UnbornTao

Surprised so few have mentioned dates and figs.

Microsoft recently announced that they're already implementing Dall-E 2 to some of their new products.

What? See ya!

To elucidate the distinction between intellect and experience, do this exercise: Recreating Experience with Mind Pick an ordinary object and observe it carefully. Perceive as much intricacies of it as you can: shape, form, texture, sound, color. Now close your eyes. In your mind, try to visualize and recreate that object as vividly as it appeared in your perception and experience. Lastly, notice the result. Can you see the difference between the object and the mental image? --- With that said, how can we expect thoughts to be able to hold the nature of reality? Experience is grossly oversimplified by the intellect.

What impact does birth have on one's experience?

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@OBEler Forum member? Banned.

If you have no questions left, is is because you know everything that there is to know (even relatively!) or maybe because you can come up with the right answer to any question?

Effectiveness isn't a fixed event. It is relational and is determined by the purpose for the interaction – there's something that you are effective at. If you eat ice cream when that is your purpose, you're effective. If, on the other hand, making money is your purpose, any activity that doesn't align with that function is ineffective. In this case then, it is ineffective to eat ice cream (unless you're somehow paid to do it). See how it changes? Effectiveness can be actualized once the purpose for the interaction is clear.

You forgot kale, spinach and broccoli. @SelfHelpGuy Study nutrition books. Become aware of the consequences of eating junk on a frequent basis. And actually implement the information in those books. Maybe reduce your sugar intake slowly so that your brain doesn't suffer intense withdrawal symptoms.

Pretty reductionistic, imo. He seems to be referring exclusively to the effects of caffeine, not coffee as a drink in itself. Cocoa, tea and energy drinks also contain caffeine, so enough quantities would produce similar results as coffee. And yet he doesn't mention those. Coffee is among the healthiest beverages along with water and tea. Also, it is made from beans, if that's useful. Of course it can also lead to poor sleep and anxiety, among others, when too much is drunk. And being addicted to anything is generally no good. On the other hand, why superimpose a cosmology, in this case the Indian type (pranic, sattvic) onto these subjects? For nutritional advice, better ask a nutritionist.

Blueberries Tangerines Kiwi Dates Mangoes Figs Pineapple Vegetables: Red/yellow bell peppers Red cabbage Onions, especially red (for cooking) Carrots

You're holding happiness as circumstantially-derived, and conflating it with survival. Bring to mind moments in your life when you felt genuinely happy. Now: Did happiness originate in the object of attainment or "within" you? You can be happy even if you don't like your experience! Contemplate what it'd take for you to make such a shift in your life. If you want happiness, that's the only way that it's going to work, otherwise what you'll get is winning, success, self-survival – getting your needs and desires met. Depression is holding a negative future. Therefore, on a pragmatic note, create a positive vision for your life that is aligned with your values and goals.

Don't frame socialization so negatively. It seems to me that in your case finding like-minded individuals would be most helpful. Consider: How did it feel like to interact with your best friend? For me, it's always been generally positive. So, try to find a new group of friends if that's what you want. Learn to make intimate relationships enlivening, with the right people for you.

Low-quality post. Trolling, potential conspirational thinking and denial of basic facts.

Graduation party! ? ? Happy to be a part of the staff.

Memory is a fool's intelligence.

Before it's considered obvious, first it has to be accepted and adopted.

How do you know that these are not subjective experiences?

@Osaid

@JosephKnecht That's what I was talking about the entire time.

Easy there. I didn't express myself accurately so the post is now hidden. Don't readily assume that others know what you take for granted. To air out a few things, no, you're confusing internal dialogue with thinking. Not the same. Also, what you call honesty isn't what I consider it to be. In your post, for example, long before spouting words reactively, recognizing what's behind your reactivity would be a more honest stance. Like: I feel anger, perhaps because I didn't feel listened to. Behind that emotion, there is a sense of hurt, which is the basis for anger. Feeling hurt is a more honest experience than acting out the anger, which is a manipulation for dealing with the hurt. The chakras model is a form of belief.