GENIUS FORUMS

Alex, confession time, you have a secret bromance-crush on Diebert. Why else would you stalk him as you do?

Wise words from verse 5 of the Tao te Ching, the original subject of this thread, parenthesis mine: "Heaven and Earth are impartial; they treat all of creation as straw dogs. The Master doesn't take sides ; she [gotta love this one!] treats everyone like a straw dog. The space between Heaven a...

Santiago Odo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:08 am Straw dogs can't bite; nor can they think.

Straw dogs instantaneously ignite on fire when they encounter prejudicial (cultured) reasoning being mistaken for the culture-absent A = A logic of the Logos. They burn bright and hot, albeit with a loving heart.

Alex: The end of your project is the destruction of intellect. The intellect is but a bag of wind if it is not in tune with the logic of A = A (oneness with the All) and since we are providing our thoughts on Trump (the modern version of falling far from the grace of A = A), I dare say he provides ...

Wise words from verse 5 of the Tao te Ching, the original subject of this thread, parenthesis mine: "Heaven and Earth are impartial; they treat all of creation as straw dogs. The Master doesn't take sides ; she [gotta love this one!] treats everyone like a straw dog. The space between Heaven an...

How is that the Logical Logos created its own undermining? This "rebellious" question is very logical, no? Has it ever occurred to you that Lucifer, Rebellion-Dude Extraordinaire, is the true bringer of logic applied to metaphysics? That would be anti-metaphysics, no? and anti-logic? In a...

Santago Odo: Feel free to do whatever you want. Nothing bothers me. The ideas here are what matter to me. Nothing else. You have little grasp of my "chosen male -ism" but your language delights me! Please come down as devastatingly hard as you desire, when you desire to, and as 'the spiri...

Santiago Odo : Everyone who writes on GF, in my view, is a 'failed father' attempting to recover himself as a man. Most can hardly be said to pull it off. What is interesting and endlessly amusing (förlåt mig) are the unending comic antics of those who struggle to recover themselves, but are underm...

Alex, in reading through the link you provided on the several different definitions/understandings of the Logos, it is clear that in order to have a cohesive discussion with you, I am going to need your definition of the Logos and how it relates to paternalism.

Today's meditation is: Woman can throw out with a spoon More than a man can bring in with a shovel... _____________________________ Can I no longer call you 'My Dear Pam'? What about Pamkins. Pammy? Oh heck! have it your way . . . For you to even begin to understand what I meant when I accepted the...

Given that you use the concept "paternal" right in your quote, is the answer not obvious to you? (I think you failed to grasp the sardonic humor in that paragraph. Oh well . . .) You have no way nor means to understand what I mean when I speak of paternalism. Please keep in mind that I si...

. . . your patriarchal ways are showing. That's good! Because I am thoroughly committed to what the term means. Out of curiosity, do you see the following as paternalistic? (I need a guide as I sometimes can't distinguish): Now Avolith, harken unto me my gorgeous little one. I remember with tremend...

I do not interpret Trump's coming as the coming of evil as does David -- why? -- because it is solid reasoning to reason that because the shadow world of idea-fixation is caused, that it is meant to be, and because it is meant to be, that it is good and only good (real, true, has purpose). You're r...

. . . your patriarchal ways are showing. That's good! Because I am thoroughly committed to what the term means. Just as most who post here (and I dare say, the enlightened ones of the world-at-large) are thoroughly committed to letting go of what that term means. I see the coming of Trump in the sa...

Splitting never works. Keep to the points here that are important to you. Be wonderful, and know you are loved! I posted my last post before I returned to pages 3 and 4 of this thread. Had I seen this post, I would have included in mine. Do you not see how manipulative at the worst and patriarchal ...

Let's say you prefer small dogs to large dogs. If your judgment (your preference, your meaning, your valuing of) of dog size ends here, you are in harmony with the Tao. If, however, your preference for small dogs over large dogs causes you to debate or to argue with those who prefer large dogs over...

Alex : All my critique, my dear Pam, take place within a larger context which, it seems to me, you cannot even visualize. Therefore, 'what I am on about' is not intelligible to you When you call me "my dear Pam" and assume what is or isn't intelligible to me, your patriarchal ways are sho...

Yes, I no longer suffer, but not because of avoidance but because of pushing through it - transcending it - in the light of understanding its nature, and using this wisdom to do what needed to be done to bring it to an end. The Tao te Ching, the subject of this thread, Do you see the irony in the s...

Avolith: What if it were important to discern large and small dogs for the furtherment of truth? What if small dogs were capable of enlightenment, and large dogs weren't? Then it would be important for people to understand this, and it is possible that people would accept this truth if it were asse...

Santiago Odo: The issue -- which is really your problem (and those who think like this) -- is that you have deep issues with 'suffering' (and this can be understood). You have this impossible idea that it is avoidable, and perhaps even that it is desirable to avoid it. A false claim. A neurotic cla...

Avolith: Why is it that a comparison necessarily is also a judgement? Eg I can imagine comparing some objects' sizes without making a judgment as to which size is better? Am I taking it too literally? Making a comparison of size without context of meaning - judgment - is a lifeless experience, is i...

Diebert: And yet, suffering, sacrifice and death in all its gruesome glory are to be identified as "world building" and fuel of human creation. Once you have something - its birth, its violence and violation are carried within it. And the truth of this lies literally everywhere, it's not ...

The puppeteer and the puppets. We are puppets of the cosmic law the puppeteer. Not understanding our creator and the manipulator who are we to talk about ‘Reality and Ignorance’? Reality and ignorance are inseparable. And yet, here you are offering your sound-byte wisdom of 'reality and ignorance a...

Pam: Why does desiring have to include clinging? Diebert : In terms of seeing desire as some kind of craving for existence or non-existence, how would it not deeply relate to clinging? It's not like there's actually something there to hold on to. Desire is a form of fixation but can only be underst...

Pam: I guess it comes down to whether or not one desires to suffer or not. Diebert: It comes down to whether one desires to be or not. Or in how far one needs to diminish or expel all suffering, that is, the inner workings of life or reality, as to keep clinging to unreal and dead things or states....