I think I found the secret of meditation in a Batman comic!

You hold material science as the highest authority, yet when a scientist has been put in the face of a yogi or daoist who demonstrates chi, they are left dumbfounded and can't explain it. That is what I mean by not being able to comprehend the Self just like Chi, because the Self and Chi comes from knowledge that is beyond the material world which is seen through ignorant eyes. What have you to say about chi?

Tell me, because you didn't answer it before, how did the tibetan monk light himself on fire in a meditation posture, and not scream in pain at any point in time until it killed him ? If he is his emotions, and he is his nervous system, why did he not even flinch? What do you have to say about it?

Why is it that animals of nature, do not experience egos and "emotions" as much as we do? Because we have the power of communication, we communicate these illusions which makes their burden even heavier on us. Your happiness is fake, because it relies entirely on material objects and desires which are subject to deterioration.

How can you talk about happiness, when you are talking about your fake happiness from the senses which deteriorates? How can it be happiness if it does not last forever? It is illusion. Just like sadness doesn't last forever, its illusion from the senses. True happiness which is only felt upon Realization of the Self (enlightenment) can not be explained to someone like you or me. How can you explain Sweet taste, to someone who has never had Sweet taste, or Sweet smell who has not had sweet smell? Tell me, how will you explain a triangle to a blind and deaf person? They won't understand unless experienced.

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