UnbornTao

Perhaps. At the same time, wouldn't what you said above be an aspect of overlooking the very one that you are - or take yourself to be? Contrary to what we might think, asserting an opinion or believing in something doesn't really get the job done. If you want to get at the truth of what you are, then by definition it has to be the truth of that matter. Can you locate your "real-self"? What are you? Anyway, I'd say hang in there. It sounds like you are looking into it. Remember to keep it experiential.

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Then that isn't the entity doing the perceiving, right? (Since you say you are observing it.) Again, if it is being perceived, that is different from the you that is perceiving it. Consider that you are not perceived or found within that activity. The observer is not located in what's observed. Even though taking yourself for granted is common, find out what it is - if that's your goal. It helps to once again refocus on an immediate and experiential sense of yourself now, even if it's a vague or ill-defined sense.

Fair enough. Let me bring up the etymology of reason... 🤓 Do you see that as one of the main goals of "being rational"? Dissecting or constructing a particular worldview, maybe one based on a certain logical coherence? Talking out of my ass here.

What is?

The power of belief, I'd say (for the most part, at least). You, I, and everyone else do the same. The main difference is that, for us, this activity appears as "reality" rather than as an adopted notion that is inherently distinct from the truth - whatever that may be.

Have you heard of this channel?

The Punisher.

Consistently moving (exercising) the body.

Can't lose what you didn't have in the first place.

Depends on how you hold reason. But there are certainly people who are capable of being irrational. By definition, a lunatic is irrational. Otherwise, how would we bridge the gap between these two? Without that distinction - which we already make - you'd be essentially arguing for the nonexistence of irrationality.

I thought I was a banana.

Breath Work Pro Max sells better.

Cheers to comformity!

Just call it Breathing 2.0.

That just sounds like breathing with extra steps.

Seems to boil down to preference, or opinion.

Looking good! Vravo Bince.

You might ask, for example, who is doing the observing or perceiving? The question isn't pointing to some imagined entity, but to you, the very one asking it. Keep digging until you have a breakthrough. You seem to be heading in the right direction. Just keep the subject of your contemplation in mind, and whenever you get distracted, return to your most real and inmediate sense of yourself.

Yes, stories can be illuminating.

As long as it produces enlightenment...

@cetus It's a sci-fi story.

Not sure about actual shapes and sizes changing, but the sense or perception of those qualities can probably shift or be altered a bit - it's likely happened to me a few times. It seems like your mood, and where you place your attention (among other factors), can influence that sense. This might turn out to be a change in mind state, not sure. Can be fun but it's also subtle, in my view. Nothing magical or fantastical.