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" Shit Happens " in various world religions...lol
metaphysi_chic
TAOISM: Shit happens. CONFUCIANISM: Confucius say, "Shit happens". ZEN: (What is the sound of shit happening?) JESUITISM: If shit happens and when nobody is watching, is it really shit? ISLAM: Shit happens if it is... More »
A Tip to Quickly Change Any Emotion
Obi
Logic vs. Emotions by Obi Okorougo Any Stoic Philosopher would tell you that the easiest way to change your emotions is to realize that: A. You are not your emotions (you aren't "mad"you just have... More »
Universal Gaia
Russell
Aurelius proclaims: "Constantly regard the universe as one living being, having one substance and one soul; and observe how all things have reference to one perception, the perception of this one living being; and how... More »
Year of Hope - Find Signs of Hope
WhiteWolf
First, let me apologize for not posting for a bit. The new puppy has kept us quite busy in the White Wolf household. I think in a way, that was a good thing. When I... More »
Speedlinking 1/10/08
WH
Quote of the day : "In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress." ~... More »
Ethics at the Mind-Brain Intersection
DuALiTySTrUgGle
{feedback is greatly appreciated!!!} Over 2,500 years ago, Gautama Buddha said: “We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world” (Kornfield, 1993, 4).... More »
Sitting in Stillness
Robin Littlefeather
Sitting in Stillness In our modern day world we have forgotten how to sit in absolute stillness, breathe and meditate waiting for Spirit. From our conception we are surrounded by a cacophony of noise. ... More »
Dirt and Snow and Light Draft One
Beagle
DIRT AND SNOW AND LIGHT This morning the dirt I kicked into the pond fell through the water like dry snow. Now, snow falls—quarter-sized flakes slushing the water’s surface. Somewhere past the snow the sun... More »
Wouldn't You Like To Be A Pope Too?
Rev. Travis Eneix
Years ago, in a land a lot like where I live now but not quite as old, I came across the Eye in the Pyramid by Robert Anton Wilson . It was a very good... More »
Business As A Social Calling ... Part 1
Joseph
Morning all, Welcome to a new week!!! I got a great quote today from Zaadz Quotes: Stoicism: Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. -Seneca (4 BC -... More »
'T 's pride, rank pride, and haughtiness of soul; I think the Romans call it stoicism.
When some state or other offered Alexander a part of its territory and half of all its property he told them that ‘he hadn’t come to Asia with the intention of accepting whatever they cared to give him, but of letting them keep whatever he chose to leave them.’ Philosophy, likewise, tells all other occupations: ‘It’s not my intention to accept whatever time is leftover from you; you shall have, instead, what I reject.’ Give you whole mind to her.
If S.B. sometimes railed against Western customs, treating democracy as if it was a euphemism for bad faith, red tape, and diplomatic evasiveness, this was not because he put himself above the lway, ready to waive constitutional procedures, or ignore the views of others. It simply reflected his impatience with indecisiveness, and his aristocratic heritage. It was his pride in this heritage that led him, as an eleven year old boy to stand up to Mr. Vincent's disparaging conflation of Kuranko and savages. To be Kuranko was, as his father had told him, the only conceivable way of being a man. But when S. B. invoked Kuranko-ness, it was not some form of tribalism that he had in mind, but the values he held dear-- not only forthrightness, stoicism, hard work, and self-reliance, but also honesty, generosit, and fidelity to one's principles. Pertinently, it was S. B. many years ago, who provided me with a not implausible etymology for the word Kuranko. "It iwas from the kure tree," he said, "whose wood is very hard."Thus, to say kure n'ko is to imply that the speaker is tough-minded, able to withstand all kinds of hardships, and persevere, like the kure tree.
"The universe is in change, life is an opinion."
That's great! I am smiling broadly - still! :-)
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Me too dear Ian
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From: Ian Gardner
Subject: Try this one HAL.
Date: Mon May 21 04:33:02 UTC 2007
CLICK HERE .....
Ever since I first saw this picture I have tried to grasp the word that describes his expression. I think I have just got it: Stoic Stoicism is a helpful attitude provided that it is not taken to extremes.
The way of the Buddha involves a metaphysical stoicism, a way of overcoming the power that worldliness has over oneself: the world rules us through our suffering no less than through our desires and appetites and hopes; all of this is Maya, the universe of delusorily desirable and despicable goods. The primal insight of Buddha is not that the suffering of the world must first be mitigated but rather that we must learn to recognize that our DESIRES are no less a form of SUFFERING than are our AILMENTS. This is what qualifies Buddhism as an authentic form of spirituality, its transcendence over the finite and merely psychological domain.
