ajasatya

@Charlotte start working on it already. work hard. if this idea is actually good, people will notice and get along. good ideas are very magnetic.

what i am saying is that science cannot express Truth, even though it's the goal. it's a beautiful and paradoxical dance. i am in the duality between science and Truth as i am in the duality between the name of the emotion and the emotion itself. the duality between the name of a color and the perception of a color. "there's still duality, thus falsity". no sir, duality is an intrinsic aspect of Truth

it is dumb at some point. the prediction is not 100% accurate. no prediction made in science is 100% accurate. no model can ever be 100% accurate.

@kieranperez it's alright. people will keep misunderstanding what models are and why they exist. every model is a dumb simplification at some point. even the most sophisticated equations in physics.

models do not make us more aware of the mechanics of reality. becoming more aware of the mechanics of reality empowers us to build more precise models. models are useful for taking shortcuts in decision making. there is no warranty of optimality or corretude.

a little story: i see the apple falling i know how the apple falls i don't know who i am i know that i am reality reality is aware of the reality falling profound awe

nope, it's just Reality doing its own magic. but we can be aware of the magic being done.

@Nahm scientific/abstract models of Reality is like "knowledge" about how to move your arm. you can create the most accurate models, but those models will never reach Truth. It's the same about moving your arm. some people do not have much dexterity and some people are acrobats. that's like the difference between lay people and scientists.

it's an extension of the knowledge about how to "move your arm", for example. there isn't really a "knowledge" entity, so to speak. we simply become aware of higher levels of reality's mechanics. you don't know how to activate each cell separately from your muscle tissues. but you are aware of how to make your arm move, or an apple fall, or a car move or an airplane fly.

@breathe582 i'm going to be bluntly honest on this one. break up with him and focus on yourself. become a healthier person and work on your studies. you will find a better partner later. right now you don't need a partner that's good for you. you don't need your family to be better for you. you have to be a better person to yourself. that's your job and yours only. work hard, live well.

yesss! we're living the age of science! PS: i am a scientist. scientists measure and model stuff. science cannot reach the Truth about the nature of Reality. science works under severe constraints related to the very act of measuring. woo-woo stuff? what if i told you that woo-woo can be closer to Truth than any scientific abstraction?

yes. what you see and what you feel is real. individualities are imaginary.

be still and know that i am GOD i is one of the most advanced gadgets of existence. it is GOD acknowledging itself, being aware of itself. the thing that "spiritual people" fight against is the very essence of GOD. nothingness sees the world and these words come from NOWHERE. "i am" - GOD

@KyleR check this out.

this is where most people get stuck. meditation alone is not enough. what happens during meditation sessions is a consequence of your daily karma (thoughts, words, acts, emotions etc). if you want to experience true peace of mind, you need to reconstruct the way you live.

the proper way to practice mindfulness can hardly be spoken. there is a HUGE difference between observing thoughts and dwelling in thoughts. the former is a practice of detachment and the later is imaginative. i would say that concentration is a more general term. mindfulness is concentration on what happens NOW. they are more of less the same thing. self inquiry is something else. it's a linguistic process that leads to the absence of language. which one is better? it depends on your current specific cause of suffering. "ego is causing me suffering" does not qualify as a specific cause of suffering.

3~4 years of diligent practice. 24/7 mindfulness + retreats.

it doesn't surprise me. they probably suffer more than bankers as well.

yes. but that's just one example.

the wisest and most conscious people can be gardeners, chiefs, monks, academics etc... it has very little to do with the profession. it's much more about how you define (or rather, not define) yourself. there's nothing wrong/bad/diminishing as long as you do good service to society. there are some corrupted professions, though. a wise person would never pay the bills by selling pleasure through his/her body.

yes. contentment is a byproduct of enlightenment work. but it's not the whole thing.

@SoonHei what says goodbye?

@Kiko your "boss" is completely lost in the ego game. just because you're new in the company, he's feeling superior to you, as if he were a superior human being or something like that. there are no superior human beings. we're all born from mother and father and doomed to death. your boss to will die and so will you. everyone is on the same boat.

@Satchidananda ready to let all of that go?

@theking00 who is it that wants to "remove the ego"? you can have some experiences of ego death. but in the end, you can only learn to appreciate Life.