Eskilon

Ohh thanks!

Can't punish me shortie 😳, I don't even exist

The lucid dream moment in this reality I would imagine. Just like in the dream you just get it with no apparent cause and effect. Could be wrong tho.

Can you cook up some spiritual rizz for us？

They are strong, might go far

What about good ol' Us of a?

The survival of Soccer. Choosing a country that can give you more prestige, titles, fame, recognition, instead of your roots

France's squad is basically africans

Some african country or Japan is gonna win it

Germany is not that good, they couldn't get out of group stage last world cup iirc. Their current generation can't match Spain, France or England.

Yoo @Leo Gura, this music was playing in public today while I was waiting in the queue Leo, the infinity-pilled one

@Leo Gura There's no Leo -- there's only Leoness. Leo is only a reflection on the lake

@Leo Gura That's what your master looks like

Very easy to misinterpret indeed. Very few here actually bothered to understand the man and read the Sutras(I was guilty of this in the past too). Even Leo is guilty of this. And people parrot even Leo's trashing and mockery of Buddhism. it's comical. Buddha's approach is bottom up. He helps you through your psychology so that you can maybe reach the spiritual, he helps to clean the ground so that you can experience the divine for yourself. It is a full cleanse. Very pragmatical but it doesn't stop at the pragmatics, that's what some fools don't understand. Yeah, and even if it could be explained, how does that help anyone? You will just believe the person or reject, nothing fundamental changes. That's why he saw methaphysical question as mostly pointless. People needs experiences not explanations and preaching. I think he saying the same thing but through a different perspective. If he said that all is self like Adi Shankara for example(which was the norm in India at that time), through his observations he must have saw that the seeker could get attached to that idea, get an ego inflation, and never get to the other shore as he puts it. So, he is absolutely negative, denying even the self so that nothing remains in your mind to get attached to. Buddha was and very much is hated in India because he destroys all the notions and image of God. How funny.

Wise girl

Yeah, good that it was the last, what a waste of time.

@Thought Art I don't know what to say. The teaching is indirect. Just because something is not hammered in your head like it is here doesnt mean that it doesnt teach it. A function of style and preference. You need to understand the difference between subtle and gross -- preaching is gross, remaning in silence and letting the seeker see for himself is subtle. Both have pros and cons. Buddha saw that preaching did more harm than good so he remained in silence and didn't answered methaphysical questions. But, that DOES NOT mean he didn't understand those things. It was a personal choice.

By your logic, actualized.org is also a human system. Your skepticism is also, very human. And also, btw your cognition and your ability to understand is, guess what？Human. Buddhism does teach God-realization, but is indirect. You need to read between the lines. That is the eastern way. Do you get it? Or do I need to be more direct? lol

The word God is not used in Buddhism, Jainism, Taoism and probably other religions too. But that is a function of style of teaching, specifically, the eastern way. Do you really think Buddha, Mahavira and Lao-tzu didn't know what they were talking about? The vedas, Upanishads and all other spiritual text was there, Non-duality was all around, Rishis meditating left and right preaching that God is all, God is absolute, God is Brahman. All these people kwew these ideas, but they still went on with their style of not preaching the word God. Buddhism is not about being human at all, no where it is claimed that you are human, Buddhism is about transcending the mind.

@Thought Art Buddha does teach God-realization, but not directly. The eastern method is not in your face. You can claim his methods are really hard to implement in this day and age because society and the human changed a lot, but make no mistake he was all about God. The way to reach there according to him is through transcending suffering. He documentend all his realizations on the sutras, all the 8 jhanas(physical and non-physical) and much more.

You are saying that your problem is more physiological than psychological? Like it's not a problem of boredom but pain in the muscles?

@LambdaDeltaI mean, how can one not clown when Leo acts arrogantly? I think it is even justified, arrogance is delusion. This is, as you said here, a pattern that he displays since years ago, no need to glaze or defend.

We need that alien transformation on camera... now!

No, because consciousness is more relatable than the word God. If you say consciousness to a person he will get it better than the word God. It is a better pointer. It is more nuanced and compassionate approach. The same way if you had a daughter who is 5 years old and she ask about death, will you say stuff about it? Probably you will not be direct and with a ready-made answer. Each person deserves an unique answer because no two people are the same.

@aurum Read his books, like "The book of Secrets, and his commentary on the Dhammapada" There's plenty of times that he say God is all. The logic is that the east doesnt view these methaphysical questions as objectively as the west -- they consider the questioner too, not just he profound question asked. So in the clip, Osho being a spiritual teacher, felt that his answer would help more the woman in question and the people there present at that moment. It's a device to maybe shock the ego-mind not just to confirm their beliefs. Buddha did the same thing according to a famous story about the existence of God. He answered to an Atheist once "Yes, of course". To a theist he answered "No, absolutely not!". And to a inquirer he said nothing and remained in silence with the man. It's a device, to try and help people, and I agree that answering yes to all this people would be detrimental.