UnbornTao

We say that existence is - independent of us humans or sentient beings as a whole. As experience is ascribed to us animals and perhaps other living beings, wouldn't you say that Being precedes and allows for experience? The latter seems to require living beings for it to occur. So, not separate, but distinct - perhaps. Anyway, we don't know what Being is. Granted, I don't want to move the discussion in the direction of speculation - despite my attempts to the contrary.

So we agree that we are puzzled by this topic. @Anton Rogachevski What do you think?

I've heard he is notoriously difficult, so stay open to the possibility that your conclusion might not be the whole story to what he tried to get across. Where does he say that, btw?

Is > direct experience > process (self is included here). Being might be absolute. I'm just making something up here. When you say "a being," it makes me wonder whether you're actually referring to 'self' - to what we think we are - since you seem to be holding being as an entity. Being could also be thought of as what is, prior to the existence of an entity. Impersonal, in a sense. Maybe. It seems that what we generally mean by 'experience' is perceiving something - "I see the pineapple, so I'm experiencing it."

@Anton Rogachevski ☝️ Sounds good! Thanks. Let's keep going at it.

Where is purpose found?

Server issues @Leo Gura :

And everyone does!

So we finally found out, and now everyone's absolutely clear on the nature of experience.

I don't think you do, actually.

I use the phone version occasionally to look up certain files, so I don't personally need online syncing for my phone as much. It depends on how you use it. Obsidian Sync costs $4/month now. You might want to look into Syncthing or AutoSync. Dropbox might also be an option, or iCloud if you use Apple devices. @OmniNaut's advice sounds legit, too. There are also plugins that might offer similar functionality: https://github.com/vrtmrz/obsidian-livesync https://github.com/Vinzent03/obsidian-git

Is it a state then, as you said? Try to put your experience into words. Great to hear.

Should be free unless you pay for Obsidian Sync.

Those are circumstances and actions, wouldn't you say? Reread the entire segment.

It is! And accurate.

It's the one I use for my commonplace book, so I agree.

Thanks, Google!

Excerpt From Ending Unnecessary Suffering Peter Ralston

The forbidden fruit may represent the ability to represent what isn't in our minds - to conceptualize. This ability grants us both immense power and deep suffering at the same time: it separates us from the world, allows us to misrepresent reality, to feel isolated and empty, to create whole imaginary worlds to live in, and so on. Interestingly, the origin of the story itself is based on the very activity it forbids.