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The brain's magic uses not only misdirection and slight of hand but real-time, revisionist history too. Perception as a mirage is more a reality than a simile. This 16 minute video dissects some of t… (View Post)
(Quote) That agrees with the Upaya sutta: (Quote) But the sutta distinguishes between engaged and disengaged consciousness. Engaged (Quote) Disengaged (Quote) Other suttas in the Khandha Vagga of the… (View Post)
@person, I’m just versed enough to misrepresent Theravaden perspectives. :p I'd agree with a "lack of free will" in that I think the concept of free will should be set aside for that of con… (View Post)
Contemplating the body according to reality contradicts the notions that it is or belongs to the I. Some of it, like movement or respiration, appears subject to direct control, but otherwise happens … (View Post)
@FoibleFull, I have a different take on the meanings of the words. (Quote) In one sense “being aware without judgment” is a redundant way of saying “being aware”. Awareness doesn’t judge; it’s just a… (View Post)