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Love it! :-)

Please explain? Thanks!

Thanks. How long does the murder mystery typically take to solve?

Thus far I have not been able to find a way for Professor Haber to prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that George is or is not dreaming. The end of the (great) movie Inception comes to mind, can we ever really *know*?

You're saying the ego is the Quester? Is it possible that the Quest is driven by the Truth (ground, universe, God, whatever word works) itself?

The dream, like the ego Osho spoke about, can be subtle and beautiful. It's understandable that Cypher wanted to stay in the Matrix, I get it.

But that's the thing, to me (most of us, I'd guess) working on solving the murder mystery is a huge thrill. (Note that I said 'working on solving,' not 'solving'!) The equal and infinite mystery of 'real life' resonates theoretically, but doesn't necessarily feel real. The murder mystery seems funner.

I really like that he says beautiful and subtle games, because they are both! (Or at least can be.)

But what about if you slap your face and enjoy it? You know, the sheer experience of it, the SLAP-ness?

I think the path of nihilism is not for the faint of heart! With sensitivity and intelligence, it can be almost ecstatically freeing. But wobble a bit and you might find yourself in the abyss of despair. Buddhist emptiness (sunyata) is said to be a good antidote to nihilism gone bad, they're similar in key ways, but emptiness avoids the potential abyss-attractor of meaning.

I thought you did a good job, were simpatico, clear, and engaging. The only thing I'd suggest that might improve your public speaking is to do some training with good vocal teacher to strengthen your voice, volume and tone, it was a bit challenging at times to hear you and it sounds like you may have been straining your voice to be audible?

Visual information tends to play a dominant role in our sense of self-identity. It's in the homo sapiens cards. Close your eyes, where are *you* now?

It's probably safe provided the actor can get "unpossessed" when they're no longer acting. And I'd imagine that's a skill most actors learn early on, the ability for them to enter and exit a role fluently. But there are plenty of stories of actors whose real lives and movie/tv roles melted into each other.

Are there any tulpamancers among us? I'd love to get an insider's view of working with tulpas.

From what I've read, tulpas can develop "on their own" independently from their creator. (Hey, sounds like hoomans!) My concern is creating a tulpa that metamorphosed into a negative presence for me and others. You want your imaginary friends to be friendly, right?

The original posting said 'the terrifying beauty of infinity'!

https://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/multimedia/TheHarmonyOfTheSpheres.html

Beware: Take Krishnamurti to heart and it'll change yer life!

@BlueOak Krishnamurti said tons about the danger of being dependent on authority, external and internal. Chapter 1 dives right in: https://ia800405.us.archive.org/2/items/FreedomFromTheKnownJ.Krishnamurti/Freedom From The Known - J. Krishnamurti.pdf

@effortlesslumen You may be able to find the BBC tv production of Lathe, it's great fun.

"Good from far but far from good." I like it! Why "Thanks God"? Do you find messing around with Kundalini potentially dangerous? And how is your Kundalini Kriya practice similar to tulpamancy?

Sounds like sage advice, thanks. That's one of the reasons I started the thread, to get a sense of the danger from the pov of a practitioner.