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What about russian ones?

You are not really looking at them, see their face beyond the surface.

Its crazy, I was shocked with this insight when I had it. You can see a men in a women and vice versa if you really look at them.

They are actually quite similar if you really look at their face and facial features. But you need to really look.

You can say this about any place basically, doesnt say much

You are just conforming to the collective opinion of 2 + 2 = 4. You didnt even derive this for yourself, you learned from somebody else. Consider that this "fact" doesnt even exist for ants, chimps, horses and so on. It is relative to state and the form you are in. So any claim of realness or objectivity is absolutely bogus. 2 + 2 = 4 doesnt exist in your dreams also, so this should be ringing some bells in you.

@Thought Art It is. You could say it was because he build the framework of the eightfold path. But essentialy it was because he was not corrupt by wealth or any other human afliction for that matter.

@Thought Art I agree with you. But to say Buddha in this day would be a millionaire is a stretch. He is known precisely because he rejected wealth, didnt come back to it, and got enlightened. Leo is just projecting his path in his answer I feel.

@Thought Art Buddha was probably not against anything really. If you would come to him and said " I want to kill somebody" he wouldnt stop you, but would look at you with compassion. Everyone has its demons that need to be conquered -- thats why he would give different answers to the question "Does god exist?" he wouldnt always say yes like Leo does, he would consider the subjectivity of the person asking. The path is highly custom. But stil, if you are a serious seeker eventually you need to drop wealth seeking, the question is only how long will it take to get there. Theres a reason that almost no wealthy person is enlightened, it is in the end, a big distraction for most people.

He returned briefly to share his teaching but did not resume family life and obligations. I didnt say that. But Buddha is not for seeking wealth either because that is greed and causes suffering, which makes awakening more difficult.

This is just stupid to say. It goes agaisnt everything Buddha taught and his history. He didnt left his wealth and didnt go back to his wealth after awakening for nothing. Even if you threw billions on his feet he would walk away. Your logic doesnt even work because there must be thousands of unknown yogis who are awake but they are not millionaires and dont want to be. It seems like your capitalist bias here tbh. Just because one is exceptional or rare that doesnt mean they need to convert to millions. This is the capitalist bias.

So its just a genetic trait? In other words, karma? It's the reason why Buddha wasnt material and success oriented and Leo is?

Because thought is very messy and changes a lot, theres no focus or concentration, which is the bedrock of meditation.

Osho is saying that you need to merge with whatever you are doing. For example, when you are drinking water, you need to be absolutely connected to that activity. No thoughts, not anything. Just drinking water is happening. You need to merge with things such that only the act happens, without a self. This is what I intuit that the buddha meant --- reality is happening, but theres no self, no one behind. And for you to realize that you need to merge with reality deeply.

Yes. Are you aware of you body the whole day? When you move you arm during the day, are you aware of that? Chances are you are lost in thoughts and not aware.

You need to see that everything is impermanent and that no desire will never truly satisfy you; this includes woman, career, titles and so on. In other words, you need to crave GOD and suffer deeply. You need to come to a point where you ask like: "Is there more to life than sex and power?"

Hi. I have a background in programming and I'm thinking on pursuing this from scratch(never built a game before). The thing is, with the advancements of AI, can Game Design still be a good career path down the line(10-20 years from now)? Stuff like https://deepmind.google/blog/genie-3-a-new-frontier-for-world-models/ makes me wonder if this field is still a viable survival strategy. @Leo Gura You input on this is really important

Who will be the first conscious trillionaire?

You are seriously misinformed.

@Hojo Look up their railway and metro systems, train technology, ai development, space exploration tech, roads infrastructure, urban planning design, public spaces, architecture, airports, and much more. Compare it to the west and you will see.

Lmao you cant be serious about this. This is pop news from the west demonizing China. The developed part of china: Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other cities/states is decades ahead of the US in infrastructure and tech. Not just the USA but any western place.

Yeah, but I would say the impressive stuff about him on a techinical level is that he builds his own game engine for his games. This requires insane skill to make, he knows the ins and outs of software development and programming(even creating his own programming language). But also the motivation is interesting, he does this to ensure his games will not be affected by the market in anyway, other game engines can ruin and crumble and you will still be able to play his games lol --- this is crazy dedication and commitment. This is also pretty interesting: Pretty yellow view

Of all the places in the world to live, USA is definitely not one of them lmao

@Leo Gura Just learned about this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Blow wtf? Guy is probably the most talented and unique game designer around, no cap. That is a high conciousness mindset for sure, what a guy.