Truth Addict

@Barna ❤️

Can we say the same thing about clinging to not being asleep?

Make them your teachers.

What does the word "true" mean?

What's the difference?

@mandyjw

Welcome to tier two ? As for the trap, the best way around it is open-mindedness.

@Bill W For the purposes of this journal, I have to add that I used to proselytise, judge, criticise, moralise, hate others, and view myself as superior to others (still kind of), as I was raised a Muslim. Believe it or not, I've had plans to "make Islam great again" just before I stumbled upon Actualized.org. ? I'm learning more about myself, others, and reality everyday. What I said in my earlier post was my deepest understanding of myself yet, which is probably prone for more nuance. Nice to hear that you also care!

Have you considered that your spirit animal might be the chameleon?

I wouldn't know what Leo's standards are, but in my opinion, a decent post would have to be: Clear/specific. Respectful/inoffensive. Relevant/appropriate. Not violating the guidelines.

Isn't the word 'nigga' offensive?

@tsuki Emotions.

Cool! Go for it. I'll be right here.

@Bill W Hi Bill! I see what you mean. Maybe I should have been more accurate. My main aim is to free others from suffering, and most suffering is caused by clinging to things and paradigms, or what I referred to as "false gods". My twist though is that I don't offer the truth, and I don't proselytise. I simply try to help removing the illusion, without concerning myself too much with the outcomes. It's more of a hobby than a duty to me. I find joy in helping others. I left the forum for a few days, but then as I visited it once again, I saw a lot of 'delusion', and I thought I can offer my help, so I returned. It's like seeing a baby toddling towards a cliff, I wouldn't let it fall and kill itself. Fortunately, babies here understand symbols, so all I can do is offering them pointers. @DrewNows I think I could let go of that if I wanted to. But right now, it feels good, and more than that, it feels right.

At some point, a realisation about realisations will be had, and it will break all of your realisations. Being happy is being myself. A thought about me does not tell who I actually am, because I am independent of thought.

Nope. That's a conscious preference. I can detach from that position wherever I want. That's how powerful liberation is! I care, only minus the suffering and attachment to doing it. Otherwise, I wouldn't be here offering my help to others. Wherever I want to go.

@tsuki How did we get here? lol ? Like I told you in our previous discussion, I like to observe paradigms from the outside without having a strong opinion on any of them. This gives me power over my mind and freedom from its captivity. I can still use my intellect with its full functionality, plus having the advantage of no suffering and no attachment. @Jack River You still haven't answered my question: What do you mean by the word "imaginary"?

Right now, I'm at a point where that doesn't make any sense at all. All of it is viewed as egoic motivation. I don't know what that even means. Fullness or emptiness? What are those? I wanted happiness and I got it. Is there anything realisations can offer besides happiness?

By the same logic, gravity is imaginary. I'm free to talk whatever I want as long as there are no definitions. By the way, you still haven't answered my question: What do you mean by the word "imaginary"?

@DrewNows I don't like the process of arguing per se. What I like exactly is to show people where they are deluding themselves, i.e. how they're clinging to false gods.

I'm not asking for examples. I'm asking for a definition.

@tsuki That was not what I meant. What I meant to say was that if love is the essence of everything, then it does not matter to love whether someone follows it or not, because it is inevitable and always the case. There's no duality in Love. Love loves all, including suffering and delusion. The only way hatred can exist is by limiting Love. So, the question is: are you aware that that's just your ego and how it likes to view Love and manipulate it to achieve certain goals? Not saying that anything is wrong with that, just a question of awareness. @Jack River You still haven't answered my question: What do you mean by the word "imaginary"?

To me, that's just a thought. What is knowledge but maps? I like the territory a lot more.

@DrewNows ?