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You. The knower of the concept (''die'' ) cannot die or fail because it would have to be there in the ''death state'' to know that the known concept ''death'' has actually occured, in that the concept (''die'') was known to be a real event happening. And it's no good just saying you can know ''die'...

Long seeking it through others,
I was far from reaching it.
Now I go by myself,
I meet it everywhere.
It is just I myself,
And I am not itself.
Understanding this way,
I can be as I am. Chan masterTung-shan

Hey RC, has it ever occurred to you that the Universe is not rational...nor irrational ...? Why would it? Only human beings have the ability to reason. To attribute human nature to the entire universe is absurd. Of course, human beings are part of the universe, so at least that part is rational. It...

The space/time of Will is here/now - and so is Selfrealisation.

What is here called Self, is the core or coordinate of the mind/body - psyche/soma - relativity, and as such represents ones true nature, position and course in the universe (macrocosm). It is an individual (indivisible) awareness that demands from its beholder to act responsible. (Every act is powe...

Self & Will are not the same, but when they complement each other a Self-awareness arises.

Hindu and Buddhist Initiates(inside travellers) say that it is beyond verbal grasp (which is why i use as few words as possible).

Being spontaneous Will manifests Self unadulterated

i consider Will a force and Self an equation

....arguable the most common and certainly most original manner of Selfrealisation got in the course of mans histories discriminated as outcrop of ego, defamed as antisocial and reprimanded as immoral, whereas Self suffered denials and Will became synonymous with wishes and desires. There have been ...

The western civilization is not only decaying, but shows suicidal tendencies as well, considering the increasing ingenuity with which its Sapiens rapes and plunders the organism that bears and feeds him. Latter aspect is probably going to determine the progression of its decline, as there will be b...

The coordinate, or Self, of mind informs what is beneficial for it.
Self is not to be sought after, subjected to the feedback-mechanism of the intellect, or otherwise constrained – but be wholehearted/minded embraced.

Self is the core and coordinate of mind – Will & Love is the force of Self.

Oriental, foremost Hindu, Taoist & Buddhist thinkers, developed and taught during millennia a vast variety of techniques to control, reduce and eradicate emotions. Practitioners of these methods claim living a much fuller and more humanistic life. In the Occident* obviously still prevails the my...

The most common, yet rarely investigated, softwares are the social, cultural, economical, national & other conventions that are based on belief.