UnbornTao

"Leo Gura releases a new video"

"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.

Upsides: It's a spiritual forum Downsides: It's a spiritual forum

@Water by the River Enlightenment and transcending suffering are different pursuits. Trying to dissolve suffering is still a form of suffering.

Can your attempts at "resolving" life be effective? It's like being blind and, in order to recover your sight, you go about changing your surroundings. In the analogy above, what's addressed are superficial manifestations. With this approach, the condition or foundational elements that source our so-called struggle in the first place are left intact. Feeling inadequate and doubting your "worthiness", you may, for example, set out to become physically strong, gain popularity, or make lots of money in an attempt to pacify your inner insecurity and compensate for your feeling of lack, hoping that these accomplishments will resolve you. I'm not disparaging such efforts but rather directing us to the motives behind them. Essentially what I'm saying is to do what you want and also be clear on why you're undertaking that course of action. How can we approach real change? What's my approach to life? Is it to avoid loss? What challenges do I continuously come across? How am I dealing with situations? What is the root cause of X or Y? How does the condition exist? Where does it start and end? What is it made out of? This moves us towards a healthy and freeing direction.

Macho macho man

Seems to be mostly unnecessary and self-created. But the reality of this eludes us.

The mind is constantly struggling for certainty and safety.

AVOID. Stick to the relatively safe psychedelics.

By not doing it.

Is Madrid going to win the Champions League?

Perception is a meaningless phenomenon.

Jesus wasn't a christian!

Enjoying the Shogun TV show.

The Buddha had several enlightenments before his awakening under the Bodhi tree. This suggests that paradoxically, one can become more deeply conscious of the absolute, and also that transcending life and death requires more than a few enlightenment experiences. Maybe.

@bebotalk Keep to the guidelines.