UnbornTao

by Paul Reps from "Zen Flesh, Zen Bones."

Consider that maybe all our reasons are made up, and that there is no reason for anything. That doesn't undermine the potential value of purpose and meaning. Whenever I've been happy or loving, if I'm honest, those moments didn't have any reason to justify myself feeling that way. This is not to say that there could be a purpose behind feelings and reasons, though. You could say, in fancy terms, that reality transcends meaning. Do things for the hell of it.

My standard is: - Play the game - Did I like it? Perfect. Did I not? OK. See the activity for what it is without superimposing models, and in the end it will just be a matter of personal preference (for whatever reason/s). So I guess that my answer would be, there's a relationship between ego development and gaming if you create one. Update: after 15 years I still like Jak & Daxter.

A recognition of perceptive phenomena, which may be a function of the brain. Consciousness isn't just awareness or cognition, it is both prior to and at the source of those functions. Cognition is a process and a function of the brain while Consciousness isn't a process and is prior to the brain, so can't be a function of it. That's my (intellectual) rambling. Haven't become profoundly conscious of it yet.

@Leo Gura Just to play deveil's advocate, do you hold awareness and consciousness as the same, as many other "gurus" seem to, or do you make a distinction between them? What is awareness? I've been noticing in my experience that perhaps, relatively speaking, they're not the same.

Well, not really. @omar30 one of the best World Cups that i've seen so far in terms of drama and surprises.

Now I'm gonna say France.

Ouch

@Danioover9000 Netherlands is out. Argentina beat them yesterday in penalties.

Let's see. England plays France, so it'd be surprising.

And I thought that Croatia-Brasil was going to be the highlight for the day. What a game that was, too. Now Argentina has it relatively easy to reach the final, unless Croatia surprises the whole world again. Man, Argentina-Portugal would be epic. Even more so if Ronaldo plays.

Jesus (get it?), coming from a cosmology isn't useful. Why would you use those terms (lucifer, savior, lord), other than as a rhetorical device, which doesn't seem to be the case here? They're too abstract and faith-based and are being taken seriously by the author of the video.

I see. Still, the excessive weight wasn't initially caused by fruits.

what a fucking game. penalties again, here we go statistically speaking, the first team to shoot is more likely to win (if the player scores). Croatia will go first.

@thisintegrated ? @lxlichael OK

@lxlichael Just curious: Where did you take all that from?

There's a balance to be maintained between self-acceptance and looking for any kind of personal transformation. Take care that your motivation to change isn't based on a feeling of inadequacy. You're perfectly, ontologically perfect as you are. However, the need to change comes from the recognition that a lot of one's thinking and behavior is often ineffective, disempowering and based on ignorance. In order to change something, first you must let it be there exactly as it is. This disposition allows you to discern and grasp what it is, creating the possibility of change. How could you change something you're resisting and are not conscious of? So, I'd imagine that before attempting self-change, you'd first have to grasp what a self actually is, existentially. Same goes for emotions, relationships, communication, and principles.

I find this fear of fruits unjustified. If anything, people don't eat nearly enough of them. Generally speaking, be concerned not about eating too much fruits, but rather too much oreos and the like. Haven't yet seen anyone who got fat by eating too much grapes or watermelon. What would eating too much fruit be? How often, and for how long? Is it even sustainable in the long term?

Suffering is primarily caused by your worldview. How you hold the world, self and life determines your relationship towards them. Depending on how those are defined (by you), that is going to elicit certain dispositions founded upon the worldview's assumptions, which are generally uncognized. Whether seemingly benign or obvious, what you assume is based on ignorance.

Not so sure about France. They'll likely face Portugal which could easily win as well. They did win France in 2016, I think, in the Eurocup final.

Spain fans thought the same after their 7-0 against Costa Rica. Well, at least we reached one thousand passes lol. Seriously though, it's not a coincidence that no team plays "in the open" against Spain. They all build an extremely defensive wall and go from there. @Federico del pueblo nah, pure nonsense. They just couldn't win.

What do you mean?

Penalties Update: shit im out