GENIUS FORUMS

I am looking out from this particular body-window because I like to use hot sauce as aromatherapy. The other guy doesn't.

Industrial society does destroy mind and environment, because that's what industry does. And I don't mean steel mills and such, of course. I mean the concept of industry - work as an "ethic."

Those who worry about throwing pearls before swine are usually swine without pearls.

Everyone is wrong about everything. The trick is to be usefully wrong.

Most people in the world are not usefully wrong. They are destructively wrong, and that's why problems exist.

What's "common sense?"

Sounds like something icky to me.

Are you sure I took them "personally?"

Or perhaps I simply addressed them from a personal point of view, since I have no other vantage point from which to address them.

I wasn't upset, angered, or threatened by them, if that's what you're suggesting.

No hon, not real.

Kinda intriguing, though - like any good tall tale.

I wouldn't answer a stupid question like that. Are you going to pretend you can answer it? Who the hell made you a Laozi, Zhuangzi, Nagarjuna, or Huang Po, especially given that you don't agree with them in the first place. Well, you know the answer to that. He made himself one, as have all the QRS...

Okay, I'll ask the same queston that Robert declined twice to answer. If a Lao Tzu or a Chuang Tzu engages in thought does he automatically lose consciousness of the Tao? Of course not, and it's a patently ridiculous question. Is there any question that Laozi and Zhuangzi though (for example) about...

falling in love with someone who excites your own sense of what is attractive, ideal, and sexy Sounds like a winner. and regarding everyone else as a bit contemptuous by contrast Umm, no. Just no. Therapy? getting angry if someone you love decides to find someone else more interesting than you Some...

I'll begin by quoting the core of it, which is really all that needs to be said and was well-said by Robert: Observing the limitations of reason is in this area making best use of reason. We never said don't well learn Buddhism, Zen, and Daoism, and observe that again and again we bring our knowledg...

Zionism is egotism, theft, murder, and pretty much every ugly thing wrapped up in one tidy package...

Which I suppose is why the US adores it so. Well, that and the fact that Zionists control most of the government, finance, media, etc.

Pro-life can and should be about compassion and the capacity for the fetus to experience suffering during the abortion process. Currently the consensus is that this capacity develops at about 20-24 weeks. For that reason, I oppose abortion after that point. It's very simple, sensible, and ought to b...

jupiviviviviviv said; You mean like Alex Jacob, Talking Ass, guest of logic, etc.? It's hard to call what they write "proper arguments." Heh, it's funny how the three (or actually two) most thoughtful and intelligent regular contributors on this board are singled out for abuse... attack th...

True. Most people are quite intellectually selfish - they believe what they want to believe rather than what makes sense or is best for everyone.

Almost all do it for some type of ego reward.

As you say, a personality disorder is simply a deviancy away from the norm. No it isn't. It is a condition which prevents or inhibits the expression or experience of things deemed necessary to healthy human functioning. In the case of SPD, normal emotional response and the ability to form functiona...

That was a bit too insightful, TA. Methinks you'll be offloaded.

David almost wins the stuffed wart hog here: ... the meditative process doesn't involve pushing away concepts and trying to achieve a blank mind, as is popularly believed. Rather, it involves the natural falling away of concepts (and desires) as the meditative mind ceases chasing after enlightenment...

This is how I see the situation. You do have some insight (and Robert too, although he constantly obscures it with his emotionalism and defensivess), which means that you did once board the rocket booster at some point in the past and shot upwards to some degree. Does this mean we get a merit badge...

Nat is only posting because Robert is here.

True. We've been discussing the thread in chat.

That's an attachment that Nat has yet to deal with.

Like I said, we've been discussing it in chat. I felt like weighing in.

Rubbish.

I couldn't afford camp.

In your opinion, did Lao Tzu know the Dao or not. Yes or no? No, Laozi did not 'know" the Dao. Rather, he lived, experienced, and intuited the Dao directly, without need for "knowing" or other intellectualizations. He had transcended such needs, unlearning and jettisoning them day by...

Update: After realizing that my initial funding goal was wildly optimistic and not achievable, I decided to set a much lower funding goal. On further reflection, I decided I might as well just do another book I've had in mind as well - a shorter and more manageable one. The new project has a far mo...

This is admittedly a little spammy, so I'm posting it in Worldly Matters and hoping that my status as a long-time GF member (as well as the subject matter) will make up for that. If not, that's fine. Anyway... Kickstarter is a new method of funding for creative projects. Creators post projects, and ...