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@Shroomdoctor Are you the teddy bear?

@Shin Shroomdoctor may not have seen your Alan Watts video

@SoonHei I'll second that. This infinitely self-aware fabric was my very first glimpse. I use the same conceptual term to help describe it also. It's just how the mind concieved it to be- "like a fabric". I only say this because it is there. That's what is most important here.

@Yousef @now is forever @zambize You guys have now hijacked this thread. Read the forum guidelines.

@zambize https://justpaste.it/TheArtOfContemplation

@ivankiss Do a piece on negative space. Here is a bit inspiration thanks to Alan Watts The system as a whole appears to be a distribution of solid entities or modes of energy in the midst of emptiness or space. Human consciousness preoccupies itself with these entities, and virtually ignores their spatial background. We consider it "nothing" in the sense of that which has neither importance nor significance, forgetting that without the spatial field, none of these entities could be manifested or distinguished. There is, however, between space and entity the same polar relationship as between crest and trough, for which reason "nothingness" is not simply the contrary or absence of "being", but rather its ground and origin. We believe so firmly in the maxim "ex nihilo nihil fit" – "nothing can come out of nothing" – that it is almost impossible for us to see that emptiness is the essential prerequisite for every form of being,

Well don't go and cut your ear off over any of this.

Surrender to being totally clueless about everything. It's liberating.

@SoonHei I has parroting two different Zen Koans into one thus proving the OP's point. Zen Koans are meant to bring the logical mind to stop seeking logical answers.

@Amun What is the sound of one hand clapping in the woods if there is no one there hear it?

@Nearfrest You've spoken your mind now this thread only serves as a distraction.

@Nearfrest I was going to allow this to play out but from this uncalled for derogatory tone I can see your just trolling now.

Die while remaining alive to the body.

@Key Elements "Holding at the satguru's feet is the borderline between knowingness and no-knowingness" A Bodhisattva? But wouldn't someone who reaches full Buddhahood then teach through silence? The silence of no-knowingness or true emptiness can be a great teacher. The guru of gurus. They would be the embodyment of true emptiness.

@Marinador A good athelete can enter a state of body awareness in which the right stroke or the right movement happens by itself effortlessly without any interference from the conscious will. This is the paradigm for non-action (Wu Wei) the purest and most effective form of action.

Form = Emptiness Emptiness = Form

@Arkandeus Sorry but have to close this now. Conspiracy theory abounds.

@Arkandeus Hello cosmic citizen. Yes the ascenion is well underway. Just kidding. We are all ascending in some way every day.

@How to be wise There is no conflict in Wu-Wei. Doing - not doing. The game plays the game. The poem writes the poem. We can't tell the dancer from the dance.

@Nahm Whatever your putting on the plate I'm sure it's going to manifest into something very special. They will come to share your table.

@Nahm "Everyone opens up with you" I shall not forget. Thank you my friend for sharing every word.

@ground You are somewhat correct. But your vibe is all wrong for what is happening here.

@ground You are painting too much conceptual theory ( no matter how true or what you read) over someones direct experience.

@Nahm So what do you do? Take what may come? The thing is when i open up totally to love and compassion for all the inhabitants of this planet as a collective it's almost overwhelming. It hit's me in the body, so to speak.