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i confess ignorance in "Terma", but would welcome education about what that is Walker. A terma is a hidden treasure, to be revealed at the proper time. There are numerous public links on the web about the details. In the movie, the terma is revealed within the consciousness of a proto-human. The pr...

We are in fact already involved in human experimentation even if it is not said. Since the first thing we have learned is to tolerate what we see as scientific research practices to improve the "race", but will we accept technological experimentation with superior beings? Like when they took away t...

Miracles would not prove God. If two suns rose in the morning tomorrow it would not prove that the two suns rose because God made them. If a burning bush appeared before you and said. "I am God and I will make two suns rise tomorrow", and it actually happened, again it would prove that you saw a bu...

Skip, Ssems to me Trump is doin' exactly what I hired him to do. The consequences of Trump, as president, are exactly what I expected. I've yet to see a downside to Trump as prez. You do, I guess. Tell me your objections. I'm not Skip - but would like to reply to your inquiry. I do think Trump coll...

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Thu Mar 21, 2019 6:05 pm

Transcendence of thought leads to completion.

The effortless part... well it takes persistence to get there

I think you’ll appreciate this.
It’s authentic.

How Meditation Works
https://www.shinzen.org/wp-content/uplo ... rt_How.pdf

You don’t punish someone by doing them right. You punish someone by doing them wrong. Murder is the ultimate wrong, therefore, murder is the ultimate punishment. The punishment can be dealt by an individual, by a group, or by a faceless government. I am not after retribution. There's very little em...

Murder is wrong because it violates the individual human right to life which is not a right granted by Man. At best, a man can facilitate the creation of life. At worst a man can murder life.

Killing done for any reason other than self-defense. That's not all encompassing. I will kill to protect the lives of loved ones. So perhaps, killing for any other reason than person-defense? You don’t punish someone by doing them right. You punish someone by doing them wrong. Murder is the ultimat...

Conclusion: This is one of the most cynical movies ever made.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acY9agpYZyI

Premise: This entire movie glamorizes the corruption of ethics and morality, ironically in Las Vegas.

Not even this movie could corrupt Clair de Lune.

Based on the article: the members of the Seattle City Council are authentic assholes (much like the phony) certainly they aren't employees of Seattle (any more than the phony was an employee of America). Tech: meh. True enough. Also, if the chair commanded a city cop (an employee of Seattle) to rem...

"Yeah, never mind the more significant point of the posting." I thought the whole 'paying for value' thing was the point. Instead, I guess, it was the 'authentic' thing (he's seen as 'authentic', by some, I'll give you that). The significant point was that paying often determines value. 5 second ex...

Translation: to recognize honesty, does a body need experience? Of course. When I think 'authenticity' I think 'honesty'. A fellow might foist up terrible garbage but do so honestly (he really believes his shit). Such a person is wrong-headed but not a hokum meister. Another fellow can offer up the...

My ancient ipad can't do youtube. Still musing the topic of "authentic" ... along the lines of, everyone is authentic in the sense that one can only be what one is. If one is impersonating, then one is authentically a person impersonating, which has deeper implications than semantic hair-splitting....

Robots for me is a representation of our vanity of being a superman whose ego is really working that way. However, we want to be unbeatable, and we feel betrayed with the new technology, we fear that artificial intelligence will surpass us. Then, finally, if we adapt the robots to be as emotional a...