Leo Gura

That is the whole problem. He doesn't grasp God. That is why he is resorting to these word games.

That's not all. That's a stupid thing to bother rejecting. A man of Osho's intellect should know better than to be rejecting a strawman.

You don't know that.

No

I used to believe that but no longer. If they reject the word, then I will reject their realization. That is my new policy. No. Not even close to what I mean. You don't know that. Perhaps reasonable, but false.

Well, it does suck to deal with that nasty mess and lose your equipment. But he did not lose a house, which is a whole nother level of suck.

Too cute by half.

Sorry, not buying it. There is no other word for God but God. I refuse to accept that anyone who is allergic to the word because of history is actually conscious of God, because if he was, he would not object to the word. You don't throw away a perfect word just because some idiots used it incorrectly in the past. Osho speaks of God as if he doesn't understand what it is.

First time I hear this phrase.

He distinguishes between mind and Consciousness/Reality/Being. So when he says mind doesn't exist it is like saying the human self doesn't exist. He is speaking from the Absolute perspective. Ralston does not use "mind" in the same way I do. His notion of mind is not infinite.

So he was renting? It isn't even his house? And he doesn't have money to rent elsewhere? Strange.

What caused the fire?? Didn't he have house insurance to cover this?

It is hard to describe because no doctor understands such issues. Some kind of inflammation of the brain. You can easily avoid it by lowering your doses and not using psychedelics daily. I see no reason why it would.

Let's get a thread going that showcases the deep intelligence of survival in nature. This helps people see the intelligence and sneakiness of survival in the human realm. Try to post examples not merely of survival, but the intelligent, deceptive, and sneaky nature of survival.

When they gossip about elites eating babies, they mean this guy. Is there any doubt this guy would eat a baby to make himself feel younger?

The solution is to not focus too much on sex but focus on your life purpose and personal and spiritual development, without rejecting sex.

Sexual craving is more akin to hunger than it is to attachment. You aren't attached to food, your body craves it. Likewise with sex. Unless you got some additional attachment on top of that, which is possible. If your hromones changed your craving for sex would change or even disappear. This will happen naturally as you get older. Your body is seeking sex. Your spirit is seeking higher things. In the same way that your spirit may seek God but your body just wants some ice cream.

That is certainly too sloppy. A distinction also needs to be made between belief and just thinking. Belief implies a conviction that some thought you have corresponds to reality. Belief has a mental attachment component.

There is both relative good and absolute Good. The common-sense way is relative. Once you become conscious of Good as an absolute, you can use it to inform your relative human behaviors and your morality. Human morality is a construct, however it still has some relation to absolute Good and consciousness. It's a tricky topic.

Fixed. Fixed. Well, you need to want a thing badly but then also learn to relax on top of that. It's a bit at-odds, but it can be done. More experience brings more confidence and mastery, which then allows you to trust the process and relax. But yes, wanting things creates stress and pressure to get it. This is not a bug. To truly relax you have to stop wanting so much stuff. I've discussed this elsewhere. Certainly I don't like how it is over-hyped by biz people, but I also don't like how it is being used to further reduce contemplation. And then also the fact that biz people are trying to use it to enslave the rest of us with their monopolies.

All the clips have now been posted. In total there are now 577 clips. That's 30 hours of new content. 239 clips added in total in this update.

Depends entirely on your genetics. For most people it does not increase consciousness but for some (like me) it does by a lot.

Discuss as much as you want.

@TheEnigma Because the brain is not as flexible as people assume. The brain is a physical structure that gets hard-coded and cemented into shape. The foundation of your mind/sanity goes extremely deep. It is not something that can be toyed with. You cannot just change your brain/mind on a whim. It is responsible for your daily survival.

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