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weird (adj.)
c. 1400,
• "having power to control fate", from wierd (n.), from Old English wyrd "fate, chance, fortune; destiny; the Fates," literally "that which comes,"
• from Proto-Germanic wurthiz (cognates: Old Saxon wurd, Old High German wurt "fate," Old Norse urðr "fate, one of the three Norns"),
• from PIE wert- "to turn, to wind," (cognates: German werden, Old English weorðan "to become"),
• from root wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus).
• For sense development from "turning" to "becoming," compare phrase turn into "become."
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What do you consider to be the most important practice for you within the domain of subjective idealism? And why?
For me, I've been thinking that the best core practice is contemplation on the subjective mental nature of reality (i.e. contemplating and solidifying the perspective of SI itself), deconstructing the material conception of perception and action. I think transforming my abstract cognition of reality benefits me threefold: first, it increases my access to readily available magical power, it increases my access to readily available psychic senses, and it reduces the dependencies that lead to amnesiatic rebirth.
So for me, that's my core practice of SI, I think, with specific practices of magical power, psychic senses, and attaining non-amnesiatic immortality falling in the second tier of priority, all receiving direct benefit from the first priority. Or something like that.
Originally commented by u/AesirAnatman on 2017-11-10 13:37:08 (dplq9yb)
I consider important to intend and reason while knowing that:
From Moment to moment I'm creating the whole of this expirience drawing from the infinite potential of my imagination.
There is no world beyond that which I infere within my own conscience, and no appearance have significance in itself but by my own interpretation.
Therefore I'm the sole responsible for my good.
Originally commented by u/Alshimur on 2017-11-10 23:53:43 (dpm9jv7)
What do you do when you can't decide out of all the possible options what would be good for you next?
Originally commented by u/Scew on 2017-11-14 12:54:44 (dps94do)
Beyond familiarity with the common trajectory and a willing to influence the outcomes I don't know exactly what particular expirience will follow.
However, My reasoning is that no particular event should be judged as good or bad in itself, but there are skillful ways and unskillful ways to participate in any expirience.
For example, between losing an arm or winning a lottery, I prefer to win the lottery and not to lose an arm. However if I lose an arm I will not regard it as a detriment at all, all else remaining the same this event can be interpreted as an opportunity to cultivate mental virtues, also I can learn about how such apparent loss affect my mind and contemplate the possible reasons for such effect, etc...
On the other hand even if I win the lottery, if I fall in negligence and stray from my mental training, there will be no true benefit for myself from acquiring such wealth.
That being said, my purpose while playing with my dream is threefold:
Originally commented by u/Alshimur on 2017-11-14 21:25:30 (dpsrx9x)