UnbornTao

@Tyler Robinson yes. What is this journal about?

That segment can be found on the "Does Free Will Exist?" video.

This one is more epic than sad, but enjoy:

oh I may have clicked one link from a member's description, just to check it out. I don't use discord, nor am I interested in using it.

What is creativity? What is the difference between an invention and a discovery? What is thinking?

Pretty much, yeah.

Caffeine is an addictive stimulant. Probably not ideal for a meditation practice. However, according to the World Health Organization, coffee is among the three healthiest beverages there are, along with water and tea. If you want, drink black coffee in moderation, preferably without creamer or sugar. Btw, milk blocks tea and coffee's benefits.

My standard is: - Play the game - Did I like it? Perfect. Did I not? OK. See the activity for what it is without superimposing models, and in the end it will just be a matter of personal preference (for whatever reason/s). So I guess that my answer would be, there's a relationship between ego development and gaming if you create one. Update: after 15 years I still like Jak & Daxter.

A recognition of perceptive phenomena, which may be a function of the brain. Consciousness isn't just awareness or cognition, it is both prior to and at the source of those functions. Cognition is a process and a function of the brain while Consciousness isn't a process and is prior to the brain, so can't be a function of it. That's my (intellectual) rambling. Haven't become profoundly conscious of it yet.

@Leo Gura Just to play deveil's advocate, do you hold awareness and consciousness as the same, as many other "gurus" seem to, or do you make a distinction between them? What is awareness? I've been noticing in my experience that perhaps, relatively speaking, they're not the same.

Well, not really. @omar30 one of the best World Cups that i've seen so far in terms of drama and surprises.

Now I'm gonna say France.

Ouch

@Danioover9000 Netherlands is out. Argentina beat them yesterday in penalties.

Let's see. England plays France, so it'd be surprising.

And I thought that Croatia-Brasil was going to be the highlight for the day. What a game that was, too. Now Argentina has it relatively easy to reach the final, unless Croatia surprises the whole world again. Man, Argentina-Portugal would be epic. Even more so if Ronaldo plays.

Jesus (get it?), coming from a cosmology isn't useful. Why would you use those terms (lucifer, savior, lord), other than as a rhetorical device, which doesn't seem to be the case here? They're too abstract and faith-based and are being taken seriously by the author of the video.

I see. Still, the excessive weight wasn't initially caused by fruits.

what a fucking game. penalties again, here we go statistically speaking, the first team to shoot is more likely to win (if the player scores). Croatia will go first.

@thisintegrated ? @lxlichael OK

@lxlichael Just curious: Where did you take all that from?

There's a balance to be maintained between self-acceptance and looking for any kind of personal transformation. Take care that your motivation to change isn't based on a feeling of inadequacy. You're perfectly, ontologically perfect as you are. However, the need to change comes from the recognition that a lot of one's thinking and behavior is often ineffective, disempowering and based on ignorance. In order to change something, first you must let it be there exactly as it is. This disposition allows you to discern and grasp what it is, creating the possibility of change. How could you change something you're resisting and are not conscious of? So, I'd imagine that before attempting self-change, you'd first have to grasp what a self actually is, existentially. Same goes for emotions, relationships, communication, and principles.