narveen
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i need to run, songtsan. will reply this when i get back. i'm going to really do spiritual battle with you - one immortal against another this is true martial art
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exactly! martial art is war. best strategy is avoidance of war - sun tzu
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good question. i am not theorizing here. no shit. living right protects you it changes your life fundamentally so that you step off the beaten path that others tread away from the dangers no dangers, no defense
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i know it all sounds naive and ridiculous to have no defense in the world we are in but only armor-plated tough guys can survive in the "hood". do we want that toughest to survive? can a hoodlum ever be a saint?
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better than being ready for anything is never having to be ready at all and yet never ever run into harm to be in accord with intelligence (tao?) live right (whatever that means)
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better than forgiveness is a vulnerability no skin is it possible to bear no scars, no memory of pain no matter how many times stabbed in the back i know this sound stupid like turning the other cheek that was what jesus meant, i think what do you think?
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then it wouldn't be forgiveness, would it? it's harbored pain, a learning for a counter-measure in a missile defense system
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this is a very nice piece to put in your book, songtsan. i like it when you go on impulse, hang loose and spit it out. it's uninhibited, unrehearsed and unabashed honesty it's what writing is all about, said hemingway - telling the truth.
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what about, "forgive your enemies, do good to those that harm you"?
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The decline and eventual fall of the USA as world superpower?
narveen replied to Formless Tao's topic in The Rabbit Hole
no, that's not what i'm saying. conning is indeed the name of the game. and that's life; you accept the terms that you are in the game it's poker and everybody lies. make sure you are not the worst at lying. stop dreaming. accept your karma run. take responsibility stop making everybody wrong if your dad is a layabout shit. deal with it or move on. -
The decline and eventual fall of the USA as world superpower?
narveen replied to Formless Tao's topic in The Rabbit Hole
does mr gerald celente expect me to believe that if we chucked out all the politicians in the white house and congress and make him us president to run the country with absolute power the american people will be better off? get outa here. -
The decline and eventual fall of the USA as world superpower?
narveen replied to Formless Tao's topic in The Rabbit Hole
governments are run by people governments are corrupt because people are corrupt we are the corrupt people. would you prefer us corrupt people to be governed by a computer? -
don't these activist whiners understand that there are rules of society that we live by? all the countries involved in negotiations have legitimate government officials doing the deal making. activists and whistle-blowers may not like what they do. too bad.
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good stuff. total control is the way to go. it's about time we terrorize the terrorists
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Scientists declare consciousness not exclusive to humans
narveen replied to effilang's topic in General Discussion
inference? that's a nice word for divine revelation or encounter of a third kind? the mind is devious. what conflict? even our debate is not a conflict. there are no conflicts festering in my life. nor am i in conflict with this mess of a world i live in a world i will surely sort out if given the mandate of heaven i don’t mean conventional parenting where kids are taught i meant natural parenting where the way of living is the teaching the way baby animals take after their parents teaching without talking (tao te ching) the way a kid becomes an american, a swede or japanese do what i say but not what i do? what if it wasn’t a feeling of moral superiority that prompted your kid to act? what if it was empathy with his friend’s bird getting its legs broken? i am not hardened against you. knowing you enables me to see why you are saying strange stuff -
Scientists declare consciousness not exclusive to humans
narveen replied to effilang's topic in General Discussion
no i won’t rescue the frogs. if every tadpole born is given the best chance to live a great life, they will grow into good frogs the heron won’t have a chance. it will have to eat other things like insects, lizards and bad frogs. it doesn’t have to be that way. the world we live in doesn’t have to be made dangerous by people dying doesn’t have to be unpleasant and untimely what point is that? i am not theorizing. i actually am living a life that does not present me untenable situations i never had to choose sides in a conflict. i have always been able to side-step conflicts which are dead ends. herons can eat other things. herons are not like people who insist on getting their own way regardless. take the palestinian/israeli situation neither would just get out of there and live elsewhere of course it happens, if you are intelligent. not getting into a conflict is the smart thing to do. for instance, your wife (let’s suppose she ain’t a good mom) decides to leave you it’s not your fault. she’s adamant on leaving and taking the kid whom you will never see again. not getting into the conflict is to let her have her way even if the kid doesn’t want to leave and will have to grow himself up the way songtsan did. well, like i said, only a fool will get stuck in a conflict situation. surely you know the tao te ching. a sage never gets between a rock and a hard place. a sage would have seen it coming and avoid taking the flight the tao te ching is BS then? read chapter 50, it’s all there. the hostile situation that is the lot of the fool never entraps the sage. -
why? so you would know how to deal better with the situation you were born into? how would your book help a kid deal with living on welfare and a dad who wouldn't support his mom and him? which is better? a great book to guide kids who have to grow themselves up living on welfare with laybout shits for dads, or a society where all kids are cared for and secure regardless of who brought them into the world?
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so, my view of the world is negative and a bummer. if what you say is true, then a non-negative view is one that sees wrong with the world as it is. are the world health organization's reports negative and a bummer?
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yup. those raptors were really something i happened to be around they told me about the raptor watch no big deal about eagles hanging around i didn't expect to see anything but i did and it was an amazing sight they came in like B 52 bombers
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The decline and eventual fall of the USA as world superpower?
narveen replied to Formless Tao's topic in The Rabbit Hole
McDonald's feeding the poor. if the allegation is sane then it's the poor eating the Amazon -
The decline and eventual fall of the USA as world superpower?
narveen replied to Formless Tao's topic in The Rabbit Hole
why didn't congress hear tice out if indeed there had been violations of the rights of american people? in other words, why didn't the american people pay any heed to tice? -
The decline and eventual fall of the USA as world superpower?
narveen replied to Formless Tao's topic in The Rabbit Hole
cargill is doing what cargill does best. you are living in the forest. if you are the prey, watch out for predators. antelopes don't whine, they run be realistic like other animals they deal with the situation you should too. -
The decline and eventual fall of the USA as world superpower?
narveen replied to Formless Tao's topic in The Rabbit Hole
i am not ok with being conned so i have no illusions about the shepherd. i don't live with it, i deal with it. not by formenting hatred for the shepherd not by instigating the herd grown ups don't curse the darkness grown ups switch on the damn light. -
The decline and eventual fall of the USA as world superpower?
narveen replied to Formless Tao's topic in The Rabbit Hole
the nsa is doing a great job tightening up security by watching everything including the fly on the wall. only people with something to hide would have issues with that drop the hypocrisy be transparent as you would want your government to be transparent then everything will be fine. -
alrighty then. i know you don't believe in chi watch me move that hurricane.