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Dear James and Surreptitious Thanks for your brilliant work! Just read it, and would like to contribute to the subject (lamentably it got already trampled by the usual ghetto brawlers) It appears under a slightly different perspective in chapter 2 of "Another view of consciousness" Blessin...

That it does not succeed with everyone, might mean that it requires a bit of efforts.

Sorry to hear that your Self is a nightmare - but you are not alone with it.

No respect for life comes mostly from the fear of it.

Due to their weak constitution (inferiority complex?) mental ghetto prowlers tend to trample on the most simple statements.

Self is the vessel of All and thus hidden in it.
It is without knowledge of its beginnings, nor does it envision its ends.

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from "aha" - publisized by waechter418 - in wordpress.com

Dear Bill,

I admire your resilience - those guys apparently try to love you to death

Apropos propositions: see the 3 previous ones

Have a wonderful day !

As most of you - except Dontaskme (!) - use this thread to fill your mirrors with denials, excuses & abuses, let me quote a basic rule of Taoism (that old Chinese philosophy which thinks about nothing:-) - KEEP YOUR MIRROR CLEAN ''We need the mirror to see that the personal is not. Self-enquiry...

As most of you - except Dontaskme (!) - use this thread to fill your mirrors with denials, excuses & abuses, let me quote a basic rule of Taoism (that old Chinese philosophy which thinks about nothing:-) - KEEP YOUR MIRROR CLEAN

"I look forward to hearing more about your life on the Rich Coast" As simple as it can be: getting up with the sun, eating breakfast in bed with my beloved female half, having a chat with dogs, plants, birds and neighbors (85 & 93 year old farmers), predicting the weather (most of the ...

Descartes also claimed to be because he thinks (to be?)
Reasoning (thought) is known to entrap the reasoner (thinker) - more so when latter believes to be able to escape with the help of former.

Dear Bill you are treading on thin ice in a hostile environment - which of course does not deter a good warrior :) yet i would use traditional metaphysical instead of popular mechanical analogies, because all those guys around here (are there any girls?) are obvious hardcore followers of matter cult...

The use of Self-consciousness has probably been put into question since the beginnings of inner reflections - and publicly, since LaoTse and Buddha. Some inner reflections may be "sacred" i.e. focused on Self-improvement, but most seem busy trying to establish a persona (Latin - actors ma...