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@Omni very interesting. i think you're getting closer and closer to what alan turing was thinking when he wrote one of his most famous papers, called computing machinery and intelligence. alan turing was trying to communicate something that we struggle to understand. and as we get closer and closer to understanding it, we struggle to accept: the hypothesis (maybe fact? haha) that fundamentally we're no different from machines! he argues that we're incapable of formally comprehend the nature of thinking, thus he proposed a new approach to it and created the imitation game. and then he argues that a substitute for the question "can computers think?" would be "can computers play the imitation game?". anyway, read the paper. how can you know whether i am a bot or not? can you ever ever ever be completely sure?

self-awareness is a fabricated thing. it's a biological protective aspect of the system. enlightenment is going the other way around. enlightenment is facing the emotional barriers and going from self-awareness to pure awareness, a simple gadget through which the Universe experiences Itself. in other words, machines are already enlightened.

very good. excelent. i have nothing to say.

@Lynnel good question. from my experience with chlorella and spirulina, don't consume them near your meals. find a mean time between them. i was taking them right before lunch and i started to feel anemic, as if they were making it harder for my body to absorb iron.

this is where philosophy differs from spirituality.

starting a yogic practice was one of the best gifts i've ever given to myself

very good! get closer to your discomfort and watch it until it's no longer there. i used to be very uncomfortable around women and nowadays i am more comfortable being surrounded by them than being in a group of men. the thing is that we usually react as if we had to prove something about ourselves. what a illusion! when we're in the company of women, it's actually a good context for us to shut up, learn how to listen and make eye contact. it's like practicing do nothing, but in public!

the human race is very young. we're still learning how to use the mind. VERY SLOWLY.

@St Clair you're very talented!

@mitch311 awesome guitar skills. have you ever challenged yourself physically? i looked in your profile and it says that you're from new zealand. so i googled new zealand images and i found a link to this, which is something i would DEFINITELY do if i were where you are, emotionally speaking. i've been there and my healing process started with an "adventure". get out of the comfort zone. step up your game. i bet you have so much musical baggage to share. also, at your level, it's easier for you to learn from other guitar players that you eventually meet out there. this world is HUGE. and you, the "self" that you talk about, is this world experiencing itself. fundamentally speaking, it's impossible to kill yourself. you cannot escape experiencing the NOW. what you gotta do is find a way to amaze yourself while you live, which is something Creation does. IT amazes ITself.

@Eva say what you think in a very gentle way. say that you're growing up and that you find it ugly to talk about someone else's life. you can be sincere. just be humble. you don't need to be rude.

if you want books about kriyas and kundalini yoga just search for books written by yogi bhajan.

trying a lot of things. even during my alcoholic phase i was constantly asking myself: "is this it? do i really want to live like this?" how much? it took me 25 years, that's how much it took.

+1 for the thread deletion thing. if we're talking about Truth, we have to be very careful not to turn this environment into a dogmatic context. hell, isn't this kind of immature attitude the daily practice of low consciousness institutions like medieval catholic churches etc?

@Charlotte read it slowly, as if you were ingesting some kind of heavy medicine.

breathe consciously.

mankind is not mature enough for my ideas yet...

huge ego entails huge self protective barriers and stinky self-sabotaging patterns

oh, the ego... you're so awesome. what an inspiring life! such toughness! such manliness! very testosterone!

@AlexB she's already moving on. stop being lazy.

@Odirachris start slowly. first, be mindful while you sit still. then, practice it while you do simple tasks like washing dishes or cleaning the floor. then practice it while you walk around. then practice it while you listen to people etc go from simple to complex.

@Alexo45 sit down and stay with your pain until is stops hurting. find the discomfort in the body and feel it. stop running away from it like a little baby. and, as it hurts, ask yourself what the nature of discomfort is. seriously, what's discomfort made of? use it as a tool to get in touch with your deepest pain. stop facing bully as if you were some kind of unlucky victim.

@Ilya i completely quit alcohol after studying my liver. by drinking alcohol, i was undoing a lot of things that i was struggling to accomplish by practicing yoga, in terms of physical health. i wanted my cells to breathe better but alcohol damages the liver, which is responsible for producing breathing enzymes. i wanted my body to be more hydrated throughout the days but alcohol causes dehydration. i wanted to be able to focus and concentrate more, but alcohol makes the mind loose and distracted. i wanted to be able to explore my feelings naturally, but alcohol is a shortcut that teaches nothing about how to touch our feelings by ourselves and then i noticed that i was drinking alcohol because i was acting from a place of discontentment. fuck that. i'm working towards contentment. i don't want to waste time.

@Jhonny it happens when you try to learn programming with useless applications. do something useful. get into the open source community. explore github and build an awesome portfolio.

@Nadosa just tell the truth. tell her that her attitude is hurting you and that you need some time to heal yourself before getting back to regular daily activities. it's very simple. open up and tell her how you feel.