Invisible Acropolis

except when you Stop! for the Teachings of Peg Leg Stand and deliver

Summer flowers fade But we decide which is right which is illusion

Ive had some experience with "Weather Magic". I have to say it was quite fascinating. Ultimately its the kind of thing where "seeing is believing" and even if they did, plenty of deniers will never ever admit it to be "real", for many numerous reasons. Although I do enjoy sharing such "unbelievable" truths... for many numerous reasons. 👹

No, that is wrong. Gautama himself spoke about this in great detail. Also the link you posted above makes no references to "leaving the world". Although your fantasies are quite interesting from a psychological perspective, in terms of illuminating your own thoughts on the matter.

So fragile! As they say, "Truth withstands debate."

I would consider this to be commonly known information (and personally I am already quite familiar with the Yijing itself as an oracular device as well as a philosophical treatise.) Did you have any thoughts on the paper I posted a link to above?

A curious barrier. I am just wondering why the default mode is "blocked" rather than simply "read only"? Personally Im highly doubtful I would wish to reply to anything, but I am curious as to why such basic curiosity is also unwelcome?

Their pasture, Freedom On from Hoku to Haiku Growing eight more tails

The oldest known source of the text is the Sirr al-khalīqa wa-ṣanʿat al-ṭabīʿa (The Secret of Creation and the Art of Nature, also known as the Kitāb al-ʿilal or The Book of Causes), an encyclopedic work on natural philosophy falsely attributed to Apollonius of Tyana. In the frame story of the Sirr al-khalīqa, Balīnūs tells his readers that he discovered the text in a vault below a statue of Hermes in Tyana, and that, inside the vault, an old corpse on a golden throne held the emerald tablet.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/vinča-symbols-history-writing-tomislav-nacevski/

I dont need you to admit how old you actually are. My statements speak for themselves, as do yours.

Same. As in - Im happy to disagree with you. I am also more than willing to provide the proper context for it. You come across as someone quite inexperienced with life, so Id wager you are a very young person (if not in body, then... so forth and so on). I would include Owledge in this thought as well. Both of you seem to express the sentiments of young and inexperienced people - which is of course, a necessary part of life. Young people grow and mature as life goes on. The only tragedy here would be to remain frozen in such a way of being throughout your lives, and never bothering to mature beyond it - which is certainly a possibility, but potentially much less so if you are truly dedicated to a life of actual cultivation. Perhaps one day you may come to understand just how many of your own personal "heroes" are quite "flawed" in ways you have not yet discovered - for whatever reason that may be... the most typical being that any given person is not ready to handle the weight of such truths. Regardless of whether you even have any "heroes" at all, many people have exited this life in ways that may not seem immediately obvious to the casual observer who is predisposed to pre-established ways of thinking. For example: Life is not always as black and white as you may wish it to be - and in fact, there are many subtle shades to be found in the 10,000 things. Sometimes the choice between defeat and victory is not as clear cut as the oversimplifications which render everything able to be easily reduced. For example, Japanese samurai culture includes seppuku (aka "suicide") as part of their most honorable code of the warrior, also known as bushido. Are you a fan of rock music? There is a famous band called Soundgarden, and their frontman recently committed suicide himself. Again, if you are unfamiliar with this band, you may not be aware of their wide-ranging influence on rock music in general over the years, and especially the so-called 'seattle' sound. One of my favorite tracks of theirs seems to address a very extreme sort of "release from bondage". If you examine the lyrics, its actually quite interesting in the context of later events:

You still havent explained what "normal" means. It seems pretty obvious you dont really know what you are talking about, but rather are simply using words for their own sake - as in, "i can name this, therefore i understand this" which is a fallacy and incorrect. "Statistics" require observation, yes, within a certain "time frame". Therefore the standard itself is based on a scale which cannot be grasped by human minds to begin with. This is why your conception of "normal" is only based on your own extremely limited human mind.

Indeed - it is quite interesting. That is probably why: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_the_Barbarian

Uh oh! I didnt mean to upset you. I was just wondering what statistics you are referring to. Simply replacing the word "normal" with the word "statistics" doesnt explain anything. It just moves the goal post.

Do you think this is why Owledge based his original comment on Conan the Barbarian?

Who is it that determines what is "normal"? Which person gets to define that as a "standard" for every other person?