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1+1 = 2 only if the units on the right and units on the left are the same. For example, 1 cow + 1 cow = 100 glasses of milk perhaps is a correct statement 1 cow + 1 cow = 2 cows is correct. 1 cow + 1 cow = 100 cows is incorrect. ( Or you would lose a lot of money making that trade) If we talk about infinite things, maths doesn't work. Maths breaks down at the points of infinity and 0, because it is a subject for studying finite things in an accurate way. It is in fact the most accurate of all the sciences. But if we talk about things that are empty and / or infinite, then we need to turn to Spirituality instead.

Oh yes, this reminds me of my dream where I spoke with Leo on skype and he showed me that I am not the character but the entire dream. Then I moved as the whole dream rather than a limited entity inside it. Dreams can be very enlightening.

@trenton Just played vs Anish Giri on chess24 and got crushed. Its my second game vs him on Banter blitz where he plays vs chess24 subscribers! You should check it out if you want to have a chance to challenge great GMs. Even Magnus does banter blitz sometimes, but I've never played him. 1:12:14 is my game with him, I am GustafssonGambit on chess24. Can't believe I blundered so hard

Oh come on I just saw you took my bishop! It's game over. I did not see that, big blunder! What now

@trenton @trenton By the way, our chess game is pretty interesting but I feel I am just outmatched, cant find any openings. Probably evaluation is way in your favour by now.

Hey I am on the same boat when it comes to group think. I like Justin Bieber's songs and Rebecca Black's Friday. Many would say I am for the insane asylum. But hey, I am not going to hate these things just because the dislike bars are bigger than my ego. That's exactly why I am able to express my opinion on Black Live's Matter group meetings, which show a lack of respect towards the population who do follow quarantine rules and are helping contain this disease.

After reading this, I'm about to blast my body full of awareness to get those feks out

@trenton I do not consider myself racist, but it trully is stupid or at least ironic that black people meet in large groups during quarantine under the slogan "Black lives matter". If they did, surely you would be staying home ???

!= means not equal in pc math notation

A is A and B is B. A is also 0+A B is also 0+B The self of A is the 0 (consciousness, the formless self) The self of B is the 0 (consciousness, the formless self) A!=B but 0=0

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That question is obvious, you are aware whether the content is good or bad. In fact you wouldn't be able to know anything good or bad if there was not your awareness there to give it space to exist. Life is challenging, the dream is challenging. Enlightenment is easy yet you still chop wood and carry water. You just see it from a different perspective, some would say the ultimate perspective.

You are awesome, I love the simplicity and effectiveness of Rupert's pointings/portals to knowing being.

You are already at the highest level of consciousness from absolute point of view, so scratch that goal. For the relative, What you should strive for is to do to others what you want to be done to you. Thats simple enough and I only hope you're not masochistic ?

Then the real question is, if there is a camera there to record the cutting of the head, would this event be possible? I am sure if there was a camera there it would just show his body unaltered, just like it is while you are in the dream and dreamless state.

What you experience during the trip does not affect the sober reality. If you destroy the universe in your 5meo trip it doesnt destroy the world in which your body lives, otherwise how are we typing now? For sure someone has destroyed the world as you say in their 5meo trip, you cant be the first to have experienced this. So there is your answer. PS: From one of Leo's Trips he reported that his head got split in half by a ninja. I've seen videos of him after the trip and he either glued it together or what happens in the trip is not in the same realm as so called "reality". * If his head was really cut in half, then he would not be able to make videos after that.

most times, add me: DodosterChess

I would suggest what Eckhart Tolle has taught me when I was experiencing difficulties with extreme loss. Im paraphrasing " The world is not there to make you happy, it is there to challenge you. The interesting thing is that when you stop expecting the world or situation to satisfy you, it usually flips and shows you it's friendly/benign face." I'm sure you can work something from that, but its more than an idea for the book, rather something one can use in the book of their own life with decent rate of success

Your experience right now is also mystical but your mind has normalised it.

The question makes no sense to me Edit: to clarify why it makes no sense to me: Nonduality is simply being. Has anyone experienced being beforw they knew about it? Ofcourse?! Only Everyone ever. Even your dog

This is simple, the lottery is about odds- maths and about luck. I have more insight into the strange world of luck than most others on this forum, due to my 12 year old fascination in the game of poker, which is a big mixture of skill and luck. There is no evidence to suggest that any sort of Karma is responsible for how the deck of cards is ordered after a random shuffle. So too the numbers drawn in a lottery have nothing to do with Karma. Ofcourse in poker AND in the lottery there is some sort of skill involved if you want to improve your chances of winning. This is *not* done by praying and/or doing good deeds, but by applying mathematical concepts such as combinatorics, right odds and percentages. By applying these one can have much better odds at winning the lottery, but it would still require an enormous amount of luck to do it from a single game. In the long run, however, as we move closer towards big number of attempts, the one who played it smart and had the better odds will outperformed the one who just played randomly. TLDR: Irrespective of whether you are a good or bad person, what is more important in games that include chance is to simply have better odds than your opponents. Casinos do that and they win consistently, even though many would argue that their karma is not the best out there.

@trenton we should play some chess, what's your chesscom id

I do have an account on chesscom (DodosterChess) rating 1000 and on chess24 (GustaffsonGambit) rating 1300 Yeah I'm not even master level, but I'm at a level of play where I can appreciate the beauty and complexity of the game BTW also check out the new tournament Pogchamps which aims to popularise chess

That's the one. I was rooting for Hikaru who is doing a chess boom on twitch

Those who take psychedelics will all deny this. Because it has been said it's like a magic pill for enlightenment. If you say it's actually hurting their progress, now they would feel they are at ground zero and no progress has been made towards Enlightenment If you take the magic pill away, then they have to be a beginner again, just like everybody else...