Survival is untruth

[Carl-Richard]

Accepting the truth goes against all survival instincts. Survival is about fighting the inevitable. You don't accept the truth before your final dying breath. That is why the Buddha had to literally starve himself to death to realize the truth. And the truth is that you never die.

Humans are not mere creatures of flesh and blood. Humans are a collection of survival drives. Awakening is merely an insight into the mechanics of these drives and their illusory nature. These drives go deep, deeper than you can imagine with your finite survival brain.

Edited July 19, 2021 by Carl-Richard

[Consilience]

8 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

That is why the Buddha had to literally starve himself to death to realize the truth.

This isnt how the story goes. It was only when he started taking care of the body did he finally awaken, the middle way. 

[Carl-Richard]

27 minutes ago, Consilience said:

This isnt how the story goes. It was only when he started taking care of the body did he finally awaken, the middle way. 

It was what lead to the insight of the middle way ‐ that extreme deprivation was yet another survival drive. He didn't actually have his final dying breath while fasting. That was only when he finally awakened

Edited July 19, 2021 by Carl-Richard

[Carl-Richard]

12 minutes ago, nuwu said:

Do we know if survival is real? We assume reality is Survival vs Love, and somewhat the structure of reality originates from both notion coincidentally. What if it's all just Love? How do we tell the difference?

It's all Love when you realize that. Before you realize that, survival is obfuscating it by creating separation.

[Leo Gura]

Complete your realization: fighting the inevitable is also Truth.

[gettoefl]

ego gotta survive, god gonna thrive

[gettoefl]

18 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Complete your realization: fighting the inevitable is also Truth.

fighting the here now is what an ego going to do, it figures it is god, this is its world, no one told the poor thing it does not exist

until it arrived

here now

Edited July 19, 2021 by gettoefl

[Consilience]

41 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Complete your realization: fighting the inevitable is also Truth.

This

[Carl-Richard]

1 hour ago, Leo Gura said:

Complete your realization: fighting the inevitable is also Truth.

i.e. it's all Love.

Edited July 19, 2021 by Carl-Richard