Progressive Liberalism is a Mental Dissorder (merged)

u crank · 09-14-12, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and the benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.

This is wisdom and well worth considering.

I read with great interest you history with regards to your training and interest in Zen and meditation. This helps me greatly in understanding where you are coming from on this and other topics. Thank you for sharing.

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Originally Posted by Skybird

If people ask me for a self-description today, I leave it to saying that I consider myself to be a spiritual atheist. I enjoy to see eyebrows frowning then, but it is the most precise description for sure that I can give. Not that any of that matters, not for me, not for anyone else.

I for one am not frowning. It matters a little.

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Originally Posted by Skybird

... I did not approach you, and I never meant to missionise you. I explained some things (more or less...) after you stated some things and asked me over some things. What you make of that does not affect me, as I see it. I just claim the right to take you by your words - that'S why there was some head-banging in the past between the two of us.

A little head banging is good. Keeps us sharp. No doubt we will have the pleasure again.

A final thought. One thing I am convinced of as I get older is that the old saying it is better to laugh than to cry is sound advice. I do not consider that this life is a joke, but it is definitely a comedy of sorts. Absurdity is best handled with a grin.

Take care.

Skybird · 09-14-12, 06:10 PM

"To fathom Zen means to fathom ourselves; to fathom ourselves means to forget ourselves; to forget ourselves means to find our original nature." (Dogen, 13th century).

Compare with Kant's philosophy on insight - and it's limits set by the material nature of our existence.

yubba · 09-28-12, 08:09 PM

bringing it back from the depths..for no good reason

soopaman2 · 09-28-12, 10:23 PM

God still loves me no matter who I vote for.

You guys will too.

I am voting for.....

HR Puffinstuff.

Just kidding. I miss Bachman, why did you guys vote her out, do you understand how much comedy we missed out on? President Bachman and first lady Marcus, the gay whisperer

America truly needs a sense of humor.

Minnesota, re-elect her please, we lurve her like mudkipz.

09-14-12, 06:10 PM	#2
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,718 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	"To fathom Zen means to fathom ourselves; to fathom ourselves means to forget ourselves; to forget ourselves means to find our original nature." (Dogen, 13th century). Compare with Kant's philosophy on insight - and it's limits set by the material nature of our existence. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 09-14-12 at 06:42 PM.

09-28-12, 10:23 PM	#4
soopaman2 Der Alte Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 3,316 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	God still loves me no matter who I vote for. You guys will too. I am voting for..... HR Puffinstuff. Just kidding. I miss Bachman, why did you guys vote her out, do you understand how much comedy we missed out on? President Bachman and first lady Marcus, the gay whisperer America truly needs a sense of humor. Minnesota, re-elect her please, we lurve her like mudkipz. __________________ If Hitler invaded Hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. -Winston Churchill- The most fascinating man in the world.

09-28-12, 08:09 PM	#3
yubba Admiral Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: in a neighborhood near you Posts: 2,478 Downloads: 293 Uploads: 2	bringing it back from the depths..for no good reason