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A lot of spiritual emotion in that line.

This I connect to the notion of a flexible, flowing self-confidence. For example, 20 years ago I would often schedule my daily and weekly tasks to be ...

This line was always a favorite. It seems to have some link to Pascal's: "All of humanity's problems stem from his inability to sit quietly in a room ...

I was pathologically attracted to Samuel Beckett's full-throated pessimism in my younger, more Nauseated* days. This passage from Watt has a pertinent...

This line made me curious to ask if you've had a look at Religion and Nothingness by Nishitani, hailing from the Kyoto school. I've spent some time wi...

If god is anything material - and if god is anything like his cosmos - god is the perfect sacred commingling of darkness and light. In the bizarre myt...

Interesting take. I'll have to think more about that. Definitely something repulsive in Kazantzakis' fiery description of god. Though I love the poem.

Just an excerpt, the whole thing is here: http://www.angel.net/~nic/askitiki.html

Off-topic but... Kazantzakis' epitaph: I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. Have to play evangelist for this beautiful powerful poem: My God...

Eek. That's an especially egregious misspelling on my part. Apologies. Typical of a work-post. Understood. :smile:

I'm wondering about your take on desire. To my view, desire, broadly defined, is the prime motivator for artistic creation and spiritual aspiration. I...

Keep pondering.

Again, this is mistaken. "There are as many subjective realities as there are living creatures." That makes some sense, at least. The above does not. ...

We can think they're subjective. We don't. I certainly don't. They do. And apparently you do. Neither. Both are subjective and reflective of the erron...

We know that they think their morality is objective. Just as we know that that this "objective principal... is thought to exist independently of them....

How do you know their morality is objective? Because they say it is?

If a person aaserts their morality is objective then their morality is objective? This suggests an odd infallibility.

It is. But just keep pushing on. Your positive affect, and your humility on the forums - refreshing and rare - are the perfect foundation for a genuin...

Lenin on Marx on the "withering state":

Reminds me of a favorite line from Samuel Beckett, novelist, playwright and full-throated pessimist: "You're on Earth. And there's no cure for that."

Undead. :lol: Glad I could give you a tickle.

The fate of Horatio Alger when dragged into the light:

If anyone out there is in the know with reference to Stalin's rhetorical distortions or has some insight or a reference - it would be sweet of you to ...

:grin:

Not interested in continuing until you present an argument or rebuttal of substance. Take care. :smile:

I see you don't have an argument. Just bald assertion. It looks to me like you'll be setting up your coop in the jungle and asking your clients to mak...

What's more, if you happen to have set up your egg and poultry business in the South, the infrastructure you and your clients utilize was likely built...

Assuming the USA for argument's sake. Your coop is on stolen land so you owe a portion of your profits (a tax) to the indigenous tribe this land belon...

We can crash and burn all by ourselves, thank you very much. We don't need no stinking paternalism. :smile:

There's typically a viable and well-counterpoised point and counter-point to any position. (That's where ataraxia comes from.) At the very least, you ...

:cool: Gotcha. Posting on the fly.

The closing chapter of the text ("Methods of Dealing with Anxiety") begins with a quote from Adler: This notion of an anxiety-inducing threat to our v...

By the same token, if your eggs are delivered to your client via a national highway system constructed under Eisenhower and funded by tax dollars of c...

If your chicken coop is built on land pilfered 300 years back from an indigenous tribe we now have a mind-boggling justice conundrum.

In case you're genuinely interested in my view: just about everything the US government does is gross to me - apart from the few charitable programs d...

Good try. But this isn't about me.

My approach is humanist-existentialist. I'll reserve some time this summer to familiarize myself with the existentialist take on depression. With any ...

The humility is refreshing. I should have lots of time this summer (after finals) to revisit the Tao. Inspiring to have a comrade in arms.

I appreciate the side-by-side commentaries and translations. So much to puzzle over in this cryptic poem. :fire: :hearts: :fire:

Thanks for posting. :smile: I wanted to let you know that I'm looking at the long game here as I don't always have a ton of time to read and post. As ...

In the USA, at any rate - good luck locating the tiniest morsel of capital with no link to slavery or the pilferage of land from indigenous peoples. Y...

Haven't been following the thread but I remember C. S. Lewis was aiming at objective values in The Abolition of Man and elsewhere.

That's a good point. Time is revealing. I've read the book but I'm looking to get a deeper understanding so I may be able to put them in context. :)

You can "be" whatever you want to "be" on an anonymous forum. Even anxiety-free. :smile: Interested to look at your quotes when I can.

Nice quote. :smile:

The paragon of animals! From the wiki link above: The book is notable for questioning fundamental assumptions about mental health and asserts that anx...

What can I say, I'm a healer. :smile:

Marx (says Fromm) binds socialism to political and industrial democracy.