L'éléphant

Well, think fast.

:grin: Are you gonna be nice now?

And on you.

Killjoy. No one knows if that's his real name. Maybe Lao Tzu. But yeah, it has a ring sound to it.

If I've come across an explanation I will post it here. Maybe you could start a thread on that. lol. How did we achieve self-awareness when there was ...

The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long - ? Tao Te Ching

Yeah, I can see this happening. If one is a fervent poster like GT was, that's a way to go.

You should allow little breaks.

While I haven't explained how we broke away from the collective awareness, the plurality, to self-consciousness, I'm telling you that there was no rea...

:up: Sadly, naturalism has some harsh words against freedom of thinking. To the followers of naturalism, freedom is only an illusion. Some of the reas...

So, a user whose account was deleted would have "Deleted User" as name on OP in a thread. Then, succeeding posts in the thread would still have the ac...

.

:up:

Ah! I see.

Hah! Indeed. Thanks. Here, I pasted a passage from the book: esse = essence or nature operari = action

May I ask why a forum member would request an account to be deleted? I mean, why not just stop logging in to the forum?

So then the one thing we could deduce from it is that there was no understanding of self prior, since there was no understanding of singular subject. ...

"Propaganda" and "agenda" are words that aren't used by the government or nation or state -- only the critics used them. Because they are politically ...

This argument that freedom happens in the thinking (the act of thinking) is not just articulated by Descartes and Aristotle, but also by the likes of ...

Yes, that's a good one. I also remember reading about talking to plants make them thrive more. This is a scientific experiment conducted by qualified ...

I'm not sure I understand this point. Please clarify as to your reaction to what I said regarding the change in wisdom. My point in my previous post w...

I'm thinking cause they're choleric -- easily irritated. So, your posts are doing their job just fine.

Yup! Interesting. Thanks for the link. :grin: Yeah, this is the superman theory of perception. Where we give off beams from our eyes and we see object...

:shade: This is exhausting. Why do I feel like I'm in the dating scene again? Cause this is the convo you get when you're in one. Just letting you kno...

Okay, what's the connection of this clip again?

I can't read minds. I'm not telephatic. If you want something from me, you need to tell me in words.

What doesn't compute? Spit it out!

What is it?

You probably need to draw the line between what you call ascetic (monk living) and living with just the basic necessities, which many ordinary people ...

:razz: Good one.

I think it's incorrect to say here "just because we do not or cannot perceive it". We do perceive objective reality, but it's only a perception. So, w...

There are two different mindsets here. One, those who call out government programs and public statements as propaganda are the anti-manipulation group...

To answer your question, is infinity necessary? Infinity is what we could only point to whenever we talk about the beginning of everything.

Infinity was first posited by Anaximander. The apeiron as the first principle is boundless. The first principle meaning the "beginning of everything"....

FWIW, belief in telepathy has been around for a while. It is the process of sending out thoughts to another person without the use of technology or ot...

Yeah, true. That's suspect -- all within 2 weeks. But, again, I think the allure of physicalism/materialism is that it is easy to grasp, and therefore...

Nothing impressive. I've seen jugglers on bike circling around a tight circular platform.

The comparison makes sense in one way. "Rats" is a harsh term for pests. And you know the meaning of pests -- they're in abundance with little to no u...

I can only take a guess. Physicalism/materialism is an interesting view in metaphysics and philosophy of the mind -- it is anti phenomenology and idea...

They're beautiful.

You lack faith, that's why. In my case, I wasn't even feeling religious when I uttered that for a friend. I did that out of frustration. I couldn't re...

Good one! Squirrel eyes are one heck of a pair of eyes. They're big for their head, and very bright. So makes sense.

I reject this. Sorry, Athena. Books and writings came about because of enlightenment, not the other way around. And no, the life expectancy at 35-45 w...

Big time!

No way! Seriously? Wow.

If you need help, will you reach out?

Okay I get that. Thanks.

Yeah, I dig stoats. Check this out: https://www.robertefuller.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/C76I8600-1200-crop-1.jpg

Right. Puzzling.

haha! Except the owls. :razz: Yeah I know. That's a baby. But still.