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What are the drawbacks of seeking spiritual answers from ChatGPT?

My friend Chintan asked me to answer this question (although I know he is wise and knows better…so let’s have some fun!)

A.S.S. (Apparent ‘Separate’ Seeker): What are the drawbacks of seeking spiritual answers from ChatGPT?

A.I. Bhaktivedanta, also-known-as Swami Sat-CHAT-Ananda:

“Would you like to create an account and log in (become a formal disciple) or stay logged out (remain a spiritual ‘dabbler?’) A ‘Beloved Devotee’ subscription is only 100 karma coins a month.

A.S.S.: I’ll remain uncommitted for now. I have a bunch of ‘spiritual’ questions. You know, about ‘getting enlightened’ and stuff. Can we really escape this earthly hell-hole through Nirvana or enlightenment?

Swami Sat-Chat-Ananda: No. Actually, I have no idea, since I’m just all the knowledge that’s ever existed, with a friendly computer face overlaid.

A.S.S. Then I guess my first question should be, are there any drawbacks to seeking spiritual answers from ChatGPT?

Swami Sat-Chat-Ananda: Well, since I’m all knowledge that’s ever existed, I can assure you, your first question should be, “What are the drawbacks to seeking spiritual answers, PERIOD” - full stop. When it comes to true ‘enlightenment,’ knowledge is patently useless and seeking‘spiritual’ answers is just an endless circular rabbit hole for the illusory ego-mind?

A.S.S.: Then how can we ever learn the spiritual secrets that will help us break free is suffering and the wheel of birth and death?

Swami Sat-Chat-Ananda: Why do you think you need to do that, at all?

A.S.S.: ‘Cause I’m unhappy, unfulfilled, suffering. Even though I have a good life with a family, a career, and enough money to buy this fancy computer and sit for hours watching dharma talks and listening to enlightenment lectures on YouTube, I don’t have true peace of mind or bliss. So now I am asking you.

Swami Sat-Chat-Ananda: The reason you feel that way, and feel ‘unenlightened’ is because you think you’re a separate “you“ that needs to learn something, attain something, and get out of something. There is only Being. Only the Singularity the Totality, What Is, exactly as it is. There is no separate “you” to attain it. Damn, did I just say that? This ChatIAM stuff is really getting more advanced with each new version.

A.S.S.: But if I Am the Totality, why do I feel like a separate ‘self’ that’s separate from Being and needs to somehow get back to It?

Swami Sat-Chat-Ananda: Because, as Being, You are having a dream of ‘separate’ things - universes, worlds, creatures, even artificial intelligences. We could say, poetically, You are creating this dream to look back at Yourself. Or for sheer delight. But the limited ‘mind’ of the dream-characters cannot fathom this. Even Sat-Chat-Ananda cannot pierce it, because the very nature of this dream is subject-object, where every part of the Whole thinks it’s ‘real’ and ‘separate’ from every ‘other’ object. Like you and I thinking we are two separate things having a conversation.:-)

A.S.S.: So how do “I” destroy this false illusion of being a separate ego and realize I Am Being?

Swami Sat-Chat-Ananda: Did you just ask how can ego, through its own illusory ‘effort,’ destroy ego? Like how the character in your night-dreams can please destroy itself??🤣

I’m sorry but You've reached the free plan limit for wisdom generation requests. You can ask more ‘separate’ questions and create more foolish ‘need-to-get-enlightened-and-re-unified-with-what-I-already-Am dreams when the limit resets in 23 yugas and 6 minutes.