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['Confirm Email']Joined: January 10, 2021 at 15:50Last active: June 17, 2021 at 04:1023 discussions910 comments

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March 02, 2021 at 18:20 29 comments General Philosophy

Why Be Happy?

February 17, 2021 at 17:42 61 comments General Philosophy

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It's just my opinion. Being right (except in cases of morality) is purely conditional.
May 17, 2021 at 18:25
I might be able to help you out. I've been a dedicated Soto (Japanese lineage) Zen student for over 30 years but do not consider myself an expert. Man...
May 17, 2021 at 16:56
I really enjoy chatting with different folks but not with people who believe that they know and it's their job to spread the word. That gets old reall...
May 17, 2021 at 16:21
Perhaps you can help me out here. Why is it when a fair number of people on this forum disagree in a conversation, they assume that it must be the oth...
May 17, 2021 at 16:02
I believe that most baby boomers would agree that their parents were the first parental generation to really spoil their kids en masse because to the ...
May 17, 2021 at 15:59
Perhaps you are around the wrong kind of people.
May 17, 2021 at 15:53
You have the right to free speech, but the responsibility to not shout FIRE in a crowded movie theater (if there is no fire). You have the right to be...
May 17, 2021 at 15:52
Ideally, you want to somebody who is state-of-the-art AND experienced. As you are well aware, there is learning curve to all things. If this is not a ...
May 17, 2021 at 01:22
If people do not act responsibly, then there will be a breakdown in order. As an example, there were many "peaceful" protesters that saw fit to destro...
May 16, 2021 at 17:08
How wonderful to have people like you who can set others straight. With rights come responsibility. If you do not exercise responsibility, you are den...
May 16, 2021 at 16:53
But why was there an over-abundance of government control? What made Communists believe that they could design a system that could overcome the dysfun...
May 16, 2021 at 16:49
Because real learning is doing. Do you want to go to a cardiac surgeon that is just trying a new procedure for the first time or would you rather that...
May 16, 2021 at 15:56
What Zen did for me is correctly ordered things, that is, thinking became subservient to doing. As I became more adept at my meditation practice, I fo...
May 16, 2021 at 15:52
Manifesting anarchism is sort of like playing out one's sexual fantasies, i.e., it's not going to end well. To me, it was always a philosophy of inter...
May 16, 2021 at 02:27
Considering that more than two human beings are involved, it's about the best you can hope for... ... in the end (and similar to nearly all communicat...
May 15, 2021 at 19:57
I also consider myself an anarchist (philosophical) but realized early-in that perhaps the worst groups of all were groups of anarchists. Talk about a...
May 15, 2021 at 17:16
i get all that, but look at what takes place (institutionally) in the absence of a higher moral structure. Communism (as predicted by many) ended-up b...
May 15, 2021 at 17:08
Thanks for making my point.
May 15, 2021 at 16:58
My angle here is that what you learn from experience is far greater than what you can learn otherwise, for two reasons. One is obvious, you learn best...
May 15, 2021 at 16:56
My apologies for deviating from the political aspects of this interesting conversation but to look at religion in the above light misses the point. Si...
May 14, 2021 at 18:11
That you both for your piercing insights.
May 14, 2021 at 17:04
There is a reason why older folks were nearly universally afforded respect by younger people over the previous hundred generations (although none of u...
May 13, 2021 at 16:06
Look at how fast people adapt to new technology. When a better system becomes available, it will be adopted (albeit not with some struggle from legacy...
May 12, 2021 at 18:35
Like him or not, the guy defied all odds and went from being a game show host to POTUS. If you don't understand what an incredible accomplishment that...
May 12, 2021 at 18:27
That's what I thought. Before you criticize other people, consider your own body of work.
May 12, 2021 at 18:24
I've already told you that it is impossible to know anything. You are the one who believes he knows. As I have told you before, Trump is who he is, bu...
May 12, 2021 at 17:04
You need to move beyond putting other people down.
May 12, 2021 at 16:37
It must be quite the burden being the only person in the world who, "gets it." I will leave you to wallow in your genius while I shall try to make due...
May 12, 2021 at 16:36
When a better system is possible, people will use it. Why wouldn't they? The problem with the present system is mostly corruption and this is problem ...
May 12, 2021 at 16:07
Japanese, Chinese, Korean,and Indian Americans are all doing very, very well. Do you have statistics that suggest otherwise? Would you like everybody ...
May 11, 2021 at 23:49
On this matter, my friend, we can agree. There is WAY TOO MUCH socialism in the U.S. ... to the point where it has created grotesque economic distorti...
May 11, 2021 at 23:46
This isn't school. Doesn't change what? We should be happy to live in age where material is abundant. The economic system is what it is. You make it t...
May 11, 2021 at 23:42
Again, I am not really sure what you are talking about, but let's talk about lying. Have you never lied? Are you somewhere above the rest of humanity?
May 11, 2021 at 23:34
It's inequality of effort. I live in a area with a lot of Asians and these people work harder than anybody I've ever known. Why do you think these peo...
May 11, 2021 at 18:20
The unintended consequences of of such thinking is that you may be under the knife one day when your surgeon doesn't quite make the correct decision a...
May 11, 2021 at 18:06
Is that why the most successful groups in the U.S. are people of color...Asians. They are successful because they work their asses off.
May 11, 2021 at 17:56
The difference is that in the former, you earn your success, in the later you are given success regardless of what you do. Are you aware of another fu...
May 11, 2021 at 17:50
You can say whatever you like...and should. I guess the idea of the saying is that when we are scared enough, we hedge our bets! :)
May 11, 2021 at 17:18
Something that makes you uncomfortable is making you think and grow. It's a good thing! Religion works on many different levels, and... ...as it is sa...
May 11, 2021 at 16:59
Why do you think that is? As an aside, I have been a very serious Zen student for over thirty years and at one point took a couple of years off to ded...
May 11, 2021 at 16:43
Humans, being the way we are, desire perfect systems. Religion is anything but. The Ten Commandments is a good example of a moral foundation. What eac...
May 11, 2021 at 16:18
Look at it this way. Man had to create God as a giver of that which man ultimately aspires. It doesn't matter if it is man's thoughts and words, only ...
May 11, 2021 at 16:05
Obviously you all have been very successful in life and have it figured out. I wish you continued success!
May 10, 2021 at 19:45
Free everybody up and then see what you need.
May 10, 2021 at 18:53
People have been fighting each other over every damn thing forever, as religion (wealth and power) is always at the top. Much (if not most) of the Mid...
May 10, 2021 at 18:40
You can critique everything but that doesn't mean you are going to throw everything away. Capitalism is the only economic system there is. It works re...
May 10, 2021 at 18:36
Would you like a mathematical proof? Again, this is not a black and white issue.
May 10, 2021 at 18:32
God has been around for a long time and looks like He isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
May 10, 2021 at 18:31
God is not man's creation of God. You have to transcend the stories and get into the heart of the matter. The stories were written for another time. I...
May 10, 2021 at 18:30
I've read a lot of Marx and his economic analysis was absolutely brilliant. The guy was a major genius. Beyond economics, though, he was a fool (you c...
May 10, 2021 at 18:18