Posts by georgia@netzsphaere.xyz
(DIR) Post #B2gvy0jYvecxLJfXhA by georgia@netzsphaere.xyz
2026-01-26T23:04:25.139984Z
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@VD15 bats are friends
(DIR) Post #B2gwOldv92raMEmxjE by georgia@netzsphaere.xyz
2026-01-26T23:09:12.488861Z
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some of this guys ideas are half-baked, and I know half-baked
(DIR) Post #B2gwcsy2i1rv81vt4a by georgia@netzsphaere.xyz
2026-01-26T23:11:47.355590Z
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@VD15
(DIR) Post #B2gxZylemt2uCeJjSS by georgia@netzsphaere.xyz
2026-01-26T23:22:26.527313Z
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huxley calls out Buddhism on the absurdity of some of its doctrines earlier in the book but more or less loudly espouses the idea that mahayanas are more enlightened than yogis/buddhas who dont reincarnate
(DIR) Post #B2gxcbF0iOme6bIShc by georgia@netzsphaere.xyz
2026-01-26T23:22:57.739594Z
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lowkey livetooting this book lol
(DIR) Post #B2gxwu8UAsdkUwvWpE by georgia@netzsphaere.xyz
2026-01-26T23:26:36.898165Z
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imo bodhisattvas have a role to play in Gods lila but they aren't above buddhas and they certainly aren't above God. God is mankinds infinitely compassionate helper, by His grace all are liberated in their time. isnt that enough?
(DIR) Post #B2gy3CW2kdDPEwwqgq by georgia@netzsphaere.xyz
2026-01-26T23:27:15.578372Z
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@Alex sorry for the lack of glossary lol
(DIR) Post #B2gyBnkgBycd2gtZ0C by georgia@netzsphaere.xyz
2026-01-26T23:29:16.125679Z
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@technicallydifficult @lizzie @waypastfuture @sathariel I also feel naughty af when I eat pork but I made like five or six vows not to. yet I recently partook in bushs baked bean :comfyblood:
(DIR) Post #B2gyKGszkwDfiVp7Ls by georgia@netzsphaere.xyz
2026-01-26T23:30:40.561325Z
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@technicallydifficult @lizzie @sathariel @waypastfuture I havent eaten beef in like four years though, that has been consistent
(DIR) Post #B2gyeu8TXJYtEtu2YC by georgia@netzsphaere.xyz
2026-01-26T23:34:33.872469Z
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@lain very true. mahayana Buddhism strikes me as preferring love of neighbor to love of God, but isnt it in the spirit of God that we take care of the least of them?
(DIR) Post #B2gyuKpQZjxSMxLqE4 by georgia@netzsphaere.xyz
2026-01-26T23:37:19.026301Z
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@technicallydifficult @lizzie @waypastfuture @sathariel one of the best things I ever ate was a milanesa beef torta with all sorts of ingenious fixings (devised by me). among the fixings were lime juice, elotes, and salsa along with the usual vegetables and such. @vriska partook in the sammy
(DIR) Post #B2gz9Nzd5lUUWmIfA0 by georgia@netzsphaere.xyz
2026-01-26T23:40:04.118507Z
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@lain my belief about mahayanas is kind of affected by my dislike for the dalai lama. he doesnt strike me as fully enlightened. spiritually evolved sure, he has demonstrated bodhichitta of some degree. but not enlightened. however a lot of tibetan Buddhism is pretty cool, like rainbow body.
(DIR) Post #B2h0f14dwLjMfMI8PY by georgia@netzsphaere.xyz
2026-01-26T23:56:59.023010Z
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I wonder what this could mean, it sounds like sahaja samadhi to me but I'm probably wrong. having put so much faith in atman-as-brahman realization myself as the wannabe unachievable goal of my life it IRRITATES me that he says theres something better??;isnt realizing the Brahman within what leads to knowledge of the immanent AND transcendent God? or is this about nibanna vs samsara, more mahayana stuff? I will enquire further....
(DIR) Post #B2h19jJ03KXQXFeU88 by georgia@netzsphaere.xyz
2026-01-27T00:02:29.173158Z
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what is there more to know "without" than seeing God and yourself in all beings and all beings and God in yourself? is it rigpa? or some sort of experiential identification with energy which comprises prakriti as opposed to consciousness which is purusha? whatever the answer is. I know itll make me annoyed!
(DIR) Post #B2h23tiaWdwx2wP5RA by georgia@netzsphaere.xyz
2026-01-27T00:12:41.422669Z
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those who obtain atman-brahman realization like the kashmir shaivas call everything a play of consciousness. with mahayanas is everything not also a product of the mind? how is one better? isnt it evil to call what is within (the atman. duh) "void"? for it is both being and nonbeing and existence consciousness bliss, beyond knower and known? it feels like these people who describe what is within as a void or a lack of consciousness have obtained only a lesser state that they may call sunyata or what have you.... could Huxley be misunderstanding? the text describes a path beyond duality, is not yoga the very same? I should just keep reading!
(DIR) Post #B2h3RBRksSWQe3CJMG by georgia@netzsphaere.xyz
2026-01-27T00:28:05.500308Z
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so it turns out Huxley just doesnt know what hes talking about and describes two paths to yoga as fundamentally different, without realizing that each path yields both results (knowledge of God within and knowledge of God without). he seems deceived by one path leading to reincarnation and the other to nibanna (allegedly). what I see here is non-preference for pairs of opposites so that they merge into one nondual, or a form of yajna (sacrificing ones will to the divine will)/karma yoga (selfless service). this is yoga!!
(DIR) Post #B2h3kxqd9At6GEGULI by georgia@netzsphaere.xyz
2026-01-27T00:31:41.971081Z
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Huxley also quotes people who are only philosophically similar to yogis and saints, without actually having experienced what they purport to describe, which bothers me
(DIR) Post #B2h41xGaYsKHNfVaUq by georgia@netzsphaere.xyz
2026-01-27T00:34:45.987446Z
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huxley tires me. of course God is in the world! why all the pomp in declaring a way different from realization of God within that isnt actually different, but is understood by all those who find God within? to find God in the world is literally a kind of jnana yoga, no?
(DIR) Post #B2h56GC8EGRfCK2Znc by georgia@netzsphaere.xyz
2026-01-27T00:46:44.989920Z
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huxley thinks I speak french for some reason, lots of frenchisms in this book including whole passages which I will NOT care to translate
(DIR) Post #B2hB8ctZOoARuGrzrU by georgia@netzsphaere.xyz
2026-01-27T01:54:22.821707Z
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@anemone mustache