GENIUS FORUMS

The hijacking and ongoing nonsense of this thread reminds me of the cacophony of crows I hear in the morning in a tree behind my house. Goes to show you what happens when you tell a bunch of girls that logic makes them manly.

One's TRUE NATURE must, necessarily, be present at all times and all places under all circumstances. Why must one give up items to realize what is already the case? These are ego games of gain. You win by losing in this game. Similar to the Christian game - you win by losing. These are INVESTMENT SC...

I agree with you Ankit. What is going on here is some sort of intellectual masturbation in the form of: "I am without delusions." Computers are actually superior at logic, but they will never be enlightened. They can also conceptualize in mathematical dimensions that are beyond human being...

The electricity isn't invisible. It is perfectly detectable by our instruments and is clearly a manifested phenomenon. Similarly, consciousness is also a manifested phenomenon and detectable by anyone who looks at it. If it wasn't a manifested phenomenon, we wouldn't be able to talk about it. It wo...

Consciousness is never itself manifest. The signs and effects of consciousness are manifest. The brain's use of consciousness is manifest. It is like the heat in an electrical wire. The heat is manifest, but the electricity is invisible. All of the physical, mental and psychological effects of consc...

But you reckon there are two distinct Taos, don't you - one that comprises the world and another that comprises a hidden realm beyond. Is that two basic natures you have there, or just one? I consider the Tao to be all that is manifest and all that is hidden - even beyond detection by any means. It...

There is always the Tao which is empty and one who notices this.

I say that you have it backwards. One will not look into self when one is happy in the dream world. It is natural to ignore the self for many many lives. But all living over time becomes intolerable pain. This is why you never have to hate the rich and popular. All living, over many lives, becomes i...

I use the word 'realized' or 'realization.' To a self realized man, everyone is wearing a watch wondering around asking what time it is. Every now and then a person REALIZES he is wearing a watch, but they all ought to know the time. 'Enlightenment' sounds pretentious. It is misdirection, the posses...

You are correct Sky. Give this man a cigar. To an enlightened man, all other beings he sees are already enlightened. His teaching is this: "You are already enlightened, why don't you notice it?" When Buddha became enlightened, he fulfilled his vow because with his own enlightenment all bei...

In this profound stillness how can desires come forward? When desires can no longer come forward, there is essential and unchanging stillness. Truth is essentially unchanging. All things in The Universe and in our world are in essence unchanging. The unfolding of a person's mind leads them to this ...

I know how people think. When they look out at the world they see individuals exercising their free will and following their interests...... That is not how it looks to me at all. When I look out and see music and every manner of talent.....for instance, tonight I was watching a concert by Usher - t...

I remember one of the conversations I had with my female lover/tantic guru before I became enlightened. Now, I never understood what is going on here at this forum because I come from the mystical tradition and claim that enlightenment is working underground in the subterranean subconscious mind - o...

From Ankit: Some questions remain 1)Do the enlightened see themselves as separate from the mind, or is the perception of consciousness for them an artifact of the mind, as most scientists seem to insist? In other words is the consciousness primary and the mind secondary or vice versa? I will offer y...

Of course ignorance is bliss. Homer is much happier than Lisa who has very sad eyes. She is intelligent. Much of my life I have actually PRAYED to be as stupid as those around me who believe things like Osama Ben Ladin organized the 911 attack on the World Trade Center. Anyone with half a brain can ...

Some of those teachers mentioned in the first post such as Sai Baba, Osho and La Di Da (what I call him, hard to keep track of all his divine names - started out at 'Free John') - are impeccable geniuses. Here I use the word 'genius' differently than it is used at this site. Whether they are con men...

That is right out of a page of the Nazi playbook, but he is correct. If any race or nation became actually convinced that their genetic survival and excellence was the new religion - that group would be superior in every way in about ten generations. Mormons, blacks and Jews have a form of this. Mor...

Yes, I don't have a mind to transcend. I never transcended anything.

Once an object is defined, then it's properties appear both relative and distinct Yes, I have no idea what I am. I stopped being a person a while back. Now I have no idea who I am or what I am. Since then I don't seem to have an age. I am more like a child who never thinks of age or thinks he will ...

I don't know if you see it this way, but I can't tell if I am older than a child or younger than the Pope. I don't understand 'age.' What do they mean? Everyone's age is 'now.' Isn't that obvious?

what happened to MY bliss?

I have no idea what you people are talking about. It sounds like the flowery stuff at the Ananda New Age book store. You think you are going to think your way into enlightenment, but enlightenment does not take thinking at all - it is pure realization. Sap, you seem young to me. Sort of like a Mormo...

What is with all the words? You know all this chattiness is girly, right? If you haven't experienced yourself literally as Brahman - the only person, or as Aja - the unborn, or see everything and all creatures (the Tao) literally as yourself - and also nothing as yourself, you don't have the faintes...

PT, I would encourage you to leave this sort of talk alone. If you have had psychological problems, philosophy is destabilizing and potentially dangerous. Stay comfortable in your skin by surrounding yourself with a good friend or two and hobbies that you enjoy. Stay grounded. Laugh. Have fun. Be no...

The answer to everything of deep cosmic import is: 'yes and no.' And so, the answer to some of the questions that are discussed here are as follows:

Is there a self? Yes and no.

Is there free will? Yes and no.

Is there a god? Yes and no.

Is the world real? Yes and no.

etc.