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10-11-2010, 11:25 PM
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 |  Steve,are you Anti-Enlightment?
Steve,how you doing? Look,this just crossed my mine.I remember reading a wall post on your facebook fan page,where you said,"Forget trying to awaken,try to become lucid instead,"and another quote on one of your blog entries here,where you said,"Enlightment isnt something you seek,but something you remember,oh please.,"...Anyway Steve,Im wondering whats this about.Are you against the ideal of Enlightment,because even Erin has used the later quote you said?Im a little tired,so I didnt really go in dept with this question,but you get the idea...FYI Steve...The Attention blog was nice........
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10-11-2010, 11:29 PM
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Nice Thread entry,dont you guys think?Hey,somebody else out there...What do you think about the idea of Enlightment?An internal eternal feeling of peace/love/joy forever,and at all times?To truly be like Buddha,Christ,or whoever...What do you think of the idea?
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10-11-2010, 11:31 PM
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10-12-2010, 03:55 PM
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10-12-2010, 04:07 PM
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What is the meaning of enlightenment anyway? According to Mirriam-Webster: To be enlightened: Quote:
Or I could be completely unenlightened about your post and you just want a simple chat with Steve regarding his opinion on this simple matter. I'm open to the lack of enlightenment and possible freedom from my ignorance regarding your question. | |
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10-12-2010, 05:21 PM
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Hmmm... so I have to decide between going outside and exploring another new city today (Salt Lake City), seeing things I've never seen and having experiences I've never had... or stay on my laptop and type answers to questions. Bye! ...and therein lies my answer.  |
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10-12-2010, 05:23 PM
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Heat Vision And Jack - Part 1 | Free Entertainment Videos - Watch Entertainment Videos Online | Veoh Jack Black is enlightened too! But only when the sun shines on him. | |
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10-12-2010, 05:34 PM
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I like the Buddhist definition which is basically "the end of suffering." Striving to reduce my own suffering, and increase my own happiness, has been extremely helpful for me-and it's a pursuit I don't intend to abandon at any point. | ||
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10-12-2010, 07:19 PM
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10-13-2010, 09:30 AM
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| How to Build a Stronger Ego anti enlightenment and pro intelligence. Just had a thought that in 300 years time thats gonna be the major social debate  |
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10-13-2010, 10:09 AM
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Steve doesn't believe in anything  He's pro using-the-best-lens-to-look-at-the-world-depending-on-the-situation. That said, he mentioned somewhere that the people he'd met who claimed to be enlightened seemed to be cheats to a one. Personally, I am still looking for what my point of view is going to be, but I admit that some of the most powerful writers I know call themselves enlightened, and their word counts quite a lot for me. |
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10-13-2010, 12:05 PM
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His enlightenment eventually transcended his need to be on this forum  | |
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10-13-2010, 12:14 PM
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'Enlightened' people must get very bored with the rest of us, and lonely for that matter. It would be quite alienating I'd imagine to be totally enlightened in a world full of ignorant people.YouTube - HQ | I'm So Ronery by Kim Jong - Team America: World Police I enjoy recognizing when I'm ignorant, as it makes space in me to learn more. If I knew everything there'd be no point in being here. |
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10-13-2010, 12:22 PM
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10-13-2010, 12:30 PM
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Too many unenlightened and enlightened people treat enlightenment as the end of personal growth. I look at it as the beginning. Do it right now, then you can start working usefully towards external goals. Enlightenment does not and can not make you incapable of being wrong. It doesn't jack all the knowledge of the universe into your head. It just makes you better able to deal with the chaotic vicissitudes of life. | |
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10-13-2010, 12:36 PM
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10-13-2010, 12:43 PM
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I believe enlightenment is a useful skill that can be gained in a month with dutiful practice. Basically it allows you to drop your attachments to thought, experiences and events. It also allows you to choose better courses of action in situations where you used to be programmed to react in only one. | |
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10-13-2010, 01:03 PM
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I want a motorcycle with the mind of my unemployed roommate from back in 2000. He was awesome, but had a very hairy back. | |
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10-14-2010, 04:04 AM
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Speaking for the somewhat awake (not fully enlightened): Quote:
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10-14-2010, 07:47 AM
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Well then, I believe that you might well be enlightened .... according to your own personal definition of what enlightenment is.  | |
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10-14-2010, 01:46 PM
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I never quite understood enlightenment. That probably means im not enlightened. Im not really sure what it means to be enlightened. Its just seems like a special way to identify as being better. Rather confusing spiritual concept. Last edited by SethWilliams; 10-14-2010 at 04:16 PM. |
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