Cobie

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  1. Thoughts on Cultish Groups

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  2. Thoughts on Cultish Groups

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  3. Enlightenment - what is it?

    Googling ‘amein vs amen’: ÊŸÄ€mÄ«n (Arabic: ŰąÙ…ÙŠÙ†) is the Arabic form of Amen. In Islam, it is used with the same meaning as in Judaism and Christianity.
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  5. Jewish Plurality

    That answers my question. Thank you very much for your extensive reply. Very interesting. I admire your expertise on this stuff. I don’t know. Yes, intended to help the people. I had a quick look at the links. Some of these rules seemed very alien to me, I guess the living religion adjusts them to modern life. Definitely you weren’t joking when you said somewhere Judaism really is no sinecure.
  6. Enlightenment - what is it?

    redundant
  7. Enlightenment - what is it?

    When one has the experience, one knows. The light shines. When one hasn’t experienced it, one doesn’t know. Unfortunately then people tend to start theorising about it, that stops the process towards enlightenment.
  8. Jewish Plurality

    Mozes received the 10 commandments. Are these older than the other 603? Where did the other ones come from?
  9. Jewish Plurality

    That’s a lot! How do the 10 commandments relate to these 631?
  10. Enlightenment - what is it?

    Classical ćżą / 悟 wu4 - self + heart [ćŸ wu2 - first person pronoun / to defend ; 濄/ 濃 xin1 - heart] Modern èŠș悟 jue2 wu4 - consciousness / awareness / Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda) https://dictionary.writtenchinese.com/worddetail/wu/13755/1/2 [èŠș jue2 - (Budd.) enlightenment; 芋 jian4 - see]
  11. Enlightenment - what is it?

    Enlightenment, it’s literal, the light shines.
  12. Everyone post some favorite quotes!

    your expectations are not my obligations
  13. The ultimate goal of Neidan

    I really don’t think “we are all enlightened”, so yes I don’t think so. Not all feelings are worthy of respect, some are worthy of è™›ćżƒ
  14. The ultimate goal of Neidan

    True for me.
  15. The ultimate goal of Neidan

    “道 生 äč‹; ćŸ· 畜 äč‹â€ dĂ o shēng zhÄ« ; dĂ© chĂč zhÄ« (start Ch 51) (imo) Dao created you; virtue raised you.
  16. On esotericism: Why the secracy?

    Why the secrecy? Otherwise you get laughed at.
  17. The ultimate goal of Neidan

    è™›ćżƒ ~> ćŸ·
  18. Try the ‘Esoteric and Occult Discussion’ subforum. Look for one that’s ‘helpful’ but a bit of a ‘demon’. Have fun.
  19. Daoist Meditation

    Hi David. Thanks and a warm hello to you too. Welcome to the forum. Listen to your body. The body knows how to breathe; you don’t. Get out of the way and let your body get on with it. Spontaneous Qi Gong
  20. Very unpopular opinions

    The true sign of enlightenment.
  21. Axioms Against Cognitive Distortion

    
 backed into a corner looking foolish, sooo scared now. 🙄
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    @Apech JFF (just for fun) people clicking on your profile picture, does it hurt your nose?
  23. Very unpopular opinions

    I think that’s politics. I have reported your post. Politics is only allowed in a special subforum, you can request access, here https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/52830-current-events-discussion/?do=findComment&comment=1034434