UnbornTao

They are making a heart ❤️

Welcome to the forum.

Loincloth and streets.

Gotta get over my fixation on Key & Peele but I love being incontinent

Yes, we care about the truth about as much as fish care about land. Fantasy is what sells, even here. And there can be power and benefit to this, this is precisely the point. It's just not true, as you alluded to. The work that Ralston does is different from what goes around here, to be clear. As for authenticity, we could imagine that Ramana's silent periods are a fitting example of what you mean by "pure." Maybe. Of course, you're right that such a thing (whatever it is, even if it's nothing at all) can't be sold. Still, asking what truth is is itself an abstraction and can easily lead to mischief. We often unconsciously use it as an ideal - "the Truth," loaded with all our stuff, hopes, and preconceived ideas. Don't just take people's word at face value when they claim to be after the truth and when they pride themselves on that, like we all do here. It's more of a self-image and social thing than a reality. The reality of it would have to be, well, real - and increasingly so. It's better to see this pursuit as a direction rather than a fixed place. What is simply true, here and now, in my experience (as a real anchor and "starting" point)? What is pain? What is belief? What is the need for acknowledgment? Why do my attempts at changing myself fail? Why does it seem like my internal state is created by external events? What is an excuse? What is pretension? How come I lie to myself all the time without knowing it, despite my identity as a "truth seeker"? What is telling the truth?

They're just different, or separate, pursuits. The truth is sought (in a hypothetical case ) while doing survival - maybe despite it, or independent of it.

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Got it, thank you.

Forgetting?

I get it. I'm like the woman in the video who needs that version of Duolingo

What if the episode was made by AI itself?