How Buddha Solved Life | His Greatest Teaching

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[@smlanka4u]

Interactions (Sanskara) become the nature of knowing while making mental (Nama) and mental (Rupa) actions. 🙏

[@smlanka4u]

Avijja Asava is an unscientific influence like an extra force. The mind arises, exists, and dissolves inside a Chitta.

[@bhudapest3535]

Why do you have to ruin it with AI and the unknown origination

[@Aldarinn]

This video is KZbin treasure. 🎉

[@philiprussell3492]

A subtle, yet profound beauty of your work on this channel is watching the refinement of your wisdom and understanding through the process of the work. Sometimes I click the "oldest" button on your channel and just rewatch them all till the latest uploads. I am grateful that you allow us to grow with you, whatever that may mean for every individual involved. PS Barney is the best recurring character in this whole series of videos.

[@seeker2seeker]

Thank you for making my journey a part of yours, my friend; I appreciate your spending time with my videos :) And I just passed on your compliments to Barney!

[@BanAaron]

This might be your magnum opus! Thank you for such a fantastic video

[@GillesTherrien]

Nice job; love it. Worth watching. I remember spending a lot of time in my youth trying to figure out the model of the 12 links of dependent origination, emptiness of inherent existence, and their interrelation. Well spent time. . More on Dependent Origination / Causality: . Dependent origination is very subtle. The "Perfection" of the truth of "Dependent Co-Origination / Interdependence" of all phenomena is realizing its Inseparability / Interdependence / Unity / Union with the truth of "Emptiness of inherent existence" of all phenomena (including the 12 links, the Laws of Karma and the Four Noble Truths). Like Compassion and Wisdom, one aspect alone is insufficient, and can lead to dogmatism / extremism / absolutism, and much fighting, suffering for self and others. Like the two wings of a bird they are both required to 'fly', to live, to evolve. . It means that we need to use Laws like Dependent Origination / Causality / Karma / Four Noble Truths ... in our lives, but alway be aware of the emptiness of inherent of existence of all dualities and triads, like: cause-causality-effect, origination-duration-cessation, past-present-future, subject/actor-relation/action-object/result, perceiver/knower-perception/cognition-perceived/known, owner/self-owning-possession/karma, consciousness-...-world, body-speech-mind, Buddha-Dharma-Sangha, etc. They are all dependently co-arisen, relatively functional and useful concepts / tools / adapted skillful means, but never absolute. There are always other factors that can influence them and change the outcome. . Everything is dependently co-arisen / interdependent and thus empty of inherent existence, even the two truths of "dependent co-origination" and "emptiness of inherent existence" themselves. All scientific principles, universal laws, and constants, are also like that: dependently co-arisen, relatively functional and useful, but never absolute. All universal principles or laws in all spiritual traditions and religions are like that: dependently co-arisen, relatively functional and useful, but never absolute. . Nothing can escape impermanence, dependent co-origination, emptiness of inherent existence, because everything is ever-changing, impermanent, dependently co-arisen / interdependent / interconnected and empty of inherent existence, never absolute; no exception at all. And yet, we should not grasp at those concepts / laws / truths either; nor at their "Relation / Union". So we should not accept them as absolute, nor reject them completely. That is the Middle Way free from all extremes in all situations, about everything. . A simile: Reality as it is is like a limitless timeless Sea of dependent co-origination or interdependence with nothing substantial in it. Absolutely nothing, no exception at all. 'This That', with no inherent this, that or relation between them, just relatively, conventionally. Everything is like energy, sounds, frequency, vibrations of the Ground / Basis / Source / Pure Primordial Consciousness / Brahman / Tao / Unified Quantum Field -- with nothing inherently existing in it. That is beauty, freedom and bliss. . We find the same Universal Principles in most spiritual traditions and mystical versions of religions: impermanence, interconnectedness, emptiness, non-duality and oneness. While impermanence, interconnectedness, emptiness, non-duality, and oneness are central principles, other universal themes such as transformation, cycles, frequencies, resonance, balance, cause and effect, geometry, spirals, fractals, holograms, liberation through the Union of virtues like compassion and wisdom ... also permeate mystical and spiritual traditions. These principles reflect humanity’s shared quest to understand existence, transcend limitations, and align with the ultimate reality.

[@ruchiramatidharmachari]

Here’s a jewel to keep and share. I hope soon can be available in many other languages. Good karma having produced this.

[@roihanfadhil2879]

It wasn't in vain that I waited so long for this video ✨✨! Great work and thank you 👏👏❤❤.

[@seeker2seeker]

Thank you, my friend, I'm glad you enjoyed it :) And I am deeply grateful for your support all this time!

[@SpiritualPsychotherapyServices]

Great and lowly are RELATIVE. 😉 Incidentally, Slave, are you VEGAN? 🌱

[@Samphappalapa-56912]

Your videos are absolute gold. You put into our view the most hard to understand ideas so we may understand them. Thank you so much, brother. Best channel on KZbin. 10/10!

[@BuddhasWaytoHappiness-g9b]

"Your channel really provides deep value about Buddhism and peace. Your videos have given me new perspectives on life."

[@starwalker3488]

Wow, your videos take me back to studying philosophy at university; not just the depth of information, of insight, and discussion, but your amazing skill at conveying such deep concepts. Thank you.

[@DavidProrok]

This made a lot of sense. I am nothing I am dependent origination

[@JimTempleman]

The Second & Third Noble truths can be stated thus: 2nd - Desire (for this or that) leads to arising of suffering. 3rd - The cessation of desire (for this or that) leads to ending of suffering. Notice how this fits into the description of Dependent Origination you used: When this exists, that comes to be; with the arising of this, that arises. ------------------------ 2nd When this does not exist, that does not come to be; with the cessation of this, that ceases. ------------------ 3rd Pañcaverabhaya Sutta; SN 12.41

[@seeker2seeker]

Well said, my friend, thank you :)

[@75accamargo]

This video is a masterpiece. Thank you. ❤🙏

[@shivangiramteke]

This gem is more precious than a diamond 💎 Patticasampudaya is not easy to comprehend i would love to watch it multiple times The way i watched your "empty is the world" video That is the best teaching i have ever come across on you tube Thanks for your deep and enlightening work! Gratitude! 🙏

[@crow6653]

Thank you for all you have done for me and others. Can’t wait to dive in 🙏

[@seeker2seeker]

I appreciate your support, my friend!

[@TaraCicora]

Beautiful - thank you!

[@martinarreguy2984]

Simply beautiful, excited about the path I am on.

[@sumitpatil6174]

Thanks!

[@seeker2seeker]

Thank you for the support, my friend!

[@ThePetibonum66]

A detailed video on transcendental dependent origination would be a precious gift ❤ Thanks

[@suzannecarter445]

I'm so glad you have the video essay for this on your website and also that you attribute some intelligence to your subscribers. The online essay saved me from taking a lot of notes. I feel that, if a person was only going to understand one principle that elucidates Buddhism, this would be it. I sighed when you started speaking about a video game, thinking how many times I'd heard video games used as illustration. But then I snapped to the fact that you were using it in an entirely different way which I hadn't thought of. Well done!

[@seeker2seeker]

Thank you, my friend! And I am glad you've found some value in the script being available on the website (I sometimes wonder whether the extra work of maintaining the website brings anything to anybody - it's good to hear some positive feedback :) )

[@renthon]

"Reality transcends both birth and death. " thanks so much for this video Simeon, thank you!

[@Doe-z3w]

Simply wonderful, thank you!

[@abhishekchowdhury_buddha]

Such deep concepts explained in lucid language and the way you have tied the various aspects together is a work of art. Thank you for your efforts 🙏🙏

[@memilh]

Amazing video! Thanks so much!

[@Aldarinn]

May all beings benefit. Namo Buddhaya!

[@danielniros]

A 1 hour video of one of the best channels I'm subscribed to. I'll get some ice cream and enjoy this video.

[@chadkline4268]

This video caught my attention enough to loop it until everything you say sinks in. No comment until then 😊 i am very happy with your work+knowledge. Obviously, i am not alone. I appreciate the studious approach to topics, like a good university professor. 1️⃣ Does anyone understand the reality of dependent origination? 😂 Well, then it says nobody understands except the enlightened being. I say the Buddha had limited vocabulary and concepts that we can communicate with today and these topics ought not to be as mysterious as they seem to be. If you agree, you can ask for an explanation in modern terms. I say that it can be understood from the 9th jhana/Cessation, yet i would not call that enlightenment. 2️⃣ Flesh is the condition of birth+death, the material universe is endless birth+death. Flesh is born, the spirit binds to it to experience the results of intents associated with it. It's a very powerful yet very subtle binding. Even existing in pure meditation space, without any possible perception of mind+body+world, and satisfied thusly, is too much clinging. There is a further escape. As I know, but without knowing for others, there must be great inherent dissatisfaction because there is no mind. Intent to leave the All behind must be very great, like the original monks that were so weary of the senseless nature of this world. 3️⃣ I am 'upset' with the continued confusing of the terms consciousness+awareness. I try to clarify by defining consciousness as the aggregate of sensory input. It has biological foundations. Awareness is an aspect of presence/spirit, and it reads consciousness when bound to it. Intent writes to consciousness to initiate thought or muscular movement or other actions in a dream or to maintain an attention. The spirit does I/O for the flesh by reading+writing to consciousness. Consciousness is sensory by day, and dream by night. 4️⃣ Based upon my own knowledge, I don't think kamma is mysterious. It is the intentions that arise from our current development of conscience, and associated results. Conscience develops reason, and reason develops conscience. And that is a purpose of developing spirit via flesh. By conscience, I mean a knowing or signal that is instant, requiring zero time. It signals a potential danger, possibly similarly to the faculty of recognition (also a type of signal, but of familiarity). It is not a result of thought or words or time or any part of flesh. It is not machinery of the universe or anything else but our own development of being, as it relates to our current level of desires associated with consciousness. 5️⃣ In regards to existence/non existence/etc, it's simple. All is existence, except presence (spirit, awareness+conscience+intent), which is zero dimensional and outside of spacetime. It is not existence or non existence. It doesn't change into anything else, ever. It only binds+unbinds to various forms of consciousness. Fwiw 😊

[@alexiscabrie5432]

This video is a blessing and a true source of revitalization after a difficult day. Thanks for everything you do dear Simon. Greetings and loving thoughts from somewhere near to you in Sofia 😊

[@seeker2seeker]

Thank you, my friend! Blessings to you too from somewhere near to you in Sofia :)

[@MickManningly]

The very last part of this video is the best part , not to disparage The Twelve Links . The Upanisa ( ?) Sutta seems to accord with the Dzogchen view , that " our" true identity or " essence" is from the " place" that All Buddhas ( & all Buddhas ARE BUDDHA ) come from , pure intrinsic perfection ! .... The tantric view, that ordinary beings are Buddhas, merely ignorant of it , of course just gets paradoxical again . But many thanks for this video & the last part , I will take as a raft , to use until " I" dont need it anymore !

[@liamwatson3545]

Thank you for your insights and work! Cheers

[@seeker2seeker]

I appreciate your support, my friend!

[@tanned06]

Bravo and much rejoice for this video in that you're trying to explain a most misunderstood and complicated teaching of the Buddha! It's really not an easy task at all to make this topic clear by mere philosophical approach or intellectual apparatus. But I am certainly sure that you have done the best and probably one of the very best ever among other KZbinrs in explaining this topic. Congrats and keep up the noble work of turning on the wheel of Dharma (reality).

[@seeker2seeker]

Thank you, my friend, it really was a challenge and still I have only done an introductory study of the teaching...

[@emmanuelweinman9673]

“Clinging shapes our existence. We’re not mean to take the Buddha’s word for this. That would be clinging to views.” 😂😭❤️🙏🏼

[@forge5825]

Excellent work as always. thank you

[@silentseekerYT]

Thank you brother, your videos are a gift to the world and this one has finally pushed me to join your Patreon, something I should have done a long time ago! 🙏🏻

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Thank you for the support, my friend! I am glad the videos have brought you some value :)

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Simply great

[@waika3684]

masterpiece

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Truly amazing

[@raideveloper]

This is a masterpiece, thank you so much

[@charlesmay897]

From my Seeker to yours 🙏

[@zhakul]

Amazing video as always ❤Thank you so much Simeon, you are a true inspiration and teacher for many of us.

[@bertileimers3037]

Thank you for your time and effort 🙏🏻 Much Love to You and Elly ‼️❤️‼️

[@seeker2seeker]

Thank you, my friend! I passed on your wishes :)

[@SolveEtCoagula93]

Once again, a video/teaching I will need to watch over and over. So deep and containing such subtle, and not so subtle, ideas. Thank you for introducing me to this sutta. And, of course, thank you for explaining it so clearly - although I have a feeling that I haven't really begun to grasp its truth and significance. Even so, I can feel the truth behind the words - or is that just clinging? 🙂

[@seeker2seeker]

Thank you, my friend! It was a transformative journey working on this video and still I feel I am only beginning to understand the deep truth of the teaching... hopefully!

[@SpiritualPsychotherapyServices]

dhamma: the Pāli cognate of “dharma”. However, in this case, it invariably refers to the teachings of Gautama Buddha, rather than the eternal law (“sanātana dharma”, in Sanskrit). In this book, it is used in the former sense, that is, of “holy and righteous concepts and deeds”. Therefore, the term “Buddhist dhamma/dharma” is somewhat nonsensical, since dhamma/dharma is fundamentally non-sectarian. Despite being the most atheistic human being to have ever existed, I often PRAY that I am not in the process of consuming a meal whenever I hear a Buddhist monk or lay teacher referring to his or her lecture as being a “dhamma talk”. If you have carefully read the entirety of this Holy Scripture, “F.I.S.H”, and you have listened to many Buddhist sermons, you may have already guessed the reason for my fervent prayer. This is because the assertion that the overwhelming majority of Buddhist monks are teaching authentic dharma, is so excruciatingly cringe-worthy and laughable, I am genuinely fearful of choking on my food upon hearing such silly claims! First of all, the founder of Buddhism himself, Siddhārtha Gautama was hardly a paragon of virtue, having abandoned his family in order to become a mendicant monk, being an animal-abusing carnist, and encouraging females to become loose women (so-called “nuns”). In my half a century of life, I have only ever encountered one or two Buddhists who adhered to (actual) dharma, so in that sense, they were factually SUPERIOR to Gautama himself! For instance, the abbot of the largest Buddhist society in my homeland, Australia, believes that it is dharmic (legitimate) for men to insert their reproductive organs inside the faeces holes of other men, and of course, like his idol, Gautama, he is a murderer of poor, innocent, defenceless animals, and a filthy feminist. Furthermore, despite being an indigenous Englishman, and a graduate of one of the most prestigious universities on earth, University of Cambridge, he is entirely unable to coherently speak his native tongue! Should not a supposed “spiritual leader” be an exemplar in at least his own language? Of course, no human being (including so-called “Avatars”) who has ever lived was morally perfect, but those who claim to be spiritual masters ought to be beyond reproach in respect to their own ethical practices. In the aforementioned case, Gautama should have returned to his family as soon as he understood the immorality of his actions, just as I, when I began adhering to dharma, repaid two persons from whom I had stolen goods and cash. Furthermore, assuming that Gautama was really a carnist (and knowing the typical diet of Bhārata, it would be safe to assume that he was at LEAST a lacto-vegetarian, and therefore an animal-abusing criminal), he was certainly sufficiently intelligent to understand that it is unnatural for an adult human to suckle the teats of a cow or a goat, and that human beings are fully herbivorous. Otherwise, how could he possibly be considered a member of the priestly class of society (“brāhmaṇa”, in Sanskrit) if he was not able to even comprehend some of the most basic facts of life? Make no mistake, carnism (see that entry in this Glossary) is a truly abominable, horrendous, wicked, hateful, evil, immoral, sinful, demonic ideology, as is feminism and unlawful divorce (in the case of Prince Gautama, the abandonment of his wife and son would be considered an act of divorce). When a so-called Zen Buddhist priest asks another MALE so-called Zen Buddhist priest (as occurred in a video interview I just watched on the Internet), "Do you and your husband have any kids?”, one can be fully assured that the lowest point in the history of humanity has been reached. The fact that both the aforementioned so-called priests are American men, is not coincidental, since the most decadent religionists seem to be of Western/first-world origin. I don't believe I have come across a single Western Buddhist monastic who is not at least slightly left-leaning (“leftism” being a common term in the English-speaking world for “adharmic”). If even 0.00001% of all Buddhists who have ever lived, were strict adherents to the teachings of the so-called “Buddha”, this would establish serious doubts regarding the holiness of Gautama’s precepts, because truth be told, hardly a single soul in human history has adhered to proper dharma/dhamma. 😇 सत्यमेव जयते! 😇

[@tn0367]

Thank you for your work. Your videos were one of the ways I got in touch with the Dhamma. And it's life changing. Wish you the best! 🙏

[@seeker2seeker]

Thank you, my friend, I'm honored that my work has been a part of your journey! Wish you too the best on the path :)

[@urniurl]

You seem young and you are doing impressive work. Best wishes to you.

[@seeker2seeker]

Thank you, my friend - best wishes!

[@eth3027]

This was an excellent and extremely insightful video! There is however one thing I don’t understand. The Buddha says clinging causes existence, but in the video we talk about clinging shaping existence, not being the cause of it. Furthermore, how can we cling without being in existence in the first place? To me it seems that existence is a prerequisite for clinging rather than the other way around.

[@carlosdelia5535]

Wow! Thanks a lot for this video! May your efforts become the causes for true happiness, my friend! 🙏🧡😊

[@seeker2seeker]

Thank you for the kind wishes, my friend, and for all the support! May all good things come to you :)

[@marcussassan]

Thank you 🙏

[@hopedanica4377]

A drop of God floating through the cosmos.

[@Johnrrr556]

Amazing video brother

[@Maximus5021]

Only through depth do we gain clarity. Only by detachment do we gain liberation.

[@shooey-mcmoss]

It would be a shame to lose this video to "Partners only" mark

[@yoface938]

And yet, it is not.

[@julianmendoza5044]

Save it , use your means.

[@Slipperyslidin]

Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu 🙏

[@azaniz6785]

Great video. One correction @37:05 - 'Action with intention out of the picture' and the analogy of the tree and fruit doesn't aptly fit the idea of 'intended action'. What it rather means is action that is not 'defiled' by craving or clinging and therefore wholesome in nature not creating karma.

[@gmw3083]

This is the separation. Individuation. It can only occur in the material realm. Bite the apple and continue learning what the sensei has to teach. Through smackdowns and suffering or row your boat gently..

[@ruchiramatidharmachari]

Amazing man! Big fan of your work. Thanks for this. Here's an idea. What if you translate it into Spanish? I'm glad to help if you'd like me to.

[@seeker2seeker]

Thank you, my friend! I recently received an email from KZbin that they will begin implementing a 'dubbing' feature that will automatically translate my videos in some of the world's most popular languages (Spanish included, I imagine). This should be coming very soon

[@danwilkinson2797]

A self or a no self is kind of like the observation of light becoming waves or particles in the double slit experiment.

[@LukasSutkus-sy3qg]

🙏

[@remurraymd]

Only in distilling infinity can we perceive our cosmic origin. We are but Earth excretions of quantum energy expanding and rotating at 600000 MPH around the sun and rotating at 1000 MPH. We will live forever. Our emotions and sensations that we are standing still and finite betray us every day.

[@schelb-c1l]

Sorry brother, this video is an intellectual grinding , never use Indian words, they repel , and even some English vocabulary or expressions weren’t self explanatory…. Take care. I’ll stick with Elkhart toll and Nisargadatta Maharaj

[@MwalhiTwity-vh3hg]

I can't find the words,the language betrayed me💜

[@devonbeingbubby]

I really think you've got the pace of knowledge quite optimally down (: Appreciation to your work 🙏

[@gabrielalfaia8154]

If you strip buddhism from it's metaphysical frame you still have a very strong argument. Altought, i believe, it's not the "ultimate" truth, it's just another side of a cosmic coin. It's a deep neurological and pyschological change that one should choose to go for or not. If one is happy with his or her life, then it's not necessary. I heard a monk say that desire is like liking honey out of a blade. My question is: so? Buddhist see suffering as a bug. For me, it's a feature. Because if you really set on being done with desire you will have to throw out feelings of conventional love, sex, goal-seeking behavior and a lot things that makes us "normal" (that's why people that are trained in buddhism have a different "aura", they do act complety different because their minds work completly different). So for now, altough i am mindfull of desire, will still lick the honey out of the blade, for the cost of a little dissatisfaction, which, i feel for now, it's a feature not a bug and makes us human. Also, again, stripping everything from the metaphysical frame, there is a real possibility that with death and the cessations of all senses everyone, in death, will reach enlightment anyway (which is at least a fun thought). Nice video, bro.

[@personalaccount7534]

Buddhism is around renunciation. I prefer osho and Taoism approach to truth. Have some wine, enjoy life to the fullest, but don’t get attached to things either. Let life take you. ‘A man of knowledge lives moment to moment, in deep gratitude for whatever God gives him’ pass the honey! 😅

[@bitofwizdomb7266]

What’s the ultimate truth ?

[@personalaccount7534]

@@bitofwizdomb7266 I’m not the OP but I’ll take a stab at this. There is no ultimate truth. There is ultimate reality which is a state of beingness. Like there state god exists in. In this state there is no language which is why masters ultimately go silent. It’s Brahman in the Hindu religion and whatever gets you there, gets you there. There are many paths to it and nobody gets to it in the same way. Anybody that sells you ‘the way’ is a liar. All they can do is tell you what worked for them and you go and figure it out.

[@marscruz]

What you are saying is akin to what _The Tibetan Book of the Dead_ says about the Bardo realms. If you can transcend your attachments and see beyond the entities trying to recycle your desires and attachments then you have a chance to bypass the earthly reincarnations and boost your essence into the Buddha state and overcome the trap of the material realms. Good luck!

[@gabrielalfaia8154]

@@bitofwizdomb7266 I forgot to edit the comment saying "whatever that means". My point being that seeking the "ultimate truth", for me at least, is pointless, because it can act as a form as escapism. Yes, you can be a genuine seeker of truth, go to a monatery and he a holy man and that is cool. But the amount of people that go to that life just because they wanted to escape suffering and could not bear to lift it's weight, out of cowardiness or other reasons, must be very high.

[@marklinesauction]

Once again you have conveyed the Dharma in such a magnificently clear, thoughtful and skilful way. I must confess to taking notes 🗒️ as your terminology and phrasing is just exceptional. Patreon sign up imminent. Thank you so much ❤🙏🙌🫶💫

[@JamieMay80]

After watching this video, I’m not sure whether to like or not like. Whether I’m clinging to my cravings. I’ll take the middle way and do nothing. But by doing nothing, karmic formation still arises. I’m such a goober 🤪

[@seeker2seeker]

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[@bhudapest3535]

It would be beneficial to disclose what portions were artificial intelligent generated, but with the designation it destroys the whole piece,

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[@kastenolsen9577]

Who are you. Why are you here. What do you want. Where are you going.

[@Liravin]

1:00:35 i disagree, an arahant can experience unpleasant feeling, such as back pain, but not suffering. unpleasant feeling =/= suffering. that's why they're separated in the 12 links, too. if arahants could suffer, buddhism would be pointless.

[@richardmccabe2392]

My monk said that with the cessation of craving comes the cessation of feeling. I.e. pleasant feeling is pleasant because there is craving for more, but when you don't crave, there is no pleasant feeling. When there is unpleasant feeling, there is craving to get away from it which is what makes it unpleasant. Therefore not wanting pain is what pain is. So I was also conflicted on this part.

[@CAZMO410]

The key passage from the Sallatha Sutta states: > "An untrained person, when touched by a painful feeling, sorrows, grieves, and laments; they beat their breast and become distraught. They experience two kinds of feeling-bodily and mental. But a well-trained person, when touched by the same painful feeling, does not sorrow, grieve, or lament... They experience only one kind of feeling-bodily."

[@AbelardoVilcapaza]

Our sins is the cause of our suffering. God bless

[@Slipperyslidin]

Your god is subject to rebirth

[@AbelardoVilcapaza]

@@Slipperyslidin No, God is eternal, immutable.

[@Slipperyslidin]

@AbelardoVilcapaza yes eternal rebirth

[@AbelardoVilcapaza]

@@Slipperyslidin No. Eternal is out of space and time.

[@Slipperyslidin]

@AbelardoVilcapaza yes eternal alpha and omega.

[@bhudapest3535]

This is garbage it did not come from a human mind ultimately

[@bhudapest3535]

Or perhaps it did and just the video is altered which doesn't make a difference to the message but if it would only differentiate what portions are AI without that I discount the entire piece, how couldn't you?

[@waxon2]

So brilliantly worded. Beautifully composed and narrated. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎 Thank you :)

[@SpiritualPsychotherapyServices]

Brilliant and lacklustre are RELATIVE. 😉 Incidentally, Slave, are you VEGAN? 🌱

[@trollex1000]

Thanks!

[@FlamingSwordOfWisdom108]

🙏🙏🙏

[@6307raji]

Thank you.

[@jerryhoran6036]

Thank you 🙏🙇