Ishanga

Yes, but strength in this context only goes so far, its a temporary strategy to deal with life, but definitely not a solution.. It like the Rocky philosophy of never giving up, always Moving Forward in Life, or Life will take You down and You'll never give up, that appeals to the masses and the masses are actually living it, but in the end its not a solution to Suffering, just a band aid which soon falls off and the scratch is still bleeding and very few know how to stop the bleeding!! Strong ego's are attracted to other strong ego's that are doing things they cannot do or are not doing right now.. That is a sign of where You are in life, if You like it keep on keeping on, if not change things, time will tell what was the best way to be!

You wanna know why I sometimes argue spiritual concepts with ppl here, its not ego, its that You are Me, I am You.. That is why when I am out and about and see so much stupidity and corruption and craziness, it slightly makes me feel sad or pissed off because everyone is Me, I am Them, we are in this together, and we could do some much better, but we don't generally.. and then when the one that are trying to make things better are criticized it boggles my mind and at times makes me just want to go silent and forget others and do my own thing...

The problem is people here and most everywhere cannot even agree on the definition of words, ppl are so exclusive and individualized that they change meanings of words to fit their ideological paradigm, which is an act of the Ego.. So I could give you a definition of Ego, a basic one, someone will come along soon and say that is not it, and we argue about it, this is egoic act for sure.. Ego is false self, a mask of sorts, its what we portray to the other ppl we interact with daily, friends, family, strangers we meet, and is full of the the belief's we have, the auto pilot mechanisms that are running in our heads every day, things of this nature. The masks makes us smile and reply politely too someone that is saying hi to us on the street when we feel like shit internally, or the opposite. Its a mask we wear, we just have to learn it is not what We are, and too take it off when its not needed..

What about the 100th Monkey theory, where one person or Monkey comes up with something new and somehow that is picked up by other humans or monkeys at another location telepathically or otherwise but its impossible for them to be in communication with one another, what's up with this Theory?

Here Jiang talks about Economic Anxiety and how it is Used to Control the masses.. I buy into this stuff because when I look around and see what is going on, we could do so much better but we are set in our ways, people are not capable really of seeing a society without Money, or Competition or Debt and Slavery to a job or career, only to end up dead broke or suffering thru it all! I've always understood it that there are groups of ppl that are really in control, setting up systems for all of to fall under and be trapped in, while these ppl in these groups are way above this and free to do what they please, which seems to be to accumulate more power, lower the population #'s, destroy the planet and other hideous acts... Not sure though of the way out of this trap other than personal Enlightenment and isolating one's self from General Society! Enjoy:)

Once there is the ability to make choices, there is Will. Of course not all our choices are an example of free will, but they can be, that is the whole point, you can progress to it, but if I have to go to a certain place my will will direct me down a predetermined path, but this is just reality.. Again Free Will is not about absolute control over everything, its about Me and My ability to determine How I am within Myself, that is totally an ability I can have, via that more choices become available to me, vs. not determining what my experience is and blowing in the wind. Having a Suffering mind will make You not want to get out of bed in the morning, having a Blissful Mind will make You want to get out of bed in the morning, I choose to be Blissful, life is much easier this way.. And Yes thank God that Breathing happens automatically, but I can control that too if I want to. You can even get to a point where Your completely conscious while in Deep Sleep, totally aware but fully asleep.. You need to expand Your horizons and not get caught up in the dogma of predetermination!!

how does infinite nothingness have will?

It seems there are those that follow the let what is be what it is on all levels of life, they think they have no choice in any matter, but do they choose what to wear or what to eat or how many breaths they take each min or what to look at/not look at? Choice is everywhere in our lives if you look at it...even the choice to believe there is no choice!! As soon as someone says there is no choices being made, and I say there is, right there is obvious proof that there is choice lol...

Define God.,..If You say some oldman with a beard up in heaven, I'll find You and Aumm You to death:) Don't luv what is, just Accept it, unless Your being tortured, pretty well impossible to luv/accept that!

First you can fly in Yours dreams, the brain does not know the difference btwn something vidly imagined and something that happened for real, so use this imagination that God gave us and fly boy:) Second when our bodies our bound by physics as are all physical things, we have limited freedom, not unlimited freedom when it comes to what body can do, but we invented planes to fly around in so we used our minds to invent planes so we can fly, Free Will for me is more about choosing how I am within myself, what I create within myself and via that choice I can determine where my life is going, vs having no control, feeling like shit and doing nothing about it and nothing happening in life other than suffering..

The playing ground is chalked out and constructed (predetermined), all for You to PLAY how you please (Free will)!

@Breakingthewall Nice!!! Now for the Ya Butts below:)

When I was heavily training in Wing Chun I had endless energy because I luv'd it, i had practice 4 times a week, 3hrs on Saturday mornings, and after practice at night at my security job I would practice some more. When You luv something there is endless energy available, but when You luv yourself its not so empowering for others around You, since its all about Me, Myself and I, no room for anyone else.. Its the same with my yoga practice, no need for motivation, i'm internally inspired to see where it takes me, so far its going well:)

I did not insult You, You choose to feel insulted:)

Thank You for bringing the thread back to the top:)