UnbornTao

I suspected you were going to be the first one to respond. I've noticed you admire his work. In the moment, he likely got hurt -- ouch! -- and wanted to run away from the situation. His explanation for having acted childishly may be misleading; I think that it is mostly a clever rationalization. Like a kid who tries to justify to his mother why he didn't make his bed, making his case with smart and convincing arguments. Not saying he's a childish individual btw. This game is amusing to me, nothing serious.

I get the sense that we might be confusing what sex and gender are. Sex is biological and pretty much set in stone, gender is mostly a cultural invention with some grounding on physiology. People want to get free of traditional gender stereotypes -- what it means to be a "man" and a "woman". Male and female are distinctions that refer to sex as a biological fact Man and woman may refer to the more flexible, socially-constructed reality of gender Why are sport competitions separated by sexes in the first place? This is part of my sloppy and naive take on this topic for now.

So each of us interested should be contemplating what time is. Great! Go do that.

Haha, he's rationalising his emotional reaction. He could have said "I reacted like a child", and that would be it. I guess there are other social interests at hand such as reputation and the like, so apologising is appropriate. I just find it funny.

Gazpacho. Dates and blueberries.

Finding Yourself Contemplation Get at the most real and present sense of yourself that you can. Find you. What comes to mind? Do this now. Notice that everything that arose came to you. Everything is received by you but are you a perception? Is you perceived? Who is perceiving what came to mind as a result of the above exercise?

Hurting others is rarely done for their own benefit; it is an attempt at personal anger relief, perhaps. Helping them is a different matter. You should be clear on your motivation for acting that way. Be honest. Why do you actually want to hurt others? Don't you think there's a more effective approach? How would you feel and react if treated the way you profess? You may be angry or resentful, and are perhaps looking for a pretext to let your impulses loose.

Goes to show they're dealing with beliefs and assumptions and defending them.

Okey-doke! Seriously, no.

Oh, this is pertinent to the discussion:

To be clear, this behaviour is common to humans because believing is easy. It applies to humans no matter the field but you're right that "spiritual" or religious communities -- not saying this is one -- are specially guilty of this, as the purpose of most of them is precisely that, believing.

What is thinking for oneself? How to think critically? Inspired by Pyrrhonism.

A look into pain as it is such a foundational experience.

Go ahead, if you want. As long as it doesn't go against the guidelines and is respectful, sharing a perspective won't get you banned. About the hate part, people will respond however they do. No guarantee all of it will be praise.

Please, keep your posts clean and concise if you can.

Not many. If we're talking profoundly enlightened, a handful.

Rupert Spira and Adyashanti are a couple of the best, they hold satsangs -- meetings, check them out. I've heard Adi Da's transmissions were insane and intense, he was deeply enlightened according to Wilber. He isn't alive but you can check out his videos on YT.

That's a feature.

Happiness may not be circumstantially-derived, after all. You're still holding "winning" -- survival -- as happiness. Whenever things go your way, you say you're happy. When they're not, you say you aren't. I finally got the PS5 - yeah! I'm happy. I couldn't get the Ferrari - oh I'm so depressed. In any case, whenever the condition ceases to exist you're back to chasing the cheese -- of survival. Happiness may be a function of your nature... But hey, who knows? Maybe happiness is not what we think it is.

What is your experience of suffering when it is embraced, turned into, and felt completely, with no resistance?

What would your motivation be for acting that way? I don't see how that would be helpful, except perhaps done occasionally in very specific situations. But it would have to affect another positively, not done for yourself. Perhaps you adopt the role of facilitator and see that another is stuck in a perspective, so you take a stab at his attachments so that he eases up on it.

Fair enough.