RisingLane

Stephen Gray, Richard Alpert, and Jagadish Vasudev wouldn’t have sold a single book.

If I can do as I please, why can’t I fly to the moon? It’s clear that this wasn’t meant for me in this lifetime, so it won’t happen no matter what I try.

Interesting thread on Reddit. "The whole programme is chalked out. ‘Not an atom moves except by His Will’ expresses the same truth, whether you say ‘Does not move except by His Will’, or ‘Does not move except by karma’. As for freedom for man, he is always free not to identify himself with the body and not to be affected by the pleasures and pains consequent on the body’s activities."

If everything is predetermined, then whether we learn it or not has already been decided.

I'm not so sure about that. That's a skill that develops gradually with age and awareness, but it’s still not exactly the same as free will.

Sages have been claiming for ages that free will is an illusion. What do you think "there is no doer" means? Modern science is starting to acknowledge this truth. Consider Robert Sapolsky's work on the subject:

The word you might be searching for could be intriguing or eerie.

I liked the first episode, but the rest didn’t keep me engaged. Honestly, waking up in an empty small town all by myself doesn’t sound too bad. Twin Peaks is another intriguing show inspired by The Twilight Zone.

Just watched Wake Up Dead Man, and it’s my favorite of the three Knives Out films. Thought of Leo twice while watching. Excited to hear that Rian Johnson plans to make more.

You're not a figment of his imagination; he is a figment of yours. There’s a big difference.

I was moved. It’s a bit annoying how they keep playing that entire voice message over and over. By the way, that’s Patrick Fabian’s voice, who plays Howard Hamlin in Better Call Saul.

You get what you are, but how did you become what you are? It wasn't entirely your doing, so that's where compassion comes in for yourself and others.

Thank you. I take full responsibility for this choice.

I do, actually. It makes life easier, doesn’t it? Pure, beautiful surrender—a sense of relief—just watching the show unfold. So why the need to be in charge of everything? It feels like Sadhguru isn’t being completely honest, even though there’s value in what he says. It just doesn’t seem like the whole truth. You can’t appeal to a wide audience with complete honesty, and it seems his main goal is to reach as many people as possible.

The Stimulation Clicker is crazy!

If we could truly control our emotions, wouldn't we always choose to be happy? In reality, though, that's not possible, and karma is the reason why.

"The world is yourself pushed out." - Neville Goddard In a way, this is true, but you don't control your state.

What I’ve been listening to while contemplating.

https://youtube.com/@semiquaver16th?si=VDtWho3jg3Bn6l4F https://youtube.com/@disappear-music?si=mf0JsT9h2Q203sDL https://youtube.com/@dubelementmusic?si=pLot4ezlJlKcEYet

Just watched Nuremberg—what an incredible movie. Bugonia was really entertaining as well, and Jesse Plemons is such a great actor.

The soul is also capable of great things. It's not always the ego. Just look at Sadhguru, for instance.

Yes, you can practice if you are determined, but how far you will go or if you will succeed is not in your control. This is the essence of determinism. Hence, determinism.

Sure, but when and how does a person reach higher states of consciousness? It ultimately just comes down to luck. What happened to Ramana, for example, was quite fortunate. It seems he didn’t have much karma. I think a person's level of consciousness is determined by luck. Luck swallows everything.

What determines a person’s level of consciousness? The truth is, nothing is really under your control—not even whether you’re in a low or high state of consciousness. As you said, everything is governed by karma, and higher consciousness doesn’t change that. There’s really nothing to solve. Karma is simply conditioning—like your heart being conditioned to beat—and that’s not something that needs solving.

This video gives me a sense of God’s boundless intelligence.