Jirh

A reminder to whom? Seems like some context is missing and that this has some personal element to it.

I don't resonate with the idea of something and nothing being the same thing. There's absolutely some thing that appears to be. And it is "some" thing precisely because it can't be explained. If it could, it would have a name. The word God was used to explain away this some thing. But it added even more confusion. There's definitely something happening. What is it? And why is it? I have no idea.

Sweet is love. But love is hard.

Proud to be crazy. Crazy to be proud.

The problem isn't much about deriving truth from whichever source(s). It's more about assuming it needs to derived in the first place.

It is simply the deep, stable, and constant recognition that you are not the body, that the body belongs to you, but isn't you. That you are something beyond the body, beyond logic and the mind, and beyond any labels. It's the complete dis-identification from the human story and agenda, as in being separate from them by a space of awareness. In other words, it's the lack of enmeshment in life. There's an awareness that stands between you and the human. The human is related to you, it just isn't you. It's not the thought that says "I am not the body". It's the actual feeling of being something beyond. Life before enlightenment: You believe you are the body, you can't even question or doubt it. You are your human story and agenda. Life after enlightenment: Same on the outside, but completely different on the inside. However, this should not be confused with mental disorders such as depersonalization or derealization. These conditions are not enlightenment even though they share some characteristics. The major difference is that enlightenment comes from high awareness that's likely the result of proper practice, while those come from lack thereof.

A rock has no consciousness, and at the same time no ego. It makes sense because less ego means less distinctions, and less distinctions require less consciousness. So yes, spirituality is likely a higher form of ego. Everything alive has survival instincts, and they can be co-opted and occupied by ego (most clearly seen in humans), but these are not technically ego.

If I understand correctly, you are suggesting that form and formlessness are identical, or at least that the distinctions between them go away somehow. That is perhaps interesting, but does not explain why form is appearing in the way it is. In other words, it does not address the question: Why something rather than nothing? From my pov, there seems to be something out there (an objective world, a dream of some kind), and something inside here (a subjective witness, a dreamer). There seems to be something beyond the dream that is somehow actively generating it, or a formlessness that is generating form, including a consciousness (special kind of form) that sits between form and formlessness and connects them together. The distinction is still intact in my experience. There's just an added awareness that the body which seems to be a container of the "I" is not the "I" itself. You are suggesting that consciousness is the substance of the Self and that everything is the same consciousness in essence. I am interested to know the reasoning behind this correlation.

That is a deeply wrong and dangerous belief. Spiritual attainments are real and their benefits are real. You can stop suffering, you can find love, you can improve your life, these are all true statements that don't contradict spiritual advice. The only danger spirituality poses is to falsehood. A life that's built on lies will not even remain neutral, it won't just "do nothing for you". It will be undermined and threatened and ultimately unraveled by the truth. And I hear you that there are a lot of lies in people and in society, but there's also truth. That truth remains unshakeable, and it intensifies.

The finger is part of the hand.

I like to go into all kinds of rabbit holes and understand things thoroughly, to get the most intimate with the present moment of my deepest drives and authentic self. My current main rabbit holes are politics, society, and tech. Once I'm done with them, they'll become side hobbies that I visit less occasionally, but never truly leave. Previous rabbit holes for me: Religion, Philosophy, and Spirituality. Photography. Academia. Music. Reading books. Journaling. Online identity.

If I may, he's suggesting that it's a muscle and it takes training to become better at it. I'll add that gradual exposure to stress and suffering can increase your capacity and build resilience, and that's how you heal from trauma and suffering and build mental health, by going through the pain instead of avoiding it.

Regime change is not urgently necessary, though strongly preferred and implemented on ground through a Kurdish proxy and opposition. What's most necessary now is destroying Iran's ballistic and nuclear capabilities, and that can happen without ground invasion. It will just take some more time, as planned. After that, Iran will be in a constant state of war with itself until the government collapses. And that can take years.

Of course, he is ruthless and doesn't care about the children. But he is also pragmatic, and this strike in particular doesn't seem very useful to his objectives. In Gaza, he wants to expand borders. In Iran, he doesn't want to trigger Iranian patriotism and anger against him. That's why it doesn't make sense.

I'm truly mesmerised and confused about the way Iran is handling this conflict. For the longest time, their responses were the most rational and calibrated. And now what?! They're gone absolutely insane. They're just proving they're terrorists waiting for the right moment to blow up. I mean I understand the situation doesn't leave them many options, but this is literally suicide bombing. Just imagine they develop nuclear.

This could be an Iranian failed missile. It doesn't make any sense for US or Israel to attack a school. It's just pointless for them at best.

Complaining is for victims, not aggressors. USA could let China take Taiwan, this scenario is not that far fetched. But there are plans and preparations for this scenario as well as many others. The goal is not to prevent land invasion, but to prevent leaking technological advancements. And there are already preparations for this in place.

Distinguish suffering from pain. Pain is a feeling and a sensation. Suffering is a thought. While pain is inevitable in life, suffering remains unnecessary. Suffering is just a perspective, though admittedly a pressingly convincing one.

What happens next is easy. USA installs a puppet regime through whatever means, and supports it to shut down any opposition. Army men are pawns, they will fight for whoever pays them, so there's no worries there. Flawless victory.

!!OGNIB

That would imply a material world with absolute rules. In other words, life is not a dream. But how do you know? Especially that you seem to be suggesting a leap of faith in some kind of superior logic that nobody understands. It just seems suspicious. Actually, quantum mechanics (which is subfield of physics; another human invention) is a human invention. In reality, there are not even molecules or atoms or strings or anything like that. They're all just theories and models that help us explain how reality works, not what it actually is. Dreams rarely follow a coherent or consistent logic. They're usually very chaotic and the rules get created and destroyed on the fly. It would be improper to even call them "rules".

How is it logical that life is created from death and that death is created from life?! How is "temperature" logical? Hot and cold both coexist simultaneously, or don't exist at all. How is it logical or relational that logic and relation exist at all?!

Well, to put it bluntly, women feel the same instant sexual excitement when they are ovulating. There is not much that you can do about it when they're on their period.

Different people respond to different things. Just be yourself, and attract who naturally resonates with you. If you fake/act to impress, you will attract liars and pretenders, and even bootlickers. Or you will attract someone who isn't actually attracted to you, but rather to the image that you project. In any case, lying is bad.

Not only is it our job, but we actually do enjoy it! (At least, I do).