UnbornTao

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On 10/7/2024 at 10:02 PM, UnbornTao said:

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Thanks, DALLE

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It omitted some important details, at least on this image, but it is much clearer and manageable!

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Teach the material -- even if only privately to yourself -- and observe how much of it arises from your personal experience versus your intellect. Use this as a practice to make the work real for you, to provide a direction that is genuine, in whatever way you choose to facilitate it.

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On 4/7/2024 at 3:32 PM, UnbornTao said:

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Diogenes looking for an honest man.

 

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A fox or a hawk cannot escape the results of being a fox or a hawk. No man can escape the results of being the kind of person he is. Anger is its own punishment. Envy is its own burden. Deceit is its own pain. Remember this simple and this superb lesson.

-- Vernon Howard.

 

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Distinctions that are quite tricky to make: Consciousness, on the one hand, and awareness, on the other.

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On 2025-04-13 at 4:28 PM, UnbornTao said:

Distinctions that are quite tricky to make: Consciousness, on the one hand, and awareness, on the other.

Is there a difference?

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2 minutes ago, Sugarcoat said:

Is there a difference?

That's precisely the difference we have to make. Intellectually, I could say that awareness is relative and may be a function of experience or the body while consciousness is the "mother" of these limited activities. But the trick is knowing this for real. 

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2 minutes ago, UnbornTao said:

That's precisely the difference we have to make. Intellectually, I could say that awareness is relative and may be a function of experience or the body while consciousness is the "mother" of these limited activities. But the trick is knowing this for real. 

it’s useful to have different terms. So you’re kinda saying awareness is dual . And consciousness is not?

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10 minutes ago, Sugarcoat said:

it’s useful to have different terms. So you’re kinda saying awareness is dual . And consciousness is not?

I'm saying we don't know the nature of either, and that they're commonly held to be the same thing. 

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On 2025-04-11 at 7:28 PM, UnbornTao said:

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It omitted some important details, at least on this image, but it is much clearer and manageable!

I’ve also been thinking about making lasagna at home it’s so banging!

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3 minutes ago, UnbornTao said:

I'm saying we don't know the nature of either, and that they're commonly held to be the same thing. 

Yea as you say the trick is to know it for real

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14 hours ago, Sugarcoat said:

I’ve also been thinking about making lasagna at home it’s so banging!

Definitely, do it! Better not to follow that guide, though. :P

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23 minutes ago, UnbornTao said:

Definitely, do it! 

 

Haha some time I will.

24 minutes ago, UnbornTao said:

But do not follow that guide. :P

Ok lol

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