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    6 minutes ago, charlie cho said:

    @dharm4 yeah definitely. Leo approaches Truth through mind, not heart. It's his way of doing things. Krishnamurti was the same too. 

    Don't put the responsibility or the authority to anybody. We are solely responsible. Unless, you have someone physically trying to harm you for not doing what they tell you to, you have no excuses. Nada. None. Done

    @charlie cho Funny you mention Krishnamurti, I think he even coined the term "Second hand people". Being an independent thinker is hard. So many people want some Spiritual Authority to tell them what is True. It's a challenge to stand for yourself and take responsibility.

  6. Posted · Edited by dharm4

    Leo's intellectual approach will inevitably lead to confusion, because people will make his insights into believes and ideologies.

    It's like reading a book about computer science and thinking you are a software developer.

    Don't believe anything anyone says. Not Eckhart Tolle, Sadguru, Leo.... Find out for yourself.

    This should be the only disclaimer to give.

    Everyone is responsible for their own actions. Don't be second hand people.

  10. Posted · Edited by dharm4

    Enlightenment is a fantasy of spiritual seekers. A future state to achieve. Failing to realize it is right now. It is an eternal "state", timeless. So it is the ultimate paradox, both state and non-state at the same time.

    Also: State in the classical sense of the word means 'configuration of things'. It that way the word state is quite limited. Same goes for enlightenment. It implies that it is something objective, a thing...

    Let's not get caught in concepts.

  17. Posted · Edited by dharm4

    I've recently started reading the Bhagavad Gita, it was on my to-do list for a long time.

    The translation (and audio book) from Stephen Mitchell is amazing! Puts you into a higher state of mind.

    Definitely get yourself a copy if you don't already have it.

    The book is about a dialoge between Arjuna and Krishna (who is an incarnation of god).

    There is a desciption of the absolute in it, which reminds me of 5-MEO DMT experiences of Absolute Infinity.

    I have no personal experience with 5MEO or such visions, but like Arjuna it definetly makes me feel a bit uneasy/fearful (my ego's fear of annihilation).

    But at the same time it is deeply profound and beautiful.

    Here is part of the chapter called "The Cosmic Vision"

    ARJUNA:

    "If you think I am strong enough,
    worthy enough, to endure it,
    grant me now, Lord, a vision
    of your vast, imperishable Self."

    [....]

    KISHNA:

    Look, Arjuna: thousands,
    millions of my divine forms,
    beings of all kinds and sizes,
    of every color and shape.

    Look: the sun gods, the gods
    of fire, dawn, sky, wind, storm,
    wonders that no mortal has ever
    beheld. Look! Look, Arjuna!

    The whole universe, all things
    animate or inanimate,
    are gathered here—look!—enfolded
    inside my infinite body.

    But since you are not able
    to see me with mortal eyes,
    I will grant you divine sight. Look!
    Look! The depths of my power!

    After he had spoken these words,
    Krishna, the great Lord of Yoga,
    revealed to Arjuna his majestic,
    transcendent, limitless form.

    With innumerable mouths and eyes,
    faces too marvelous to stare at,
    dazzling ornaments, innumerable
    weapons uplifted, flaming—

    crowned with fire, wrapped
    in pure light, with celestial fragrance,
    he stood forth as the infinite
    God, composed of all wonders.

    If a thousand suns were to rise
    and stand in the noon sky, blazing,
    such brilliance would be like the fierce
    brilliance of that mighty Self.

    Arjuna saw the whole universe
    enfolded, with its countless billions
    of life-forms, gathered together
    in the body of the God of gods.

    Trembling with awe, his blood chilled,
    the hair standing up on his flesh,
    he bowed and, joining his palms,
    spoke these words to the Lord.

     

    ARJUNA:

    I see you everywhere, with billions
    of arms, eyes, bellies, faces,
    without end, middle, or beginning,
    your body the whole universe, Lord.

    Crowned, bearing mace and discus,
    you dazzle my vision, blazing
    in the measureless, massive, sun-flame
    splendor of your radiant form.

    You are the deathless, the utmost
    goal of all knowledge, the world’s base,
    the guardian of the eternal
    law, the primordial Person.

    I see you beginningless, endless,
    infinite in power, with a billion
    arms, the sun and moon
    your eyeballs, the flames of your mouth

    lighting the whole universe with splendor.
    You alone fill all space,
    and the three worlds shudder when they see
    your astounding, terrifying form.

    [....]

    Your stupendous form, your billions
    of eyes, limbs, bellies, mouths, dreadful
    fangs: seeing them the worlds
    tremble, and so do I.

    As you touch the sky, many-hued,
    gape-mouthed, your huge eyes blazing,
    my innards tremble, my breath
    stops, my bones turn to jelly.

    Seeing your billion-fanged mouths
    blaze like the fires of doomsday,
    I faint, I stagger, I despair.
    Have mercy on me, Lord Vishnu!

    All Dhritarashtra’s men
    and all these multitudes of kings—
    Bhishma, Drona, Karna,
    with all our warriors behind them—

    are rushing headlong into
    your hideous, gaping, knife-fanged
    jaws; I see them with skulls crushed,
    their raw flesh stuck to your teeth.

    As the rivers in many torrents
    rush toward the ocean, all
    these warriors are pouring down
    into your blazing mouths.

    As moths rush into a flame
    and are burned in an instant, all
    beings plunge down your gullet
    and instantly are consumed.

    You gulp down all worlds, everywhere
    swallowing them in your flames,
    and your rays, Lord Vishnu, fill all
    the universe with dreadful brilliance.

    Who are you, in this terrifying form?
    Have mercy, Lord; grant me even
    a glimmer of understanding
    to prop up my staggering mind.

    KRISHNA:

    I am death, shatterer of worlds,
    annihilating all things.

    [....]

    ARJUNA:

    Having seen what no mortal has seen,
    I am joyful, yet I quiver with dread.
    Show me your other form—please—
    the one that I know; have mercy;

    let me see you as you were before,
    crowned, bearing mace and discus,
    with only four arms, O billion-armed
    Lord of infinite forms.

    KRISHNA:

    Graciously for your sake, Arjuna,
    I showed you my highest form—
    dazzling, infinite, primal—
    which no one has seen but you.

    Not by worship or study
    or alms or ascetic practice
    can I be seen in this form
    by anyone but you, Arjuna.

    Do not be frightened or confused
    at seeing my horrific form.
    Free of fear, lighthearted,
    see me as I was before.

    Having spoken thus to Arjuna,
    the Lord stood before him again
    in the mild and pleasant form
    of Krishna, the kind, the beautiful.

  19. Posted · Edited by dharm4

    I have released games on the App Store and Steam. If you want to make a living with indie games, it is possibly the hardest thing in the world. You don't just need to be (or pay) a decent programmer, but you also need to be a master marketer and have a deep understanding of the visual and audio arts. Also don't forget about game design.

    Current statistics say that only 5% of indie developers make a profit from their games. You can increase this number if you are good in the above mentioned points. If you don't give up and build up many games, a fanbase and are able to handle your early failures, you can have success. But it takes time. I'm not there yet (after 5 years of doing games and currently working part time as a software engineer in a different industry - game industry jobs are usually badly paid for programmers and you can't do them part time)

  23. Posted

    "Look, having nuclear — my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart — you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I’m one of the smartest people anywhere in the world — it’s true! — but when you’re a conservative Republican they try — oh, do they do a number — that’s why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune — you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we’re a little disadvantaged — but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me — it would have been so easy, and it’s not as important as these lives are — nuclear is so powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what’s going to happen and he was right, who would have thought? — but when you look at what’s going on with the four prisoners — now it used to be three, now it’s four — but when it was three and even now, I would have said it’s all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don’t, they haven’t figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it’s gonna take them about another 150 years — but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us, this is horrible.”

    -Donald Trump

    This guy has an infinite amount of ridiculous quotes