silent thunder Posted December 23, 2014 There's always hope, my friend Wow mate. Thank you! The timing of me checking this and reading your response is stunningly synchronous and perfectly timed. I just dropped a whole shit ton of negative, silly thoughts, I've been obsessing with for some time. This is why I inherently love society and people and will never isolate myself for too long in hermitage. I reap massive benefits from the beautiful people around me. This forum never ceases to amaze me. *deep bow* 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThisLife Posted December 30, 2014 (edited) Yea, this one surprised me. At this rate, it would be better for the Pope's health to take up smoking, than to continue to smack the hornet's nest. That said... no amount of reform could salvage that intrinsically sick and broken institution in my opinion. We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart. H L Mencken Edited December 30, 2014 by ThisLife 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taomeow Posted December 31, 2014 "Dear Admin, the user who insulted me and whom you asked to edit has removed the offensive comments from his post. Please advise how I can remove them from my soul." -- someone at another forum Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zerostao Posted January 2, 2015 “Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” - Carl Bard 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wells Posted January 2, 2015 (edited) . Edited February 11, 2015 by ZOOM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thelerner Posted January 2, 2015 The kati channel in a taoist text: Taoist Yoga, Alchemy and Immortality, page 9/10: Quote The precious cauldron (yu ting) is a cavity in the centre of the brain (between and behind the eyes) and is the seat of (essential) nature, that is the original cavity of spirit (yuan shen shih or the ancestral cavity, tsu ch’iao); its left and right sides are linked with the pupils of the eyes by two (psychic) channels; and it is also connected with the heart. Hence it is said that essential nature is (in) the heart which manifests through the two eyes. Cool. Exploring how traditions work with the channel is undoubtedly worth a thread. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThisLife Posted January 3, 2015 My favourite poem is the one that starts 'Thirty days hath September', Because it actually tells you something. Groucho Marx 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thelerner Posted January 4, 2015 From fellow member Aetherious 'For instance, "happy" doesn't mean to get what you want, such as a new car...it means more to have inner fulfillment or peace. Or if negative emotions were likened to clouds and happiness was likened to a clear sky, then to have the clouds removed.' What a useful definition and recipe for happiness. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
closrapexa Posted January 11, 2015 Many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view - Obi-Wan Kenobi 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gatito Posted January 13, 2015 The best lack all conviction while the worst are filled with a passionate intensity.W B Yeats 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dust Posted January 14, 2015 The best lack all conviction while the worst are filled with a passionate intensity. W B Yeats If we're referring to the recent Paris attacks, wouldn't both the gunmen and the Hebdo guys be guilty of a passionate intensity? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taomeow Posted January 17, 2015 The only difference between a rant and an essay is punctuation. -- my son, in a smartphone text 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zerostao Posted January 18, 2015 Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. john quincy adams 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
woodcarver Posted January 20, 2015 Anybody know that quote that talks about how you can tell a lot about humanity by the games they play? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FmAm Posted January 20, 2015 "Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving." (Huineng) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FmAm Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) Heaven and earth are ruthless, and treat the myriad creatures as straw dogs; the sage is ruthless, and treats the people as straw dogs. (Tao Te Ching, from Chapter 5, tr. D.C. Lau 1963) This one reminds me of the book of Job. (My interpretation of that verse would be: Heaven and earth are indifferent, and treat the myriad creatures as puppets; the sage is indifferent, and sees the people as puppets.) Edited January 20, 2015 by FmAm 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vanir Thunder Dojo Tan Posted January 21, 2015 "When you laugh, the universe laughs with you; when you cry, the universe laughs at you."Inspiring to those who are laughing, dejecting to those who are crying... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FmAm Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) "The enlightened man is one with the law of causation." (Hyakujo's Fox) Again, comparing to the Bible: stepping outside the law of causation, considering oneself (falsely) as a moral agent, is the Fall of Genesis. That's when the Good and the Evil begins. "When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad. Being and non-being create each other." (Tao Te Ching, tr. Stephen Mitchell) From the Genesis: "You may freely eat fruit from every tree of the orchard, but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will surely die." Edited January 24, 2015 by FmAm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C T Posted January 26, 2015 Genuine gratitude requires a deep appreciation of the unselfconscious generosity of others and the environment that supports and sustains us. Having experienced genuine gratitude, we, in turn, are much more inclined to express an unselfconscious generosity towards others and the environment that supports and sustains us. -- Tharchin Zangpo 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Mar-Vell Posted January 26, 2015 ... Never give a sucker an even break. ... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banjobum Posted January 26, 2015 There ain't no Devil, it's just God when he's drunk - Tom Waits 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C T Posted February 1, 2015 “What is meant by ‘reality’? It would seem to be something very erratic, very undependable—now to be found in a dusty road, now in a scrap of newspaper in the street, now in a daffodil in the sun. It lights up a group in a room and stamps some casual saying. It overwhelms one walking home beneath the stars and makes the silent world more real than the world of speech—and there it is again in an omnibus in the uproar of Piccadilly. Sometimes, too, it seems to dwell in shapes too far away for us to discern what their nature is. But whatever it touches, it fixes and makes permanent. That is what remains over when the skin of the day has been cast into the hedge; that is what is left of past time and of our loves and hates.” (a passage from Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KenBrace Posted February 7, 2015 "Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else."-Margaret Mead 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
