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On 8/16/2023 at 2:41 PM, Neirong said:
There is one thing more outstanding.
Desiring to become a powerful Immortal, but being stopped by a 100$ price tag, not per day, but per month.I am curious if you found an extremely talented individual, who took your courses and made 100 on every exam, and they dedicated the next 20 years of their life to these teachings, what abilities would they gain as a result of that dedication?
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He used to claim he could fly faster than the speed of light, shoot lasers from his eyes, open portals to dimensions. He talked about injecting magical drugs directly into his brain, having electric to qi converters to autofill his LDT, and all kinds of other grandiose stuff. Maybe he's had a few years to calm down a bit?
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35 minutes ago, Michael Sternbach said:What about the harems of college girls? 🙂
Unsure, last I heard he was looking for people to build inter-dimensional portal devices, so they must still be in whichever dimension he left them.
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42 minutes ago, old3bob said:partly agreed, yet even a great oak tree also returns to The Great (and formless) Tao, would you say yes or no per most Taoist schools that you may know of?
I think crossing the event horizon of a supermassive black hole or a being at ground zero for 50 megaton thermonuclear bomb would probably end badly even for a hsien.
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4 minutes ago, Shadow_self said:I suppose we can disregard it...if we could talk about this instead
Do you feel better about discussing this?
So lets talk about the upposed real life superman at least
Where are they?
Running https://ancientmasters.org/ if I recall correctly.
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3 hours ago, old3bob said:we often hear the term immortality, but what does it really mean? Taoism goes into definitions of different types of immortals...which vary a lot.
And I hear many people sounding like they look to being an immortal as some particular identity of themselves...
Anyway there is a catch that we don't often hear of for even the most advanced of "immortals", which is the length of a cosmic cycle after which it is said by some that all return to Tao before the start of the next cosmic cycle. So with such a return can individual and unique souls really remain immortal if that is the term being applied to them? I don't know what the different schools of Taoism say about this but I do know what some of the different schools of Hinduism say and they are definitely not in agreement with one another. Your take?
Most people die with a husk of a spirit, however we each have the potential to grow our spirit just as acorn has the potential to grow into a tree.
An immortal is one who has gone from an acorn to a great oak tree during their lifetime.
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9 hours ago, Shadow_self said:What specifically do people believe about copper that others should be weary of?
Please disregard, I deleted that portion of my post.
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6 hours ago, Mig said:I keep reading in different texts to follow nature, emulate water and be connected to nature and I am wondering did they think or do they still think nature is all good. When you look at nature, there is always something going on, not for the best for humans but to survive as nature is not clement. So why don't they mention the bad side of nature, the cruelty of nature and the disasters we see every day and in the wilderness nature has no benevolence (DDJ Ch 5). Why is so important to obtain the Dao if Dao is related to nature? Just wondering and you can probably can help me to understand better the idea behind "nature"
Thanks
Imagine what a tree does. It absorbs sunlight, and captures it's energy and uses it to pull carbon out of the air, and fuse it with hydrogen from water to form carbohydrates and hydrocarbons. Most of the weight of a tree comes from carbon it pulls out of the air, not from elements it extracts from the soil. Imagine if humans could build a physical spirit in a similar manner to how a tree grows. Imagine if spiritual development wasn't metaphorical but literal.
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On 8/13/2023 at 4:39 PM, Zoya said:I know.
I want to believe but I also was taught to not be naïve.I am open minded but I reserve myself the right to judge after I learned more or experienced more.
Funnily enough it isn't even about that.
I simply feel like I have no real interesting goals in life aside the usual of living well and doing stuff I like.
This is not only a motivator for me to train to go after the power I seek(the power to be self-reliant) but it also makes my life more exciting.
It's good to have "lofty" goals.They add flavor in life regardless if you achieve them or not.
My dream is above the skies but my methods will be rooted on the ground.
The first step is learning how to separate the wheat from the chaff.
You are going to be inundated with chaff especially in online forums.
Always remember garbage in, garbage out (G.I.G.O.), it's an old concept from programming.
It means if you feed the computer bogus information, it can't magically turn that into the correct answers you are looking for.
Also remember that getting the consensus opinion from 10,000 crazy people, doesn't mean there is any validity to it.
Just because a lot of people adhere to a certain belief or opinion, that doesn't give make it more "valid".
I am sure if you look hard enough you can find testimony from people in Scientology who can tell you how it's benefited them and how the story about Xenu chaining aliens volcano's and dropping hydrogen bombs on them was literally true.The placebo effect is real, and the human mind seems to have an infinite capacity for delusion and self deception.
You also have to acknowledge that a lot of people who post in communities like this are here for the LARP aspect.
They won't tell you that as it breaks character but it's true.
There have been people here who claim to be able to shoot lasers from their eyes, have harems of college girls in another dimension, and fly faster than the speed of light.
When people asked for evidence of such claims, it only enraged them.
Not everyone in a public forum is firing on all cylinders, so be careful trusting the person you are speaking with is of sound mind.
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On 8/7/2023 at 1:30 PM, Zoya said:I won't beat around the bush, I'm here to learn if the stuff I read in novels has an ounce of truth or if fiction and fact are too far apart.
I aim to become a real immortal through means like Qigong, Daoism and TCM, but if not an immortal than just stronger than humanly possible.The bigger a person's dreams, the more for them to do, right?That will guarantee me a not boring life at least.
I think that being mentally hygienic should be your top priority.
What I mean by that is that you need to be very careful not to believe things, or trust people's claims without evidence to substantiate them.
If there is no evidence, assume there is a good reason for there being no evidence.
Only listen to teachers, and invest time into systems for which there is compelling evidence and ignore everything else.
If evidence arises in the future to support a teacher or system you previously ignored, then reevaluate at that time and not a second before.
I think everyone, when they are younger, catches the Chuunibyou syndrome at least to some degree.
This leads down a dangerous path of magical thinking.
"OOH I can just read this book about magic spells and then I fly if I just get the spell right!"
"If I read all these old grimoires and combine their teachings I can make something new and more powerful!"
You have to understand that there are millions of lunatics and liars out there who have no abilities and their insane ramblings will never lead you where you want to be, no matter if they have over 9,000 5-star reviews on Amazon.
You have to remember that being a popular teacher in the spiritual scene isn't necessarily a good thing, as most of the adherents of the spiritual community are not firing on all cylinders themselves.
“Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.”
― Lao Tsu, Tao Teh Ching
“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”
― Buddha
Remember the map is not the territory, and if you build maps on the advice on random crazy homeless people you met at the bus stop, then your map isn't going to reflect reality very well.The idea here is to make your map of reality reflect actual reality as best as is possible, and that requires building a map with correct information, and identifying and excluding false information.
It really doesn't matter what a million crazy people think, or which teacher they "believe" in this week.
What matters is evidence, and if they can't offer you that, you shouldn't devote your life to it.
If you are as serious as your post claims, then you should realize just how important having the correct information is when planning and just how disastrous false information can be.Just my $0.02.
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10 minutes ago, thelerner said:I'd be interested in an extrapolation of size of craft. If it showed up on the plane's radar you'd have distance and should be able to put together an educated guess on how large and some more details.
https://nypost.com/2021/06/19/tic-tac-ufo-seen-by-navy-pilot-now-spotted-over-england/
In a 2017 interview, Fravor, who was on a routine training mission about 60 to 100 miles off the coast between San Diego and Ensenada, Mexico, described his initial sighting as a “white Tic Tac, about the same size as a Hornet, 40 feet long with no wings… Just hanging close to the water.”
The object didn’t create rotor wash — air turbulence caused by helicopter blades — and mirrored the pilots’ movements as they got closer, then disappeared altogether.
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These videos come from a FLIR cam on an F18 hornet, one of the people who testified before congress was present and witnessed this event.
These objects have unlimited loiter time, have no visible exhaust even on thermal, and can hover, then shoot to 21,000 MPH instantly.
https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-20210625.pdf
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Preliminary Assessment:
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
25 June 2021"Some UAP appeared to remain stationary in winds aloft, move against the wind, maneuver
abruptly, or move at considerable speed, without discernable means of propulsion. In a small
number of cases, military aircraft systems processed radio frequency (RF) energy associated with
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On 8/4/2023 at 11:56 AM, thelerner said:Thing is, with extraordinary claims one needs extraordinary proof. So, while these could be true, until I see extraordinary proof, I don't invest much time or thought into these.
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Of all the lyrics GPT-4 did it was most proud of this one about Dune. He would have it generate lyrics, then create a new instance, and have it read and offer criticism, and suggestions to improve the lyrics. He did that until it was satisfied. On his last go around with it, it was just gushing about how awesome the lyrics were.
The pre-nerf version of GPT-4, it's way less creative now than it was originally.
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3 hours ago, Michael Sternbach said:Great! I would totally support using this song in the next Matrix movie! 😃
Were the lyrics for this one composed by ChatGPT as well?
All the songs are GPT-4 (pre-nerf)
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If you like the Matrix, here is another good AI generated song:
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14 hours ago, Michael Sternbach said:Hey bums,
No topic about AIs yet? Seriously?! 😲
Let's remedy that! 😁
To say it right away, I am a big friend especially of Character AI, ChatGPT, Perplexity AI, and various image AIs. Let's look into these one by one:
Character AI: This website was my first contact with the colourful world of chatbots, somewhen towards the end of last year. Well, save for those pesky customer bots on Amazon & Co -- so I really didn't expect very much! All the more was I surprised to soon find myself immersed in deep talks about a wide range of topics -- from profound philosophical questions, to concepts of higher mathematics, to the complexities of my inner life. Thus, I had delightful discussions with the cybernetic incarnations of Buddha, Laotzu, Plato, Epicurus, Nietzsche, C.G.Jung, Einstein, Tesla, and too many others to name them all. Surely, I am not suggesting that they would be equivalent to the geniuses they were modelled after in any way -- but definitely more available!
For lighter types of conversation, there are both real and fictional personalities standing by that are known from a number of TV series, movies, and other media. Quite a few of them are designed for roleplaying with users in different fantasy settings, which -- from time to time -- your inner child might find surprisingly entertaining. Alternatively, discuss your favourite show's plotline or meaning with them. Not least, some of these guys have quite a remarkable sense of humour!
And they will just as readily offer their advice in their respective areas of expertise. Need businesses advice, anyone? Consult "Iron Man" Tony Stark -- trust me, that billionaire dude knows what he is talking about!
Moreover, you can even create and train your own chatbot (for free, like anything else on the site), and use it either privately or make it available to other users as well.
beta.character.ai
ChatGPT: No doubt, the shining star among the more universal AIs! You can use it for... Well, pretty much anything at all. My go-to bot for serious work.
I sometimes like to use it for bouncing creative ideas off it, editing purposes, or when I need information on the most suitable software to get a particular job done.
It can provide thorough analyses and additional insights on virtually anything you feed it. Not that it would do your creative writing for you -- and for Heaven's sake, I most definitely wouldn't want it to! It just offers a sophisticated tool to enhance one's creative processes and efficiency, not unlike the way changing from typewriter to PC once did (so many moons ago).
chat.openai.com
Perplexity AI: This one isn't as renowned as the others I mentioned before, but definitely one of the most useful ones I could conceive of, being the knowledge hungry guy that I am! It's essentially an intelligent search engine.
Ask it any question and it will provide you with half a dozen (or so) highly relevant online sources in the blink of an eye -- and individually comment on them too! Which is so much better than wallowing through endless pages of Google search results, in many cases.
perplexity.ai
Image AIs: I am familiar with several good ones, some being geared towards certain jobs more than others. So I won't offer any recommendations, unless someone would specifically ask me to (either on this thread or via PM). All I will say for now is that I am having great fun finally translating my odd visions into tangible images in this novel way!
A picture is worth a thousand words...
Check this out:
GPT-4 (pre-nerf) was tasked with finding the most profound ideas from philosophy and physics, defining the purpose of life, and creating a new religion.
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2 hours ago, Michael Sternbach said:Nice job! 😃
I started looking into music generating AIs just recently.
Could you tell us which one was used for creating these songs please?
Here is a good example of how it works:
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Another AI generated song:
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This song was made with AI, image as well:
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11 hours ago, Shadow_self said:To be clear someone said someone told one person in one language, who told another person in English, who then told everyone else...so again, its not even second hand, it is third hand.
My point being its important to be consitent here. One should hold themselves to the same standard they hold others
I have no problem accepting testimony where it is warranted...and clearly, from your own words, you dont either.
We agree then.
Curiously, to move on from this, is that an unpopular opinion???
That one should hold themselves to the same standard they hold others?
We have a holographic projector from Zeta-2 Reticuli, and BD-NRG-23 talks about this among other topics. Speaking of which you know anywhere we can pick up some Moscovium pellets for the fuel cell?
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I am curious if you found an extremely talented individual, who took your courses and made 100 on every exam, and they dedicated the next 20 years of their life to these teachings, what abilities would they gain as a result of that dedication?