UnbornTao

In order to be satisfied and not to cause more unnecessary suffering for you, stop: comparing experiences comparing yourself to others resisting your experience identifying with stupid stuff pursuing ideals wanting what you don't have being careless about what you say to yourself!

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appreciate it.

What about legumes? Don't you dare take away chickpeas from my life.

Become conscious of the absolute. Test whether relative stuff can affect or produce enlightenment. You may have experienced insights but not enlightenment. Relative stuff such as a dramatic state or shift in experience might have been confused with an enlightenment. Ask yourself: What am I conscious of now that I weren't of before? Direct consciousness is pristine and self-validating. If genuine, there's no room for doubt regarding what you became conscious of, which isn't to say that there isn't more to realize regarding the subject matter or that deeper consciousness can't be accessed.

Avoid Windows Use Linux.

Just don't confuse this exercise in extrapolation with actually being conscious of whatever is the case.

Consider that you even manipulate yourself. Emotions, for example, are a manipulation on your part to act a certain way. You can also manipulate in a straightforward way and even in ways that may benefit another. I don't think manipulation has to always involve lying. That's one aspect. Another distinction we can make is communication -- honestly sharing your experience as it is to another with the intent for it to be grasped by the other. What another does with it is up to them, not you. We could say that you manipulate in order to get a lollipop. Sometimes this may involve breaking your integrity, hiding things, pretending and other forms of lying. Communication, on the other hand, is about your experience itself. When you communicate instead of lie, you may not get the lollipop (gaining approval, being liked, etc). What you do gain is your vitality and integrity as a complete human being, you "keep your feet on the ground", so to speak. You're more powerfully present.

Yes. If you can, also get the sequel for playstation.

I've experienced the same. I love winter and cold though. However, where I live cold means 14ºC or so.

Going through that again would be dramatic... Pretty much. Presumably, there's also a Jak & Daxter movie in the works lol. Childhood nostalgia.

Watching the premier now. Now we need a good Uncharted adaptation.

You. Ta-Da!

What is power in the first place? Usually it is held as a negative: ruthless manipulation, bullying, toxic competition, egotism. Still, your image of what a powerful person looks like may, as with any image, be limited and not representative of reality, in this case that of being powerful. Currently, I'd describe power as the capacity to accomplish goals effectively. For the sake of the argument, based on this definition, power is not what we think it is since it can manifest in many different ways. Words such as "empowering" are considered extremely positive. Why? This may not help much since it doesn't deal directly with this thread but knowing what power is essential before going about pursuing it.

@Asayake you're in favor of white, added sugar? Not all sugar is the same as far I know.

Organic pesticides for breakfast. Seriously though, I heard from Michael Greger that if the matcha is sourced from China, it likely is contaminated with lead.

Even 100% raw cocoa powder? fuck

Only the truth is true. No belief, whether religious, social or scientific, is true in and of itself. What this inquiry misses is that whether we subscribe to Y or Z, in the end we still fundamentally don't know what's true. In our experience, we just exchanged a set of beliefs for another. The point is to directly know and realize what is true, not to adopt a set of thoughts, usually from another, that you like and feel validated by. Ask yourself: Am I deeply and directly conscious of the absolute? In my experience, have I realized, without the slightest doubt, what the absolute, life and reality are? That should open up some doors for contemplation, and offer an opportunity for deeper self-honesty.

"Thanks for coming, bye"

Best to start with the question, What is a body? It does seem to me like an essential vehicle for experience, much like there has to be hardware for the computer's software to be installed. I'd also say that the body is an object. But once again I haven't become conscious of what it is. So grasp what it is for yourself.

Not sure. One of my favorites, Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach. Loved it.

Just watched the two-part series Understanding the Conservative & Liberal Mind. I enjoyed it a lot and resonated with it. It's very relatable as I co-habit with an extremely conservative person and I myself am rather liberal. Both episodes offer many insights which I'd been reflecting on for some time now. I'm thankful for this type of deep, genuine content.

I think high amounts of any vitamin supplement may produce side-effects. Whether you recognize them or not depends on your level of sensitivity and their intensity. I sometimes supplement 5000U of vitamin D, 1000mg of vitamin C, magnesium, CDB oil or Krill oil. Almost every time these produce some sort of side-effect: itchy skin, irritability, insomnia, horniness, relaxation. But I don't know.

I've been two months without a phone! Stop having a phone or buy a dumb one. You can test it out for a few months in order to detoxify your mind and then slowly incorporate the most basic needs with an actual smartphone. So basically: do it.

How come some people seem to have moved on from their past while others haven't? What allowed them to move on? Guilt arises in relation to the past. Stop being identified and attached to your past history. Guilt can't happen in relation to the present. The simple advice is get over it; become conscious of why you're creating these feelings, then drop them. Focus on the present and create a hopeful image of the future. That'll help in moving on by building goals. This may sound a bit ruthless, I see it more as tough love. Just some opinions.