Then why do people still put up with this collective neurosis? Can anything be done about this predicament? Excuse me, I need to take my happy pills n...
Some will say that this constant feeling of lacking something or feeling insecure will lead to alienation from the wants of society dictated by the al...
I think they suffer due to the fact that as humans we tend towards the mean. Only unique individuals with extraordinary spiritual and intellectual str...
Not entirely. Why would people settle for bread and circuses only? I mean, after all, one does get quite bored with bread after a while. I see the med...
Such blasphemy! How can you NOT watch your favorite puppet regurgitate some narrative that was passed down to him from the 'aliens' at the very top? A...
One can make the case that sex is idolized and hence many people are not "living up to" their expectations about sex. Ever notice the Viagra commercia...
Maybe I need to feel special? Maybe I want to be closer to God? It might be that I want to be an angel when I die... Who knows these things? Rarely re...
Yes; but, don't you feel joy from not having a car and smile to yourself at times when you see that someone gets a ticket or is stopped so the Bobby c...
Here's my simple "conclusion" about drugs. Namely, if they aren't psychologically or physiologically addictive, then they aren't necessarily a bad thi...
Sure, not everyone can be Marcus Aurelius or a St. Augustine or a Buddha; but, from a peculiar point of view, when someone values the teachings of Jes...
I think there's a misconception here. Take the following: 1. Unfulfilled wants and desires cause suffering. 2. I feel compelled to not indulge in the ...
While, I do not think we have absolute control over our passions, and would rather live in the world where we don't, as emotions are quite good, as op...
This is fundamentally flawed. The success of therapy and psychology along with specific elements of it, like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, attest agai...
I suppose up until this point my denial of the act of sex has been a semi-conscious decision. I can say that I have had the opportunity to "seize the ...
Yes; but, we are insatiable creatures. Nothing seems to satisfy us. I might be taking things to the extreme; but, I deny myself any wants and desires ...
Fair game, I'll readdress your post. What my readings in philosophy have taught me, meaning where I'm coming from, is that unfulfilled wants and desir...
Well, for the most part, I have found what Agustino has said to be pretty agreeable. I don't think he has said anything outrageous, like the sort you ...
I would have said that desire and need are two different things, as they are. This changes things considerably. I'm going to take a Buddhist/Stoic tur...
Yes; but, no plane hit WTC7, and yet it fell symmetrically and on its own footprint. Steel framed concrete buildings don't just fall from office fires...
Yes, but there are other benefits to celibacy and abstinence than those detailed in scientific papers. I will actually agree with you that on the whol...
Not really. People who can abstain from sex and not be guided by desires are indeed in some sense "better" individuals than those who only act on inst...
This is very sad. Does anyone else see this as a great fall in the importance of wholesome and pure relationships? So many people are growing up with ...
That doesn't answer the question, though. The point is that sex shouldn't be treated as a competitive sport among men. It degrades the act and turns u...
Again, "I'm not thinking about sex!"... I think the problem is that people feel compelled to not lag behind and there's quite a lot of peer pressure t...
Let me ask you this then, apart from the 'health' reasons for having sex... Why is it those people who do not have sex are viewed with prestige in the...
People keep on repeating this as if it were a mantra. This is part of what I despise society at large for doing. "Hey, everyone else is doing it, then...
Well, the topic of the thread is about sex... And, since the source of suffering, according to Buddhism, are desires, then sex must come up in or arou...
It sounds like a good life. Who needs all this fuss over sex? Keep it private and don't harass an individual with the constant bombardment with it. Wh...
But there are Buddhists out there that practice celibacy, successfully. As far as I know, there is no requirement for people to have sex. It's just so...
You seem to imply that because something is fatalistic in its teaching that that should be avoided; but, then you arrive at the conclusion that the hu...
This is a presumptuous claim to make. Many people have the self-mastery and sense of self well developed enough to be able to say no to even such a de...
Not true. Society plays tricks with the individual in terms of showing the guys who have more sex/money/material wealth as the winners. Children are g...
What you're saying is basically something along the lines of saying "I'm not thinking about sex!". But, why do I need commercials and online advertise...
It seems to me that there is a neurosis with the subject of sex. For people to talk about it as something healthy and something that ought to be done ...
Actually, fires have never brought down steel buildings, ever, in the past. And, no plane had to hit WTC7; but, supposedly office fires brought it dow...
I don't understand it myself. I suppose something happened a long long time ago that doesn't want to be brought up; but, is a need of attention. Eithe...
I'm curious how is the Nederlands preparing for climate change? Are we going to see floating cities? Frankly, I don't see how climate change can be av...
It's actually called 'deep state'. Most research from public institutions indicates that the average voter has virtually no say when it comes to laws ...
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