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Lion
Decadent Flower Magnate


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See how they invest all of their effort, their finely-honed meditative focus, their considerable patience, into this "sand castle." They are affirming the value and beauty of human life, living it as an art-form, and celebrating rather than dwelling upon its transience.
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White Beard

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Re: Living with no context [Re: Lion]
#16195083 - 05/07/12 02:20 PM (11 years, 8 months ago) |
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deff
just love everyone



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Re: Living with no context [Re: Lion]
#16195095 - 05/07/12 02:23 PM (11 years, 8 months ago) |
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i think there can be a good balance between dwelling on impermanence and enjoying life. doing only one without the other i think is missing something. after making the sand mandala, the monks sweep it up (i'm sure you know) and throw the sand into an ocean/body of water as a reminder of impermanence. sometimes i find the sadness of seeing the futility of life actually makes life more beautiful and ironically more meaningful. when each act could be your last, each act becomes infused with much significance.
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Small Town Girl


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Quote:
White Beard said: Is it possible to live without context as a human outside of an insane asylum?
The only experience I had that felt anything like having no context was on a very big dose of LSD. I had no memories, just experience. The fact that I was watching something still counts as context though imo.
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White Beard said: When I first started going through my existential melt down 3 years ago, I tried to write down exactly what defined 'me'. I wrote several pages. None of it felt right though. Now I'm down to just 'I am?'
I would guess that is because any line you draw will be arbitrary. None of it felt right, because none of it is right or wrong, just preference.
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White Beard

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Re: Living with no context [Re: deff]
#16195761 - 05/07/12 04:34 PM (11 years, 8 months ago) |
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deff said: i think there can be a good balance between dwelling on impermanence and enjoying life. doing only one without the other i think is missing something. after making the sand mandala, the monks sweep it up (i'm sure you know) and throw the sand into an ocean/body of water as a reminder of impermanence. sometimes i find the sadness of seeing the futility of life actually makes life more beautiful and ironically more meaningful. when each act could be your last, each act becomes infused with much significance.
I was thinking today about how decay reminds me of tears. Tears of the universe perhaps. Now are they tears of sorrow, or tears of joy?
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circastes
Big Questions Small Head


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Find the Reality, you are not you there, no one separate to be lonely. That's my secret - I have hardly any social life, yet I am more confident, more dynamic, more interesting and fun than most people I run into who live 'busy lives'.
But getting out there, even at inopportune times, and trying to be a part of it all is good for you in moderation. Very good. Share the loooovvveee!!!
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circastes
Big Questions Small Head


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Re: Living with no context [Re: circastes]
#16196004 - 05/07/12 05:24 PM (11 years, 8 months ago) |
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PS. so much is just your state of mind, and depending on how you live it could be ALL THERE IS. Certainly dreams, OBEs and general interest are pretty much based on your state of mind, and confused states will give confusing experiences, confusing days.
Sort of seems obvious but wait until you step into the Reality and see the difference...
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NARYA
/WAKE/DREAM/SLEEP/


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Re: Living with no context [Re: circastes]
#16196353 - 05/07/12 06:48 PM (11 years, 8 months ago) |
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"joy, land locked in bodies that dont keep Dumbstruck with the sweetness of being, until we dont be"
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Chronic7
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Quote:
White Beard said: Is it possible to live without context as a human outside of an insane asylum?
Yes, live without 'I', live unattached to your body
Your body has inbuilt context measurements, it naturally senses the dimensions of space (height, width, length), weight, time, etc, these contexts all come naturally to your body, including its relation to other bodies in time & space.
What is your context to your body though? We say 'my body' which implies me + body, so already the context is one of some detachment, the greater this detachemnt the greater you live out of the context of humanity & more of the context of eternal awareness, spirit rather than flesh, and paradoxically this is to truly be human.
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Edited by Chronic7 (05/10/12 04:27 AM)
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