UnbornTao

I thought I had already mentioned it, but definitely Dune 2. I was able to watch it alone in an empty cinema room. It was glorious.

Using Brave but completely missed that Playlist feature.

If you knew you'd be able to do it, experientially. Then, create desire and enthusiasm. What do you want to be up to? A hobby, a study, a business you're passionate about? Find out.

Looks awesome. Any monkeys around?

Hey, I was able to see her spin in both directions, mostly clock-wise.

These models are measuring something other than consciousness--awareness or cognition, perhaps, or what each theory considers to be "development". Consciousness can't be mapped and models are never true, even more so when it comes to enlightenment work. Although inventions, they may be useful.

Spit on that thang

Keep it cool.

We can look into things beyond extrapolation and agreement, such as into the nature of objective reality. But this isn't as easy as making a conclusion. Open questions that come from a "real" experience are worth asking. So for example, what is an object?

@Javfly33 ? If what you want is intellectual titillation and entertainment, that's fine.

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@Javfly33 Standing on many assumptions isn't true questioning. Where are you coming from? We could start by asking what is life or what is a body, for example.

This is a mere intellectual question that is worthless. What will extrapolation get us? Sensible questions.

@UpperMaster I know it is appealing to think that an outside force is responsible for your purpose, as it takes you off the hook. It is comfortable. But is it true? If believing in this helps you in some way, that's fine too. Just don't conflate that wish with finding out what's true in the matter. How is purpose inherent? Where does it show up? Rumors and opinions aside, including your own, what is purpose, for real? Purpose is the reason why you take an action or course of action. For example, consider the different purposes that one might have for going to the gym. Regarding mission, again, where does it show up? Any form of meaning may arise in or as the relationship you establish between you and events and conditions. Does mission depend on something external that is to be "uncovered" by you or, to be simplistic, is it found in your mind? Getting ontological for a minute: What is, say, an object? Could Being (what is) be prior to value and meaning, hence prior to purpose and mission, too? Is purpose somehow inherent in the nature of that thing, or is it instead "projected after the fact"? Is purpose set in stone? What about the possibility of stuff being meaningless and without purpose?

What affords for happiness to start with?

That is how it occurs--as an activity generated by you--though we have yet to become conscious of that. What is purpose and how is it created independent of what others say? Better to delve into it.

Still better than Trump.

True yogis.

What about Michelle Obama?

I'd wish.

Take a look for yourself: What is purpose? Is it found? Where? What makes something valuable and meaningful? We use chairs when we want to sit. When we want to dance, chairs get in the way and are discarded Prior to purpose and function, what is an object? What's the purpose of a toaster? Is it about how things relate to you? Perceive a small object such as a pencil, book or notebook, as distinguished from thinking or feeling about it. Let an object be as it is, not as it relates to you. That purpose is created doesn't undermine its value and contribution, which people seem to conclude when first hearing this take on purpose.

It was sarcasm.

Thank God mods get it for free.

You can start by looking at an object and observe what is there when you strip away any form of value, significance, and meaning it has for you. Differentiate between thoughts and feelings about the object, and the raw perception of it. What does a pencil mean? We say the object is meaningful to you. This suggests that the object relates to you. But what is it for itself? Some questions to ponder.