Then let him do so. He cannot surprise me.

for - definition - love - as the recognition of our shared being - Rupert Spira - question - reconciling Rupert Spira's interpretation of the Eastern definition of "love" with the inherent suffering designed into nature

question - reconciling Rupert Spira's interpretation of the Eastern definition of "love" with the inherent suffering designed into nature - Consider that every individual of every species must eat in order to survive and maintain life, - In other words, suffering is unavoidable in life itself, and exists at every scale of multi-scale competency architecture (Levin) - How do we reconcile this definition of "love" with the suffering inherent in all of life itself? - If we accept that the universal consciousness manifests in ALL living beings, then it is indeed a strange situation because: - reality itself evolved biotic out of abiotic reality and - it did so by creating intrinsic suffering as predators must kill, eat and cause suffering to its prey and - mortality is built into all living organism, bringing about constant innate anxiety to defend against death through innate alertness to and defense against predators

for - complexity - wicked problem - polycrisis - afghanistan Taliban drug war

wicked problem - Taliban drug war - Afghanistan produced 80% of the world's opium for heroin and now it has lauched an aggressive and successful campaign to eradicate opium production - The farmers grow opium because it is a lucrative crop and they can feed their family - It is now illegal to grow opium and the Taliban enforce by monitoring and destroying poppy fields - This is one of the ironies that poor families grow poppy to try to survive, yet are disconnected from the chaos their product causes in other parts of the world

Newport his view that deliberate practice is hard cognitive work and that flow is not at the root of mastery can be perceived as "Why work when you have no enjoyment" Newport stated that this uncomfortable state was neither flow nor suffering.

Dennis Duncan completely misreads this image of Grosseteste and the Pelican which appears in the Lambeth Palace Library's MS 522 of The Castle of love. (for image see: https://hypothes.is/a/RzHLjsz8Ee6dZLOTV5h65Q)

Duncan identifies Grosseteste's pose with his hand raised and his index finger extended as "the classic gesture of the storyteller." In fact, the bishop is pointing directly up at the pelican which sits just on top of the frame of the illuminated scene. This pelican is elevated above and just beyond the scene of the image because it represents, as was common in the time period, the suffering of Christ.

Bestiaries of the age commonly depicted the "pelican in her piety" which was noted by Isidore of Seville in his Etymologies (Book 12, 7:26) from the 7th century, a text which heavily influenced many of these bestiaries. It was also thought at the time that the insatiable and rapacious pelican ate lizards and crocodiles (or lived off of them); as these were associated with snakes and by way of the story of the Garden of Eden the devil, they were also further associated with Christ and driving sin out of the world.

Thus the image is more appropriately read in its original context as Grosseteste giving a sermon about the suffering of Christ who is represented by a pelican floating above the scene being depicted.

see: https://hypothes.is/a/QAc8us24Ee6d1kPcrhQPyw

05:35 consciously pulling out darkness/fear/terror gives more control over it (before doing so, however, you need to be conscious and aware), surrendering to it (not fighting it)

• see zk on bringing out darkness to shine light unto it (4 section)

21:00 joy and optimism in face of suffering

03:40 look through world at a story, maybe not looking through the right story (maybe all you see is suffering, bad lens to view world with)

• see zk on being in darkness, seeing it in the wrong way

58:30 going to colosseum, suffering, as way to become baddest motherfucker

59:30 suffering that brings out the best of people

57:00 accepting misery, pain, in hell week

• see zk on letting emotions flow, etc.

37:00 going to war with self

• see zk notes on self-discovery & finding meaning in darkness

meaningful suffering (if faced, and recovered, cam become an asset to ones life)

• for: bio-buddhism - stress, bio-buddhism, duhkha, question, question - enlightenment and stress, bio-buddhism - suffering, bio-buddhism - enlightenment
• question
  • If enlightenment is defined as the ultimate awareness that penetrates the self-illusion, and therefore subject / object dualism is what brings peace, and the cessation of suffering due to the cessation of seeking, then how does this relate to the idea of goal-seeking, homeostatic efforts to attain a specific setpoint?
    • Do we attain the setpoint by awareness that stops the suffering in a unique way?

suffering as gift when we face it

meaningless suffering as suffering created by trying to avoid pain (which leads to repression, etc.)

09:00 Suffering on journey to consciousness (before it arises)

06:00 observing without when one feels intense suffering (pain body), not denying what one feels

Gut bacteria composition as influencing mind state

Also, causing to feel an inner flame, or feel suffering instead

05:00 consumption as running away from suffering

• knowing how to suffer, allows you to suffer less, having understanding and compassion (see my idea on madness, understanding it, knowing how to be mad)
• we always run away from suffering (like avoiding to face the dragon)
• using technology, like tv, to run away from suffering (see my idea on media controlling attention), also other coping like eating etc.
• embrace and face suffering (facing the dragon), understanding will arise, you become compassionate (that will heal you), because you understand that other people suffer (see idea on not having enemies, understanding others, looking not only at yourself, but others)
• (see above) now you want to help others
• practice of looking into one owns suffering, and then looking at others suffering (thinking of self, then others, see idea)

Pfattheicher, Stefan, Michael Bang Petersen, and Robert Böhm. ‘Information about Herd Immunity and Empathy Promote COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions’, 30 September 2020. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/wzu6k.

This is actually a very good insight that can be applied to the spiritual life.

Draulans, D. (2020, May 8). ‘Finally, a virus got me.’ Scientist who fought Ebola and HIV reflects on facing death from COVID-19. Science | AAAS. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/finally-virus-got-me-scientist-who-fought-ebola-and-hiv-reflects-facing-death-covid-19

Braun, J. von, Zamagni, S., & Sorondo, M. S. (2020). The moment to see the poor. Science, 368(6488), 214–214. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abc2255

"When you limit yourself, sometimes arbitrarily, and play the game, whole new possibilities emerge."

"Being is not possible without limitation. The price you pay for being is limitation and the price for limitation is suffering."

22: Of course, the disciples were not able to walk the way Jesus was heading to. He is confronted with ignorance, naiveness and lack of spiritual insight. What a suffering for him, especially in that critical and tense situation.

22: Of course, the disciples were not able to walk the way Jesus was heading to. He is confronted with ignorance, naiveness and lack of spiritual insight. What a suffering for him.

Evokes media framing and Chouliaraki's work on distant suffering

Participatory-design and community-centered design could be very helpful in this regard but this argument seems overstated.

Evokes concerns about "distant suffering" (see: Chouliaraki, 2008): Who gets to share? What community? Refugees are not homogeneous.

"While this false vision, inspired by Desire, caused many mis-steps and much trouble and suffering, and you gradually lost confidence in your Self -- in Me, the Impersonal One within, --in fact, you forgot Me, so that you did not know where to turn in your helplessness; yet it was only through your thus losing the memory of your Divine estate, and centering all your consciousness in these Earthly conditions, that I could develop your human mind and will, and all your faculties, and provide your human body with the strength and powers that would enable Me to give perfect expression to My Divine Idea on Earth, which eventually must BE"

I can misperceive true inspirations..... yet even this is God supporting me to reach a point so that I am willing to go within and learn what is truly True.