old3bob

or it could be to cover up a bump on the nose? btw, some beauty marks are not that beautiful imo except in the eyes of the beholders...and there no way a guy can cover up a big beer belly but guys get more slack for things like that compared to women.

Maybe you've got a problem saying that just asking about that could be a problem.

some say never say never. (when the world and people are forever changing this and that way )

Note about the quote above: it mentions "individual soul" yet I'd say Brahman or The Self is not a particular individual or soul per major Hindu teachings; it also seems to allude to the idea that illusion or maya manifests from non-illusion or Brahman which is self-contradictory. It makes sense to me when or if schools more or less beat around the bush about a bush that can't really be nailed down intellectually, although that may also have problems if one keeps beating forever and never has resolution. Btw. I'll buy your insight about an incomplete understanding...

On a tangent about judgement; I have to say that to me Master Jesus hit the nail on the head when He said to a gathering that was getting ready to stone a woman to death, "let any among you without sin cast the first stone", and none could.

Apathy is apathy not something high and mighty or deep...

If someone has worked out related types of karma on a subject then it is no longer in them, which does not mean they can't like it and thus fight for dharmic truth... Btw there was a world of hurt that Gandhi (and countless others over the ages) did not like and who thus fought for truth!!

"Advaita Vedanta is a major school of Hindu philosophy (darshan) focusing on non-dualism, positing that the individual soul is identical to the ultimate, formless reality Propounded by Adi Shankara, it teaches that only Brahman is real, while the perceived, diverse world (aka duality, my insert) is a manifestation of illusion maya" from Ai And it sounds to me like some or certain schools related to Buddhism and their interpretation's are along that line.

There is that saying that if there is something you don't like then its a reflection of what's in you, or a problem of yours. Well I don't quite buy that huge generalization, granted it may be true in some cases but not in others... hells bells does your introspective head hurt ?

right, don't know much about it but it looks messy in picture below. Wonder if a earth ear, nose and throat specialist could help this guy?

Thank you Mark, that was finely written and informative! "The fundamental point sits zazen, and what is that other than this consciousness, right here?" Can seem like light years away but is always right under our noses, so to speak...

who is supplying the ectoplasm, and is it organic non-gmo?

not so for some schools...

in non-dualism ok but not in dualism...with some schools in complete denial of dualism which is not my cup of tea.