GENIUS FORUMS

Thank you all. Greg Shantz, thanks for the further reply. I will not make further replies to this post.

Carl G, You could have written something about your journey in as many words it took to criticize me. I never asked for a full story, or a summary, or any length of detail. You talking about your journey, even a step of it, is all I was looking for. However much detail you think is fair, is fair. Th...

Hi truth_justice, For my personal journey to becoming enlightened, what I did was exhaust all possibilities besides enlightenment and then I was left with no other option but full commitment [to enlightenment]. Is this what you are looking for? More, tell me more. What were your possibilities? What...

Greetings, A lot of threads discuss enlightenment, yet few ever talk about the actual practical steps needed to get there. Therefore I call for a survey. That is, I encourage those who have achieved enlightenment, or are in the process to do so, to share their personal journey. From all others I ask...

Barack Obama, next president of the U.S.?

For the sake of the American people, I hope Ron Paul wins.

I appreciate the replies. Thank you. That said, I realize my question carries a complexity which I was previously unaware of. I think one should first answer: What is sacrifice? More importantly, what things can be sacrificed, and to what end? Additionally, among the things that can be sacrificed, a...

What would you sacrifice for pleasure? If you say it depends on the type of pleasure, then assume I am talking about the best pleasurable experience you have ever had.

- women have irrational tendencies, only rational beings can be moral, hence women are non moral as Weininger stated. There are many men who have irrational tendencies. I'm not sure how one would show that women have more irrational tendencies than men. - women need gossip for sustainance. I agree....

Sapius wrote:T_J

As to whether or not I prefer to know the truth, to this I reply: I like to keep myself informed.

Right.... why do you_like to keep your_self informed?

I sense this might get long and personal. But I will answer this once: I like to stay informed for my well being.

Yes, it does entail unhappiness, but as a self, I ask you, would you prefer not to know a truth that would bring unhappiness? You are making a stronger claim by claiming that getting answers implies unhappiness. I'm claiming something much much weaker. Note the word often . Sometimes, getting answe...

Truth as a goal... that's interesting! Happiness is not the same as answers. Often answers bring you unhappiness, like when you go to the doctor and learn that you have cancer. Personally, I think self examination, or the desire to self reflect is one of the most important things a being can do for ...

Truth_justice I apologize for writing in a manner in which I was stating "pure truth". No need. You did nothing wrong. This a discussion board and you can claim and discuss whatever you want. My point being is that every action and thought is fueled (in my philosophical insight) by the ne...

I have thought long and hard about life, my purpose, and a possible universal purpose. Good. But walking 1000 steps in the wrong direction is still a 1000 steps in the wrong direction. Thinking long and hard does nothing for you if the beliefs you operate with are false. I keep realizing that any t...

Does that make sense? It seems that while awake I can function rationally and with some wisdom, yet my dreams are filled with vivid fears, irrationality and just crazy shit that I can't figure out. I don't give them much thought, they don't worry me, but it would be nice to have some symmetry betwe...

Exciplex wrote:Whoever answers that question faithfully automatically has genius.

[Edited: Changed "Anyone who" to "Whoever"]

Then my answer is "".

Vroomfondel wrote:what is time?

tick-tack,tick-tack,tick-tack... get it? It's a pattern. And you, the thing you are, has the ability to recognize such patterns. So to a certain extend, time is you, and you are time.

Car = billions of particles. Me = Billions of Particles. Sure. But there are only 120 or so different elements making up the billions of atoms. All of those 120 elements share 3 things in common - electors, protons and neutrons. So in fact, we have only 3 real distinctions. The general direction of...

All is one is a paradox, because all = everything, and one = single entity. Not possible, otherwise the word all would not exist. All now has two different states, and two opposite meanings. PARADOX. Even though the meaning can be explained in a sensical manner, you would actually be using the equi...

Greetings,

I'm curious to know what are your core proposition of your belief-system. If possible, present them in the order of importance - most important first.

daybrown, I haven't studied Easter Philosophies or Religions in any great extend. How old is the Vedas? Like, your life is a movie, and there are lotsa movies, but the projection equipment is the same everywhere. That's an interesting analogy. I suppose that your intention was to start a discussion ...

What do you understand by the statement: All is One

This is an interesting question. No we don't, we can't, because there might be things coming out of that relationship that we had not thought about but see it as good once we realize them. I think it was unfair for me to ask the question in the given context. You will see why in moment. Here, in th...

Now what good would there be for a participant would of course depend on what he valued and wanted and whether that relationship met that. Certainly there is that. But that is the reason why one might want a relationship. Shall we suppose that a relationship is what you want it to be, and it is the...

You're right that there isn't anything in this list that couldn't be experienced elsewhere but a demand for some magical uniqueness to these relationships seems like creating a dilemma where there's none. Well, why do you think there isn't any dilemma here? We use the word relationship to supposedl...

Don't take it so literally. Fellowship, and the possibility for economic benefit. I did interpret it literally, didn't I? Shame on me! However, this next answer is too general and can apply to a business partner. The problem that am I having is to "tight down" and "bound" the an...