UnbornTao

Everyone is a potential genius, and at the same time it has to be developed. The probability of becoming a genius is slim, though.

"Sorry I wrote such a long letter, I didn't have the time to write a short one." Generally speaking, I get the sense that you write too much when it could've been expressed succinctly. I'm biased towards concise communication. Anyway, keep contributing to the forum, I appreciate the variety you bring to it.

Not necessarily. You seem to ramble on about every little detail you can think of. See if you can get it across in fewer words. Read my first post to you. Being concise forces you to become increasingly clear on what you want to get across. See if you can communicate without intellectualizing. I'm not saying communicate less. You can DM me, let's keep the thread on track.

Even if an expression comes from direct experience, it is received as hearsay by others. Not to say genuine insights haven't come from "religious" individuals, however they are independent from religion; they've contemplated some matter for themselves. Discovery comes from direct experience, not beliefs. Comparing belief systems is looking in the wrong place. It's like comparing how insights manifest. Is the communication sourced by genuine experience? Grasp the experience being communicated. Besides, you can have insights on your own, an invention isn't ultimately needed.

And even then... Human nature doesn't seem to have changed much, in the same way that our bodies haven't evolved much or at all either. What's changed has been mostly the environment we live in and the technology we use, with some learning added on top of our condition.

Cultish thinking does seem to be present in every area of culture. From an outsider's perspective, it is easy to see any sort of "spiritual" group as a cult. It is safe and warranted, there's a lot of crap that people invent. When the work is real and deep it gets weird for some people. Have to contemplate what a cult is.

Why isn't a person at a bar straight about his or her intentions? Why go through pretending to be interested in the other person when getting laid is why you're there in the first place? What if you were honest about it? "I want to get laid." We have to go through a game of pretension. Do you really care about the other person, or are you using the interaction just to have sex? I know that doesn't work, interesting to see ways in which being direct is discouraged and undermined in our culture.

Why are you posting here? What do you mean?

He even wears a robe that resembles rat's skin, so that everyone's clear his branch is Rat Buddhism. Seriously though, I'd say none. Buddha didn't invent buddhism. So, not about religion.

Sounds like some sort of emotional reaction on your part. People can be exceptionally skilful. I know it can be hard not to resent masters but once you pay attention, you realize that you can learn from them. In fact, it is likely the most effective way for you to learn. Being willing to learn from a master can make you feel like a little person, on the other hand, your ability can improve dramatically thanks to them.

Solid. If you want to improve your posts, be concise. You should use a more open or "wider" expression. No need to explain every little detail about something.

Eating habits seem to boil down to personal preference. There, strongest argument there is.

Powerful quote:

You're already you. Why fear it? I keep thinking you're talking about something different -- states, maybe -- from awakening.

@Razard86 Good, thank you. What do you mean by communicating with the universe?

@Razard86 Not clear to me what you said. Authenticity and integrity as principles, along with other things. This relates more to style than substance. I was pressing you to get clearer in your experience so I can better understand your posts. What do you mean by non-dual state? What are the two minds that you say the body has? It also sounds like you're turning a concept of enlightenment into a cosmology or model (karma, chakras), if that's what you're talking about.

@Razard86 I'm the one asking. What are you trying to get across?

Can you clarify what you mean?

We could say that biology constructs sex and a great deal of gender. Gender also seems to involve a lot of concept. Anyway I'm not interested in this now.

Special is far from it.

Nice, from that place you can now ask deeper questions. "Hey, how come I'm bored? What is this experience called boredom? Why is it there?", for example.

It hasn't up to this point, so it wouldn't be difficult to extrapolate.

As close as anyone else

You're focusing on intellect. I want us to focus on experientially locating self. This isn't enlightenment either but a way to ballpark one's contemplative efforts. Where is the clarity about you? Both communications have the "stink" of intellect. What I hear is extrapolation, process, feeling-state. Don't sound like direct experience, likely state changes. They can be healing, blissful, and awe-inspiring. Let's postulate enlightenment is you and now. Attempting to communicate it would show up naturally and simply, as nothing is closer to you than you. In short, we have to grasp who each of us is.

Maybe the expression should be: What rock are you living under?