UnbornTao

The Tao of Cooking.

Two words: walking

I'd venture to say cultural programming.

zen devils:

thanks.

Why making up so much bs? Contemplate.

Exactly, that's my point. Being isn't a being.

Resorting to mind and making arguments is useless. Your communications stink of conclusions and cosmology. You're full of it. Stop speculating, wonder and contemplate. Saying that eveything is a thought doesn't say much, does it? You're making an assertion of something that's left to be known. If we were to contemplate what a thought it, that'd be better. Thought has a form and is relative. How could the nature of reality be contained in it, which is a function of mind?

I think short of profound direct consciousness, we're all truly full of bs. Remember to be honest.

Enlightenment isn't a thought, a state, an experience or a perception. It's a direct consciousness of the absolute nature of you, existence, space, etc.

No speculation. Grasp what you are first, the rest of your related questions may sort themselves out afterwards. That'd be every being, I imagine.

Not sure about Leo and won't be able to tell in the end, but the most likely scenario is that nobody here has become conscious of what love is. We should start with that.

What is love then? Go contemplate.

You choose. I'd prefer starting a dedicated account from scratch so that "personal" and "professional" are clearly delineated. You'd start afresh, with less reservations and resistance over what you share.

It's clear how easy it is for people to fall into believing good-sounding claims about love. It makes us feel good. You can see they want to eat it up indiscriminately. How come? Doing this easily leads to fantasizing about it rather than grasping it. We must start by admitting we don't know what love is. Why do you want to contemplate love but not death and suffering? There might be a bias there. You don't call an experience of dog shit an experience of love. Why?

You'd first have to grasp what "this" is before asking any further questions about it. So clarify "this" first. In other words: What is experience? And perhaps: What is perception?

That's the scientific definition but what about giving a grounded explanation for us normies?

Read it yourself first and then tell us. For the looks of it, stoic philosophy can be found to be valuable and interesting. Enjoy!

Haha. I'd say that you wouldn't trade enlightenment not even for all of Earth's gold. Drop everything you've got about it. It's you and nothing else.

Self-doubt is a universal experience. At the core of self's apparent existence, you're afraid it might be empty, that the existence of you is a facade or illusion. This shows up as a fundamental sense of inauthenticity, of unreal-ness. A nagging sense, underlying your experience, of being incapable of life. Self doesn't experience itself as capable of creating life. Are you your self? What is this sense about?

Thoroughly enjoying the Foundation show. Highly recommended. Beautiful visuals and scenery. Have to read the books.

Stop watching porn then.

Thank you.

Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel something.