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That’s spooky, how would you know who I had replied to there? I had removed the quote. Anyway, “Redundant” won’t do then, it’s edited. Your picture reminds me of an idiom: 如鱼得水 ru2 yu2 de2 shui3 - to be like a fish in the water.

Indeed. That’s what Goethe said too, “In der Beschränkung zeigt sich erst der Meister”.

Yes, good point. I’m going to do some editing again.

Have a nice day.

(I just read this online, don’t know if it’s true) Allah gave Islam 1500 years, we are now in their year 1446.

吃苦 chi1 ku3 - eat bitterness; (idiom) to persevere through hardship without complaint, or even to suffer.

lol, I agree. My “consciousness” indeed is “non-dual”; but reality is dual.

Yes, and my inner world I did make non-dual (lifetime’s work); but the outside world is dual (not in my control).

lol. There’s no such thing as “a non-dual beef sandwich” (the bread is not the beef). But you can enjoy it non-dually.

Wow brutal, not everyone on this thread is “non-dual” you know.

Hi DBT. Very impressive credentials! Welcome to the forum.

or of hot stroh 80

That’s great. Enjoy the forum.

This probably doesn’t concern me but I have no idea what this means, so I want to check - am I being accused of something?

Indeed. I think this thread has managed to tick all items on this list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies

Nice one. As you said before (see I listen ), 無為 wu2 wei2 (in the DDJ) means - do not interfere with nature, do not force things to happen. So that’s a much wider meaning which includes ‘being yourself’.

The beany is “woolly”!

Each to his own. I’m no longer going to reply on threads about Buddhism. I wish all Buddhist the best with their practice.

Whatever.

“the laughing Buddha” looks a bit like the profile picture that Daniel had previously.

Sure, like that time the Buddha told the monks to contemplate their lack of beauty and a mass suicide followed by monks disgusted with their own bodies. (sarcasm)

Ah … I usually don’t detect things like that. sarcasm neither, it all passes me by. Maybe your bald head after the haircut will.

Hi Nungali My post was not meant that way. I was expressing my feeling towards the sea lion at the time of posting. I see now how it can be read differently. I’ve removed it. Have a nice evening.

Indeed, as you say, ‘thoughts in the mind’ [internal] are not ‘experience in the world’ [external]. Yes. The 2 quotes together, to me imply you too have a “duality”. No?

Yes. That’s what line 1 of Ch 48 is about. Yes. It’s related to 虛心 in Ch 3.