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The true sage is feminine in teaching. It is always a student that raises a question.

@Pouya find the nothing and actualize your understanding.

@Pouya what is the difference between everything and nothing? None? Infinite?

You are nothing.

Is your inner life (thoughts, emotions, etc) somehow excluded from the 'prior order'?

And how is that different from option number 2?

Your enlightened, infinitely flexible, all-true mind can: argue to infinity and back, showing people their constrictions sit in silence and flex itself to a form where everything makes perfect sense Too bad it has no reason to choose either.

I love you man, you are one of my favorite persons here.

@Emerald

@Jack River ❤️

At the bottom of things, prior to everything, is freedom. Freedom has no direction, it has no 'point'. It does not come from anywhere and it does not lead anywhere. It is just that, pure isness. This freedom is not attributable to the person. The person's freedom is rooted in it. The ego that is the ground for the person is rooted in freedom. It is freedom within freedom, God within God. The person cannot 'do' anything other than to free oneself from deeper and deeper aspects of oneself. It needs to make space for space. There is no reason to do that and that is exactly why grace happens. By mimicking the act of God's creation for no reason, by making space within oneself that is freeing, grace happens. Grace is not attributable to the person because there is no person and the person did not know the why. What is above - serves, what is below - obeys. As above, so below, as below, so above.

Expressions of Truth on the phenomenal plane can only show you your own, personal connection to it. They will get you no closer, or further to your own center than you already are. Ultimately, Truth is a form of grace and the only thing you can do is to make space for it. Do the practices.

Christianity is a tradition written by self-realized people that accept the teachings of Jesus Christ. It is a way of contemplating your mystical practice (gnosis) and acting on your revelations (magic). There is use for Christianity prior to enlightenment and the practice of 'loving your neighbor' is a mystical practice along with prayer. The small self is love, but due to the Fall it denies the reality (love) of the other. Buddhists deny the reality of the small self to match the lack of reality of the other, while Christianity teaches 'to love your neighbor' and in this act affirms everything. All paths that lead to self-realization are exactly the same.

From the point of view of the Church as an organization, Pastors are like regular doorkeepers. They are not supposed to be mystics, the conditions are not right for them. A monk is better suited for that. A pastor is just as a businessman as he is religious person. He is to serve the people to the best of his abilities and to gather money in return. It is not easy to become a Catholic priest. Many people end their secular lives beneath the threshold acceptable for becoming one. I agree that actualized.org is an unique place. Thank you @Leo Gura.

@Bill W @Zigzag Idiot Thank you guys for your recommendations.

Hmmm... how about: "People that I look up to and follow, but instead of becoming more like them, they make me become more like myself."?

If you ground the truth of hypergamy in science, then in order to question hypergamy - you need to question science. You cannot question science by regressing, by denial.You cannot reject it. Become genuinely interested in the limits of science and see if it's applicable to your particular problem.

Unless you know what reality is, all knowledge, that includes all of science, religion and spirituality, is a belief. Knowledge is not something that justifies truth, truth is something that is expressed through it.

Yes. Let go of the story that tells you that having a hot woman by your side is the only mark of success. Find out what success means to you, without anybody's guidance.

Why do you crave women so much despite every evidence that you will have none? Why do you want to suffer so much? Why do you need this suffering for? Let go of this desire and be free. Become celibate and see how your life will transform.

Yes, truth has no opposites. Suffering is love.

It is not the highest truth, but truth can be expressed through it. When a wrong man uses the right means, right means work in wrong ways.

Using knowledge as a shield is beta. Using knowledge as a sword is beta. A true alpha stands naked and empty-handed, sees the fire as love and embraces it. Become a man of value despite your genetics and let women chase you.

You may not re-imagine hypergamy. Whatever you come up on your own will only serve to perpetuate your suffering. The only thing you can do is to purge yourself of your beliefs and make space for a revelation to occur. Hold your imagination at bay and start living through knowing nothing and letting reality speak for itself. If you're genuine in this pursuit, reality may speak to you. If it does - you will understand that whatever it speaks is true because you will feel liberated. You will feel like yourself, and yet - you wouldn't dare to say that you came up with whatever reality had told you. Reality is more "you" than you yourself are. This inner truth will need to be actualized, objectified by practice. Only then it will be confirmed as a fact, irrespective of what science tells you, without being in conflict with it. Your current approach is ass-backwards. You are taking facts supported by empirical science as truth. Facts of science are useful only in so far as they are confirmed by reality. Have you found what reality is?

Thank you for the recommendation. I'm still reading through Meditations on the Tarot. Are there any other highly conscious Christians that you follow? I was born and raised Atheist, but I'm very drawn to Christianity for the past few weeks. I never even considered this tradition seriously despite the fact that it's a dominant religion where I live.