Had never thought of it this way. Where the tables turn, where we are significant, just like how we are from Earth's point of view. Agree, that is a terrifying thought.
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But I am also coming to a conclusion that we shouldn't really let the scale of universe come in way -- but if we can let it affect things positively, great, no harm.
Reason being: For anything to make sense, it has to have some context (example: these words make sense to you, but not to one who doesn't know English). When we make the context (or space, or time) unfathomably larger, things we have control over lose their meaning, their impact, it literally becomes nonsense? And so we should probably keep it away. Good as a thought exercise & fun, but impractical. Now you can counter-argue saying what's "practical," but that defeats the point :)
There's a nice write up on building a model for the scale of universe: https://ciju.in/posts/a-play-with-universe
And another one on visualizing time and big numbers (not as nice:) ): https://rohitshinde.in/blog/visualizing-universe-time-relati...
We are merely the vessels, and the agents. Information or the accumulated knowledge is the living entity. We are just adding to it, while also passing it down.
We procreate to keep the information alive.
Use reason, different angles, perspectives, whatever the means to shift the negative tone of the self-talk?
I do see that ultimately everything is painted in my mind by my senses and I rely on this painting for my interpretation of the world. If I didn't have senses since birth? I wouldn't have the painting nor any understanding of the world except for, maybe, a sense of hunger and an urge of bodily secretions.
Regardless, the world continues to exist as is.
Where does 1 + 1 = 2 (or math) live? Is it in any way related to us, our experiences, our senses, or evolution? Is it part of objective reality or just some abstract idea?
I agree though, with just our senses, we can never experiences the reality - just as simply we cannot see molecules - but we know they exist? We understand the molecular machinery of the cell, though we cannot see nor experience it.
I think I have experienced this. Also being among people constantly gives you these signals to process, which distract you from the self-talk. These external signals help you hook back into the collective thought?
Basically everything is one. All objects, people, and I. All is one. Would that also be a right description of non-duality?
Btw, thanks! :)
Man, this topic is hard. First off, how do you figure out who you are. What shapes up that? Is it a constant? Maybe we delude ourselves with a wrong image, and then we have these emotions that drive our behaviour, our actions which don't align with that image.
I think simpler is, letting go of the rigid definition of "who you are", not even concern ourselves with defining it. Experiment with many things, and then do what you enjoy doing?
Of course, legal & moral constraints should hold :)
This is not a mind trick either, it's the ultimate truth? There's no me & you. In 150 years, every human being alive today is going to die. We are all going to dissolve into the same thing. So, I can argue that, with time being the difference, you and I are the same!
There's no us vs them. It's just us.
It also fits in line with "doing something for others"[1]. The more we concern ourselves with others, the better we feel. Because we lose ourselves.
I think it also fits in line with if you can get in "flow" states while doing some activity. If it is what you can concern yourself with. The end result is the same - you lose yourself in it, and feel calm.
The comment[2] below raises a good question -- I used to think the same. That happiness is overrated, and we should rather go after suffering. But there's a flaw in that thinking. Suffering is not a necessary condition to do something useful. One can recognise a lack of something, work towards fulfilling a desire, and still be happy.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30787818
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30788318
By the way, could someone please write about these terms? "non-dual self-knowledge", "duality, multiplicity and relativity". I googled but I don't quite understand them.
Did not realize Google shows these many ads!
I think the parent article is interesting, thanks for your contributions. I am not saying that the same should have contained revenue, performance data - just that it would be interesting to see :)
1. How the online ones are doing financially.
2. Which sectors are doing well - what are the trending tools.
Skimmed through PH APIs, don't think this is possible. Courtland's Indie Hackers (they have stripe verified revenue) maybe of help - a quick google resulted in this¹ result
There's also microconf report on SaaS's²
[1] https://www.indiehackers.com/post/indie-hackers-are-making-6...
Here is another perspective: Having children and providing for them is actually a huge contribution to the society. At the end of the day, we want to keep our knowledge (understanding of the universe, etc) afloat. And the only way to do that is by having children and educating them about it.
I think we are all about information. Some information works better for survival of a species than other information. The knowledge that helps better, helps flourish. Bad knowledge dwindles the number of specimen. In effect, better and better information is passed down generations. Different cultures, languages, genders have different perspectives, ways of thinking about different things. More the variety there is, the more possibility is there for new thoughts, and different mental models. And the more the differences, the better are our chances of survival. Men have a different way of thinking about a lot of things than women (consider the choice of games in childhood). And so, I think, having both genders survive is better for our species than just one :)
I was not aware of this being open source.
A quick look-through led to this sample search -- "Movies with Keira Knightley". However, "Keira Knightley movies" fails to give the same instant answer. Any permutations of words "Keira", "Knightley" and "movies" on Google seems to give the list of movies -- which is how the behaviour should be I guess, will probably open an issue/PR :)
*I am referring to concentrated power of the big players here, country-wide firewalls, and bureaucracy towards how/what we use.
Assuming they have such superpowers, they also need the desire to run the world. Hence, this way of concluding that they do not possess such powers does not seem right.