Apech

*thinks* might be worth a nuclear chain reaction just to get that ten million.

Thank you I think so too.

Its the end of the world tomorrow ... maybe that's why!

Hey. I've been away ...is it supper time? I've just got a mug of green tea.

But ... Lao Tzu said he mustn't come and go ... never mind pass the yarrow tea please.

I feel like I'm sitting in a bar with some very drunk but erudite people who won't stop talking ... as if they think being clever is the same as being intelligent ... I dare not join in as my milk-shake would curdle.

Got any hemlock?

Here's a cheery one from Fernando Pessoa: ... yep this is a thread bump.

Baaa... I am a sheeple then cos I agree ...

Cultivation should make you calm and compassionate of course but it should also make you effective. That is have a sense how to apply yourself to this situation. Forget the hate/anger for a moment as these are ineffective. Think about the problem ... are you entitled to reasonable peace and quiet? yes. Then what is the most effective way to get it. Make a strategy with a number of escalating steps, the last one prob. is the police or move out. Try to think of new tactics ... for instance maybe your landlady is unhappy also (does he pay the rent?) and is looking for an excuse to warn him or even evict. So talking to her might not just be a matter of you complaining. Any other tenants affected by his actions? Find out. When the banging starts ... put the plan into action ... like first step might be move into another room where its not so loud and see if you can put up with it. Carry out the steps dispassionately, impeccably ... follow the plan. If it doesn't work make a new strategy. In making the strategy address the following five points: 1. Logistics ... what things do you need to have to hand ... or information like police tel. and so on. 2. Morale ... ways to keep yourself bouyant while this is going on ... so it doesn't get to you 3. Tactics ... ways in which you can adapt and respond if the situation changes 4. Strategy ... state clearly the objective and keep it in mind. 5. Freedom of action ... be prepared to initiate actions at any time ... don't get bogged down. Just some thoughts ...

Shut yourself

She's pissed.

I'm not enlightened ... is that ok with everyone?

Always close and never far ... Big black is good ... much joy to you ....

Looky here: ... this is Nabta Playa in the Egyptian desert dated to between 8 - 10,000 years BC. Aligned to the sun, sirius and orion ... not great engineering ... except its lasted all this time and they built it for a purpose ... it had meaning ... close by are a series of cow shaped stones placed carefully over hidden natural rock formations which are also cow shaped ... bloody good estate agents really ha ha.

Damn I wondered why all the paper doilies ... where's GrmP gone .. outside for a smoke?

What kind of pub is this?

Why do you think that's a contradiction? Good engineering and religion (for want of a better word). Do you think they built Stonehenge for a laugh ... just chuck a few stones in a field for the tourists?? No it meant something ... and it still does to a lot of people cos its in our psyche (or however you like to put it). They built it well because it meant something ... get it?

I think your understanding is a bit limited and you are confused by these references to Xtianity ... those Xtians are even more confused than you. But each to his own. Its your round anyway ... I'll have a Barley Wine if that's ok with you.

Ok if you want to call him an engineer, that's ok with me ... but his design was based on their religious beliefs. The stretching the cord and measuring the fields after inundation goes back to pre-dynastic times ... the Greeks were late comers ... the Egyptians did not abstract like the Greeks it was both/and practical and religious in their eyes ... no difference ... your view is the product of 2000 years of fucked up thinking .. that's all.

Buckets of sweat mate ... buckets of it.

Imhotep was a priest and vizier ... and designed the whole Step Pyramid complex as well as the pyramid itself. It is you sir who is wearing the silly hat ... a pointy one I think.

How about ... to learn the really interesting stuff you need a grounding in basics which takes time. To test that people are making progress through basics you introduce a grading system so that you can judge progress and to let people know they are getting somewhere ... once you get to a certain level you forget about the grading. How about ... people like to teach what they know and like to teach people because it benefits them ... that's a reasonable motivation isn't it?

Groan. A pyramid shape is both the most practical way to build a stable tall building and the perfect symbolic shape to reflect the benben stone or first mound. The whole point of celestial geometry is that it reflects and is reflected in nature. Its not reveres engineering as you put it but reflexivity.

I've listen to many but not all of the recordings and to be honest I'm struggling to get through them. Mr. Wallace, lovely chap that he is, seems very aligned to the Gelugpa and Theravada traditions and to be honest although I am sure his Dzogchen descriptions are accurate in accordance with the text he is using ... I do not feel he is talking from authority. However Dzogchen which seems to popular is not something I feel at all connected with ... @alwayson ... you make me wish I was still a mod ... you really do.