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Then what's the question? Or there is none?
June 11, 2021 at 04:33
It seems the above intro is for the following question: You would like to help the millions, is that it?
June 11, 2021 at 04:18
Hello I read your OP but having some problems understanding your question/s. Can you ask it differently?
June 11, 2021 at 04:06
Behold the sincere seeker looking for the treasure of nothing-ness in the desolate ruins. If he 'has to' seek then he seeks without the aid of reasoni...
June 10, 2021 at 00:56
Right. Experience isn't wisdom. Nice quote, and true. The same sentiment has been echoed by many,
June 09, 2021 at 21:21
:smile: ...it it was, the first post/suggestion will still hold true.
June 09, 2021 at 20:44
Your question was how do we measure wisdom. It was said, one can measure by looking at the feedback within oneself. The feedback of one's thoughts-fee...
June 09, 2021 at 19:52
How do we measure 'wisdom'? Good question. Is it really that difficult? One's own life/living is the best measurement. One's thoughts-feelings, words,...
June 09, 2021 at 19:37
@"ArguingWAristotleTiff" Thank you.
June 09, 2021 at 15:49
My previous post was an endeavor to offer a distinction, in light of which facts can reflect. The same facts which are usually concealed by deceptive ...
June 07, 2021 at 03:43
As you perhaps know i don't post too often unless something inspires me to. The above comment is one of them. Critiquing is a wonderful thing. Not eve...
June 07, 2021 at 01:16
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Reading the above, one is confronted with the question of listening. What's involved in listening and how does one listen? Does one listen if they are...
June 05, 2021 at 18:41
So is the entire world 'you' perceive. You can doubt everything but you cannot doubt the doubter. Which proves the primacy of a conscious presence (th...
June 04, 2021 at 20:25
To continue a bit on what was said in OP: One may ask a question, how does a lover of wisdom, concerned with his or her own life/living (not looking a...
June 01, 2021 at 17:52
In interest of any reader, regarding, "Then you also project an assumption (not conditioned by corrupting knowledge) about what it is like to be a bea...
June 01, 2021 at 07:55
I see you edited your comment and added the above while i was typing the response. In response to your question: This is something op had mentioned in...
June 01, 2021 at 05:12
But in your previous comment you were using a bear and it's actions as an example of conditioned knowledge. OP corrected the error in his response, an...
June 01, 2021 at 05:01
On the contrary, the bear (wrong example. not only the wrong end of the stick, but it's the wrong stick) is alive! It is true to what nature has given...
June 01, 2021 at 03:35
Ha
May 31, 2021 at 21:06
The op is more interested in accurately representing what's being said, than in playing patty cake. These accurate representations may sting, but they...
May 31, 2021 at 19:26
Right, so your initial post wasn't an invitation to discuss, Thanks for the clarification.
May 31, 2021 at 16:48
That's where the heavy lifting is. Objectivity and clarity don't come easy. It will depend on how innocent the mind is. The innocence, clarity, and ob...
May 30, 2021 at 21:53
The OP has always been clear. Any lack of clarity is/was in the recipient's corrupted mind. Perhaps a reactionary block towards comprehension. Further...
May 30, 2021 at 21:42
Maybe i will try one more time. By corruption OP is pointing to our inability to meet the present with fresh and clear eyes. We meet it through the le...
May 30, 2021 at 21:27
Actually it's other way around. What you are describing is pleasure. A pleasure, that is immediately derived from all the actions you have enumerated....
May 30, 2021 at 21:00
@"Benj96" There is an error in in my initial/first post. In the 2nd sentence. Please read "happiness" as 'pleasure'. The quest for pleasure (sensation...
May 30, 2021 at 19:24
BTW i also enjoyed your other question/thread here but did not participate in it for certain reasons. Maybe i will share my 2 cents here. You said : "...
May 30, 2021 at 18:26
@"Benj96" Good post. And you have also talked about contentment. That said: Happiness is a sensation (with biological implications). It's sought by hu...
May 30, 2021 at 18:06
Not sure if your post is an invitation to discuss or simply something you felt like posting.
May 30, 2021 at 17:18
Nope. Only a corrupt mind can't understand the difference between right and wrong use of resources This is the last response you will ever get from OP...
May 30, 2021 at 17:06
It seems only a mind that isn't Innocent, or doesn't understand what it is, will make a statement like the one quoted above. To clarify, an innocent m...
May 30, 2021 at 03:35
Ideally yes. So be careful of posting biased statements without evidence, was the point of my initial post. If you didn't get it then it's ok, there i...
May 30, 2021 at 03:18
" I think i can understand that many have an anxious desire to post things born out of a kind of reactionary anger and depression, and if your post is...
May 30, 2021 at 03:13
A critique should come with a reasoning. Like my previous critique showed what was lacking in your quoted post. I haven't been here long enough to kno...
May 30, 2021 at 02:57
The above is a bias.not substantiated by evidence.
May 30, 2021 at 02:39
No. philosophy was originally defined as the love of wisdom, not love of knowledge. Wisdom and knowledge aren't the same.
May 30, 2021 at 02:37
Language policing is the mask that seems to hide unresolved personal issues.
May 29, 2021 at 19:06
A disgusting and despicable thing to do.
May 29, 2021 at 18:32
Then don't call anyone racist Your thread was initially tilled "is racist language acceptable". Listen to your own advice The accusation of contemptuo...
May 29, 2021 at 18:24
+1 +1 +1
May 29, 2021 at 17:47
Simple, the desire to end desire is a continuity of desire. All my OP's have gone into this..f you are serious and sincere to find out then you will n...
May 28, 2021 at 03:39
You know what's really funny? The predictable reactionary posts, when the focus shifts from the topic to the person. It's the first sign of a failure ...
May 28, 2021 at 02:13
The word thus was used as an acknowledgement of a fact....more precisely an acknowledgement of the resultant effects, of what was said prior to it's u...
May 28, 2021 at 00:35
The question of choice arises only if one is unsure. It does not arise when there is a clear insight of the dangers involved.
May 28, 2021 at 00:07
" let's not forget that to have no model is itself a model". This is an old fallacious (therefore incorrect) reasoning usually used as a last resort. ...
May 28, 2021 at 00:05
They may or may not be context dependent, but in many cases they are certainly convenience dependent . Anything will puzzle the puzzled, unless they s...
May 27, 2021 at 20:43
Are emotions rational or irrational? As i see it both are labels the mind attaches to emotions. It's not the labels themselves that are important/inte...
May 27, 2021 at 20:30
Again, the objection of reinventing the wheel is a "practical" objection and does not apply to what's being talked about in OP. The objection is devas...
May 27, 2021 at 19:45
In the previous thread also cited in OP, a distinction was made between "Practical-Psychological" knowledge/problems. Your example of the stone falls ...
May 27, 2021 at 18:49