GENIUS FORUMS

Am I taking it too literally? Not necessarily. If what you read doesn't seem wise or reasonable to you then ignore it and move on to something else. You could be wrong in your judgment, but if something is wise it won't fail to make itself known to you eventually. Reading wise things is mostly abou...

You mention a life-and-death quest. Sometimes I feel an anxiety coming up when thinking. It's quite subtle and it tends to get cut off, with a vague idea of the potential for it growing into something more potent. Is this what you might be referring to? Is it just part of it? Given that serious thi...

Hello David, Good to see you posting (especially to give me advice, hah). I read a lot of the material on geniusrealms and your blog. Hi Avolith, I am reading this verse from the tao te ching, who can help me understand: ... Why is it that a comparison necessarily is also a judgement? Eg I can imagi...

You seem to have switched themes. I asked about 'sedation' and you are now speaking about misunderstanding of a 'sign'. Or, are you referring to my amplification of your meaning about 'baggage'? If 'baggage' was a sign, and I amplified your meaning to include '...slime, secretion, residue, odor', a...

If only you could use all that intelligence and sense for aesthetics for something true instead of desperately trying to keep yourself sedated. This is intriguing. What do you mean? It happens alot that you take something someone says, and rather than allowing your mind to follow the signpost, you ...

If I were to look around and try to thoroughly investigate whether the things I see are really true, I would naturally be looking into my own world view, which is a model that can never by completely coherent. I would, if I apply enough scrutiny, constantly discover new incoherencies that further i...

Hi Avolith, I see you found the joy of exchanging wise crack with the Janus-ian Santiago/Gustav/Alex Jacob/Talking A entity :-) So then you went to the lengths of studying the original language (which language is it?) Of course there's the limit right there. While I did study it for the famous firs...

Why is it that a comparison necessarily is also a judgement? Why did you not ask 'Why is a comparison a comparison'? What is the motive for comparing one thing with another? To valuate, to assess. But the word 'judgment', in our languages, has a good deal of baggage, does it not? Judge not lest ye ...

Oh this is a great resource! Would also be interested to hear which translations you think or are regarded as being done by someone wise (rather than just someone doing translation), if not too much trouble to look up, but this should be very useful, thanks It's possible to wonder why a wise person...

Oh this is a great resource! Would also be interested to hear which translations you think or are regarded as being done by someone wise (rather than just someone doing translation), if not too much trouble to look up, but this should be very useful, thanks

I am reading this verse from the tao te ching, who can help me understand: That which a person knows he has is known to him by that which he does not have, and that which he considers difficult seems so because of that which he can do with ease. One thing seems long by comparison with that which is,...

I had no patience to begin with. Yet I am here . . . Yes, to instruct me in the ways of zen with mysterious rhetorical questions, right? I have but one eye as I am a cyclops. You can direct yourself to my avatar if you wish sonny! I direct myself to you Who are we, really, behind the draps d'arras ...

Santiago Odo wrote: ↑Sat Dec 29, 2018 11:49 am Oh God ...

Oh dear, already lost your patience with me? Did you roll your eyes when you typed 'oh god'? Or am I supposed to direct myself to your avatar, instead of you as a person directly - which isn't your role playing, but a nietzschean pose which makes it totally genius

Santiago Odo wrote: ↑Fri Dec 28, 2018 1:09 pm A contradiction in terms. One does not *work* on EZ Enlightenment.

May I suggest giving up?

Well let's say I'm reading the materials to form the necessary understanding, which right now happens to be David Quinn's book

Santiago Odo wrote: ↑Thu Dec 27, 2018 10:14 am Your EZ Enlightenment . . .

Working on it

Santiago Odo wrote: ↑Thu Dec 27, 2018 7:42 amWell?

Well what?

Hi, it would be great if you could in cases like this write a few lines introducing the topic and especially the parts you found valuable in your philosophy. This would be more tempting to jump in and react. If I recall correctly, my Myers-Briggs (derivative) always came back for as INFP. But here ...

But.. but.. well do you find me cute? Do you find me (insofar as my avatar is a reflection of me) kissable? Your sense of humour must warm up the slow winter evenings. Merry christmas to all, Including my nemesis, Santiago Odo (yes you are my nemesis), because I'm super virtuous. I'm glad santa cla...

Santiago Odo wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:15 am But.. but.. well do you find me cute? Do you find me (insofar as my avatar is a reflection of me) kissable?

Yes you're attractive. Also, I've some other stuff to do now, take care!

Santiago Odo wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 9:15 am

What if I told you I was wearing girl's panties and a training bra? What then?

Why ask me what would happen - just be a girl if you feel like it instead of worrying and poking to get some external approval beforehand. You are what you are, and you'll have to deal with that

Yes, but the supposed realism about power-dynamics which is supposed to distinguish this idea from its antitheses is itself almost completely spurious. In other words they are imagining Trump's project of exposing the hidden truth/s of politics by being such a real person or "not playing their...

Jupi, lugubrious was an awful big word. Too big in fact. Repent! Yes I'm offended, and I'm not ashamed of being only human. Better jump-start his foray into Nietzsche. Electrodes to the testes, perhaps? Should he come down India-way can he crash on your couch and do you have enough Cheetos in stock...

@Avolith, on youtube, Barbarossaa (bar bar), razorbladekandy and AlexanderMGTOW have very good insights about the causes of the decline in traditional families/marriages. The task of understanding the far broader idea of femininity - as used on this forum - is lugubrious, because you need to integr...

I never demanded you explain anything to me. You're the one who came into this topic criticizing people that they don't understand masculinity and femininity, and in a very blunt way. I've been telling you, if you really knew better, you wouldn't waste so much time an energy angrily criticizing eve...

As terrible as it seems, he might be even more "realistic" as a person or how he views the human world compared to many moderns and progressives. Yes, his world is one of power, manipulation, outward symbols and superficial charm. But that's still closer to the human inter-relational worl...