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TheMadMan

['Member']Joined: October 21, 2019 at 21:14Last active: February 04, 2024 at 14:086 discussions215 comments

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"One day, I woke from a deep sleep and found all my masks were stolen,
the seven masks I have fashioned an worn in seven lives.
I ran maskless through the crowded streets shouting, “Thieves, thieves, the cursed thieves.”
I looked up, the sun kissed my own naked face for the first time and my soul was inflamed with love for the sun, and I wanted my masks no more.
And as if in a trance I cried, “Blessed, blessed are the thieves who stole my masks.”
Thus I became a madman."

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In: God, as Experienced, and as Metaphysical Speculation  — view comment
Looks interesting, still not going to read it. Why? Because in order to create a discussion your post should be on the dialogical side. I can't respon...
September 04, 2023 at 20:29
In: To be an atheist, but not a materialist, is completely reasonable  — view comment
I don't see direct relation between Atheist/Theist and materialist/non-materialist. Of course superficially they seem directly depended on each other ...
September 04, 2023 at 10:26
In: A challenge to the idea of embodied consciousness  — view comment
Yes that's the goal of meditation and maybe some other rituals. Consciousness is not depended on contents for its existence but it needs contents for ...
June 16, 2023 at 14:25
In: A challenge to the idea of embodied consciousness  — view comment
Clarification: By consciousness I don't only mean awakening consciousness but whole levels of consciousness, known and unknown. Consciousness is not c...
June 16, 2023 at 14:08
In: A challenge to the idea of embodied consciousness  — view comment
There is an important distinction that needs to be made between consciousness and contents of consciousness. Contents can adapt and do, but consciousn...
June 16, 2023 at 13:47
In: Is our civilization critically imbalanced? Could Yin-Yang help? (poll)  — view comment
Ok
June 15, 2023 at 12:32
In: Is our civilization critically imbalanced? Could Yin-Yang help? (poll)  — view comment
Hmm, I would say it clarified and solidified intuitions that I had but were not very clear to me. Basically he shows how these intuitions actually hav...
June 15, 2023 at 12:31
In: Is our civilization critically imbalanced? Could Yin-Yang help? (poll)  — view comment
You know, there is a mainstream idea that Christianity formed western culture but I think that is looking it upside down. To my eyes its the other way...
June 15, 2023 at 10:13
In: Is our civilization critically imbalanced? Could Yin-Yang help? (poll)  — view comment
Compared to the past this period of history is radically materialistic, and it is encouraged to everyone since childhood to be so. Religion promised m...
June 14, 2023 at 20:28
In: The beginning and ending of self  — view comment
Enlightenment doesn't mean going back to animal but transcending it. Evolution to enlightenment is not a moving forward but a circle, yes you return b...
June 12, 2023 at 19:34
In: The beginning and ending of self  — view comment
Well Tao Te Ching is basically about wu wei, no-knowing. All the stories of Chuang Tzu deal with this state. It is implied in many stories in Zen and ...
June 12, 2023 at 17:57
In: The beginning and ending of self  — view comment
This may be the only part I disagree with your post. I recognize everything you have said because it has been said through the ages from the people we...
June 12, 2023 at 14:56
In: Vowels and consonants: Plurals and Names in English, Sanskrit and Basque  — view comment
:up: My pleasure :up:
May 26, 2023 at 19:32
In: Vowels and consonants: Plurals and Names in English, Sanskrit and Basque  — view comment
That was really good. You just need to remove the O in Gjergj. Kastrioti was spot on. Here's a Ytube short where the name is pronounced: https://www.y...
May 26, 2023 at 17:49
In: Vowels and consonants: Plurals and Names in English, Sanskrit and Basque  — view comment
Yes, Gjergj Kastrioti is his real name. Skenderbeg is the name given by the ottomans, Skender+Beu(sire)
May 26, 2023 at 14:13
In: Vowels and consonants: Plurals and Names in English, Sanskrit and Basque  — view comment
If you ask me, its like the story of the fox and the "sour" grapes. Its hard to let go of western dualistic way of thinking and thats what zen require...
May 26, 2023 at 12:03
In: Vowels and consonants: Plurals and Names in English, Sanskrit and Basque  — view comment
Yeah me too. Although I don't study it directly but through zen history and philosophy. The older the texts are the more I feel there is a gap between...
May 26, 2023 at 10:18
In: Vowels and consonants: Plurals and Names in English, Sanskrit and Basque  — view comment
Well its good to be interested especially when you discover new territory. Some days ago I saw Comoros as an option in a list to "chose your country" ...
May 26, 2023 at 09:35
In: Vowels and consonants: Plurals and Names in English, Sanskrit and Basque  — view comment
Yes. Yes it could be a name of last name, probably in Kosovo.
May 26, 2023 at 07:42
In: A Case for Analytic Idealism  — view comment
My bad, I didn't really clarify my terminology. So let me try to adapt it to analytic idealism and then some. So I'll use the word mind for localized ...
May 26, 2023 at 07:35
In: Vowels and consonants: Plurals and Names in English, Sanskrit and Basque  — view comment
From an english POV yes but for us silent letters don't exist, we pronounce everything. J itself is pronounced as Y in you, without the G it would be ...
May 25, 2023 at 20:58
In: Vowels and consonants: Plurals and Names in English, Sanskrit and Basque  — view comment
Very little. There is higher probability of Greek grammar influence than phonetics. The only influence Greek phonetics might have had is in southern A...
May 25, 2023 at 19:31
In: Thought experiment: the witch and her curse.  — view comment
Here: Bad things will still happen to Jeremiah since she was bluffing. And then Jeremiah will hold her responsible.
May 25, 2023 at 14:40
In: Thought experiment: the witch and her curse.  — view comment
Hmmm... Whatever bad things would happen to Jeremiah they were going to happen whether the witch forgives him or not. Lets say that Jeremiah picks opt...
May 25, 2023 at 13:20
In: A Case for Analytic Idealism  — view comment
Philosophy is like being in a dark room and looking for a black cat. Metaphysics is like being in a dark room and looking for a black cat that isn't t...
May 24, 2023 at 10:12
In: A Case for Analytic Idealism  — view comment
By materialistic I don't mean the materialism worldview. By materialistic I mean the mind obeys space-time. The thinking mind works in time through sp...
May 24, 2023 at 10:09
In: Vowels and consonants: Plurals and Names in English, Sanskrit and Basque  — view comment
Yeah, I may not know every word but I know what you mean.
May 23, 2023 at 20:21
In: Vowels and consonants: Plurals and Names in English, Sanskrit and Basque  — view comment
My pleasure, I would ask for you to return the favor but 7 years of watching telenovelas when I was a kid already did that. :lol:
May 23, 2023 at 20:05
In: Vowels and consonants: Plurals and Names in English, Sanskrit and Basque  — view comment
Not really. They sound more like: C: ts Ç: ch as in cheap Ë: idk how to explain this, maybe like the E in CERN Nj: like Ny russian Nyet! Zh: like the ...
May 23, 2023 at 19:49
In: Vowels and consonants: Plurals and Names in English, Sanskrit and Basque  — view comment
I just listened it on youtube it was fairly easy to mimic. Maybe it would need some practice to use it in words. its was almost like saying rrzh in al...
May 23, 2023 at 19:37
In: Vowels and consonants: Plurals and Names in English, Sanskrit and Basque  — view comment
mmmm... Grammar and conjugation could be challenging since it is complex in an unfamiliar way. Syntax I think its simpler, vocabulary its a lot of new...
May 23, 2023 at 19:10
In: Vowels and consonants: Plurals and Names in English, Sanskrit and Basque  — view comment
No Its pretty flexible and simple although it may seem unusual to a foreigner. What do you mean?
May 23, 2023 at 17:32
In: Vowels and consonants: Plurals and Names in English, Sanskrit and Basque  — view comment
As an Albanian we have zero pronunciation problems since how we write a word is 100% the same as you say it. The question "how do you spell it" doesn'...
May 23, 2023 at 16:35
In: A Case for Analytic Idealism  — view comment
Kastrup attempts to answer this through 2 similar metaphors in Why Materialism is Baloney : The Whirlpool and The Membrane. To do that, our whole lang...
May 23, 2023 at 12:10
In: The matriarchy  — view comment
This is not Matriarchy. This is just Patriarchy ruled by females. In the future you mention there is not much change of the world, you just put the wo...
May 23, 2023 at 11:01
In: Depth  — view comment
an Brahman is Atma
May 14, 2023 at 14:50
In: Depth  — view comment
Reality ultimately must be as the symbol of the circle not the line. So the ceiling and the floor are the same. This conclusion comes from the minds t...
May 14, 2023 at 09:45
In: Dilemma  — view comment
My choice would be completely selfish. My ethics would only kick in if the difference was really big, i.e save 1 million people or someone you love de...
April 08, 2023 at 17:35
In: Plato’s allegory of the cave  — view comment
When you use All there is nothing left to talk about because there can be nothing out of All. Maybe think on the questioning again.
April 08, 2023 at 09:04
In: Problems studying the Subjective  — view comment
Or in religious symbol, since we fell from Eden.
April 06, 2023 at 10:14
In: Problems studying the Subjective  — view comment
The "problem" is inherent in human being's tendency to differentiate self from Other. We are born in a body that has been conditioned by natural selec...
April 06, 2023 at 09:41
In: Why is the philosophy forum Green now?  — view comment
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April 05, 2023 at 14:16
In: Reasons to call Jesus God  — view comment
I think that's what was implied in what he actually said, especially in the Gospel of Thomas. Also that's why I like the Zen attitude towards the Budd...
April 05, 2023 at 09:02
In: Reasons to call Jesus God  — view comment
Im reminded of this idea from Erich Fromm: "...people who are firm believers in Christ as the great lover, the self-sacrificing God, can turn this bel...
April 04, 2023 at 20:42
In: The hard problem of matter.  — view comment
Interesting ideas thanks. I do like the trinity, action potential (positive emptiness)-energy-matter
April 04, 2023 at 18:53
In: The hard problem of matter.  — view comment
This still doesnt answer what this "matter" is in itself. Its just saying how the appearance arises. It just says how the icon on a computer screen ar...
April 04, 2023 at 08:08
In: Collective intelligence and collective moral  — view comment
Is not individual intelligence a filtered and localized collective intelligence? What is this superhuman intelligence? AI? AI is not even human intell...
April 03, 2023 at 17:35
In: The nature of mistakes.  — view comment
So you don't think that a mistake with a good intention is innocent? Basically innocence means "meaning no harm" and a good intention means no harm.
April 03, 2023 at 17:25
In: The hard problem of matter.  — view comment
Agree. Interesting because for me that space-time "comes from" the spaceless-timeless makes more sense. Also saying "emerge" and "come from" (like I d...
April 03, 2023 at 13:55
In: The hard problem of matter.  — view comment
I understand how it could be difficult to answer it especially because for 4 centuries the west has been interested with the question in the other way...
April 03, 2023 at 13:15
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