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Any kind of meditation, seeking enlightenment, Buddhist or otherwise, can create more problems. Professional help is mandatory! The Buddha new nothing of Psychiatry. Your point it moot! ralis

If someone is having problems, meditation would not be recommended! Other support is required. ralis

"You need"? Sounds like Buddhist consumerism. ralis

One of the best works on semantics is 'Science and Sanity' by Korzybski. After reading this I have tried to reduce my use of the term (is). ralis

Can't forget Tom Robbins! 'Jitterbug Perfume' 'Another Roadside Attraction' ralis

Radix is awesome! Am going to read it again for about the 5th time. Here is an Amazon link for used copies. http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0553254065/ref=sr_1_1_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1278219745&sr=8-1&condition=used Attanasio's site. http://www.aaattanasio.com/

Still thinking about this one. http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/04/strength-in-naughty-or-nice/

I am acutely aware of the banking industry et al and the damage done by these parties. However, there is no evidence of a grand conspiracy to destroy the planet. These corporations are short sighted and greedy with only profit in mind. Therefor, gross negligence contributes to the foolishness seen on Wall Street and the Gulf of Mexico. Like I said these people are really not very smart. ralis

The bankers et al are not that smart to pull that off. Get a life! ralis

'Radix' by A.A. Aatanasio. One of my very favorites.

BBC report on BP. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pryYG-PsT-U Worst case scenario? http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x481257

Never implied that phenomena are all alike. Infinite possibilities. ralis

The Led Zeppelin I just posted is awesome guitar work. Page is playing a Gibson Les Paul which is my dream guitar. Min. of 3500.00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEiyGgWt6no

I never agreed with the idea of hell and animal realms. More superstition. I agree that all perception and phenomena are only experienced in context with other phenomena. I made a statement (there is no separation) a while back and of course I was slammed by Vajraji. ralis

Maybe I am a fully enlightened realized Buddha and am here to teach you. I am listening to led Zeppelin now. Amazing music. ralis

2 yrs.? You signed on here last May. ralis

I know perfectly well what omniscient means. However, you use this term inappropriately and out of context. I don't appreciate the condescending remarks about how you view my spiritual evolution. ralis

I am not interested in your put down of me. Buddhist cosmology is only a theory and has yet to be absolutely proven. Why? If it were not, all who follow the Buddha would be on the same level and have all the powers associated with. The Buddha is given way too much credit! Here you go again with your hierarchy. ralis

Look it up for yourself. There are many examples. ralis

Honestly, I find it difficult to put labels on myself. Labels limit one to a specific belief system and group ideology. Maybe best described as a strange loop that one never really escapes from. I studied Buddhism for many years and found it to be dogmatic, authoritarian, and hierarchical. The Lama hierarchy rigidly limits the so called higher teachings to one's who have completed 3 year retreats. Even then, the very secret teachings are not usually revealed. I know of one Lama who is trying to reveal more. However, he assigns a number of prerequisites to be completed before further teachings are revealed. Years ago, I have received a few from this teacher and found them to be fragments of a larger system. Definitely a rip off! In general, these teachings were borrowed from other cultures (India, Mongolia and China)and integrated within the Lama system (Lamaism) of so called Buddhism. The claim is made that these teachings are the highest (whatever that means) teachings for this lower realm (whatever that means). In general, because of religious doctrine and superstition, humans generally are anthropocentric in their point of view. Therefor, all appeals for some fundamental absolute truth are based on this narrow point of view. Consequently many belief systems are founded on this error. Is it possible for one to apprehend the totally of all phenomena? I don't see how that would be possible. Recently Vajraji claimed the Buddha was omniscient. There is no proof of that. ralis

In terms of this same issue, I have been speaking out for months. Vajraji has been dominating every thread proclaiming that Buddhism is the absolute truth. ralis

You need to understand that "right view" is only a Buddhist view and is only relative to a Buddhist. To project this view onto the entire cosmos is incorrect. Further, you use reverse logic to substantiate a position that is at best untenable. Buddhism is not above any other belief system. It is just another belief system. ralis

Are you into the "you people" rant again? The Tao has nothing to do with Brahman! If you spent more time in nature such as I have you would know that. Perhaps there are similarities between Buddhism and Taoism. I don't see Taoism as vague at all. ralis

Don't know how long this is up. Live questions to BP. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/01/gulf-oil-spill-ask-bps-bo_n_632157.html