OrgoneConclusion said:

Coherency, cogency and consistency are benchmarks of an ordered mind.

Doublespeak, babbling, and meandering all over are signs of an undisicplined mind and poor thinking/communication skills.

Which type of posts do you think should earn the most points?

---

OrgoneConclusion said:

Quote:

I believe that life is priceless and every moment is a gift we didn't ask for 

---

Like when you are at the dentist and the drill hits a nerve?

Or like when you come home early and find your girlfriend fucking your best friend?

---

figmentfragment said:

Not "spiritual". I don't find it is necessary.

In the last 3 years a lot of change has occurred. I stopped looking for external meaning, stopped believing in the existence of purpose.

If there is meaning and purpose, so be it. Though I doubt in my mere existence I shall discover it. In the mean time, I shall live my life, and hopefully die in a relatively pleasant manner.

---

c0sm0nautt said:

OrgoneConclusion said:

Whenever someone presents an idea, I test it at the limits with a hypothetical to see if it still holds up as a universal. Has nothing to do with my mood.

---

I think a big trick to life is being positive. No one's life is perfect, but if you approach everything more positive, the positivity will come into your life. It's called the Law of Attraction.

---

"

Generally true. Good basic psychology.

Diaboleros said:

It's very much like science tells us the earth is flat and that is why we are afraid to venture beyond because we would fall off. It's the exact same thing with the mind. Science claims the mind is only in the brain, so people are afraid, or even refuse to go beyond simply because there is no evidence. Imagine Colombus having the same mindset as I used to have, as a hardcore skeptic atheist. He would go. no way I'm going to America, science has proven the earth is flat so we would fall off.

---

Maybe you should experiment with discovering what science actually is. Your post is riddled with poor understanding regarding the nature of science. No scientific observation ever stated that the Earth was flat and no scientific observation has ever stated that the mind is only "in" the brain.
Unless, of course, you would like to point me in the direction of such scientific observations/evidence? That would be science.

OrgoneConclusion said:

Quote:

Do you believe there is some underlying structure to the Universe, or are we just accidents here trying to cope with ourselves?

---

The answer is unknowable and clinging to one view point or the other does not effect your daily life nor how you treat others.

---

Diaboleros said:

Anyway, for those still filled with doubt, don't be afraid of experimenting, you can't fall off your mind.. lol.

---

Quote:

schiz⋅o⋅phre⋅ni⋅a
  /ˌskɪtsəˈfriniə, -ˈfrinyə/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [skit-suh-free-nee-uh, -freen-yuh] Show IPA
Use schizophrenia in a Sentence
See web results for schizophrenia
See images of schizophrenia
–noun
1. Psychiatry. Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.

---

Quote:

de⋅pres⋅sion
  /dɪˈprɛʃən/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [di-presh-uhn] Show IPA
Use depression in a Sentence
See web results for depression
See images of depression
–noun
5. Psychiatry. a condition of general emotional dejection and withdrawal; sadness greater and more prolonged than that warranted by any objective reason.

---

Icelander said:

I dumped spirituality for the most part and embraced real science and guess what? Your quote applies to me also.

---

Icelander said:

Smoking DMT while peaking on lots of acid is an amazing thing indeed.

But what does it mean? There's a god? We are god? Your brain is god? The brain is an amazingingly complex structure?  The brain fools us all the time? I have never figured this all out and won't.

---