Carl-Richard

That's actually a great way of cutting through the implicit anthropocentrism behind such concerns: what are predatory animals but a bunch of cells killing another bunch of cells?

It could've been way worse.

@Rilles It's almost feels like a parody, so I don't know whether to laugh or cringe

Life.

This a good example of the distinction between a description and an explanation. How would you explain what a trip is?

Why?

It's only talk.

Talk, it's only talk Arguments, agreements, advice, answers, Articulate announcements It's only talk Talk, it's only talk Babble, burble, banter, bicker bicker bicker Brouhaha, boulder dash, ballyhoo It's only talk Back talk Talk talk talk, it's only talk Comments, cliches, commentary, controversy Chatter, chit-chat, chit-chat, chit-chat, Conversation, contradiction, criticism It's only talk Cheap talk Talk, talk, it's only talk Debates, discussions These are words with a D this time Dialogue, duologue, diatribe, Dissention, declamation Double talk, double talk Talk, talk, it's all talk Too much talk Small talk Talk that trash Expressions, editorials, expugnations, exclamations, enfadulations It's all talk Elephant talk, elephant talk, elephant talk

@Gesundheit Bro that gave me some insane acid flashbacks lmao

When you stop bullshitting yourself.

@Leo Gura That was what I asked myself lol.

Probably the first time Black Metal was performed on national television.

People who aren't motivated by fear are motivated by love.

I'm just an ignorant norseman, but is there a particular reason why she specifically would want more attention?

Your body knows very well what it needs. It will tell you

If you get sleepy during meditation it just means you didn't sleep enough (or you're meditating on a full stomach). Don't complicate something as simple as sitting. Sit upright in a firm office chair. The trick to sitting meditation is relaxed > upright > minimal pain. Doesn't matter how you accomplish that. Back support is not a sin (only bad back support).

@Danioover9000 We're talking about one of the oldest institutions in the world. Just from that alone I would be surprised if it didn't harbor any bigotry. Using "stirring up drama" as a way to delegitimize someone has become way too easy these days and is a testament to the regressive aspects of internet culture.

Short answer: just a feeling. Long answer: I haven't watched the video, but I'm assuming that it said that everything is personal from an absolute perspective, which means that it makes no sense to single out Preety specifically in this case, because from an absolute perspective, the topic is about everybody equally.

That is your problem. Stop hitting yourself. Chill.

I tried to find the most gigantic facepalm picture ever but I was facepalming myself too hard.

I said I meditated one time

I was hoping I made myself clear by prefacing it with "their fear of non-existence", where non-existence essentially means the opposite of their finite existence (which is what they fear). Now, what they actually fear is infinite existence and impermanence, and "finite existence" isn't really a thing from that perspective (and neither is non-existence), but yeah, I was speaking to the separate self as you noted

You're reading a lot into what I said. I don't deny the possibility of there being continuities of body and mind across different lifetimes, but this doesn't change the fact that you're not that body or mind. The fact that there is a memory of a body from yesterday or 1000 years ago doesn't change the fact that you're not that body. Why does this matter you may ask? Well, because the person who goes to reincarnation as a belief (or even from direct experience) in order to soothe their fear of non-existence/impermanence (by believing that some essence of their identity will be carried on in order to reassure oneself of one's finite existence) will necessarily be disappointed. The fear of death has to be faced at the end of every incarnation anyway, because after all, it's the attachment to "this" body and mind that is causing the fear, and it's those things that are going to disappear forever. If you weren't afraid to lose those things, then you wouldn't need the reassurance of a finite eternal essence in the first place. Impermanence is a matter of fact. You cannot escape it, even if you were to reincarnate an infinite amount of times. If impermanence (non-existence of finite things) doesn't become obvious at the end of your lifetime, there is no difference between infinity and impermanence anyway. Anything finite will at the end of the day have to disappear: the only thing you're guaranteed is an infinite eternal essence; no self.