ajasatya

i agree. what's your first practical measure? what's your real work?

if you're willing to work REALLY HARD, that's a call from your heart. if you're just complaining, blaming others or being impatient, that's wishful thinking.

@Hellspeed SoonHei's insights are aligned with mine. yes, it's a HUGE BODY. zoom in is as infinite as zoom out. Reality becomes conscious of Itself.

@billiesimon do it. and always ask yourself if you're feeling trully happy.

@Gerhard this looks WAY better

@BarkingTurtle notice how petty and poor one's life can become if there's no genuine experience of altruism.

then travel... leave your stuff behind and bring only what's necessary.

@RolandM plant your own food. https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=united+states+ecovillages

there's the phase of attachment to people and fear of loneliness. then there's the phase of attachment to solitude and aversion to people. then there's freedom from both.

sure... the "you're not so wise yet" argument. i've been there for 3+ years and contemplated all the way through, but buddhism has a way of kicking you out of buddhism. the teachings of buddhism have a huge hole when it comes down to existential matters. i'm sure you'll be able to notice it soon enough. the only thing that's left is the ability to focus: the sharp and present mind.

nothing can be done about it unless humans actually stop butchering pigs. exploding stars, rising suns, molten planets, peaceful monks, serial killers, fighting lions, colliding atoms. it's unstoppable. "uh, oh, the eternal ending of suffering!" grow up...

so there's not even a next life to talk about. why make use of such a word like "nibbana"? why walk on a path? is it even possible to step outside the path? physical death is real. existential death is the big lie. you're still holding the belief that enlightened beings are somewhat different in a fundamental level because they've escaped existence and suffering. but they're just like everyone else. whatever happens to them happens to everybody else. they may have cleansed their attachments on this life and learned to live a peaceful and blissful life. but that's it... after physical death, the same thing happens with enlightened beings and your pigs. they go nowhere. there's nobody to go anywhere...

alright, i see that you've gone through these insights yourself. but when you say that the experience of existence can be halted, you sound like a parrot. let's keep it up. i think we're getting closer. can ALL the causes of the next life be found and eliminated on this one that's being experienced right now?

so you're implying that there is something that goes from a body to another, which is against what buddha himself taught (anatta). then what's the difference between an enlightened being and a regular dude?

and what happens when the body-mind of a non-Arahant dies? was there anything that you could point at and say "this is what's leaving the system". was there anything at all that became enlightened in the first place?

so you're saying that something fundamentally different happens to enlightened beings when they die, as if they have changed the mechanics of existence for themselves? sorry, but i think you're just repeating what you've heard from the buddhist doctrine.

do you mean no more sentient beings? i edited my previous comment and added a link to a great video on this subject.

intellectual knowledge is far from enough. freedom requires direct experience, not just dogma like the following one: are you talking about the entire universe freezing at once? here, a more experienced practitioner than both of us talking about what he's been doing for 40+ years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odWIPhj-ivo

what the hell is a spiritual person?

http://udv.org.br/en/

in my journey this is what i found: reborn is something Reality itself does. it becomes conscious of itself over and over. i can think "i was born" but, in fact, Reality gave birth to itself in the form of a human baby. so, i, as Reality itself, will be reborn. i have been here forever and i'll be here forever. it's a matter of what you understand by "i". the phenomenon of rebirth is real, but it happens like the waves in the sea. one wave is not the same as the previous one nor the next one. the wave is something that the sea does. confusion arises when the wave thinks it's not the sea itself, moving.

the goal of the historical buddha was to establish a solid and comprehensible mindset and set of practices that lead to freedom from destructive patterns. in general, he wasn't into philosophy or metaphysics. there are several suttas where he talks to those kinds of seekers and shows them that they were just wasting energy and going nowhere. there is a HUGE step required before going deeper. however, in some rare occasions, he did talk about the nature of Reality with a few and more advanced meditation practitioners.

that's not a problem for me. but you sound like you're complaining about life, which is something one wouldn't do at turquoise. and that makes me think you're deceiving yourself about your own mental state.

you weren't deceiving yourself. you had to do it in order to become conscious of your deepest feelings, which were hidden behind huge layers of conveniences. i've been there. it's a beautiful story.