Without Practice, there is no Buddhism

[Gem]

Originally Posted by sentient

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Castaneda:
'They' say we are all on the autism spectrum, just depending where.
Perhaps this is true …… we are caught in a loop of making the same statements over and over, thinking we are getting somewhere.*

I don't think they say that, but it is diagnosed through behavioral assessments without biological markers which can be positively tested. Basically, it is a subjective category that classifies behavioural traits, and where the 'spectrum' begins is fairly arbitrary...

[sentient]

Originally Posted by Gem

I don't think they say that,

Perhaps it was some other 'theys' then who did.

However - This highly complex question has me at times stumped and rendered speechless:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cf/10...76a78872be.jpg

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[jonesboy]

Originally Posted by Phaelyn

It's amazing how powerful our ideas are. What we carry as an idea can effect everything in our lives even ourselves. An idea can completely change our experience of now. An experience of myself and my experience of someone else.

One "wrong" idea we carry can prevent inner peace for our entire lifetime.

Buddha's enlightenment was really the result of an idea, a realization about ideas.

The Buddha's enlightenment had nothing to do with an idea or anything related to ideas.

If one has ever experienced deep silence one can begin to understand the Snake Chapter.

If not, all you have is ideas about it which can never come close to the truth.

[BigJohn]

Originally Posted by jonesboy

The Buddha's enlightenment had nothing to do with an idea or anything related to ideas.

If one has ever experienced deep silence one can begin to understand the Snake Chapter.

If not, all you have is ideas about it which can never come close to the truth.

Deep silence is....... something everybody should experience.