UnbornTao

According to legend, only Gautama was completely enlightened, but we don't know. I don't disagree with your main point, however you can perform the same actions as before, perhaps not influenced as much by pain or fear, depending on one's depth of understanding. Shouting at your students, for example. Why wouldn't this be done out of love? Again, there has likely been enlightened warriors who participated in wars. What was their motivation? Enlightened guys can get divorced, have addictions, vote for unconscious, deceptive people, etc. Overall, I think you are holding enlightenment as a sort of ideal and perhaps conflating the domain of realization with personal transformation. Unless you're talking about something else.

If you're doing them it's because you want to. Some psychedelics can be beneficial, so enjoy. They're unnecessary for personal transformation, although they can be powerful catalysts. Enjoy the awareness episode! It's been a while since I last watched it, if at all. Happy browsing, have fun.

Make sure your motivation is clear. Easy to justify consuming a bunch of drugs under words such as "development". Keep to healthy substances and don't be stupid. Understand they're completely unnecessary to start with.

"Thanks for coming, bye."

Better not to spend a lot of time speculating about what others are conscious of and rather be grounded on your own work.

I think this is enough for this topic.

Mostly a question thrown around for everyone to ask him or herself.

Cultural conditioning applies to our discussion. Consider zen warriors who partook in wars and who killed people. That was done in China, Chan's (Zen) origin place. By exception, I mean that people can still fuck up even when enlightened. There's truth to what you say -- how you respond shows your depth of consciousness. However, my point is still valid. Adi Da was profoundly conscious and wasn't exempt from problematic behavior. Gandhi was a womanizer. Osho owned a lot of luxury cars and ran a problematic cult. Nissargadatta smoked like crazy. Take a look at history. Let's say that you are completely enlightened now. What you could do prior to enlightenment is the same now. Separate the teacher from the person.

Learning= Making distinctions may be the one dealing with your concern. It relates to creating distinctions, hence new experiences, perceiving something you didn't perceive before.

Whatever stands in the way of complete enlightenment is to be inquired into, not avoided. This is the domain of personal transformation.

"Leo, stop it with the videos already for fuck's sake."

"So you always paint the story in such a way to you come out looking a like good guy." This seems to be spot on. It was intended to stimulate questioning, thanks for your contribution btw! It seems like you excuse yourself in order to feel right about not having done something. It justifies your inaction. They are not true and are disempowering. I recommend being honest. That is, if you end up not doing something you said you were going to do, you be straight with yourself: "I was late to the meeting", "I didn't attend that" "I didn't do that" rather than superimposing excuses on your failure to act: I didn't have the money, traffic was horrible, I didn't have the time, I was tired, my brother told me so, etc.

A 13th gen Core i7 is still a "mid-tier" processor and the most powerful GPU at the time is the 4090, not the 4070ti. Can be used for smooth triple-A gaming, 4K stuff, video editing, graphics design, development workflows, etc. It is also future-proof.

Contemplating what life and death are is difficult. As a species we work very hard to avoid confronting the reality of death.

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Not necessarily. Easy to think you're making progress when you're actually "abstracting" (making abstractions) based on the model.

What is an excuse?

Heresy! Not interested in some of the benefits such as privacy and customization?

@Twentyfirst @Francis777 I'd ease up on the model as you seem to be taking it too seriously. It's a tool to be taken lightly. Easy to confuse the real work with an abstract progression that you do with the model. I say this because you're talking as if it were true. Transcending a model, being turquoise, etc. are simplistic notions. What's essential is experiencing things for themselves. This bears repeating.

They're still humans. For example, Jesus was known to be irascible according to legend. Maybe the Buddha did some despicable things. Similar cases abound. Problematic gurus in certain areas of life have always existed. Individuals can do all kinds of things, even when profoundly conscious.

Look for the Snapdragon X which looks promising. Former Apple engineers worked on that chip in their own company called Nuvia which Qualcomm acquired a few years ago. Nvidia and AMD are presumably set to release Arm processors in 2025 or so, too. More competition. RISC-V could be the future. Got an M1 Mac. For my needs, it is excellent. I'd wish macOS was more open and customizable, though. With Mac, you've got a closed ecosystem and repairability is very limited, and gaming on this platform isn't really a thing. Serious gamers go almost exclusively to Windows, or perhaps to Linux. How many kidneys did you sell? -- A PC gives you more control, power and customization. Consoles are much more straightforward. Going the PC route might be cheaper in the long term. Consoles have a certain charm. It ultimately depends on your needs and preferences. Look into the Steam Deck. It uses Arch by the way (Linux).

Whether something is of benefit or of detriment to you depends entirely on what you do with it. Take what you receive while taking it lightly. You yourself experience and validate the communications.

@Leo Gura Have you tinkered with Linux?

Such realisation can occur now. My argument is that that's pretty much how it always goes for individuals, what precedes it (intense focus, contemplative effort, brutal openness) may help in the relative domain but is rarely significant because realization is a sudden leap in consciousness. It seems like it always happens out the blue. I experienced what I'd call a no-self insight as I was walking my dog. What seemed to help prior to that experience was being open and wanting to know my nature. But surely I wouldn't create a method of dog-walking as a promise for people to get nearer to awakening. Ultimately it is always direct. You can work decades and decades strenuously and not get it and get it in an instant as was the case with Ramana, for example. You are you. External is indirect and not needed. No reason to think it can't be grasped now. Btw, I'm not saying that it is probable, just pointing out that it is possible. Or that going solo is somehow better or more special. I'm saying grasp it by whatever means and methods you and others invent, as long as you get it. Otherwise this chatting and debating goes nowhere. Impeccable logic, but not true in this case. This absolute matter isn't relative nor a process. There's actually a method, which is direct consciousness, and it isn't a method. "Person" points to a distinction between the individual you and another. It is up to the individual --you-- to get it. That's the gist of what I meant by person. Going solo can be challenging in many ways. One way you can mitigate this obstacle is by being ruthlessly rigorous and honest with yourself. "What am I actually conscious of"? In my case, it's not hard to see that I don't know who am I, even though it is mostly a superficial sense. We tend to pretend like we know, which is pointless and counterproductive; it is more ignorance. What is is prior to perception, interpretation, and cognition. The depth and implications of this claim must be personally and profoundly contemplated.