Cobie

I think that’s what most people do.

Apophatic theology Hesychasm

I ‘inner knowing’ know it we ‘know’ and smile at each other

incorrect, the Holy Spirit is omnipresent.

imo the mind is part of the body and dies with the body. I am the soul that lives on after death.

imo soul and spirit are synonyms. The word ‘soul’ has Germanic roots; the word ‘spirit has Latin roots. Hence imo French having only the spirit form.

Hi mon, a good day to you too. :-) Welcome to the forum.

it’s not “madness”, for lots of people, true fulfillment is not found in earthly pursuits but in a relationship with God.

it has a dim view on life, e. g. Ecclesiastes 4:3, “But better than both is the one who has never been born, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.” NT also e.g. “For behold, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!'". https://biblehub.com/text/luke/23-29.htm

There’s, just arrived, an Armenian shop in my street. It reminded me of Greece, especially the sweets sold. When I said so to the owner, she got very happy with me.

If the water quality is questionable, it’s boiled to kill bacteria, virus and parasites.

There’s no point arguing with people that do not have the experience.

Ah, a lurcher. Welcome to the forum. @-ꦥꦏ꧀ ꦱꦠꦿꦶꦪꦺꦴ-

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Hi Musashi07. Welcome to the forum. Enjoy.

we’re friends ( John 15-15 https://biblehub.com/text/john/15-15.htm )

That’s not exactly what I see as being ‘one with the Dao’. You’re probably just kidding with us (with all of your posts). I’m going to save my “Sanity” by putting you on ignore.

That’s what I call decline. It’s a trap; easy to go forward, difficult to go back. Like the eel traps that I helped my dad to set out as a kid.

智 (zhi4) the wrong type of ‘knowledge’ (agreeing with society will further your career) 知 (zhi1) the right type of knowledge (helps you to become one with the Dao)

@Nungali only one item left, what did you do with the rest?

It’s nothing to worry about. But you must leave all spiritual practices behind for a while. For now, let daily living be enough in itself, learn to appreciate the mundane. Focus on grounding. Eat healthy. Go for walks in nature, do more exercising. No porn. Try doing voluntary work. Your mind is playing you tricks, do not feed the problem by giving it attention and the problem will disappear. Be well.

What can’t be changed, I let go of (I learned to be in control of my own mind).

Hi Kasper, welcome to the forum.

Forgiveness imo is only allowed after the perpetrator has: (1) fully understood what was wrong about it (2) never wants to do it again and has learned to control it (3) genuinely feels sorry about it and very humbly asks me for my forgiveness. If these 3 conditions are not met, forgiveness is imo not allowed as that would be ‘enabling’.