quotes

[Reefs]

Dec 26, 2023 9:09:25 GMT -5 laughter said:

Dec 26, 2023 2:16:13 GMT -5 Reefs said:

"People neglect the reality of the 'illusory' world."

— Huang Po

I bought six boxes of tissues.

Oh, bless you!

[Reefs]

"Definition of Chan: Buddhism de-bunked and de-buddha'd."

- Wei Wu Wei

[zazeniac]

"It is only with total humility, and in absolute stillness of mind that we can know what indeed we are.” Wei Wu Wei

[inavalan]

Dec 26, 2023 12:48:34 GMT -5 Reefs said:

Dec 26, 2023 9:09:25 GMT -5 laughter said:

I bought six boxes of tissues.

Oh, bless you!

[inavalan]

Dec 26, 2023 14:12:01 GMT -5 farmer said:

Know any authentic words about losing a loved one to death?

You were both fortunate to have had each other in your lives.

[zazeniac]

Dec 26, 2023 14:12:01 GMT -5 farmer said:

Know any authentic words about losing a loved one to death?

You never lose a beloved. They are always right there with you. The thorny prick of grief and the tears when mentioned or thought of are testament to this. 

[inavalan]

"Well, what he lacks in common sense he makes up in self-esteem." --- Fargo S1E2



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[laughter]

Dec 26, 2023 12:48:34 GMT -5 Reefs said:

Dec 26, 2023 9:09:25 GMT -5 laughter said:

I bought six boxes of tissues.

Oh, bless you!

Thank you!

[inavalan]

"SELF-EVIDENT, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else."

--- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" (1906).

[someNOTHING!]

Dec 28, 2023 18:07:53 GMT -5 inavalan said:

"SELF-EVIDENT, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else."

--- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" (1906).

Speaking of Satan...

[andrew]

[Reefs]

"We do not possess an 'ego.' We are possessed by the idea of one."

- Wei Wu Wei

[inavalan]

Dec 30, 2023 22:47:00 GMT -5 Reefs said:

"We do not possess an 'ego.' We are possessed by the idea of one."

- Wei Wu Wei

Would you care to comment on what you got from that quote? I assume there was something that made you share it.

"We are possessed by the idea of one" (ego) doesn't really say anything.

[Reefs]

Dec 31, 2023 0:11:59 GMT -5 inavalan said:

Dec 30, 2023 22:47:00 GMT -5 Reefs said:

"We do not possess an 'ego.' We are possessed by the idea of one."

- Wei Wu Wei

Would you care to comment on what you got from that quote? I assume there was something that made you share it.

"We are possessed by the idea of one" (ego) doesn't really say anything.

Sure, it's from the book "Ask The Awakened - The Negative Way", Chapter 31:

31 — A.B.C. 1: The Culprit

All the evil in the world, and all the unhappiness, comes from the I-concept.

There are two methods of dealing with it: the dualistic approach, by seeking to discipline, purify, or otherwise ameliorate this supposed self which suffers and does ill, that is working by means of that which is itself the cause; and the non-dualist method, by disposing of it, by eradicating the cause, by realizing that it is only a concept and is not I at all.

Only the second method can be completely efficacious, because it alone is radical and permanent. If it can be realized that the subject is not the I-concept, that the I-concept is not the subject, its power—for evil as for suffering—must automatically cease to be effective.

We do not possess an “ego.” We are possessed by the idea of one.

ETA:

What WWW calls "subject" (or noumenon) is what we here call "Self".

[Reefs]

Dec 31, 2023 0:11:59 GMT -5 inavalan said:

Dec 30, 2023 22:47:00 GMT -5 Reefs said:

"We do not possess an 'ego.' We are possessed by the idea of one."

- Wei Wu Wei

Would you care to comment on what you got from that quote? I assume there was something that made you share it.

"We are possessed by the idea of one" (ego) doesn't really say anything.

Dec 31, 2023 1:31:00 GMT -5 Reefs said:

Sure, it's from the book "Ask The Awakened - The Negative Way", Chapter 31:

If you can get your hands on this book, or any book from Wei Wu Wei, read it! I would consider his books as a bit too highbrow for this forum, but I think his books could help you understand what we are talking about here. Wei Wu Wei basically does what Shankara and Nagarjuna and Laozi did. They all created treatises on the ultimate truth which is advaita/non-duality. Nagarjuna did it in Buddhist lingo, Shankara in Vedanta lingo, Laozi in Daoist lingo, and Wei Wu Wei did it in western philosophy lingo. So his books are specifically for the western reader who has little to no knowledge about these eastern thought systems. All that is required of the reader is no-nonsense logical thinking. He definitely does stretch the limits of language and abstract thinking, but in the end it's all rather simple, and also logically consistent. He also talks about karma, reincarnation and parallel lives - pretty much like Seth, actually - which is interesting, because they come from opposite ends but reach basically the same conclusion.