Inception

Post #39: Figuring it out Advice to my younger (and present) self: It’s okay that you don’t have it all figured out, pretty much no one around you has (especially at your age group) even though they act like they do Just another one of our collective illusions. PS: Having it figuret out isn't about having a big fancy house

Post #38: Behind mental bars I’m imprisoned by and within my own mind. I’m not going to escape by accident. It wasn’t designed to be easy.

Post #37: Mind The mind is on my mind.

“Be open-minded, but not so much so that your brains fall out.” - Groucho Marx

Post #36: Predicament The more I learn, the more i realize the depth of my predicament. I'm tempted to pity myself, but I try to have compassion instead. It seems that compassion, in large part, is having a non-judgemental understanding of the depth of someone's predicament.

Post# 35: Think again If you think you understand the mind, you don't understand the mind. If you think you've outsmarted the mind, the mind has outsmarted you.

Post #34: Buckle up I may have come a long way, but I still have a long way to go...

Post #33: Social circle I want to find people in real life who are sincerely interested in understanding the mind. I have a hard time seeing myself spending significant amount of time with anyone without this commitment. For me this is a prerequisite for for close friendship and romantic relationship, which explains why I spend so much time alone. As to where I will find such people remains an open question, for now... "I'm not anti-social, I'm anti-stupid" "It is better to be alone than in bad company" - George Washington "You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with" - Jim Rohn

Post #32: Forum I'm going to rethink my relationship to and expectations from this forum

The Soul is another word for the Mind, imo.

Interesting, is it a meditation object like a mandala? How did you make it?

I'm sorry to hear about your situation, it makes me realize that I take my own situation for granted. I don't know if being told or reminded of this helps, but your suffering isn't meaningless and it's not for nothing. You very well may be homeless right now, but you're well on your way Home, keep going. Seek refuge in your wisdom. Know there's always a way forwards. I know you can't buy bread with these words, but I hope they help nonetheless. “We're all just walking each other home” - Ram Dass

Post #31: Self-knowledge Mind is currently in the process of understanding itself. That's all that's been happening, and will happen. Everything happens for this reason alone.

Stainless steel or cast iron pan. Wooden utensils.

As long as there's separation between self and other you'll be lonely, because you'd be disconnected, that simple. In other words, loneliness is an unavoidable part of the unrealized life. What you really want is not to unite with a single person, instead you (yang) want to unite with other (yin) itself Love is more than neurotransmitters. Human relationships and love, if done right, is not a distraction. It's a fundamental human need and essential for health and wellbeing.