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Israel is being brutal, and the world is watching it happen. Tragically, these conflicts require complex resolutions, and most folks in that region are incapable of that. Things didn’t have to go down this way, but they did. God works in mysterious ways, man. But I am predicting that Israel is going to fall sooner or later. They have been shooting themselves from the start, and now the boil is reaching its head.

@StarStruck I am fucking with this.

@Breakingthewall Great response! As far as I have observed when the sense of self disappears, your experience itself becomes infinity. Experience is recontextualized into the existence that creates itself. I know it sounds wacky but that’s how it was for me. This explains the point you made about perfection, experience is God so it must be perfect.

@_Archangel_ That’s one characteristic of breath that makes breath useful for grounding oneself. And yes, there need not be a limited “I” for breath to happen. Appreciate your input. @Inliytened1 This also includes the control “I”have over my breath, which “I” actually don't have. Because let me see... The “I” and the breath are one.

This relates with what @Princess Arabia said above.

Hahah bruh 😂

@Razard86 You are pointing toward a radical possibility. Tell me more about it.

@Dodo Certainly, what you said holds a lot of truth. Especially that parroting part. But what motivates me to pursue this no-self-inquiry is not just other people but also my own experiences of no-self. I was in that state for months (it was terrifying), so I was forced to develop a sense of self again, deliberately. Even if that state of no-self was terrifying, It was the right direction for me. Now, I can’t seem to find my way back to that state. And this is why this question is important, because it was through this that I reached that state the first time. There is no answer to this question, it's a pointer.

@Princess Arabia I understand.

The query would still remain. People will still shout “there is no you!”. I would still have this question, “if there is no I, then why breath? For whom” @Princess Arabia There is supposed to be no “I” @UnbornTao I arrive at I don't know, every time.

Sourcery is the new sorcery.

Hahah love it

Damn son you got words!

I fail to understand this, please elaborate.

100%. Breath seems to me like a portal between the relative and absolute realm (which are ultimately just one realm). For me, it is the quickest way to switch between these two. But you can actually control your breath, you can even pass out from holding your breath for too long.

Of course, @itsadistraction. The questions are supposed to be rhetorical. I have noticed myself becoming too absolutist at times, and this line of questioning helps me keep the relative realm in mind.

@rachMiel That’s what we’re trying to do here, mostly. Creating a better reality.

Every perspective holds a kernel of truth, but most have a lot of BS alongside it. Distinguish wheat from the chaff, don’t throw out the whole thing.

@rachMiel Yes. However, the “matrix” (relative) and “Zion” (absolute) merge and bleed into each other in a strange loopy way. So, the desolate wasteland (and all the “evils” it holds) is also infinitely beautiful. Developing this perspective of seeing beauty and Love everywhere is why we must go beyond the stories. To eradicate evil.

@Fluran That’s a lack of understanding of complexity, which truly begins at late-green. So, most of them are probably at stage orange (as the statistics suggest).

Nice!

You can do both. Realize what lies beyond stories, and then also enjoy the stories. No problemo.

@jdc7733 Do you have a meditation practice that you do everyday