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- Fri Feb 09, 2007 4:12 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Scientific Psychophysiological Benefits of Ascetic Chastity
- Replies: 70
- Views: 12001
- Fri Feb 09, 2007 3:25 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Scientific Psychophysiological Benefits of Ascetic Chastity
- Replies: 70
- Views: 12001
- Fri Feb 09, 2007 3:15 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Scientific Psychophysiological Benefits of Ascetic Chastity
- Replies: 70
- Views: 12001
- Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:04 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Critique of the QRS approach
- Replies: 180
- Views: 19957
The Hysterical One shouted, Sorry, your pleas will go unheeded by the wise! But, yes!, how your “life-partner†tag two-some inspires in me a blood-lust born of utter contempt for such insipid morality! You have already been bitten, stupid. Anyone who’s in the know can see that. Carry on. http:...
- Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:44 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Scientific Psychophysiological Benefits of Ascetic Chastity
- Replies: 70
- Views: 12001
- Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:38 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Critique of the QRS approach
- Replies: 180
- Views: 19957
- Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:32 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Critique of the QRS approach
- Replies: 180
- Views: 19957
In truth, Nat and I are pointing in opposite directions. He is pointing to animal consciousness, where words are meaningless and life is lived in immediacy. By contrast, I am pointing to full understanding of the nature of Reality and increased consciousness of consequences. It's two entirely diffe...
- Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:10 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Core of the Ego
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4393
- Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:06 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Scientific Psychophysiological Benefits of Ascetic Chastity
- Replies: 70
- Views: 12001
- Fri Feb 09, 2007 4:26 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Critique of the QRS approach
- Replies: 180
- Views: 19957
Hey Unidian, what other "wisdom" related forums do you post on?
None, really. But I do post at Future Philosophy, which is pretty much what the name says (and where we have an Eastern philosophy area), and Steel Woods, which is a fun place for friendly dialogue.
- Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:15 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Critique of the QRS approach
- Replies: 180
- Views: 19957
I'm not interested in convincing anyone here that I "have an understanding." There are any number of reasons various individuals might conclude that I do or do not have one, very few of which would have much to do with whether or not I actually do. In fact, this place is practically a museum of biza...
- Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:27 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Critique of the QRS approach
- Replies: 180
- Views: 19957
Sapius , True, and it is perfectly clear as to what your words actually signify; don’t they? Neither this staunch approach may actually help any one, nor do the extremities otherwise, as in taking words at face value. Since it is absolutely necessary that the significance be realized through word...
- Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:00 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Critique of the QRS approach
- Replies: 180
- Views: 19957
David , I don't recall ever calling it "rational enlightenment". It isn't something I would normally do, because I know that it would create the misleading impression that enlightenment is nothing more than being in possession of a bunch of intellectual truths. As I say, it is the giving of one's e...
- Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:57 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Critique of the QRS approach
- Replies: 180
- Views: 19957
Okay, a couple more replies won't kill me. First, to Hades : You speak of basically, an academic enlightenment. When one gathers certain information(wisdom), and experiences, and rejects other information(delusions)...he will pass the test and get his enlightened-diploma. This isn't authentic, this ...
- Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:22 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Critique of the QRS approach
- Replies: 180
- Views: 19957
Nat: I'm not seeking to "breakthrough into the Infinite," nor to "attain enlightenment," nor to "find the true path," etc. I recently unlearned all of that, hopefully (and in all likelihood) once and for all. No goal, no path, no attainment. Sapius: This seems absolutely consistent with what existe...
- Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:18 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Critique of the QRS approach
- Replies: 180
- Views: 19957
Yeah, I get it that he is just saying his view, which he believes because it is supported by old texts and lots of people, whereas David said what he said because that was the extent of his own thinking it through. How condescending. The implication here is that I only parrot other people's words w...
- Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:22 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Critique of the QRS approach
- Replies: 180
- Views: 19957
He thinks he can experience the totality by not forming any concepts about anything in his immediate experience, but that has nothing to do with enlightenment. Agreed, it has nothing to do with "enlightenment." And happily so, because I'm no longer interested in enlightenment, Nirvana, moshka, stic...
- Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:19 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Critique of the QRS approach
- Replies: 180
- Views: 19957
Nat, I do appreciate the academic perspective as I have not studied all the (er, much of the) academic side - but could you answer the question as it stands? Huh? What is academic about this? I'm a college dropout and I couldn't name more than five cities in India. I couldn't care less about academ...
- Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:07 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Core of the Ego
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4393
Yes, that's a wonderful passage from Siddhartha . At least for the moment of that writing, Hesse really "got it." There are only a few classic writings that come about as close as words can come to conveying the whole thing through language, and Siddhartha is one of them. Highly recommened for anyon...
- Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:57 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Critique of the QRS approach
- Replies: 180
- Views: 19957
- Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:16 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Critique of the QRS approach
- Replies: 180
- Views: 19957
Hi David, thanks for the response. I'm going to address your comments only, for now. I don't have time to respond to the others who offer "read more QRS" or "you're a woman" rather than substantive argument. Like most rants, Unidian's piece above is overly-emotional and not very coherent. When you a...
- Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:52 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Core of the Ego
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4393
- Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:13 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Critique of the QRS approach
- Replies: 180
- Views: 19957
I'm surprised that in ten years of philosophy you still worry this much about something as trivial as where a philosopher gets his money... I do? Actually, I'm not concerned with that at all, as long as the source isn't criminal or somesuch. I'm just pointing out that regardless of any realization,...
- Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:04 am
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: Core of the Ego
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4393
- Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:20 am
- Forum: Help Desk
- Topic: Vlad Tepes
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5023