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- Sat Apr 02, 2016 9:59 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Talking to the wall is not Genius
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Re: Talking to the wall is not Genius
Well, yes—that’s what an object of sensation is, by definition: physical. Why not? If I didn't, I’d have no way to tell, for example, the difference between an oasis in the middle of a desert and a mirage, the former being an object immediately discernible to the mind and senses and the latter resid...
- Sat Apr 02, 2016 7:15 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Talking to the wall is not Genius
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Re: Talking to the wall is not Genius
In other words, Russell, do you also know with the same conviction that consciousness does not and cannot exist without things? ~ The ‘physical world’ he believes in doesn’t exist, though the appearances are very real, they are very empty. There’s nothing 'physical' ‘behind’ them, as he clearly beli...
- Sat Apr 02, 2016 5:24 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Talking to the wall is not Genius
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Re: Talking to the wall is not Genius
And that's about all the time I have for play right now. But I'll be back!
- Sat Apr 02, 2016 5:23 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Talking to the wall is not Genius
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Re: Talking to the wall is not Genius
Warning: some longer text follows. Do not read try to read it in between laundry hanging, whatsapping, exercising and pet feeding :) [/i] Well actually, I'm preparing a statement of claim, but I guess it's all the same to you; anything other than nose picking, farting and nay saying, of course. I s...
- Sat Apr 02, 2016 10:24 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Talking to the wall is not Genius
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Re: Talking to the wall is not Genius
Diebert: You mean the reality of these things are all tied up with a context where they arise: all the behaviours, opinions, information, moods, language, education, maps, randomness and perspectives? That's hardly an argument for non-illusion. It’s a perfectly fine argument for non-illusion since ...
- Fri Apr 01, 2016 7:55 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Talking to the wall is not Genius
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Hell is Other People
If the thing and the appearance are the same, then if the appearance is a solid object the thing is a solid object. What’s illusory about that? It depends what someone believes "to exist" means or actual, non-illusionairy "reality". Something just showing up, as appearance, sens...
- Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:38 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Talking to the wall is not Genius
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Re: Talking to the wall is not Genius
God damn it, Diebert. You're so long-winded.
If the thing and the appearance are the same, then if the appearance is a solid object the thing is a solid object. What’s illusory about that?
If the thing and the appearance are the same, then if the appearance is a solid object the thing is a solid object. What’s illusory about that?
- Thu Mar 31, 2016 11:21 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Talking to the wall is not Genius
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Re: Talking to the wall is not Genius
And the moral of the story is: when realitae's be cometh, a wise man all ways watcheth outeth.
- Thu Mar 31, 2016 10:01 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Talking to the wall is not Genius
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Re: Talking to the wall is not Genius
Oh, they simply be come. Of course!
Well, that explains the ultimate nature of everything then.
Well, that explains the ultimate nature of everything then.
- Thu Mar 31, 2016 1:27 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Talking to the wall is not Genius
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Re: Talking to the wall is not Genius
Sorry folks, but finite things are not illusory. The appearance of finite things as permanent objects is illusory.
- Sat Feb 27, 2016 11:12 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Talking to the wall is not Genius
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Re: Talking to the wall is not Genius
j: No one has said anything about an object existing "in itself", but it does exist as something, and that something can appear either directly or indirectly. The appearance itself, in consciousness, might be caused by sensations or by deductive reasoning. Contra Occam: "Exist as som...
- Sat Jan 30, 2016 4:10 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Christians and me, Part II:
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Re: Christians and me, Part II:
For "those" of us "obviously" not "in" on the "mind blowing" "secret", it's called "filling in" the "black holes" in your own thinking.
- Sat Jan 30, 2016 4:04 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Christians and me, Part II:
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Re: Christians and me, Part II:
A Meaningful Lesson in the Grammatical Occult proudly brought to you by the man looking for his own history who can't even find his own voice: the distinguished G von Bjornstrapon MD Titled: PROFOUND ESOTERCISIM AND INVERTED COMMAS Jupi wins - a truly honest win - about 30,000 GF Merit Points and pe...
- Fri Jan 29, 2016 1:54 pm
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- Topic: Christians and me, Part II:
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Educationalists
And if the dam breaks open many years too soon... The separation of the “deed” from the “doer,” of the event from someone who produces events, of the process from a something that is not process but enduring, substance, thing, body, soul, etc … this ancient mythology established the belief in “cause...
- Fri Jan 29, 2016 8:46 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The necessary context of action, purpose, and ambition
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Re: The necessary context of action, purpose, and ambition
Leyla Shen wrote: How can you be certain you're not deluding yourself? SeekerOfWisdom: About what? Or do you mean generally? I mean in the context of the blindingly obvious absolute truth and what logically follows from it ("all things are appearances existing in consciousness/no thing exists ...
- Fri Jan 29, 2016 8:15 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Christians and me, Part II:
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Self Medication
Bjornstrapon MD wrote: Thank you, Jupi. But I think 'House Doctor' is a position that suits my talents. Well, that explains why your expert opinions fail not only to cure disease, but to relieve symptoms altogether; yes, the talents comprising standard prescriptions and referrals to specialists in ...
- Tue Jan 26, 2016 4:08 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The necessary context of action, purpose, and ambition
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Re: The necessary context of action, purpose, and ambition
Not sure what you mean by "define" exactly. Determine the boundaries. Not sure what you mean by "define" exactly. I am not excluding objects or the empirical world, but yes, I am saying that everything of the empirical world is only ever made up of sensations, thoughts, feelings...
- Tue Jan 26, 2016 9:13 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The necessary context of action, purpose, and ambition
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Re: The necessary context of action, purpose, and ambition
As I see it, the only truth that can be asserted that is contradiction free is that all conscious beings are conscious of distinctions with human beings having the added distinction of naming them (thing-identification). A naming/thing-identification distinction, like calling your kid "Bob&quo...
- Tue Jan 26, 2016 8:45 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The necessary context of action, purpose, and ambition
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Re: The necessary context of action, purpose, and ambition
SeekerOfWisdom wrote:I wouldn't say that our dual conception (subject/object) was false. Just not ultimately true. As I see it, there are many worldly perspectives, or conventional truths, which remain true even if they are seemingly "contradicted" by the ultimate nature of things. Though...
- Mon Jan 25, 2016 9:23 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The necessary context of action, purpose, and ambition
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Re: The necessary context of action, purpose, and ambition
Alright, let’s look at something specific. jupiviv wrote:for variations to be identified there needs to be at least some continuation; even the variations need to have some continuation. E.g., the sight of a wall requires a wall that retains certain properties of a wall, not to mention a faculty of ...
- Mon Jan 25, 2016 6:35 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The necessary context of action, purpose, and ambition
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Re: The necessary context of action, purpose, and ambition
Why not?I wouldn't oppose "evolutionary theory" itself, [snip]
- Mon Jan 25, 2016 5:54 am
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- Topic: The necessary context of action, purpose, and ambition
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Re: The necessary context of action, purpose, and ambition
(Incidentally, that's why Ghostav von Bjornstrapon of the New Jerusalem is, as he is so acutely aware, fated to shooting blanks.)
- Mon Jan 25, 2016 5:43 am
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- Topic: The necessary context of action, purpose, and ambition
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Re: The necessary context of action, purpose, and ambition
Master J S Wisdom You can’t expect to speak an absolute truth in vain and not have the wrath of God bear down upon you in full force. The context in which this absolute truth was couched by you in the discussion was as a direct opposition to the proposition that the ultimate origin of consciousness ...
- Sun Jan 24, 2016 8:43 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The necessary context of action, purpose, and ambition
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Re: The necessary context of action, purpose, and ambition
"May" be permanent in the sense that it's everlasting, or is permanent in the sense that it's everlasting? Can you see how difficult it is to have any certainty (and therefore any real discussion) about what you are saying when what you are saying is with every utterance fraught with so mu...
- Sun Jan 24, 2016 5:14 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: The necessary context of action, purpose, and ambition
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Re: The necessary context of action, purpose, and ambition
What is the meaning of this?Absolute truth can be permanent, [snip]