Question to ask Jordan Peterson

[An young being]

Provided that an asteroid floats over my head somewhere in the sky.

[Yimpa]

3 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

Wh- are you living under a rock? ?

No, that’s Patrick 

That rock music at the end scared the pants out of me x-D

Edited October 12, 2023 by Yimpa

[UnbornTao]

Maybe the expression should be: What rock are you living under?  

[An young being]

7 hours ago, UnbornTao said:

Maybe the expression should be: What rock are you living under?  

True. Different people live under different rocks. I seem to live under a completely different rock compared to most people here. Another interesting question would be, what rock are you living with?

[UnbornTao]

On 12/10/2023 at 2:41 PM, Carl-Richard said:

You continue to make my point for me.

You're focusing on intellect. I want us to focus on experientially locating self. This isn't enlightenment either but a way to ballpark one's contemplative efforts.

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Well, then let me talk from personal experience a bit: every time I've ran into the Absolute, it feels like I'm presented with a choice that I can become like that forever, but with some sadness, I decline the offer (because it's just too much for my little ego to bear); in other words, exactly what JP said. That's what I call an enlightenment experience, and that is what I think JP experienced.

Sure, it might be the case that JP happened to label his experience in exactly the same way as I did mine purely by accident, but there I'll revert to what I said earlier: I think it's more likely than not that he had an enlightenment experience, based on what he said (and the other things I know about him).

Where is the clarity about you? Both communications have the "stink" of intellect. What I hear is extrapolation, process, feeling-state. Don't sound like direct experience, likely state changes. They can be healing, blissful, and awe-inspiring.

Let's postulate enlightenment is you and now. Attempting to communicate it would show up naturally and simply, as nothing is closer to you than you.

In short, we have to grasp who each of us is.

Edited October 18, 2023 by UnbornTao

[Razard86]

On 10/10/2023 at 9:40 PM, Leo Gura said:

 

So that's how it feels to be a bowling ball and hit some pins. Interesting.