UnbornTao

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  1. May be true in some cases but I think this is mostly BS. In some level they already recognize that deep down what they're really doing is believing (pretending); behind one's fervor and conviction, we fundamentally don't know. The discomfort of uncertainty might be what drives the need to believe in the first place. The condition of uncertainty remains but it is just covered up with "knowledge" and hearsay. Given that, I don't think it's hard to see how it is an activity of your making -- how it is taking a thought as true whose reality hasn't been personally and directly experienced). "My religion is not deceiving myself." – Milarepa.
  2. Microsoft is starting to replace some of the Windows kernel components with Rust (already shipped an insider preview with that language at the end of last year), and Linux devs are adding Rust to the kernel as well. Memory safety with no performance compromise is an essential use case from what I've heard.
  3. "First take the plank out of your own eye..."
  4. The fear that you have is irrational and unfounded. You've adopted on faith a concept of hell from an outside source, and now you worry about what could happen if it is let go of. First notice that at some point you didn't have such belief. Whatever you are must exist prior to mind activity.
  5. That's already in some level a confession of interest in what's true, and a good starting point since you're questioning and being honest! What else is there to pursue? True in all regards, existential, experiential, absolute and relative. What's effective? What's true? What's factual? Mastering a skill, an emotion, your mind, itself requires unearthing what's real about your chosen field and, learning and perceiving reality accurately. And what's absolute requires direct consciousness.
  6. Be honest and keep moving towards that.
  7. In short, be what's needed. A teacher is there primarily to facilitate learning. What works best for that purpose in any given situation? In retrospect, we might find that the uncompromising teachers were the effective ones, the ones from whom we learned the most; their main service was to our learning rather than to our immediate desires and preferences. Contemplate what makes an effective teacher and become that.
  8. – Hakim Sanai, Persian Poet.
  9. @Ulax You really are passionate about IFS.
  10. You take souls, hell and suffering for granted. What souls? Where exactly? Suffering what, how and why? This isn't to invalidate mental illness or pain, but the ultimate truth is a different domain. Why do we want to link the ultimate truth to other things? Contemplate what suffering is and to whom it is presumably inflicted upon.
  11. What is happiness? Something to contemplate.
  12. Thank you! Definitely one of my favs, too.
  13. Just arrived! The Spanish edition wasn't very straightforward to get at a reasonable price, but here it is finally.
  14. I made a lentil stew not so long ago: Ingredients: Canned (cooked) lentils Mixed vegetables can: Carrots, Potatoes, Green beans, Peas Homemade Red pepper sauce (spicy!): red peppers and olive oil - two tablespoons Tomato sauce Basil Rosemary or cumin Hot paprika Pepper mix 1/3 Red onion Garlic Salt Water Took about 10 minutes or so. Pretty good imo, and spicy. Perhaps less vegetables next time – add just half of the vegetable mix. Personal preference.
  15. AI-generated.
  16. I mean, the alternative doesn't.
  17. @Danioover9000 Come on, cut it out.
  18. Loved Dune 2. Have to purchase the books.
  19. "Leo Gura releases a new video"
  20. "What's true regardless of my predispositions?"
  21. How come we say things such as the art of war, the art of contemplation, the art of seduction?
  22. @Water by the River It isn't an ideal. Grasping what you are doesn't necessarily transform your self or your experience. Transcending suffering is not the same as getting enlightened, as the former relates to relative existence. For example, Nissargadatta, being enlightened, was addicted to tobacco, and there was emotional pain behind this drive.
  23. @Dodo To be clear, I was being sarcastic. I don't know what I'm talking about.