GOD.

And obviously psychedelics don’t talk about GOD. 

How is that possible?!

[Razard86]

The only way to God is to lose your mind literally. Meditation alone in most cases is going to be insufficient. If you want to reach God Consciousness you need a state change and the balls to literally be willing to go Insane while still being sane. You will not reach God Consciousness and keep your human mind in tact. Your sense of self must spill out into the world around you for you to access the mind of God, 

All the information you need has already been given, that Buddist thing is just going to make you a good meditator and that is it. I commune with God all the time, I hang out with Jesus, Shiva and Krishna and I'm not bragging at all, it is something you can do if you can escape the limited human mind and rest in Infinity. With that said, you will have to go through many rough patches along the path.

[AerisVahnEphelia]

On 23/08/2026 at 3:05 AM, Oppositionless said:

So I've been going to a Buddhist temple for 3 months now . First of all, the good. I like this place, I like these people , I'd rather have Buddhists as friends than most types of people . Meditation is also really good . If you have adhd or otherwise can't sit still and you go to one of these temples you'll be forced to sit still and meditate, that's good, it builds accountability.

But as for understanding of reality, I've been a little let down . There's lots of talk of oneness, of seeing through the ego, of no self. Sometimes if I'm lucky there will be a little blurb about everything being Mind, but unlike Leo who beats you over the head with it you get maybe a sentence or two about Consciousness, then it's right  back to practical stuff, I feel 90% of the talks given are self-help. How to be a better person, how to do the right thing , how to be more selfless.

 They don't really talk about Love, Intelligence, Beauty, Goodness. And obviously they don't talk about GOD.

I'll probably keep going, it's just a little disappointing.

They talked about GOD all along, but you didn't listen !

[Yimpa]

2 hours ago, AerisVahnEphelia said:

They talked about GOD all along, but you didn't listen !

Buddhists deny God.

[Willy Phallicus]

Buddhism got corrupted like everything else.

[Leo Gura]

The problem is Buddhists don't think. They discourage thinking about Reality. That is a mistake. Meditation is not enough to solve Reality.

Edited 41 minutes ago by Leo Gura

[Someone here]

11 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

The problem is Buddhists don't think. They discourage thinking about Reality. That is a mistake. Meditation is not enough to solve Reality.

It may sound a little simplistic at first, but in the depth of meditation, there can be a shift in perspective where the sense that something needs to be fixed or figured out simply falls away. From the absolute perspective. You still have to feed your body obviously.
it’s not necessarily that life’s problems disappear, but that, for a moment, you experience things without the assumption that there is something to solve. It’s just another perspective on the same reality.

 

[Leo Gura]

7 minutes ago, Someone here said:

but in the depth of meditation, there can be a shift in perspective where the sense that something needs to be fixed or figured out simply falls away.

Of course that is the Buddhist position. But it is wrong. You will not meditate your way to understanding GOD.

Edited 20 minutes ago by Leo Gura

[Someone here]

3 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Of course that is the Buddhist position. But it is wrong. You will not meditate your way to understanding GOD.

It’s really two different directions, and it depends on what your goals and priorities are.

If the goal is to understand God intellectually, then thinking and deep contemplation are necessary. But if the goal is to experience peace, stillness, and bliss, then quieting the thinking mind through meditation may be more beneficial.

Neither approach is necessarily better..it depends on what someone is seeking . For example, my mother is at an age where intense intellectual exploration may not be as suitable or necessary for her. Meditation and cultivating a sense of inner peace might serve her much better.