Ziran

Is Robin Hood behavior excluded?

Accountability is binary, isn't it? Regardless, the notion of imagining myself cheating is repugnant without very good reasons. And in that case, I do it, with fair warning, then turn myself over to the authorities.

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"The remedy for stinging-nettle is found with the nettle itself."

I think there's an important distinction between "unity" and "uniting". The content of my post relies on this distinction. If so, what I'm hoping to share is this: There cannot be "uniting", ( the primordial on-going event which is at the root of nearly everything ) lacking an outeaching, benevolent motive. This specific motive, outreaching and benevolent, both simultaneously, is the thing, for lack of better words, commonly referred to as "Love" or "Loving".

interesting i read the entire post prior to this as hopeful, not hopeless I hope we are just like grass ... I hope it's not crucial or important. I hope it just happens. { see what I mean? Odd, isn't it? } I hope it doesn't matter it if continues or stops. I hope it doesn't matter if reality is understood or not, or if you keep trying I hope the fame a fortune won't matter or eating healthy and exercising. I hope the meditation, yoga, and and spiritual practices neither. I hope nothing will save us, not knowing, not, enlightenment, not not knowing. See it? The disjunct is reconciled because, what's written is hopeful, which explains and is consistent with the sensation of relief accompanying it. What if, plot-twist, your hope is hiding in plain sight?

? Love is not unity ? ? Love is uniting ? If so, the reconciled assertion reads as follows: "Love is uniting. It's the absolute creating power that is emerging from the unlimited." Thoughts?

Unity lacking love isn't unity. It's subjugation. It's conquering.

... a collection of improbables ... gathering over time

Bro, let it marinate....

Nice one! Here's something light-hearted, just for fun Quintessential Optimism vs. Pessimism

I don't mean to be contrarian, but, when I read this, I couldn't help the many "what-abouts" bubbling up in my mind. There's different types of meaning, isn't there? There's the type of meaning which is best understood as an inner-experience, a construction of the human mind. But, there's also the meaning of outer-manifestations, which are almost universal. Simple, Concrete, down-to-earth meaning? The "handle for the axe", for example. The cavity in the piston. The hanger for the jacket. Dovetail joints. Etc. While, these concrete "meanings", if you'll permit its usage here, seem trivial, what if they're not?

The answer is simple and for most utterly unsatisfying. Because of that, knowing the answer doesn't end the corresponding inner turmoil. Question: "Why do we even exist?" Answer: "Because Infinity is incomplete without us." Why is always casting backwards, looking into the past, reliving it, completing the narrative with "could-be-events". It can be useful, but many abuse this type of cognition, like a drug.

No. Those who are fully conscious behave in a manner which is consistent with their natural inclinations and potential. Love is inherent, in each and everything, and beyond, as a vessel, which can be empty, full, or anything in-between.

"It wasn't missing till someone started looking for it, and it's always found in the least expected places." ------------------------------ "When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, traps the back of your head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues... you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Yessir, the check is in the mail."

So, the world isn't exploding, but, one might need to start at ground-zero, so to speak, and start over from scratch.

It's the "crux". one mistake and the result is better described as falling off a mountain close to the summit.

I beg to differ. That's better described as "hyperbole".

Yes, and it's true recursively. In special regard to seemingly small insignificant errors: If a tiny error in orientation translates to vast errors over long distances in the physical domain, how much more so for spiritual teachings?

Authentic = impulse + valence Phony = impulse lacking valence XOR valence lacking impulse.

You are a very special type of truth: paradox.

Perception is a function of expectation. Part of awakening is realizing this and unlearning how to compensate for the illusion.

Seth, You're fired. This is a fool's errand. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_(deity)

To everything... turn, turn, turn There is a season... turn, turn, turn