- You are in a forest and you have a large pet dog and a machete. A bear is getting curious in your camp. After attempting to scare it off with yelling you think it might attack. Do you fight? or do you run? This is the essence of hare Krishna.
- Nobody knows what they are going to do when they wake up. Through depiction we create the life we desire.- Infinite scenarios that must be approached but we know who we are.- The moment one thinks the war is won is the moment it begins.
- Are you sensing a moral dispute or a vibration?- Those who know the past know the future.- The will to power seeks to impress its identity on the world. The self tries to experience the world as itself.
-Lao Tzu was in east Asia talking about balance and duality. Ideas like finding harmony in opposites. Mental purity and meditation are also part of this system. Ancient systems can be a relief from modern ways of thinking and offer other ways to approach things, and all this leads to discovery. Sometimes, ancient systems are not the best ethics in the modern world because they were for a different set of problems. Approaching life with a modern lens gives many opportunities
- Nietzsche talked a lot about people from pagan countries. They would say the god live on the mountain beside us. they are shoulder to shoulder to the gods. They must compete in this world here you could become a god if you are excellent enough. While in Christianity god is all powerful and you are weak. This is countered by jesus who saw the value in humanity and didn't care you if you broke the bonds of slavery. He worshiped these powerful beings like napoleon whom where on a higher intellectual plane that others.
-Learning and the essence of philosophy applies to more than reading books and talking. Natural knowledge can be learned while travelling. Your orientation skills and you know more in social situations. Playing an instrument or driving a car is philosophy. Embrace the will to truth.
-The duality between thinking and meditation gives one the historical east west dual in their brain. If one focuses their self on zazen then they will find calmness and silence. If one is excited by new ideas then to think can be ones superpower.
-Silence is like a library. I don't want to say tike the void but instead a stillness in the world. I have never known the truth in my life. I have a will and a representation. All knowledge is a representation of reality. Have you ever held an absolute truth?Who are you? Are you trying to be an archetype or yourself. Do you see what people think about you? Are you listening to them? Who is your higher being. The easiest path to enlightenment is bhakti yoga.Desire feels good. Flirt with everybody, feel the sexual tension. Gives them something to fantasize about. You are sexy and you don't know it.The difference between eastern and western philosophy is in the west you wish to arrive on a powerful truth. While in the east you wish to reach a mind space where you will recognize the truth.
-You said:if nietzsche were alive today what would he say to me ChatGPT said: ChatGPT If Friedrich Nietzsche were alive today and speaking to you, he might respond to you with his characteristic boldness and challenge you to confront the world in a deeply introspective and unapologetic way. Here’s an imaginative take on what Nietzsche could say, based on his philosophical themes:"You—you, who stand before me today, I would ask: Have you embraced your own will to power? Do you live authentically, or are you still shackled by the values of a decaying society, clinging to herd morality like the others? This modern world—you call it progress? I see a world distracted by trivialities, blind to its own potential. You are surrounded by screens, by hollow talk of virtue and ‘right,’ but where is your inner strength?Look within yourself! What are you creating? Have you dared to go beyond good and evil, to forge your own path, rather than conforming to the mediocrity that surrounds you? I spoke of the Übermensch—the one who transcends, who creates new values, who stands above the crowd. Are you willing to overcome yourself, or are you content to follow the old gods and broken ideals?And what of your suffering? Do you shrink from it, or do you recognize it as a necessary crucible for greatness? This world, so filled with comforts and distractions, seeks to avoid pain at all costs. But I would tell you that only through struggle can you become who you truly are. Will you look suffering in the face and say, as I did, ‘Amor fati’—love your fate? Will you embrace everything life throws at you, even the worst, as a force that shapes your soul?I would not give you easy answers, nor tell you what to believe. I would ask you to question everything, to confront the abyss without fear, and to ask yourself: Who am I becoming?"