Self is a facade, made to witness suffering. Buddha said its all Shunyata, Hindus said its all Brahman. Life is perplexing. Reflection give purpose and pleasure (as of now!). Lets see.
Professor Theda meets Albert Einstein: Once Professor Theda thought why not meet Einstein, so he meets him to discuss important things. Einstein got to know that ProfT is very smart so he asks him some questions which he doesnt have answers to. He wrote all of them on a piece of paper and reads them when he meets ProfT. First Question: are black holes real? ProfT: yes, I have a pug with black nose (both outside and inside), so he has black hole on his nose. so black holes are real. Second Question: how fast can someone touch sun? ProfT: so easy, in a few seconds. Einstein: how come? ProfT: I have a son and i could touch him whenever i want! Einstein was aghast; now it was ProfT turn to ask questions First Question: how could you fit 3 fat ladies in one small umbrella? Einstein: not sure if you could fit them in a ubmrella ProfT: off-course you could fit; if its not raining😎
Religious thoughts fail, especially the old ones. I would not say it is exact discoveries by science, but because of clear questions asked by science. Role of self, purpose of universe, purpose of my life etc...all these become simple explanation if one looks at them from clarity in questioning by science. First, there is no real purpose of world or me in it. It's a random creation without nay purpose. Our consciousness creates experience and also a unique ability to think about our thinking. Consciousness makes problme of self look mysterious. Self just hapoends to be developed without a real role as it seems. So don't ponder much about purpose or god or self.all it is useless. It's random life...knowing it creates liberation. It's not pessimistic at all. I see it as very positive with no burden of purpose, god, self or over imphasised role of myself in this universe. It is just irrelevant. This clarity doesn't contradict with morality. Indeed it supports ethical a...
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