Something Funny

Каким бы умным ни казался человек, Каким бы славным ни давал он жизнь идеям! Но все же в полном одиночестве во век, Он был и будет шалуном и прохиндяем! This one is actually kind of uplifting and meaningful imo. I like the idea of laughing in the face of hardships, sadness depression ,etc. Robin's flashback from One Piece comes to mind as well. It explores a similar theme Thank you

@Lila9 I am glad you liked it, I was worried you will find it too weird.

Correct? I mean, at least according to you?

Слышишь, мама, голос разных кровей? Видишь, мама, эту буйную спесь? Дай мне, мама, сном забыться скорей. Моя родина здесь.

To be strong and brave To be loving and caring To be truthful and integrous To be deep and meaningful To be noble and beautiful I wish I could live like that.

Imagine being able to rise above all the human dirt and be able to live a noble, meaningful life based on your own principles. Wouldn't that be beautiful?

One of my favourite songs ever. Whenever I feel depressed and like shit it helps to lift me up. I wish I could live by this song. I wish I was strong enough to do that. Honestly, I am ashamed of how I am living my life. That's not how I want to live it at all. I am being so pathetic it's honestly shameful. I've always admired Lou (the vocalist). She is so strong and cool. I don't think I would be able to look her in the eyes if I got to meet her rn.

@Breakingthewall thank you. So it's kind of experiencing vs understanding?

@Yimpa sorry for lashing out. But I just wanted to learn Leo's understanding of what enlightenment means in general.

@Yimpa leave me alone

@Yimpa I read it. I was asking about what enlightement is.

@Leo Gura okay, so it's not awakening. But what is it then? Could you explain in simple language what is a distinction between enlightenment and awakening? Is it correct to assume that awakening is like an insight / realization while enlightenment is a certain state of consciousness that you can be at?

But what's the point of making posts about how nobody on this forum is awake if you can never know. Is it like a prophylactic measure against your students possibly getting distracted by those types of claims coming from other people? In that case. Does it have less to do with the Truth and more with sticking to good practices and principles? Because I agree that it's a good practice to stay humble, openminded, and wary of other people who claim to be awake. But it doesn't mean that it's true that there are no awake people on this forum, right?

@Leo Gura do you believe any of your students could ever awaken? If you do, how would you know that? Like if someone makes a post tomorrow saying that they have followed your teachings and finally became awake. How would you know if it's true or not? Are you just going to tell them that they are not awake no matter what or is there a scenario where you would say: "ok, this guy is actually awake"?

This one had me dead when Ibfirst heard it, haha