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Physical object? Probably not “physical” at all, such as the mind is generally thought of as being non-physical in and of itself. What object of any k...

:smirk: Alright... you had me going for a moment. Though I wondered if perhaps you’d bumped your head or saw the Ghost of Christmas Future last night....

Hmmm. Some worthy points there. Thanks for your reply. However, it must be said that I’m not in complete agreement with your post as a whole. I do bel...

Good point, thanks. The mind itself is invisible and non-material. The brain is matter. The mind is... ? Energy? Plasma? A function? An experience? No...

Interesting. I associate (perhaps vaguely) one’s spirit with behavior, choices, and will. Am hesitant to dive too much into the concept of “evil” here...

@"S" @"DingoJones" I personally find this side discussion fascinating. But if we could please veer back somewhere in the vicinity of the general topic...

Thank you very much for contributions, which add some needed context for this subject. And it helps to address the question of whether spirit can be e...

Thanks for all the comments so far. The time and effort is appreciated. In starting this discussion, I wanted to explore the apparently vast if nebulo...

Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyore all are habitual wallowers. Eeyore made $40 million last year. Owns an island in the Caribbean. :nerd: About the t...

Have you made any “wallowing” t-shirts? It might spread the word. I’ve seen worse ideas on GoFundMe and such. The world could use some mindful wallowi...

Perhaps some people (myself on past occasions) get a type of high or adrenaline rush from confrontational posts. I would feel the blood pumping when s...

Seems like an honest and thoughtful answer. What more can one ask of such a difficult and slippery subject? Thanks. :smile:

Cool, thanks. Will do. :up:

I would agree with that. Two people looking at the same object (a flag, a painting, a person) could maybe agree on the physical aspects or name of wha...

Ok. These statements may in themselves be somewhat of an assertion, but no problem. So are you maybe arguing for a hard materialism? Would you say the...

:up: Interesting visual analogy. Thank you. (BTW, I used to be an Eternalist. But it didn’t last too long. :snicker: )

:up: I didn’t happen to word it so, but that is definitely a good question. (And this might be one of those topics where there are more questions than...

Ok, that sounds fair enough! Thanks. I see the logic of that line of thinking. (My previous response about “the God question” was with the intent to n...

:up: Thank you. You get the gist and intent of the question. Ok, thanks for your reply. FWIW, I would not disagree with any of it. I also am intereste...

Interesting... but (with all due respect) we are intentionally and with IMHO good reason NOT talking about “what created it?”. In the OP, I tried to n...

Such picky Professors in this university! :blush: That’s what I was earnestly attempting to do, in several different ways. How would you frame it? I t...

Agreeing with several others, I also don’t think that espousing pet theories is spamming, necessarily. Overly repetitive or off-topic perhaps, but not...

@"Wallows" :up: I rather like the greater majority of the many threads you start. You engage with everyone who responds, even when their post appears ...

This gives us all some hope and inspiration. Especially since trolls are about a half ton each in weight.

... and surf the cosmic waves in the ocean of time... until one reaches the shores of eternity. Where of course everyone is happy and tan. And the dri...

Yes, this is a most interesting and profound quote. It makes me think of another quote, “one has power until one tries to wield it”. Which would sugge...

One would think that the writings of the Stoics, both East and West, are still extremely relevant. Although times have changed so much since then with...

Good, thanks for the clarification!

Ok. Sorry if it was vague what I was responding to. This: I took this to be an example of extreme beliefs and actions. The “cutting edge” as it were, ...

Would you care to provide ANY evidence that beliefs have NO effect on behavior? Are the mind and body completely separate and independent of each othe...

Ok, thank for the reply and example, though it still a bit generalized. In your example, one could imagine the words/photo being anywhere between very...

It seems that every intoxicating substance has its general nature and effects, be it alcohol, psychedelics, stimulants, etc. On the other hand, the pa...

Hmmm... even if one were sympathetic to a statement like that, it is a bit too large to chew all at once. Care to perhaps elaborate or break it down (...

Absolutely! (As Rocky Balboa might put it). They have words to thank for their position. Words that scream for your submission. No one’s jamming their...

This could be yet another example of the benefits and usefulness of (or at least a familiarity with) the E-Prime theory of using substitutes for the v...

Thanks for your post. Perhaps I would not necessarily paint with such a broad brush, for that might risk over-generalization about anyone who is succe...

The not-so-humble narrator of the movie Amadeus, Salieri, is a character who seems like he could be a poster child for the Dark Triad. Scheming, vain,...

Ha! I didn't think of it that way, but that makes sense. A bit overly objective, perhaps. Let him without neurosis cast the first Prozac! :sweat:

Good point, I would say. Perhaps the Dark Triad might represent the extreme danger zone of the Three Poisons. I tend to think of the Buddhist concept ...

I would tend to agree with that, in my observations as a non-professional. There seem to be many instances of people apparently free of mental illness...

The Wikipedia link for Dark Triad above goes into some scientific research into the topic, including nature vs nurture and others. I tend to think of ...

Not Alzheimers. But I'm definitely demented. As for fish oil, I eat fish alive, raw and wiggly just like Gollum. I got a taste for it when I was waiti...

Sorry, can't remember that far back. Also can't remember what this thread is about. I recall it being rather interesting...

Thanks sonny! But you're gonna have to speak up. Can't hear you cuz of the TV... ( sorry, bad grampa joke)

@"Wallows" Gosh, but the thread police are strict 'round these parts. Good thing you weren't caught with a dangling participle. Just remember that you...

One could think of the figure of Santa Claus (apart from the obvious Christmas connotations) to be a kind of ideal older man. Generous, jolly, wise, a...

:up: Yes. And I would say that whatever amount of wisdom a person has managed to cultivate, has been hard won, has been acquired by swimming against t...

Yep, agreed. This issue goes to the heart of our culture. (And exposes its weaknesses, imho). What is that line from the movie Pretty Woman? “They are...

@"Baden" @"Maw" +1 Thank you both for your thoughtful responses. In this world wired together tighter than a drum, when the Middle East sneezes, the r...

It is becoming increasingly rare to see a sincere apology, not prompted by a lawyer or somebody. So good for you. (I was supposing that the thread was...