UnbornTao

@Thought Art

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Depends on what context you're using. Intellectual understanding is necessary and useful as well.

No. The point is that whatever methods are useful for, enlightenment isn't one of those uses. I already said methods are helpful, but won't produce satori. You're talking about experience. It isn't about spirituality.

Watching The Simpsons:

@Carl-Richard Funnily enough, this was just released. Deals with this topic in a way similar to mine:

Why did I find this so funny? Every noob dating.

You Are Hate. Haven't looked into this yet. Maybe, buried down all the crap, you actually love everyone. You recognize "other" as integral to -- not-separate from -- you. It just might not be easy to see. To start, asking what love and pain are is a good direction to follow.

May be your projection based on misunderstanding, but this is easy to say. In any case, don't fall into cosmologies.

@CoolDreamThanks @Princess Arabia Easy.

It's Ralph all the way down.

I should have clarified that by letting them be, I meant your feelings. Experiencing things tends to dissolve them. Okay. Also stop beating yourself up, that's a start.

nah, joking.

You know who I hate? Those Buddhist beggars. All bald and annoying. plot twist i'm one

I write how it comes naturally for me. Has always been like this. Effective, honest and concise is what I aim for.

I beat you to it

Something like that, yes. You're welcome. Enjoy.

Appreciate it, you're welcome.

Who said that living a normal life correlates with having a weaker intention to find truth? Pursue mastery, transformation, and the absolute. You can live and take periods of intense contemplation, but I doubt many people will do that long-term.

Maybe everything about the person is appearance. Doesn't "person" mean mask in latin? Something to think about. About your concerns, you don't need to judge others nor yourself. If you do, be clear that judgments are usually superficial, quick, simplistic assessments based on impressions. Some might be accurate, depends on intuition, but are still rather shallow opinionizing. For example, I might be addicted to the internet, and from that you jump to conclusions about my life, etc.

What are relationships? What is another? What are emotions? What is skill? How can you transform yourself and master something? Pursue both relative and absolute truth. Could be, I don't know.

Investigate how resisting your present experience relates to anxiety.