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Re: i'd rather feel pain than feel nothin at all [Re: deCypher]
    #8798536 - 08/19/08 09:28 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

It certainly shows a lot of willpower and determination, I have to give them that....
And it seems to also be an act that makes a strong statement, but I am not sure what that statement would be exactly....    :shrug:
And I say "statement" because I always think of the monk that set himself on fire in front of an audience....
Why not do it alone, without an audience....?



The biggest question that comes to my mind is, WHY....?
What is "gained" by doing this....?
It seems to bring more questions than answers....and the bad part is that those questions can no longer be answered.... 

Maybe he was one of those strange few with that anomaly where they cannot feel physical pain....
I guess the best preparation for such an act would be to meditate for many years on becoming a chunk of ice, and practicing fire-walking....    :tongue:


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Re: i'd rather feel pain than feel nothin at all [Re: PhanTomCat]
    #8798554 - 08/19/08 09:33 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

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PhanTomCat said:
The biggest question that comes to my mind is, WHY....?
What is "gained" by doing this....?




Because martyrs have a way of making a point that few other people can.  This is the same reason that people still remember the Christians who voluntarily gave themselves up to the lions.


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Re: i'd rather feel pain than feel nothin at all [Re: deCypher]
    #8798650 - 08/19/08 09:54 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

But, to what end....?
You obviously get everyone's attention,
but by volunteering to do something so drastically......crazy,
does it get people to believe and stand up for your cause -
or does it distance them from you by making them think you are crazy....?

I don't know the lion story context to make specific comments.... 


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Re: i'd rather feel pain than feel nothin at all (moved) [Re: numonkei]
    #8818150 - 08/23/08 10:50 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

what if some/many of our actions are in attempt to not feel?  or to feel so much as to not feel?

where does this option lie?


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Re: i'd rather feel pain than feel nothin at all (moved) [Re: demiu5]
    #8818295 - 08/23/08 11:28 PM (15 years, 5 months ago)

There has to be pain because without it there would be no joy.  It is kinda a package deal in that sense...


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Re: i'd rather feel pain than feel nothin at all (moved) [Re: Libertine]
    #8818568 - 08/24/08 01:16 AM (15 years, 5 months ago)

Why does their have to be joy?


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Re: i'd rather feel pain than feel nothin at all [Re: demiu5]
    #8818655 - 08/24/08 01:49 AM (15 years, 5 months ago)

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demius said:
i'd rather feel nothing




I LOL'd when I read that.  It's such a simple, obvious answer.


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Re: i'd rather feel pain than feel nothin at all [Re: Icelander]
    #8818664 - 08/24/08 01:54 AM (15 years, 5 months ago)

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Icelander said:
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anyone420 said:
agree, or disagree?




Depends on the amount of pain. Let me strap you to the torture rack for awhile and then you would choose death I'm guessing.




Torture is kind of a recurring theme for you, isn't it Icelander?


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Re: i'd rather feel pain than feel nothin at all [Re: it stars saddam]
    #8819171 - 08/24/08 08:08 AM (15 years, 5 months ago)

Only when I read your posts.:grin:


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Re: i'd rather feel pain than feel nothin at all (moved) [Re: Libertine]
    #8819339 - 08/24/08 09:20 AM (15 years, 5 months ago)

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Libertine said:
There has to be pain because without it there would be no joy.  It is kinda a package deal in that sense...





i tend to disagree


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Platinum said:
Just like in order to be happy, you must have sadness. Otherwise it would just be an empty unknown feeling. To feel the happyness of happy, you must feel the sadness of sad. Happy cannot be happy without sad, just like pain cannot be pain without not-pain - it would just be an unknown empty feeling.




You don't need sadness to feel happiness....
It is all relative to the baseline-ness....
Just as one doesn't need  pain to feel pleasure, as they are both elated states from neutrality....


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