Maddie

So what exactly is meant by non-dualism?

While I'm not familiar with some of the other things that you mentioned I don't see how dependent origination relates to non-duality?

I noticed here I keep hearing dualism versus non-dualism used in a Buddhist context which is interesting because to my knowledge I have never read of the Buddha discussing this in any of the suttas. I thought this was a Hindu concept.

I think I'm finding that the vast majority of mantras actually let me feel pretty bad and there's a very few that actually do help me but the ones that do help me seem to help a lot.

When you realize you can't control the mind then you can realize the mind is not self and then you realize what needs to be realized. 😌

Meditation isn't silencing the mind. Meditation is knowing the mind.

I would know of no objective way to quantify that.

Yes but all this would do is disprove the scientist hypothesis because one of the characteristics of the scientific method is that it has to be repeatable.

That's definitely interesting but since you use the word experiment and experiment connotates the scientific method I would not say that holds up under the scrutiny of scientific method.

Ok, interesting. How do you determine if your observations reflect objective reality verses a subjective mental interpretation?

Ok interesting, interesting. What do you base this view upon? 🤔

Sometimes it's better that way.

1. What's high? 2. What's mind? 3. What's human?

Amateurs mistake. Everyone knows it's a big ball of cheese. 😊🧀

Yes

It's good that you're paying attention to your body because some advice that's out there which I believe to be poor advice is just to blaze through these things but meditation can actually have very adverse side effects for some people and you should definitely listen to your body.

There's not a specific meditation for this but Buddhist meditation in general can see through the false self that we create.

Yes that can happen. If it does you should back off a bit.

That would be exactly how I describe it as well.

Wow I've never heard anyone use so many words to say absolutely nothing.

Oh where do I sign up? 😏

Maybe not but over the years there have been "sales people" that come through here and they usually have websites to check out and I think people become a bit Jaded.

OMG same! lol *was even on the MMA path at the time.

I think Tibetan Buddhism became more well known and widespread in the West because of the Tibetan diaspora after the invasion.

Just curious, who's definition is this?