I’m not a cynic, and as mentioned don’t have much of an imagination, so such thoughts don’t even cross my mind.
If such thoughts as you have detailed don’t even cross your mind then it would not be possible for you to detail them in a Lemmy post. Evidently such thoughts do cross your mind.
there hasn’t been opportunities to speak to teachers in-person
The important thing is not what opportunities you may or may not have had in the past but whether you seek to create an opportunity in the future, which you clearly do not. In fact you seem very resistant to the idea of speaking to a Buddhist teacher. Which is odd for someone asking questions about Buddhism.
There’s millions of examples of beings attaining enlightenment or partial enlightenment by hearing a teacher rather than speaking to one.
LOL best of luck with that. Take care.
I have visited places in-person, and tried contacting many Buddhist teachers online
I take it that you have visited places in person but not spoken to a Buddhist teacher in person.
my karma is such that it would be irresponsible for me to seek anyone other than an arahant teacher in-person
That seems incredibly conceited, to the point of absurdity. I would suggest for consideration that without speaking to a Buddhist teacher in person, there’s no way for you to gain a good enough understanding of Buddhism to make such a judgement.
Speaking to a Buddhist teacher in person is not the same thing as entering into a student/teacher relationship.
I’ve been unable to find any teacher available that seems suitable for me
Then I would suggest speaking to a Buddhist teacher that seems to you to be unsuitable. In fact, I would suggest speaking to every Buddhist teacher that you can possibly speak to in person, regardless of how you feel about their suitability. After going through that process, it will be possible for you to reason about Buddhism and which teachers may or may not be suitable for you.
Potato, potato
Are you perhaps forgetting the extremely toxic spent fuel rods?
no dirty emissions
Uhhhh…
the UK doesn’t see muslims as subhuman
I want the drugs he’s on
https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/63255/jewish/The-Bible-with-Rashi.htm
Hope one day we will reach real democracy
Are you sure you hope to reach real democracy? Because in a real democracy, you don’t just sit on your ass hoping for things to change.
EA Journalist Murdering 2027, coming soon!
Edit: for those unaware of how brutal Saudi Arabia is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Jamal_Khashoggi#Assassination
I prefer asking online
https://online.utpb.edu/about-us/articles/communication/how-much-of-communication-is-nonverbal/
Language is limited in its expressive ability, especially when it comes to non-physical concepts like the mind. By further limiting yourself to only written language, you are severely hampering your ability to understand Buddhism. You need to speak to a Buddhist teacher in person.
What do you want me to talk to a Buddhist teacher about?
I don’t want you to talk to a Buddhist teacher. I’m making a suggestion for your benefit, not for mine.
What misunderstanding do I have?
Buddhism by the looks of it.
I’d suggest speaking to a Buddhist teacher in person. From your comment I get the distinct feeling that you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the dharma.
it was not about rejecting climate change
“Yes, we know the world’s burning, we just would rather avoid doing anything about it.”
What opportunity could people have that would give rise to a Venus-Project-type utopia?
Doing what exactly?
If you see -13 on a thoughtful post you worked hard on, it makes you feel bad.
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You’re also jumping to conclusions.
“Stop buying products that require you to create an account?”