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02-28-2006, 05:13 AM #21Senior Member
Gnostic Christianity
Originally Posted by Great Spirit
It seems clear to me now that what you call God, I call Life, and in essence they're one and the same...
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02-28-2006, 07:31 AM #22Senior Member
Gnostic Christianity
Originally Posted by Stoner Shadow Wolf
However if you want to know where that stems from, it just kinda bugged me that you often seem to make some rather extreme (though not necessarily false) claims but you state them as a fact, rather than your opinion, or at least you come off that way. though more-so it bugged me when in another thread I described a large portion of the buddhist theory on enlightenment, to which you said under that explanation you've attained enlightenment, which seemed kind of pretentious and belittling to the whole buddhist philosophy.
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02-28-2006, 10:12 PM #23Senior Member
Gnostic Christianity
i apolagize, but from how you explained it, i AM enlightened! lol i said it out of humor more than anything else, as most my comments are made to make someone at LEAST catch a chuckle :P
i know i tent to always state my opinions as fact, but you should know better than to listen to me lol the whole take everything with a grain of salt "rule" should DEFFENITELY apply to listening to me
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02-28-2006, 10:27 PM #24Senior Member
Gnostic Christianity
Originally Posted by Stoner Shadow Wolf
seriously though, it's all cool SSW, I'd pass my bowl but my arms are probably a few thousand miles too short
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02-28-2006, 10:36 PM #25Senior Member
Gnostic Christianity
you jerk. what kind of freak has arms too short to pass a bowl a couple hundred thousand miles away?!? :stoned:
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02-28-2006, 10:44 PM #26Senior Member
Gnostic Christianity
it's a genetic disorder that a lot Canadians have.
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03-01-2006, 01:24 AM #27Senior Member
Gnostic Christianity
What??? Genetic Disorder??? Are my genes defunct?
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03-01-2006, 03:21 AM #28Senior Member
Gnostic Christianity
Originally Posted by beachguy in thongs
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03-01-2006, 04:40 AM #29Senior Member
Gnostic Christianity
psss, i am all knowing. yes he is.
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03-01-2006, 06:25 AM #30Senior Member
Gnostic Christianity
Here's my opinion: True "enlightenment", in the context of Buddhism, is knowing that there is no such thing. So you know that you have something that does not actually exist.
Here's the real deal, in a nutshell. The Buddhist monks eat a very limited diet for years. I know, from experience (due to an illness I have that is now in remission) that this makes life very difficult because the body and brain needs nutrition to work well. So, they make-do with their bowls of rice, veggies and other scraps. Notice that the Buddha is always pictured as fat, middle aged, and laughing. How come he's "enlightened"? Because he probably starved himself for 25 fucking years and when his diet improved, so did his brain - and complex thinking processes became a breeze.
I am NOT an expert on Buddhism - but they're usually vegetarians. A certain amount of fish and meat are very beneficial to human beings - and 2 million years of eating this way, and surviving, is proof enough for me that we ARE carnivorous creatures.
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