GENIUS FORUMS

Saying that things are interconnected is not the same as saying that things are essentially a featureless jello. Boundaries exist, but they are not absolute. There is certainly contrast - that is the basis of all discrimination. That is what fascinates me. How is this possible? If you take a look a...

Some people answer the question like this:

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Hello! Please take a look at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yehN-WUr5rY Most spiritual people say there is no separation; that everything that appear separate aren't actually like independent entities but more like waves, which connects or fuses them with everything else seamlessly. Non-...

I adhere to scientific methodology. Science too is a belief, as the people who created this forum will tell you. Science is a set of beliefs that simply result in less conceotual dissonance and contradiction when investigating reality from higher illusory-like perspectives. Proper abstraction adher...

What it is constructed of, is material. I question this belief. My point is that when you assert a thing like this, you are still dealing in abstractions. You are not talking about Reality from an objective viewpoint completely free from personal bias. This is a natural due to our biological, socia...

Here you are not talking about the material (existents / existence). You are talking about abstracts. Let's take something material. How about the chair you're sitting on? Is not our conception of what a chair is completely arbitrary? What can we say about the chair? It is this big, and it has this...

1) There is no arbitrary concept of reality. A is A. A person understands or they do not (measure by degrees). Everything you say about Reality or anything else for that matter is arbitrary. The appearance on my keyboard which looks like this: " R " immediately causes your mind to think o...

You've claimed to be enlightened, therefore, you shouldn't see any need to be frustrated at others incapacity to understand whatever arbitrary concept of Reality which you are currently entertaining. Why? Because from the perspective of Reality, there are no rights and there are no wrongs. These are...

Thanks to everyone for their replies. It seems to me that there are three primary modes of social interaction left as a result of my analysis, with all of your help. The first is social interaction just for fun. The second is helping others in some way, no matter where they are on their path (ie, w...

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I think it is nonetheless important to get as many people as possible wake from the nightmare of purely conventional thought. Of course! Morality and ethics are extremely important. Many people become confused because they think that just because something doesn't enjoy a status of inherent existen...

Hello, otiosedodge! Look into Reality right now. What can be changed? What needs to be made better? Right, nothing. In other words, Reality has nothing to do with morality. Morality belongs instead in the conventional realm, the realm of thought and concept. That is not to belittle morality and ethi...

The universe turns itself inside out! First you have the expansion, then it collapses, and then it pops out in the other direction. Now you have no beginning, and no end. A permanent loop! Say you swing a pendulum into motion. It will swing from one side to the other for a while. But not permanentl...

People who want to discuss or contemplate the theory that they were either birthed or visited, or any such - by aliens - ought take their views to a forum that accommodates such nonsense, or go see a psychiatrist. Do not post such blather here. I will not repete this warning. I also do not care tha...

Does the OP mean enlightened in terms of rationality and reason...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment

...or enlightened in terms of spiritual liberation?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightenment_(spiritual)

prince wrote:God made humans at 1% of its own capabilty. The essence is there, thus humans have God's characteristics, but in a tiny form.

Oh, I always thought it was 2%. Thanks for pointing that out.

Awareness:

A word.

Existence:

A word.

Humanity:

A word.

God:

A word.

Is' ideas!

Good post, Nick. For me wisdom is simply your ability to recognize emptiness, be it conceptually/non-directly or non-conceptually/directly. Everything else is knowledge. A statement of wisdom: "Life is transient". A statement of knowledge: "Life is a chemical reaction". The inter...

I am that can also be interpreted as I am god or I am the universe. This statement is absolutely correct because god is the present moment itself, and I am the present moment too, therefore I am God. This is meant in a temporal sense and not in a spatial sense, as commonly understood: oneness does ...

Why is attachment to the self a problem? It is only a problem if you view suffering (unsatisfaction, sadness, pain, depression, anxiety, fear, stress, etc) as a problem. If you like most people do find suffering to be a problem, then you'd be interested to find that attachment to self is the cause ...

Nad wrote:"[...] and besides, I’ve noticed that all the gifts he’s given me say, ‘Made in China’ on the tags. They should read, ‘Made in the North Pole.’"

HAH! Smart kid. A genius in the making? :P

Hello, El Dude. When your ideas about reality - like conceptual and non-conceptual consciousnessess existing - cease, Ultimate Reality will be seen. Attachment to ideas, any ideas, no matter how spiritual they may seem, will always generate suffering. However, realizing the Witness-position is a goo...

There's a fine line between Genius & Idiot .....lol I think is both true and false. It is false in the sense that a genius is without ignorance, and hence do not construct ignorance-based concepts. It is true in the sense that when Ultimate Reality is realized, everything looses meaning and sig...

Can one post stuff here? Here's something, Nothing has changed Water from above Can you hear it singing Over forgotten grounds Now, see all anew Fingertips touching this A strange land Nothing has changed Just water from above Oh, I can see Come play in rainlight Boundless love is this And dry leave...

jupiviv wrote:The Totality is not a concept of any kind, neither is A=A, or cause and effect.

If you ever experience suffering in the future, then you'll know the cause will be these attachments.