UnbornTao

Ah, got it.

That could be seen as a matter of keeping one's word.

Do the terms comfort and conformity share etymological roots?

It is profound - the very possibility of language itself, not the content of any particular language. Notice how you hold it as symbols. Without language, how could symbols, science, philosophy, belief, religion, and art exist? They couldn't. No matter how many times it's said, we continue to operate from within a world of language, and so we have a hard time stepping out of it and seeing its true influence.

It seems to me that Brave and Firefox are two of the best options out there. There are also LibreWolf, Waterfox, Vivaldi, and Zen Browser. Thorium for speed. Edge and Chrome may not be the best choices when it comes to privacy and an ad-free experience.

There's PCSX2 and similar software options, too.

Actually, not a doctor, but if you're taking antipsychotics, it might be worth checking for possible contraindications and other considerations. Also, as beneficial as retreats can be, intensive meditation can sometimes be destabilizing. Something to take into account.

@Carl-Richard It's fucking deep. It's huge. That's what she... whatever. I think it ties into the nature of context. And yet we totally take it for granted as a given. Maybe that explains our inability to grasp the magnitude of its influence on our experience. Take away language, and symbol, science, philosophy, belief, religion, art - can't exist.

No model is true; it might be useful, but it is invented, made up.

Hmmm... ---

Haha

Nice, eight hours is a sizable amount. Keep it up.

That's Mr. Fanboy to you! Okay, you have not been successfully converted.

It seems those questions presuppose the existence of language. Language, however, is itself a huge influence on our reality. We may think it reflects reality, but in fact it is superimposed and frames the way we interpret our perceptions. Content is secondary to the context that allows it to exist in the first place. As for the idea that everything is imagination, I suspect this doesn't truly touch our experience - it is mostly an abstraction based on preference or belief. Perhaps it is so, but the depth and profundity of such a reality likely continue to elude us. Anyway - language!

Christ's blood - extra God-realized.

We'll be watching you 👀 😉

Interesting to see.

Got it. To me it feels the same without caffeine, just a super calm state after a few days of quitting and going through the withdrawal symptoms. But I'm addicted!

I don't have cancer (that I know of). Just curious about some of the potential benefits of fasting on human physiology: https://nutritionfacts.org/blog/the-effects-of-fasting-on-cancer/

My watch runs on Venus time. A full day lasts almost four Earth months.

@Sugarcoat I'd say privacy, among other things, to a greater or lesser degree. Chrome and Edge are apparently the most egregious.

Nah, I think that's a dumb take. To me, it's good from the beginning, although the first couple of chapters may not deliver as much immediate emotional payoff, except when considered as parts of a whole.

Coffee drinking! Coffee art.

The experience of disappointment is clearly different from the word. Yes, it can be somatic, a sense of hurt. As for it being an activity, it's hard for me to say what in our experience is not an activity. Still, it seems best to follow the experience itself and not leave the matter in abstract terrain. What appears to be true about disappointment is that it exists in relation to expectations about the future that we generate. Anyway, I was simply offering some possibilities as to what might underlie that feeling. In this context, it only needs to be true - and increasingly so. Commensurate with that, a willingness and ability to call things by their name is essential. If, for example, you're feeling X, don't pretend you're feeling Y. Intellectually this may sound obvious and even stupidly simple - the challenge is actually putting it into action. I think viewing authenticity as a practice or a direction is more useful than seeing it as a fixed destination or a static quality. What you said at the end sounds reasonable. It sounds like an effective thing to do.

I see, though that's estimated according to the model's precepts. Useful to consider that no model is true.