UnbornTao

I don't get it. Just wait until @Princess Arabia's thread on Healthy Foods turns into a raving discussion on solipsism. It's fine by me, I just had to be a buzzkill.

Yeah, nobody is. On the other hand, your skill, etc., can be said to be special, although this clearly relates to action (what you do) instead of what one is as a person. Doing vs being. Da Vinci was another human, but the fucker had acute perception and ability for insight--his learning ability was exceptional.

What kind of question is that? Hitler might have been good for the German economy, but that's really a superficial point and not the issue.

Your body isn't even the same now as it was ten or twenty years ago.

I think you guys could start another thread for your discussion.

"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others."

In the end, who is?

How come?

Occasionally get elated when fasting (coffee might add to that); haven't done long fasts though--longer than 24 hours.

I'm hungry too.

I fed it Leo's Claude conversation on political ideologies, as a way to have some fun and explore this tech. Pretty convincing. You can try it with any source material. @Leo Gura Feel free to hide this post if you don't like this. https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/18fb81e4-3f0c-47da-85a6-ad50514794bc/audio

He meant 3 months in Saturn's time. So, 7.38 years on Earth.

But this endeavor is seen as a substraction--removing something that is identified as part of one's life. We aren't very eager to undergo this process, and many outright oppose it. This is why personal ownership is crucial. Either you intent to eliminate your own fantasies, or it won't happen. A group effort can help by providing accountability, guidelines and direction--and that's a high standard to meet, yet doable. Got it. If people can begin to consider content of "spiritual" nature, that is sincere and real, despite their tendency to instantly perceive it as cultish or weird (which may be a potential risk), then that'd signify progress. People barely ask themselves any real questions in their lives, though. But hey, what you advocate for is certainly a positive direction, provided others are along for the ride.

I'd include the story of Lucifer in your video on corruption. Using the "fallen angel" as an analogy for the creation and maintenance of the self, in order to point out the primordial "corruption."

Adding to the cringe.

Do they overcome them and to what degree? How many go out of their way to achieve that? In the end it is the individual who must to do it for himself. And I have no idea what it would look like collectively, likely similar to what Leo alluded to: everyone kicking and screaming, not wanting to give up their cherished fantasies. We in fact tend to defend and promote them instead.

Well, consider that your role in this situation might be more significant than you realize.

@Sugarcoat Might be made up.

Too bad.

@Sugarcoat Maybe that sense is not what you think it is. Consider you might be generating or at the very least contributing to it. Sit in a room for an hour and observe your mind activity. What do you presume has to be connected, and to what? What do you mean by space in your sentence above? These expectations sound artificial.

And yet without humans certain inventions wouldn't have taken place or come to exist. Humans "do" language; without this activity, it wouldn't be known, take form, or be "discovered". The absolute is the canvas and humans make paintings on it. Feeling poetic.

You or self? I think this involves enlightenment work. Numbers had to be invented; they rely on human interpretation and meaning-making for them to be generated, as with any form of language--they're not "features" inherent to the universe that are waiting to somehow be uncovered, lying dormant and "hidden" from our eyes. You don't find a "two" hiding under a rock. In fact, without interpretation, not even a "rock" is out there to be perceived, just meaningless sensory input.

But the absolute isn't a distinction; it is absolute. Perhaps, tu put it metaphorically, "God" is what allows for distinctions to exist in the first place, whatever that is.