there is no spoon |
maya (hindu and buddhist thought)
remember, there is no spoon. it is all maya (illusion). the sooner you realize it, the sooner you'll be on your way to enlightenment.
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Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:23 pm thoth87  |
destiny and causality
explore the buddhist teachings on predestination, causality, suffering, and attachment
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Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:31 am nightbeest77  |
dualism and the nature of existence: taoism to descartes
am i (1) a man dreaming that i'm a butterfly or (2) a butterfly dreaming that i'm a man? does my consciousness as a man (thought) in itself make me a man (existence)? a look at the ancients and moderns' view of duality and existence.
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Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:55 am nightbeest77  |
the platonic idea of the spoon
the cave parable has been discussed ad nauseum, but why don't you climb in this forum and see if there are other relevant issues from The Republic? philosopher kings, anyone?
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Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:33 pm thoth87  |
schopenhauer
the four forms of neo: becoming, being, knowing, and acting
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Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:35 pm thoth87  |
aldous huxley
doors of perception: how our perception of reality has been shaped by evolution; better living through (neuro-)chemistry; the role of the artist and mystic in lifting the veils of illusion
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Tue Dec 27, 2011 2:26 am nightbeest77  |
there is no board (misc. posts)
sometimes insights don't fit into tidy little predetermined packages. feel free to float random thoughts, rants, and raves here.
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Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:18 am guest  |
spoongirls and spoonboys |
enter the matrix |