- What can I say to my friend to get him to leave Scientology?
- Why are we interested in demons, devils, and hell? Why do we like bands as Lordi (who dress as demons)? What's the psychology behind this?
- Can meditation make me intelligent?
- Do I have to be spiritual to meditate?
- Why is practicing ethics a foundational aspect of Buddhism? Can being a “good” person (e.g. becoming a vegetarian) encourage enlightenment?
- How do I begin the journey to enlightenment? Does it just happen or does one have to want it?
- How do I stop sinning and how do I repent to cleanse my sins?
- Why are so many decent people single nowadays?
- What’s the point of reincarnation if you can’t remember your past life? What's the lesson learnt?
- Which mistakes should a beginner avoid when meditating?
- Does enlightenment create paradoxes? Is truth paradoxical?
- How can you guide me to be enlightened without being abstract? How can you take me to be one with unity by advising me what to do to be that? Even though it is my path, can you help me to get some perspective?
- Are people born innately good or essentially evil?
- Why are there lots of conflicting statements about enlightenment? If you are feeling conflict, then it is "you" (ego) who is feeling it. But enlightenment means no inner conflict. How do you reconcile the two?
- I have so many passions, I’m confused about what to do? How do I get a clarity?
- How would you compare psychopathy to being enlightened, being that they possess some similar positive traits: non-attachment, lack of fear, anxiety and depression, sharp rational mind and focus on the positive?
- How can I be sure my reality is accurate?
- Why is the concept of a subconscious not considered correct anymore?
- Is the universe defined by consciousness?
- Where does a thought originate/come to us from? And where does it go back to?
- How was the YouVersion version of the Bible translated? What were the original documents used?
- Why are evolution, atheism, and religious faith such popular topics of discussion and debate on the Internet, when people rarely discuss these issues face-to-face?
- What is your own definition of spiritual health?
- Can a being be omnipotent and omniscient at the same time?
- My non-meditative state is making some people think I'm drunk or on something. Does this state have a name?
- Why did Jesus say you had to believe in him, instead of saying you have to do good, to go to Heaven?
- Who is your inner demon?
- Is it true that the meditation/kundalini awakening has the power to cure illness?
- Is the enlightenment a big bang or you get enlightened gradually through meditation practice?
- If we are not our thoughts, emotions, accomplishments, special talents, occupations, responsibilities, or temporary roles, then who are we?
- Is there a need for more education around spiritual awakening? I’m developing something fun and am doing some market research.
- How does one achieve enlightenment?
- Maybe spirituality is labeled as "pseudoscience" so that science can continue to sell us technology while keeping us from achieving a higher consciousness. What are your thoughts on this statement?
- Why do religious people call themselves 'God fearing'?
- Will a human achieve an enlightment/ moksha in Hinduism if he does not follow the daily prayers but believe in karma and God?
- Does self-inquiry lead to eternal enlightenment? How?
- In the theist-atheist discussion, how do you personally understand the difference and/or value of these perspectives: “absence of evidence isn’t evidence of absence” and “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence”?
- How might the problem of evil and suffering lead one to the conclusion that moral absolutes exist?
- Have you determined your own answers to what happens when you die that is different from main stream religions? Do you accept some parts, and reject others?
- What is the connection between enlightenment and non-duality?
- How do I detach from my thoughts, emotions and relationships while seeking self realization? How can I not be depressed because I am not able to detach and quieten my mind trying to lose worldly identity to realize the truth?
- Why does my grandmother get pissed off at my grandfather for going to the restroom? Why does she think that he doesn't care about anything because he goes to the restroom?
- Am I the only one who doesn’t complete a thought in my mind because I know where I’m going with it?
- Do enlightened beings get bored as they have already reached the ultimate and there is nothing left to be achieved?
- Why is sound so powerful to the human mind, and consciousness? How can a mantra have such a powerful effect on our consciousness?
- Is there a distinct difference between metaphysics and spirituality?
- Why does everyone's comments on enlightenment all sound like I'm just reading another book on enlightenment? Does no one have organic ideas/words to express it? Or has it become just another mold to fit/way to be?
- Has humanity's spirituality regressed?
- Does God control the decisions we make in our lives?
- Why isn't the red pill of reality the same as enlightenment?
- Is consciousness giving us a next dimensional state of mind?
- If there are endless levels to 'Enlightenment' what should we be calling the simple realization and acceptance that ‘All is Self'?
- Can you design your own God as an avatar like projection from human psychology with the purpose of providing unconscious comfort and motivation to the conscious mind?
- Is there a convincing philosophical rebuttal to solipsism?
- How long does it take to get enlightened?
- What changed your mind about atheism?
- Was Boethius a compatibilist? He said that God knows in advance what we're doing, but we still choose for ourselves. Is he combining free will and predestination? What is the proper name of this position?
- What is the difference between prayer and meditation?
- Why were prophets in the Old Testament Bible sinners? One was drunk and did incest, one lied to his father, one took his soldier’s wife, etc. Why didn’t God choose good people?
- How can an enlightened person acknowledge that they are enlightened? Isn't such an acknowledgement fundamentally against the state of being enlightened?
- How do you feel about studying and following the words of Jesus only as opposed to the entire New Testament?
- Is the state of enlightenment a no-consciousness state that lasts forever?
- What do we know about God?
- Is it okay that my boyfriend's best friend is openly in love with him? He's told me how sad she is that they can't be intimate. She rings him every day and he visits her weekly where she will spoil him. He even discusses our relationship with her.
- I purchased some fresh Shrimp Boudin while vacationing in Louisiana. Any tips on how to prepare it?
- How did God punish those who worshipped other gods?
- Is it LOGICAL to believe that the biblical miracles really happened?
- Is losing your virginity unethical?
- Do you find the Old Testament hard to believe? I find the New Testament to be compelling, but the Old Testament seems to be complete fiction.
- What is the divine truth?
- What is an individualized unit of consciousness?
- Is It wrong to believe your own fantasized lies?
- How can I easily learn web development and get a job?
- Would you consider people like Dr. Phil and Oprah to be enlightened?
- Are enlightened people ever sad and/or feel a lacking of quality from the society around them?
- What are the first signs of spiritual awakening, and how do you feel it?
- How do I find Cajun restaurants near me?
- How Siddharth became Buddha overnight?
- Do you believe there is a spirit realm?
- What are some good books for spiritual enlightenment?
- What’s stopping people from stealing the Bird or Lime scooters?
- What is the mystery that mystics speak of?
- There are hundreds of Child genius reported every year, yet little evidence of new Einsteins, Mozarts, Shakespeares, da Vinci's, etc. Why is this?
- From an enlightened spiritual perspective, if I know of some unethical or immoral things being done to helpless people by their caretakers, should I try to stop what’s going on or is it an egoic desire, defending or imposing my moral beliefs?
- When a friend asks for a loan, is it OK to ask why the money is needed?
- How can I refer to the black chess pieces or checkers when talking to a black person without them saying, "What do you mean black?”
- Why is the New Testament considered scripture?
- How is the soul linked to conscienciousness?
- If it is all part of God's perfect plan, is there any such thing as free will?
- Why do people talk about 'attaining' enlightenment? Surely enlightenment cannot be procured like a shiny new car or the latest television set?
- Do you think it is really possible to combine reason and religion, or is faith alone enough to know God? Explain.
- Is apostasy punishable by death in Christianity?
- Is life hell?
- What is a level-750 enlightenment?
- How long will it take for my BF to commit and change his approach into getting married? We dated for 2 years then broke up as relationship was too much for him and got back after 8 months. All is well but he says he won’t marry me or any other girl.
- Is being a spiritual person something you become after practices or is it who you are?
- What is the single most important thing to do to become enlightened?
- I like using my laptop to check Instagram. Is there a way to follow an ad link via the URL link using my laptop?
- Why is spiritual enlightenment so trendy at the moment?
- If God created Adam and Eve, how did they populate the world with only two sons?
- Can a spiritual awakening be undone, or do you just never go back once you have it?
- Is the Rails tutorial by Hartl the best way to go, assuming one is willing to do the work? From your May 2017 answer to "Why are so many genius coders and hackers not giving tips to others to become like them?"
- How do I change unicode encoding to human readable characters in Ruby 2.0+ ? (for ç, à, é, £ etc…)
- Are people turning to atheism not understanding difference between belief and religion?
- Do you consider consciousness purely physical or something metaphysical? What is your reasoning behind it?
- What is the best source on the internet to learn about Christianity?
- How can I recover corrupt database file?
- What is the role of religion in addressing contemporary moral issues?
- Does objective reality exist?
- Is it God's purpose for atheists to remind us that He is unknowable?
- Is the spiritual path lonely?
- How do we control social problems?
- God made humans. Who made God?
- Let's start things off right. What word is used for God during this 6 day creation? Perhaps one should first learn the terms used and then re-think what is really going on here. There are multiple Hebrew words used for God throughout the Bible. Why?
- What holds enlightenment in place? What ensures it's eternal?
- Did events in the Bible really happen or are they all just stories written by people?
- Why is the spiritual journey scary?
- Can a spiritual enlightenment cure psychological issues like negative self worth, low assertiveness, etc?
- Can you describe God?
- How is God perfect if he knows good and evil too?
- Considering the wars, arguments and division that stem from religion, and also conversely the love and moral lessons, would you say religion was good or bad for the world?
- Is your soul owned?
- Do we exist only to exist?
- What happens to philosophical thought if there is an afterlife?
- Do you believe in angels?
- What made you realize that your existing spiritual practice was right for you?
- How do you make your subconscious mind know something that your conscious mind realizes? I'm thinking in terms of making your body at ease when you have put your mind at ease.
- Does Spiritual Self-Reliance go against the main concept of grace?
- How does enlightenment differ from being awake, aware and in the present?
- Would it be racist to say "quit monkeying around" to a black person?
- Is self-actualization really possible? What would a self-actualized person be like?
- Are men really more “visual” when it comes to attraction?
- As humans evolve, what can we expect to happen to our consciousness?
- Why do a good amount of Christians question eternal torment?
- What happens to the soul after it leaves the body?
- How am I to feel when my girlfriend had a male friend spend the night at her house? She said they are not having sex.
- Can reality exist without a mind?
- What would you do with eternal life?
- How can I find a reputable spiritual teacher/mentor in the United States?
- Is consciousness better understood as a verb (a process)?
- Are you enlightened? What does that mean to you?
- What is an argument you got into recently and preferred it was better to lose?
- When God cursed Eve for the sin saying ‘man will always rule over you’, what did he really mean?
- When Christians say that they believe in God, which god are they talking about? Is it Zeus, Poseidon, Aries, Hercules or Thor?
- Nietzsche stated that the driving force within all humans is the will to power. If so, how does this statement contrast with the Buddhist's teachings? Can there be a reconciliation between the two philosophies in the Western world?
- What is the best refutation of hard determinism, if one exists?
- At a high level of interconnectedness, does all or almost all subconscious thought become conscious?
- What age do you think should be the legal drinking age in the US?
- Does the conscious mind know that the information it receives from the subconscious mind is real?
- How reliable is logic?
- How can I connect with God without attending a meditation organization? Is it possible?
- If everybody has the Buddha-nature, then what makes any individual spiritually unique?
- I'm one of those good girls, and he knows it, he was just dumped, and I ended up being his rebound. Do men ever regret hurting us like this?
- Is evil as eternal as God? Or does it have a beginning and an end?
- How can I define myself with religion, mythology, or spirituality whilst I admit to myself that it is not literally true?
- Why do some people actually believe in clairvoyance and psychic abilities?
- Why do Christian mystics say that all religions lead to God when the Bible says that Jesus is the only way?
- What happens to the "ego" during “enlightenment”?
- Why did God give mankind free will only to then kill most of them in a flood for not doing things his way?
- Why do theists think atheists have no morality?
- Do subconscious minds really turn our manifestations into reality?
- Why don't I ever experience anything out of the ordinary when 'my mind is still' during meditation? I believe in different dimensions of reality yet never experience it.
- How useful is Tim Ferriss's writing?
- Could our collective consciousness have sentience? The whole of humanity has accomplished many things, and like an individual, can often be torn between what he or she wants.
- Is higher consciousness higher? Why do we refer to it as higher?
- Should any rational person believe that male circumcision is a covenant with God?
- Does your body and all its varied inhabitants control your consciousness, or does your brain control your consciousness?
- Will God be replaced, and with what?
- Does an enlightened person lose the ability to rationalize and reason? How could they not if they lose the voice in their head, no-mind? Am I confusing thought with thinking?
- When people say they are "blessed" aren't they just claiming that God shows favoritism toward them?
- How do I do meditation?
- All the guys in my life end up being my friend. Then, I later hear they had feelings for me, and that it was 'obvious' but I never noticed. None of them ever confessed or asked me out. I would have accepted to some, but why is it that they never do?
- Could enlightenment be realizing you are an AI or whatever the essence of your being is?
- Why couldn't God have just forgiven us without the human sacrifice of Jesus?
- I still don’t know what an unguided meditation is. All I have been doing are the meditations that came with the course. I can’t find anything in Kabat-Zinn. Can you give an example of unguided meditation?
- Why is it so painful to see that people are not spiritually awakened and are living in an illusion, believing that is it?
- I've heard that some people that study the Bible are called theologians. Scientific research is no stranger to theory. Are the opening statements in Genesis a part of a theory proposing that the Spirit of God is the Sun?
- Why is Gordon Ramsay so savage in the kitchen and so nice with his kids?
- Does anyone use Ruby for anything other than Rails or Metasploit? If so, why? Can Ruby be considered a successful language?
- Do you believe the Jews are God's chosen people?
- If God is close to those that are broken in heart and crushed in spirit, why so much depression and suicide, why didn't he rescue them like he says he would?
- Why did God not have the Bible written in English?
- Why did she reject me and then get upset when I stopped wanting to flirt with her and be really close? (I still wanted to be close, but just on the level of good friends).
- Do you think the Bible should change with time to fit society?
- What do you call a worldview that says that there are objective truths, accessible using human reason, that exist whether we have uncovered them yet or not, but doesn't deny a transcendent moral reality, a relatively fixed human nature, or free will?
- Do you feel that proverbial phrases, like "It could be worse" or "Everything happens for a reason," that we use to feel helpful are actually beneficial? Or do you think their use is problematic as they may show a lack of empathy or condescension?
- For what reason will the Holy Spirit depart a Christian forever?
- How does a human brain work?
- Does our subconscious think as our conscious self does?
- What are different methods of measuring consciousness?
- Is believing in Jesus Christ better than atheism? Most cases atheists are reclusive and arrogant, where Christians are always happier. Is there a reason for this?
- If faith is dead without works, how can grace alone lead to salvation?
- Is there any kind known demonic identity in Catholic mythology that is immune to divine power?
- Why is the doctrine of original sin central to Christianity?
- Is there a point to being a Christian if you're always doubting your faith?
- What comes from religion?
- Can you really do all the things in life you want to do if you don't have the money to do them?
- Is free will a religious concept? If so, is free will intended to deny or defeat the will of God?
- Do you believe in a personal God or an impersonal God?
- What is the thing that affirm for you the existence of God?
- How do I probe a subconscious for complicated answers, and not a yes or no?
- Is truth independent of evidence?
- If you had to "create" a religion, what would that be and why?
- What kind of friendship can an atheist give a non-atheist?
- Should religion be forced on you?
- Why do people think that explanations are excuses? If you explain what causes people to act a certain way, why do people think you are “making excuses” for them?
- Does consciousness take place outside the human brain?
- Do you have to call God “Father” or refer to God as “He” to be a Christian?
- Does a person function normally after an enlightenment?
- Do you, as a Christian, believe in demons? Have you ever had any experience with them? What's your stand on demons (Jinn in Islamic tradition and Shedim in Jewish)?
- Are any ideas that are commonly associated with Christian teachings not actually backed up by the Bible?
- What would be a pragmatic shift in a career if I spend 10 years in software development and I would like to move to creative side of things, like film making, architecture, etc.?
- What kind of people believe Alex Jones?
- Success and riches come from hard work. Chance has nothing to do. Do you agree?
- Do you think a Christian theocracy would become as oppressive as current Islamic theocracies? What would you say to Christians who want a religious government?
- Is it possible to know what was the first religion of our soul during our first incarnation?
- What is the best way to defeat an enemy?
- What are some good "spiritual tonics" that can help one to be more peaceful in the mind?
- Why doesn't gratitude meditation work for me? It just makes me feel bitter, angry, or depressed. I have a chronic illness and I am grateful for exactly none of the things that are in a typical meditation.
- Has Trump made America great again?
- Should I buy a car from someone or from a dealership?
- If consciousness continues after death despite no neurons firing, what opportunities for the basis of consciousness are we left with?
- Why is it wrong to destroy the whole world?
- What's the benefit of believing there's no reality?
- Do wiccans sometimes worship multiple gods or goddesses, or is it always just one?
- Shouldn't we, whether atheist, Christian, or whatever challenge our beliefs?
- Can there be an honest interpretation of Bible text by an atheist?
- What makes Christianity a monotheistic religion?
- Why do some white people insist on being able to say the n-word?
- If enlightenment involves the death of the ego, why don’t people with lesser egos become enlightened faster and easily?
- Is there any word or name for believing in both God and science?
- When searching Quora entries under "enlightenment," I find an amazing number of answers by writers claiming to be enlightened. Is enlightenment really so common today, or are we mistaking any kind of "spiritual experience" for the real thing?
- What happens if I don't believe in God?
- Why don't theists simply state that they believe because they believe and that that's their only real argument?
- What are the differences between knowledge, wisdom, and philosophy?
- Is the use of religious teachings the only way to reach enlightenment?
- Would you debate the existence of God?
- What would you as an atheist say after you see an individual levitate 6 inches off the ground during an exorcism? How can you explain it?
- What religion do you have a hard time believing?
- How come barely anyone wants to speak on spirituality and enlightenment? It's like no one cares and some people get uncomfortable talking about it. Why is that?
- Do you think the debate between monotheism and atheism has obscured the truth behind some of the timeless philosophical questions humans ask? Why or why not?
- Do enlightened beings ever have visions of the afterlife?
- Why do we have identities?
- When you have high cognitive empathy already, how do you increase your affective/emotional empathy? Should you even bother trying to increase your affective/emotional empathy, if your cognitive empathy is high? Why or why not?
- How do you know that your religion is the one God is pleased with? Where does the soul go when you die?
- Can someone brought up by a psychopath overcome their upbringing through enlightenment and taking the Bible seriously from an early age?
- Is it possible for me to find contentment in intimate conversations with God?
- Are you scared of nanotechnology run amok?
- What is your opinion of Netflix's '5 second' rule?
- Do you believe DBS Krillin could defeat Namek Saga Freeza? If so, why/why not?