UnbornTao

Your intuition is correct, this one time. This is too flowery, 2 and 3 have some merit. What good does it make to paint specific things with such broad strokes? What is the experience of intuiting something? How come you're not addressing the plain fact that intuition can and does in fact fails, at least occasionally, without justifying that with "God"? Where else would an impulse originate from but you? Who's the one experiencing the impulse?

I invited you to bring up examples of intuiting anything both accurately and inaccurately. I like that, but it is overly rhetorical, metaphorical. It doesn't say much about what intuition really is. Isn't it also true that we make mistakes when operating from intuition, more often than not? Clarify projection vs intuition. Are you suggesting that intuition-based assessments are always correct?

Why? Again, bring to mind examples in your life when your intuition has been flawed -- I'm sure you can find many such instances, if you're honest.

The point is that it may arise as a subtle feeling-sense for a person, which they might call intuition. The same applies to people throughout history who have "intuited" that the Earth is flat or that extreme weather events are caused by the gods. The example was meant to illustrate that intuition can be unreliable -- not only because your inferences might be flawed, but also because the premises for your inferences might themselves be mistaken. Bring examples of intuiting something, both accurately and inaccurately. What is intuition for real and where does it originate, as if?

See? Infallible Seriously though, we are just aware of the end result of our so-called intuition, and taking it at face value, even though it might temporarily relief us of having to test its validity and accuracy, can be problematic. People have all kinds of intuitions about anything and that doesn't make it factual and functional. Just bring to mind times when your intuition has fallen flat on its face.

"I have a hunch that this person is a witch." -- Someone in the Middle Ages, probably More like: "A shadow upon mine heart telleth me this one be a witch!"

Nah, Obsidian is markdown-based, so you have complete control over your files, and it works offline. Notion might better suit other's needs, but I appreciate the suggestion.

Give Obsidian a try. I use a simple structure but you can learn to make a bunch of cool stuff with interlinking, plugins, etc.

Even the nature of life is unknown to us, let alone a presumed afterlife. Notice that these are being taken for granted as already-grasped, and from that, more conclusions follow.

Do you think that something external to you could bring that about?

Start with what happiness is as it might not be what we as a culture have in mind. If it comes from circumstances, then how come not everyone who meet such conditions, whatever they are, is happy? Not to make "happiness" seem esoteric, but how come Ramana was said to spend his time in a blissful state living in a cave while insects bit his legs? Was it a luxurious cave? Were the insects giving him massages? See, these were secondary to the matter, just circumstances.

Have you ever found yourself "tired" one moment, only to have that change all of a sudden? Notice none of what you mentioned is physical but is rather a conceptually-based activity. Not doing those frees up so much energy. Likely your dilemma is about mental limitations.

What are we referring to by happiness here, for real? Is it getting what you want? Can you be happy whether you get it or not?

When Brad Pitt calls for help, you listen. Those reflect my Photoshop skill level.

That's it -- I'm moving to Shangri-La.

What's pain then, for real? I'd distinguish between pain and suffering, too.

How about biases that apply to both sides, starting with your omission of one side of the coin? Or better yet, biases that apply more broadly -- especially those from which one might be operating.

I don't think so.

@Sugarcoat 😂

First attempt at making tiramisu: an absolute disaster. Noticed three things I did poorly. Next time should go much better.

I bet you could find things to be bitter about -- or any emotional state and disposition for that matter -- in your life right now and in your past story, yet you are not. How come?

The principle isn't about control -- it's more profound than that. Refer to my response to Carl above for something more. What occurred, the facts, are most often conflated with conceptual addons relative to it -- story, meaning, charge, association, etc. Again, two people might suffer the same condition or experience yet react to it in totally different ways. Some people become lifelong therapy clients while others seem to go about just fine, pretty much undisturbed by it. I'm not explaining this very well. Moreover, if we consider that we create our selves, wouldn't we also be generating our suffering?

The condition is one thing; your relationship to it, another. Also, a lot of baggage might get conflated with the "condition," even though it isn't inherently part of it. By the way, I'm not suggesting that this is easy, or common, or that it can be accomplished through wishful thinking. In fact, chances are you'll simply feel victimized, which can be valid at times. But again, recognize your role in the situation and take ownership of it. Regarding the example you brought up, I'm not saying that responsibility means doing everything yourself, or that help isn't necessary. Being responsible for one's life and experience, as a principle, isn't dictated by external conditions. Obviously, without legs, you probably won't be able to run a marathon — though, even in that case, you could get implants or take part in a Paralympic-style marathon, or some such. The point is that how you view life and yourself is a subjective overlay on what actually happened, including adopting the martyr's role. It's like a playwright who creates a play while casting themselves as the victim of it. You can observe how people do this in less severe cases, and notice that it's an active process. Three-legged dogs seem totally unaffected by it. Why is that?