Shawn

I'm sorry to hear that. One of the main reasons I abstain from smoking pot is due to not wanting to interfere with my dream recall.

I have this notion in my mind that lucid dreaming is in a sense achieving for a brief while enlightenment. It's as if one is cognizant about one's dre...

One way for me to tell that I am dreaming is that I feel fundamentally "happy" when I dream. I feel free from the constraints of reality and can explo...

Isn't there something philosophical that one can state about lucid dreaming? Mainly, the awareness that one is dreaming is indicative of the fact that...

Eggs provide nourishment and LOVE to ALL. If you haven't seen it do yourself a favor and watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRxWs4C2EmI

To summarize, willpower, motivation, desire, and emotions are not a volition. The intent is a volition.

Why do countries do that? Hasn't it been demonstrated ad infinitum that this is simply the wrong strategy to implement in trying to accomplish a goal?...

I'm not quite sure; but, there is a distinction I want to draw out between willpower and intentionality. Intentionality stands above willpower in that...

That was one intense dream. It seems some part of you really wanted to get some point across with the false awakening part. I have no idea what the po...

Are they? Then, what is the deciding factor in getting better? The intent is still undirected. One doesn't know how the fly gets out of the bottle it ...

OK, I understand. But, what is so difficult in the case of "depression", that people get stuck in it? Why is it so self-reinforcing?

So, not to get stuck in a loop here. How does one create a goal when confronted with undirected intentionality?

But, harping on the example of "depression", it isn't a habit. Just a state of mind. Anyway, to want to get better one has to will it. But, if that wi...

No, it can encompass helping yourself. But, this isn't something that can be done alone or simply will oneself out of it. Anyway, when one is depresse...

Yes, but, again taking the example of "depression". I have the intent to get better but it is undirected, otherwise, people would be able to simply wi...

This seems to introduce a paradox. When is an intent realized or conceived and when it is not? Does this reduce the issue to what is an intent? Hence,...

I think, that isn't true. A powerless agent can get better under the circumstances that willpower has no say in the matter. Intentionality is undirect...

Habits are distinct from intent. So, how does habit relate to undirected intentionality?

Yes. I would want to change that. But, how?

It's interesting how parallels can be drawn to what happened in Syria fairly recently compared to Afghanistan.

Very much so. Depression itself isn't unbearable. It's the thought loop and feeling of powerlessness with respect to it that is the source of frustrat...

No, it's not necessarily a lack of willpower. It can be just the case that the world of nature is preventing it from being realized. But, in regards t...

How does it separate intention from an agency? I don't understand where the divisions in the mind are taking place?

So, it's not only intent? What comes first, desire, then intent, yes? Then what is intent (back to square one)?

I'm going to flat out ask, why has Afghanistan been such a failure in terms of the normal progression of affairs in the region? Is it because of the c...

This is presumptuous. The reason is that of foreign affairs and interest (interference) in the region.

So, is it desire that's the issue here, or intent? I never really knew how to differentiate Buddhism from Zen or Taoism.

What do you mean that all intents are misdirected? It would seem to me that intent without a goal is un/misdirected? How do you correct that feature o...

What if the intent is undirected? I am depressed and I want to get better but don't know how to. Then what?

What about if that intent is undirected? Then do we count it as a desire or some form of willpower?

Intent seems separate from a goal. For example, intent to do harm is something separate from a goal? More like a motivation or emotion?

It is a term I invented for the sake of discussion. Any thoughts about it?

Happy holidays everyone.

Hmm. I haven't read too much from those authors. I'm thinking more along the lines, of treating those people with such contempt, which is ridiculous d...

:victory:

What book is that? Something spawned from the pits of hell?

What do you mean?

What is it?

Thanks for the responses, everyone. This has been an interesting thread to read. :blush:

I'm not specifically talking about "me" here. I was generalizing for other people who might have experienced something similar or the same.

Specifically on my end of the spectrum, then from my father, yes.

Hypothetically speaking, anyone.

From my father's side, yes. My mother has been supremely supportive of me.

This is interesting. What do you think about it @"Banno". Sounds something like the Gettier problem. Theories of ambiguity also arise from the above.

I don't know. I feel like it's the same thing. Just that the scope is broadened in this case.

That was something beautiful.

What kind of society do you live in? I request the hemlock now. It is the fiduciary duty to God, our nation, and the people to ensure that people don'...

I object! It's not fair to blame me for something I had no control over. I'm just another statistic ending up in jail due to the negligence of our lea...

Isn't deterrence grouped together with retribution in law. Or at least that's how it appears in practice? I mean if you boil it down, then they appear...

Why not? If I claim that I had no free will, then that's that. I'm no longer culpable.