The former thread with this subject, I accidentally deleted.
The problem with the forum database caused an error message to appear when submitting my reply to the former thread. I assumed it wasn't submitted, so I re-tried a few times, trying different solutions. And they all happened to be submitted! Only the last post, unreplied to, can be deleted. It has an "x" in the top right hand corner. I clicked that, and the whole lot of them were deleted.
So, my apologies to everyone who posted questions or replies on the former thread. If you can recall your comment or question, and you'd really like a reply, post it again in this thread.
The URL to The Truth Paper, again, is:
http://truthpaper.50webs.com
The earlier posts by other members of the forum focussed on these topics:
- why sexuality is in opposition to individuality (wisdom, intelligence, understanding the nature of Reality)
- why emptiness is necessarily the result of rational value-making
- how depression is caused, and what its ultimate solution is
- the difference between blind following of cult belief systems and individual rationality
I've managed to make a post to those I thought most interesting of the recent comments and questions.
Leyla -
I think your attachment to sex is blocking you from understanding Truth. Maybe you could ask yourself why you think sex is so important. For instance, why do you define life as intrinsically sexual?
Yes, people often use a shallow version of masochism or sadism to be sexually attractive. Or a shallow version of misogyny. Women especially. So I'm not surprised that many people think this is what I'm doing.
This is not what I'm doing. I'm undermining my ego based on my reasoning about the nature of me. My boundaries that appear to be really there, are caused, like everything. Causation cannot logically have boundaries. So I realise that Reality is entirely the emptiness of all that is caused to be. Remembering this as often as possible, is what I understand by spiritual masochism. And of course this is intelligence, the same as wisdom.
I'm trying (ultimately) to overcome any preoccupation with self, by remembering my true self, not build up another finite self-image.
David Hodge -
I'm not recommending my psychological experiment as a general solution to depression. It's a temporary solution that I've worked out as particular to my own karma. I don't have a lot of wise habits, through years of experiencing enlightenment, yet. So, to help my mind stay clear of the old pathways, I force myself to exercise. Living in a tent and cycling is a plan to build up enough better habits. Then I can face the lie that depression is.
The more courageous, and certainly better, solution, is to think immediately of the Infinite. This is the solution to all problems, because it is all problems and solutions. More accurately, it's not a solution at all.
Where depression looks for solutions is the problem. It's pretty much like hyper-unpleasurable sex, done alone in the mind. However, the opening out of depression, amidst its mind-numbing loops, is the energy of introspection. One can use this to see one's backwards-thinking. As long as one has enough desire to find the solution.
Kelly Jones