Maddie Posted December 20, 2020 10 minutes ago, welkin said: The fact that you want to get rid of desire to rid yourself of suffering is the very reason you will always desire and always suffer. The problem with the statement is that I have followed the Buddha's methods and I have let go of some degree of desire and with it the amount of suffering I experience has lessened as well. It's pretty hard to argue with personal experience confirming and verifying a teaching. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welkin Posted December 20, 2020 10 minutes ago, dmattwads said: He didn't say there's anything wrong with desire, not like it's intrinsically evil but he did say it leads to suffering. And this is quite easy to confirm from one's own experience. therefore it's a reasonable conclusion to infer that by letting go of desire one will let go of the cause of suffering. 2 minutes ago, dmattwads said: The problem with the statement is that I have followed the Buddha's methods and I have let go of some degree of desire and with it the amount of suffering I experience has lessened as well. It's pretty hard to argue with personal experience confirming and verifying a teaching. You will not escape it because you are me and i am you. And we are everything Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maddie Posted December 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, welkin said: You will not escape it because you are me and i am you. And we are everything For being the same person we certainly have very different thoughts. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welkin Posted December 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, dmattwads said: For being the same person we certainly have very different thoughts. Hence the beauty of this life Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maddie Posted December 20, 2020 Just now, welkin said: Hence the beauty of this life Well, ok then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maddie Posted December 20, 2020 7 minutes ago, welkin said: You will not escape it because you are me and i am you. And we are everything So aside from sounding like I am The walrus by the Beatles what does that mean? Do you even know what that means? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maddie Posted December 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, welkin said: Do you? I'm not the one that said it. So ask again do you even know what that means? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welkin Posted December 20, 2020 Just now, dmattwads said: I'm not the one that said it. So ask again do you even know what that means? Well yes i do Mr Wads. Does that somehow require me to give an explanation of what it means? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maddie Posted December 20, 2020 1 minute ago, welkin said: Well yes i do Mr Wads. Does that somehow require me to give an explanation of what it means? Require no, but if you do not it would tend to make it sound like there's a fair amount of eel wiggling occurring. https://obo.genaud.net/dhammatalk/bd_dhammatalk/dhamma_talk/eel_wriggling.htm 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welkin Posted December 20, 2020 (edited) First TDLR. Second, who or what would you be if it were not for texts, books, influence? I assume it would be undiscovered You speak about God, yet your only reference to that power is through texts and the imagination your mind places upon what you're taught Edited December 20, 2020 by welkin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maddie Posted December 20, 2020 1 minute ago, welkin said: First TDLR. Second, who or what would you be if it were not for texts, books, influence? I assume it would be undiscovered I'll take that as you don't know what your statement means then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welkin Posted December 20, 2020 1 minute ago, dmattwads said: I'll take that as you don't know what your statement means then. I'll take that as your only source of understanding what the statement meant is through your convoluted influenced mind. Do you believe it isn't possible to truly know what that means without text? How did it become text in the first place? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted December 20, 2020 47 minutes ago, dmattwads said: So aside from sounding like I am The walrus by the Beatles what does that mean? Do you even know what that means? It means you are having ..... ' one of those Welkin 'conversations' . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welkin Posted December 20, 2020 (edited) Nung, Are you offended by the name Nungnuts? I was reported and banned for calling you that. Edited December 20, 2020 by welkin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted December 20, 2020 18 minutes ago, welkin said: Nung, Are you offended by the name Nungnuts? I was reported and banned for calling you that. Spoiler ( Quoted it as you continually edit what you post ) Then why are you here doing it again ? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welkin Posted December 20, 2020 1 minute ago, Nungali said: Hide contents ( Quoted it as you continually edit what you post ) Then why are you here doing it again ? I edited it by adding the words "and banned" petty nungnuts. I hope you're ability to think is much broader than that, otherwise you will be what Apech has admittedly identified with as senile. To answer your question though, first bans only last 3 days. So tada here i am Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted December 20, 2020 Tomorrow is the solstice ... so I am expecting to see some people behave ....... ' a certain way ' . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted December 20, 2020 Just now, welkin said: I edited it by adding the words "and banned" petty nungnuts. I hope you're ability to think is much broader than that, otherwise you will be what Apech has admittedly identified with as senile. To answer your question though, first bans only last 3 days. So tada here i am My question still stands ; why are you back here doing again what you where banned for ? Look, cosmic forces are at equipoise ..... that effects behaviour . Stop and think if you really want another ban and also think that the 2nd ban might have bigger consequences . . . . before you 'go on' . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted December 20, 2020 Try this Lime and limpid green, the sounds aroundThe icy waters underground. Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and TitaniaNeptune, Titan, stars can frighten. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welkin Posted December 20, 2020 1 minute ago, Nungali said: My question still stands ; why are you back here doing again what you where banned for ? Look, cosmic forces are at equipoise ..... that effects behaviour . Stop and think if you really want another ban and also think that the 2nd ban might have bigger consequences . . . . before you 'go on' . I was banned for calling you Nungnuts as i mentioned, and apparently disrupting the atlantis thread even though i was only responding 'others' ridicule. i'm back as the anniversary prediction of the forum dying just a year ago is coming true. But... Fair enough, uncle Nungali has shown a tiny glimpse of care. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Limahong Posted December 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Nungali said: Lime and limpid green... Excuse me Nun ~ who are you targeting? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted December 20, 2020 12 hours ago, Limahong said: Excuse me Nun ~ who what are you targeting? Emotions . Overhead the albatrossHangs motionless upon the airAnd deep beneath the rolling wavesIn labyrinths of coral cavesThe echo of a distant timeComes willowing across the sandAnd everything is green and submarine And no one showed us to the landAnd no one knows the where's or why'sBut something stirs and something triesAnd starts to climb toward the light Strangers passing in the streetBy chance, two separate glances meetAnd I am you and what I see is meAnd do I take you by the handAnd lead you through the landAnd help me understand the best I can? And no one calls us to move onAnd no one forces down our eyesNo one speaks and no one triesNo one flies around the sun Cloudless everydayYou fall upon my waking eyesInviting and inciting me to riseAnd through the window in the wallCome streaming in on sunlight wingsA million bright ambassadors of morning And no one sings me lullabiesAnd no one makes me close my eyesSo I throw the windows wideAnd call to you across the sky. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted December 20, 2020 .... why on earth would any one think that the lines " Lime and limpid green." ( taken out of context and isolated, mind you , ) is an attempt to 'target ' a person ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silent thunder Posted December 20, 2020 Lime is pretty close to Lima...? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites