GENIUS FORUMS

I think Jiddu Krishnamurti’s work should be read by every lover of truth, after I read Jiddu Krishnamurti, it set the bar incredibly high in terms of the caliber of literature I read afterwards. To my mind, the simplicity and concise nature of K’s words makes the writing of Soren Kierkegaard and...

An interesting discussion arose between Cato and I in worldly matters as to whether or not civilization is a disease. I thought it was genius forum worthy so I’m expanding the critique and moving the discussion here. Here are the following arguments I have constructed as to why western civilizatio...

Steven wrote: I've finally secured myself in my understanding. This can be tricky business. One should always be open to the fact of being incorrect in understanding. Remember the human brain is inches away from the monkey brain and the reptilian brain for that matter. Cato wrote: Are you positing t...

Stephen wrote: Just writing some thoughts, forlorn guide. Simple enough? You wanna twist into Cory, now? Please. These are just helpful hints, do not forget that I’m still working on myself as well and I have fallen in the same pitfalls as you so this is not a personal attack, We are both in the s...

Stephen wrote: The nuclear family, in a nuclear age, has compromised our sense of togetherness congruency: shifting our focus away from the family, and onto the family as effect, as opposed to the family as cause. The wheel of causality is halted, because the line traced to the familiar inevitably r...

Cato wrote: This was some of the funniest, most self-delusional crap I have read in a loooong time. Thanks for the amusement, youngster. One day, though, you will be standing in the wreckage of your life wondering where it all went awry. But, I wish you the best. I really do. It's such a bummer to d...

Faizi wrote: I think you need to break free from your parents. Life is easy when you are given shelter. Why should I leave home and enslave myself to a corrupt civilization when my father is already enslaved, why not leech off the enslaved instead of becoming a slave myself? Faizi wrote: Life outsid...

Lost P wrote: The emotions need to be understood for what they are. We are just going around in cycles. Suppose I am attached to deriving ecstasy through a variety of different means. To be free from it, I must recognize the fact that I am attached and in this sense it is a foe. I must freely observ...

Lost Prophet wrote:

Ecstasy is an emotion like any other. Not inherently friend or foe, but can take on the appearance of either.

Yes, but if a seeker of truth is addicted to deriving ecstasy through different means that it is very well is a foe and needs to be treated as one.

Faizi wrote: You cannot make your own decisions as long as you are in the roost. I cannot take you seriously. You are a child. You need to pay for your own blueberries. Woah there little girl, you are making some harsh conclusions here. Just because I live with my parents doesn’t mean that I am a ...

Faizi wrote: Most of the "drugs" in our closet could be eliminated if people ate right and excercised moderately – I haven’t taken drugs in years. Even if I have pain, my parents will try to force aspirin on me, but I won’t take it. I’d rather suffer it out. Faizi wrote: Drug compa...

Scientifically speaking when one hears a beautiful piece of music, sometimes this can ignite bursts of Ecstasy. This usually happens in songs that are able to reach the high notes and stay there. And I've heard of people that are able to induce ecstasy simply by thinking about weird occurrences in t...

Avidaloca wrote: The sage eats whatever is placed in his bowl when he begs for food, as long as that item appears edible. If it is poisoned, he falls sick and dies. This philosophy would work back in Diogene’s day, but nowadays there are a multiple of bad foods one needs to stay away from. The sag...

Faizi wrote: But diet has nothing much to do with wisdom Are you sure? Faizi wrote: I see plenty of overweight and obese people in their eighties I’m not all that concerned with living long, I’m more concerned with having a body that isn’t craving for gratifying foods while I’m alive. I want...

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Scott wrote: Do you have a lot of mental clarity when you cut out carbs completely? I didn’t say completely, what I’m saying is that I eat too much carb-rich foods and the result is that the body feels sluggish, cutting it out completely would be irrational. Scott wrote: What do you know about f...

Scott wrote: Normal is a good indicator of a good diet. I would suggest listening to the body is a better indicator, this seems to be a full proof method in determining whether of not ones diet is out of balance. this is why I suggested I eat too many carb-riched foods because the body slows down, i...

MKFaizi wrote: Low fat, low cholesterol diet. Low carbs. Good protein. Drink a ton of water and eat raw vegetables and fruits in large quantities. Eat red meat in low moderation. Do not eat bread or pasta. Eat some fish and chicken -- if you can get organic -- REALLY ORGANIC -- meat or chicken. Eat ...

Jason wrote: This type of scientific-like causation is uncertain. It's not possible to prove that this domino effect actually occurs, it's not possible to know with absolute certainty that cause 1 creates effect 2, it's not possible to know for certain that flicking the light switch causes the light...

Warning: Another one of CP's vulgar jokes. If you have a weakness to curse words and feminine men, please do not read on. Go back to reading the deeper threads where you're pure innocent mind is safe. Some dude in a rusty pickup truck pulls up to the drive thru window at a local fast food restaurant...

I’m a skeptical of the psychological motive behind the statement: “I know I’m everything” it seems rather silly and irrational to my mind. Seems like an ego using the imagination see derive self-esteem. sshaula wrote: Saying "I am the entire universe" is like saying, "Reality ...

Beingof1 wrote:

I am everything

Wait a sec, I don’t know about this one. I'm skeptical of your psychological motive here?

Are you claiming to have knowledge that you are everything or are you saying that you are undivided from the world?

Quinn wrote: The is important point that nothing is permamently embedded in the fabric of Reality. Things arise and disappear, leaving not a trace behind. They are like shadows in this regard. The fabric of Reality itself is a void. It contains no forms and hence is empty. Are you suggesting that th...

Cory, I agree with your above post, I have nothing to add or comment on.

Cory wrote: When I say we are too sympathetic, I mean, we don’t confront our fellow man directly, we don't disturb him by turning his eyes towards what he pays no heed to on his own initiative. This is because we fear being hurt, we fear the suffering and guilt that might come if we say to him wha...