Tim R

You answered it yourself. There is no "you" choosing between the thoughts; "you" or "choosing a thought" or "directing your thoughts" are just more thoughts. There is no "choice", because there is nothing to choose between. Reality isn't split, it's one. But thought can make it seem like there is choice "between" two possibilities.

@Husseinisdoingfine Theoretically they could be part of our next government if Scholz (SPD) becomes chancellor and they build a three-part coalition with SPD, Die Grünen and DIE LINKE (this coalition would be called RRG) https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/bundestagswahl-2021/bundestagswahl-2021-koalitionsrechner-welche-parteien-haben-die-chance-auf-die-mehrheit-im-bundestag-/27574912.html Here, this tool allows you to experiment which coalition might and might not work (depending on the selected institute of survey research). Absolute majority is reached at 300 seats. https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1246505/umfrage/prognosen-koalitionen-nach-der-bundestagswahl/#professional Here is a statistic from 3 days ago that shows how likely each coalition is. RRG is actually not that unlikely, wow?? But a Jamaica coalition would be fine too, I guess. My favorite would be SPD, Die Grünen and FDP. That way you have a fairly progressive and socialist democratic coalition without risking too much collective backlash.

"Thinking" is a thought. When "thought" dies, "thought" dies.

To "want" is to believe to lack. To "lack" is to not know who you are. Not knowing who you are is ultimately because you are love and to be love is to (pretend to) abandon yourself as selflessness. Wanting finds an end when you find out who you are.

It's not quite that simple. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. That's the real spiritual dilemma. You have to seek, or you are sure to never find. True, so long as you seek, you will not find - but that's the point! In order to find that out, you have to seek. Don't fool yourself or others into this overly simplistic Neo Advaita doctrine.

It's would certainly have to strongest impact on the collective mind of society. What Leo said at the end of this latest episode sounded exactly like what Terence McKenna used to say; that psychedelics are the only way to transform society as rapidly as is currently necessary.

@Mafortu Lol I didn't post the solution either I'm sorry? "Stackoverflow is a troll site to discourage new programmers."

@Frenk Best moment from the entire 14 hours imo. So beautiful to see Curt being moved by this.

@PurpleTree I read about your desire to be not special and I can't help but smile And you don't even know yet that trying to become not special is predestined to fail. Can you imagine what happens when you recognize the special that truly matters? The special that is infinitely special precisely because it is not "special"? Go outside the house, go on a walk. Go look for something that you wouldn't consider special at all. Maybe some dry spot of moss somewhere on a wall. Or a dry leaf on the side of the road. Pick it up. Look at it and see. Special? Not special? And what about you? Any more or less special than this leaf? My god, you don't even know yet how special you already are, being perfectly ordinary.

This thread was inspired by a video Leo shared on his blog the other day. A few days later I found another crazy video and got the idea to start an "Epistemic Madness Examples Thread", so here we go

this will not solve the problem Yes, it will. Unless your question still assumes a difference between oneness and infinity. But in fact, you almost answered it for yourself: Now it's up to you what you mean by "eternity". Infinite perspective is what consciousness is, but it's not an infinite "number" of separate perspectives which are all somehow had in the course of "eternal time". As I said, everything is always happening now and eternity (now) is not a temporal thing (see Nahm's reply to you).

But same goes for experiencing "being human", so long as you insist on time. So long as you insist on this kind of temporal eternity. Your question implies a difference between being "one" and being "infinite", that's why it makes no sense to you yet. Unite the two as/in nonduality and you have your answer; The "many" imply the "one" and vice versa. You can't be either infinite or one, you can only be one as infinity.

You're missing that God/Consciousness sits outside of time and is thus not bound by time. Everything always happens now, because "now" is a-temporal. This is eternity. It never began and it will never end.

@RMQualtrough Do you remember where in the interview? Haven't watched the whole thing yet Nevermind I found it. Beautiful

I had suspected that it would be like this I like your answer, thanks.

I sometimes can't withstand/bear the nature of love. It's just too much. It's as if I want it to be imperfect so that I can even look it in the eye. It's like when I recognize the infinite perfection and love and I just say "oh my god I can't believe it, how is this even possible?? Noooo waaay... this can't be possible??", knowing full well that it's the only possible way, so I get hit with the realization "of course it's perfection!! How could there not be perfection?" And then it feels like there builds up this infinite loop of me realizing that love and perfection are inescapable and inevitable. And I just am not strong enough to accept that. You know? Edit: I forgot to pose my question, so here it goes: Deep down I feel that this "loop" is not real. That actually, there is just this kind of infinity and that there must be a sort of leap, after which one fully accepts the love and thus breaks the loop. Am I on the right way with this?

Thank you, that's how I feel.

@roopepa I couldn't agree more, beautiful?

@Blackhawk I think scientists all over the world are monitoring for such dangerously large objects and if they detect one, there are plans for how to deal with them.

@Blackhawk Because that's a) something much less likely and b) something we wouldn't be at fault for Yeah if it's inevitable and we couldn't steer it away or nuke it into pieces I guess I'd be fine with that, we tried our best. But that's the difference, we are not trying our best. Not only that, but we are making things worse. My country is responsible for 2% of global CO2 emissions and we are now having a discussion in politics and for the upcoming election whether we should become CO2 neutral until 2045 or earlier, and whether we should stop burning coal until 2038 or 2030 and when I think of countries like China, the US or India who are together responsible for 50% of global emissions, I can't help but become somewhat cynical. It's like a big, unfunny joke. There are many people who truly care. But they're not the ones who truly should care. So what are we to do? Become cynical? Force China, US and India into becoming CO2 neutral before we have reached 1,5°C? Where are my stage Yellow and Turquoise thinkers at? Don't tell me you're not concerned...

Yeah I've done that, it's nice. Some Hindus vow to never ever say a word for the rest of their life.

I don't think that humanity will be eradicated, that's not the problem. The problem is that I don't want us or our children or our children's children to live with excruciating heat waves every summer and food and water scarcity and an impoverished flora and fauna... do you even realize how many billions of refugees will have to find new homes? how many social crises this will cause? Just how much of a humanitarian and global crisis of epic proportions it will cause if we keep warming this planet? Again, I don't see how we *cough* China, US, India *cough* could turn this mess around within the next 10 years so that a global catastrophe will be averted but hey, maybe I am being a bit too pessimistic on this one.

Conscious dictatorship is a contradiction

"Ego" is (seeming) absence of Love. It's what prevents the recognition of Love. Ego = Love, but not recognized No Ego = Love, recognized Love can't see itself when there is ego, figuratively speaking. The self (ego) is what stands in the way of the recognition of selflessness (love). So the only way to recognize love is to "become" love/loving (selfless) - but the irony is, that you can't become Love because you already are Love. Although, it's not quite right to say that "the ego prevents" the recognition of love, as if there was an ego and the not-seeing of love, because actually, the ego is the resistance to love. Therefore, love will work to recognize itself - love dissolving the resistance to love. Because that's what love is(/does).

Hello friends In a few weeks I'm going to move to a new city. There, I don't know anything or anybody. I'm going to leave the place where I have spent the last 3 years which will be rather difficult for me because I have really taken this place into my heart and I love it. I know it, I know the people, I have so many fond memories of it, I have learned and grown the most here and it's comfortable to live here - and I'm going to have to give all that up for what so far is mostly the unknown. I need some advice from you guys: Very generally speaking: how do I make the best of this situation? How do I bring this chapter of my live to a conclusion? Is can't just leave without somehow saying goodbye to this place.. What should I do? How can I use this beginning of a new chapter of my life? What concrete steps should I take? In other words, can I somehow use this like a new year's resolution? Because the difference between new year's and my situation is that now I am actually confronted with a completely new situation instead of just a changing date in the calendar.. I'm a rather introverted person, but how do I get to know as many (interesting) people as possible? I appreciate all advice you can give, thank you?