Noble Dust

Yeah? What lead to that? This whole conversation is clearly couched in pseudo-Christian concepts. I for one have never not been a theist. The thing th...

I guess so.

There's nothing wrong with that; that attitude is at the base of my own philosophy, I'm just not good at maintaining it. For Mr. P, he had good intens...

Ok, got it. So that's exactly the thing with his thread; @"Mr Phil O'Sophy"'s thread was literally the Colosseum. Obviously he didn't want it to be th...

Wait, an alternative to what?

You've said this before, and I don't fully understand. Is the concept too vague as it is? Why do I need to formalize it? What does that mean? Here's t...

Hmmm agreed. But you still think my concept is a tad bit too idealistic? I'm failing to see that, but I could be missing it.

Playing the "you first" game is childish, which doesn't seem to align with self mastery much.

What does it say about slavery? You could reasonably say that we're slaves to technology. You don't think that would be a reasonable thing to say?

I just mean that willfully accepting the delusion that entertainment means freedom is, itself, slavery, in a sense. Or at the least, it's just delusio...

But surely that's slavery, not freedom.

I disagree. Your beliefs are more you than your hair is you. But yes, beliefs do and should change. Just be sure not to shed beliefs as quickly as you...

Can you elaborate?

I've definitely made a fool of myself trying to do this. So I respect that approach. But the other angle is the "dunce" angle, as I've been known to d...

I'm just talking really fundamentally, here. Those things you just said; those are beliefs or yours. They make you who you are; I wouldn't have said t...

But I mean deeper than that; why is it good to "step aside from" one's beliefs, and not identify with them? More accurately, in my opinion, is this ev...

But what's the motivation for that action?

Damn, what's life like as a person who's not hypocritical?

Eh, the line about criticising ideas and not people is a little bit over simplified. "People" are made up of a multitude of things, including their id...

I shall respond tomorrow.

No problem at all; I on the other hand am very easily offended, and am often unkind. It's nice to have a moment on TPF where we can commune a little; ...

Yup. I haven't done hallucinogens, but what friends have told me about the experience sounds similar to an experience of clear-mindedness that also co...

Oh it's not a problem at all; I'm sorry if my comment was offensive. I just literally found your use of grammar to be somewhat artistic and interestin...

There's a few grammatical errors in your post, but I actually like how poetic it sounds as it is. :up: I've had some psychoanalysis; was it good? Eh, ...

At the risk of being laughed off the forum, I'd say that it suggests that the real world is less than we make it out to be. A dream can sometimes say ...

Lucid dreams feel more real than reality. That much is true from experience. Where do we go from there?

To Jahms. Cheers. :flower:

He just wanted to jahm. Like the rest of us. :flower:

Sorry, that should have read "Broseidon, Lord of the Brocean." Jesus, sorry. Rookie mistake. Best, Brohannes Jahms.

Broseidon, Lord of the Broseph.

Bruuuuuhhhh no comments necessary, brahhhh. BROOOOHHH

Bruuuuuuuhh

:flower: No name-change required.

The Noble flower blooming through the harsh journey through Dust, man. Broooooo

Wait, where is it swinging to exactly? I'm in the dark maaaan

Broooo. Nobility? the futility of dust? Just express it, maaaan. It's there somewhere, in your inner child maaaan.

In all seriousness, I'm happy with it. It's the name of an album I put out back in 2011. It wasn't a great album, but the concept has stuck. If I chan...

Oh, I see. You've been harboring judgement for these long years (months?). You've been trying oh so hard to figure out how to bring it up. :yikes:

:sweat: Close call!

What, am I a disease? Are you saying my name is too idealistic? :cry:

:fear: So ignoble.

Wolfy Dust?

Has Western civilization been a disaster as referenced against....the East, right? Or?

So how do you know that the way you, Psuedonym, see the world is in line with "the way the world actually is"?

Right answers on tests are the bane of knowledge.

My initial response was in response to the "universal library", or whatever it was. Is one's own library more important? The initial comment of yours ...

Good so far. So why are you arguing anything?

I'm asking if the "library of the world at large" is separate from your own library.

Is the library of the world at large your library?