Gesundheit

Actually, turns out there is. Stage Green delusional people. They're at a completely different level of stupidity.

Only the minority of people truly care about religion from heart, those will find the way. Most religious people are mimicking true religion because they are hypocrites. If they would stop being hypocrites, they should not take any positions. But they can't because they think it would hurt their survival. Literally me 5 years ago. I totally agree. Spiritual wisdom should only be understood through intuition. Logic destroys the message. And a huge like to the Rumi quote in your signature @mandyjw

There's literally no one more stupid than a rationalist.

@Carl-Richard Well, for starters, the ego is answering the question of whether or not it's important. Of course it will say it is important. Classic conflict of interests self-bias. Next we have the notion of importance, which is the heart of ego. Who said the ego is important? The ego, of course. Why should I trust the ego? Because it is important, of course. Classic circular logic. Next we have the wise people who advocate against ego from all old religions and spiritual schools. Clearly they're not just talking BS. Mohammad, for example, said that paradise is forbidden for those who have even the slightest bit of ego/pride. The Buddha said that the ego/attachment is the source of suffering. Next we have to understand what is meant by ego and what functions it serves. Is the ego purely mind/thinking? Or is the thinking clouded by biases and selfishness and attachment and pride? Now the most powerful evidence that the ego-mind is not important is direct experience. Insane people do exist in my direct experience and they don't have egos. So at least theoretically, we can survive without it. And also if someone is in a critical dangerous situation, the ego-mind is most useless most of the times and it cannot prevent death.

From E7 to E8 immediately.

Sounds like you totally have a a crush on me. Okay enough with derailing the thread. Not a quality hobby Next.

I can't believe the kind of replies here. Completely false and delusional.

Lucky, but ignorant. Nah, not my type.

And how do you untie hard knots?

No, it's not important at all. Ego is a double-edged sword. You either get lucky with it and accomplish stuff. Or you don't, and then suffer. But you can survive without ego if you have enough courage.

Or this proves that you can't forsee anything but just feel like you can at certain times, which is the same thing that everyone experiences. You, like everyone, just lack the awareness to see what's really going on.

Don't be lazy, contemplate. Use your intuition to understand the analogy. You can use your phone to record a video of yourself anticipating near future events. @Moksha How about that?

No insight is true, just more ego.

Is biting nails a quality hobby? Define quality.

Of course I am going to argue. Unless you prove what you're saying I will not believe you. I've never seen anyone claiming what you claim here, and my experience suggests otherwise. Feel free to prove your claim if you can. The levels are dreams grounded within the game.

Why does anything happen? That's not true. You can't tell what they're going to do. You just feel like you know. If you focus your attention and follow that feeling you will discover that it's just a feeling that you experience. The truth is that no matter how hard you try, you will not be able to know what actually is going to happen. You can only feel that you know what is going to happen = confusion. Yeah, confirmation bias. Have you ever played Super Mario 64?

Lose your ego.

Exactly like here.

@Someone here 1. I've proven that deja vu is confusion through direct experience. I don't experience any of them anymore because I'm too aware to be confused. The brain is capable of confusing stuff and if you're not aware enough you won't be able to distinguish between confusion and certainty. 2. Your commentary on synchronicity is more compatible with classical confirmation bias. But synchronicity in general is delusion, i.e. mind connecting events, which are usually unrelated at all in common sense. If you want to deconstruct common sense, you can. But that won't make synchronicity any less delusional. 3. I don't think you've read what I said carefully enough.

Why do memories exist?

Sometimes it turns into a marathon though (literally and metaphorically speaking).

1. Confusion, which is ultimately delusion. 2. Delusion, which is ultimately not-knowing. 3. Thought experiments grounded in this current thought experiment.

Ego described in dualities: Control vs. Surrender Neurosis vs. Relaxation Seriousness vs. Playfulness Suffering vs. Happiness Success vs. Failure There vs. Here Then vs. Now Becoming vs. Being Thinking vs. Not-knowing Perception vs. Awareness Leader vs. Follower Proactive vs. Passive Dominance vs. Submission Force vs. Flow Agenda vs. Reality

The conscious needs the unconscious.

Growing = becoming larger