GENIUS FORUMS

Trevor Salyzyn: I've experienced causelessness. It is a real state of being. Diebert van Rhijn: Not much is worthwhile from the perspective of someone finding his or her life totally meaningless. It is inconsistent to find worth and no meaning at the same time. The life I suggest is something I have...

Losing your identity is one of the most significant things you can do. Sense of self separates us from the world [Update: this is not necessarily so]. Loss of identity restores your body’s natural sensitivity to its environment. This has several effects. It eliminates time, the ego, and autonomy and...

Hi, people. I figure I'll post about some of my favorite topics. Comment as you wish. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Civilization is, in essence, very simple. As an ongoing process, civilization is the increasing of n...

Brokenhead: Not in any way of which I'm aware, no.

Whoever answers that question faithfully automatically has genius.

[Edited: Changed "Anyone who" to "Whoever"]

No offense taken, Sapius. =) I guess the reason it's not manifest to you is that it requires circular thinking (reasoning). That is, finding a thing, reverse engineering it, and next forward engineering to result same original thing. Circular thinking manifests usually when one encounters the limits...

Sapius: Good advice. I've been clear to myself about what "reality" means - that which does not change, or that which is eternal. Even objective realities change when one shifts from being oblivious to them to being aware of them. Ultimately, its change itself that does not change. Hence, ...

brokenhead: Flipping is flipping. It is absolute. It's kinda like a woman dyeing her hair.. purple today, yellow yesterday, blue tomorrow, etc, but she's still kinda weird for doing it every time. sagerage: You may tell me what I can do or not do to not be against you. I'm somewhat willing, dunno if...

All that makes me wonder whether subjectivity is valid and objectivity is identical. That would allow duality and/or non-duality. I thought that reality transcends duality, but it seems now that reality also may be transcended. sagerage: How did you know I've been wondering whether people on TV see ...

Excellent explanation, Jehu. "Not independent" is itself a non-dualistic expression. Although tautological, your explanation is consistent with itself. Here is another example of non-duality. Flip a light-switch and the light comes on - one action, one result. Flip the switch again - same ...

Having sex usually depletes the male body's zinc stores unless they're replenished. What a coincidence.

I did some analogizing and came to the conclusion: Non-duality is what allows two different states to swap with each other. See-saws are non-dual. No joke. Fulcrums manifest the "not" principle of "not two" and the different sides of the see-saws manifest the "two" prin...

Sapius: It is a wonder that you ask that about cats. They are excellent specimens. Although they are superstitious and quasi-mystical, they are conscious. Their brains are less differentiated so their experiences are synesthetic (senses blended together). Synesthesia is a form of non-split conscious...

Hi, folks. The phrases "focusing on the present' and "living in the moment" imply that there may be something other than the present. There is not. Time is just a chemical imbalance. Chemical reactions, including the ones in our bodies, go forwards and next backwards - instantaneously...

Thanks for the comment. I revised the post somewhat. Originally I was referring to the number of combinations of the equation 1 - 1 = 0. There are nine and thus there are nine mathematical aspects to non-duality. That both the list and the equations show about nine perspectives is very striking. The...

Just for enrichment, here are some terms used for non-duality. I didn't realize there were so many. Each term has its own unique perspective. 0) Zero 1) Not-Two 2) One and None 3) Neither this nor that 4) Yin and Yang 5) Absence of absence 6) Not nothing 7) Non-being 8) God 9) Silence There are nine...

Human consciousness evolved so as to be able to distinguish between two of the same thing - today versus yesterday, this meal versus the other meal, this child of mine versus the other, etc. Thus, human ("evolved") consciousness is a combination of splits. The present splits into past or f...

There's a striking parallel between all phenomena: things occur in triplets. For example: yes, no, I don't know; true, false, maybe; inside, outside, on the border; light, darkness, detail. In all cases the first two things consist a dualism and the third thing can be said to be neither the former n...