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AlteredAgain
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The Philosophy of Lounge 1
#7831848 - 01/04/08 12:57 PM (16 years, 28 days ago) |
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Back to basics, to the roots of relaxation, observation, and contemplation. It's a relationship to earth.
Animals practice it, plants have mastered it, how about human?
Sometimes human forgets to lounge. Mind tends to get lost in language and miss the moment.
Is this a natural state? We don't know. We can say everything is natural, but not if we are of natural origin. All we have is models with regular software updates. Truths that are discovered only leave more doors unopened.
What it means to lounge is to fall back into your center, chill out, and remember the ground under your feet. It's no theory but all practice. This includes the applications of appreciation, breathing, and restoring life, among many others.
Be reminded however, that it is not a constant state to be in. Too much lounge can become an obstacle. Lions don't bum out under the sun all day, they know when to go out and be busy. A balance is essential.
Take a step back from every situation, jump in when you feel ready, and hop out as needed.
That's the mantra, a key. The rest of the story is yours.
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Re: The Philosophy of Lounge [Re: AlteredAgain]
#7831957 - 01/04/08 01:30 PM (16 years, 28 days ago) |
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Quote:
Be reminded however, that it is not a constant state to be in. Too much lounge can become an obstacle. Lions don't bum out under the sun all day, they know when to go out and be busy. A balance is essential.
Actually, male lions spend about 18 hours a day sleeping. It's the women who know when work needs to be done. Go figure. 
Good thread.
-------------------- “Strengthened by contemplation and study, I will not fear my passions like a coward. My body I will give to pleasures, to diversions that I’ve dreamed of, to the most daring erotic desires, to the lustful impulses of my blood, without any fear at all, for whenever I will— and I will have the will, strengthened as I’ll be with contemplation and study— at the crucial moments I’ll recover my spirit as was before: ascetic.”
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Re: The Philosophy of Lounge [Re: Lion] 1
#7832271 - 01/04/08 03:04 PM (16 years, 28 days ago) |
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haha
-------------------- The best way to live is to be like water For water benefits all things and goes against none of them It provides for all people and even cleanses those places a man is loath to go In this way it is just like Tao ~Daodejing
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Re: The Philosophy of Lounge [Re: Cracka_X]
#7832368 - 01/04/08 03:34 PM (16 years, 28 days ago) |
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Truth! Nice write up man.
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Re: The Philosophy of Lounge [Re: AlteredAgain]
#7832605 - 01/04/08 04:35 PM (16 years, 28 days ago) |
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callwaysclassic sol recycling
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Re: The Philosophy of Lounge [Re: machination]
#7832816 - 01/04/08 05:31 PM (16 years, 28 days ago) |
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Re: The Philosophy of Lounge [Re: machination]
#7833879 - 01/04/08 10:31 PM (16 years, 28 days ago) |
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machination said: callwaysclassic sol recycling
what do ye speak of!
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Re: The Philosophy of Lounge [Re: AlteredAgain]
#7833981 - 01/04/08 10:59 PM (16 years, 28 days ago) |
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a man looked at a bird and saw the sun the sun shined on the bird on the man on the sun
-------------------- "Have you not learned that your word is bond? Yes, my word is bond and bond is life, I shall give my life, before my word shall fail."
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Re: The Philosophy of Lounge [Re: machination]
#7834031 - 01/04/08 11:14 PM (16 years, 28 days ago) |
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man looks into a mirror and sees somebody, cannot put the finger on who he's seeing.
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Re: The Philosophy of Lounge [Re: AlteredAgain]
#7834133 - 01/04/08 11:53 PM (16 years, 27 days ago) |
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lolz, these are our cave drawings
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Re: The Philosophy of Lounge [Re: AlteredAgain]
#7850315 - 01/08/08 08:39 PM (16 years, 24 days ago) |
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Aqua Tiger sez: "Jump in, the water's fine."
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AlteredAgain
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Re: The Philosophy of Lounge [Re: Middleman]
#24356662 - 05/28/17 03:08 PM (6 years, 7 months ago) |
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Bumping up this thread in 2017 lol.
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For some reason I've recalled this very brief thread from 9 years ago at more than one time in my life. The philosophy of lounge must've sunk into my mind from your one succinct post.
Funny how the mind works.
-------------------- “Strengthened by contemplation and study, I will not fear my passions like a coward. My body I will give to pleasures, to diversions that I’ve dreamed of, to the most daring erotic desires, to the lustful impulses of my blood, without any fear at all, for whenever I will— and I will have the will, strengthened as I’ll be with contemplation and study— at the crucial moments I’ll recover my spirit as was before: ascetic.”
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