Why is there something rather than nothing?

I believe there are 'persons' on earth, who are permanently aware of the 'Self'. The hard thing is: ( I know the problem is the idea of me that I think it is hard , lol A 'master' simply would say: drop that thought)
Anyway, the hard thing is to be aware of the Self permanently.


I am sure the 'Self' sometimes 'shines' through at many other people. The awareness of the 'Self' is not every time the same as long as there is the mind. There are moments 'you' are closer to it than other moments.

I try to describe the feeling what I mean, I am sure many others experience this, too.


I have been on holidays and relaxed at a beautiful place and nobody is talking and it's quiet, pure nature sounds only.

Then the thoughts in the mind decrease and the feelings of peace and freedom are spreading all over the body.
The awareness of 'one who sits here' fades away, the awareness of pure being becomes stronger.
The Self starts to shine through. It's happiness to be here. I am grateful to be here. And when continuing to stare fixed on one direction, there is nobody who is happy, nobody who stares to somewhere.

IT is happiness. The joy to simply be. 'You' cannot believe it. It's overwhelming, that much that you might silently cry and get some tears. It's to cry because of deep respect and inconceivability. It's a miracle and simple, so wonderful.
Simply to be without thoughts. You know you have dreamed all the time and now you are awake.
There are no questions all is Self-explained and then the insight that 'we' are unaware of 'IT' most of the day, why are we that much stupid? IT is the most natural 'thing' and we don't respect it, we misjudge it by giving it a meaning. How can we?

OK this is my own description of it which is of course again only relative. My mind reflects a situation and puts it into words.

Some might think the awareness of the Self is like black and white. Aware: yes, or aware: no.
This is of course not true. Let's say it's a light which is less or more veiled, but not off or on.
In calm moments it's more unveiled. To be happy to simply exist (be) is an attribute.

I am sure this feeling is familiar to many and has many facets. Happiness without a reason. Simply to be grateful to be (here).

When meditating there is an real active intention to settle down the mind.
That event on holiday simply happened without any effort. The event is spontaneous: Such events happen rarely to me and always at special places, situations. I guess it's an attribute of such events.
In meditation it happens actually the same. The only difference is the awareness of the 'shine through' process it more detailed because time is more stretched. The moment where the 'first' thought creates the idea of 'I' and divides the Singularity and creates the 'I' and non 'I' the world 'outside' can be aware in meditation. It's something that always happens as long as there is the mind. But in 'normal' life we are not concentrated enough to be aware of this process.
(Distracted because of many thoughts)
I'd like to explain it like this. When having many thoughts in mind time moves relatively faster.
So one cannot be aware of this because the relative time with a 'ordinary' mind is too fast to have a chance to be aware of.

When they decrease, the relative time slows down. (Elastic band), the 'moment' becomes more and more aware.
And to describe it there must be a mind (again). To remain the Self is interrupted by thoughts and the mind is strong.

So also in meditation there were days where the mind is in 'riot', so 'you' remain at the surface. You only notice about thoughts coming and going. The mind doesn't like that at all to be settled. It's a annoying kid, lol.

Finally there is an third thing what I have experienced. It is told that the gathering with wise people also affects the 'individual' mind in the same way.
I had the chance to meet the Dalai Lama. I could not speak to him personally, but he told stories of his life to the audience. It has been a sunny Thursday, outside. IT was an event I never forget.
There had been an atmosphere.....everybody smiled, happiness and also the feeling: Thank you that I can be here.
And there was communication besides of spoken words, communication through consciousness.

I am convinced that only the presence of a wise man affects the own mind in that way that the Self becomes more aware. I think the idea of a wise man must just be honest and respectful.
It' s not different than to respect the Self. When listening to and to be aware of a wise man one is listening and aware of the Self. And that is not different to meditation.

But there are a lot of people who cannot respect people of which is told that they are wise.
So they don't have an idea of a wise man in mind and hence if they would visit them and listen to them , their mind would not have the ability to become affected in that way.

So you cannot say: Go visit the Dalai Lama or the pope or to whoever or to the church. And you will feel 'better'.
For those people their wisdom simply doesn't exist (in their mind) and hence their relative truth is: These are just people talking something....
When I was 15 I thought the same. These all are just people talking something I don't care about.
It's clear now that it makes no sense to discuss about if there are wise men, women on earth or not.
It is also clear that it makes no sense to force somebody to respect wise people. They simply don't exist for them, it are just people.

 

Thanks for the video. And thank you for being here.
The video reminds me of the last time when sleeping in the open. Of course the nature hasn't that great variety being at one place. It's the beauty of nature, which is actually one beauty, not different to 'us'.

 

Cause and effect are attributes of progressive time.
Cause and effect are observed by an observer. Also the determination of them is made by the observer and it only can be made if there is linear time and the determination of two events (separation of two events by the observer).

Simultaneously means at the same time. This means there is no more progress in time. So the basis to differentiate is absent. Ergo cause and effect are the same 'then'.
Cause and effect are illusionary and relative. Or you can say cause and effect are two sides of the same medal.
If a event is a cause or an effect is relative so both attributes must be present all the time.

 

Your interests seem mainly to be in the world 'outside'.
I have many books about the cosmos. Interesting without any doubt, but not suitable to get a progress concerning self-awareness.

1. How does one separate one universe from the other? There must be an idea of more universes in one's mind.
And if determined are they real then? It's the same when humans thought matter consists of atoms which form molecules. Then they 'discovered' atoms consist of electrons, neutrons and protons. And finally quarks.

All these are a processes of separating things that have one reality, that ever exists and is Singular. The one without a 2nd.

2. In Reality there can't be some-thing. IT simply is.

3. No. Who am I? Can I leave at all? Am I my body???

No I don't think that there is something faster than light. It is the speed of light relative to space which is observed by an observer. And the fastest that can be measured (by an observer) will be always the speed of light relative to space.
So 'you' cannot be faster than light. Who actually should be faster?
The body? It's matter and matter has always the same attributes. And does the past really exist? The past is an idea of the mind. So it is possible to travel to the past only by manipulating this idea.

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That is the reason why I have left all these theories to describe the world 'outside' behind me. I am scientist, that's my profession, but I know it is only of a relative benefit in a relative world.

 

"Truth is the truth you need not add absolute unless you think you can dilute the truth"
But who recognizes the 'diluted' truth? The idea of a diluted truth is in your mind and you think it matches with my addition.

The issue is that we objectify the truth by giving a meaning to it.


"To say that you don't do something because you can't see a conclusive result is a bit defeatist isn't it"
Where did I say I don't do something?

I frequently have mentioned that I am a scientist, but not because of pride, it's rather the contrary. So I did a lot to gain knowledge. My primary intention was to realize a talent I have got and I wanted to know more about what's happening in the world.
But then I had to notice that I can find relative coherences only. Questions about Who am I or what is life and what is Reality remained unanswered.
I frequently have mentioned that I am a scientist to make clear a scientist states that science is overestimated and never all-knowing.
Of course I use my knowledge in my job to develop new medicine to help others. But I don't study theories anymore about things far 'outside', the universe. My mind has changed. I know that thoughts (the mind) distract when the matter is Reality, the Self.

"You have said many times before that you are a scientist, explain to me how you intend to find your "absolute truth","

It is that what simply is, so it cannot be found.

A story:

Buddha was asked to come and to tell the people about the truth and the Reality.
Many people came to listen to him
Buddha came with a flower in his hand, everybody was looking at him waiting curiously what he will say.
He never spoke a word, he smiled and looked at the audience. He stayed some time and went away.

Many people said then Buddha is not a wise man. Because their dirty glasses which is the mind wanted to have it explained and to be told.

I have written at a previous post about gathering with the wise. And why it makes no sense to discuss about if wise people exist or not.
It's the same issue.

"Might I also point out that it is a very fine line between greatness and madness."
It is.
But it is always one's mind who determines it.

The idea exist mostly because most think epiphany leads to that somebody gains something great.
Of what you speak, greatness and madness are conditions of the mind.
epiphany means to 'get' that Reality is simple being. I am. It's actually the most simple 'thing'.
Its greatness relies on its simplicity. The mind takes away its greatness by putting it in definitions.

Madness is not to be able to get that Reality is simple being. It simply IS. It's like.......Whaaat? That's all???? That can't be!!! I want to find it!!! I want to know it!
Who could find the Reality of which he is a part of???

The need to want explanations. Explanations that lead to confusions, confusions that lead to madness or even to delusions.

 

When reading my posts you notice that I have told about my own personal life, my history.
I have posted about it and about some experiences I had.

We have the problem here that we always have to give a name to the Reality to talk about.
I prefer the word Self. It makes no sense to argue about if the self exists or not. Also not if in Buddhism there is the Self or rather the unity.
This statement only says: Your personal idea of the Self doesn't match with your idea of unity.
But neither the Self nor the unity can be objectified, they simply are.

The attribute of such posts is that we could argue and argue...hence I wrote my posts are made to inspire, not to teach.
And my posts are made with my 'tools' I have available. So of course they have aspects of Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Psychology and science.

There is one simple thing one can 'determine' if all this is useful to 'him'.
With all this I mean all wisdom available in the world.
You only need to ask yourself honestly: Does it make my life happier, peaceful and fulfilled? Can I enjoy my life or am I frequently depressed? Am I satisfied? What's about my fear of death? Do I know who I am? Am I really happy?

One can now study / exercise a particular thing. No matter if science, religion, meditation....and one can re-ask oneself those questions.
And when 'found' something that changes 'it' to the better then one has found 'his' own way.
But 'our' goal is always the same. It's Reality.
'All will end in the Self', our origin. Which is pure being.
Hence Buddha simply came with a flower in his hand and said nothing.
Reality is self-explained.
When one tries to explain the Reality he objectifies it. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that.

Everybody can say: I am. And that is the truth. There is actually nothing more to add.
The confusion starts when saying I am this or that. All things that are perceived are aspects of the objectified Reality and not different to the Reality, it is the mind that separates. They have all one thing in common, they simply are.

The illusion is the pseudo-subject of the 'I' idea. The' 'I' idea is in fact also objectified Reality.
This illusion causes exclusion. I (my body) am in 'the world'.
When you are outside and have a look at a beautiful flower, what do you actually see? You see its beauty, which is one beauty which is not different to yours.

Another way to summarize all that: We will create questions about the world as long we misjudge the world, as long as we are not able to see it as the world really is, to see it as Reality, which is pure being.