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Post by Mond the Bagnificient on Jul 25, 2016 7:38:25 GMT -5
Maybe someone should start an Olympics thread. I agree.. it's time.  |
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Post by Ff2 on Jul 25, 2016 8:28:03 GMT -5
Has the world always been this fucked up and we just hear about it a lot more and see more of it because everyone has phones and social media has taken off? Or, is the world just much more fucked up than it's been in the past? Read something the other day that LESS cops are getting killed than ever. The world has ALWAYS been FOOKED. |
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Post by Ff2 on Jul 25, 2016 9:25:03 GMT -5
Truth is a pathless land. Man cannot come to it through any organisation, through any creed, through any dogma, priest or ritual, not through any philosophical knowledge or psychological technique. He has to find it through the mirror of relationship, through the understanding of the contents of his own mind, through observation and not through intellectual analysis or introspective dissection. Man has built in himself images as a fence of security - religious, political, personal. These manifest as symbols, ideas, beliefs. The burden of these images dominates man's thinking, his relationships and his daily life. These images are the causes of our problems for they divide man from man. His perception of life is shaped by the concepts already established in his mind. The content of his consciousness is his entire existence. This content is common to all humanity. The individuality is the name, the form and superficial culture he acquires from tradition and environment. The uniqueness of man does not lie in the superficial but in complete freedom from the content of his consciousness, which is common to all mankind. So he is not an individual. Freedom is not a reaction; freedom is not a choice. It is man's pretence that because he has choice he is free. Freedom is pure observation without direction, without fear of punishment and reward. Freedom is without motive; freedom is not at the end of the evolution of man but lies in the first step of his existence. In observation one begins to discover the lack of freedom. Freedom is found in the choiceless awareness of our daily existence. Thought is time. Thought is born of experience, of knowledge, which are inseparable from time. Time is the psychological enemy of man. Our action is based on knowledge and therefore time, so man is always a slave to the past. When man becomes aware of the movement of his own consciousness he will see the division between the thinker and the thought, the observer and the observed, the experiencer and the experience. He will discover that this division is an illusion. Then only is there pure observation which is insight without any shadow of the past . This timeless insight brings about a deep radical mutation in the mind. Total negation is the essence of the positive. When there is negation of all those things which are not love – desire, pleasure – then love is, with its compassion and intelligence.
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Post by Mond the Bagnificient on Jul 25, 2016 9:35:05 GMT -5
Truth is a pathless land. Man cannot come to it through any organisation, through any creed, through any dogma, priest or ritual, not through any philosophical knowledge or psychological technique. He has to find it through the mirror of relationship, through the understanding of the contents of his own mind, through observation and not through intellectual analysis or introspective dissection. Man has built in himself images as a fence of security - religious, political, personal. These manifest as symbols, ideas, beliefs. The burden of these images dominates man's thinking, his relationships and his daily life. These images are the causes of our problems for they divide man from man. His perception of life is shaped by the concepts already established in his mind. The content of his consciousness is his entire existence. This content is common to all humanity. The individuality is the name, the form and superficial culture he acquires from tradition and environment. The uniqueness of man does not lie in the superficial but in complete freedom from the content of his consciousness, which is common to all mankind. So he is not an individual. Freedom is not a reaction; freedom is not a choice. It is man's pretence that because he has choice he is free. Freedom is pure observation without direction, without fear of punishment and reward. Freedom is without motive; freedom is not at the end of the evolution of man but lies in the first step of his existence. In observation one begins to discover the lack of freedom. Freedom is found in the choiceless awareness of our daily existence. Thought is time. Thought is born of experience, of knowledge, which are inseparable from time. Time is the psychological enemy of man. Our action is based on knowledge and therefore time, so man is always a slave to the past. When man becomes aware of the movement of his own consciousness he will see the division between the thinker and the thought, the observer and the observed, the experiencer and the experience. He will discover that this division is an illusion. Then only is there pure observation which is insight without any shadow of the past . This timeless insight brings about a deep radical mutation in the mind. Total negation is the essence of the positive. When there is negation of all those things which are not love – desire, pleasure – then love is, with its compassion and intelligence.  |
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Post by Raoul Duke on Jul 25, 2016 9:43:51 GMT -5
Truth is a pathless land. Man cannot come to it through any organisation, through any creed, through any dogma, priest or ritual, not through any philosophical knowledge or psychological technique. He has to find it through the mirror of relationship, through the understanding of the contents of his own mind, through observation and not through intellectual analysis or introspective dissection. Man has built in himself images as a fence of security - religious, political, personal. These manifest as symbols, ideas, beliefs. The burden of these images dominates man's thinking, his relationships and his daily life. These images are the causes of our problems for they divide man from man. His perception of life is shaped by the concepts already established in his mind. The content of his consciousness is his entire existence. This content is common to all humanity. The individuality is the name, the form and superficial culture he acquires from tradition and environment. The uniqueness of man does not lie in the superficial but in complete freedom from the content of his consciousness, which is common to all mankind. So he is not an individual. Freedom is not a reaction; freedom is not a choice. It is man's pretence that because he has choice he is free. Freedom is pure observation without direction, without fear of punishment and reward. Freedom is without motive; freedom is not at the end of the evolution of man but lies in the first step of his existence. In observation one begins to discover the lack of freedom. Freedom is found in the choiceless awareness of our daily existence. Thought is time. Thought is born of experience, of knowledge, which are inseparable from time. Time is the psychological enemy of man. Our action is based on knowledge and therefore time, so man is always a slave to the past. When man becomes aware of the movement of his own consciousness he will see the division between the thinker and the thought, the observer and the observed, the experiencer and the experience. He will discover that this division is an illusion. Then only is there pure observation which is insight without any shadow of the past . This timeless insight brings about a deep radical mutation in the mind. Total negation is the essence of the positive. When there is negation of all those things which are not love – desire, pleasure – then love is, with its compassion and intelligence. |
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Post by 2foolish on Jul 25, 2016 9:52:48 GMT -5
So I pick my daughter up from work the other day and as we are pulling up to the house she asks me to drive around the block to see if she can find any Pokemons. She's 22. WTF? i blame the parents... |
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Post by bxjetfan on Jul 25, 2016 10:12:19 GMT -5
So I pick my daughter up from work the other day and as we are pulling up to the house she asks me to drive around the block to see if she can find any Pokemons. She's 22. WTF? i blame the parents... Sigh. I got nuthin..... |
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Post by 2foolish on Jul 25, 2016 11:18:13 GMT -5
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Post by Ff2 on Jul 25, 2016 12:46:44 GMT -5
How much of our lives do we pretend to care about something (work) and pretend to like people (75% of people we know) ?
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Post by Chesapeakejet on Jul 25, 2016 12:57:55 GMT -5
How much of our lives do we pretend to care about something (work) and pretend to like people (75% of people we know) ?  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2016 13:59:32 GMT -5
So I pick my daughter up from work the other day and as we are pulling up to the house she asks me to drive around the block to see if she can find any Pokemons. She's 22. WTF? i blame the parents... LOL Now you're playing Poke-you-in-eye-w-stick-mon. |
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Post by bxjetfan on Jul 25, 2016 16:46:56 GMT -5
What's the difference between gay and queer? Apparently it LGBTQ now. I thought they were the same thing.
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Post by bxjetfan on Jul 27, 2016 20:28:16 GMT -5
Just got done watching ESPNs 30 for 30 on Doc and Darryl. Strawberry looks like he has his act together but Gooden still looks like a crackhead.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2016 23:42:54 GMT -5
What's the difference between gay and queer? Apparently it LGBTQ now. I thought they were the same thing. "I'll take Charlie Weaver to block..oh jesus..." <guy> "What about it Charlie? The main difference between gays and queers?" <Charlie> "Living in California it's obvious: Gays like nice things. Queers; they like tattoos. So I'd say a BMW 3 Series is the main difference." <.> Holy crap; that made sense. I'll AGREE!!1 <guy> And you'll get THAT BLOCK! NICE JOB!!! |
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Post by bxjetfan on Jul 28, 2016 9:07:07 GMT -5
Shoulda asked Charles Nelson Reilly.
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