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If you strip my words out, what's really been lost? If you really think your words are worthless, why bother to type & post them to the forum & waste people's time? What I think really happened is that you got carried away with the emotion of the moment, said more than you meant to say, did...

Hypocrisy would require me to say one thing and deomstrate the opposite. Please, show me where you think I have demonstrated this behavior and I would be obliged to clarify my thoughts for you. I already did that in my 'slither/weasel' post on page 10 of this thread. There is simply not one hypocri...

You are nit-picking in vain. It's not nits, it's an important point. The thing is, I think you realize noone needs your help to understand what I or Kevin, has said, if they contemplate it with an open mind. I'm afraid I disagree. What I think happened is that you made a mental mistake, equating 'a...

Prince, I'm curious to know what you liked about Requiem for a Dream.
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There is no slithering on my part, I'll face whatever type of alleged dirt you think you have on me and show you where you are wrong. Women are more feminine the men, and less likely to attain consciousness, bottom-line. I wasn't actually arguing against this, if you'll pay closer attention to what...

When I said "any woman" I was slightly exaggerating. Yes of course, that's what David said when I made the same point to him a few years ago. You like to make these sweeping statements for dramatic effect & then if someone objects, you say, oh well it was a bit of an exaggeration. I t...

So would you say then that all the women on the forum do not understand the writing of those on the forum whom you consider wise? If by women you mean anatomical women, then no. If you mean people with a feminine mentality, then yes. Oh no, you're not going to slither out of it by retroactively cha...

I agree with Kevin. I live in a very populated area with people from many different walks of life, and like Kevin said; "They (women) might repeat back to me what I'm saying, telling me how wise and lofty it is, but it doesn't even penetrate the outer layer of cells of their brain". Not t...

The same analysis can be applied to religion and the guru-student relationship. It is not in a guru's interests to have his students become enlightened, or to become gurus on their own. They will only rise up to compete on his turf, possibly forcing him out of the market. Better to keep feeding the...

Let me give you an example: I can have a philosophical discussion with a sixteen year old boy and he will understand a good deal of what I have to say (about cause and effect, etc). [. . .] Now, if I have a like discussion with any woman, no matter whether she is a thirteen year old girl or a 50 ye...

Marsha wrote: PLEASE DON'T EXSPOSE ME!!! DON'T QUESTION!! LOVE THE TRUTH WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND DON'T EXPOSE ME FOR THE LIAR THAT I AM!! HAHAHHAAAAHHAHHAHHAAAHhaHHAHHHHAAHHHAHHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Makes me want to throw up. PATHETIC. What on earth are you talking about, Marsha? - I'm probably out of t...

Bill Gates is a cheeseball. I recently updated my windows XP only to discover that Gates has introduced a new feature that detects when users are using pirated versions of XP. So now I'm stuck with this little icon on my taskbar that says: "You may be a victim of software counterfeiting" ...

Shardrol, J: My understanding didn't bring an end to all suffering, desire, ego or self though. S: That's okay - I'm not one of the ones who expected it would. That's a bit of an unusual response, I wasn't trying to appeal to you with that description of my understanding. How is it okay? Okay in th...

Thank you for the explanation, Jason. I found it very interesting, as I had expected I would. This realization of 'suchness' or 'as it is' or 'instantaneous ordinariness' is what is spoken of in Dzogchen, the [Buddhist] vehicle of self-liberation. Your process was different but your conclusion is s...

Thank you for the explanation, Jason. I found it very interesting, as I had expected I would. This realization of 'suchness' or 'as it is' or 'instantaneous ordinariness' is what is spoken of in Dzogchen, the [Buddhist] vehicle of self-liberation. Your process was different but your conclusion is si...

I don't think I am looking at it the same you are. The ego is nothing to me. Egos don't survive from life to life. New body - new ego. Different bodies, different egos. More complex body, more complex ego. No ego surviving death. New body, new ego. You don't remember your last life because you didn...

Bodies, minds and egos are a part of nature. If we look at nature, we see evolution within species. Some species completely disappear while others suddenly appear - or are discovered. There is dispute whether a species can appear by evolution. i don't think so. At any rate, there is appearance and ...

Experience and wisdom is a natural consequence of age. Since there is reincarnation, the spiritual age of people differs. How does that work? Where do new people come from? Do some people never get reincarnated after some point or is the number of people always increasing since new ones keep appear...

Well, naturally, I turned her off. I have that charm and I am sincerely sorry for that -- I have respect for Shardrol -- but I have no choice but to write truth as I know it. Yes, it sucks. Yes, of course, I am a bitch. I am stupid. I don't know anything. Your 'truth' is your subjectivity - nothing...

Sorry for any confusion.

Nothing useful was said.

I've changed my mind about these posts.

I imagine caffeine, like most drugs, affects different people different ways. I tend to be a bit lethargic; I have slow metabolism. Caffeine - I'm talking about one cup of coffee in the morning, not drinking it all day - is helpful in getting over the inertial hump of starting tedious but necessary ...

I insisted on finding a solution without chemical help. In my opinion, depression as Marsha describes it (and as I experience it) is a chemical problem - probably something to do with serotonin - and so a chemical solution is completely appropriate. My guess would be that the brain chemicals influe...

Marsha Years ago I was diagnosed with depression. Not the kind of temporary depression that has some kind of cause, like grief, but the kind that is there all the time, no matter what the outer circumstances. It was recommended to me that I take anti-depressants but I wouldn't. I was too proud. I di...