UnbornTao

We lacked the vision for making this one. Who's the pioneering artist who will create such art using a watermelon?

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Just had a bowl of fried cockroaches for breakfast, with some coffee. Mmm...

Open up your questioning. What are you looking into?

The purpose of this journal is to share questions, perspectives, and insights (plus the miscellaneous consideration/piece of content) on zen, consciousness and personal empowerment in order to deepen my own understanding, improve my communication skills, and hopefully assist others in seeing something in a new light. I hope the content is inspiring.

That's true. Also, even if it ultimately doesn't have much utility in your life, it can still enhance your learning ability, whether in a small or significant way. And that is worthwhile in itself.

Did people like Da Vinci in his time?

Sounds like GPT

Merely exposing yourself to a variety of subjects and ways of thinking about the world can be worthwhile, depending on what you make of it. I'd rather pick a set of subjects that pique my curiosity instead of strictly following a given school's curriculum, unless that's what you want to do.

One can't experience what's true by going for the validation of a notion and system. Also, don't conflate mind activity with the act of grasping what your nature is. I suggest you start asking who and what you are throughout the day, beginning with the "who". Really question that until you get a breakthrough in consciousness.

True siddhis:

"What else?" - George Clooney

A summary of @Emerald's post on how the interchange may go: Just replace "Kevin Bacon" with the topic at hand.

Which studies? Have they been verified? If so: Do they prove the thing you think they do? In any case, I'm not interested in studying the paranormal, and the thread is about intuition. It's been a nice exchange.

See how it often boils down to stories, hearsay, promises? Certain paranormal phenomena might be real. What that is is still unclear and would likely be a function more of "reality" than of one's self and its wants.

Doesn't a lot of it sound like subjective construction, though? Why doesn't a psychic or fortune teller just predict the winning lottery number? What's the dynamic in operation in this example?

"What's that, the brain? No use for it."

@The Crocodile How come? Explain to me what you are trying to get across. Are you able to fly on your own? If you find you can't, maybe there's a reason for it -- gravity (among other things, probably), at least on this planet.

Perhaps, but you still wear clothes in public and eat fruit, not stones. Gravity is a principle that, as a body, you can't get around to. In other words, actions have consequences -- Why? I'd like to acknowledge the possibility that some of it might. However, people easily conflate wishful thinking with what could be called "factual," especially on domains such as this one.

I just meant intuition is a tool, and it can be used in different ways. "Objective" reality has rules which demand being handled on their own terms instead of ours. That's where the power of principles come in. For sure. Don't do dangerous things. Also: What do you mean by your last sentence? Grounding is as much physical as it is psycho-emotional.

@The Crocodile Intuition doesn't make you fly.

Any philosophy is untrue, yet consider that you don't just jump off a cliff thinking you'll fly -- I mean, you could, but you'd soon realize you're mistaken. Being effective requires being grounded on real and workable distinctions and perceptions, rather than theories.