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I don't think you will get far. Obama is an alien. His spacecrafts are all around the world waiting his victory to descend upon earth.
My spaceship is a Quantum Spaceship. It is powered by a second-quantum hyperdrive.
Obama's, on the other hand, is powered by delusion and deception.
His drive can get him quite far, but not nearly as far - or as fast - as mine.
On the downside: my drive is so large that the lifesystem only allows for single-occupancy.
Tightly packed into a General Products #3 hull.
Impervious to anything but visible light.
Pretty damned bulletproof.
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Chasm / Re: The internet is making us realize that we are useless.
« on: April 10, 2012, 05:58:23 PM »
This is the 'not-doing' of taoism.
A concept Westerners have enormous difficulty with.
A concept Westerners have enormous difficulty with.
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Chasm / Re: Science vs. Spirituality.
« on: April 10, 2012, 05:56:21 PM »
It is a tool, true. For fools? Sometimes.
Any tool is useful when the task at hand calls for that particular tool.
Having only one tool, somewhat hinders the results achieved.
Any tool is useful when the task at hand calls for that particular tool.
Having only one tool, somewhat hinders the results achieved.
You are right. 801
Chasm / Science vs. Spirituality.
« on: April 10, 2012, 05:21:16 PM »
Science appears, on the face of it, to be a good thing.
But it is not a replacement for spirituality.
Science takes a thing, manipulates it, 'understands' it, and exploits it.
This process, far more often than not, results in the destruction of whatever science is applied to.
Whereas spirituality appreciates a thing, for what that thing is, perceives it, makes use of it, while not destroying it.
Science seeks always to 'understand'. And of what use is 'understanding'?
Once labeled, known, put in a box and organized, what is that thing, then?
It's life, its magic, its uniqueness, has been taken from it, and it is, henceforth, taken for granted.
Used up.
Spirituality makes use of.
Science uses up.
The former reveres, appreciates, and benefits from.
The latter demeans, diminishes, and destroys.
But it is not a replacement for spirituality.
Science takes a thing, manipulates it, 'understands' it, and exploits it.
This process, far more often than not, results in the destruction of whatever science is applied to.
Whereas spirituality appreciates a thing, for what that thing is, perceives it, makes use of it, while not destroying it.
Science seeks always to 'understand'. And of what use is 'understanding'?
Once labeled, known, put in a box and organized, what is that thing, then?
It's life, its magic, its uniqueness, has been taken from it, and it is, henceforth, taken for granted.
Used up.
Spirituality makes use of.
Science uses up.
The former reveres, appreciates, and benefits from.
The latter demeans, diminishes, and destroys.
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Chasm / Re: Walk > Talk
« on: April 10, 2012, 05:09:40 PM »
WTF?
None of this has anything to do with me.
If it does, what does that say about you?
'You' being the second-person-plural.
None of this has anything to do with me.
If it does, what does that say about you?
'You' being the second-person-plural.
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Chasm / Re: The spiritual quest
« on: April 10, 2012, 05:00:52 PM »
That is beautiful enough to be the way it is.
It makes perfect sense, without attempting to.
That, my friends, is Spirituality.
It makes perfect sense, without attempting to.
That, my friends, is Spirituality.
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Chasm / Re: The spiritual quest
« on: April 10, 2012, 04:48:20 PM »
The term 'spiritual' seems, here, to be describing something it is not.
Spiritual, is the subtraction of words and thoughts from what exists, and attending to the perception of it, instead.
It is more about appreciation, than it is about analysis and theory.
Most of all, it is simplicity.
It is certainly not a quest.
To go looking for it, whatever it is, is the surest way of being unable to find it.
Spiritual, is the subtraction of words and thoughts from what exists, and attending to the perception of it, instead.
It is more about appreciation, than it is about analysis and theory.
Most of all, it is simplicity.
It is certainly not a quest.
To go looking for it, whatever it is, is the surest way of being unable to find it.
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Chasm / Re: The internet is making us realize that we are useless.
« on: April 10, 2012, 04:40:57 PM »
The internet can certainly make a lot of people useless, but they are the very ones who are unable to realize it.
To be able to say anything one likes, with no immediate consequences, is more than some can resist.
Of course, there are consequences, but they are hidden, and take some time to manifest.
A delayed 'accident', you could say.
Something, however, has happened here, lately.
The whole tone of the place has changed.
I don't understand anything anyone writes, any more.
Which I consider a good thing.
If a crow is the smartest thing around, then people are being internet-useless.
To be able to say anything one likes, with no immediate consequences, is more than some can resist.
Of course, there are consequences, but they are hidden, and take some time to manifest.
A delayed 'accident', you could say.
Something, however, has happened here, lately.
The whole tone of the place has changed.
I don't understand anything anyone writes, any more.
Which I consider a good thing.
If a crow is the smartest thing around, then people are being internet-useless.
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Chasm / Re: Eugenocide
« on: April 10, 2012, 05:55:11 AM »
Somebody, somewhere, sometime, should redefine what 'an intellectual' actually is.
My impression is that it's something not very useful.
My impression is that it's something not very useful.
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Chasm / Re: Spring is here!
« on: April 09, 2012, 08:43:18 PM »
A warrior is a warrior only when he must be.
He trains for it, waits for it, engages in it.
But he must know when to stop.
http://www.amerika.org/social-reality/the-warrior-monk/
He trains for it, waits for it, engages in it.
But he must know when to stop.
http://www.amerika.org/social-reality/the-warrior-monk/
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Chasm / Under 120s: our friends
« on: April 09, 2012, 08:33:33 PM »But, what if there's a way to fight the infection (antibiotics) while keeping the leg?
What if the one with the infected leg refuses to admit the infection, and rejects antibiotics?
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Chasm / Re: Walk > Talk
« on: April 09, 2012, 07:44:19 PM »
It's not advice. It's a viewpoint.
Most people around here seem to think a life is about ridiculing everybody else, but doing nothing about oneself.
What does it serve, to prattle on about what everybody else 'should' be doing?
How will that create anything better?
I remind people who may have forgotten, of what they always knew, at some point.
Crows do that. If only to remind people how irritating crows can be.
Mosquitoes fulfil much the same function.
Most people around here seem to think a life is about ridiculing everybody else, but doing nothing about oneself.
What does it serve, to prattle on about what everybody else 'should' be doing?
How will that create anything better?
I remind people who may have forgotten, of what they always knew, at some point.
Crows do that. If only to remind people how irritating crows can be.
Mosquitoes fulfil much the same function.
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Chasm / Re: Walk > Talk
« on: April 09, 2012, 07:32:53 PM »
What is not generally understood, is that to create a good society, it is first necessary to create a good self.
To save the planet, first one must save oneself.
To help someone, one must first be able to help oneself.
Etc.
To save the planet, first one must save oneself.
To help someone, one must first be able to help oneself.
Etc.