TruthFreedom

This is a fantastic post! 🙂👍

@Monster Energy tried that, but I think she is actually attracted to me, so getting involved with her in any way shape or form has been a huge mistake. At least I've not slept with her 🙄

@Monster Energy 😂

@Basman not easily

Forgive me if this topic is not relevant to this sub forum, But I'm trying to find a way to deal with a volatile neighbour. She lives directly above me in a building with six apartments in the block. She claims to have schizophrenia, yet I think she uses it as an excuse to behave in any way she chooses. She is extremely (and I mean EXTREMELY) emotionally reactive, with very little provocation. She has assaulted me before. I have tried my best to give off positive vibes, but she is quite deranged and threatens me frequently. She seems to want to make my life a misery, even though I have been exceptionally kind and accepting of her behaviour.

If a robot explodes in the forest and there's no one there to hear it, did it make a sound?

@Leo Gura 😆

My technique is based on the Buddhist notion that desire is the root of suffering. For example, the desire to be good-looking. It produces much suffering because rarely is anyone completely satisfied with their appearance, and beauty fades anyway.

Well, after my original post, I remembered a technique I have used before which involves letting go of "needs" as they arise in the present moment. You sit and observe "needs" arising and let go of them one-by-one. It's a form of meditation which seems to give control over feelings of tension and anxiety. This, combined with the constant reminder that you are only ONE of 8 billion people seems to produce a measure of peace for me personally. And when it comes to free will/determinism I am unsure if that is possible to figure out. Even though I have had "no-self" awakenings, I still hold on to the possibility that there is someone in control. Perhaps "no-self" is an illusion, and what one really is, is the "controller"

I've been watching a lot of the enlightenment videos again, and last night it seemed as if I had a breakthrough, and I slept better than I have in ages. It was through watching the step-by-step guide to enlightenment. I felt very peaceful. Yet, I wake up, have my coffee, and yet again, the anxiety and sadness appears out of nowhere. I don't get it. Is it really possible to control the way you feel, or is it 100% outwith your control. Because if it is outwith our control then all this work seems pointless

@Olaf thankyou

God, I'm so lonely.... You wouldn't even understand 😭😭😭

I think Leo Gura may have one of the greatest minds to have ever existed.

Most people are very self conscious and wrapped up in themselves. When u realise that, it's very liberating, because you see that nobody was ever actually thinking about you. They were much more concerned with themselves. Although, we do like to delude ourselves that we are the focus of everyone's attention. Sorry to burst your bubble, but that person you think is infatuated with you? They are thinking about their nose-hair, not you

I'm tri-sexual - I'll try anything sexual 🤣