GENIUS FORUMS

Scott, Carl, I was speaking of other levels of existence, angelic/demonic for instance, and certain alien cultures. Level of existence which....I am not aware of. I don't think those exist. Also, how do you know that angels have the same right and wrong that humans do? Or aliens? Have you ever met a...

Carl, Aren't good and evil just human conceptions? Carl: No. Does the animal kingdom have this concept of good and evil? Do the trees and the seas? No, not to any significant exent. I was speaking of other levels of existence, angelic/demonic for instance, and certain alien cultures. Carl: This wor...

Scott, Aren't good and evil just human conceptions? No. Does the world really depending on balancing good and evil? This world (Earth) does. It could easily be swallowed up by evil, if not for the counterbalance provided by, among other things, sages. How do you know an enlightened person upgrades t...

The sage helps others, and more specifically the world, simply by being a sage. It is not necessary for the sage to "feel the need" to serve. In what way does the sage help others by being a sage? The sage helps to maintain the balance of the world, by counterbalancing evil with good. And...

sky wrote:

I was working on the assumption that Truth is the most valuable thing for philosophy

truth is the most valuable thing period

Consciousness is more valuable to me, than truth.

Who or what says that it's the sage's very nature to help others? Is it just a belief...or is it absolutely true? Imagine what it'd be like to live without ever being fooled by the appearances of this world. What would cause you to then feel the need to help serve other people? The sage helps other...

Carl, I don't think he meant what we make real in our minds is actually real. How else am I to interpret Kevin's clear-spoken statements: A "god" is anything we choose to call a god - and the same goes for all those other things. For example, if my little finger nail were called a "g...

How could you possibly know that the following are not real: gods, higher entities, higher self, dream weaver, gods within one's own psyche, angelic being, demon, and magic. How do you surmise this? Same answer. A "god" is anything we choose to call a god - and the same goes for all those...

This could be true, but is not necessarily true. Therefore your premise can only be inaccurate so far as general truth, but if it applies may be useful on a personal basis. The reason it is not necessarily true is because there are other plausible and valid reasons (to the subconscious) for one's fr...

Unwise wrote [words bolded by Carl G]: Now, there may indeed be 'gods' or higher type ego entities with more or less greater power and information. Most likely true here on the relative plane. There are also 'gods' within one's own psyche who come from a level of the subconscious and are known as t...

Now, there may indeed be 'gods' or higher type ego entities with more or less greater power and information. Most likely true here on the relative plane. There are also 'gods' within one's own psyche who come from a level of the subconscious and are known as the 'higher self.' I sometimes call it t...

sschaula wrote: Talking about enlightenment when you're not enlightened is irrational.

Scott, so why do you do it in nearly every one of your posts?

Carl wrote: A primordial fear of the wisdom of space? Fear of timelessness? Dream on. "From the stars to the earth, is there any thought more feared than this?" Get real. How about death, how about suffering and pain? How about the possibility of not being loved? How about going to hell w...

Generally humans are hard to teach, easy to program.

This is reaching, but could encounters with aliens, assuming none exist nor have visited earth, be a projection of our own fear of wisdom and the wise? No, because aliens -- particularly the greys -- do not connote to wisdom. They may be technilogically advanced, and clever, but it would be a supre...

sky,

I would love it if you would attribute any words you yourself did not actually write. Example: "Slip Slidin' Away" by Paul Simon.

Thanks.

Carl: Passive agressive will get you nowhere.
Tharan: I'm already somewhere.

Of course you are, but you're being smarmy again.

Passive agressive will not advance you.

It only requires such rigor if your natural tendencies are in an opposite direction. A person under such struggle is certainly no sage. Disagree. Struggle is the hallmark of a sage. Without it the self-system reverts to entropy. Enlightenment, on the other hand, once reached, may be a self-sustaini...

Fuck relaxation, I say. The truth demands rigorous effort 24/7.

Taking time off from being a sage. It's preposterous.

drowden wrote:Grow up.

Juvenile response.

Guess this is the off-hours lounge for sages.

Sorry to be serious. Ha, great video. Fun. Is that better?

drowden wrote:What?

Give us something first rate, by all means.

All right. I have. My questions to you are first rate.

Why the defensiveness?

The film is third rate commentary. High school level.

Dan, have you lost interest in enlightenment? Why are you spending so much time in monkey mode, dredging up crap like this, and hanging out in the social chat rooms and forums these days?

My life is far richer than my posts could ever be, or ever convey. I do not have the time or reason to create art of my posts on any forum, though I have tried in the past. But I do create this in life, and of my life. As for building, I have constructed literally and figuratively many types, from s...

I know many people who have benefitted, been helped by, the "religion business." I'm talking flock people, not clergy. I don't think it is fair to denigrate religion this way, though I do agree with you about the fashion industry and some of the other areas you mention. As a young man I ma...

mookestink,

Thanks for the thoughtful and thorough reply. Good luck with your studies and future career.

Now that I know what your priorities are, I will not call you primitive.

For some reason I figured everyone who posted here was in (or was trying to be in) the enlightenment business.