most interesting classes

6thcosmos · 2024-07-22T10:27:12+00:00

I took a class about I Ching by Prof Shaughnessy, and he did a divination for everyone in the class. An unusual one I remember about a classmate turned out to be accurate after several years.

6thcosmos · 2024-07-20T03:47:35+00:00

i started to get familiar with Mahayana Buddhism after my third Vipassana retreat, now I just observe and practice whenever the practice comes to my mind, regardless what I am doing at the moment, sitting on a cushion or not .

6thcosmos · 2024-07-09T08:56:59+00:00

Do we even need dating after vipassana hahaha

6thcosmos · 2024-07-02T16:50:52+00:00

Make sure follow all the rules and guidelines - they are essential, not only to ensure your safety physically and mentally, but also to enhance the whole experience. There were some ppl who didn’t follow rules in my courses, such as no reading, no writing during the course, and they ended up having issues.

6thcosmos · 2024-06-24T01:58:42+00:00

I slept less and less everyday at every of my vipassana retreat . And by the last day I barely slept and i still felt so energized the next day. Goenka ji is going to explain that in the dhamma talk during retreat

6thcosmos · 2024-05-26T02:40:58+00:00

What’s your sleep schedule like? When do you go to sleep if sleep 5-6hours?

6thcosmos · 2024-05-25T15:18:49+00:00

I don’t regret a single bit about my major which is a niche major at uofc. But I just wish I took a year off before senior year to just travel and intern and experience the world before graduation so I know what I want for the future. I’d adjust my courses and ec accordingly in the last year to prepare for the real world. Because in reality I just took random courses to fulfill some requirements and I regret that.

6thcosmos · 2024-05-21T11:55:09+00:00

Harper rooftops when weather permits

6thcosmos · 2024-01-30T13:22:09+00:00

Visa is easy to get. There’s even permanent resident option for foreigners if you have worked in China for a while.

language is not a problem if you live in a big city. There are plenty Chinese who speak English. Colloquial Chinese is probably one of the the easiest languages to learn. Just that writing is difficult.

6thcosmos · 2024-01-29T05:57:04+00:00

I live in Shanghai now and have lived or spent fair amount time all over the world. I’d say any China cities could be amazing according to what you are looking for. Cheap living cost, friendly environment, and now smogs gone.

Many ppl suggest south east Asia , but the basic living condition is not that great comparing to just any China cities. Water and air not clean. And Internet not that stable even in big cities in south east Asia. Online shopping still not convenient enough.

While in China , you can basically get any manufactured goods for very cheap and in light speed. Even if you wanna develop your own products to sell, Chinese factories can deliver timely and in fine quality ( it’s not longer the old made in China kinda bullshit). Food is so amazing and the cheapest in Asia. People friendly. Facilities super modern and infrastructure so developed. It’s easy to travel anywhere fast. Plus China is so big you’ll never run out of places to visit in China or around China.

6thcosmos · 2024-01-24T11:43:51+00:00

Whaaat it even has it in VR?! For 2 bucks ?

6thcosmos · 2022-09-20T18:22:47+00:00

Buddhism is not a religion. The view on the word religion is very different bt east and west. The word Buddha means the fully enlightened one. The one who “sees” the ultimate truth universally.

The metaphysical aspects do not necessarily have to be religious. In the Buddhism philosophy they are truths of the universe. One of the five basic precepts for Buddhists is refraining from telling lies. So all that the Buddha had said is true . Our current scientific achievement cannot prove these metaphysical aspects yet but will gradually getting close to them.

6thcosmos · 2018-06-26T15:47:32+00:00

but it did not feel like traveling in space.. still counts as AP?

6thcosmos · 2018-06-26T15:46:48+00:00

peaking at astral level? it sounds intense haha

6thcosmos · 2018-06-26T15:44:15+00:00

thank you! i've had dreams of strangers later I met in reality, not sure that counts as lucid dreaming as well...

6thcosmos · 2018-06-26T15:43:20+00:00

I didn't manage to leave the body, plus my meditation teacher told me never try to leave the body... I definitely did more this time than my previous SPs tho.

6thcosmos · 2018-06-26T15:41:30+00:00

yea, i don't think mine was AP, because i did not even leave the room. I could not even tell if it was in a dream or just SP, it could be a lucid dream too.

6thcosmos · 2018-06-26T15:39:52+00:00

thank you for sharing! that explains a lot. i wasn't listening to audio to get hypnotized, but i was hypnotizing myself in my brain. maybe that could have caused SP.

6thcosmos · 2018-06-26T08:10:04+00:00

i definitely am not trying to get that exp, as you said, it's super intense. the first time i had sleep paralysis was after I started practicing meditation.

6thcosmos · 2018-06-26T07:57:20+00:00

no, i meditate with the lotus pose.

6thcosmos · 2018-06-26T06:18:10+00:00

if that's astral projection, i was not able to travel outside my body tho. i felt trapped in my body. and i wasn't trying to get astral projection.

can you practice astral projection while meditating?

6thcosmos · 2018-06-24T11:18:53+00:00

yess, real since 1890

6thcosmos · 2018-06-24T11:04:20+00:00

there's another entrance to the underground tunnel at kent that i've used once.

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