UnbornTao

Replace "Gordon Ramsey" with "all of humanity".

You're exchanging opinions and beliefs, which is fine. @Osaid enlightenment ain't an experience.

@Yimpa go ground yourself.

If they ask and are open to it, you might as well share some of them. Aren't universities supposed to be comparatively open environments?

Or, metaphorically speaking, the creation of self is hell.

Fine, then contribute positively by engaging in mature exchanges, not so much reactivity.

@bebotalk sounds like you might be hurt in some way and might be venting. Just don't go around looking for fights and blaming others, whatever you feel is OK. Again, ask yourself why you started this thread. A better place to vent is the Journal section.

Stop the childish emotional reactivity. Reframe the conversation so that it achieves a fruitful end, reflect perhaps on why you're posting, and be clearer on what you mean.

As a practice to start developing integrity, commit yourself to doing a relatively simple act habitually, something you'd ashamed not to do. For example, meditate everyday for 10 seconds. With time, as you keep your word, your self-esteem is going to increase. As a result of you acting with integrity, your word will begin to have power, and you'll get to know yourself as a person that can be trusted. At that point, you'll have to be careful about what to commit yourself to, as whatever you give your word to, you are going to get it done. Notice, too, the consequences of being out of integrity. You don't need to give your word; you can remain bound to your impulses, going after gratification and running away from pain and discomfort, although this will create a disempowering experience. Being out of integrity is "evidence" that you are someone that can't be trusted since everytime you give your word, you fail to be loyal to it, and you know it in your experience. Therefore, you don't trust yourself. Whenever you give your word, even if casually, keep it. Otherwise, don't give it.

Decide for yourself what sport you like. Does tennis cause head injury? Soccer, basketball, etc.

Might be enlightened, doubt it, not interested. You'd be better off studying Ramana's material. Why not study the best material?

@StarStruck That's probably why it doesn't let you make pictures of people. I've found Copilot to be a bit more restrictive.

What do you mean? You seem to be essentially asking: Can I lie my way into what's true? We may understand something intellectually but fail to experientially reproduce the insight. There are also degrees of understanding. It is common for us to pretend to be honest in order to serve one's self-agenda, which is basically a form of lying. So, contemplate what being honest is. Tell the truth, mostly to yourself. For example, why did you ask such a question? Do you feel constrained by honesty, where lying could more easily provide you with what you want? Which social lies? You could also ask: What is social?

Looks like him but it's supposed to be Carl Jung.

While contemplating, answers are irrelevant; what we're after is insight. People confuse similar expressions with shared experience – with the expression being sourced by the same experience or insight. However, parroting hearsay is in reality the popular approach. I may share some profound axiom or truism such as "form is emptiness, emptiness is form", however, without the direct consciousness that sourced the creation of such communication in the first place, I might as well jerk off. Are you communicating something real or passing down hearsay while trying to convince yourself of its validity? This is a subtle form of self-deception. Make the work yours, that is, be the one in the driver's seat, generating insights independent of study, opinion and belief. This is the only way it's going to work.

@StarStruck Did you use Copilot? It seems to be more restrictive. GPT came up with this:

Should pay for the plus version which offers DALL-E 3 and/or try Copilot for free.

Good question. Me, firstly. It is the case that it is generated by you, not circumstances. Then, certain activities assist me in feeling happy -- meditating, reading, contemplating some profound question, walking my dog, writing down insights, understanding something.

First, understand your mind.

Got it, thank you.

25 in the blink of an eye, Jesus.

@SeaMonster what do you mean by polarity?

Can it print books? Someone invent a method to do that.