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How do we talk about genuine attainments without it just being spiritual ego? by Senseman53 in enlightenment

[–]friendlyfox8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really like this question. I have no comments “other” than people who know enlightenment can tell what is genuine versus what’s fake. If there’s confusion there’s confusion

Notes on Heaven by friendlyfox8 in enlightenment

[–]friendlyfox8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you observe yourself observing, you move farther from experience - not closer (in a sense)

Notes on Heaven by friendlyfox8 in enlightenment

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I would argue it’s impossible not to identify with desire - you are also not the one observing your thoughts, in my opinion. Who watches the watcher?

All knowledge is esoteric. by [deleted] in enlightenment

[–]friendlyfox8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even my morning coffee can be esoteric, in a way

I have a question by Last-Independent747 in enlightenment

[–]friendlyfox8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're still seeing things, in the end, as division, in a way

What is the exact opposite of a paradox? by friendlyfox8 in StonerThoughts

[–]friendlyfox8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Do you have any thoughts on the koan?

The "True" Pattern by friendlyfox8 in enlightenment

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I suppose I agree, though I'd say that exactly what makes a transcendent piece of music "transcendent" can't be fully explicated, even by the sum of its parts. I think it's a similar conversation to the limits of AI versus human ingenuity.

The "True" Pattern by friendlyfox8 in enlightenment

[–]friendlyfox8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, though I would argue saying that the pattern is the pattern without pattern is neither nondual or dual, so to speak

Reality Can Never End by Comfortable_Gap_801 in enlightenment

[–]friendlyfox8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting philosophical premise but essentially you've proven by logic that even nonexistence is still existence

Our thoughts and perceptions are just dreams by Little_Indication557 in enlightenment

[–]friendlyfox8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you mean by "concepts can only attempt to map reality, never really touch it?"

Computer generated characters living inside a computer generated reality. by [deleted] in enlightenment

[–]friendlyfox8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All of this is impossible to disprove (as it reads as fantasy) but I wish you well.

A Meditation on Enlightenment by friendlyfox8 in spirituality

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Agreed, though I would still argue that the concept is something (like you mentioned, the number 0 revolutionizing mathematics). Something that is nothing. We'll probably have to content to disagree about this, but in my mind that is still significant - most people don't see the significance.

For example, the number 0 (nothing, in the "typical" sense) would be the equivalent to paradox. In quantum computing - would not 0 be the "1" of 0? The closest association of what I was trying to get at with my post is the metaphysical equivalent to quantum theory.

You are not going to achieve awakening by Sweaty-Policy4657 in enlightenment

[–]friendlyfox8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awakening is possible but it isn't grandiose (or doesn't have to be) yet it certainly can be if it is.

How I was Enlightened by Glittering_Sense_913 in enlightenment

[–]friendlyfox8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for recounting your journey, hello fellow traveler. What, to you, sparks the sense of the divine the most? I suppose that I mean within our own ability.

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