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		cuspycode on April 15, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Vipassana for Hackers [pdf] What makes "mere hacking" different from true enlightenment? Is it just the perspective of the one who has the experience? As Tim Leary said: The caterpillar cannot understand the butterfly.

sorokod on April 15, 2018 [–]

One is rational and comprehensible, the other one isn't. At least that is how I read "spiritual" and "enlightenment"

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