UnbornTao

We could start by acknowledging what's what in our experience. A principle consistent with that would be calling things by their name. Avoid the common trap of idealizing "the truth." Start with what's right in front of you. Recognize that what's true - the nature of anything - is often actually unknown. That shift in perspective can help steer us in a more useful direction. For example, as a grounded exercise, consider your experience of a particular emotion. Telling the truth about anything requires being conscious of it in the first place - personally experiencing what it is. In the case of anger, for instance: what is it made of? Why does it exist? Once we discover that for real, we can begin to communicate what anger is from a place of genuine insight. And we also have 'ultimate Truth' as a possibility to be personally realized.

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It was a joke; I'm skinny myself. There's no reason an enlightened guy couldn't be physically strong, though. Jesus might even have been ripped.

hahaha You'd win by a landslide

Ramana could have used some bench press. Still:

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A useful model - not to be taken too seriously though, as it is still a model.

Love it. Here's my attempt at reproducing it, would love to hear your thoughts!

Superman, of course - now that Ramana is dead. Seriously though, better questions would be: What is the self, what is Being, and, for that matter, what is existence?

@Yimpa's doing fine; she told me she's working hard on her life purpose, so that's great to hear.

But in your experience is the distinction that there is not-you and that is very real for you. The goal then is to experience what you and not-you really are—and for that matter what experience is—not conclude any philosophy is the answer.

"Who ordered an awakening?"

OK, it was likely an experience. Keep up looking into the matter! It depends on what you want to know, but the goal is usually to realize your nature first. Good luck.

Sounds good. However, let me ask you: after all the phenomena, the drama, the experience, the state change, memory, and so on, what are you conscious of now that you weren't of before?

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@Princess Arabia Okay, sounds good. Our experience probably suggests otherwise. We can be honest about it and handle things on their own terms.

@theleelajoker We've overstretched the joke now