UnbornTao

Why do you take "self" to be what you are? Aren't we making a distinction here between self and being? This is a distinction that is hard to grasp experientially and that virtually no one makes.

Interesting that you frame self as being had by us, similar to how we say we have a body. This suggests that it is not us, and it might ultimately be constructed. A Koan for you: find your self.

Hey, how did you know?

What is it specifically that you would like to talk about in more detail? What are you asking, if anything?

Feel free to engage here, it's just an internet forum. About life, not sure, I'd say engage (intelligently) anyway despite your fear. You can also look into what that activity is about and stop generating so much of it. For example, if you are willing to experience what the fear is about--the future, unwanted experience you are imagining--then fear can't occur. If what you are afraid of is, say, making a fool of yourself, then being willing to go through that embarrassment would eliminate fear for you. Leo has some videos on fear, too.

Classic

"Commun-ication" = "Commun-ism" !!!

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Quotes by Jesus.

Keep to the main thread guys.

The etymology of arrogance originally was "to claim for oneself": Ad (to) + rogare (ask).

@Pro24 great.

You can create exciting threads.

- GPT Its etymology, to start with.

@Pro24 It's only for new users.

We respect the uncompromising quality of "objective" reality.

Tell it to format it.

Appreciate everyone's contribution. I guess this is loosely the idea: he went to india (and/or Nepal, etc) and studied eastern religions. Interesting, will use AI to do learn more about this. Could have been taken from a sutra. @JoshB It is mostly for the sake of entertainment.

Exactly.

I'd say thinking of our perception and experience as accurate reflections of "existence" is a big contributing factor to our superficiality, or in other words, operating on our impressions of things. We generally take our experience of things at face value, stopping at identifying (naming) what something is. As long as it is identified as threatening or beneficial to ourselves, we rarely question what those are beyond their relationship to us.

Remember to be centered and to tell the truth about your experience, regards.