GENIUS FORUMS

A story about feeling oppressed and threatened I moved to a new town, where I knew a friend. Once I'd arrived, I visited my friend. We sat at a table and I was served some tea. I asked my friend, "What are the people like here? Is anyone interested in truth?" My question drew a long silenc...

No good comedian takes personal oppression for a reputation. Comedians whose material comes from belonging to an oppressed group are automatically pitiful or pushy. The ability to breach social taboos freely is essential for a comedian. Poking fun at rituals isn't funny, it's superficial. This is wh...

The werewolf complex is more often a result of an extreme attachment to the mother's approval -- especially in light of an absent, or wholly unideal father figure. Lack of healthy parental care is only part of it. I think it's more likely that a child who experiences extreme stress learns to enjoy ...

it is only detected in that state where the mind has passed beyond conception,and is not related to form. there is no other,therefore it alone is complete and eternal. [snip] I never use the concept or idea of 'Ultimate Reality'.reality is always the inconceivable.Reality is illusion;Illusion is re...

I'm having difficulty distinguishing cosmic_prostitute from bert. I'll address my post to prosticosbert. When there is real individuality, then it is just to identify it. Real names, real people. Thinking your life actually has purpose will cause self-inflicted suffering as you say. No purpose, noth...

An interesting analysis of lycanthropy, by a forensic psychologist Paul Britton: Werewolves aren't only found in horror films and fantasy books. They exist in real life. Known as lycanthropy, it is a condition in which a patient believes himself to be both a man and a wild beast. Under certain exter...

Bert, If you agree that wisdom is of Mind (everything, the Totality), then why do you equate Mind and Ego when you state the Ego is dual in nature? The Mind is not dual , it is nonduality. Bert: the ego is a refraction of Mind. so ego sees the ramifications that the dual principle emanates through t...

I have a different definition of genius – it includes a holistic understanding of science that can be applied to one’s daily affairs. I believe the genius should be able to take care of himself minimally using the most update methods as possible. And he can derive much satisfaction out of these...

I've just been reading articles about the Palestine/Israeli conflict, gleaned from websites like albalagh.net, famsy.com, axisoflogic.com, and stuff about the fiqh academy and such like. All sides of the affair boil down to "God knows the answer, human knowledge is limited, and I believe in my ...

cosmic prostitute, But do you see that science-based ideologies, such as permaculture, or psychology, have nothing whatsoever to do with wisdom and genius? It's only through thinking logically about the Absolute that one can understand anything's true nature. Any other method will never reveal what ...

I think that no matter how those teachings are translated, it won't change the gist of them too much. Christians were extremely violent when there was a "standard" translation and a "clear" insider-outsider distinction created by having only one denomination: Christian. When the...

I am glad that I am no longer a Muslim and that I no longer live among Pakistani-Americans or Pakistani-Australians or anything else. I would be fearful. Why's that? On another note, do you still keep in touch with anyone from the Muslim community you used to live in? Was it fairly normal, or was i...

The image of fat woolly twin lambs racing across a paddock, charging into the ewe's back-end, and lifting it clear off the ground as they suck the milk out of the udder, makes me think about the desperate joy a woman has for being needed. It's a madness. Nietzsche wrote about men who were a big ear,...

bert, If you believe in the eternity of the Ego, then it's a bit odd, to say the least, to say "my time ends here". I define nonduality to mean that which is everything, neither a particular thing nor separate from any thing. Wisdom is based on understanding this. Wisdom is of non-duality,...

cosmic_prostitute, All about me, people endorse the easy and comfortable life, as well as living it --- why? If there is so much talk about how decent and worthwhile the easy life is, then surely they are all feeling restless and dissatisfied. This phrase I wrote earlier, about the easy and comforta...

Conclusion: Invite young intelligent Muslims to express their views on an equivalent of a Genius Forum, thus engaging their reasoning about what they value and also bolstering their confidence to speak publicly. This will create a shift in Islamic public opinion, and make it more difficult for the v...

Bert, When you stop contradicting yourself, it might be possible to reason with you. Here are you definitions: Ego = eternal but fluctuates, plays a dual role Wisdom (a.k.a. freedom, the eternal, perfection, non-duality) = happiness, purity, innocence, simplicity, pleasuring self in love, lawlessnes...

Steven: What do you consider 'perfect wisdom'? The ongoing consciousness of "normal everyday life", in which no egotism, or attachment-bound experiences, whatsoever, arises. Steven: What is wisdom without these things? If one is experiencing attachment then egotism is present. To grow out...

A genius needs an intimate connection with the natural world. No one can ever not be intimately connected with Nature. The difference between a genius and an ignorant social slave is that the genius has decided to spend his limited life-time being conscious of Nature. And the best way to do this is...

But why not calling the individuals the merely unclean boils erupting from some societal swamp? I don't see any reason to define one perspective as more real than the other, in this case. The image is of a big fight over values, which comes out of the character of the societies. I have been wonderi...

I believe in the eternity of Ego whatever its fluctuations. question is: are you free or not? He who entirely loves himself produces self-love only. purity and innocence is simplicity,happiness is wisdom. what is simple has no duality. I'm assuming that you think it is wise to be egotistical, and t...

99% of the population cringe at the thought of living totally minimally without the vices that the city/civilization gives..and to accomplish such a thing requires much more than just an understanding of the false ego/self, one needs to understand the physical sciences as well and be able to apply ...

Steven Coyle wrote:What do you consider 'perfect wisdom'?

The ongoing consciousness of "normal everyday life", in which no egotism, or attachment-bound experiences, whatsoever, arises.

When I get around to organising it I plan to get my own domain and create a proper Men of the Infinite site. All of the material at those pages will be tranferred there. You could consider including some of the dialogues, and the longer essays, from the Men of the Infinite subdomain. And yes, the i...

All those bloody wars are merely unclean boils erupting above the "peaceful" societies. The real war is not occurring in Iran or Iraq or in whichever neo-Nazi group. It is occurring in the individual wherever he is, who continues to suckle under the talons of society. He is the ill-famed &...