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Really, numbers exist independent from physical reality? If you happen to be visiting a Universe that had no objects, what does "10" mean? "We?" Who a...

I don't believe you even need to go there. The idea that more than one (of anything) exists is simply untrue. The convention to use multiples is just ...

Each object in The Universe is unique because it occupies its own space. What more do you need to know? You are correct, you don't. Although it is eas...

There are many different types of meditation, but let's say you were able to achieve near perfect awareness (is this what gives small children such jo...

Consider the following... If you would accept the notion that each object in The Universe occupies unique coordinates and is subject to unique Univers...

If you are 100% present (or aware), how can any experience be "more peak" than that? IOW, it's not the experience that makes it peak, it is the awaren...

If you divorce yourself from the myth that is mathematics, it's easy.

It certainly has been an era of "peak everything." From my perspective, peak (whatever) can only be found through absolute simplicity (which contains ...

Solution #3 De-fund Higher Education De-fund the higher education complex by eliminating all school loans and all tax subsidies. This would catalyze s...

I've always subscribed to the notion that there is an equal amount of good and bad in everything...including people. Good makes bad, bad makes good. H...

I believe this to be the best cartoon of all time... Gary Larson - The Far Side - Cows https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8719/16608003937_fff9739c24_b.jpg

Yeah, that's the theory that holds as much truth as, "I'll always love you."

This is just a friendly discussion. You have to realize that everybody sees the world differently. It's what makes life interesting. I do understand w...

All realization is personal and much of it manifests much later in life.

Not quite. Intellectual - Zen exists. Non-intellectual - nothing (intellectual) exists.

This is exactly how the elite think (but, of course, most of them never get around to using it for good).

Well, obviously somebody wasn't done with this conversation. That was quite the rant! cp, the difference between you and I is that you subscribe to on...

Don't feel bad, there are Zen students who practice for decades and never "get it." You (and most) are confused because the conversation goes back and...

Not really. Zen is the essence of Buddhism. The rest of Buddhism is all of the intellectual teachings that should lead to meditation (Zen means medita...

Many serious Zen students (including myself) do not consider themselves Buddhists. Buddhism was created by the historical Buddha as a guide for those ...

I understand that these are in the site guidelines but vehemently disagree that people should be banned for espousing them. Understanding how people l...

cp, I believe we have beat this to death. Always enjoy our conversation. I wish there were more people like you here. See you on another thread...

As if the world by did not survive without man's science for 4.5B years and will somehow fail to manage without the same after we are but a footnote? ...

Look out any window.

"You cannot have everything until you let everything go."

As stated previously, your reality is only true for a particular moment (in which we lack access). I will give you (that despite this inconvenient ide...

Yeah, and quite angry, as well. Good luck to you!

It's not possible, but within the context of this conversation, it fits the narrative. Intellectualizing is like people who are speaking in a specific...

Reality (at any particular moment) NEVER changes. It is what it is. It is our thinking that changes as we are always attempting to catch-up with momen...

That's pretty damn funny!

I get all that but it's just the part that fits your narrow narrative. Tell you what, you accomplish what Trump has and then you can talk. I am no gre...

For real? Nothing in science that is thought to be true today will be in 500 years, so how is that "real?" This is not to say that I cannot use scienc...

Now we get to the heart of the matter. You say that truth is demonstrated by a "functional relationship" between knowledge, action, and consequence. Y...

I never disagreed with any of this. My point was that you can not actually understand it. You are working within a system that produces results based ...

Marx's critique of capitalism is beyond brilliant and has already gone down in history as such, but what he and Frederic did with the social interpola...

If you believe that to be the case, how can explain the fact that I have been able to be quite successful professionally? What I do takes a great deal...

Sorry, the above comments were made to gikehef not praxis.

That's fair. Marxism/communism is very much like a religion. That's false. There will always be a disparity of everything between individuals. It's ju...

What case can you make that man has any really grasp of reality? That can man understand anything? Remember, just because you can make something work ...

Like everything, you gotta take the bad with the good. I don't really know that much about formal religion, per se, but the people who I do know who a...

I believe you are making this an emotional thing and therefore becoming idealistic. Economics is more about human nature. Communisim is really bad new...

There is nothing wrong with anything (in absolute terms), it's all about intention. Intellectualizing is obviously an extremely important part of what...

The reason I enjoy conversing with you is that believe in yourself 100%! This is extremely rare and I am not sure I've met another in this forum who i...

It doesn't matter what I am. Think about it this way... If you have a body, most likely you are going to suffer...illness, accident, death (of yoursel...

Enjoyed the conversation. Have a good one!

No need to worry about how it should be. Spend all of your energy doing what you believe is right and your life will unfold nicely.

The key is for you to find your own way. There are as many ways to the mountain-top as there are people. Believe in yourself 100%! Although cliche, it...

It's because the government is eventually corrupted by people who lie, cheat, and steal. It's the way it has always been.

There have been libraries of books written about all of this, but try to keep in mind that there is good and bad in everything. Looking back over the ...

Buddhism is not about paradise. It is about understanding your true nature and where you stand in relation to The Universe. The idea is not to "elimin...