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Seer and the seen * 2
    #28269570 - 04/09/23 06:15 AM (9 months, 15 days ago)

On Friday night I had a psychedelic experience with some mushrooms , and one of my experiences of thought happened when I was looking at the floor and was thinking about the tree falling in the woods does it make a sound if nobody is there type of thought, does the universe exist if no one is there to see it? Of course because we grew out of the universe like apples grow off trees

Though something occurred to me was that what I am perceiving was just as much me as me as me I am , that the seer is the seen , no difference whatsoever , what are we just going to exist in some empty black space with nothing to observe,  in other words I realized that everything is perfect and meant to happen

it's just wild and mind-blowing to me that things need other things to arise and exist :spinhalf::matrosjkacup::yinyangtrip:

if that makes any sense , words are really complicated and I can barely say what I comprehended:lol:

Anywho so I googled seer and seen the next morning and found this cool read if anyone is interested , its about samhadi and seer vs seen etc, it's 46 slokas - I've read through some of it I need to finish here are the first few

https://www.scienceandnonduality.com/article/d%E1%B9%9Bg-d%E1%B9%9Bsya-viveka-wisdom-of-the-seer-and-the-seen

1. All objects are perceived by the senses. The senses are, in turn, perceived by the mind. The mind, in turn, is a movement that unfolds in Awareness. Awareness is not perceived by any other structure. It is its own perceiving.


2. The objects perceived by the senses appear to be constantly changing, while the senses, which perceive them, appear to be stable and unchanging.

3. On close inspection, however, the senses are realized to be constantly changing, while the mind, which perceives these changes, appears to be stable and unchanging.

4. Upon close inspection, however, the mind is seen to be constantly changing. The constantly changing mind can be seen due to the unchanging nature of Awareness.

5. Awareness is unchanging and ever-present, while all changing phenomena arise within unchanging awareness.


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54. The true nature of things is to be known personally , through the eyes of clear illumination and not through a sage : what the moon exactly is , is to be known with one's own eyes ; can another make him know it?


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Re: Seer and the seen [Re: connectedcosmos] * 2
    #28269675 - 04/09/23 08:05 AM (9 months, 15 days ago)

Another view is that awareness is a mirror reflecting all that "stuff"

We see it because we are looking at a reflection. Otherwise we wouldn't see it, it would always be projected away.

But instead it's projected into a mirror and then bounced back. We see mind because mind is reflected back.

In this view awareness is just a mirror. Nothing to reflect, nothing reflected. Changing stuff, changing reflection. Like looking into a mirror and seeing your physical reflection and movement we know it's silly to think the reflection is "me" but it's just as silly to say the mirror is "me".

Just another viewpoint in which awareness is not unchanging either but depends on what it reflects


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Re: Seer and the seen [Re: Kickle]
    #28269693 - 04/09/23 08:30 AM (9 months, 14 days ago)

I really like that , reminds me of the iceberg analogy of mind and focus point of the mirror , (subject-object) 

Reflect also implies a bounce or back and forth (dualness) in which there is a "sent" and "received" :yinyang:


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Re: Seer and the seen [Re: connectedcosmos]
    #28269699 - 04/09/23 08:40 AM (9 months, 14 days ago)

Or cause/effect

Cause bounce effect
Boing boing
Effect bounce cause
Boing boing


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Re: Seer and the seen [Re: connectedcosmos] * 1
    #28270786 - 04/10/23 07:28 AM (9 months, 14 days ago)

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On Friday night I had a psychedelic experience with some mushrooms




:chems:

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Though something occurred to me was that what I am perceiving was just as much me as me as me I am , that the seer is the seen , no difference whatsoever , what are we just going to exist in some empty black space with nothing to observe,  in other words I realized that everything is perfect and meant to happen




This is an aspect of the psychedelic experience at large that I particularly enjoy, the plays on perspective and identification.

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it's just wild and mind-blowing to me that things need other things to arise and exist




Still, try and get a bus driver to give you change off a £20 in the morning :rolleyes:

Interdependance or interconnectedness? (dependantcosmos doesn't ring the same :lol:)

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Anywho so I googled seer and seen the next morning and found this cool read if anyone is interested , its about samhadi and seer vs seen etc, it's 46 slokas - I've read through some of it I need to finish here are the first few

https://www.scienceandnonduality.com/article/d%E1%B9%9Bg-d%E1%B9%9Bsya-viveka-wisdom-of-the-seer-and-the-seen






Nice link! My favourite of the slokas:

17. Misperception arises when the mind identifies with its own movement of thought and projects the belief that it is a separate self. The mind believes itself to be a perceiver who is separate from what it perceives. When the mind awakens to this misperception, the belief in being a separate self disappears. What was all along non-existent is re-cognized to be non-existent.

28. True nature is unconditioned, unchanging and unlimited by space, time, name or form. Uninterrupted inquiry upon Awareness, in which every object arises, reveals the unconditioned, unchanging and unlimited nature of Awareness.

34. Awareness is whole and without parts. Statements such as “Thou are That”, “That thou art”, “I am pure Awareness”, “This Self is pure Awareness”, “Pure Awareness is what everything is”, Pure Awareness is unknowable”, and “I am That unknowable”, reflect the truth of nondual Awareness. The notion of being separate, finite and limited is not found in either the descriptions or realization of essential nature.

43-44. The qualities of water such as wetness, fluidity, coldness, sweetness, wave and foam are inherent in water and are not separate from water except as conceptual names and forms. So also Being, Consciousness, Peace and Bliss, which are the natural characteristics of Awareness, appear to be inherent in the so-called separate selves that reside in the waking and dream states.

From the relative standpoint wetness, foam, waves, fluidity, coldness and sweetness appear as separate qualities of water; so, too, do I-selves and objects appear to be separate qualities of Awareness. From the standpoint of Awareness there are no waking or dream selves that are separate from Awareness. The characteristics of a separate self and a separate world are merely superimpositions upon undifferentiated Awareness.

:whoah:

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Re: Seer and the seen [Re: connectedcosmos] * 1
    #28271171 - 04/10/23 01:55 PM (9 months, 13 days ago)

Nice find. About the blackness, it can be an interim, though complete in itself as in the vajra dogen stuff, every thing is. There is looking upon it as in a panoramic screen, and if prepared one can try to go deeper, where it comes in, and is as if dense, substantial, excluding all, profound powerful bliss, the annihilating force. It comes in through the forehead and eyes, and then becomes the body. Then you are Vishnu's body as it were. Sometimes it comes to contact you unexpectedly as does the lighter prana.

The third eye center becoming the body happened earlier though in prana that was not the blackness as such. The absorptions can also lead to the visionary. I haven't been very good at that these days; lacking discipline is the norm, though I wonder if the vision has gone by, but these things can show in the wake and around sleep.


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Re: Seer and the seen [Re: syncro] * 1
    #28271468 - 04/10/23 05:44 PM (9 months, 13 days ago)

I've noticed in states of heavy contemplation I can easily get goosebumps :strokebeard: 

Also a quite intense feeling of love comes through ...

The rider is needed for the bus, no rider no point of busing,  don't get me started on whether or not the bus exists! :megacrankey:  :lol: :heart:


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Re: Seer and the seen [Re: connectedcosmos] * 2
    #28272141 - 04/11/23 01:23 AM (9 months, 13 days ago)

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It comes in through the forehead and eyes, and then becomes the body. Then you are Vishnu's body as it were.





This makes me think of a practise I've been looking into a while, invoking the form of certain beings through a combination of mantras, mudras and meditation/visualisation.
First you chant the mantra of dissolution in your meditation then move onto  invocation of the "Damtsig Sempa" ("commitment being", an interim vessel where you are clearing yourself out for a 'placeholder' of the being, a process of self-identification) before fulling invoking the "Yeshe Sempa" ("Awareness being") who is said to be energetically equivilent to the being/deity you're calling on.

I suppose on a base level it's a way of refining a certain set of attributes in your 'self', balancing attributes, working with Prana, still.
I see it as a localised/specific/lore-rich version of 'Middle Pillar' from Golden Dawn stuff.

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Sometimes it comes to contact you unexpectedly as does the lighter prana.





:awesomenod:
What I assume cosmos is referring to with the love coming through.


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The absorptions can also lead to the visionary. I haven't been very good at that these days; lacking discipline is the norm, though I wonder if the vision has gone by, but these things can show in the wake and around sleep.




As much as I too, have love and awe for visionary experiences, it's funny how so many lessons can be transmitted through various forms of information/means beyond the sense perceptions, yet us monkies are often like
" Yoooo, you wont believe what I SAW!"
Strikes me as funny.

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I've noticed in states of heavy contemplation I can easily get goosebumps :strokebeard: 




Wey, bit of a weird flex... I feel I got Goosebumps without much contemplation at all, maybe R.L Stines work just speaks to me:shrug: :tongue2::lol:

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Also a quite intense feeling of love comes through ...




For sure on the intense love feeling though, would you say you ever get a feeling similar to it in normal, waking life?
I started getting these gratitude swells during certain meditation that used to happen at random in relation to emotional triggers after I started using LSD regularly again.
Feels like a ball of light in the chest that swells up and can be present when I'm "doing the right thing"  A 'fresh baked bread' feeling.

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don't get me started on whether or not the bus exists! :megacrankey:  :lol: :heart:




Mate, you sound JUST like the bus driver :rolleyes: :lol:


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    #28272230 - 04/11/23 04:05 AM (9 months, 13 days ago)

:lol:

awesome info - loving this Yeshe Sempa vocab, Vajrasattva, jñānasattva, samādhisattva. It's interesting how similar this Vajrayana, Tibetan?, tantra, just kind of grabbing at terms, sound to the Hindu versions with which I have more familiarity.


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Re: Seer and the seen [Re: syncro] * 1
    #28272327 - 04/11/23 06:51 AM (9 months, 13 days ago)

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:lol:

awesome info - loving this Yeshe Sempa vocab, Vajrasattva, jñānasattva, samādhisattva. It's interesting how similar this Vajrayana, Tibetan?, tantra, just kind of grabbing at terms, sound to the Hindu versions with which I have more familiarity.




Yep, very similar.

It's like, Tibetan Buddhism is the little brother looking up to how cool Hindu tradtions are and tries to look/act/talk like him.
Big bro just lets him be and eventually Tibetan Buddhism got some of his own style, be we recognise big bros hand-me-downs :lol:


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    #28272784 - 04/11/23 12:18 PM (9 months, 12 days ago)

Something like that :smile:

Unless you believe the Chinese who like to claim nearly all Buddhist traditions originated in China, then you recognize Buddhism comes from India and has all the Indian cultural roots in terminology as a result.

Just like Christianity naturally has deep roots in what predates it - Judaism. And it wouldn't make sense to talk about Christianity without using Hebrew (translated over and over) terms. Some Christians may identify more with the old testament (Torah). Some may think it's outdated. Some may think the causal chain is what helps illuminate the new teachings.


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Re: Seer and the seen [Re: Kickle] * 3
    #28273808 - 04/12/23 01:04 AM (9 months, 12 days ago)

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Something like that :smile:

Unless you believe the Chinese who like to claim nearly all Buddhist traditions originated in China, then you recognize Buddhism comes from India and has all the Indian cultural roots in terminology as a result.




:yesnod:
Plain even to the layman when trying to google spiritual stuff :lol:

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Just like Christianity naturally has deep roots in what predates it - Judaism. And it wouldn't make sense to talk about Christianity without using Hebrew (translated over and over) terms. Some Christians may identify more with the old testament (Torah). Some may think it's outdated.




Spot on assesment mate, and why there's something so rewarding about getting to the source as opposed to relying on/thinking there is only, the translation.

It's that simplicity, power and beauty that drew me to learning Tibetan script but I've fallen right off it lately...

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Some may think the causal chain is what helps illuminate the new teachings.




Sometimes also true!
It's either this, or it ends up as a game of 'telephone' and millenia of fuckery ensues...:lol:

Yet again, I quote the Hermetica: (at least I'm not telling you to watch Soul)

My teachings will seems more obscure
in times to come,
when they are translated
from our Egyptian mother tongue
into that of the Greeks.
Translation will distort much of their meaning.

Expressed in our native language,
the teachings are clear and simple,
for the very sound of and Egyptian word
resonates with the thing signified by it.


All possible measures should be taken
to prevent these holy secret being corrupted
by translation into Greek,
which is an arrogant, feeble, showy language,
unable to contain the cogent force of my words.
The Greek language lacks the power to convince,
and Greek philosophy is nothing but noisy chatter.
Our Egyptian speech is more than talk.
Its utterences are replete with power.


^Hermes Trismegistus, the Hermetica.

Similar to why much of Western magic uses Qabalistic terminology (originating from the Torah) for vibrational words, their message is self contained within their very syllables.
When it comes to English, I've long agreed with Hermes saying:
"which is an arrogant, feeble, showy language,"

I feel our language is built with leisure, entertainment and self aggraindising at the very forefront. If TLDR were a language...

I would have argued once upon a time (lol) that storytelling is the reason for it but as you all probably know, many cultures tell parables in a less overt, yet more concise way.


This leads to an interesting thought on basic spiritual etymology/evolution of spiritual language around:
  • The golden rule
  • Similarities and differences between Hindu and Tibetan teachings
  • The reasons (cultural, social, environmental) for the above


that I hope connectedcosmos (or anyone!) could (I'm sure I've seen you express interst in etymology bro) kick off some interesting conversation about.


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    #28273900 - 04/12/23 04:41 AM (9 months, 12 days ago)

As a Sanskriteer I've been biased against English in those respects, and there is no doubt about the potency and purpose of language that differs greatly, but I have also learned that it can be done with ideas that can be received and used regardless. But I would not do without mantra.


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Re: Seer and the seen [Re: Lithop] * 3
    #28273922 - 04/12/23 05:21 AM (9 months, 12 days ago)

:nerd: well... something I've noticed just off of learning some Spanish in the last year - even Spanish omits so many unnecessary words in a sentence,  mainly based off context and something else I've noticed is some things just don't translate and or are lost in translation (unless that is of me and the coworkers fault)

English is such a ooky wordy language (atleast seemingly to me :lol:)

Most of my etymology knowledge spans English language - something I learned recently of Spanish (which is mainly Latin influenced where English is like maybe 20-30 percent Latin influenced[I'm bad with numbers]) was the word pee - orinar comes from - a Latin word urinor , meaning to dive in or take plunge :lol: which thats the kinda stuff that blows my mind - then you can also see the connection with our word urine

I think our word orange ultimately comes from sanskrit naranj which comes from like the fruit iirc  Our Word candy also stems from sanksrit khanda meaning fragment

Words all need other words to explain them creating a vicious cycle the question remains of how it began:lol:


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    #28273961 - 04/12/23 06:09 AM (9 months, 12 days ago)

Om, I am the alpha and the omega.


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    #28273992 - 04/12/23 06:38 AM (9 months, 12 days ago)

If TLDR were a language...

:rofl:

I hosted a French exchange student and his favorite part of English was the way we can swear. Our swear words are recursive. You can string together as many as you want. Make a whole run on sentence just using curse words. He thought that was really something :lol:



I would have argued once upon a time (lol) that storytelling is the reason for it but as you all probably know, many cultures tell parables in a less overt, yet more concise way.


Funny. I agree but I also think English is inventive. I cannot think of any modern language that has shifted, evolved, and been as creative. Many other languages adopt English words for things they simply did not have words for. This could just be born from recent history in terms of 'Guns, Germs, and Steel'.

So on the one hand I agree it's not overly efficient. It's not refined and well cared for like a bonsai. There's little consideration to what's next, or any potential consequences. It's more like a Chimera that started breeding with a Centaur and it's offspring (the wondrous Chintaura) went and got it on with a Sphynx, and so on. It reminds me of unbridled absorption without restraint or understanding. Have to acknowledge the ugly that appears from such an approach, but there's opportunity in it as well. A tremendous freedom to look at a strange new creation with roots from nearly anywhere.


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Re: Seer and the seen [Re: Kickle] * 3
    #28275302 - 04/13/23 02:22 AM (9 months, 11 days ago)

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As a Sanskriteer I've been biased against English in those respects, and there is no doubt about the potency and purpose of language that differs greatly, but I have also learned that it can be done with ideas that can be received and used regardless. But I would not do without mantra.




:yesnod: What you say on furthering ideas that can be recieved and used regardless definitely shows that often the complexities of language are secondary to context, intent and expression.

Mantra is certainly powerful, not least (for me) because the constituent words aren't steeped in a lifetime of association and distractions from that.



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:nerd: well... something I've noticed just off of learning some Spanish in the last year - even Spanish omits so many unnecessary words in a sentence,  mainly based off context and something else I've noticed is some things just don't translate and or are lost in translation (unless that is of me and the coworkers fault)




Boffin emoji is funny as fuck :lol:

The omission of words based on context, speaks both to efficiency in action and being able to be more creative, with less.
I like the idea.

The lost in translation stuff is interesting to me too since I, and to be honest the people I associate with mostly, say a lot of weird shit.
I wonder how much of it would get left out in translation making it appear EVEN MORE whack :lol:

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English is such a ooky wordy language (atleast seemingly to me :lol:)

Most of my etymology knowledge spans English language - something I learned recently of Spanish (which is mainly Latin influenced where English is like maybe 20-30 percent Latin influenced[I'm bad with numbers]) was the word pee - orinar comes from - a Latin word urinor , meaning to dive in or take plunge :lol: which thats the kinda stuff that blows my mind - then you can also see the connection with our word urine




Cool, what would you say is the weirdest/favourite you've learned in terms of how abstract the origin seems?

Take plunge :rockon:

Interesting, yeah blows my mind too- that shit's like reverse engineering words and is endlessly helpful when it comes to learning new words or trying to work out something with poor context.


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I think our word orange ultimately comes from sanskrit naranj which comes from like the fruit iirc  Our Word candy also stems from sanksrit khanda meaning fragment




Orange origins, cool info. Although naranj looks way cooler IMO.

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Words all need other words to explain them creating a vicious cycle the question remains of how it began:lol:




As syncro already said:



:awesomenod:

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I hosted a French exchange student and his favorite part of English was the way we can swear. Our swear words are recursive. You can string together as many as you want. Make a whole run on sentence just using curse words. He thought that was really something :lol:




It's a good point and weirdly makes me proud.
In the UK, I particularly enjoy reappropriated swearing. Situations where normal swearing has become so passé that you gotta take it on yourself to recycle:
"The bus driver wouldn't give change, the cunt."

:yawn: Yawn, boooring.

"That cunting busdriver wouldn't break a 20!"
DYNAMIC, EXCITING, FRESH!
:lol:

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:lmafo: Haha, good stuff.


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Funny. I agree but I also think English is inventive. I cannot think of any modern language that has shifted, evolved, and been as creative. Many other languages adopt English words for things they simply did not have words for. This could just be born from recent history in terms of 'Guns, Germs, and Steel'.




You're not wrong!
Important to note, my beef with English and its "ooky wordiness" is when it's being used as a descriptive tool OUTSIDE of the expressive arts, poetry, lyrics, storytelling, casual conversation.

But it's also important to remember the original point of language to bind ideas into recognisable/repeatable chunks and some people can say a hundred words without getting to the POINT of what they're tryna say.

Yes, there's a degree of bloat to English but as you say it's creative, it's progressive in a lot of ways and it's constantly blurring the lines between orthodox language, slang etc.

I'll look for a PDF of that "Guns, Germs and Steel", it sounds cool!

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So on the one hand I agree it's not overly efficient. It's not refined and well cared for like a bonsai. There's little consideration to what's next, or any potential consequences. It's more like a Chimera that started breeding with a Centaur and it's offspring (the wondrous Chintaura) went and got it on with a Sphynx, and so on. It reminds me of unbridled absorption without restraint or understanding. Have to acknowledge the ugly that appears from such an approach, but there's opportunity in it as well. A tremendous freedom to look at a strange new creation with roots from nearly anywhere.




The bonsai...
:mindblown:
Fantastic analogy!
There's room in the world for untrained, mighty Oaks as well as finely clipped Bonsai.

The chimera thing too, TBH.

Despite my focus on the "ugly" here, I have to admit that language has long been a valuable ally in my life.
There are few feelings that match that of being deep in an EPIC conversation and even YOU don't really know what you're gonna say next, it's like fucking channeling and something awesome (or dogshit) just comes from somewhere to keep the chat alive.
:magicfingers:




Sorry to end an already long post with a big ass wall of text, but all this (as well as making me want to watch the movie "Arrival") reminded me of my love for nonsense poetry as a child, Spike Milligan and all that, which reminded me of this classic:

Ladies and Gentlemen, skinny and stout,
I’ll tell you a tale I know nothing about;
The Admission is free, so pay at the door,
Now pull up a chair and sit on the floor.

One fine day in the middle of the night,
Two dead boys got up to fight;
Back to back they faced each other,
Drew their swords and shot each other.

A blind man came to watch fair play,
A mute man came to shout “Horray!”
A deaf policeman heard the noise and
Came to stop those two dead boys.

He lived on the corner in the middle of the block,
In a two-story house on a vacant lot;
A man with no legs came walking by,
and kicked the lawman in his thigh.

He crashed through a wall without making a sound,
into a dry creek bed and suddenly drowned;
The long black hearse came to cart him away,
But he ran for his life and is still gone today.

I watched from the corner of the big round table,
The only eyewitness to facts of my fable;
But if you doubt my lies are true,
Just ask the blind man, he saw it too.


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    #28275426 - 04/13/23 05:56 AM (9 months, 11 days ago)

Another version of The Story of the Three Non-existent Princes. :smile: from the Maharamayana

Once upon a time, in a city which did not exist, there lived three princes who were brave and happy. Two of them were unborn, and the third had not yet been conceived...

posted it here earlier


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    #28276208 - 04/13/23 05:16 PM (9 months, 10 days ago)

The evolution from the nature of thought to the nature of language in this thread was interesting.

Here's some language that represents conscious thought: in Rasta culture some words are intentionally changed to represent their truer meaning. For example an under-standing becomes an over-standing because you shouldn't put yourself under anything. I think some of the concepts don't carry well over cultures but some of them carry very well.

One of the very profound changes I agree with that they make is when they address a group.

You and I becomes I and I
Which is synonymous for we
I and I
Means "God" and is a raw linguistic representation of non-dualism (I am my body but I am also the world). So I and I are united in existence, and that describes everything. I like that.

As a child I learned as many words as possible to be articulate, til I realized the vocabulary and context of your listener are much more important. I have been speaking more simply but I feel more emotionally effective when I use a handful of meaningful words.
Perhaps I'm starting to trim my language like your metaphorical bonsai.

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    #28276844 - 04/14/23 05:18 AM (9 months, 10 days ago)

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Another version of the The Story of the Three Non-existent Princes. :smile: from the Maharamayana

Once upon a time, in a city which did not exist, there lived three princes who were brave and happy. Two of them were unborn, and the third had not yet been conceived...

posted it here earlier




Liked that one syncro, cheers!


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The evolution from the nature of thought to the nature of language in this thread was interesting.

Here's some language that represents conscious thought: in Rasta culture some words are intentionally changed to represent their truer meaning. For example an under-standing becomes an over-standing because you shouldn't put yourself under anything. I think some of the concepts don't carry well over cultures but some of them carry very well.




Yeah the over-standing doesn't seem legit for me haha, feels like when Crips won't say the letter B or something :shrug:

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One of the very profound changes I agree with that they make is when they address a group.

You and I becomes I and I
Which is synonymous for we
I and I
Means "God" and is a raw linguistic representation of non-dualism (I am my body but I am also the world). So I and I are united in existence, and that describes everything. I like that.




THIS on the other hand, is fucking supreme :awesomenod: always dug it.

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As a child I learned as many words as possible to be articulate, til I realized the vocabulary and context of your listener are much more important.





Likewise, it's like reading the room eh? You'll know that as a DJ.
May as well make people as comfortable as possible by approaching them on their terms.


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I have been speaking more simply but I feel more emotionally effective when I use a handful of meaningful words.





Spot on.
When you're using bulky/excessive language only for your sense of ego, it shows to others I reckon and reeks.
The goal of conversation, unless otherwise agreed, should be that of direct conveying of the message at hand, IMO.

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Perhaps I'm starting to trim my language like your metaphorical bonsai.



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    #28277018 - 04/14/23 08:30 AM (9 months, 9 days ago)

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I have been speaking more simply but I feel more emotionally effective when I use a handful of meaningful words.





Spot on.
When you're using bulky/excessive language only for your sense of ego, it shows to others I reckon and reeks.
The goal of conversation, unless otherwise agreed, should be that of direct conveying of the message at hand, IMO.




You get it! I used to argue with a roommate about this.

You can reduce your vocabulary even further by using effective body language. Doesn't work so well over the internet, though :tongue:

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    #28277046 - 04/14/23 08:46 AM (9 months, 9 days ago)

The world I "see" in front of me is a production of my Mind, and I only ever live inside my mind. It's not like you can stage a walkout on your own mind.

It's so incredibly obvious now, but it wasn't before.


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    #28277109 - 04/14/23 09:32 AM (9 months, 9 days ago)

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You get it! I used to argue with a roommate about this.

You can reduce your vocabulary even further by using effective body language. Doesn't work so well over the internet, though :tongue:




To me, this evoked a scene in which you were arguing in mono-sylables and grunting like a caveman-type while your roommate wanders round the room postulating the benefits of a varied vocabulary like the fucking smart Gremlin from Gremlins 2 :lol:



And yeah, due to increased social interaction I've been realearning the power of body language and eye contact.
It can be pretty interesting.

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Poses linguistically




:lmafo:

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The world I "see" in front of me is a production of my Mind, and I only ever live inside my mind. It's not like you can stage a walkout on your own mind.





A production of entirely your mind, or a collaboration?

You can't stage a walkout- but you can sure as hell lobby for better working conditions :awesomenod:


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THIS MORNING I FOUND :deepman: whoaaaaah... Smart Gremlin was here all along.


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    #28277128 - 04/14/23 09:43 AM (9 months, 9 days ago)

Some say it as conquering or killing the mind, thinking of Vasistha, but meaning ceasing (undue) movement of thought. I agree though it is not a walkout but an arrival. I've been working on a balance today, like having an inner eye minding the rabble while functioning externally or observing.


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    #28277352 - 04/14/23 12:28 PM (9 months, 9 days ago)

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To me, this evoked a scene in which you were arguing in mono-sylables and grunting like a caveman-type while your roommate wanders round the room postulating the benefits of a varied vocabulary like the fucking smart Gremlin from Gremlins 2 :lol:









:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

You have no idea how accurate
He was a little gremliny guy and this gave me the funniest image

:lol:

For reference here's how off this dude's social skills were: I was going out with a friend for dinner and I invited him. He told my friend that I couldn't go, had her pick him up secretly, and then when he got home he said he took her out on a date. She said that was not her impression so he tried to convince her she had started dating him. Safe to say homie didn't get invited much after that and that gremlin image made me actually cackle
:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Also about a week later he was trying to explain to me why people need to be bullied in middle school. He said the psychological damage is necessary.
:allrightythen:

I wonder if there is a human sense of "I wish everyone else had my flaws so at least I could understand them" because I can relate to that.

I am quite interested in the Nash equilibrium and zero-sum games, which is the idea that (for some games) there is an optimal strategy that should always win in expectation (eventually, over time).
For example there is a poker strategy so effective that you cannot beat it, you can only play it to try to tie anyone else playing it. Life, however, is not a 0 sum game. I wonder if there is a "Nash lifestyle" that nets the most possible positive improvement out of every day. I wonder if taking damage would be part of that strategy or if you would always avoid that. The link between this and my roommate is a thin one but if you research Nash equilibrium I think you'll see what I mean.


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    #28277408 - 04/14/23 01:05 PM (9 months, 9 days ago)

It is funny the path this thread had taken and is taking :lol: makes sense as thought is observed in the form of symbols and symbols can be letters and letters can be formed into words which then are used as a means to convey ideas to interact with the world  :sun:

Tried to look up etymology for boffin as I've never heard the term, it's a mystery iirc something to do with British navy maybe first using it , a British word though:lol:

I don't know really all words have interesting etymology, even first names do ( thats kinda what started my etymological kick ) I think the word person is my favorite because the word person comes from the latin persona - which was what they called the masks worn by actors in a play :awemazing:

Perhaps an etymology thread is in order for the future :strokebeard:

Loved the shrodingers douchebag :awehigh:
Bonsai :awemazing:

Wild similarities of the poem shared by lithop and syncro :mindblown: :heart:

I do ultimately think that everybody interprets language differently and that plays a huge part in one's worldview

I don't know if I like overstanding either , I don't want to stand over anything  , though you can't have an over without an under :yinyang:

So much more to address so little time!

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    #28278335 - 04/15/23 04:23 AM (9 months, 9 days ago)

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It is funny the path this thread had taken and is taking :lol: makes sense as thought is observed in the form of symbols and symbols can be letters and letters can be formed into words which then are used as a means to convey ideas to interact with the world  :sun:




:awesomenod:
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Tried to look up etymology for boffin as I've never heard the term, it's a mystery iirc something to do with British navy maybe first using it , a British word though:lol:




I believe it come from the Latin "boff" (also see boofing) meaning 'to cram in'.

Used in a sentence:

"Look at that philospher man, bet he's boffin them books in his cave!"

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I think the word person is my favorite because the word person comes from the latin persona - which was what they called the masks worn by actors in a play :awemazing:




One of my favourites too. :thumbup:


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Perhaps an etymology thread is in order for the future :strokebeard:





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    #28278438 - 04/15/23 06:08 AM (9 months, 9 days ago)

:mitebecool:

:canthelpbutlaugh:

I have a bunch of screenshots iirc of etymologies , now I wanna know the etymology of etymology-  I think the logy is greek for "study of" :strokebeard:


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    #28278541 - 04/15/23 08:04 AM (9 months, 9 days ago)

I asked the data god - etymon I believe was said as true sense (or original meaning). Study of true sense. :levitate:


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    #28278589 - 04/15/23 08:33 AM (9 months, 8 days ago)

Interesting syncro! The study of the sense of truth :awemazing:

I just found out the etymology of the word "thug"


early 19th century (in thug (sense 2)): from Hindi ṭhag ‘swindler, thief’, based on Sanskrit sthagati ‘he covers or conceals’. thug (sense 1) arose in the mid 19th century.


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    #28278592 - 04/15/23 08:35 AM (9 months, 8 days ago)

Ontology - the study of existence
On means to exist
Or esse in Latin, est = "it exists"
I quite like the "estus flask" in Dark Souls because it is made from a soul and it sort-of translates to "flask full of existence/self"

Epistemology - the study of knowing
My interpretation is "the breadth of things I can rest upon"
Epi - across or over like a measurement, representing the whole thing. In this case the whole of what I know. Stem sort of meaning source/root/base. So what I "know" is a collection of my thoughts that has a firm base (of empirical knowledge I can logically synthesize them from).

Etymology - the study of meaning (of language)
Literally means "the study of the real"
From etumos meaning true
Which is from eteos (objective truth)

Related to, but different from ethos (personal truth, character)


Tautology is a fun one too (auto-logy).

A note on classic tautology ("deja Vu all over again for the umpteenth time). I believe that stating the same baseline multiple ways is not always redundant, in fact it illuminates the many angles and contexts from which we derive meaning. Even repeating the same exact word can add meaning. For example drawing a "square" is theoretically the same as a "square square" but if I were to repeat the word in a story you would understand that I had perceived this particular even-sided rectangle as extra right angular. Similarly I can say blue blue or "no I mean it was BIG big". Arguably "big big" means more than "large". The universe exists, then it exists again, then again, and each moment is given additional meaning by the context.

To extend that: you are yourself and you will never be anything else but you can iterate without changing and become "yourself's yourself"
A child born named "Eve" has reached her full potential when she has become "Eve's Eve"
:pointmade:

Definitely down for an etymology thread. I also think it's fascinating how slurs and insults form. The origins of words like God, Yahweh (YHWH), Shang-Di (Di) etc are always good too

Looking forward to more words

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    #28297358 - 04/27/23 09:25 AM (8 months, 27 days ago)

I was considering the teaching that the world appearance and movement of thought together cease. Ceasing movement of thought can seem overwhelming with constant impression and reflex occurring, so I thought just to reduce it to words, no talking within, no words.

The fruit was very good. I was convincing myself that the body, concreteness is due to words, lack of which is release. Then I thought of animals, apparently bound as we are - how do they think? They must suffer far less, I thought, when they don't have constant language going on inside. But they still are caught incarnate. They must think in pictures, enough to convince them they are their bodies, challenging the thought that words are key.

In the esoterism of words, the sea, the matrika, matrix, and numbers, the 7 the cube unfolded is the cross of the human body on which is constantly crucified the Logos. (The Secret Doctrine) Bodily, separate identification 'kills' the divine awareness in us, yet in the matrika, the Sanskrit alphabet for example, is also liberation.


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    #28298432 - 04/28/23 06:04 AM (8 months, 27 days ago)

I just realized I never responded back to this thread thread :wink::facepalm:

Very cool post herbstation :nerd::awesomenod:

Interesting syncro:strokebeard:
How do animals think ? Do they have language? Are we animals?  I like to think that all animals think they are human

I was re-reading some of atma bodha this morning and it reminded me of your post, and language speech etc



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    #28298782 - 04/28/23 10:49 AM (8 months, 26 days ago)

I don't think I've seen it so plainly stated from Vedanta what ACIM as well drives, and I think I saw it elsewhere recently, that effect is one with cause, no delay. In the world of bodily sense it is not apparent. In mind, that held as what we are, effects are immediate with causes, being accepted immediate with acceptance.

Considering more in Vasistha terms, the world appearance is said to be neither real nor unreal, not unreal because it is dependent on consciousness, not real because all is that. The contemplation can serve to 'return' consciousness to matter, or that all is energy. Subduing movement of thought does the same; removing concreteness within removes it without showing the world's nature, perception, is inner reflection.


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    #28299838 - 04/29/23 09:44 AM (8 months, 25 days ago)

I noticed the appendix with hymns and stanzas.

A CUDGEL FOR DELUSION

Renounce, O fool, your ceaseless thirst
For hoarding gold and precious gems;
Content yourself with what may come
Through deeds performed in earlier lives1;
Devote your mind to righteousness
And let dispassion be your law.

Remember, riches but bring grief;
Truly, no joy abides in them.
A rich man even fears his son:
This is his portion everywhere.
Who is your wife? And who your child?
Strange indeed is this mortal world!

Who are you? And who is your own?
Where is the region whence you come?
Brother, ponder on these things.

Boast not of youth of friends or wealth;
Swifter than eyes can wink, by Time
Each one of these is stolen away*
Abjure the illusion of the world
And join yourself to timeless Truth.

Give up the curse of lust and wrath;
Give up delusion, give up greed;
Remember who you really are.
Fools are they that are blind to Self:
Cast into hell, they suffer there.+

Make of a temple or tree your home,
Clothe yourself in the skin of a deer.
And use the bare earth for your bed.
Avoiding gifts and sense delights,
Could any fail to be content,
Blest with dispassion such as this?

Be not attached to friend or foe,
To son or kinsman, peace or war;
If you aspire to Vishnu's realm,
Look upon all things equally.

Vishnu alone it is who dwells
In you, in me, in everything;
Empty of meaning is your wrath,
And the impatience you reveal.
Seeing yourself in everyone,
Have done with all diversity.

Control the self, restrain the breath,
Sift out the transient from the True,
Repeat the holy name of God,
And still the restless mind within.

To this, the universal rule,
Apply yourself with heart and soul.

Uncertain is the life of man
As rain-drops on a lotus leaf;
The whole of humankind is prey
To grief and ego and disease:
Remember this unfailingly.

Why do all things distress your mind?
Has reason quite abandoned you?
Have you no guide to hold you firm,
Instructing you of life and death?

Cherish your guru's lotus feet
And free yourself without delay
From the enslavement of this world;
Curb your senses and your mind
And see the Lord within your heart.

These dozen stanzas I have penned
To spur my pupils on their way;
Unless pangs surpass the pangs of hell.


1 The results of actions done in previous lives are reaped without much effort. A man's heart and soul should be devoted to contemplation of God and not to accumulating of worldly profit.

My comments:

* "Each one of these is stolen away."
I take this also with that it is incorrect to believe we lose what we love, that nothing is lost that is given even if reinterpreted where only that entirely unuseful is disregarded, and that all things in remembrance are eternal.

+ "Cast into hell, they suffer there."
I don't think it's necessary to let this be fearful, as in one hell that is the worst, or that all are horrid. Broadly, the realms are of various levels, the higher of which are like children attending school, these with helpful guides, etc. Gathering from various sources, I like to think this.

In Hinduism the realm below this one is about pleasure, the one below that is about materialism. The caveat is that we must then take another earthly birth.

In Spiritism, which I take is the flavor of Gone West, the lower realms are about learning and deciding where a sincere change of mind is an opening to ascend. Btw I found a lead to continue the material in the Nosso Lar, Astral City series by Francisco Xavier, maybe subject matter for the After Death thread. Just found - I think a main one on Spiritism is The Spirits' Book by Allan Kardec.
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    #28310076 - 05/07/23 09:43 AM (8 months, 17 days ago)

The One is not just an intellectual concept but something that can be experienced, an experience where one goes beyond all multiplicity.

Plotinus writes, "We ought not even to say that he will see, but he will be that which he sees, if indeed it is possible any longer to distinguish between seer and seen, and not boldly to affirm that the two are one."

That was from ~250 AD. Somehow, nearly two centuries later, we are still in awe about the same thing.

Why is this not more talked about?


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    #28310089 - 05/07/23 10:12 AM (8 months, 17 days ago)

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Why is this not more talked about?




Capitalism works better if you can put a division between yourself and your slaves employees. The more separated you are from your victims customers the better as well.

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    #28316120 - 05/11/23 05:18 PM (8 months, 13 days ago)

I was meditating in the shower today and focusing on breathing, and I started wondering at what point is the air coming into me , become a part of me? And it was funny because then I had for abut a glimpse of a second caught what I would explain as union with the source

I realized it maybe has to do with identification  , and whatever you want to identify with you could use to answer that question, (subjectively essentially) of when the air becomes "me"

It had reminded me of when I was around the age of 20 a buddy at work had asked me "when you take a drink of water at what point does the water become "you" (or maybe a part of you I can't remember exactly)


:lol:


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54. The true nature of things is to be known personally , through the eyes of clear illumination and not through a sage : what the moon exactly is , is to be known with one's own eyes ; can another make him know it?


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    #28316402 - 05/11/23 08:59 PM (8 months, 13 days ago)

Those moments. :awemazing:

I had one not long ago, in a down rhythm I'm searching for the doorway, and in an instant I'm at the single eye and in access to the clear ananda (bliss), and the face of a teacher, sharing joy in the remembrance.


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