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by Anders Schlander
Sat Feb 16, 2019 4:28 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Transsexualism & philosophy
Replies: 8
Views: 10609

Transsexualism & philosophy

Topic split from Statement about Solway and Trump -- moderator ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- That was something to read. It is surprising for me to observe how much has changed in the last 8-9 years. While I understand if Kevin may be worried of people...
by Anders Schlander
Fri Dec 18, 2015 4:51 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Enlightened Am
Replies: 33
Views: 30996

Re: Enlightened Am

I have recently gotten a schizophrenia diagnosis, I have mentioned I used to care about philosophy and truth, and that I thought I knew what most people never get close to, but it feels as if people have a perception that any knowledge similar to say some of Jesus' knowledge, and a feeling of being ...
by Anders Schlander
Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:18 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: "I am" my reason
Replies: 126
Views: 61663

Re: "I am" my reason

I have a feeling that the your 'Why you exist' would be different from the concept of my 'why I exist'. why are you interested in 'coming up with nothing'? it basically means *not finding the thing I wanted to 'come up with'' which sounds quite ordinary, everybody seems to have issues where they 'ca...
by Anders Schlander
Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:05 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Why causality is an illusion
Replies: 292
Views: 96706

Re: Why causality is an illusion

so is non-casuality :)
by Anders Schlander
Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:51 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: "A violent man will die a violent death!"
Replies: 25
Views: 17060

Re: "A violent man will die a violent death!"

I'd say it's akin to the idea of the "good tree bears good fruit, a good tree does not bear bad fruit". A violent man dies a violent death because his mind state is violent; if he was a calm person, he would die calm. It speaks about how the people are measured by their effects, and my gue...
by Anders Schlander
Sat Jul 09, 2011 10:27 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: The Qualities of a Divinely Inclined Person.....
Replies: 670
Views: 125652

Re: The Qualities of a Divinely Inclined Person.....

the Kevin/GF notion that the universe is wholly causal, leading to the notion that no aspect of a person is due to his own doing; that in fact there is no such thing as "own doing", that it's all "Nature's doing". This is the idea by which Kevin rejects especially emotions Note:...
by Anders Schlander
Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:40 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Why I want to participate in this forum
Replies: 42
Views: 17994

Re: Why I want to participate in this forum

Psychologists have implied that genius is the term describing people who have extraordinary capabilities, and originally, it seemed that was the situation. However, more recent findings indicate that genius would be the normal case if we didn't screw up our children. This damage isn't intentional, ...
by Anders Schlander
Wed Jul 06, 2011 4:03 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: The Qualities of a Divinely Inclined Person.....
Replies: 670
Views: 125652

Re: The Qualities of a Divinely Inclined Person.....

Anyhow, I do believe people here can answer your question, including me, atleast, in the spirit of logic, and maybe less so in action, to me, what David said is a hard hitting statement if you really let it affect your being, but it's also a relatively simple logical conclusion in essence. I imagin...
by Anders Schlander
Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:15 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: The Qualities of a Divinely Inclined Person.....
Replies: 670
Views: 125652

Re: The Qualities of a Divinely Inclined Person.....

Alex, why do you care what others think it means though? what if they were wrong? you couldn't know unless you thought about it logically too. That is a good question. One part of it is serious. I genuinely want to know what such a statement can mean in the context of hyper-rationalism. The other r...
by Anders Schlander
Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:46 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: The Qualities of a Divinely Inclined Person.....
Replies: 670
Views: 125652

Re: The Qualities of a Divinely Inclined Person.....

What is enlightenment? It is returning to what you were before the earth was created. I really would like some more information about this statement. I also would like to hear what others here take it to mean. 'Doing philosophy'---how does one 'do' this statement? Alex, why do you care what others ...
by Anders Schlander
Wed Jun 22, 2011 5:37 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Faith and Courage.
Replies: 8
Views: 4132

Re: Faith and Courage.

I should add: Courage isn't just facing death, because it's just as hard to face life. Courage isn't just living, because it's just as hard to let go and die. Most accurately, courage is a willingness to die, be reborn and live anew many times in your one life. If you define a willingness to die an...
by Anders Schlander
Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:31 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: The Qualities of a Divinely Inclined Person.....
Replies: 670
Views: 125652

Re: The Qualities of a Divinely Inclined Person.....

Performing holy rites seems to be to be the selfish way of trying to, hopelessly, attain the qualities of the enlightened because they have no idea of what enlightenment is about. It happens in hinduism, christianity, and buddhism, where the few very wise texts of people who were enlightened, if yo...
by Anders Schlander
Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:10 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: The Qualities of a Divinely Inclined Person.....
Replies: 670
Views: 125652

Re: The Qualities of a Divinely Inclined Person.....

Ah, interesting. There's two ways, there's the one where you sacrifice your attachments with a love of truth, although motivated by the ego, your sacrifices lead you to undermine the ego and destroy it. However, then there would be the other way where one is attached to sacrifice rather than truth, ...
by Anders Schlander
Thu Jun 09, 2011 8:02 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: The Qualities of a Divinely Inclined Person.....
Replies: 670
Views: 125652

Re: The Qualities of a Divinely Inclined Person.....

what is "performance of holy rites" meant to help? although somebody with a lot of wisdom may tend to have many of these qualities, It's a problem that people usually only see these qualities, and not the cause of them, so they will think to themselves, I can do many of these things, but t...
by Anders Schlander
Thu May 19, 2011 7:51 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Felling the axiom of identity
Replies: 50
Views: 18631

Re: Felling the axiom of identity

The question is can there exist a thing which does not appear to any mind? Here I am leaving the qualifier mortal out, like leaving the lid off Pandora's box. you do need to define what you're talking about, but let me try..: by the usual definition then no, mind is what appears, that which doesn't...
by Anders Schlander
Tue May 17, 2011 6:38 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Felling the axiom of identity
Replies: 50
Views: 18631

Re: Felling the axiom of identity

The question is can there exist a thing which does not appear to any mind? Here I am leaving the qualifier mortal out, like leaving the lid off Pandora's box. you do need to define what you're talking about, but let me try..: by the usual definition then no, mind is what appears, that which doesn't...
by Anders Schlander
Sun May 15, 2011 12:26 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Felling the axiom of identity
Replies: 50
Views: 18631

Re: Felling the axiom of identity

The question is can there exist a thing which does not appear to any mind? Here I am leaving the qualifier mortal out, like leaving the lid off Pandora's box. you do need to define what you're talking about, but let me try..: by the usual definition then no, mind is what appears, that which doesn't...
by Anders Schlander
Fri May 06, 2011 2:30 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Can someone confirm my understanding the QRS philosophy?
Replies: 112
Views: 28710

Re: Can someone confirm my understanding the QRS philosophy?

You're definitely overflowing with something, but it isn't Truth. Not yet at any rate. What might it be then, David? You're not in a position to speak about "going beyond" logic and reason, when you haven't yet travelled the path of logic and reason to the very end. One can only go beyond...
by Anders Schlander
Thu May 05, 2011 9:09 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Can someone confirm my understanding the QRS philosophy?
Replies: 112
Views: 28710

Re: Can someone confirm my understanding the QRS philosophy?

Bob Michael wrote:
Anders Schlander wrote:Don't you think the sharing of one's personal experience of life, death, and rebirth are an act of reason?
No, it's simply a matter of stating the facts of one's experiences as one understands them
okay.
by Anders Schlander
Thu May 05, 2011 8:31 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Can someone confirm my understanding the QRS philosophy?
Replies: 112
Views: 28710

Re: Can someone confirm my understanding the QRS philosophy?

Let's say for a moment you could leave Logic and Reason behind. What would that be like? And how would you explain it without logic and reason? Via the sharing of one's personal experiences of life, death, rebirth, and the developing of a living relationship with the Infinite. Don't you think the s...
by Anders Schlander
Tue May 03, 2011 10:08 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Can someone confirm my understanding the QRS philosophy?
Replies: 112
Views: 28710

Re: Can someone confirm my understanding the QRS philosophy?

Seems to me that no one herein has gone beyond the limits of logic and reason and has thereby entered into that rare mystical and all-knowing dimension of existence. That place of being in full living relationship with the Infinite. Let's say for a moment you could leave Logic and Reason behind. Wh...
by Anders Schlander
Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:45 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: One and ninety-nine sheep
Replies: 13
Views: 5768

Re: One and ninety-nine sheep

The one sheep is the most important, because the kingdom is One. He has to abandon all the *things* to find the kingdom, which he does only when it is possible to love God more than the perceived concrete things of the world. That's why I think he talks about the 99 as opposed to the One sheep. Imag...
by Anders Schlander
Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:55 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: The genius of Ted Kaczynski
Replies: 4
Views: 7749

Re: The genius of Ted Kaczynski

Ted Kaczynski is actually, when I think of it, a bit like the solitary philosopher that has seen enough of life to make it seem retarded and in some ways atleast incredibly stupid and illogical, but still far too egotistically attached to becoming wise. He makes some interesting points that however ...
by Anders Schlander
Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:49 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: On Women, by Artur Schopenhauer
Replies: 48
Views: 15353

Re: On Women, by Artur Schopenhauer

About solitarity; A wise man is at home alone, and in a crowd; it does not effect him to the degree that god is with him. Those who went mad with pathology certainly never really became wise. All the people who have supposedly gone crazy in periods of extended solitude went to one egotistical extrem...