JosephKnecht

Do not follow the cobra snake too closely. It will bite you in the ass.

A Mystery.

I think you are onto something here. It's time to drop teachers and teachings and create your path. As long as you look up to something or someone, you are not at your highest peak. You have to keep climbing alone. Or not.

You guys are being too critical. Let the man cook.

You are a great egg but don't sugarcoat it.

There is no greater proof than a guy who has done Sunday sermons on YouTube for 10 years. The existence of the sermons is proof enough.

There is always that @NewKidOnTheBlock who becomes the new role model.

You can't be spiritual and Trump supporter. It is antithetical. Pick one. Just don't pick Trump.

Finally some sense of humor. Have you started practicing your whistles yet? Here is something to get you started:

It's a video that Leo only made for Himself

The only thing you can know for sure is that you exist. Try to use this to ground yourself. Did you have any trauma in your childhood? Depersonalization together with OCD and eating disorders is not a good combination. Try to find professional help if you can.

It seems that you are stuck in a seeking mode (seeking love, approval, understanding...) while you should transition to a living mode. The seeking purpose you have created for yourself can never end, so it will never provide you with satisfaction from the end-of-seeking. You are inhabiting Earth with other human chimps. Try to be more like the other chimps. Roll in the grass, climb trees, have kids. Joy comes from the experience of these little moments.

Why don't you try it and tell us?

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@ExploringReality It's time to get those big boy pants now and explore reality

You won't believe this, but I had a preview of the course. The whole course is Leo hitting you with a stick over the head until you realize who you are. It is very effective!!! Highly recommended!!! Bonus: For an extra $200 you can bring your own stick and hit yourself over the head.

There are too many thoughts above. You can't deconstruct Buddhism through thinking. You can only deconstruct it without thinking. Now try that.

If you feed it, it will grow. Just make sure you don't feed it with poison.

All my faces are beautiful but this is my favorite. Not sure why, might be the hair. is it real?

@b_woo boohoo https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/boohoo

You won't believe this, but I have an emotional attachment to this portrait from Vasily Perov. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vasily_Perov_-_Портрет_Ф.М.Достоевского_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg Now, you may ask why such a random attachment. Is it because a lone guy is sitting in the darkness? Is it the look of Dostoevsky looking into the abyss? No and no. I am attached to this photo because Vasily only painted 9 fingers of the guy. I am wondering where the last finger went. The One must be hiding behind the others, but why? I guess I am attached to the One that you can't see.

“You will have many enemies, but even your foes will love you. Life will bring you many misfortunes, but you will find your happiness in them, and will bless life and will make others bless it--which is what matters most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? - 1 John 3:17

Sounds like you can do better