Gesundheit

One of the best anime scenes of all time ❤️

@Rilles What does a simple group of talented street dancers have to do to be respected these days?! ??

LMFAO. You killed me with the details ???

@Rilles

@Keyhole Here's your guy: That guy's sad murderer twin brother ??

Right. But what is the door to happiness?

Science is grounded in empiricism for the most part. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empiricism And, yes, of course, it is a language that we use to talk with the universe/objects around us.

You guys are useless. But thank you for wasting your time here with me.

I just watched the video. It's weird that no one else has noticed or cared.

Let's leave me out of the picture for now. My question was about reality (whatever that is) where there's not yet a concept of "me". With the mind. If I'm gonna live like for a hundred years and then die, then there's not enough time to experience all of infinity. I am, therefore, finite. And so must be all of the manifest world.

You are much more than a (good vs. bad) silly conceptual duality. And much much more than a (should vs. shouldn't) silly moral duality. Concepts don't define who you are. And morals don't define concepts in the first place. You define everything.

Cool. That's what I'm asking about, actually. If the unified reality is infinite, that means it can be every other way, but then why is it currently locked into this specific limited form?

The way I am is not what I am, so yes. There's being, and there are infinite ways of being. A certain way that excludes all other ways.

Well, non-dualists suggest that all forms are limited/finite even though God the formless is unlimited/infinite. But they get away with that because they say paradox is a feature, not a bug. Maybe the same thing here, just saying.

Physics is a different kind of language for expressing and interacting with reality. It's not a limitation on reality in the way you're suggesting, although of course it is somehow a limitation. g = v/t is another way of saying that things fall down from above. It's just more technical/practical in a sense.

I meant immortality as form.

Again, I would have to go with: Can reality be any other way than this? And if yes, why isn't it? What you said is just one story for how reality is. Can that one story be different? And if yes, why isn't it? Consistency is another interesting subject for me, and it does fall under the original question, but it's not the heart of the inquiry for me here. And I certainly don't know what the waking reality is, so I'm not sure I'll follow here.

@electroBeam Hey, oh, hey! I literally just asked one question. I don't know where you got all that from.

You know what I'm referring to. Why would I turn it into a concept?

I am the exact opposite. My handwriting is not artistic at all, but it's easy to comprehend.

I'm not really sure what to tell you. I wanna say something mean, but you're gonna reply with love, so it will be null. Anyway; No can do, baby doll.

@Tanz Of course, corruption exists within everything, be it business or anything else. According to my experience in the medical field, it's getting worse by the day. Profit is taking over the whole pharmaceutical industry a little bit more each day. I had worked for a whole year in pharmaceutical marketing and saw how it all works from the inside, and it wasn't pleasant at all. Ironically, in a sense, capitalism is the most malignant disease in our era.

Yes, lack of self-esteem is a self-image issue. Usually these issues are inseparable. Once your self-image is made self-conscious about itself, defective behaviour starts to appear. And this will happen every time a trigger occurs because there are judgements that the subconscious mind is making, which are creating the discomfort. It's a defence mechanism that you as a child had developed unconsciously in order for you to protect yourself by avoiding pain and faking behaviours in order to be loved and accepted and validated by your caregivers who were harsh and critical with you. It's not an uncommon issue, and it's not black or white. No one virtually has had a perfect childhood, but certainly some people had it harder than others. There are various degrees and forms in which these issues manifest. Some of them can be life-threatening, such as a woman developing anorexia due to her excessive fear of obesity, which is ultimately a self-image issue. But even those are curable with awareness. So just keep increasing your awareness and be gentle with yourself during the process. Be the caregiver you wanted to have.

Can reality be any other way than this? And if yes, why isn't it?