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Cobie this is the Unpopular Opinions thread - post as you will.

Christmas Humphreys?

Gordon White?

Opinions are the cause of ignorance.

All Indian Buddhism, Yoga and Chinese Daoism were reinvented in the 19th Century by western scholars.

sounds a little nihilistic

What! Your human plays with a mouse while you work!

The goats will be disapointed.

Minnesota Dairy Goat Association? https://www.acronymfinder.com/MDGA.html

FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God, in his wise providence, to take out of this world the soul of our deceased brother, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; looking for the general Resurrection in the last day, and the life of the world to come, through our LORD JESUS CHRIST; at whose second coming in glorious majesty to judge the world, the earth and the sea shall give up their dead; and the corruptible bodies of those who sleep in him shall be changed, and made like unto his own glorious body; according to the mighty working whereby he is able to subdue all things unto himself.

Global warming is happening because we (the humans) will it.

Tao in the human world has been destroyed.

I just ask myself - who the hell are these other nine bastards!

Possibly an over estimate? Ouch - this sounds personal!

If I may say so this is a perfect Unpopular Opinions post - 1000 likes.

@steve you don't usually come across as quite so jaded as this. I would say that until Buddhahood or at least a high level of achievement none of us are complete - by which I mean we have not really become self consistent in our thoughts or actions. This is why people act inconsistently, say one thing or profess one standard and then act in a different way. The temptations of the world are great and while I regret the harm done by this kind of thing I don't really blame the person so much - even if it is one of the regularly occurring high Lamas indulging in sexual misconduct. In a way it is helpful to me to remove any rose tinted specs I might have been wearing. Most of us are in the middle - well intentioned and muddling about. Many have been radically confused by bad interpretation of religious text and doctrine - often by deliberate dissembling by the preacher. Morals and karma are inextricably linked - especially as the Buddha said 'intention is also karma' - or words to that effect. The only real standard for morality is in my opinion consequentialist - in other words if I do 'x' then 'y' will result - so I will try my best to avoid a bad 'x' count. However I am realistic enough to know that I will likely fall short of perfection. But it is really a matter of 'try to do better' - when reviewing one's actions. I think that forgiveness is essential to good mental health and that revenge is petty. Generosity of spirit is a top attainment. Generally speaking morality is a mine field and it pays to keep it simple because no amount of worry about the detail will lead to a great improvement. Accept the simple rule of thumb - like the five lay precepts and carry on. Just my thoughts.

Do you eat unprocessed food properly cooked? Do you get plenty of exercise? Are you old or young? .... Have you had some illness? repeated virus infections? etc. Is your life reasonably ordered and satisfying to you? Do you work long or irregular hours? Are your relations to others good and are you emotionally in a reasonable place? Do you have major worries or stresses at the moment?

Don't walk away Rene.

Why must the knight slay the dragon and rescue the damsel? And while you're at it what is that cave doing there? Unravel the symbolism. Let us try.

The maiden is saying 'Look I just work here and we don't accept credit cards at this time.'

What does control mean though? If I control my mind, then who am I? It is like when they say 'I will destroy my ego' ... who is this I?

one often reads of the need to control but this is never explained - how for instance you control your heart and so on - it’s an unfortunate word - or perhaps inadequate.

One is wisdom - which means the ability to see through illusion and distinguish what is true and what is not. Another is to act in a way which does not generate karma because it is selfless.

I was perhaps letting my Egyptian studies creep in a little too much - the serpent Apep is pinned with knives and shackled rather than killed - perhaps this is a device to allow for him to appear again in the regular cycle of the passage of the sun. In another Egyptian myth the god Atum (who is himself a great serpent) does battle with Apep and in order to win creates the harpoon with which he spears his opponent - but in the fight Atum becomes 'injured in the mouth' which is why he has to go down in the West to rest and recover - thus becomes the eternal solar cycle of the day. In the story you kindly posted the dragon has his head cut off and he is 'thrown in the fields' - is this perhaps a suggestion of the decomposing body of the dragon fertilising the fields? In Buddhism the rite of Mahakala has all the unclean rotting flesh of animals and other stuff thrown into his cauldron to make amritsa the nectar for the gods.

"Hey up! What's in the bag darling?"