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grisanik  ·  3288 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Power of the Unknown

Dealing with solipsism is your problem, if you exist. :)

But let me give you another answer, solipsism is easily testable, each of us can test it for himself, regardless of the possibility that maybe other entities are not real.

Fastest would be to stop breading, if you hold your breath long enough you will find out.

But let’s take less harmless test, fire the matches and try burning your hand. Does it hurt?

Probably, at least in my case it hurts, and I have memory it does. That means that regardless of the fact that you are only “real” being, you will still experience everything exactly as everything is real, you are bound by the laws of this world or the Maya (Illusion) how Hinduism teaching call’s it. Meaning even in the case that all people around you/me are puppets they can still hurt you/me.

Now real question is this: by testing and learning rules of the world, what are you going to do with your time here?





unique_username  ·  3288 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The fact that this illusion has an effect on the person, doesn't mean that it has a worth.

Now with what an consious being will do is completely subjective, and product of universal reactions.

grisanik  ·  3288 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Define me your meaning of "worth" ?

unique_username  ·  3287 days ago  ·  link  ·  

A Meaning, a reason for its existence, or a specific reason to be interested in it.

grisanik  ·  3287 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ok define me your meaning, what is your reason for existence ?

unique_username  ·  3287 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Reason for existence of what specific?

grisanik  ·  3287 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    The fact that this illusion has an effect on the person, doesn't mean that it has a worth.

You said it does not worth. Then I have ask you to define "worth" you said:

    A Meaning, a reason for its existence, or a specific reason to be interested in it.

So I am asking you what is your reason for existence, if you think that you are only real why keep existing?

unique_username  ·  3287 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Both existing and not existing are meaningless, anything in the universe or a possible multiverse is meaningless, which includes the interactions that I do, which includes the stop of my existence. So either way it is, is pointless.

grisanik  ·  3287 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Lol, now this is a semantic game with recursive infinite loop ... so I will throw exception :)

unique_username  ·  3287 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Exception?

grisanik  ·  3287 days ago  ·  link  ·