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Re: are any of you guys professional philosophers? [Re: chinacat72]
#1833350 - 08/20/03 12:18 PM (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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Exactly ! it's also a strange and common misconception that Meditating involves obsessing/ruminating over your thoughts n feelings. My Psychologist and Psychiatrists recently told me to stop meditating since they thought I would simply "dwell" on my problems and feel worse. Quite the contrary meditation is not about "dwelling" on anything, it's about letting go...un-attached, non-judgemental awareness. The only thing that's "obsessive" about Meditation and a Buddhist lifestyle is Awareness, i.e. to be Mindful in an "effortless" manner. Not to be confused with a vigilant watchfulness. The idea is to retrain the mind so that mindfulness, our natural state, is restored (as opposed to the trance-like dream world of constant thought/labeling/projections that we tend to live in).
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Re: are any of you guys professional philosophers? [Re: chinacat72]
#1833908 - 08/20/03 02:27 PM (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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Just that that's a large part of buddhism, isolating oneself from outward influence and thinking (obsessing) about one's life, and how to live it "correctly".
Thats not a very accurate description of Buddism. The idea is to stop thinking(obsessing) about ones life. You know like clear your mind, stop clinging to desire. Focus on the moment and not the constant chatter of the mind. What your describing sounds more like psychoanalysis.
But thats not so much the reality of it, at least not for most buddhist's....or at least not western one's.
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Re: are any of you guys professional philosophers? [Re: PDU]
#1833982 - 08/20/03 02:50 PM (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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for the most part "western buddhist" is an oxymoron, like american culture.
-------------------- The ultimate meaning of our being can only be fulfilled in the paradoxical leap beyond the tragic-demonic frustration. It is a leap from our side, but it is the self-surrendering presence of the Ground of Being from the other side. - Paul Tillich
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Re: are any of you guys professional philosophers? [Re: Malachi]
#1834088 - 08/20/03 03:24 PM (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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AHAHAH. Alright alright. Well still,like i said...buddhism, among other religions, started out with a few philosophical fellow's isolating themselve's from the rest of the world and determining where the real value of lifeis.
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Re: are any of you guys professional philosophers? [Re: PDU]
#1835154 - 08/20/03 08:27 PM (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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you should read herman hesse's book siddartha.
-------------------- The ultimate meaning of our being can only be fulfilled in the paradoxical leap beyond the tragic-demonic frustration. It is a leap from our side, but it is the self-surrendering presence of the Ground of Being from the other side. - Paul Tillich
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Re: are any of you guys professional philosophers? [Re: Malachi]
#1835335 - 08/20/03 09:05 PM (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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How did Budda get fat if he barely ever ate?
-------------------- What if everything around you Isn't quite as it seems? What if all the world you think you know, Is an elaborate dream? And if you look at your reflection, Is it all you want it to be?
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Re: are any of you guys professional philosophers? [Re: Murex]
#1835378 - 08/20/03 09:21 PM (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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my psych teacher told me that a major in philosophy was actually pretty useful if you got a minor in something that you're interested, I never asked her reasoning behind it, but she was pretty smart :P
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Re: are any of you guys professional philosophers? [Re: Sclorch]
#1835551 - 08/20/03 10:11 PM (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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Some examples are university professors, bioethicists, consultants for social planning, environmental ethics, authors, and of course cult leaders.
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Re: are any of you guys professional philosophers? [Re: HagbardCeline]
#1835881 - 08/21/03 12:11 AM (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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what do bioethicists do? attend conferences?
murex- I think buddha was against asceticism.
faaip_de_oiad- ok, I had to type out your handle, so you've go to tell me where you got it. or did you make it up? anyway, yeah, philosophy is a good major for learning how to think. unfortunately, it seems that thinking isn't very important in most professions.  it's good for law school though.
-------------------- The ultimate meaning of our being can only be fulfilled in the paradoxical leap beyond the tragic-demonic frustration. It is a leap from our side, but it is the self-surrendering presence of the Ground of Being from the other side. - Paul Tillich
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Re: are any of you guys professional philosophers? [Re: Murex]
#1836005 - 08/21/03 01:18 AM (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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How did Budda get fat if he barely ever ate?
The person depicted by fat Buddha figures has a chinese face. It's not a picture of the historical Buddha from India (Shakyamuni Buddha), but of Hotei, who is a chinese character that corresponds to the same archetypical personality as our Santa Claus. Some buddhists identify Hotei with an incarnation of a future Buddha (Maitreya Buddha).
Shakyamuni Buddha starved himself for a while during the six years he spent following all sorts of cults, but he resumed eating normally just before his enlightenment.
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Re: are any of you guys professional philosophers? [Re: Rhizoid]
#1836384 - 08/21/03 06:57 AM (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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How did Budda get fat if he barely ever ate?
The person depicted by fat Buddha figures has a chinese face. It's not a picture of the historical Buddha from India (Shakyamuni Buddha), but of Hotei, who is a chinese character that corresponds to the same archetypical personality as our Santa Claus. Some buddhists identify Hotei with an incarnation of a future Buddha (Maitreya Buddha).
hmmmm... they way my buddha belly is developing, I'm begining to wonder if this could be me 
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Rhizoid said: Shakyamuni Buddha starved himself for a while during the six years he spent following all sorts of cults, but he resumed eating normally just before his enlightenment.
He had number 42 off the menu (Pre-Enlightenment Special ) No disrespect intended - The Buddha was one of the most profoundly evolved beings to have blessed us with his teachings 
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