TheMadFool

I suppose then that the Buddha's contribution is in having recognized, refined, and emphasized the profundity of the truth we call impermanence. A "ca...

Your philosophy is an enigma to me but as for your statement about how contradictions relate to possibility, all I can say is that once contradictions...

This, to my reckoning, is what we call cognitive dissonance or so it seems. It looks like it's not true that the various categories you mentioned abov...

I don't know how to respond to this or if I can whether it'll be good enough to lessen our burden. Let's, for a moment, grace the Sisyphean scene - Si...

You need to give me more than that to go on. What means this "victorious a bit"? Is this some kind of a game concept, like winning 3 out of a best of ...

Well, let's figure out what this mother of all infinity is then? That infinity that's truly, in every sense and in all dimensions, truly infinite. Suc...

I'm here in my room. It was 11:00 AM when I got here. Now, the second time I look at my watch, it's 11:01 AM. Exactly 1 minute has passed. How many in...

So, your reason for not having sex with your wife's body is because your sister's mind/brain is in it and you wouldn't have sex with your sister's bod...

Thank you for the clarification. We're on the same page. I'm mainly concerned with the physical aspects of emotions - the accompanying entourage of bo...

Good point! However, I feel my thought experiment does the job of exposing the heart of the issue insofar as personhood is concerned, especially the c...

Thanks for informative post. I'm going to read it in the context of the OP if that's ok with you. First is the notion of dependent origination which I...

This must make sense at some level. What's the difference between mind and consciousness? This blew my mind. Can I substitiute soul for consciousness?...

Just wondering about a certain inconsistency that's bothering me. In all likelihood, it's a failure on my part and not in the rationale behind the dis...

Yes, both the mind and body go toward a person's identity. That's only reasonable option. My initital story, if that's the right word for it, actually...

This seems like an oxymoron for the simple reason that a placebo doesn't cure anything, that's why it's a placebo. I wonder though how all this makes ...

These don't seem to be mutually exclusive although I'm not sure whether it's because art is so expansive or if sex, drugs, rock-n-roll are true art? I...

Nice! :100: This induces bafflement. I presume the distinction was necessary. So, why not stick to your guns instead of trying to have a foot in both ...

The applications of art therapy, as herein outlined, includes but is not limited to psychiatry. You surely didn't fail to notice I was going for the p...

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Sarcasm? No problem. Thanks :up:

If it doesn't lead to a contradiction, it's possible. I don't see any as of this moment but I can do what everyone does - ask for evidence for this th...

That's a point in favor of my theory. Can you provide any details if it's not too personal?

Good point, well said although this isn't what I really want to discuss but, very interesting thoughts on the matter I must say and so, let's discuss ...

I'm not saying that emotions can be completely reduced to the physical. This is entirely my fault as I wanted to keep the OP short and so failed to ma...

I'm simply working with the official position on the issue - natural evil?! By the way, evil as causes of suffering doesn't actually cut it since puni...

That's an entirely different issue. I get the impression that you want to introduce qualia into the discussion and switch the topic to one about the h...

I thought I clarified that point: no smoke without fire. A heuristic that led me to the conclusion that emotions are physical. After all, the entire p...

To reiterate, given that both agencies, humans, and non-agencies, like earthquakes, floods, etc. are generally considered as evil, it makes sense, doe...

:chin: I don't think the physiologists in the many institutes around the world have made a habit of talking out of their hat. No smoke without fire, r...

:100: :up: :100: My take on that is: if you're not in love with someone/something then, your life would be one with "no suffering, angst, or worry" un...

I guess so. Language is not exactly the perfect mode of communication. Telepathy would, in my opinion, be the closest thing to being a perfect languag...

How would a person feel if for instance fae was a through and through Islamic fundamentalist, having even participated in some terrorist activities, t...

:ok: I'd just like to run something by you for your views: What's the difference between an actual infinity and a potential infinity? I got the impres...

Thank you for the definitions of religion and philosophy. I think you're spot on. What is intriguing here is that no religion, save Buddhism, shares t...

Which one am I? A child or a fool? Or am I both? I'm not kidding. An answer will mean a lot to me. This contradicts your previous statement.

I prefer to look at it as: nonexistence , existence , and then, nonexistence . I'm not sure about this but I've always looked at emotions as reactions...

"Suffering as a part of life." A stoic thinks of "suffering as a part of life." Stoics are dead wrong but it's not their fault...I would've come to th...

That was too complicated but grant me one question: how do you know this, our, universe isn't, you know, infinite? If I misread you, where?

This, in my humble opinion, needs some qualification. Meaningless only in the sense that one wasn't conferred to you by, you know, a "higher power" wh...

:ok: Too tired to make sense of anything. Rambling...rambling...but, thankfully, not gambling.

Enjoy the train ride...truth seeker...bon voyage!

Worth pondering but likely to solved only when hell freezes over. The problem is the idea or theory, if you will, is untestable or unverifiable, I can...

And, in that same vein...

My two cents worth: Firstly, that's an odd thing to say. Aren't we part of this universe? Secondly, our relationship with infinity had modest beginnin...

Just what I need to make my case Thanks.

I don't think there's a mathematical constraint that limits the number of dimensions to a finite number. I wonder though how infinite axes, all mutual...

This, in my humble opinion, suggests some kind of, in Kantian ethics, failure of duty to the self. How? In what sense? I'm completely stumped. The onl...

Pardon the interruption. Please continue your conversation, I'm sure you guys have made good progress on that front. Good day!

Truth and use?! The only sense I can make of this is that truths are useful. By the way, lies/falsehoods are useful too, even more so on some occasion...

Come to think of it, not only as passive opportunities but actual instances of frank predation. Who's to say disasters don't have agencies behind them...