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Enlightenment for me means knowing intuitively, intuitively knowing. What enlightenment means to you is likely NOT what enlightenment is. Personal meaning, and what actually something is, are rarely identical. Intuition is not enlightenment. Knowledge is different from intuition. If an archer hits ...

One of my philosophy professors (Lloyd P. Gerson) claimed the same thing: philosophy is preparation for death.

Thanks for the link.

It is important to protect free speech, and I see the dangers of making exceptions for verbal abuse (some people could claim the slightest thing as verbal abuse, and use that as a way of actually abusing others through the system), but that does not make it okay to manipulate the system into protec...

Let's speculate for a moment on the possibility of one thinking to the point where they can conceptualize the activities of their mind, emotions, body, etc. Neurology, Psychology, and the various medicines, have already conceptualized the activities or the nature of the mentioned entities. Maybe th...

Mystic states of consciousness are simply the result of the brain and it's neurons producing an abnormal quantity of thought simultaneously, which leads to a particular quality of consciousness. If anything, the presence of thought implies the state of mind is not a mystic one. Unfortunately, I can...

Sue Gardner, the executive director of the foundation, has set a goal to raise the share of female contributors to 25 percent by 2015, but she is running up against the traditions of the computer world and an obsessive fact-loving realm that is dominated by men and, some say, uncomfortable for wome...

Why must I deserve a status? I seek none. Hubris. Keep all the status for yourself. False humility. I'm happy with just discussions... philosophical or others. The why cain't we all just get along shctick (don't forget to bat your eyelids..) Personal attacks and mockery... classic. But if that brea...

And what status do you deserve, with your 7 posts and poorly chosen username.? I see the sharks don't take long to bite. Why must I deserve a status? I seek none. Keep all the status for yourself. I'm happy with just discussions... philosophical or others. I do philosophy to gain the understanding ...

Hello Mr. 6 posts, and welcome to the board. Thanks Really doing philosophy is not just throwing a bunch of old questions out there. You are right. A properly trained parrot can utter such questions, and we wouldn't want to give such a parrot philosopher status. My intent was not to throw a bunch o...

I've been away for a few years going to school, so I haven't been doing any philosophy. I'm feeling guilty about it! Philosophy is the love of wisdom. And a true philosopher dies with that love - he never stops doing philosophy. You don't need books to do philosophy... a simple question, a simple w...

Just the fact that reality is such a hot topic worries me, because reality is nothing but ones perception of events. So you made a post to point out how pointless it is to discuss reality, and went on to discuss reality. What part of pointless, don't you understand? Now I realize that obviously, th...

Pathetic!

If you know the belief that will make a person a genius, share it using words. If someone is willing to take the pill, they ought to be willing to consider the words/belief.

By no means is this an attempt to answer the question - or the implied question. At best, what I say next should be considered "observations". When Aristotle said man is "a rational animal", he put himself in the bind of defining or explaining what "rational" or "a...

But I want to be sure, that Im a genius, and also how do i tell if im "enlightened" or not? A decent starting place: http://www.youtube.com/user/MenoftheInfinite#p/u/16/Opfa0yPmiDc http://www.youtube.com/user/MenoftheInfinite#p/u/17/v45Ro4FQHCA And are all geniuses enlightened, are all en...

Consider deductive reasoning. All men are mortal Socrates is a man Therefore Socrates is mortal Is that a truth? I think the above example is meant more as an example of deductive reasoning rather than "a truth". You are taking the example too seriously. First of all, we don't know all me...