UnbornTao

Consider that you might be guilty, to a degree, of spreading this kind of attitude , one that invites people to become followers (despite the necessary warnings telling people not to believe you). Or does it not? There are people right now, as we speak, self‑assuredly believing in all this absolute love thing. And they likely think they're not believing something and essentially deluding themselves. It does feel good, self‑validating, and great. And you virtually take them at their word when they add any word in uppercase letters accompanied by "Awakening." Like with the absolute colors nonsense. What is this about? Of course. Not fooling yourself is precisely the point. You can't be a sincere "liar." Again, I can distance myself from any one person or teacher, it's not about that. I might sometimes come across as righteous in some people's eyes. But it's not so much about defending any one position as it is about destroying that kind of attitude in the first place. See how, in people's eyes, this easily becomes a matter of choosing either Y or X? Like picking a religion, essentially? Despite your warnings, people still end up believing your little world-bubble. They might not realize it but they adopt your particular conceptual framework and take it as an absolute.

There're various reasons for why certain teachers might become popular. One of them, I'd bet, is that people can't really tell what sounds good from what's real. It is painful to see. What they do is simply judge the impressions made on them, and their reactions to what's being said.

Oh, I didn't mean myself. I don't think anyone here really does know what they're talking about either - except maybe in their own minds. I meant one of those two. One issue is that I could talk in such a way, and say the right things, that you would believe I've had any kind of awakening. So we can see that this is a bit of a bitch. We could end up mutually validating each other's beliefs without realizing it. And then whatever's actually true would suffer, so to speak. You can't really pretend your way to the truth. And pretension seems to be the main game in town for us humans.

That's fine. I think you don't want to be challenged by someone who knows what they're talking about.

Maybe. Then again, maybe it's the other way around.

Angelo DiLullo. Are you looking exclusively for scientific podcasts, or spiritual ones as well?

Touché.

God, this smells from miles away haha.

A comma makes a difference Also, are you being skeptical of the test results?

@Leo Gura You should talk to Brendan Lea, then. He could help clear up some of the fantasies floating around here - if people are honest and willing to listen.

@CARDOZZO 'Journalist' was my test result.

Right...

Nice.

Look up Spencer Greenberg, clearerthinking.org

GPT Energy?

Probably shared it before somewhere:

Never got around to finishing Dune but I've heard it's good. Paul @MuadDib Usul.

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/s/XpXQ3zE0xo

I'd start by trying to pin down what you mean by love - unpacking how it's being viewed - and the idea that life has a purpose beyond the one you create for it. In your post, love is treated as fundamentally relational, a disposition that shows up between people. And that is a reasonable take. But you're likely fooling yourself in a sense. I'd suggest that people do this all the time with this subject. What you really want is to feel good and improve your experience, but wrapped in a spiritual twist. Loving everything sounds wonderful in theory. But honestly, how would it actually manifest - beyond being just an adopted idea or an intellectual game? Now, take the idea of unconditional love seriously for a moment. The self is inherently conditional in that, among other things, you desire some things and reject others. For example, can you love what you hate? Maybe, but the fact remains that you hate it - which obviously means you do not love it. And there's a reason for that hatred: it's something you've deemed unlovable, whatever the reasons. So, setting aside fantasy and wishful thinking, if there's any operative principle here, make it real. I suspect it won't match your expectations, because, again, it has to be something that is real. What is that about? Maybe adopting a disposition of acceptance towards everything you experience is a good stepping-stone.

"Reality is simply the loss of ego. Destroy the ego by seeking its identity. Because the ego is no entity, it will automatically vanish and reality will shine forth by itself." - Maharshi

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. — George Bernard Shaw

"Omnia melius latine sonat."

Assertiveness doesn't make something true, in any case. I think you're just misunderstanding. You seem to think your work is pretty much the same as his. I don't know what he does or doesn't listen to. But that's the whole point of the soccer analogy. You assume his students simply take his word for things.

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