Hyperion

Without suffering, there can be no bliss. Without shadow, there can be no light. Without contrast and evolution, there can be no experience and therefore no consciousness of reality. It really is that simple. ☯️

Yes, that is relatively (un)true.

That's why they call me a fruit loop. I wouldn't necessarily say I am "caught" though... just riding the loopy merry-go-round of Infinity. 'Cause what else is there to do?

Sure hun, that's all relatively... ...wait for it... ...waaaaaaaaaaiiiiit for it... ...(un)true. (Didn't see that one coming, did you?) 😘

I have no earthly idea what that is even supposed to mean, lol. Reality can only (seemingly) experience / be conscious of itself when it (seemingly) splits itself up into observer and observed, subject and object, here and there, then and now, this and that, light and dark, Yin and Yang. So again, no duality = no perception / experience / consciousness of reality. (This is btw also expressed in the Christian Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. "Father" = nonduality/formlessness, "Son" = duality/form, "Holy Spirit" = the recognition that Father and Son are two sides of the same coin.) But of course, as I always point out: The above is a model of reality, not reality itself. Where people get hung up is when they confuse the description for the "thing" itself.

@Mellowmarsh There is no perception without duality.

"Unlimited" is the opposite of "limited", ergo both are relative qualities. That which has no opposite must be/include both and neither. Again, not rocket science.

It is a relatively (in)valid perspective. And just like the opposite perspective, it only seems like "The Truth" as long as you're stuck in it. Absolute Reality includes and transcends both solipsism and non-solipsism.

Whatever has an opposite is relative. That which doesn't have an opposite is Absolute. Like I said before, this isn't rocket science.

The story is not written, and also it is. Everything is finished (aka. perfect), and also it isn't. Infinity has no limits, and also it does. You are God, and also you aren't. You don't exist, and also you do. Reality can be described, and also it can't. The Absolute cannot be known, and also it can. It's all paradoxical, and also it isn't. That is the paradox. ♾️

Spiritual bypassing works in very much the same way as normal run-of-the-mill "non-spiritual" bypassing; it is all about focussing on and getting lost in a certain relative perspective (such as "nothing matters", "all is one", "I don't exist","I am God" etc.) as a way to avoid seeing the big (absolute) picture, which includes and therefore transcends all possible perspectives. The mechanism is exactly the same; it is only the content that is different.

I know it's probably futile... but for anyone who still somehow doesn't get it, here's another attempt to shed light on what should literally be the most obvious thing ever: Reality is all that there is. Therefore, it has no opposite. Therefore, it is Absolute. When you split up reality into different parts or aspects (like "screen" and "movie"), you are creating opposites that can only exist (-> "stand out") in relation and contrast to each other. Therefore, anything you can name and think of is a relative part or aspect of reality. And that's really all there is to it. So, take it or leave it.

Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head. - Matthew 8:20 - --- Bliss is not a feeling... it is the sum as well as the absence of all feelings. Bliss is not a state... it is the sum as well as the absence of all states Bliss is not even a "thing"... it is the sum as well as the absence of all things. You can be blissful and happy, blissful and sad, blissful and angry, blissful and worried, blissful and rich, blissful and poor, blissful and healthy, blissful and sick, blissful and active, blissful and lazy, blissful and noisy, blissful and silent, blissful and horny, blissful and celibate, blissful and religious, blissful and atheist, blissful and "spiritual", blissful and "not spiritual", blissful and "awake", blissful and "asleep", blissful and "blissful", blissful and "not blissful". Bliss is everything and nothing, it is everywhere and nowhere, it is always and never, it is knowable and unknowable. You cannot define it, and you cannot deny it. You cannot talk about it, and you cannot be quiet about it. You cannot grasp it, and you cannot avoid it. And if now you're feeling frustrated and pissed off because none of what I am saying seems to make any goddamn sense at all... that's also potential Bliss. That's why it is called "the peace that passes all understanding". --- Bliss is always available. You can open yourself up to it at any time... and if you don't, then that's perfectly fine too. It's your choice. And also it isn't.

@Lyubov Been doing this routine (which I've gradually expanded and modified over time) for the past 5 years every morning first thing after getting out of bed:

@Mellowmarsh @Wilhelm44 And now, get the hell off my lawn... err, my thread and get a room already, you two lovebirds.

This is my personal K&P favorite... very un-PC, but man is it a banger:

Ok, cool. PS: How about... you are absolutely right about everything, and so am I. Deal? (This is of course saying the exact same thing with different words, but maybe that way it's more palatable for you, lol.)

@Wilhelm44 Just for the record, let me get this straight... the Absolute cannot be described, but also it can be described in a very specific way that is absolutely correct? Is that what you are saying?

"Look, Santa Claus has brought presents!" — Me (when I was five years old) "I never said half the crap people said I did" — Albert Eintein If you think that citing so-and-so as having said such-and-such somehow makes it absolutely true, then I have bad news for you... it doesn't.

If you say so, then I guess it must be relatively (un)true. To me it makes little sense to say that "not XYZ" is not the opposite of "XYZ", but hey... whatever floats your boat.

Any conceptual story is part of reality, making it relatively (un)true.

There is also no such thing as absolute changelessness. Like all relative opposites, change and changelessness are two sides of the same coin that cannot exist (and be experienced) without each other. Death is simply change of form. And reality (aka. the Absolute which is all there is) changes its form constantly, in each and every moment, from nanosecond to nanosecond. It takes two to tango, my friend.