Aurora

I can already tell that you probably won't like him. I have no idea what "new age" is, but he makes a lot of sense to me. He's definitely not everyone...

Yes :D

Likewise, and yes, it would be nice to talk aviation sometime ! Happy flying, in the meantime :D

Hmm, I didn't know the first Eckhart, but I'm pretty sure Eckhart Tolle named himself after Meister Eckhart. Tolle's original name was Ulrich Leonard ...

Before this gets out of hand, I will respectfully, and completely, disagree, and move on with my evening :)

Very cool ! No, I'm just an aviation enthusiast ... I love aviation science and accident investigation (the show "Mayday" for example). And, I'm one o...

Oh, I mentioned it here and there, but the guy I'm referring to is Eckhart Tolle.

I responded to you because you responded to me in a calm manner that facilitated a discussion as opposed to just shooting down everything and writing ...

To the more experienced members here - are arguments / heated discussions quite commonplace here ? Are there cliques / warring factions of members ?

Cool ! What kind of aircraft ? What do you want to fly eventually ?

She's really been hittin the Bowflex, it appears.

So is your expectation that I will respond to (or even read the entirety of) such a post from you :) Don't bother responding to any of my posts again....

Wow, that's the first and only valid point I've seen you make ! I'm impressed. I was drunk when I wrote that initial response, so I was happier than I...

I like a lot of what you have to say (in general ... also counting previous posts I've come across by you). There is a lot of depth and substance to w...

I do agree that my referring to the masses as "idiots" was condescending ... no question about it. Perhaps, I should have used different words. I can ...

Hi, sorry to hear about your situation. It does sound like moving out would be the only good solution I can think of. Otherwise, you cannot escape the...

I'm beyond the end of my patience trying to explain myself on this subject. However, it is one of the few threads on this site that addresses a subjec...

Right.

:)

Sorry to break it to you, but no one is obligated to explain/justify anything to anyone. You can have that expectation, but then also expect to be dis...

Anything anyone says is an opinion. Now, that is a fact ;)

Me neither :D

I don't think I do, either. But, I enjoyed reading your post :)

Disagreements aside, I do have one important thing to say about this subject. As always, this is an opinion (I hope at least that is clear, so I don't...

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(This is your second response to me on this site. Both were worthless, which convinces me that you have nothing to say that is of interest to me. So, ...

Great. I think we have an understanding :)

False. Because of the definition of the word "opinion", which I included previously. THE END

Yes, I get that. I'm used to it too. And yes, it is perhaps best for us not to speak about this topic again, because we're getting nowhere good. With ...

You are manufacturing this "arrogance" out of what I said. You are taking something quite simple (a viewpoint) and adding your own interpretations to ...

That's it ! Thanks for making it even clearer this time around :D Those words I quoted are what I'm talking about. Is that not a personal attack ?

No, I'm not. If you think this, perhaps you don't understand the meaning of the word "opinion". opinion |??piny?n| noun a view or judgment formed abou...

Let's talk when you've cooled down and when it's not just your emotion that's talking ? Maybe come back to this in a couple of days ? There is nothing...

Ok, good, so then, going back to the original point of my post that led to this discussion, it is precisely that experience of consciousness that is t...

I wrote about it in depth in my previous post (I'm guessing you didn't read it ?). Take a look there. I'll summarize it again: Consciousness is the pr...

Yes, I believe so. My view has been influenced by Eckhart Tolle who has studied all those schools of thought. He puts the whole thing in very simple w...

Ok :) As I mentioned, it is not my place to convince you and doing so would be futile anyway. If you believe it's the mind, who am I to tell you other...

Yes, by "quality offspring", I just meant children that aren't as stupid as the parents. Not "resilient", just not as stupid as their parents. Of cour...

You and I are speaking from different planes altogether. I don't foresee us making much headway, to be honest. If you ask me, this is not something th...

The consciousness that animates every living form is eternal, but the form that it animates is temporary. So, when one is born, it is the one (eternal...

Very nice. Thanks for sharing :) I will have to look him up.

You're right. You seem to know it all. What can I say that will further this discussion ? Probably nothing, so I won't bother.

Ok, well then please enlighten me ... what kind of goal would you find less "odd" ? Perhaps one about money ? Or politics ? Or global warming ?

To realize that you're a conscious being, given a temporary form to dwell in. This may sound exceedingly simple or trivial or insignificant, but there...

(Eckhart Tolle says what I have to say far more eloquently, but ...) It can be, but there is something to be said about religion in general, whether i...

The good news for you is that you don't need any papers, textbooks, research or any other body of "information", to understand what causes the positiv...

I have no clue what "philosophical materialism" or "determinism" is, and for the purpose of this exchange (between you and I), it doesn't matter what ...

I believe they demonstrated this in Terminator 2: Judgment Day :D

I didn't know you before this thread, but I have to say, you've left a very good first impression on me, my leader.

:D