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UnbornTao replied to CARDOZZO's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Maybe you do. Consider that what you're not afraid of is an idea or concept of death; a vague, future possibility, not its present reality. It is the end of self. This is hard not to take personally. -
It seems to boil down to opinion. What you decide to eat is ultimately a result of opinion, whether informed, healthy, or not. Is a crocodile eating a grandma ethical?
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It's fine; let the emotions come and pass. Exercise and do relaxing activities. You can contemplate god and love when you're emotionally grounded and stable; meanwhile, realize that pain is compounded, and may be generated, by our complementary conceptual baggage that is added onto its raw experience. So hey, enjoy life. Everyone has had similarly painful moments in their lives. It's a matter of letting ourselves go through whatever we need to go through, learn from those experiences, and use them to become a developed, resilient individual. Then, we can look forward to new goals in life. Basically, give yourself the time to disentangle from the situation; soon, you'll see it with much less drama and more perspective, which is freeing in itself.
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Dubstep, of course.
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UnbornTao replied to CARDOZZO's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
The reality of death terrifies us. It is the antithesis of self. -
Then delve into the material. Enjoy it as if it were a hobby.
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Snob elephant. Cats, dogs, chimpanzees, dolphins, and birds presumably seem to respond to music, too.
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Those bastards.
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What music do elephants like?
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No magic pill. Perhaps consume foods that promote the brain's health such as blueberries, tea, dark chocolate. These processes have to be dealt with prior to finding yourself pressured against the wall. In any case, delve into the material and enjoy it.
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Bad and good are relative. There're also good people.
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It is
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Outline of key points by Claude Opus:
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Sure.
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I wonder what an optimal use of AI would be. One that serves honesty and accuracy, without being overly agreeable, validating our biases, suspicions and unfounded beliefs. Not saying this is necessarily the case here, just curious.
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Even if it's about you in the end, the help was provided and another got something out of it, as you say. It is still selfish as it promotes one's self-agenda, even when your agenda includes another's wellbeing. So, call it a more intelligent collective survival. Helping doesn't have to take away from either party involved. Essentially, your approach here is "How do I avoid losing?" It's not either them or you exclusively, although many may act from that disposition. Relationship is about two people. It'd be useful to distinguish between competing and non-competing, or cooperative, types of relating. About teaching, it is itself a manipulation. It involves moving students into a new experience and understanding, and helping them see something they didn't see before.
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UnbornTao replied to LSD-Rumi's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
You seem to be talking specifically about perception rather than consciousness. I haven't made a distinction between these two in my experience yet. Perceptive organs appear to be sourcing what you identify as, or assume to be, yourself, hence the sense of being located behind the eyes and between the ears. What you refer to as when you say "spread equally" may not be consciousness but likely feeling-sense or awareness perhaps. It's best to contemplate openly, without presuming what things are from the beginning. Let's look at perception with the following exercise: Isolate your experience of a static and small object. Start by distinguishing between perception of the object itself, and other added activities such as meaning, association, use, value, worth, feeling, and thought. What is perceived to be there? Without additional activities placed on top of bare perception, try at best you can to distinguish between the act of perceiving itself, and everything else such as thinking, feeling, meaning, language, etc. -
UnbornTao replied to Someone here's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Some people are able to be more effective than others in various domains. Consider--that's not a coincidence. You're using an excuse that gets you off the hook. -
UnbornTao replied to Someone here's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
We do act and behave already in spite of our fundamental ignorance, so this isn't an impediment. What works is not the same as what's true. As long as it works, it is effective and doesn't need to be existentially true regardless of our wish to the contrary. Aside from the domain of skill, getting after what's true is recognizing a dynamic, becoming aware of something, grasping a principle, experiencing something differently in a way that is more aligned with the truth, and other relative aspects and it requires just that, seeing them as occurring in your experience. Then, there's the possibility of the absolute which is off the charts and has to be personally grasped. P.S: now that we are at it, there's a book titled Useful, Not True by Derek Sivers which deals with this dilemma; it might help you in this regard. -
Is that true or a perspective you've adopted? Haven't you experienced wanting to help someone? Ever helped your grandma set up her phone? You fail to acknowledge that some people might want to make positive contributions to others, whether it is a word of acknowledgement, emotional support, or something else entirely. A teacher may genuinely want her students to learn while at the same time she's paid to do so. Even if the child doesn't learn much, she could still go through the motions rather than insisting on teaching.
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UnbornTao replied to Loveeee's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
No requisites, except getting it. -
Shogun!
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UnbornTao replied to Whitney Edwards's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
"Reality conspires to make you enlightened," or something like that, can't make good woo woo myself. -
UnbornTao replied to CARDOZZO's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
We may be out of luck. -
UnbornTao replied to James123's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Don't be reckless, guys, thinking that an extreme ascetic ritual will make you enlightened or some such. Occasional and moderate fasting may be physically and mentally beneficial, but if starving yourself for long periods got you enlightened, neanderthals would have started a renaissance. Certain practices may promote discipline and focus but no practice can produce awakening. So, be safe and reasonable out there.