There is no such thing as a car.

The proof for that assertion is here, specifically between minutes 36 and 37.

The thing I call my consciousness or self chooses to nod assent to that assertion and that proof.

Can you therefore label and/or dismiss me as a metaphysical idealist?

Yes, you can; please go ahead, for all the difference it will make.

Likewise, Pluto will still be a planet over here in the far exurbs miles outside the city where the Lowell Observatory rests.

Also, there is no such thing as the Lowell Observatory.

All of this can be true and even, take a breath, Right, and internally consistent, and a fundamental building block of a worldview that I apprehend and in time adopt.

Next we can move on to the question of whether horses exist.

The Horse is Technology | Dharma Talk by Thich Nhat Hanh, 2013.11.10

Listening to the monk, I laughed aloud a few times, and that is rare. It was repeatedly a laughter of recognition.

Once it was when he spoke of how we, how I, use all this watching and listening and consuming of media to try and avoid the feelings of suffering within us.

And then, again, when these actual words came from his mouth:

“… then he can reverse the trend of civilization”.

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For months now, this has been called a book called (workin’ title).

For hours now, there has been a private post.

Those two line traces of fact are converging, and when they do, I don’t know what will happen.

It’s even possible that everything could vanish in the fog of their impact, and why not?

I will though let you know, when the time comes.