Ziran

"The tallest ladder is simultaneously descending the deepest depths."

May I interject? The illusory obstacle in reconciling Truth ( capital T ) and Love ( capital L ) dissolves when both are understood as energetic not in stasis. If so, Love is better described as Loving, an ongoing event, and Truth is better described as Revealing-Equivalence. Using these more accurate descriptions, yes, Love = Truth = Consciousness.

"Ideas are like a salad bar."

In a healthy relationship, the pleasure comes from being with the other person while they are happy. Displeasure comes from awareness of their discontent, If one of the participants is bored, and the other doesn't care, doesn't notice, doesn't make an effort to change for the future, then it's not a healthy realtionship.

FWIW: sometimes, men aren't the best at giving advice to women. The difficulty is more pronounced if there is a cultural mismatch. It appears to me that it's exceptionally difficult to feel special and whole as a woman in most communities in America. It's different being a man.

I don't think being self-centered is the problem in this case. It's perfectly natural ( and necessary ) to focus on oneself if basic creature comforts aren't being met. inescapable limited discomfort from constant pressure nothing is enough ^^ the rat race ^^ You're trapped in a maze, but you're seeking something much more precious than cheese. Specific examples of the projection would be ideal. Lacking that, I suggest a counter-intuitive approach. If I'm right and the "self-centered" label is a trick of the mind concealing something else, then, probing deeply into the self will reveal the roots of the problem. ( roots plural because when someone is struggling it's rarely just one root cause. It's usually 2 or 3 which nurture each other in a sort of "unholy" feedback loop. )

Because there's nearly infinite layers of abstraction distinguishing finite and infinite. It's like making tea. Fire and water are brought together peacefully via the layer of abstraction, metal.

I'm enjoying the video. Thank you for posting it.

Here's another one. Have you heard the pickpocket analogy? . Which is more skillful? A thug or a pickpocket? Just as the pickpocket is more skillful than a thug, an imperfect creation which is forever improving is far more impressive than a perfect creation held in stasis.

ALL good, omnibenevolence = "for the sake of goodness" ALL good, omnibenevolence =/= "lacking all bad"

1) Tragedy brings people together. it forces distinction and focus on what matters most. 2) Lacking ANY bad would not be a "good" outcome either. Ask yourself? Would it be "good" if there was no possibility for harming another? People would be punching each other into a bloody mess lacking any harm to themselves or each other? That's bizarre, not good. 3) The question presumes that the sum of a child's choices are null at birth and the child's essence / being / existence terminate when their physical body ceases. There is no good reason to assume this to be true with any significant certainty.

temperance with a keen edge

Close your eyes. Direct awareness to the ear-drum and listen. Associate with the listening-drum then become it.

It's a like-for-like, reflective, coherence with another. Like finding oneself, something recognizable, within the reflection of a pool of water, or in the form of the clouds. Because you are a microcosm of everything, and you too are so very beautiful.

yes no It doesn't work that way. The "you" which is described above is a confluence of affinities, aversions, talents, and flaws. Where ever "you" find yourself, here or there, before or after, you will always possess these attributes. Lacking any of these, it wouldn't be "you". It would be another individual. If it's true that you are lacking intellectually, then avoid intellectual pursuits. Instead turn towards art, poetry, music, athletics, comedy, construction, care-giving, ... etc.

"A lot can be learned about her majesty's treasures by watching the way she is guarding them."

If ALL these things break down at the absolute level, then, the absolute should be excluded from this? If so, are there examples of "intelligence" which are in complete isolation from any relationships, associations, or attributes? If intelligence, alone, is the fundamental stratum for reality, then, I would expect there to be examples of "intelligence" in isolation of any others. I can't think of any. Can you?

Or... have kids. Bye-bye sex drive. Hello screamy-snot-wagons.

Vicariously

Maybe? It's the desire to procreate. There's millions of years of inertia behind it.

I disagree. The reason Jesus is believed to be the Savior is because of an "indwelling of spirit" aka "inspiration" that is uniquely accessible via the Father-Son narrative. The earliest extent source for this theology is Psalm 51. When Jesus walked the earth, almost everyone was ignorant of the prophecies that were written. There were no printing presses. Access to scripture was privileged. You're right that the prophecies do not point to Jesus. The proof-texting that so many preachers employ are easily refuted. Their purpose is to entice the audience to open themselves to an "indwelling" of spirit. Then, once the individual experiences it for themself, they accept Jesus as their "patron" deity, for lack of better words.

Can intelligence exist lacking any associations or relationships?

Wisdom is a type of cognition which is accurately associating this-and-that. The classic example is choosing the correct key for a lock from a key ring with many keys. When the individual is going through the keys looking for the proper one, if the cognition is slowed so that it can be studied, there are gaps, pauses, like little gasps, as the shape of the key in hand is compared to the **lacking** of the key which is needed. Wisdom is the very specific accurate **lacking** within the mind of what is needed to fulfill the individual's desire. Because wisdom is dependent on facts, the keyring and many keys in the example above, it cannot be first order.

... that you could ... Speaking for myself, I carefully distinguish between "can" and "should". People can do all sort of things, but, should they? Beyond that, the secret to becoming a squirrel, is in the convincing of others. Yes you are. And you're magnificent!

and ... you'll like it.