UnbornTao

Mostly on books. Supermind, evil, cosmic power, cosmic knowledge. Haha, when he uses qualifiers like marvelous, cosmic, powerful, things like that. I imagine this communication style is done partly for marketing purposes. Not saying it's bad, the substance of his communications and their delivery are great.

A lot of rhetoric and drama. No wonder that individuals who do that get a lot of attention. Feels like very popular individuals are mostly fake and pretending to know. Why do they sometimes look like actors in a TV show? Vernon Howard is recommended, also used hyperbole occasionally but overall he was straightforward and authentic.

Maybe Peter mentions bliss occasionally and in place of the word love so as not to mislead people, or perhaps because it's more precise. After all, love brings up many conventional associations that bliss doesn't. That opens up the matter for others to consider. Talk about love and peace if you want to gather people's attention. However, this will mislead them because the point is to experience whatever is true, not being fed whatever we want to hear. If you tell them you'll experience X or Y, people tend to fantasize, will miss the point and their investigations will get clouded by their preconceptions, preferences, and extrapolations about where it'll lead. or some such

You will forget and regain insights. The important part is the experience, the consciousness, not so much that it is written down. Get it and lose it. And get it again.

Haven't watched this one, thanks

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Extra virgin olive oil, yeah. I'm not clear on the technical details but processing the oil eliminates the good compounds.

Just a question for anyone who might find it useful.

Also for other people out there: reduce sources of stimulation. Cutting back or eliminating them altogether can help massively. No need to add more things to do to your day, which is one possible cause of stress in the first place.

Good definition. Seems like there's a difference between principles, rules and guidelines. A principle is like gravity, mastery, discipline. etc

What is a principle?

Deeply wondering about stuff creates philosophers.

Not interested although it sounds like solid info.

Contemplate. Be open to the possibility that others are an assumption. Grasp the source of that assumption. Consider that grasping this requieres a deeper consciousness than merely understanding some words. After all, once again, Ramona was deeply enlightened and said there are no others. I'm coming at this discussion from intellect, to be clear.

At some point in our childhood we assume that being who we are isn't enough. Hence the need we feel to be and act inauthentic. This can snowball in adulthood and turn you into a completely false, phony persona.

@integral

Is that wordplay or something haha

Manipulation, depending on how it's held, can be thought of as existential. It can be defined as the following: Moving (influencing) an object, another or oneself physically, emotionally and/or psychologically for fulfilling one's self-agenda. It doesn't seem to be negative by itself but results in certain consequences for oneself. Which ones? So what do I do? Make another distinction -- communication. Choose to increase communication and decrease manipulation. Extrapolating, this results in integrity and a sense of wholeness as a person.

Memory might not be your priority; it certainly isn't for me either if it means avoiding writing long-form content. Some things are better written down rather than memorized. Writing for long periods can be turned into a meditation. Writing clarifies your thinking, forces you to communicate concisely, and might stimulate the brain differently compared to rote memorization. If you somehow discard or dismiss writing, notice the consequences of that decision. Certain possibilities won't arise, like writing a book. For example, reading could be thought of as detrimental to independent thinking. Even if true, reading can also expand your thinking ability. The main point is: why be afraid of writing? Memory can be improved in multiple ways.

I recommend first questioning What is suffering? Is it the same as pain? I haven't done this contemplation yet.

Take this with a grain of salt (sorry, mod privileges): that sounds like way too much added salt. My stance is that adding a bit of sea salt to food is great for flavor, but generally not needed. From what I've heard, the western diet contains too much sodium already. You could ask @Michael569. Besides, there's a book on salt by the same name if you want to delve deeper.

The point is that there isn't a through because it's a matter of direct consciousness. It doesn't involve a process. On the other hand, why did the Buddha, after his ascetic years, concluded that asceticism wasn't it? A certain amount of discipline (self-denial), as in keeping focus on your contemplation, not letting temporary desires and impulses dictate your practice, is pretty much a must. But it shouldn't be extrapolated to an extreme, unhealthy balance.

OK, you may also want to check out that segment of the video, they discuss salt too.

mid-14c., autentik, "authoritative, duly authorized" (a sense now obsolete), from Old French autentique "authentic; canonical" (13c., Modern French authentique) and directly from Medieval Latin authenticus, from Greek authentikos "original, genuine, principal," from authentes "one acting on one's own authority," from autos "self" (see auto-) + hentes "doer, being" (from PIE root *sene- (2) "to accomplish, achieve"). The sense of "real, entitled to acceptance as factual." Authentic derives from the Latin word authenticus which means "original" or "that responds to itself." The Latin word authenticus in turn derives from the Greek authentikós which referred to something primordial associated with absolute power. Man, the ancient greeks were onto something.