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Striving for a life of silence over noise
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If you could easily relate to, identify with, and converse with the majority of the population/masses, basically the complete opposite of a complete social outcast, would you choose this over a life of living mostly in silence (e.g. regularly attending Vipassana retreats, meditating hours a day, solo meditative hiking in nature, having a career where you can work in silence), would you? which would you choose, and why? 

It's either one or the other, noise or silence, no in between. :crankey:

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Re: Striving for a life of silence over noise [Re: deranger]
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Your question doesn't make sense.

You can be a Buddha and still get laid.

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Re: Striving for a life of silence over noise [Re: deranger]
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silence for sure. I love nature and hiking/backpacking etc. I would listen to music on my computer if i want.

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Re: Striving for a life of silence over noise [Re: deranger]
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I'd take a little of both.:curbyourenthusiasm:


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: Striving for a life of silence over noise [Re: appleorange]
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appleorange said:
Your question doesn't make sense.


Make some sense of it then.  Read it multiple times until it clicks in.  If it doesn't, I understand.  Most people would probably find it difficult understanding the intent of the message.

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Re: Striving for a life of silence over noise [Re: deranger]
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You guys are no fun and you're missing the point. I'll take the silence over the noise any day if it's one or the other. :thumbup:


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Little left in the way of energy; or the way of love, yet happy to entertain myself playing mental games with the rest of you freaks until the rivers run backwards. 

"Chat your fraff
Chat your fraff
Just chat your fraff
Chat your fraff"

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Re: Striving for a life of silence over noise [Re: Icelander]
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Icelander said:
I'd take a little of both.:curbyourenthusiasm:


i'd take some music and a silent lady with me.

but you disobeyed the rules of the thread so your post is a failure and disgrace to all those who are respectful.

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Re: Striving for a life of silence over noise [Re: Grapefruit]
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silence for sure even though it can be deafening at times


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Fearlessly the idiot faced the crowd
Smiling

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Re: Striving for a life of silence over noise [Re: deranger]
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I know, my dad never taught me any respect and now you see the result.:sad:


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: Striving for a life of silence over noise [Re: Icelander]
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Can a person still fart in silence or would that be a life of noise?

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Re: Striving for a life of silence over noise [Re: appleorange]
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Noise, he said complete silence. No walking around or anything.


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: Striving for a life of silence over noise [Re: deranger]
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I choose communication because I am a social animal.

Silence doesn't befit us.


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Let that which doesn't matter truly not matter.

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Re: Striving for a life of silence over noise [Re: youbreakyoubuy]
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I'm gonna have to go with noise then. I get cramps when I hold it in.

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Re: Striving for a life of silence over noise [Re: appleorange]
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Yeah, it's gotta be noise.:ass:


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: Striving for a life of silence over noise [Re: floydisgod]
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I'd choose conversing with people over silence.

I contemplated running away to a monastery years ago... but in the end, you learn so much about the world through talking with others.  Even when I'm not in conversation, I learn so much just listening to others talk in cafes/coffee shops/streets, etc.

I'd have to have at least a half hour to myself a day though, or I'd go insane.

But in the end, let's say you achieve total bliss/love with the universe.  Wouldn't do humanity much good if you were totally secluded.. and right now, humanity needs people that would even contemplate silence for that half hour, methinks :smile:

Although, assuming we are all One, I guess you would affect the world through prayer/thought forms.  It'd just be boring :smile:

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Re: Striving for a life of silence over noise [Re: youbreakyoubuy]
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youbreakyoubuy said:
I choose communication because I am a social animal.

Silence doesn't befit us.


You believe you are a social animal, yet this belief is derived from a process that is misunderstood by many, and your definition of social is limited.

Being social does not have to involve converting meaning into words and sharing them with others.  Sharing meaning between one another is not limited to conveying words.

When we were first on this earth, and the words we have today did not exist, we were still social, though it was a different kind of social.  This is what I'm trying to get at.

Attend a vipassana retreat to understand what I mean.

Also, for all you jokers, I said living mostly in silence.  You can still fart.

"Silence doesn't benefit us"

Silence doesn't benefit you.  How do you know it doesn't benefit me, or others?

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Re: Striving for a life of silence over noise [Re: deranger]
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Language is simply another way to connect. Why don't you just ignore the trivial chit chat and only discuss topics that interest you?

Are people failures because they don't want to bond themselves into silence? You may want to find more understanding, humility, and love in your life before taking on such a lifechanging commitment. :levitate:


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The Great Mycelium (TGMM) is more than you and me, we are all part of One.

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Re: Striving for a life of silence over noise [Re: explosiveoxygen]
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NOIZEEEEEEE:awebig:

Benefits of noise: concerts, sex is cooler, alarms (aka you will not die as easily)

If everyone was deaf i predict there would be a LOT of accidental deaths


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Re: Striving for a life of silence over noise [Re: deranger]
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I challenge you to find silence, not merely the absence of talking.

Edited by xFrockx (02/08/10 11:42 PM)

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Re: Striving for a life of silence over noise [Re: xFrockx]
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Do I have to attend a vippysawna retreat to understand what you're getting at?

Wouldn't it just be easier to explain what a vippysawna retreat is like?

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