Leo Gura

It depends how deep you want the understanding to be. You can't understand that the point of all politics is Love unless you realize that Love is what drives all conscious beings. How you gonna realize that without some meditation? Most people are happy with shallow explanations, for which meditation is not needed.

Obviously you can still do good narrow intellectual work, like writing a biography of Hitler, but as far as sense-making of reality as a whole, that will fail.

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Hot yoga

It's not conformity, it is done because 80% of people never watch more than 30% of a video. Chasing after subs count is conformity though.

It is a profound mistake to want things to be easy.

Haha, yes. But also rewarding. If it was easy it wouldn't mean anything. Climbing mount Everest means nothing if you can just helicopter to the top.

As I said, luxury is conformity. When rubes get ahold of easy wealth, they waste it in cringe and tasteless ways. That describes wealthy Arabs.

There is always a way. The question isn't whether you can but whether you will. You tell us. Will you? If you don't lead the way, it won't happen but by luck.

That is not something I say.

This is like asking, How do I balance myself on a unicycle? The answer can only be to get on the thing and try. You will fall many times but each fall you will learn and get better. Relax, slow down, trust in the process. Don't overwhelm yourself with too much stuff. Focus on one thing at a time and hone your intuitive feel for how to use your mind. Mastering the mind is like mastering a unicycle. It's done by feel, not by logic.

@LoneWonderer Yes, every expensive product is faked. Even not so expensive products.

People can fail to see red. But if they see red, it is the same red. I'm not hinting at it. I'm telling you directly that red is absolutely red. Red IS the noumena. Perception is noumena. Yes, of couse. They can come and go, but red is red, regardless of whether you are seeing it or not. Timeless doesn't mean it is permanent in your awareness. Don't you see that red is the same red throughout your whole life? The red from your childhood is the same red as today, and is the same red you will see when you are 100, if your eyes still work. The red that the ancient Egyptians saw is the same red that you see today. Which is just to say that red is red and not anything else. Everything is exactly itself. Red is red, red is not orange, and red is not cold.

That will lose the queen after knight to c7 and rook is coming.

@r0ckyreed Infinity contains every possible quality. Obviously all those qualities are not expressed before your mind this second. Every quality is absolute. Red is absolutely red, for everyone. That's what it means to be red. Red is red forever.

Consciousness does not age. What can degrade is one's state of consciousness. But all states of consciousness are timeless.

Your ideas of solipsism are not it.

Oh yes. The whole "gamer" identity and sub-culture is silly.

That is irrelevant. Red is just one quality out of infinite. You can replace red with any other quality and the quality does not age. No quality ages. All experiences of reality are made of qualities. It doesn't matter that your senses change over time. Red is always red. But you may not have the ability to experience it. Just as you don't experience most of the possible qualities at all times. Salty is still salty even if you aren't experiencing salty right now. The contents of your mind can mature, sure. That is not the aging of qualities. Even if you are blind, red is still red, just as cold is still cold even if you aren't cold right now.

White bishop e3.

I met many decent pickup guys.

Mostly. Or crowded bars. You'd be surprised. I knew a guy who would grab any girl, any place, any time. Just shameless. He would grab your mother at Walmart. Lots of various ways: Walk up, facing her directly, and just take her hands in yours. As she walks past you, grip her by the forearm and pull her towards you Hand of God opener Tap on her shoulder Reach both arms out towards her and signal her to grab them Convert a handshake into a low dance Walk up and hug her from the front Motion at her with your hands, come hither. You improve at it by forcing yourself to only do physical openers for a month. No talking.

I would try white rook to d1. White knight to f6. White rook takes queen or creates checkmate opportunity with white queen.