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:up: Ok, I see what you were referring to. Your food analogy is near perfect. The psyche/ego doesn’t simply enjoy attention or energy or feedback, it ...

In personal experience, having (what could be termed) a psychological breakdown brought me closer to the point of suicide. It also presented the way b...

So what’s going down, brother? :cool:

Yes, I would agree in that situation the sounds seem to be “loaded” with some kind of meaning beyond the usual. So I would say it is both verbal and t...

Sorry, not sure what you were saying here. Not too familiar with Hegel. Possibly elaborate? Definitely. But I imagine it is possible to get more out o...

:up: Thanks for the reply (and the attention). I see what you mean now. Boy, that’s a big subject. Probably could be a separate thread eventually. On ...

Maybe... not sure. Could you please expand on that a little?

Dang, that’s a good one. Just let it go. If it’s there and real, it’s not going anywhere. Less is more. But I’ve experienced how one can feel drowned ...

Perusing the ancient Greek school of Pyrrhonism, one comes across the concept of Epoché, the suspension of judgement. This being done in order to idea...

Trump seems to me like a combo of C.M. Burns and Mayor Diamond Joe Quimby, to cast him in Simpsons’ terms. Also, he and his family have a “Game Of Thr...

:up: Thanks for the background information on it! Very interesting, gotta look up more. Sad to think that such a seemingly uplifting thing might be vi...

Holy #&@%! Wow. That Sufi Zikr video... I’d seen the Dervishes before, but not that kind of circlar group dance. Thanks enormously for sharing that. H...

So what (I hear no one asking :snicker: ) is the instrumental counterpart to the healing and therapeutic groans and moans mentioned above? Drones, of ...

Great idea! Kind of a thread nursery or nest until they are ready to fly off on their own. Like a good little crow, owl, or piglet.

:up: Nice! Seems about right to me. But then, I have been eating mushrooms i picked in the backyard. :starstruck: In general, I find that if half of m...

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Read that as Teat Leak, since I suffer from Freudian Dyslexia. One can imagine (but maybe shouldn’t) what popped into mind when reading this recent he...

Scenario number one: Child in back seat of minivan: Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Parent: Almost! Are you excited? —— Scenario number two: Child...

Good points. Competition is made to be everything. (No surprise in our current culture, I suppose). There must be a winning side, a dominant argument,...

I think a core issue here is reflected in the ancient question of relative truth vs absolute truth. Confer the Two Truths Doctrine. We as humans can a...

As an aside, for what it is worth... The philosophical discussion of meaning vs no meaning (to put it one of many possible ways) reminds one of the cl...

Yep, been taking melatonin at least 4 times a week for over 15 years. When I first tried it i was suffering from delayed phase sleep insomnia and was ...

Thanks for your thoughtful and sincere messages. Examples of what is interesting and helpful about this forum, IMHO. :smile:

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Thems fightin’ words! En guardè! :nerd: But seriously, I would agree that there is a time to fight. Personally, I admire the instincts of animals, who...

<spits out drink while laughing> (Really need an emoji gif like this one.)

A little digging has turned up some juicy tidbits... Seems that Disney’s majority shareholder is something called Hanover and Over, LLC. Based in Atla...

Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking. Center your country in the Tao and evil will have no power. ...

Thanks for the reply. Agree completely. I may have been going out on a limb requiring some kind of logic in spiritual talk. Guess we have to trust our...

:up: Ok, thanks for the clarification. That seems a most reasonable approach, IMHO.

I might know what you are saying here. But could you expand on it somewhat when you can? Thanks. For now, I will say for that reason can potentially h...

Yes, exactly. Perhaps in other words... one can have many model cars and toy vehicles. As long as one doesn’t try to drive them on the freeway, it is ...

Yes. Then everything changes, as it often does. A new day dawns. One may or not remember previous thoughts or feel former passions. And it starts over...

Not sure if you are saying that’s a good thing, less than a good thing, or perhaps neither? If you wish to clarify... As I wrote in the link to the Ig...

:up: Ok, that is fair enough as a broad definition. I would not disagree with it. I think I’m advocating a healthy skepticism. More about ourselves, o...

Fair question! Thanks for your reply. Godsplaining is hardly a word, let alone a thing in and of itself. It is just a label for a concept. The concept...

No, sorry if that was the impression or message you got. That was not the intent. Please see my reply above to T Clark. All due respect to a person’s ...

:up: That is an excellent comparison drawn from your personal life. Thanks. The way you describe how the people in Alabama are would not bother me, th...

Good point, indeed. Too much strife over that one letter. It reminds me of a quote from (the recently deceased) Daniel Quinn: “Unlike the God whose na...

Well, that is true. It is the central mystery of life and the source of all. So curiousity is not surprising, it is natural. And not just natural, but...

Oh sure! Go ahead and humble-brag some more. Just because you had facetime with the Creator of the entire universe. The same one that won’t return any...

Thanks for the thoughtful replies, everyone. Will respond when I get a chance. It is soooo difficult trying to type out a post while driving in rush h...

Thanks for the reply! Yes, it seems most helpful if both parties are clear with each other where they are coming from. I have no problem in general wi...

:chin: Just wondering if this discussion of chiropractics is perhaps ready to be born as its own thread, maybe in the Lounge. Seems interesting enough...

Wow, that’s great to hear! :smile: :hearts: Whenever I mention the TTC here or elsewhere, I always hope it will make someone curious about it, or remi...

True! Though I am excited by the “Mathematical Condom or Not” extra large threads. :snicker:

Oh no! Is there any hope of saving her or him? Sad to hear that... After what you described before that you have been through, the kitten was probably...

The cheese is ripe, and so is the time for cheese to have its own thread! Cheese commentary has been languishing in the Shoutbox for far too long. Fre...

I seem to have the opposite problem. I use big words that are made up to try to impress co-workers. Words like “retransferrulence” and “unremidullant”...

:up: Ha! The dry humor flew right by me unnoticed. Must be the humidity! Is not problem. Now us drink vodka! (an example of wet humor). :lol: Anyway, ...