Breakingthewall

Agree with that, probably it was a wise movement. But israel can't react weakly after that. They have to show that you can't attack them without consequences, but the Israeli society will become aware that he cannot abuse the Palestinians any more. That's why I think peace is possible after this. For Palestinians, pride is worth more than life, for Israelis their security and permanence are worth more than anything else. The two will find a middle ground where they can understand each other, but if one of them shows weakness, the other will continue pushing. That is why this current situation is positive from a political point of view, although obviously negative if you are a patient in a hospital that is bombed.

The question would be: What did Hamas hope to achieve with its action?

And then what will be your solution? A war solution is not going to bring them anything, a peaceful compromise is necessary that is respected by both parties. I already know that Israel has not respected and expanded in the West Bank, with the excuse that they have been attacked again and again, and it is also true that the settlers want the great Israel. The reality is that Israel is strong and Palestine is weak. The only asset that Palestine has left is international mediation, and after this war this will have more weight, Israel must respect the limits or be seen as a tyrant. We say that Hamas' aggression is caused by expansion in the West Bank, but is this true? If there were no expansion in the West Bank, would Hamas be peaceful? I doubt it. The Palestinians must accept the existence of Israel, and if they do not...their future will be dark. Yes yes, ok, Israel should not be there, we can repeat that a thousand times, but Israel is there.

Agree with that, but the fact is that if you declare the war, you will get war. But perhaps this will be beneficial in the long term for the Palestinians, we do not live in a savage world of the law of the strongest, but there are pressures of another type. The whole world is watching and demanding a solution that is as just and peaceful as possible, and when the war ends, it is very possible that Palestine will achieve an end to the illegal occupation and an improvement in its status, but that will be at the cost of the current sacrifice of the loss of thousands of civilian lives. Palestine cannot do anything else and Israel cannot do anything else. After this the only sensible option is to forget the past and look forward, we will see if it is possible that they do it

It can be experienced, since we are that, but it can't be defined. The only possible definition would be without limits

To say that is simplistic. Hamas rules in Gaza and has committed actions that amount to an unambiguous declaration of total war. They have gotten exactly that, war, and war is savage and horrible. War is a universal human constant, if you want to understand humans you have to understand war. The children are not to blame for this, but war respects no one. The reality is that if the war starts, it must be won, and other considerations take a backseat. Israel, a country of 10 million inhabitants, lives surrounded by countries of hundreds of millions of inhabitants who want its destruction. It makes no difference if for you Israel should not exist. exists, and will fight to continue doing so, and to do so it will do whatever is necessary, like every entity that exists.

God is not someone who does things, it's the source of life, the mistery of existence that arises from the absence of limits. It is the cosmos of unimaginable magnitude in its infinite cycles. Do you think you can understand it, judge it, with your finite mind? impossible, you can only open yourself to the infinite within you, which is the totality of existence, and abandon the structured mind . If not, you only will get a limited mess.

enlightenment is more than that. It is when you can completely let go of the self and limitless reality manifests. It is a complete mystical experience, in which your being opens like a plant that was closed on itself, and the unimaginable absolute manifests itself. mystical ecstasy, total understanding empty of content. Then you are back in the limited state. The interesting thing is being able to open that state at will

I would say that the two universes would be apparently defined, finite, otherwise they would not be universes, and ultimately infinite, since nothing can really be limited because that which limits it should in turn be limited, and so on to infinity. then, you can have finite insights into the finite appearance, and infinite insights into the infinite appearance. What you cannot do is have finite and defined insights about the infinite, since they would automatically be false. and infinite insights cannot be translated into the structured and finite mind because then they would become finite. Infinite insights are unthinkable, they can only occur in the current moment, if you expand your mind and free yourself from structures. In short, everything that is said about infinite reality is limited, and therefore false by definition.

For me, what the guy is asking is: if those statements are something that you know rationally, but that they mean nothing more on a real level than something that you know, it is the same as not knowing them, since knowing means absolutely nothing. Let's see what he says

If you can access mystical states , openness and expansion, unlimited, then that is already a lot. If it is something that happens for a brief moment, it is still infinitely more than nothing. You will gravitate towards it, it will become deeper and easier to reach, you open yourself more and more. You know how to do it and you know what you want it, therefore it is obvious that your path will take you there.

Trying to understand infinity is strange, you have to see it from an unlimited perspective. Our experience is limited and appears to have a center: the self, the receiver of the experience, which controls, understands, and desires. The dissolution of that center is what makes the infinite manifest as such. The problem is that either there is the infinite, or there is the self. The self is the one who wants to understand, but cannot because for there to really be understanding, the self must disappear, and the understanding that remains is empty, it is being. So I'd say that it's impossible to understand infinity by logic, because logic is limited.

I think it's simple, when the self is said to be illusory it means the self as opposed to what is not the self. reality now is this experience, and you are that. in this experience things arise. One of them is that it dawns every day, another is your breathing, and many others. The interesting question is: what are you beyond experience? What is reality ultimately?

Interesting, i think I understand what you mean: that you have come out of the separate mental dynamic, in which you see yourself as a timeline that comes from one point and goes to another point and that needs control, and you have settled into the alive present moment . you could call this enlightenment. You realize that this moment is existence, life, and you open to it. What I said above about levels of opening is that I see that from here you can access deep mystical states, to penetrate what reality is. From here the interesting thing begins

He's not saying that, he's saying that he's seen a video of Leo and isn't sure if it's all b.s. He says that he is sure that it is possible to access mystical states and that Leo's advice is valuable for that, but that his description of God is the same as nothing. That shows that he is an intelligent guy, not a believer. The answer would be: don't believe anything, check everything for yourself.

@mike41 What is enlightenment for you?

I think that there is no such thing as being enlightened, but rather levels of depth in your perception and your openness. Normally people who think they are enlightened do so because they have adopted a series of beliefs or mental patterns and believe they have discovered something special. If you have a real openness to the present moment, you don't need to say anything about it, you just live in the moment and that's it. You seek connection with others for pleasure and the beauty of sharing, it does not matter if the other is interested in spirituality or not, the important thing is that are authentic

maybe help them economically to develop, but I suppose that before that there has to be a serious upheaval, something that makes the Palestinians see that it is better to focus on the practical side of life, look to the future, and forget about revenge, although it seems difficult for this to happen

The same can be said of many other areas, but the reality is that there were towns that had been inhabited for centuries. The fact of inhabiting a place for generations creates a right over it. expelling those people is more than colonialism, it is a genocidal action. It is something that has been done throughout history many times, for example Stalin did that kind of thing in Ukraine, and still there are consequences

I agree that in the old days Muslim civilization was more refined and advanced, but since the Renaissance there has been an enormous evolution in the West, and when the industrial revolution arrives, the West completely advances ahead of the others.

It has been centuries since a nation has been conquered with the intention of expelling its inhabitants. It has been conquered in colonialism, to have the political power of foreign countries, but the expulsion of a nation for a Western power I would say has not occurred since the Native Americans

Sure, But Israel not only wants to end Hamas, it also wants to show its many enemies that if attacked, it will respond with extreme harshness. If you live surrounded by enemies you cannot show weakness or softness.

it's obvious reading you that your opening to expanded states is zero, it's useless to have a conversation about spirituality with you.

Why do you insult? I Know that many get very offended if his dogma is questioning, but what to do?

Lesson n 1 in spirituality: don't try to understand infinity with the logical mind