@Artona My impression came from how tied to semantics your approach seems to be. The paragraph that gave me the strongest impression of that was: We use words to communicate, but the words are only s… (View Post)

@Artona I think you might be confusing the symbols of reality with reality itself. Limitations of language do not indicate limitations of reality. But, as I implied earlier, I regard one of the benef… (View Post)

Saw this quote and thought of the discussion regarding if Buddhism is a religion or not. "Find the cause of suffering and remove it. Then you can attain peace. Is that religion? No. It's reality… (View Post)

I understand your point of view. Time is precious and I get not wanting to waste it. I need to be more careful with my words. Ultimate reality makes it sound different than everyday reality, but it i… (View Post)

@FinneousPJ Zen and Tao do not rely upon belief. In fact, belief is an impediment to understanding. Briefly, you are born with ordinary consciousness. This consciousness is nondual, there is no barri… (View Post)