UnbornTao

They can simply not think that or stop regarding it as the truth.

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.

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.

"First take the plank out of your own eye..."

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.

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.

Be honest and keep moving towards that.

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.

@Ulax You really are passionate about IFS.

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.

Overworking yourself to Nirvana.

What is happiness? Something to contemplate.

I mean, the alternative doesn't.

@Danioover9000 Come on, cut it out.

"What's true regardless of my predispositions?"

How come we say things such as the art of war, the art of contemplation, the art of seduction?

@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.

@Dodo To be clear, I was being sarcastic. I don't know what I'm talking about.

The Church of Shitology.

Speaking of astrology, I received $20 in an esoteric cryptocurrency three years ago. I opened my wallet yesterday for the first time since then, which goes to show my level of interest in crypto, and to my surprise, it had grown to $300. It was sheer beginner's luck. So, my best investment advice is to have no idea what you're doing.

None. Every one of them is a failure to personally grasping the absolute. The spirit of Zen is probably the "purest" or clearest one. But it is pretty rare. Plenty of crap passes as Zen nowadays. To conclude: none.

"I'll be right here."

Don't confuse a breakthrough with a breakdown. Btw, moved to Mental Health section.

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