UnbornTao

Add Perplexity to the list + GPT and Claude.

Educate yourself on marketing, selling, etc. Keep it up.

"Have you heard of our lord and savior Gotama?"

What is anxiety? We can see that fear underlies it, it is a form of fear, which itself can only exist in relation to the future. In what ways are we resisting our experience such that anxiety can occur? Why are we producing it, what do we get out of it? What are we anticipating might happen that we are not willing to experience (getting hurt, being laughed at, being humiliated or betrayed, etc)? If it were fully embraced as it is, that would eliminate anxiety. Similarly, if we didn't conceive of a future as a possibility, anxiety could not arise. Sounds simple in theory, yet our challenge lies in actually being able to do this experiential shift rather than just thinking about it.

Not entirely relevant here, but I've been paying attention to the fact that, at a deep level, we are fundamentally afraid of "others." Even if subtly, it is a constant background sense that determines our interactions. This sense is so prevalent that it is difficult to notice.

Truth Social, hah.

Our Homers are not communists!

Not sure what this means, you make the conclusions.

An ogre in his swamp (impressionist)

@bambi @Sandhu stop it already.

Try green tea or coffee, if you like.

It's a reference to Nasruddin's story: "How are you? Perfect, thank you. I’m traveling incognito. Oh? As what are you disguised? I am disguised as myself. Don’t be silly. That’s no disguise. That’s what you are. On the contrary, it must be a very good disguise, for I see it has fooled you completely."

Meditations seems to be more practical while the Tao more existential.

Actually, your self.

If there's nobody there, who are you disguised as? A lame koan.

Nooo Eugenio! (the cat)

Different characteristics between the two art styles pictured above, by ChatGPT:

Renaissance-style painting: An impressionist version:

I've read it and it definitely is one of those books that need to be reread and contemplated multiple times.

Glad I could help.

Why not a krill oil supplement?

What is everything?

Impressionist paintings by GPT: ---