Maddie

projecting a bit maybe? lol (since you're posting a response on a public forum and all)

What if one does not believe in God? Or a Universal mind?

who's illuminated mind?

To the mouse that is trying to get the cheese to eat the cat seems evil because the cat is trying to kill it. To the cat the mouse that is trying to steal its owners cheese is evil. Who's truth is THE TRUTH?

who's truth?

So what you're saying is if someone isn't feeling that good about themselves its normal to want to take measures to feel better? I'm sure its a very transformative experience. :-)

Winning and loosing is a very competitive view point. Competition arises from ego. Ego is unenlightened. Why not just become enlightened instead?

of course, of course

^this^ !!!

I'm starting to think he's playing dumb and just trying to be a slick troll.

I have a sincere question that I mean respectfully, but are you on the spectrum for autism? The reason I ask is because the only time I've ever really gotten into a circular argument with somebody that makes up their own term and then insists that it be used is with people that are on the spectrum. I'm just wondering so I would have a better understanding of where you're coming from?

Ok 🙂

Ok 🙂 . Thank you for explaining my experience to me so that I can understand it. 😌 * One of the fun things about being a girl is I get mansplained to now lol.

For the record this is totally still open for questions and answers which I would much rather prefer than having the same guy ask me the same question 15 times until I say fine call it whatever you want lol.

For trans women you can call them that or transgender women and for trans men you can call them that or transgendered men. Or you can just call them women and men.

I just saw this on YouTube

You seem to act like becoming enlightened is a rather cavalier thing to accomplish. Friends asking you how your weekend was and you're like well I really had nothing going on so I became enlightened. I could be wrong but I'm getting the sense that transgenderism makes you uncomfortable and that you're trying to use enlightenment as a way to avoid the topic. Maybe that's just my perspective because that's exactly what I did for years hoping I could spiritual away being trans until I realized that this was a form of control and suppression which is the opposite of enlightenment.

That's actually an offensive word.

Yes I think we are all on the same page

According to the Buddha clinging to identity (the five aggregates) and clinging to existence (12 links of dependent arising) are related to each other and proliferate each other. While not being exactly the same thing, are quite related.

This is on right now

Sometimes I tell my patients (at least the ones I let know) about some of my experiences with transitioning, and meditation, and life in general and many of them tell me "you should write a book" so I decided if I do I'll call it "Trans Zen Dance" lol

So the first thing that popped into my head before I saw the punch line was a huge gushing waterfall like Niagra Falls.... so......

Hey look a squirl ......