This question is very difficult to answer because we have been conditioned to answer it in a superficial manner. It is very tempting to believe that I am my identity.1 If you believe in your identity as “the answer” to the question (Who am I?) without regarding the depth of “the question” (Who am I?), then we entrap the concept of ourselves. Thus,...
Read MoreHow can I know if I have been brainwashed?
Have you ever wondered if what you think is really original or merely a copy of your culture’s opinions without any variation? To what extent can you consider yourself an individual with own knowledge of his/her interiority? Many of us are asleep, consumed by the propaganda machine that has instantiated our identity. For example, you may believe that you...
Read MoreWhat is real?
Let’s play a game! I will ask some questions, and then you should think by yourself the answers. These questions will be weird in order to explain what is real in a lateral manner, ok? Ready! Imagine that there is no god. What is real? (e.g. Nietzsche so famously said this, so you can read him if you want an answer. He pushes it toward amor fati. Do...
Read MoreWho can teach me the truth?
The answer is: Yourself. You are the only one that can teach you the truth. This question seems quite simple to answer, but it is much more interesting to understand why? Why can I only teach myself? However, to some people this answer might seem counter-wise their own set of established beliefs. The reason is that we are traditionally taught that you...
Read MoreWhere is heaven?
Have you ever wondered if the concept of heaven really exists? Well, conceptually of course it does exist. If not, we would not understand this question. If you grew in a certain tradition of belief that uses the notion of heaven in order to gain security of our future after death, then the question is not where, but does it exist? Does heaven exist? There...
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