Shadowraix

When the body ceases to function in the configuration it is in remember that's only a set of moments in the whole. It is always alive and dead simultaneously unless you consider only a specific moment. But dying is only relevant to the ego for your true self is all of existence.

Consider this: existence and non existence is a duality that must collapse in the absolute.

Do nothing. When the negatively perceived feelings happen then let it happen. The more you experience such discomfort the more you can learn to navigate it.

That thinking and speech are different. Sounds like attachment to speaking what you believe to be true. Lying to yourself will stray away from spiritual growth but lying to others depends on your value of vocalizing it. The only reason to speak the truth is because you desire it. If you desire to lie then lie. All else is just middle man nonsense.

Unless you compare it with somebody you find extremely unattractive. Ina generalized sense we desire beauty because it equates to healthiness and good genes

Yep its done well for progress and prediction, but it only goes so far.

You can set out to directly experience the wants and intents of all woman possible all your life and it would still be an incomplete analysis. Only enough to grasp a fraction of women.

@Mikael89 @ground Sounds like you both are on different pages in terms of what you mean behind words like nothing and existence.

Your view may be a further step forward in reducing suffering, but that does not make it more correct, or right. Its just his overall goals and yours aren't aligned. Reality favors only the outcome that happens. In terms of relativity all POVs are at the same time accurate and inaccurate.

Why are you so angry at yourself?

The only answer is because you desire to. That's it. You can come up with whatever justifications you want but it dissolves into desire. You can pursue enlightenment for whatever purpose but as you go forward that purpose evolves and changes for something bigger. So to me it doesn't matter what your initial reasoning is because it will undoubtedly not be the same by the end of it. In this kind of work there's plenty of warnings of what's to come. But they do fall on deaf ears because you don't truly know the implications until you experience it.

Grudges and revenge is just ego fulfillment. Realize your brother is you. Realize your brother doesn't know any better. He's living life going off experience just like you are from your relative perspective. You are causing your own suffering by holding grudges which does nothing for you.

Have you seen Leo's video on perception? Should clear a lot of this up. But at the end of the day all this conceptual stuff only takes you so far. Do you talk from concept or direct experience?

Correct. Liquid water molecules aren't as tightly packed together as solid water molecules. That basically sums it up.

Take a video and all the frames in it. Spread them all out. All of those are happening simultaneously. That's what's actually happening. Nonduality is just realizing separation is perception. They only contain flaws and contradictions because you are too caught in concept and imagination in it all. Words are just pointers and in this work language breaks down so you must truly seek out what they are trying to say through direct experience. Look at your hand. That's not a hand. Hand is just a part of the model you built for reality. Concept and imagination. What you are seeing is actual with no concept applied. Everything is you and you are infinite. Everything and nothing. From the absolute you experience everything at once.

I always thought Katharine Hayhoe with the Global Weirding channel did a phenomenal job explaining climate change. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi6RkdaEqgRVKi3AzidF4ow

I was having a conversation about a specific game series and how it would be cool if they had a game that included all of the experiences. Due to the small size of the company I agreed it would take a while and said I could dream. They then told me to dream realistically. It got me thinking. What is being realistic? Is it just a self limiting belief? The most likely occurrence? Reality isn't guaranteed to always be consistent or predictable. And thinking from the absolute I see that literally everything is possible and is occurring. Yet I think from the relative and think I can't make a big video game in a day but yet I am provided a counter thought that that isn't a guaranteed impossibility. Where do you draw a line in dreaming about what could happen (literally anything) and being 'realistic'

It's all you. All one. So from the absolute you are experiencing everything. Every moment is just perpetually happening at all times. Experiencing everything comes from expanding beyond the current awareness. Remember that the real you bypasses anything that you might think doesn't work. Because all that exists is it.

People often seem to use thinking realistically as plausible/implausible scenarios than actually trying to put it into practice. As if anything that doesn't fit within their realm of plausible is deemed unrealistic.

Use spiral dynamics to understand and improve. You can do what you want but criticizing everything you see probably won't do you good. If you want to engage in such discussions then try focusing the goal of the discussion for you. I find a much more healthy approach is focus on spreading information instead of changing minds. Give them your knowledge then just accept their acceptance or denial of it. They now know your perspective and if they do grow as a person it will be a vital growing tool. Encourage them to question what you say because it means they are thinking about it. This is essentially how I nudge people in the right direction. They tend to be more receptive when I am not directly attacking their views they clutch to. Plant the seed and let them cultivate it.

I meant you aren't interested in the post because of its length given you said nobody would read it. I'd call it blatant shit posting.

If you aren't interested in the length of the post then why are you even posting on it? Leave it be and let people who actually want to read it and contribute post.

Sure, if you want it to be. When you look past the ego and see the meaninglessness in everything you might feel more inclined to take it less seriously and just have fun. Kind of like solving a puzzle. Its just a way to kill time.

In what context is spiritual being used here? At least to me spiritual is everything actual so everything is spiritual whether thats psychology, genetics, or biology. What such concepts point to anyway.

Can't stress this enough. 14-18 is a major point in your own growth and everything feels like the world is ending at the time. You'll then mature then realize how absurd you were. Its a very emotionally driven point in your life, feeling more than thinking. This improves as you age. Remember that to the present moment you live in, the past and future do not exist. You only hate the present because you are resisting it. Accept it in its entirety.