Salvijus

Then of what value is it to trash talk con artists?

"The coming together to criticize people you don't like does not amount to constructive critism, it just amounts to verbal abuse"

And what motivates you people to do that? Like I said already "The coming together to criticize people you don't like does not amount to constructive critism, it just amounts to verbal abuse."

It looks to me that most of you would prefer to see Trump administration end up doing lots of damage to America rather than good just so you could say in the end: "see? I was right all along, he he he". But that's such a lame motive to have. It would be better to focus on bringing something positive on the table. The coming together to criticize people you don't like does not amount to constructive critism, it just amounts to verbal abuse.

One of the best meditation practices I've ever done is probably Silent Witness. I couldn't live without this practice. It's great because it does not require for you to stop your mind to do this practice and it's great for deepening self-awareness. "Silent Witness Practice The Practice of the Silent Witness is a practice of merely observing mental-emotional states, and all of the thoughts and feelings-emotions that arise, without any judgment or attachment and aversion. One simply wishes to watch what is happening, inwardly and outwardly, without identifying oneself with anything that is transpiring. So long as we remain identified with what is arising in consciousness we are powerless to make any real change, but if we can remove our self-identification with thoughts and emotions, and even events in life, we become empowered to make changes. Likewise we discover that often by merely letting go of self-identification with mental-emotional phenomena and events of life, and bringing what is happening into the Light of Awareness, most problems are naturally and spontaneously dissolved. Basically, the Silent Witness is an exercise in self-knowledge and the cultivation of self-awareness - what we call the Presence of Awareness. At any time, anywhere, just let go and let be, and become the Silent Witness of all that is transpiring within and all around you. Become aware of your body and with your awareness scan your body. Notice its posture and all of the sensations in the body, including any tensions or stresses. Then shift your focus to the feeling-emotions underlying the bodily sensations, allowing yourself to become conscious of your feelings and emotions. Then shift your focus to the thoughts associated with these feelings and emotions. Without any judgment at all, without attachment or aversion, just Witness in Silence what is happening. This practice can be done in the midst of any activity of daily life. It is one of the key methods through which Gnostics integrate their spiritual practice into daily living. One can engage in this practice for prolonged periods of time, but even just five or ten minutes here and there throughout one's day is very powerful and beneficial. While we aim to abide in this Presence of Awareness the majority of the time, this evolves through consistent practice. Witnessing is not something you do, it is the realization that awareness is present. Awareness is always present, even when you are totally absorbed in an activity or thought. "You" might be trying to do the witnessing, yet while this "you" seems to have awareness, in reality the "you" that tries to witness is being witnessed."

Meditating on presence with eyes open is a valid practice and can take you a long way. But I believe to get to the final goal one has to close the eyes eventually in order to cultivate a sharper discernment between psychological reality and existencial reality (presence). If you want to make closed eyes meditation easier, you can anchor your presence to the breath. It used to help me as an intermediate step between open eyes and closed eyes meditation. "Primordial Meditation with Breath This method is most ancient and is found in many esoteric schools. Essentially, you allow your body to find its own natural rhythm of breath and rest your attention gently on the breath, using breathing as the vehicle of the Presence of Awareness. When you meditate using this method, breathe naturally, with even inhalations and exhalations, just as you ordinarily do. Focus your awareness very gently on the out-breath, and when you exhale just flow out with the breath. Every time you breathe in, let go and let be, and imagine that at the end of the out-breath your breath dissolves into the infinite spaciousness of Truth. At the end of every exhalation, before the next inhalation, you will find there is a gap – let go and enter into the gap. In the gap is the “place” of Pure and Primordial Being. This is called Perfect Repose. Whatever thoughts or emotions might arise, neither grasp at them nor push them away. Just let them be, and let them naturally arise and pass away, without doing anything with them or entertaining any judgment. If you find that you have become distracted or identified with thoughts and emotions arising, or find yourself daydreaming, merely restore your focus to your breath and continue. If mind enters into the gap and the Natural State dawns, let go of the practice and just calmly abide. If the mind or heart moves, return to the practice. It is that simple. Do not focus too tightly upon breath, but focus upon it lightly. Basically, you want to place about ¼ of your awareness on breath and leave the other ¾ free, abiding in a quiet and spacious state of relaxed awareness. In this state one is essentially aware of oneself and what is happening in one’s consciousness, and aware of what is happening in one’s environment. Instead of watching the breath, as though separate from breath, progressively allow yourself to identify with your breath, as though you are becoming your breath. Breathe and let the breath and the one who is breathing gradually merge in a natural way without unnecessary force. In this practice you will find that as the Presence of Awareness grows you will experience the mind becoming more and more silent and the vital-emotional being becoming more and more quiet. It is as though one is shedding the Serpent’s skin and putting on a Body of Clear or Transparent Light. In this way one is set free!"

True but that's not there real reason why you've been prompted to respond in the way that you do.

Okay I understand. 🪷

What are you thanking him for? As if my points got debunked or smth. But my points remain undisputed. 1. You can't live without killing. 2. Eliminating meat entirely is not practicable. 3. It's good to avoid unnecessary and unconscious killing.

That doesn't make any change to the points I was making.

But I thought we were in agreement with each other, lol what a backstabber

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That's an orgasm to my ears. Seems like the prophecy of your enlightenment is coming true.

I don’t know what it was but it would probably fall under the category of what most people call astral projection. But it might fall under the category of lucid dreaming aswell. Because I was not sure I just called it "concious weird dream phenomena". There seems to many layers and planes of consciousness that one can experience in sleep. It's hard to properly categorize what is what.

Had a 30min long of some kind of concious weird dream phenomena. I'm stoked, haha. This is great success because my other dream incidents were always very short. I hope I can replicate the results if I repeat what I've done. Too bad I don't know exactly what caused it 😭

You're not taking from others. You're including it into your system. You merge your conciousness with smaller conciousness and you both become part of a bigger conciousness. And then you get consumed by a guru conciousness. But you don't dissappear. You become part of a larger conciousness.

It would be a static existence without any growth. Consumption is what makes growth possible. Smaller life becomes part of a bigger life. And so on forever. Ever higher. Ever greater.

You're always part of something bigger. To be eaten is not a bad thing. It means you've ascended into a higher possibility. Humans are not on top of the food chain. You have to let yourself be consumed by grace and you will know the joy of being eaten alive 🌟 🙏 🪷 🦋

I think we are in agreement then 👍

Living without meat entirely is not practicable either. I agree with reducing cruelty and unnecessarily killing.

It still makes the vegan argument crumble that killing is unjustifiable because you can't avoid killing. The only question becomes, to what extent killing is appropriate and to what extent it becomes excessive and wasteful? And who said animal meat crosses the line of what's appropriate and inappropriate?

I'm convinced that you have to kill at least something to grow crops. So being vegan is still contributing to animal killing. To what extent is the only question.

Vegans kill more animals than meat eaters.

Greed is when you're attached to the thing you're grasping on. Afraid to give it away because you believe your happyness, success, or survival depends on it. True living is about not being attached to anything. Willingness to give everything away if need be. Yet being grateful for all the things that sustain you every moment.