Sir Darius the Clairvoyent

By Hesse ive read Siddharta and steppenwolf. Both very good, so might give journey tte a try. On another note, you guys familiar with Murakami. I like him quite a bit, how about you?

So, according to Google these are the wise men of aboriginal cultures. Would you like to talk a little about them?

Thus spoke zarathustra Der Steppenwolf (Hesse) Hunger (Hamsun)

Why wont you share it then?

Can I ask what the purpose of these communities and the knowledge is?

But @Daniel, why shouldnt he laugh? I sure enjoy to laugh

Go ahead

@Nungali, If you feel «done» with the convo, it is no problem. But I reread my thread about the bhagavad gita, and I think my assumption is based on this: Of course, this is only a belief and not a proven fact, but I wanted to explain myself.

So, lets see: 1. meditations by aurelius 2. Children of Ash and Elm Neil Price attempts to write about the norse from the perspective of the norse. Very refreshing considering how much church propaganda, romanticism, nazism and demonisation they have been subject to. 3. Bhagavad Gita I wrote a summary here: 4. embarresed to say so, but Harry Potter series. It literally was my childhood. Hope to hear about What books or texts has been special to you, and more importantly; why.

From the emperor (Aurelius) himself:

We are all human, and the road can be both magical and soulbreaking. Briefly, what idea/experience/practise have given you tje most? Any advice to the younger crowd? Edit: mine would be the biggest clische of all time - be true to yourself and others.

Thank you. Maybe this is telling of my intellectual honesty, but i prefer a little extra spice compared to much salt;)

Made a note of it, on the «reader later» category. Seems like you reccomend them?

So true, so true: we all function differntly, and some communication styles can truly hurt others. But I belive it is possible to speak your mind in a manner that is not offensive to anyone. Or, maybe not anyone, but what can I say… cant please everybody. "To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing." Aristotle Any jewish parable you had in mind?

Ehm, not really, outside of the basic ones. Sure, dont tell a four year old that Santa is pure lulu, but generally; I consider straight speech moral, constructive and the best option. How about you?

According to Herodotus, Persian nobility taught their kids tree things: Ride well Shoot straight Speak the truth Metaphorically, I think it is solid advice.

Cave and cosmos? Have not read, but sounds really intruiging.

Do you know why it looks like justinian «the great» wants us all dead?

I know why the high priests If Jerusalem are laughing, do you?

But do you really..?

Isnt that depicting the chinese Buddha?

Right, I definetly think there is something there. That tradition and rituals can survive a lot, but maybe not a change in religion. Shame to say it, but when we are on to the sami: their shamans (if I may use that term) got activley persecuted, even burned. One of them admitted to just going trough the notions, with the past being reffered to as trummetiden - the time of the drum. https://books.google.no/books/about/The_End_of_Drum_time.html?id=S9suPAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

I listened. This I found very intruiging: This inscription of dhamma (dharma) has been engraved so that any sons or great-grandsons that I may have should not think of gaining new conquests… They should only consider conquest by dhamma to be a true conquest, and delight in dhamma should be their whole delight. intruiging doesnt do it justice. Extraordinary.

Could the kalmyk mongols you mention have any relation to the huns? Reason for asking is a shift in material culture around the time of atilla, in witch the artifacts Are described as becomming more animistic or shamanic in nature.

The empty text box happened automatically. Context: if the traits that makes us human, are different in degree or nature to that of animals. Instead of assuming what traits you think that is, ill let you speak your mind