9th

There are more than a few buddhist connections. Perhaps you have heard of "self-remembering" as was taught by Gurdjieff? Its one of the fundamental practices at the core of the teaching. And then we have:

Oh yeh? Is that what it is?

Reminds me of the typical practice in 4th way groups where you never refer to yourself as "I..." when talking while you are in group or working with other members. You are supposed to say "This one..." instead. You could say they tend to attract "hall monitor" types.

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90 In one who has gone the full distance, is free from sorrow, is fully released in all respects, has abandoned all bonds: no fever is found. 91 The mindful keep active, don't delight in settling back. They renounce every home, every home, like swans taking off from a lake. 92-93 Not hoarding, having comprehended food, their pasture — emptiness & freedom without sign: their trail, like that of birds through space, can't be traced. Effluents ended, independent of nutriment, their pasture — emptiness & freedom without sign: their trail, like that of birds through space, can't be traced. 94-96 He whose senses are steadied like stallions well-trained by the charioteer, his conceit abandoned, free of effluent, Such: even devas adore him. Like the earth, he doesn't react — cultured, Such, like Indra's pillar, like a lake free of mud. For him — Such — there's no traveling on. Calm is his mind, calm his speech & his deed: one who's released through right knowing, pacified, Such. 97 The man faithless / beyond conviction ungrateful / knowing the Unmade a burglar / who has severed connections who's destroyed his chances / conditions who eats vomit: / has disgorged expectations: the ultimate person. 98 In village or wilds, valley, plateau: that place is delightful where arahants dwell. 99 Delightful wilds where the crowds don't delight, those free from passion delight, for they're not searching for sensual pleasures.

Especially since civilized society is so natural and spontaneous... and all that

someone buy this man a drink

拈華微笑

Who told you that Im searching for an answer?

As you said... if everything always changes, then what?

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“Listen Sariputra, this Body itself is Emptiness and Emptiness itself is this Body. This Body is not other than Emptiness and Emptiness is not other than this Body. The same is true of Feelings, Perceptions, Mental Formations, and Consciousness. “Listen Sariputra, all phenomena bear the mark of Emptiness; their true nature is the nature of no Birth no Death, no Being no Non-being, no Defilement no Purity, no Increasing no Decreasing. “That is why in Emptiness, Body, Feelings, Perceptions, Mental Formations and Consciousness are not separate self entities. The Eighteen Realms of Phenomena which are the six Sense Organs, the six Sense Objects, and the six Consciousnesses are also not separate self entities. The Twelve Links of Interdependent Arising and their Extinction are also not separate self entities. Ill-being, the Causes of Ill-being, the End of Ill-being, the Path, insight and attainment, are also not separate self entities. Whoever can see this no longer needs anything to attain. Bodhisattvas who practice the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore see no more obstacles in their mind, and because there are no more obstacles in their mind, they can overcome all fear, destroy all wrong perceptions and realize Perfect Nirvana. “All Buddhas in the past, present and future by practicing the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore are all capable of attaining Authentic and Perfect Enlightenment. “Therefore Sariputra, it should be known that the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore is a Great Mantra, the most illuminating mantra, the highest mantra, a mantra beyond compare, the True Wisdom that has the power to put an end to all kinds of suffering. Therefore let us proclaim a mantra to praise the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore.

How does your body take the food you eat with your mouth, and turn it into electrical energy... that causes the muscles attached to your skeleton to contract, and causes the endocrine system to create hormonal solutions, and causes the neurons within the corpus callosum to synchronize functions across the hemispheres, and so forth and so on?? Start there, then get back to me once you have mastered the ability to take such electrical energy and transform it back into food.

I catch the pebble It feels like its been around for a hot minute

Yes, well its certainly not for everyone. Thats for sure.