UnbornTao

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  1. A 13th gen Core i7 is still a "mid-tier" processor and the most powerful GPU at the time is the 4090, not the 4070ti. Can be used for smooth triple-A gaming, 4K stuff, video editing, graphics design, development workflows, etc. It is also future-proof.
  2. Contemplating what life and death are is difficult. As a species we work very hard to avoid confronting the reality of death.
  3. Not necessarily. Easy to think you're making progress when you're actually "abstracting" (making abstractions) based on the model.
  4. What is an excuse?
  5. Heresy! Not interested in some of the benefits such as privacy and customization?
  6. @Twentyfirst @Francis777 I'd ease up on the model as you seem to be taking it too seriously. It's a tool to be taken lightly. Easy to confuse the real work with an abstract progression that you do with the model. I say this because you're talking as if it were true. Transcending a model, being turquoise, etc. are simplistic notions. What's essential is experiencing things for themselves. This bears repeating.
  7. They're still humans. For example, Jesus was known to be irascible according to legend. Maybe the Buddha did some despicable things. Similar cases abound. Problematic gurus in certain areas of life have always existed. Individuals can do all kinds of things, even when profoundly conscious.
  8. Look for the Snapdragon X which looks promising. Former Apple engineers worked on that chip in their own company called Nuvia which Qualcomm acquired a few years ago. Nvidia and AMD are presumably set to release Arm processors in 2025 or so, too. More competition. RISC-V could be the future. Got an M1 Mac. For my needs, it is excellent. I'd wish macOS was more open and customizable, though. With Mac, you've got a closed ecosystem and repairability is very limited, and gaming on this platform isn't really a thing. Serious gamers go almost exclusively to Windows, or perhaps to Linux. How many kidneys did you sell? -- A PC gives you more control, power and customization. Consoles are much more straightforward. Going the PC route might be cheaper in the long term. Consoles have a certain charm. It ultimately depends on your needs and preferences. Look into the Steam Deck. It uses Arch by the way (Linux).
  9. Whether something is of benefit or of detriment to you depends entirely on what you do with it. Take what you receive while taking it lightly. You yourself experience and validate the communications.
  10. @Leo Gura Have you tinkered with Linux?
  11. Such realisation can occur now. My argument is that that's pretty much how it always goes for individuals, what precedes it (intense focus, contemplative effort, brutal openness) may help in the relative domain but is rarely significant because realization is a sudden leap in consciousness. It seems like it always happens out the blue. I experienced what I'd call a no-self insight as I was walking my dog. What seemed to help prior to that experience was being open and wanting to know my nature. But surely I wouldn't create a method of dog-walking as a promise for people to get nearer to awakening. Ultimately it is always direct. You can work decades and decades strenuously and not get it and get it in an instant as was the case with Ramana, for example. You are you. External is indirect and not needed. No reason to think it can't be grasped now. Btw, I'm not saying that it is probable, just pointing out that it is possible. Or that going solo is somehow better or more special. I'm saying grasp it by whatever means and methods you and others invent, as long as you get it. Otherwise this chatting and debating goes nowhere. Impeccable logic, but not true in this case. This absolute matter isn't relative nor a process. There's actually a method, which is direct consciousness, and it isn't a method. "Person" points to a distinction between the individual you and another. It is up to the individual --you-- to get it. That's the gist of what I meant by person. Going solo can be challenging in many ways. One way you can mitigate this obstacle is by being ruthlessly rigorous and honest with yourself. "What am I actually conscious of"? In my case, it's not hard to see that I don't know who am I, even though it is mostly a superficial sense. We tend to pretend like we know, which is pointless and counterproductive; it is more ignorance. What is is prior to perception, interpretation, and cognition. The depth and implications of this claim must be personally and profoundly contemplated.
  12. Sounds like you might be afraid of something. You could look in that direction.
  13. What if the solution is along the lines of learning to relate authentically? That doesn't provide us with instructions on how to be or what to do, yet it might be a fruitful direction to follow. Notice what you're doing. The past already happened. A story/narrative is made up out of one's interpretations. We're served by setting imagined past trauma aside. In your experience of relating to another, those are excuses that stand in the way of being present. One's life story isn't true but a story that is self-crafted. Better for us not to make up excuses in order to justify our inability to relate now. Rather, focus on what real relating entails experientially: your presence, acknowledging another's presence, willingness to communicate.
  14. What do you mean angel numbers? They don't mean anything unless meaning is given to them.
  15. Robert Fritz's insights on the creative process. He's a creator, not a derivative.
  16. I think truly groundbreaking work is harder to come by than you make it out to be. That said, Werner Erhard. His work catalysed the human potential movement back in the 70s.
  17. If both like it enjoy it then. To play devil's advocate as usual though, the reality of a relationship has to be experienced in person, you've got to be in the presence of another. A lot of potential for intimacy and deeper relating is lost by going digital. Depends on what you want out of the relationship.
  18. What are you doing? For how long? Be active throughout the day. Clean up the house, study, work, read, move around. High intensity, daily engaging exercise for one or two hours for prolonged periods of time kick your ass. I think that by design such investment in energy makes one hungry.
  19. If you're unwilling to relate to others authentically then why are you asking? Learn and practice to be present with another, not your traumas, ideas, etc., that you have about them. Arguably your traumas might still be there but when relating they're irrelevant and get in the way. This is easier said than done. Figure out the how for yourself, make up exercises aligned with that. For example, consider where's another? Where is your pain and expectations? And notice that's not an experience nor presence of another.
  20. @28 cm unbuffed You just have to get over your trauma and start relating to women authentically.
  21. Exercise, physical labor, fasting. Don't have snacks. Eat nutritious food when hungry. Maybe skip a meal or two.
  22. Small people resent vital and skilful individuals. Your success makes them feel comparatively inferior and at a loss. Others may get jealous or compete when you're bigger than them but you don't have to evoke either. What others do is their own problem and something out of your control.