UnbornTao

Fair. Doesn't hurt, either.

Yes, master - it's not.

That's a lot to unpack, but a few things: If feedback is presented and ignored, then you're right, it's like pissing in the wind. But at least the feedback is presented, and some will listen (hopefully some already have, to a degree). The critique can also be easily misunderstood. Note that I've been a user here for ten years - this July. No need to go anywhere else except where you already are. Drop the ideal of "the Truth." You can just ask 'What is the case here?' And doing this is not limited to temples and zazen cushions. You can question at any time, even when it's inconvenient and feels pointless, or threatening to your own person.

You watch the videos and engage in this place, which isn't incompatible with pointing out what you deem as deception here. In theory this would be welcomed. Of course that pandering, agreeing, making each other feel special, being entertained, etc., doesn't generate as much noise and drama (and this is equally a function of the ego, by the way - it just isn't so explicit.) The real metric here would be: would you have brought out the same critique if there wasn't much drama, but with the pandering and cult dynamics at play, and with a vocal minority pointing them out? It isn't a convenient thing to look into, plus it is easy to dislike and feel invalidated by it. But the truth doesn't care about your life, or mine. It's just about what's going on. If Leo were the one saying these very same words, I bet many would start paying some attention.

It's not about the forum, it's about the people and the community (this was not written by GPT, I swear.) Use it as a case study for certain dynamics, spiritual pretension, curiosity, and so on. How about that?

Definitely.

The scene and the music:

The VIP members list.

I see, thanks. We'll have to wait and see. The Arabian league is rather underdeveloped.

Okay, fair enough.

Why is that question relevant here again?

I'm too sovereign and nonconformist to point out cult dynamics in a place I'm in. Now that's something.

Without basic rigor and self-honesty you can just make up anything in your own mind and call that an insight. You can proactively create experiences that are consistent with your view, desires, beliefs, biases, etc. Without rigor it's easy for these endeavors to turn into big forms of confirmation bias. It's the external standard (so to speak), something that isn't your persona, that decides what's an insight, or what's true and real - not your character. Without rigor, or call it reality if you will, you easily get in the way of this assessment. There's actually a huge line between fantasy and insight. The same as between a lie and the truth. I don't think of insight as merely having a good idea, or as necessarily an intellectual occurrence - though those exist too - but it has to be real and oftentimes factual, like Newton and the apple and such. It isn't about coming up with interesting ideas, or exchanging beliefs. I feel these are easy to confuse.

Jason Statham's cousin.

You can use the search function for that. The thread was started by @Miguel1.

Weirdest win ever. Losing is relative.

@Thought Art Shall we add you to THE LIST? I'm kidding - you were already on it. @zurew can run circles around people in here when it comes to good-quality thinking and analysis. Perhaps people's animosity towards his persona is indicative of having one's fictions challenged. I mean, you can see, by way of contrast, when people interact with him, who tends to be the defensive party and who tends to be the more "impartial observer." Do you need Leo to tell you what to pay attention to here? Talk about truth-seeking.

I understand that you are too conscious and developed to entertain low-consciousness people; however, you could also consider that something might be true even if you’re strongly resistant to looking into it for whatever reason. Stepping back from things generally helps you make a less biased evaluation. And just to leave us on a good note: God is Consciousness. The Self-Luminous and All-Loving realization of one's Nature demands complete and full alignment with The Law of Trueness. Did you like that better? Am I worthy of your consideration now?

If marketing is purely seen as a way to make your service or product visible, then there's no problem with that framing. In practice, of course, this tends to be a messy and highly manipulative - even if subtly - process, not a straightforward "Here's my high-quality product; try it and let me know how it hoes."

Portugal can definitely do it (I think they have a better team than Argentina), but the guy is... 41, I think. His level of performance in games like these remains to be seen. He missed a few clear chances in a friendly yesterday.

Did they win that in the end? Wasn't it the cup they won months after having lost the match?

That must have been exciting. It was more of a jab, Italy didn't even qualify out of the 48 teams. 😬 The bastards eliminated Spain and Portugal in the last world cup, reaching the semifinals. I don't think they're as strong as back then, though, but you never know.

I guess this showcases the tendency being referred to. Recognize your beliefs.

Do both then, Yoga and sitting down. Or don't. It was just an observation about the body and often the mind adapting to longer than usual sittings. I don't think you can get away from some degree of discomfort there. Depending on your situation you might want to choose different modalities. Awaken while playing soccer - or while doing anything else. This is something you can do.

I don't know how to respond to that in a way that would be useful. Here: Use the value of the work to undermine that tendency of yours.