Leo Gura

Zero-sum In Elderscrolls

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Those of you fellow nerds who've played Morrowind, Oblivion, or Skyrim will find this interesting.

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/CHIM

In Elderscrolls lore, they have a state that can be achieved called Chim or Zero-sum. It's basically enlightenment! Read the lore description in that link. I thought it was very cool.

The character Vivec is the best example of a Zero-Summed guy: http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Vivec

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You are God. You are Truth. You are Love. You are Infinity.

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“Feeling is the antithesis of pain."

—Arthur Janov

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11 hours ago, Epsilon_The_Imperial said:

If only Enlightenment would give us all Supreme Superpowers over reality. xD

Enlightenment means you ARE reality.  You ARE the essence of experience, not an experience, and not an experiencer.  

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I think it does give you super powers!  Like fucking silencing your mind at will and seeing everything as extremely beautiful, having deep Samadhi experiences with whatever you look at, heh, having anything that happens to you that any normal human finds negative not effect you because you are detached.    

 

Yay super powers.  

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Cool little piece of lore leo. Thanks.

Makes me wanna play skyrim again just for the lore lol.

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Makes me realise I'm surrounded by a bunch of nerds :P

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Alot of Enlightenment is hidden in Media. For example Avatar the Last Airbender. 

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 Does this mean i can reach enlightenment by playing TES?

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Funny thing is that you can really understand zero-sum you must be enlightened : the zero-sum meaning the fact that in life everything added and subsracted at the end is zero !

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@Leo Gura

Do you still play vidya sometimes? I literally cant get an online subscription to my favourite games because restricting gaming time is almost impossible. Zero tolerance is the only way, Im afraid. Skill/outsmarting based shooters are so well targeted at my mind/personality type. 

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God is love

Whoever lives in love lives in God

And God in them

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2 hours ago, Shin said:

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STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM!


Dont look at me! Look inside!

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God is love

Whoever lives in love lives in God

And God in them

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On 16.8.2016. at 5:07 PM, Matthew Lamot said:

Enlightenment means you ARE reality.  You ARE the essence of experience, not an experience, and not an experiencer.  

This. God. 

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