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I’m not impressed, to say the least. E.g. (page 88, notes ch 1, #3) re cháng 常/héng 恆 - not even a mention of the taboo on emperors names. Bizarre. ~~~ Also at https://terebess.hu/english/tao/ramsden.pdf

Hi Munfred. Maybe 'grounding' exercises (e.g. long walks) would help? Welcome to the forum.

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Well you know a lot about mixing eastern and western traditions. Certainly a lot more than I do, lol … EFT? Google: China exchange-traded funds. ??? No, that's not it. LBRP? Sounds like Lots of BuRPing. Google: Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram. Oh, ok. So definitely no advice from me. But I just thought I’d tag @Nungali and @Lairg here, as they might be able to help you. Wishing you well. Curiosity killed the cat; “pandemic”, which country do you live in?

Hi yek88. Welcome to the forum.

@ChiDragon the characters (at https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/54461-buddhist-meditations-for-extinguishing-the-self/?do=findComment&comment=1001175 ) are much appreciated, thank you very much.

@iinatti thanks for elucidating, appreciated. Sorry, I had totally misunderstood your Haiku. I agree entirely with what you say in the OP (except of course for the "very shallow and continually evaporating mental faculties"). Have a nice day.

reserve all judgements You do you. I need judgement to protect myself

wow yikes, shock horror Some of these so-called ‘teachings’ are toxic nonsense.

beyond words, maybe yes. Re what iinatti wrote wow yikes, shock horror

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Hi 2u2! Steve Gray was on the forum here @Starjumper Welcome to the forum.

Reminded me of the cycles in Hinduism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_eschatology Yes, I already feel I can no longer express my views. True, we do not know. I decided upon my stance: https://tribune.com.pk/story/2400452/criminals-are-using-chatgpt-to-create-malware

“biological bots” https://now.tufts.edu/2021/03/31/scientists-create-next-generation-living-robots

today’s newspaper, “the psycho chatbot” https://www.tomorrowspapers.co.uk/daily-star-front-page-2023-02-18/

Two security researchers who have exposed vulnerabilities of the ChatGPT : Stanford University's Student Kevin Liu and Technical University of Munich Engineering Student Marvin Von Hagen.

@Kaihe I am sorry this thread did take a nasty turn for you. You had some bad experiences in China, and Amrita Mandala helped you a lot. You have a lot of experience, worth hearing about I think. You read the forum for a long time, what made you finally decide to join? Does the name Kaihe mean something (I hought of 開和 )?

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Thread title, ‘How to become awakened?’ ~~~<>~~~ What is being ‘awakened’? ~~~<>~~~ Imo it definitely would include the ability to go pleasantly through life without insulting everyone that has a different opinion. Imo seeing ‘mandalas’ has nothing to do with it (imo these are merely useless delusions). Imo to be ‘awakened’ is to have reached the core that’s imo common to humanity. Hence such an ‘awakened’ one would be able to teach in terms that anyone can understand. To teach in obscure terms, to me indicates the person is brainwashed in a specific culture and has not as yet achieved any awareness at all. ~~~<>~~~ How to become awakened?’ ~~~<>~~~ Just live your life. Imo the struggles of daily life are the teaching.

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Sad. Ad hominem. The last resort of those without arguments.

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No, there aren’t, definitely not. The most important aspect of Classical Chinese is it’s grammar (Kroll, intro). Only by ignoring this grammar was ambiguity faked.