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Is there truly one "you"? This video delves into the complexities of the self, exploring the paradox of being both singular and multifaceted, challenging our conventional understanding of personal identity. Join me as we lay the groundwork for a deeper understanding of the self and its intriguing nature. 00:00 Introduction 00:27 Definition of the self 01:33 Is there only one self? 01:54 Talking to ourselves 02:38 Judging ourselves 02:57 Judging the judge 03:16 More and more selves 04:05 Is there one self? 04:46 One thing can't change from the outside 05:20 One thing can't change from the inside 05:57 Separating the self and the I 07:33 The I is open to everything 08:20 Is the I one? 09:06 The I is nothing thus no thing 09:54 If there can only be one, there can't be one 12:28 Laying the groundwork If you like my videos and would like to support my work, you can do so at: https://buymeacoffee.com/laservius

Discover why your direct experience is the key to understanding reality. This video challenges the perceived duality between consciousness and reality, questioning the foundations of scientific materialism. Learn how to critically examine beliefs about causation and objective reality, and why direct experience is the only true starting point for understanding existence. 00:00 Introduction 00:23 Why is direct experience maligned? 01:31 Starting at the most basic level 02:06 Materialism starts from a belief 02:58 Getting fundamental 03:19 Point to explore 04:11 Looking for the duality of reality and experience of reality 06:16 Looking for a cause to reality 09:22 What is your starting point? If you like my videos and would like to support my work, you can do so at: https://buymeacoffee.com/laservius

This video explores how our senses, like sight and touch, work together to create our understanding of the world. It delves into a classic thought experiment called the Molyneux problem, where we explore how sight and touch might not be as independent as we think. Through an engaging experiment, we'll uncover the surprising ways our senses collaborate to build our perception. 00:00 Introduction - quotes 00:23 Realist view of reality 00:50 Perceiving a cup 01:36 When perceptions don't match up 02:14 Hierarchy of perceptions 03:04 Sight and touch/feel 04:18 The Molyneux problem 04:51 The solution to the problem 05:28 The introduction to the experiment 06:27 The experiment 08:06 The results 10:21 Constructing the agreement between perceptions 11:15 The open acceptance of the "I" 13:41 Final thoughts If you like my videos and would like to support my work, you can do so at: https://buymeacoffee.com/laservius

Deconstructing beliefs can lead to separation, but what if it could bring us closer? This video explores how going beyond postmodernism can reveal the underlying unity of reality. Learn how to integrate philosophical insights with everyday life to create a more meaningful and connected existence. 00:00 Introduction 00:32 Postmodernist? 00:59 Negative implications of deconstruction 01:36 Deconstruction in our society 02:47 Deep understanding of the human condition 03:28 The elevation of identity leads to separation 05:05 What went wrong with deconstructing reality? 05:20 Reason 1: Deconstruction didn't go far enough 06:03 Reason 2: Taking on insights as new beliefs 07:06 Unity instead of separation 07:35 Embracing paradox 11:01 A certain lucid dream 12:19 Engagement while knowing all is OK

Have you ever stopped to notice, where your thoughts occur? Are they really in your head? In this video, we will experiment with our senses and explore through direct experience where thoughts actually take place. 00:00 Introduction 00:36 Common belief 01:16 Thoughts can only be of senses 02:05 The experiment - introduction 02:52 The book, "The Direct Path" 03:17 Smell 04:04 Taste 04:43 Touch 05:31 Sight 06:29 Sound 07:46 Conclusions

In this video, we investigate the foundations of our beliefs and the limits of what we can truly know. By exploring a thought experiment that challenges our biases, we reveal the inherent limitations in our pursuit of certainty and uncover profound implications for our understanding of reality. 00:00 Introduction 00:41 Final outcomes as being unequal 02:02 Listening to a discussion on morality 02:51 The introduction to a thought experiment 03:44 The thought experiment 04:31 Revealing some of the reasons 05:12 Revealing some of the values 05:57 Objective truth 08:13 Implications of no objective truth

Every method of inquiry inevitable leads to infinite regress, circularity, a foundational assumption, or paradox. 00:00 Introduction 00:40 The point of a question is to disappear 03:55 Infinite regress 05:12 Circularity 06:20 Foundational assumption 07:24 Paradox 08:24 Assumptions in everyday life 10:38 Possibilities beyond the 4 outcomes? 11:20 Practical implications of 4 outcomes 12:34 Reality being an undivided unity 13:21 AI gives a hypothetical 5th outcome 15:07 Direct experience 18:11 Integrating direct experience with intellectual inquiry

How do we experience change? I use the theory of the block universe as a starting point into my exploration of change and the universe. 00:00 Introduction 00:53 The block theory of the universe 02:58 The observer in the block universe 03:54 The main aim of the theory 04:22 A globe that is completely lit up 04:49 There is no observer 05:36 Change as a quality 06:16 The limits of traditional logic 07:42 Seeing change as static 09:07 Mistake of seeing reality as made up of pieces 10:33 The paradox of reality

What is change? Is it really what you think? 00:00 Introduction 01:16 Change 01:56 Change needs time 02:30 Zeno's paradox of the arrow 03:59 Continuity and connection 04:45 Something has to remain of the past thing 05:24 A thing can't change from within itself 06:40 Change can only be experienced from the outside 07:59 Example of a simple change 09:48 The observer is the connector of change 10:20 Summary 11:23 Can the "I" change? 15:03 Dreams and the "I" 15:52 What does this mean for reality?

I talk about why I don't like giving advice and the problems that I've had when I did give advice. 00:00 Introduction 00:58 The effect of giving advice on me 02:13 The sickening effect of the ego 03:10 Paying attention to the ego 04:36 Giving advice doesn't work 05:09 What works instead of advice 06:52 The purpose of my videos

In this video I talk about a dream that shows how we really experience reality. How this matches up with many spiritual teachings is interesting. 00:00 Introduction 00:42 The dream story 01:27 The experience as the dream 01:52 The observer 02:25 The character 03:01 What is the "I"? 04:01 Dreams as the dream 05:43 Dreams as a character 07:06 Dreams as another person 09:31 Changing the view of "I" 10:38 Experiencing death in a dream

I discuss how I would protect an untrue belief and how imagination can help us find the answers that we were looking for. 00:00 Tower defense strategy game 00:57 How would you protect a belief? 01:23 First line of defense 02:26 Downplay its importance 02:59 Appear complex 04:09 True complexity 05:12 Surrounded by unrelated thoughts 05:44 Fear 06:35 No more defenses 06:57 What would you do? 07:16 Imagination 09:56 Why it's important to know

This is contemplation of the belief that we see the true person when times are tough. Is this true? I've thought this all of my life and it certainly seems true. But I've never questioned it. So, I decided to go into it and see if it is true. 00:00 Introduction 01:22 Do we see the true person when times are tough? 02:26 Questioning the belief 03:08 People who are acting hypocritically 04:11 People who say the same thing in good and bad times 04:35 Heroes 05:07 People who act differently 05:43 Making sense of the different parts of the belief 07:16 Not the true self, just a trait 08:04 Clarifying and seeing the belief clearly

What is it about negativity that is so attractive? Why do we think that negativity is the answer to all of our problems? What is actually going on? 00:00 Introduction 00:41 Powerful 02:18 Effective 02:53 Easy to do 03:08 It is believed to be normal 04:18 The positive parts protect the negative 05:09 It is something to do 06:02 Is negativity wrong? 07:45 What can be done? 08:24 What would the devil do? 09:46 Going over negativity before sleep 11:44 Misunderstandings of not being negative

Is a mood just that feeling in the background, or does it even exist? 00:00 Introduction 01:00 The regular idea of mood 01:53 How does one experience a mood? 02:34 Physical feelings 06:13 Mental feelings 07:17 Thought 10:11 A different definition of mood 14:47 We are doing a mood 15:36 The true meaning of a thought 16:32 What you can do 16:53 Stopping the pattern of negativity 17:44 Gratitude

00:00 Introduction 00:30 Start with something you want to change 01:42 Define words 03:22 Start with a question and break down the answers 05:11 Work on the answer by changing variables 07:56 How do you know when you are finished? 09:37 The benefits of doing this kind of contemplation

In this video, I go into beliefs about disinterests ("I don't like..."). We can see what happens when the belief is examined and then let go of. (This video was made much differently than my usual videos. I had no idea what I wanted to talk about in the video. I just started talking. After about 30 minutes, this video came up. I had thought about this topic before, but not in years.) 00:00 Introduction 01:29 Belief that I don't care about fashion 01:44 The belief matched my experience 02:14 Questioning the belief 03:19 Something is not right about the belief 05:25 The belief is about the image of myself 06:04 The real belief 06:41 Letting go of the incorrect belief 07:27 Beliefs attached to an image of myself 08:30 The freedom of letting go of beliefs 08:57 Interests not attached to an image of myself 10:08 Small sense of not "being myself" 10:30 Give it a try

In this video, I look into what worry is, why we have it, and what is its purpose. 00:00 Introduction 00:48 Recording your contemplations 01:32 Worry and falling asleep 04:36 Positive reason for doing something 06:19 What is the purpose of worry? 09:48 Worry is the least amount of doing something 10:35 Worry is amazing at what it does 11:36 The fear of wasting time 12:33 Just seeing the trick of worry 14:17 If possible, do something about it 14:47 Do something positive 15:24 Flood worry with love and gratitude

00:00 The feel of reality 01:21 Nostalgic experiences 04:21 What makes nostalgic experiences pleasurable? 06:47 "Bad" memories also feel good 11:39 The feel of here and now 12:02 The ability to manipulate the feel of reality 13:12 How achieved desires affect the feel of reality 14:30 This is heaven and hell 16:36 When you get what you desire 17:40 How to get nostalgic feelings

In this video I delve into free will and choice. Is free will actually what we think it is? 00:00 Introduction 00:31 Definitions of free will and choice 02:16 The common story of how we make a choice 02:44 Example of a choice 03:41 The I and the chooser 05:26 The actual experience of making a choice 06:29 Why do we want choice? 06:50 Example of a clear choice 07:30 Does God make a choice? 08:09 The answer to the question of free will 09:31 What we actually want

Many people say that the waking world is real and that the dream world isn't. "It's just a dream." Is this true? Let's go into it and see if the unreality of dreams is proven. 00:00 Introduction (definitions of real) 02:11 List of reasons dreams are considered not real 04:28 Time goes faster or slower 05:39 Things change quickly 06:25 Characters can be multiple people 07:29 Multiple locations at once 08:18 Nostalgic experiences (timeless and locationless) 11:40 Lack of consequences 13:13 Dreams are personal 13:36 Natural laws seem different 14:28 Judgment from one reality 15:03 None of these reasons point to unreality 15:38 What can we learn from dreams?

Both science and spirituality say that "true" reality is hidden from us. Let's delve into this and see if this is true.

00:00 Introduction 00:37 Two groups: one helps each other, one doesn't 01:22 Problems increase, the group that shares is better off 01:48 Times become very difficult, group that shares has problems 02:24 Group that doesn't share 02:44 Where evil can arise 03:03 Separate by making a judgment 04:12 Anger arises 04:51 Separate more into jealousy 05:47 The desire for punishment 06:25 The world is a zero sum game 06:53 Power 07:14 Wanting punishment leads to evil 07:38 Evil starts with those who don't have a lot 08:21 Judgment of the world is arrogant and leads to evil 08:58 How those who have a lot contribute to evil 10:26 Societies that share have less evil 10:51 Adam & Eve and the tree of knowledge 11:56 Cain and Abel