Philosophy Now Forum

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I think I posted this one before. I think it is "cute".
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. . Plato said, "The world is boring for boring people." I am not sure what he means by that. I can only guess, that boring people do not see the joy and happiness. The reason why we are here. Do not have a clue. Only sees what is right in front of them. Huh.......I am a bit bewildered on ...

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"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once amoung the things you only hoped for."

--Epicurus

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"Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it."

--François De La Rochefoucauld

. . "The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it." --Thich Nhat Hanh Are you in pain right now? In a hospital bed? Starving, super hungry or reasonably well fed? Are you missing an appendage? Are you missing one or both eyes? Are you reading t...

I am reading a book about Steve Jobs. The Apple guy. (Which is very interesting.) One of the things he talks about on several occasions is exactly this quote below. AND "less is more". His house when he was living alone for many years had almost no furniture whatsoever. Anyway my friends.....

I misunderstand everyone's level of consciousness, because I have no idea what Deepak is talking about. "Level" implies some sort of rating system. WTF? I agree with you Alexiev 100%. It is certainly not the way I would put it. This is my understanding.....when Deepak says level of consci...

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Here is another one of my big time favorites.
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"All disagreements are results of misunderstandings someone else's level of consciousness."

-- Deepak Chopra

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"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."

--Aesop

For things to reveal themselves to us,
we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.

--Thich Nhat Hanh

LOVE IT! Deep stuff too...........awesome! HAPPY DANCE!! HAPPY DANCE!!

luv 'ya all!

Mark

One of my most favorite axioms is there one below.......... "Education is an admirable thing, but it is will to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught." -- Oscar Wilde I do not have time right now my friends, but it would be nice to discuss some or all ...

Let’s go back and finish up on “thought”. If you go to the nearest mirror in your home, and ask yourself to add two numbers together and get an answer. So you go to a mirror and say to yourself, “How much is 4 + 2?”. Why did you pick 4 and 2? Why didn’t you pick 5 and 8? You only “know” what is made...

. . This following one is equally amazing. . . "The Stronger Your Belief System The Less You Know." . . This one above is similar to those who have a belief and they are holding onto it with such tight fingers, that their fingers bleed. The more one understands and is settled into the deep...

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This following one is amazing. To me, it truly hits it out of the ballpark.
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When you connect to the silence within you,
that is when you can make sense of the disturbance
going on around you.
-- Stephen Richards

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To understand everything
is to forgive everything.
--Unknown