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And if you were forced to decide???

For some reason I thought you were American.

I'm being obtuse? I've agreed with you that being less attached can be good. Being less reactive can be good. As I've mentioned, 'less' and 'non' are ...

Being nonreactive sounds even less alive than being non-attached. https://thesaurus.plus/img/synonyms/150/nonreactive.png

I'm attributing my thumbnail's nonelection to penis envy. A sperm whale penis in its entirety is 13 feet in length, and weighs nearly 800 pounds.

I never disagreed that there are degrees of attachment or reactivity. I would disagree that there is such a thing as non-stupidity, at least in regard...

That was unnecessary harsh, and you still haven’t adequately explained non-attachment. You’ve described how people get stuck on something and then let...

Yes, like being a little pregnant.

You wrote: "So if all the spectators can shut the hell up, those of us actually involved, trained and formally educated for this stuff, can get to wor...

In order to let go of something you need to first be holding it. As you say, we all know that we can let go of attachment to things when we need to. E...

Ah, so not an epidemiologist.

Inconceivable! Since when does letting go of attachments mean non-attachment? Never.

I don't see how you can say that it's odd, you're not even sure that non-attachment is possible, or so you've said in this topic.

We're all involved, and we each have education and training in stuff. You might want to be specific enough for this to have some meaning. Let me guess...

Clear as mud, as I suppose it must be.

Not that religious talk needs to make sense, and in fact it's better if it doesn't, but it sounded like you just said that attachment is part of non-a...

There seems to be evidence for this kind of tribalism. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/09/27/multimedia/27-MORNING-sub4-COUNTIES-VOTING-DEATH-CHA...

Yeah, why bother, just get vaccinated.

I don't think it would do much good to ban anti-vaxers from public life, even if that were somehow possible, if that's what you're suggesting. Vaccina...

My tax dollars help to pay for the roads you use, traffic law enforcement, etc., but you would deny me an ICU bed because you’ve gotten too many DUI c...

The punchline is that there’s no term like ‘swim shorts body’.

Why does that matter, you travel on roads, don’t you? If you never go anywhere, the things that you and your loved ones consume depend on automotive t...

Actually, traditional minded folk still bow before Royalty, as a show of respect and deference to their authority. It helps to reify the hierarchical ...

Where I live, an inspection for $50 would be a great deal, actually.

Because many human beings care about other human beings and are not utterly self-centered.

The nature of attachment is connection or binding, and there’s no escaping the fact that we’re all connected and bound, so reason demands that we acce...

To be concerned with virtue and well-being is to be attached.

Always name your sex toys before using them, or it's just a shameless product plug.

Zen taught me to let go and stoicism taught me to hang on, so I'm basically back to where I started. :roll:

I believe the suggestion is that society is generally more accepting of the following image than the inverse. https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/03/27/...

So for instance this isn't realistic? https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/32-year-old-independent-modern-woman-continues-to-dra...

Oh? People tend to use their own understanding these days? A lotta folks seem to use the understanding of Fox & Breitbart News. People like yourself.

I recall a Buddha quote something to the effect that the self, or rather what constitutes the self, shouldn’t be construed as an entity but a descript...

I like unenlightened’s but I can’t decide if it’s a horse or a stormtrooper.

Years ago at a newcomer meeting at the Los Angeles Zen Center, the meeting started with newcomers asked to say something about themselves and why they...

The merits are pleasure, because who doesn't love 'wonderfulness', and reduced anxiety, perhaps particularly existential anxiety. Neurologically speak...

An initial fight or flight response is entirely appropriate to all things religious, imo, because of its power to attach.

Perhaps it is noble that Trumpists are willing to die for their beliefs? https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/09/27/multimedia/27-MORNING-sub4-COUNTIE...

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It’s always amusing when someone speaking from the firm ground of a system of meaning, Zen Buddhism in this case, talks of groundlessness.

Religious attachment is next level, and dubiously justified by the notion that it’s not materialistic in nature, as though that matters when it comes ...

And what of old Eckhardt‘s apparent attachment to his views?

Probably and branding/marketing tactic, truth be told.

Meister Eckhardt, the only medieval theologian ever tried for heresy. Not exactly a shining star of dispassion and detachment, if you see it rightly. ...

Different strokes for different folks, I say. That one is good though. :up:

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So mu.

Yours is appropriate for what Harry asked, I see. Nevermind! :blush:

A more accurate scenario would be if you and the X went to a BLM protest, saw Harry, a weird teenage kid wielding an assault rifle, and chased after h...

West, so report in pounds.