UnbornTao

Okay. In any case I'd be very careful about making claims of being X% enlightened. It's likely that you're fooling yourself, even after genuine enlightenment experiences it can be possible. Keep up the good work.

I know the theory. People confuse fluency in a "spiritual" language with having had the experienced that led to the creation of the words in the first place. You could have become conscious of something but it's also clear there's a lot of fantastical thinking in your reply. You're coming from belief systems and are confusing intellectual understanding with direct consciousness. There is "work" as in sustained contemplation as "enlightenment" is unlikely to fall on your ass without your conscious intention and questioning. Awareness is a function of mind whereas consciousness is prior to and the basis of, both. It might be the simplest thing and yet we're ignorant of it. So let's open up, be honest and keep contemplating.

It's enough to become conscious, as that is called an enlightenment. From what I've heard, they can vary in "degrees", but a shallow enlightenment is still an enlightenment. Usually one becomes conscious partially, and not completely, say, about who you are. This doesn't mean you're conscious of the nature of now, space, what you are, existence, and "other absolutes". This may be paradoxical. In other words, realizing who and what you are means you're clear on what those are but confusion and ignorance can still be present since there's more stuff to become conscious of -- now, space, etc., which are also "absolute". It's entertaining to speculate and have these debates, but we're talking out of our ass. Until we ourselves grasp everything, there's more work to do.

Nah, virtually nobody is okay with it. Ramana Maharshi was, though. Not minding death is extremely rare and would require being deeply conscious of what you are.

sorry for the late reply, I was joking.

Contemplate. Ask questions. Wonder about it.

Becoming deeply conscious of an absolute aspect of existence, such as you, Now, and space.

Can't transcend what you're not conscious of. Start with that.

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You seem to hold yourself as the effect of your drive and so unable to be held accountable for it. You think that it overpowers you, and that you have no control nor responsibility in the matter. This isn't true. Consider that adult humans are by nature sex-craving apes. And yet individuals in our culture mostly control their drive, either by masturbating, engaging in healthy sex, exercising, channeling their attention and energy on a life purpose, being entertained, etc. And again, be more honest and rigorous with yourself: do you really love women, or do you love the fact that they can potentially provide you with sex? I don't think you're afraid of being overwhelmed by love. Just stop overthinking and relax. I think that when someone is horny and needy, he should get his needs met in a healthy, conscious way. Watch Leo's episode called Burning Through Your Karma. That may help.

You sound neurotic. Calm down, no need to beat oneself up. I think it's useful to start with self-honesty. What are you really saying? It sounds to me like you're simply expressing a desire for sex, and you think that that is a bad thing, and are perhaps afraid of the consequences of letting that drive loose and unchecked. Get at the root of the assumption and recognize it as what it is -- a belief. If it's a disempowering idea, you can drop it -- that is, you stop operating from the assumption, you're free from it, you stop thinking that it's "true."

Pay attention to the following fact: everything occurs as a process. People's attention tends to go to the immediate circumstance and desired result. This is ineffective. Rather, focus on the whole event. What is the whole process about? What are the preceding steps that lead to a particular result? Holding "result" as another component of process is better than thinking of it as the isolated outcome of the process that's being engaged. We think of things as fixed. A punch, a pass, a fight. These are not objectively "real" by themselves. A "punch" doesn't exist except as a concept. What's called a "punch" is an arm, moving a certain way and then hitting an object, but in your experience there's no punch to be found anywhere. Noticing this subtle point clarifies what the whole process and its stages are, increasing effectiveness.

@Carl-Richard I'm talking about looking into how addiction comes to exist in the first place. Addiction refers to an action you take. If you want to stop smoking, say, stop the action -- taking out a cigarette, putting it in your mouth, lighting it. You don't have to smoke. Now, don't conflate the action with the motivation to act. Stop it, and suffer the consequences. After this, the impulse to act is going to intensify and yet you still refrain from indulging it, until eventually the motivation subsides. This may take some screaming, crying, and other withdrawal symptoms depending on the habit. For example, I was addicted to coffee and wanted to quit for a few days. I was tempted to make up all kinds of excuses and stories as to why I should keep doing the habit, but after some struggle I carried on nevertheless. Refraining from the motivating behavior and going through a few withdrawal symptoms were what it took to overcome it. No stories needed. The motivation was there and yet I didn't act on it. This is the secret of secrets to overcome addiction: stop it.

ideal: conceived as perfect; existing only in idea It seems to me that this domain of ideals can be relatively easy to recognize. Realize what you're doing --idealizing--, then drop it. You can get rid of fantasies without the need for a long and excruciating process. This would save unnecessary suffering down the line. In this context, pride is unnecessary -- as well as ideals. That doesn't mean lacking life goals, being irresponsible and complacent, etc.; it just means being free of the conceptual activity that is fantasizing. I imagine that doing this would allow for increased effectiveness as you'd be operating from a grounded standpoint, not fantasy.

First of all, clarify your purpose. Why are you undertaking that particular endeavor? What do you want to get out of it? Based on that, you can generate objectives and devise a strategy to accomplish them. Of course, without a field or activity to ground the strategy on, not much advise can be given since an strategy is dependent on a particular field. Without some context, strategy can't be applied. Your purpose may be "achieving a strong, agile body by mastering a sport I'm passionate about." Your field or activity could be soccer. An objective may be winning the league's title with your team. An strategy would require devising a plan according to the objective. Say the objective requires winning 75% percent of the matches your team plays. An individual strategy could be: training for longer periods practicing moves and tactics you're not very skillful at improving your technique learning to be confident with the ball shooting ten penalties each training session improving your diet and sleep Then, you (and your team) will have different specific goals on any given day, like winning a match. Another set of strategies would be required here. Maybe playing with a defensive formation for the last minutes of the game, as your team may be winning by two goals, etc. This would be the coach's job, though. Rather simplistic but hopefully it's a bit clearer.

Discipline is simply producing a result that doesn't just befall you, it is not a burden as it is commonly considered to be. The etymology of discipline is "learning, disciple."

Everything you have about enlightenment is seriously pure bullshit! You now might be tempted to hear that and start parroting it. That would be falling into the same trap. Rather, use the consideration above as an invitation, as an opening for contemplation. Use it to obliterate every belief you have about the matter. Dwell on your nature: "What am I, for real?"

Drop the ideals you're holding. You are generating unnecessary suffering for you. Ideals are used as a justification for beating oneself and others up. They are fantasies about what should be but isn't. They are by definition unreachable. They're not meant to be reached, and holding ideals creates suffering. For example: "I should be able to lift 100 kilos at the gym but I don't, I'm so pathetic." Etc.

I pity him. I would never want to become Windows not even in a million years. And Linux is free, so... Bad joke, it's 1:00 AM here

@CARDOZZO España.

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I knew it! I gotta find the Spanish version, if there's one.

@CARDOZZO you reading the English version? Curious.

Stop it