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Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 29, 2019 7:43 am

Could we say, based on the listing above, there is no apple at all?

I can't think of a reason why we couldn't say it. Why don't you try saying it and see what happens?

Harbal! You're back. Where did you go, lad? I've been wandering aimlessly in the wilderness, IC. I was looking for the light at the end of the tunnel until I realised I was in the wrong metaphor. The next thing I knew, here I was. Are you still keeping all the heathens on their toes? :wink:

Nick_A wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 06, 2019 2:09 am

I make people in nursing homes and senior centers feel better

No doubt the sight of you is enough to stop anyone feeling sorry for themself.

Dontaskme wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 10, 2019 2:59 pm

There is no direct access to anything known, because all that is known is known by the consciousness you already are.

That's direct enough for me.

Dontaskme wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 10, 2019 2:30 pm

But then you wouldn't know anything.

Knowledge is but an illusion, although I can't say I know that for sure.

Dontaskme wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 10, 2019 2:04 pm

It's impossible to not conceptualise the non-conceptual.

I shall not waste my time trying, then.

Dontaskme wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 10, 2019 1:32 pm

There is no concept for emptiness,

And yet:

Awareness is just another concept for emptiness.

Is there a name for the concept of making it up as you go along?

Arising_uk wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:05 pm

how would you know when you have obrained peace of mind?

He would probably no longer feel the need to ask silly questions.

Jeff wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 23, 2019 6:49 pm

please feel free to reach out!

If I ever feel like reaching out, Jeff, it's good to know you are there.

Yes, you seem to be talking to one hopelessly ignorant person. One that has gathered up his wits into a paper bag and flushed it down the toilet whilst adhering to a fantasy world of his own construction; a world with no reference to reality, what is evident, or what succumbs to reason or logic. He...

Walker wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 21, 2019 4:32 pm

So far he has been whipping to heel the fanatical government of Iran with sanctions.

Then someone had better tell the Iranian government they have been whipped to heel, because they are not behaving like they've been whipped to heel.

the verdict of empirical science today is that it was all BULLSHIT, that is, gender is NOT socially constructed. But the concept of human rights is, and how they are distributed. Fat chicks with foul mouths, boy's haircuts, hairy legs and armpits The classification of these things as un-feminine is...

Please don't just post to attack Dr. Sheldrake. It is against my principles to attack a man who is not here to be offended by what I say about him. That would be a waste of time. Ad hominem attacks are not helpful Even so, it still seems pointless making them if their target is unaware of them. I w...

Mr. Good is a very nice man who lives at 6 Paradise Street. Mr. Good bought 6 Paradise Street a long time ago. Houses cost a lot of money and Mr. Good had to get a mortgage before he could buy his house. You can’t see a mortgage but that doesn’t mean it isn’t there. Ask a grownup about philosophy if...

Immanuel Can wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 16, 2019 6:36 pm

I'm living for the moment.

I think you'll love it, IC.