Michael Sternbach Posted May 6, 2015 Songtsan, you are a liberal. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vanir Thunder Dojo Tan Posted May 6, 2015 Disagree. We all have preprogrammed tendencies; knee jerk reactions learned from society, friends, families, etc. Only a few can actually break through those tendencies and choose freely. These are the Buddhas. I have never met one. However, I don't say that Deci Belle didn't freely choose, knowing she'd be kicked off- she probably did. I am not contending that, just contending the system that made it possible for the exile. Its purely selfish of me really. I'm just trying to influence things here because I am attached to them being my way and I freely admit it. That's free will!   it's merely a matter of willingness to go the distance.  How willing are you to weild free will?!? XD LOL!!!  I may or may not be a Buddha, ask my teachers. but i DO have free will. everything learned can also be unlearned. you just have to make a choice and accept the it's consequences. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Songtsan Posted May 6, 2015 Its true. Every bridge I've burned, I burned on purpose, to exile myself from the person or community because it was taking too much out of me. Oftentimes done in fear of becoming subsumed into their matrix, through my own compassionate involvement in their world, finding out that I had invested too much of myself into what they wanted, and I had to pull myself out. Loving so hard is, well a hard path. Our compassion makes us weak as we send our vital reserves out to those we wish to cultivate. Mother Theresa spent most of her life in Dark Night of her Soul. Its the agony and the ectsasy. We are all martyrs in our lifetimes....do we care more about ourselves, or others? The middle road should be good, but what if its not enough? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vanir Thunder Dojo Tan Posted May 6, 2015 The world is never enough...We are god(s); the universe creating itself, experiencing itself through itself.There is no "enough", only infinity. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Songtsan Posted May 6, 2015 Yep! We only earn God status when we attain That. Otherwise we are demis! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted May 7, 2015  Isimsiz Biri ?  Thanks mate ....  ... just when I had finally eliminated him from my unconscious  1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted May 7, 2015 Is that where you buried the bodies?  Harumph !    My mad Uncle Frank has a steam-rollered compressed vintage car under his - needed some filler  ( he also cut his swimming pool in half with a besablock wall to save money on running it - his boat floats in the other half, full of bags of rubbish ... he also designs and builds caravans ......  I think there are some left at the back of his factory ....   wanna buy one ?      Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zanshin Posted May 7, 2015 Still wish the mods would have let the Starjumper vs. Thunderpants showdown go off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted May 7, 2015 Understanding why someone did, or said reprehensible things and feeling compassion for them does not mean there should no longer be consequences for those actions.   unbalanced severity is but cruelty and oppression  but  also unbalanced mercy is but weakness which allows cruelty and oppression to exist. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted May 7, 2015 (edited)  Well, since the others beat me to it .... I will try a different  response    .I also believe drugs should be legalized, prostitution, and a number of other things. Call me .....       Edited May 7, 2015 by Nungali Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted May 7, 2015 Besides ... I just could not refer to Songtsan with the same word as these guys  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Songtsan Posted May 7, 2015 I think what it really is that I have entered insanity so often and with gusto that I don't feel at home if things are too predictable... I am probably setting myself up for either a very interesting long life, or a very short one.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Songtsan Posted May 7, 2015 You have me at a disadvantage, as I don't know them... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rara Posted May 7, 2015 Could we then allow ChiDragon back inside too, please? Why was ChiDragon banned?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rara Posted May 7, 2015 Isimsiz Biri ? He's banned too? He was really fun to watch! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted May 7, 2015 ChiDragon wasn't banned - he left of his own free will.  But really, we are talking about "crime and punishment" here. Do the crime (violate the rules), you do the time. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted May 7, 2015 ChiDragon wasn't banned - he left of his own free will.  But really, we are talking about "crime and punishment" here. Do the crime (violate the rules), you do the time.  So much for anarchy 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted May 7, 2015 So much for anarchy Yeah, but I do speak to that whenever possible but don't go off the wall and get myself in trouble.  Chuang Tzu told me that when I am in the country of other people I am to comply with the laws of those people.  I enjoyed myself here before there was moderation and I am enjoying myself now. (It's just that I don't call people MF's any more.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted May 7, 2015 Yeah, but I do speak to that whenever possible but don't go off the wall and get myself in trouble.  Chuang Tzu told me that when I am in the country of other people I am to comply with the laws of those people.  I enjoyed myself here before there was moderation and I am enjoying myself now. (It's just that I don't call people MF's any more.)  Only pulling your leg, old boy.  But since you have revealed that you speak to Chuang Tzu I am beginning to wonder exactly how old you really are 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted May 7, 2015 (edited) Only pulling your leg, old boy.  But since you have revealed that you speak to Chuang Tzu I am beginning to wonder exactly how old you really are Yeah, I added that for a bit of humor. It's interesting though, the many things we can imagine with a free mind.  Edit to add:  But no, I don't speak "to" Chuang Tzu. I keep my mouth shut and listen. Edited May 7, 2015 by Marblehead 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zerostao Posted May 7, 2015 rara would make an excellent mod, Â just sayin' maybe he doesnt keep up with all the goings on here but his heart/mind is in the right place 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rara Posted May 7, 2015 (edited) ChiDragon wasn't banned - he left of his own free will.  But really, we are talking about "crime and punishment" here. Do the crime (violate the rules), you do the time. Oh? Was he fed up with everybody grilling him? I still think the dude was just misunderstood. Edited May 7, 2015 by Rara 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rara Posted May 7, 2015 rara would make an excellent mod, just sayin' maybe he doesnt keep up with all the goings on here but his heart/mind is in the right place Don't worry, I'm watching this thread so you can address me directly hehe. Â Thanks...I don't know if this is an offer or nomination? Depends how much work it involves. Â Considering I'm on the verge of quitting my business, I could be a full time bum anyway by the end of the year. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chang Posted May 7, 2015 Oh? Was he fed up with everybody grilling him? Â I still think the dude was just misunderstood. Â 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
