Princess Arabia

Definitely not the Bible. Just kidding.

As long as she's not really ugly. 😜

If there was someone in the body, a me or an I, there would be no need for the use of these pronouns. These pronoun's uses are there for narratives to place them within the body as a representation. The only reason there's a person in the body is because you put it there. Now you have to name it and call it 'me' or 'I' to make the distinction. You, them, us, our, their, etcetc are all a representation of what isn't there but is abstractly placed. All the pronouns. A 'you' must come with a 'your' and a 'them' must come with a 'theirs' and an 'us' must be accompanied by an 'ours' and a 'me' must be accompanied with a 'mine'. It will take a special kind of thinking to get what I'm saying. A something that's actually there doesn't need a name, doesn't need to be pointed to and doesn't need to be seen. If something is seen, it's already not there. Heard, not there, smelt, not there, touched, not there. That's what the senses are for. They are there to give the illusion life. Can you see absence, the absence of something, no. You need eyes to see it. That's another 'sense'. Just like hear, touch, feel, taste and smell are senses, absen(s)e is another sense. That's the real sense. That's why we seek, we seek our absence. No self, nobody, no this no that...it's all absence. Not non existence, but the existence of what's not there but needs a sense to pick it up.

Corny. That's for a husband to keep telling his wife or an already established date. "Telling her she's beautiful, I mean". No need to tell a stranger you're trying to hit on/date/sleep with you find them beautiful. Ugly females might care, but a beautiful woman or even an average female doesn't really care about these lines. That doesn't hit an emotion. It's generic, cliche and puts you beneath her right off the bat. Telling a random female she's beautiful just for telling her she's beautiful and keep it moving is a different story. Nothing awkward about that. It's the one's you're trying to pick up where it makes a difference. What if I wasn't beautiful, what if we get married and I lose my looks, what if another beautiful woman comes along.....these are subconscious responses going on in her head without her even saying a word. The compliment is nice, but it's not a way for a female to see you differently or someone she really wants to get to know. Exceptions are there, of course, I'm speaking generally and from my pov.

An insight came to me today. The human seems to be the only organism, thing, person....whatever that seems to carry this separate energy that thinks it's a somebody with free will and choice and blah blah blah. We have heard it been called 'contracted energy'. That's what they call it in non-dualism. Now, when a woman is pregnant and is about to have the baby, she experiences contractions. We all have heard about this before, and mothers can contest to that. Maybe this is the cause of the 'contracted energy' in humans. Usually there's also pain and suffering involved in the birthing process and maybe that's why this energy experiences pain and suffering. Animals seem to experience pain too but remember the mother also has contractions. Maybe there is some similarity there. The energy is innately contracted and it arises within the body from the mother's contractions. It tends to seek relief and is a seeker by nature. All the characteristics that come with this energy is what being human is all about. Maybe. Food for thought. I find this insight interesting even though it's just a story and there really is no contracted energy, only appears that way.

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He's probably getting these advice on his cell phone. Wait...throw away your cell phone but after you've read what I have to say on your phone. Throw it away tomorrow. The phone is not the problem, he'll just pick up a new time-wasting habit instead. Advise on how to do other things or spend the time, not throw away the phone. We're always putting blame on objects, without the phone, he's still there.

It's not about having a cell phone or not, it's what you do with it. Stop telling the man to throw his phone in the trash or get rid of it. That's asinine.

@RazeYoure not going to find women talking on camera and making a big deal about being attracted to "non-toxic" men. The only reason it's being talked about is because of its essence. How much "non-drama" situations do you see getting exposed. They do exist, you know. No one cares, everyone loves drama. Drama sells. So when you see these things on social media maybe they are the exceptions and not the norm or rule.

So Silence revealed itself to me. I'm more clear on the matter now. This is why I write these things out. Somehow, I've noticed that things that get queried, asked about, talked about, wondered about gets answered somehow or reveals itself, it's like Solipsism at work in a way. You don't know how many times the clues of that has revealed itself in subtle ways, but It's just a hunch. Anyway this isn't about Solipsism but here goes. Silence is probably the only Spiritual practice needed for truth to be revealed. *Silence reveals your true nature. In silence, there are no concepts present, no thought about anything, no idea about what life is who I am. All descriptions, labels, stories, definitions, distinctions, boundaries, ideas, are absent. All that is left is being what you are, free from any notion about what that is or what that will lead to. There isn't even a notion of time there, so there is no idea of next or before either. There is no personal identity there. There is no notion of gain or loss, ignorance or awakening it is just a pure being what you are. This is the practice to know yourself, be as you are, rest as you are, already and always, and your true nature stands revealed.* This was revealed and an opening resonated with that. I will continue to deconstruct every practice until I get to the bottom and can't go any further, then and only then will I be able to see for myself the truth. Not Absolute Truth because I still think there's no such thing since it all is, but the truth of why I'm doing what I'm doing and not because I was told to. This, to me, is a true spiritual practice. All said above is the truth of the matter and I see now how silence is the key.

@aurumYou're making some really good points here.

Why are we complaining about the dating world. Nobody owes us anything. Go home and sit and your couch and jerk off if you can't find a woman to date or if you find women appalling. Same goes for women. Figure it out. Nobody complains how stores aren't giving away free shit and how they have to work to pay their bills. Everybody expects a free ride when it comes to dating. This is not about paying for but working for. I have to work my ass off to get what I want. I don't go around expecting men just to hand me shit. When I say women should just be when it comes to men, I mean do the work on yourself and attract, don't chase. Work on yourself, do your homework on your own, figure out or learn how to attract the people you want in your life. Then do nothing. If no one approaches, do some more work. When I say work, I mean find out what men like, what the type of guy you're attracting looks for in a woman, become that woman. For men, same thing. No woman owes you anything. Go work on yourself and become the man women will want to be with. Stop listening to those pill ideologies. Stop holding unto your stale beliefs about women. Not all women are like what you believe them to be. People with no drama aren't on social media parading around and talking about how the opposite sex ain't shit and exposing the bad views they have about the opposite sex. People are out here dating and having sex like crazy. The ones who aren't sitting on the couch ruminating about how they can't find anyone and how the opposite sex is this and that. I can't tell you how many couples i see on a day to day basis. They're not concerned with new age dating drama, they know what they want and they go after it. They're out meeting people off or online. Doesn't matter. Half probably don't even know anything about red or blue pill bullshit. The men complaining about women have an entitled attitude. Nothing in this world when it comes to relativity is perfect. Why pick on the dating world. So what, politics sucks, food industry sucks, health care sucks, work force sucks, wage slavery sucks, you still buy that soda to support diabetes causing and teeth rotting company called Pepsi or coco cola and help to make them billionaires but you complain about a taxi fare or a happy meal for a date. You complain and complain and complain about everything as if the world owes you anything. Leave women and men alone. Let them be. Go find what you like and stop complaining about the ones you don't.

I wish I could get rid of thoughts much less sit down and carefully mind them. What is mindful meditation. Why am I minding thoughts. That, to me, seems like defeating the whole purpose of so-called enlightenment and awakening. Let me sit down and watch these thoughts, mind them like a little baby and monitor them to make sure ........make sure what - not sure. I don't have to mindfully watch my yawns, sneezes, coughs, burps, blinks. I don't have to mindfully watch when I pee and take a dump. Those happen all on their own. Why am I being mindful about thoughts. They are a natural phenomenon. Nobody worries about their pee and bowel movements unless they become a problem. Then we go to the doctor to see what's wrong. We go to retreats for the mind because we consider there to be something wrong. A mindful retreat is the same as going to the doctor for a problematic bodily function. A fully working body, doesn't need the doctor unless it's just for a check-up. The mind is not problematic. It is a natural phenomenon. All is mind. A mindful retreat cancels out the retreat. All is mind and I'm going on a retreat for the mind. Jesus, how did I get so trapped in this mess called spirituality. It's the most delusional thing there is, in my opinion. Make it make sense. *Please note: I'm not making light of spirituality nor it's practices. I write these things out in this way because maybe something clicks one day. Maybe by writing out these observations, it may bring clarity for or against something. As far as I'm concerned there's nothing wrong with doing any of them. This is my way of reasoning and thinking for myself into God knows what. Most of the things I write here I will never say to someone who clearly finds their work and practices of help and of value.* I love spirituality, just not in a way where I feel I have to fix myself or do anything to become anything to be saved, enlightened or awakened. I love it for it's own sake.

Not sure what you're talking about. I'm not enough and never will be. "Enough", in this case, suggests for someone else because I don't need to be enough for myself. There's an abundance of everything in life, why would i be fearful of not being enough. Enough of what and for whom. I'm not trying to be enough. There's always more for the ego to be had, that's a hopeless endeavor. People with a fear of not being enough are delusional.

I'm using the word Awakened here but I don't see awakening as something someone achieves or does to make happen. When one gets tired of the human personality, awakening happens. When one realizes there's no doer, awakening happens When one 'surrenders' awakening happens. When one sees that life is unfolding as it is and for no particular rhyme or reason, awakening happens. When one doesn't care about what happens to them in the sense of personal gain, awakening happens. When one realizes there is no autonomy, awakening happens. When one realizes that other is not themselves awakening happens. There is no other. Not as a cliche and spiritual hum bum, there actually is no other. I'm typing this for no rhyme or reason and to no other. I won't get into that. When one realizes that suffering just is energetic just as a storm is energetic, awakening happens. When one realizes that happiness is also energetic just as suffering is energetic and both are equal when collapsed, awakening happens. When one doesn't care about living or dying, awakening happens. It's not up to anyone, so care is not a factor in this way. When one has lost everything, awakening can happen. When one realizes that problems will never go away because problem is simply problem caused by no one, awakening happens. When one realizes that awakening is not something to get or achieve no more than life and death just happens (appear to), awakening happens. When one realizes there is no master, guru, spiritual teacher or Sri, that can transform being and that they are only expressions of energy, awakening happens. When one realizes that their realizations are illusory awakening happens. When one realizes this post makes no sense, awakening happens. When one realizes that Nothing is all there is awakening becomes null and void. When one realizes all this, freedom relaxes into the opening and isn't clenched and contracted as it once was. When one realizes that it really doesn't matter and that it's all freedom and liberation, there's no awakening because that's suggests something to awaken from and that's a position and there are no positions in this endless, Boundless, timeless, unlimited whatever you want to call it, there is no awakening. The homeless, talking to itself, doesn't care or even recognize itself talking madman down the street is also awakened to nothing and is a more freeing expression of energy than anyone can ever imagine including that man. THIS IS AWAKENING. AWAKENING IS TIMELESS. IT IS NOT A THING TO LOOK FORWARD TO OR ACHIEVE. IT IS NOTHING. Sounds woo woo and blah blah? Good.

Yes, dear. Agreed.

When you really pay attention to life and what is going on here, you'll see that all that's happening is an expression of energy. This is why forums and social media are so popular; they provide a medium to do just that. Practical daily living and everyday activities are expressions of energy. The body doesn't do too well in stagnation mode. Sit somewhere for 24-48hrs and don't move and see how stiff the joints become. The body looks to express itself. See if you keep things bottled up inside of you as in anger, hurtful feelings, and so on for too long or have them pile up, see if you don't feel like exploding or have the urge to want to release it somehow. Loneliness is an effect of this. People feel lonely sometimes because the energy isn't able to express itself. We get angry at times because the body and mind is in conflict with each other and the expression comes out unaligned. This can also feel like envy, dismay, disappointment, jealousy. It's all expressions of energy. Feeling bored? Stagnated energy. Excited? Overwhelmed energy. Don't get too excited or you'll overwhelm the body and throw it off and probably shock the nervous system too much. Then it has to work harder to get back in balance or the need for dopamine will take over. The energy needs a balance to work smoothly. This is why voltages is a thing and you can't put something meant for a certain power outage in a socket that it can't handle. Strokes are effects of this too. Not sure how that works but it's the wrong appliance in the socket, so-to-speak. Reality is neutral but the effects can be felt in different ranges and depending on the person's tolerance levels, age and things it's been exposed to. When you make a post about your trauma, life experiences, both good and bad, that's energy expressing itself. The forum is the outlet. People in your life are the outlets. We are all outlets for each other. This is what you are; energy expressing itself.

I like the reasonings in this post. Very nicely put and well thought out.

Natural tendencies. Everything the ego does you can say "for what to" to and it'll pretty much all have to do with survival. For what?

No great prize comes easily.

Those women that chase end up getting left behind. I didn't say women don't chase but that's not what keeps a guy interested no matter who he is. He will just settle and take the bait while he eyes the true prize. You're taking about sex and/or money and status. I'm talking about what's in the make up, the feminine/masculine energy. I use the word prize loosely, but men are natural competitors and people compete for a prize.

Humans don't want freedom. You can't, because freedom is unconditional and includes everything even being in the situation you're in. You're asking for conditional freedom, freedom that suits you, makes you feel good. It wouldn't be Absolute freedom if it was conditioned. This is not about being God, you want to feel good. You don't want to awaken, you want to feel good. Freedom isn't about feeling good. That's conditional. You want to box it. You say God isn't free. No it is freedom itself. Free to do and be what the hell it wants without conditions. Limitless. You cannot wake up to God because there is no you to awaken. Freedom is all there is. Take that message or leave it. There is nothing in life for you. To suit you. To benefit you. That's selfishness. That's also freedom. We have to live with our selfishness if it's all about ME. That's the price the ME apparently pays. Good news is, nothing is really happening to you the good nor the bad, but that's not good news for the Me. There's nothing the ME can do to get rid of itself because it's not there to begin with. Maybe an opening may register and it falls away but that's no one doing that.

This is why women are the prize, shouldn't sleep around without getting some kind of value, men chase, approach, ask our hand in marriage and we shouldn't have to lift a hand in doing anything to get a man other than the obvious and just be. Here comes the naysayers.

Street food is very popular amongst a lot of cultures. This thread will showcase a variety of street foods from all over the world and show the different variety of foods these cultures prepare right on the streets in their hometown. Feel free to share your favorites.