UnbornTao

Why not meditate for some time and get your mind focused elsewhere?

@Javfly33 okey dokey.

@Javfly33 Like I've implied elsewhere, destroying one's beliefs isn't as welcomed as adopting new ones that seem promising. I'm pointing out your relationship to this matter which is grounded on a slippery foundation. Understanding this isn't the problem as much as it is "experiencing" it. In other words, the direction of dispelling one's own beliefs is more fruitful than pretending that a belief or set thereof is true--if the goal is arriving at the truth. Take care.

Blueberry captures the nuance better than Cheese.

I suspect it might have been intellectually-induced, in other words, by what he does with his mind--at least this may have contributed. You can be open and at the same time grounded on accurate or objective perceptions, without the latter you're more likely to float in abstract and airy-fairy worlds and notions. If one pays attention, the actions that preceded such episode can be tracked down, for example by superficially indulging or engaging in an idea.

@Javfly33 Wasn't referring to stretching the body and doing breath exercises, but the other part.

@Javfly33 You fell into wishful thinking. Be honest about your experience.

@Javfly33 OK, contemplating what life is from scratch is a better endeavor.

It is a story coming from an Indian cosmology. It claims that someone who is thought to be "advanced" is believed to continue to "function" after death. Fantasy aside, what it is essentially saying is that someone died.

I wouldn't engage in fantastical thinking.

It's a Breaking Bad meme.

"Jesus Christ Marie, they're minerals!"

This one. We assume that being alive is the same as knowing what life is.

Get the nature of life first

In that case "to personally understand a fact" may be a more apt expression. "Direct" may better be used for existential matters and breakthroughs, in my view. If direct means (is being defined as) the thing itself, I assume that doesn't pertain to the relative domain.

"Sanity is a function of mind; what's true is true already." - Anonymous.

What is a tree? What is there when your "knowledge" about it and your normal perceptions are set aside?

@zurew i might elaborate and engage with your points, but the essence is what I wrote above.

Directly grasp is used when referring to kenshos or absolute matters. That apple assertion sounds weird. You might say you concluded, inferred from facts, believe, etc. but I don't know whether one could directly grasp the health of foods or relative matters. Yes, we can easily fool ourselves. Certainly in my estimation most people are describing relative things (experience or state) when attempting to get across their presumed awakening. The bottom line is that this breakthrough (which is rare) can't be accurately communicated so it must be validated for oneself. After all, someone like Gautama might have been hallucinating, deluded, lying. To be clear I'm not claiming to know my nature--I've had a couple of what I consider to be glimpses, into who I am. This is a trap. We would be analyzing the finger instead of looking at the moon. What if we call it blueberry jam? Whatever we have of the absolute is not it. Yet, a metaphor: everything within the ocean is the relative domain. Now, imagine an infinite ocean and it would be the absolute. Being is what is. Experience is indirect and a function of perceptive organs. Direct experience is a misnomer: it is being the thing contemplated, recognizing its nature as not different from your own. I actively avoid talking in a way that feeds fantasy, so don't take these too seriously. This is another way to say that intellectual understanding doesn't mean you actually get it--and this distinction isn't clear to many. What's true? That's the gist of it.

It is empty inside. Dad joke of the day.

Stinks

Why not one of the latest M4 or M4 Pro MacBook Pro's? If you are okay with macOS and aren't going to game on it, in terms of power/efficiency, durability, and especially battery life, they're great. Also, long term software updates. But it'd have to be one with 24gb of unified RAM--it's presumably quite efficient too. I'd also consider the path Windows is going down with the invasive AI, spyware, etc.

"I'm naked on the middle of the street right now and I'm not even on LSD".