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Flannel Jesus wrote: ↑Sun Nov 12, 2023 10:50 pm This post doesn't make sense to me on its face. I'm 99.9% sure it's bs.

For you, it is.

The bottom-line is...the more complex the explanation, the further away from the truth it lies [especially if it is a well-accepted lie...like we are running out of energy]. If it doesn't make sense to you on its face, you can be 99.9% sure that it's a total bs. The truth of the matter is that adva...

* Assuming reasonable understanding, the truth is ALWAYS self-evident [I would go as far as saying, obvious]. A corollary might be that if you do possess basic knowledge, the longer the explanation necessary, the greater the bullsh!t it contains. After all, Absolute Simplicity IS Absolute Truth. For...

Dontaskme wrote: ↑Sat Nov 11, 2023 10:36 pm

simplicity wrote: ↑Sat Nov 11, 2023 10:26 pm Your questions should be directed to them.

There is only one ( 1 ) question to all our answers.

Not questions.

Let's part friends. I meant no dis-respect.

You're deliberately misunderstanding what I'm asking. We can use language to try to point to something indescribable, ineffable. There are excellent realized Zen teachers. Your questions should be directed to them. I only had one question and I directed it to you but w/e I have also been a serious ...

The reason I asked you this is because the question you ask answers itself. IOW, how can a non-intellectual insight be expressed intellectually? You're deliberately misunderstanding what I'm asking. We can use language to try to point to something indescribable, ineffable. There are excellent reali...

Are you trying to be funny or is this a serious question? Are you? I'm asking that after 30 years of meditation, did you find any new major insights in the non-intellectual, that can be expressed in language? Something not commonly known, something very surprising about the world, about reality, ab...

Did you find any new major insights in the non-intellectual that can be expressed in language? Insights made from meditation practice are derived from seeing things as close to what they are as is possible [accounting for your built-in perceptual filters]. So everything you perceive is an insight, ...

That's all very nice, but it's simply an intellectual attempt at understanding Reality...which is impossible. If you wish to tap into the non-intellectual, then you must sacrifice your ego, your 'self.' There is no other way, so telling me what contentment means to you personally is not going to he...

Instead of the need to constantly push your pleasure buttons, perhaps doing things because they will improve the overall quality of your life [and the lives of those around you] might be a path that will actually result in contentment [the best you can hope for as an adult]. Allow me to show you wh...

Say it with pictures, or words. I have a better idea...why don't we make it compelling instead. The pursuit of pleasure [in all its insidious forms] almost always ends badly [relationships, obesity, drugs and alcohol, electronic devices, social media, etc.]. THIS is why [until recently] fun was the...

The ultimate Gary Larsen comment on the human intellect...

Say it with pictures, or words. I have a better idea...why don't we make it compelling instead. The pursuit of pleasure [in all its insidious forms] almost always ends badly [relationships, obesity, drugs and alcohol, electronic devices, social media, etc.]. THIS is why [until recently] fun was the...

Gary Childress suggested common sense as a moral compass. The only thing that works with these pesky humans is following moral guidance handed down by God. Thousands of years of our history plainly reveals that man is simply not capable of behaving himself and needs assistance in this regard. This ...

Falling in love and enjoying what that is must be followed by moving the relationship past physical pleasure, otherwise, you will find that there is nothing there once the drugs wears off [and you must face your self once again]. Falling in love ( true love) requires no sacrifice. Of course the ''p...