... weird and lofty attainment, and try to project this incessant "internal narrative" that you suffer from onto other people. That's an observation culled from buddhist talks, both Zen and Theravadan. I don't give a rat's ass what you heard in some talk somewhere. If you want to converse meaningfully with me, then tell me what you think, not what some other twat thought once....

... of experience) survive and are "re-born." I used the non-buddhist term "pivot" deliberately. It appears to me when all of the elements of experience cease, so do the structures of experience. I would expect many Tibetan (at least for the major Bodhisattvas) and many Theravadan buddhists might disagree. -- BS "But I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now."

... an identity for even a moment then I ask for a demonstration of this identity. (In fact, I don't see how you can have a momentary identity without having a permanent unchanging identity. I am not Theravadan, and think the Abhammists were full of shit.) You can see I wouldn't accept any platonic forms, such as perfect circles, or permanent thoughts. I see such as mere ...