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    Post terrible idea for films

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    escape from watmm

    one of you nutters has got aphex tied up to a yamaha keyboard and the idm government has forced snake plissken to go deep into watmm city to find the twin and fight off glitch urchins, breakcore gangs and robed up boc worshippers 

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    Your pointless thoughts & observations

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    3 hours ago, dingformung said:

    There is an autobiographical self (personhood, narrative of past "this is me, that is not me", "I'm the body, I'm the mind") and there is a self as observer (awareness, being in the now, "this is", "I have a body, I have a mind"), then there is the state of no-self which cannot really be described from the ego perspective using language.

    The language of the ego is based on a subject/object dichotomy, but the state of no-self is not a subject/object dichotomy. It is a fusion. A lack of differentiation, a melting together, and ultimately an experience of oneness.

    Now, as far as losing oneself to something... well, that's the definition of meditation. The core Buddhist practices are designed to help you let go of your ego-based thoughts and to focus on one thing with your senses - whether it be your breath, or a sound, or what have you. That's the way to lose yourself in something - to let go of all other things (including the self), to focus on one thing (the object) with all your senses and emotions. And if that is achieved, then you become one with that object...

    So, yes, meditation can lead to "losing oneself". But also to "finding oneself" - by getting rid of the false self which is based on social constructs and ideas about who we are (we are defined by our jobs, our hobbies, our relationships etc) and finding out who we really are as humans beings (feelings, sensations). You could say that it leads you from being an egocentric person towards being a person who experiences true empathy for others. It helps you see through the illusion of what life is supposed to be like and start living it how it truly is - moment by moment.

    Sorry for writing so much... I do tend to rant when I get started on these topics... but there you have it! : )

    the no self thing is a pretty obvious thing to aknowledge - the headless way is an accessible and easy way to tune into it. and you can just look and notice that there is only the movement and happening of thoughts, feelings, vibes, sensations, senses. but like you say we've all had this imaginary fictional self/duality brainwashed into us.. and that shit just relentlessly flows and babbles along with all of it's drama and bollocks all day and night. even a continuous invisible awareness/witness/experiencer of this is just more passing thought noise - thought is all that there.

    the field of life, energy, nature is our reality - we've never existed outside of it as a separate reality/self.

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    Films Recently Watched

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    trouble in mind. unusual neo-noir with the a bit of a bladerunner world vibe. nice mark isham score as well. good stuff. 7/10

    revolver (73) quality italian crime film with oliver reed. 7/10

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