UnbornTao

What is our experience of things? Is it the same as what things themselves are?

And now throw out all that you think you know about this, it is garbage. Is it possible? If it isn't, what's with Gautama and the seemingly sincere others who claim to have had breakthrough into their nature? Maybe a few of them were authentic. That opens the door for contemplation. The question seems to be asked as a way to undermine the "quest" from the beginning; it's the easy way out--nothing to do, just making a conclusion. Beyond any assertion of its impossibility, what's true remains unknown to us--this is the underlying condition we find ourselves in. Are you going to let that stop you from looking into it?

El Trumpo ataca de nuevo! Qué agonía! *read in Mexican accent.

Appreciate it.

Okay, here is your nature: If you're going to talk about it, language is going to be used. Whatever your nature is--I'm not presuming to know what that is, and neither should you. And somehow, for a reason I'm ignorant of, we are not conscious of it. Go figure.

No, enlightenment is a direct consciousness of the nature of some absolute aspect of existence, usually you. It is not mind activity. It is You. Mind could be said to be a form of Consciousness. But this is really hearsay on my part rather than a deep personal consciousness on the matter.

Eat it up for the next four years. That said, he's been democratically elected, so that's fair. Let's just hope the process of democracy that allowed him to be elected isn't undermined by his election.

Have had a couple glimpses or kenshos. Either it is or it isn't. Are you going to go by hearsay? If it is possible, then what's required is finding out how to go about it. Metaphorically speaking, it's a bit like finding a cure for a disease. Is there one? Well, the process of figuring it out might eventually result in the creation of one. If you say there isn't one or that it is impossible from the get-go, then no work is done, and that guarantees it won't be found or invented. You shouldn't confuse your failure to get it with assuming that it is impossible, either.

Moved to Mental Health subforum.

Congrats!

You don't need to. You just have to create the possibility and go after it. Then what's all this fuss about? We hear instances of individuals who communicate something that could be called direct consciousness. If you fail in finding it, call it that, not impossible. Maybe check Ramana Maharshi.

I wouldn't readily assume that. What that entails is "enlightenment," not a conviction, conclusion or other mind activity.

Get who you are and what existence is before trying to figure out the reason for it.

Are you coming up with painful scenarios in your mind and then suffering that activity? Don't lie about your experience because of some belief you've adopted. If you want to see more positive things in the world, it wouldn't hurt starting with yourself. What are boredom and loneliness? Reflect on that. See if you can catch something new about your experience of them.

You can do better

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I don't get it. Just wait until @Princess Arabia's thread on Healthy Foods turns into a raving discussion on solipsism. It's fine by me, I just had to be a buzzkill.

Yeah, nobody is. On the other hand, your skill, etc., can be said to be special, although this clearly relates to action (what you do) instead of what one is as a person. Doing vs being. Da Vinci was another human, but the fucker had acute perception and ability for insight--his learning ability was exceptional.

What kind of question is that? Hitler might have been good for the German economy, but that's really a superficial point and not the issue.

Your body isn't even the same now as it was ten or twenty years ago.

I think you guys could start another thread for your discussion.

"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others."

In the end, who is?

How come?