time is a dividend from investment of self in objects. whats the currency? is it attention?

RB stresses importance of a sense of measurement in the proces. analysis is root of dualism and also gives rise to knowing.

Talk to it, whatever ideas it prods ask if you believe to be true. If theres any weight there if one does not apply it. when fear strikes and tells you your partner will leave, ask if you believe it and allow doubt for it to become. That fear is not absolute and the things it tells us actually dont hold weight besides what we give them. Challenge and create doubt for what it proposes and build up the ideas that bring you freedom from it, that quell it.

These tips are from his talk on the inner critic in the playlist unbinding the heart by the way beautiful collection if you havent listened already

You could try labelling it when it arises. This technique is called "noting." It's about labeling whatever's predominant in the mind, moment to moment. The labels are whatever feels most accurate. So, you could sit there and note, like, "seeing touching thinking thinking fear feeling touching thinking fear anger touching sadness fear anger." Take about a second per label. This helps us be present with fear, rather than reacting to it.

You notice that fabrications have no inherent being or identity. In regards to your example, of a song written and played by a musician. If I take the song, but make another musician play it, is it the same song? Seems that way. But we know that the second musician plays it slightly differently, indeed it would be impossible to play it exactly as the original artist. In fact it would be impossible for the original artist to play it exactly the same way as the first time, but that's neither here nor there, let's continue. If we admit that it is the "same" song, that is, it has the same identity, we therefore conclude that the sounds don't have to be the exact same, nor does it have to be the same musician for it to hold the same identity. However, this raises a problem. If we imagine an axis of sameness and differentness relative to the song, at what point along that axis do changes and differences cause it to lose it's identity? Where exactly is the boundary between "this song" and "not this song". Try to find the exact boundaries and "inherent existence" of the song and you will fail to find it. It's identity only exists as an product of the mind. You can also notice that different people will have different ideas on where the boundary is. If I sub out the acoustic guitar for electric, or piano for keyboard, is it still the same song? To one it may, to the other it may not. How can it be both the same song, and not the same song at the same time, that is the true oxymoron here. Clearly it cannot, hence you are forced to conclude that the same song means different things, and hence it cannot have any true stable identity. Honestly just read his book, he goes into this and more in detail and explained in a very clear and lucid manner.

@@gabegabriel9288I appreciate the example

@Pumpychan the words “flowy” or “dependent on the way of looking” work better for me instead of “empty”.

I haven't watched the talk, so excuse me if I get this wrong. Fabricated is =not= a synonym for empty. Let me break the statement you quote down a little further to show my perspective on the connection between fabricated and empty: A thing is fabricated it is made of separate parts. If a thing is made of separate parts then it can and will eventually break down. When a thing breaks down into separate parts it loses its identity. Those parts are not the thing any longer. If a thing can at any time and will eventually lose its identity then it is transitory. It is not permanent. Not permanent = impermanence = emptiness I hope this helps. Peace be with you.

From there we get to what @oanamoanaa is saying, which is that we often fabricate things, create things or more like concepts or ideas by out way of looking at them. We fabricate meaning through our perception.

I think it’s some kind of Pīti that is associated with the development of jhāna. Correct me if I’m wrong.

Sounds like metta to me. Piti is very different in my experience

May he be as happy as it’s possible to be …and all

But also see 52:38

@@AlexV-jh7ul Definitely!

I wonder if he was encouraging noble silence there and if so, such a gentle firm attitude