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[specialed]

michael_layton said:

But I think all philosphy is a load of horseshit. The world is a heap of shit and we all dig until we find what layer of shit suites us. Either way, life is pain and lonliness, then death.

 

Isn't there a school of philosophy that says this same shit called existentialism. You know, like Kierkagaard, Nietschze, Twight...

[sk]

specialed said:

michael_layton said:

But I think all philosphy is a load of horseshit. The world is a heap of shit and we all dig until we find what layer of shit suites us. Either way, life is pain and lonliness, then death.

 

Isn't there a school of philosophy that says this same shit called existentialism. You know, like Kierkagaard, Nietschze, Twight...

[minx]

specialed said:

michael_layton said:

But I think all philosphy is a load of horseshit. The world is a heap of shit and we all dig until we find what layer of shit suites us. Either way, life is pain and lonliness, then death.

 

Isn't there a school of philosophy that says this same shit called existentialism. You know, like Kierkagaard, Nietschze, Twight...

 

i believe that's the "life sucks and we're all going to die" school of philosophy

 

have a nice day

[RobBob]

Twight's writing reminds me of early Tom Peters in his business book trajectory. A few good points, a whole lotta hyper-hype...and in retrospect a whole lotta egotism.

[specialed]

RobBob said:

Twight's writing reminds me of early Tom Peters in his business book trajectory. A few good points, a whole lotta hyper-hype...and in retrospect a whole lotta egotism.

 

the underlying motivation to "have sex with death" can't ever be ego.

[Mtguide]

michael_layton said:

chopping wood and carrying water kicks ass

 

Very good,Grasshopper!

[sk]

specialed said:

RobBob said:

Twight's writing reminds me of early Tom Peters in his business book trajectory. A few good points, a whole lotta hyper-hype...and in retrospect a whole lotta egotism.

 

the underlying motivation to "have sex with death" can't ever be ego.

don't you think that at some point one lacks ego to such an outragious extent that, that person becomes an egotist??? something about everything containing it's oposit Edited November 6, 2003 by Muffy_The_Wanker_Sprayer

[Dru]

Existentialism does not say that life is suxxxor

Existentialism says there is neither god nor master, that we are free to choose our own lives. And that most people are unable to handle that reality and that responsibility.

 

What kind of dumb philosophy is that? There wasn't anything about THAt in the Matrix It doesn'tt ell you to take drugs or how to fix your motorcycle ?

[sk]

I thought it was the buhdists that say life sux.. cause it is always trying to trap us and it is an illusion... that we need to escape from...

[chelle]

Not all buddists think this way, Muffy. The Dali Lama says we each create our own suffering and have the power to end it. It's all about attachment and a dislike of change. These things weigh you down and make you suffer. Accepting that things change and what you are attached to (people, things, ideas) is only really here for the moment, frees you from worrying about the future and suffering when it doesn't work out the way you plan.

 

For an interesting set of tenents about life check out "The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz. An interesting look at Toltec philosophy which like most spiritual philosophys shares a lot with other ones. But his explanations make it easier to understand than some heavy buddist stuff I've read.

Edited November 6, 2003 by ehmmic

[willstrickland]

The buddhists say that we need to free ourselves from samsara (suffering) which is caused by our illusion that we exist as a discrete entity in the universe (ego). Understanding that we are one with everything and nothing exists apart from anything else is the basis of enlightenment. Reaching this understanding doesn't imply mentally/cognitively understanding the concept, but understanding it with your entire being. Most descriptions of the moment of satori involve a feeling of a dissolving of self and melting into the universe.

 

Brings to mind a groaner of a joke:

 

What did the buddhist say to the hotdog vendor?

Make me one with everything.

[sk]

sorry, I was being a smart ass. It was a sort of backhanded ullusion to the three viniger tasters.

Edited November 7, 2003 by Muffy_The_Wanker_Sprayer

[EWolfe]

michael_layton said:

getting wood while chopping water also kicks ass.

bring on the ice

 

MisterE, give in to the darkness

 

Grey-outs, OK. Darkness, never.

[EWolfe]

ehmmic said:

Not all buddists think this way, Muffy. The Dali Lama says we each create our own suffering and have the power to end it. It's all about attachment and a dislike of change. These things weigh you down and make you suffer. Accepting that things change and what you are attached to (people, things, ideas) is only really here for the moment, frees you from worrying about the future and suffering when it doesn't work out the way you plan.

 

For an interesting set of tenents about life check out "The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz. An interesting look at Toltec philosophy which like most spiritual philosophys shares a lot with other ones. But his explanations make it easier to understand than some heavy buddist stuff I've read.

 

Four agreements is a great book, so is his second one Mastery of Love.