GENIUS FORUMS

To me it must ever remain one of the wonders of the world- the fear and loathing people have for philosophy. From High School to the present, the only topic that I needed passionately to discuss with friends was philosophy and truth. Granted, my mates from H.S. ultimately drifted away due to the one...

FTA: Men, on the other hand, beat women hands-down in one area: contemplating rumpy-pumpy. Brizendine noted "that while a man will think about sex every 52 seconds, the subject tends to cross women's minds just once a day". To put that in perspective, "men have an international airpor...

So respond to my points that differ from my one misunderstanding. Which at no point invalidated my response regardless. I could have saved my time and just written you off like you're attempting to do here. I prefer to read and every now and again participate in good topics, but you are like a weed ...

You mean that as an implication of what I wrote above? The seeming permanence of enjoyment makes the permanence of the ego seem real? Or did you approach it from a different angle? Enjoyment is nothing more than stroking the ego, thereby affirming its existence. The ego craves this type of attentio...

Kevin wrote: temporal means not real. I disagree. Just because something is temporary does not detract from its reality. It is real in the moment, and the moment is real. Experience is irrefutable even though the things in experience are not ultimately real. Each "moment" brings subtle ch...

EI : The point was whether or not something is real just because it is temporary. You stated a belief in your control over whether or not you enjoy things. The point was that in temporality, there is no control. The only control over the illusion is to see past it. BJM : Irony, anyone? You can talk...

I think whether or not we enjoy things is up to us, but deeply realizing how temporary things are affords us the opportunity to recognize what is important in life. So if a serial rapist/murderer busted through your door and set about his business with you, you would control whether or not you enjo...

I think part of the reason we enjoy things, a large part of it, is because we do believe they are real/permanent, because that belief makes it easier to forget about the suffering we will experience when the thing goes away, so we can dive more deeply into enjoyment without being plagued by that wo...

The following is cut and paste from Kevin Solway's Poison for the Heart . It's a worthwhile read. Any thoughts? Temporality It is said "All our attachments and joys are temporal," and "you can't take anything with you when you die." Such advice achieves little, as we do not under...

sschaula wrote:Besides, you don't even know me. What's your point?

Butting in, pardon me. But you're in the army. You are sheep by definition. Speaking from experience. Anything missing, sir?

edited out ad hominem

Love of Wisdom. I thought everyone knew that. Yeah but each person has different notions of what love is, and what wisdom is. A person can parrot the definition of philosophy and yet know nothing at all. I was being a bit sarcastic. But each person has a different definition of what sarcasm is. Etc...

Someone on another thread said: "I suppose I was thinking from the point of view that most people are not alive – for they are not conscious of the existence of Truth." Most, O. K. all followers of organized religion would claim "alive" status, don't you think? Under the condi...

kowtaaia wrote:Do you know what the word 'philosophy' means?

Could you say?

Love of Wisdom. I thought everyone knew that.

The following video linked below is outright frightening, considering the stranglehold the weed of religion has on the people of America, and the world at large. A hero might say something must be done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmNjfpoRZpE

Erotic Love What is the experience called love but the experience of emptiness; a momentary escape from loneliness into merging with another? Yet such "relief" is no better than an illusion. She knows your lusts, not your mind. You create her mind, not her lust. Her lust is for your mind, ...

Hello A.C., You seem confused, and I take it, either you are young or English is not your first language. Regarding your post, it is all over the place and I cannot find a point to respond to. But since you have taken the time to contribute here, I ask you, what do you think about the truth? What do...

Sue, The very thought of hell motivated much of my early thinking. Convinced I was a sinner destined for the infernal depths, I can't count the number of times my little knees were buried in the dirt, hands clasped in pleading for a deal blubbered out from tear-ringed lips. One of my luckiest attrib...

The following is excerpted from the Threefold Lotus Sutra: The Buddha addressed the Bodhisattva Great Adornment and the eighty thousand bodhisattvas: "Good sons, there is one doctrine which makes bodhisattvas accomplish Perfect Enlightenment quickly. If a bodhisattva learns this doctrine, then ...

Hi Cory, I generally agree, but, as to the other side of the coin: "The great path has no gates Thousands of roads enter it. When one passes through this gateless gate, He walks freely between heaven and earth. "Controlled or not controlled? The same dice shows two faces. Not controlled or...

Frustration is the result of an ignorant ego born to a finite body. Before birth we are formless, not blinded by form just yet. Being thus, we have no lack in fulfillment, as without form there is no room for desire to breed. Tossed into this world, we are confronted not only with the limiting sensa...

Hi Ryan, This quote suggests that the sage is much like a child; the characteristics of a child that resonate with the sage is the child’s innocence, humility, sense of wonder, curiosity and never-ending interest in further understanding the world around him. I think a sage's humility, much like a...

Carl, The above post was an acknowledged "reach," written from the perspective of the average person's fears. Although, I think Diebert was closer when speaking on a fear of technology, which implies a fear of intellect. On the other hand, a sage would appear quite alien to the average eg...

Carl wrote: This is exchange is like communicating with an extraterrestrial. I pick up a message broadcast through the vast universe known as Internet from an entity which calls itself BJMcGilly. I decipher it as best as I can, formulate a response in my own language, and beam it back out into the c...

Carl, The above post was an acknowledged "reach," written from the perspective of the average person's fears. Although, I think Diebert was closer when speaking on a fear of technology, which implies a fear of intellect. On the other hand, a sage would appear quite alien to the average eg...

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 wh...