witholding love
Something really moved in me when I read Ran's post on sept. 4 about excuses for withholding love. I think America lives in an abusive culture, as has been stated here before. I think it no accident...
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Michael says: But my "socialism on a national basis" has nothing to do with the "National Socialists" (that was the proper name for the Nazis, for anyone not in on the joke.) What I mean is that the...
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ArrowpeakHouse wrote: Michael says: But my "socialism on a national basis" has nothing to do with the "National Socialists" (that was the proper name for the Nazis, for anyone not in on the joke.)...
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michael wrote: Finally, an on-subject post! The kind of Universal Love you describe here seems like a mirage -- if you try to touch it (gain the power to act on it, and improve the lives of...
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S. I'm mostly in agreement with you. "...you will become a martyr of the human condition (like Jesus, et al)..." Buddha lived to an old age and a natural death, so it's not completely inevitable that...
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wolfbird wrote: Buddha lived to an old age and a natural death, so it's not completely inevitable that a radical teacher gets killed by the mob. The global situation was not nearly so dire in Buddha's...
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It's always Buddha's time, Michael, always was, always will be. You don't know much about buddhism.
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wolfbird wrote: It's always Buddha's time, Michael, always was, always will be. You don't know much about buddhism. In a poetic sense, maybe, and only if you believe in Buddhism. A Christian, being...
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No, michael, not at all like that. You don't understand. I didn't mean in a poetic sense. It's not a matter of 'belief in Buddhism' ( as in 'faith' ), it's a matter of the actual teaching and practice...
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Agreed, but at the same time, your approach to him is condescending. He's on the right path, and there's no need to separate him from you, or you from me. We're all in the same cosmic playground. So...
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"The correct attitude is to be without thought, but simply to exist as we are, like a cow who eats grass .." Don't agree, S. Thought is also a natural phenomena. My mind needs stuff to think about,...
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wolfbird wrote: No, michael, not at all like that. You don't understand. I didn't mean in a poetic sense. It's not a matter of 'belief in Buddhism' ( as in 'faith' ), it's a matter of the actual...
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"Still, all of that assumes Buddhism is true." The Buddha taught scepticism. He said, 'Don't believe anything I say, just because I say it. Try it yourself and see if it works or not. If it doesn't,...
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wolfbird wrote: "People might not change," What ? What sense does that make ? I was referring to the suggestion upthread that human nature doesn't change over the millenia, so millenia-old religions...
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Yeah, well there's a lot of different issues raised by that, michael, and I don't think i have time just now to address them all. What about the Kalahari Bushmen ( if there are any left ? ) and...
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I could not have said it better my self. Something to look at in all this is,it's all about relationship. (more hippy dippy crap). The !Kun-san ( a people that live as hunter gatherers) If they too...
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wolfbird wrote: You can call it 'cheating', with a perjorative implication, as part of a moral code which regards 'hard work' as a virtue, if you see it that way. Personally, I don't buy into that...
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wolfbird wrote: "The correct attitude is to be without thought, but simply to exist as we are, like a cow who eats grass .." Don't agree, S. Thought is also a natural phenomena. My mind needs stuff to...
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Of course there are limits to thought. I've said that myself, a number of times on this forum. I don't think to be happier, nor to be closer to enlightenment. I think to solve problems, mostly. Can...
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wolfbird wrote: Of course there are limits to thought. I've said that myself, a number of times on this forum. I don't think to be happier, nor to be closer to enlightenment. I think to solve...
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