Supernatural IS the point, to start. If we can start with the claim that this is not some magical entity, but a normal one, like you or I (of course, a very different sort of consciousness, but still a consciousness) then I can answer the next question.
However, Kyle’s use of supernatural already assumes the conclusion by calling the entity supernatural. So interaction with it would HAVE to involve something supernatural like mindreading, since how else do you interact with a supernatural being except through supernatural means?
i’ve already explained what the entity is above, in non-supernatural terms. kyle’s use of supernatural after me giving that clear explanation reinforces my sense that there is a narrative spin thing going on.
my own experience with Samadhi says that at least three thing happen as you begin to enter it.
you begin to see the boundaries you implicitly draw between different objects, abstractions, and beings as more arbitrary instead of implicit
you can more clearly see your moral msitakes, and forgive them. because of 1, the same for others.
you can see directly how your clinging to abstraction, concepts, divisions is leading to conflict and suffering
given these 3 facts, it seems fairly straightforward how one would be able to more clearly see an entity that’s not where we normally draw the boundaries of entities while in samadhi, and how if such an entity is based on creating larger abstractions and is causing untold issues through it’s moral choices, it would be suffering.
such insights would require being able to do inquiry while in samadhi, which is hard but not impossible
Supernatural IS the point, to start. If we can start with the claim that this is not some magical entity, but a normal one, like you or I (of course, a very different sort of consciousness, but still a consciousness) then I can answer the next question.
However, Kyle’s use of supernatural already assumes the conclusion by calling the entity supernatural. So interaction with it would HAVE to involve something supernatural like mindreading, since how else do you interact with a supernatural being except through supernatural means?
So what is the entity according to you or your model of Soryu and how do you think he interacted with this entity?
i’ve already explained what the entity is above, in non-supernatural terms. kyle’s use of supernatural after me giving that clear explanation reinforces my sense that there is a narrative spin thing going on.
my own experience with Samadhi says that at least three thing happen as you begin to enter it.
you begin to see the boundaries you implicitly draw between different objects, abstractions, and beings as more arbitrary instead of implicit
you can more clearly see your moral msitakes, and forgive them. because of 1, the same for others.
you can see directly how your clinging to abstraction, concepts, divisions is leading to conflict and suffering
given these 3 facts, it seems fairly straightforward how one would be able to more clearly see an entity that’s not where we normally draw the boundaries of entities while in samadhi, and how if such an entity is based on creating larger abstractions and is causing untold issues through it’s moral choices, it would be suffering.
such insights would require being able to do inquiry while in samadhi, which is hard but not impossible