Joseph Maynor

I think there is a lot of speculation happening because we do not know what he was doing or not doing.

@AION I agree. I think he was a highly intelligent guy who was also very creative but he was also pushing the boundaries a lot too.

This forum is a bit forceful. It is concerning to a degree. It is pushy.

Sometimes people have great insights that I agree with. But that is just my opinion.

The problem is IMO, Advaita Vedanta on its own doesn't give a complete and satisfying answer.

He understands it for himself, I'm sure.

The question is what does it mean for you to directly know something?

What about direct knowing?

This sounds a little paranoid to me honestly.

@AerisVahnEphelia I'll give you one counterexample. Not every scientist cares about truth. They care about what works. And that is enough for them. And someone needs to do that job just like someone needs to be a plumber in society. It is kind of a straw man to assume scientists are doing truth. No, they are categorizing patterns that can be confirmed by observation and experiment.

I don't understand the anger he has toward scientists for example. Why?

The tone is I'm always right and everyone else are always wrong. That's a rough premise to defend. This gets into picking your battles. But if you limit the scope to what he is teaching, he is just trying to be direct. I think he is trying to communicate one thing as directly as possible. It gets a little confusing due to the breadth of topics covered. So there is a mixing of the relative and the Absolute in the wide range of topics covered. Nobody wants to make good sense of the link between the finite and the Infinite.

I agree.

He is criticizing the rationalist paradigm, no?

But reliable source implies a kind of trust that goes beyond direct experience, no?

That is a stretch lol. And you know it too.

How can one be wrong without being self-deceived?

You can't outsource everything to AI. Some of the output is excellent, some is awful. Someone has to screen anything AI does, even though it can be a great tool.

Do you fear you are being deceived?

They are in comparative mode lol.

If you are ever swimming and you get tired you can float on your back to rest.

It depends on your status too. The Photo I posed is Tadd Dameron, Mary Lou Williams, and Dizzy Gillespie in Williams's apartment, c. June 1946 Photograph.

Because it looks cool.