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 OrgoneConclusion
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 Re: Zen and the Art of Bullshit [Re: Cervantes]
#8574532 - 06/28/08 02:45 PM (3 months, 14 days ago) |
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 Cervantes
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Huh?
My name is Tommy!
I run the deaf, dumb and blind trifecta.
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redgreenvines
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Re: Zen and the Art of Bullshit [Re: Cervantes]
#8574649 - 06/28/08 03:27 PM (3 months, 14 days ago) |
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buddhism is a theology?
how do you come to that?
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Cervantes
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It can be interpreted as a theology... usually by idiots.
You'll notice I say 'Philosophy' 99% of the time... but when I said 'Theology' I chose the word intentionally.
In other words... the Buddhist philosophy is incorporated into the body (which is quite interesting to me)... while the theology lives in the mind... like all other bogus theologies.
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 Re: Zen and the Art of Bullshit [Re: Cervantes]
#8574854 - 06/28/08 04:32 PM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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Cervantes said:
I swear, this month... I have had more people trying to preach the truth to me. Like I have never heard of the The New Age Bastardization of Buddhist philosophy. Like I am incapable of understanding it!
its funny because in asia [ buddhist countries 85+%] people are preaching mostly christian , and a little mormon , ideologies .
where do you live that people are preaching buddhism. must be california. near san francisco ? or la ?
possibly oregon ?
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Re: Zen and the Art of Bullshit [Re: fresh313]
#8574859 - 06/28/08 04:33 PM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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Something like that... think further west... and south.
Aloha
Oh and I spend a LOT of my virtual time here.
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Re: Zen and the Art of Bullshit [Re: Cervantes]
#8575088 - 06/28/08 05:55 PM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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Meh, when I was 20, I thought I knew the answer to everything too.
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redgreenvines
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Re: Zen and the Art of Bullshit [Re: Cervantes]
#8576568 - 06/29/08 06:37 AM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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what i'm getting at is that
bible thumping
and dick(shunary) thumping
are pretty simmilar.
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Re: Zen and the Art of Bullshit [Re: Cervantes]
#8576625 - 06/29/08 07:13 AM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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Cervantes said:
Buddhism is most effectively taught through physical work... yoga, tai-chi, meditation... hell, even tripping.
If you take the body out of it... Buddhism just lives in the mind... and it is no more or less real than any other theology.
If you work on your body AND your mind... you'll find Buddhism is a nice road map... but you still have to work within the laws of nature and physics in order to excel at yoga, meditation, tai-chi or tripping.
It is counter to this beautiful philosophy to put on robes and preach. Better to sit on top of a mountain and wait for others to come to you... no?
Then there are the "New Agers"... what a bunch of whack-jobs! They pick and choose the parts of Buddhism that serve them. They do this to help sell trinkets, shiny rocks and previously viewed copies of "The Secret". And all the while, they are preaching the 'Truth' to their sheep.
I swear, this month... I have had more people trying to preach the truth to me. Like I have never heard of the The New Age Bastardization of Buddhist philosophy. Like I am incapable of understanding it!
The problem is; these 'New Age' people are my future in-laws... and I can't really explain to them my Psychonautical experience... not without causing my fiance some embarrassment.
They have never put their philosophy into their bodies. They have never learned to let go.
They just preach the 'truth'... like I am incapable of understanding it.
It is like they think I am deaf or retarded... so they talk extra slow and loud... ya' know?
Ignore them IMO. Unless of course you are invested in convincing them they are wrong or convincing yourself you are right, or needing the world to conform to your personal "needs"
Life is full of this shit.
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Cervantes
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Quote:
redgreenvines said:
what i'm getting at is that
bible thumping
and dick(shunary) thumping
are pretty simmilar.
Nothing close.
Bible thumping imposes Christian beliefs on others.
Dictionary thumping imposes a common way for people to use WORDS in order to discuss their personal differences with specific clarity.
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redgreenvines
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Re: Zen and the Art of Bullshit [Re: Cervantes]
#8577849 - 06/29/08 04:31 PM (3 months, 12 days ago) |
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you are thumping to a higher ideal then
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Cervantes
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Or I am doing my best to get the folks in this forum to communicate as effectively as the folks in the politics forum.
Arguing is fun when you use words correctly.
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