GENIUS FORUMS

My mom tells me that she can see the sickness in my eyes. I guess that I look odd at times, but it's not always present. A few other oddities: I think my pupils are larger than average and when I look in the bathroom mirror (it's bright in there), my pupils contract and expand in rapid successions. ...

Quitting smoking is easy! You've trapped yourself into thinking that it's hard and this only gives you another excuse to continue smoking.

The withdrawal effects are nothing terrible.

Heh, I've quit many times and that's why I keep on smoking! (this is an example of the other trap)

the psychiatry of today is very different from that of even ten years ago. How so? Btw, this little metaphor captures my thoughts well enough: if a serial killer in prison becomes a born-again-Christian, should he be let loose, or trusted, or ...? Perhaps it's true, but I still wouldn't turn my bac...

But they are still love and hate. Aren't these two things expressions? It's sorta similar to: if the beauty of a flower could be explained through a bunch of mathematical methods, would you still consider one as being equal to the other? (or doesn't it lose (or gain) something in the translatory pr...

Where are you getting this from? I'm making it up! :) (joking) Prior to psychiatry, we had a bunch of dehumanizing ways of dealing with madmen -- banishment, torture, exorcisms, imprisonment, slavery, and execution. That was psychiatry! The difference is that now these methods have become more disc...

When one loves, say, truth but finds himself bombarded by lies, it is his love for truth that, in direct proportion, becomes a hatred of lies . Of course, the opposite is also true; viz when one loves attachment over and above truth, etc… The bold bit: I don't buy it. I think you've accepted the co...

I believe consciousness survives death

People believe a lot of crazy things. Dan, do you think it's right to believe in a comforting little white lie that doesn't hurt anyone?

How many unmedicated schizophrenics have you seen? My reply was: "that's not how it works" because I took your statement to mean: "if psychiatry is doing such a bad job, then why aren't there more crazy people walking around (as seen in the video I posted)" - now, someone who do...

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P.S. Dan, why did you delete that one post, but not the other? (a little too attached to appearances, aren't we?) Btw, I couldn't get the money, so please don't feel bad ;)

I'm really surprised that you haven't deleted this thread. How come? Attachments aren't things you "minimize"; they are things that either arise or not depending on how much of one's ego remains. I don't think that it's possible to rid yourself of the ego entirely. For one, the practical s...

That's not how it works. What do you think would happen if the mental health industry never existed? (A good example can be taken from cultures which haven't been modernized) I'd agree that they aren't exposed to the same kinds of stressors (media, etc), but what does it mean to be sensitive... Is i...

Take a look at this!

Psychiatry at its best.
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Contemporary philosophy is philosophy for autistics. Because it's too logically oriented? I always wanted to know the meaning of this phrase: "don't mistake the finger for the moon". Is this something that happens with abstract thinkers? Secondly, observation without thought is only obser...

I wouldn't call "people", objects! The question is this: as a sage, one who is inclined to keep attachments at a minimum, is self-pleasure automatically crossed off the list of necessary attachments, or not? (I know that in some cultures any form of a sexual act without the purpose to proc...

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lol

I think I maybe addicted to porn. "Smilla Rocco" is my latest girlfriend. She's hot! It's kinda gotten to the point where I don't really feel in the mood, but she makes me bust-a-nut anyway. The question for all sages: since we understand the purpose that sex has and we shy away from any u...

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This is actually serious and a very "philosophical" issue.

Dan, please don't delete this. I'd like to read everyones' response as I wank-off!!! LOL

So, yeah... Hmmm... What would you consider as "excessive" ... ? And what are the benefits/disadvantages of... ehem... making love to yourself?

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