Truth, Reason, Liberty (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} seeker_ix) wrote,@ 2006-11-24 03:00:00 |
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deep thoughts meme
1. Why is there poverty and suffering in the world?
Two seperate questions: 1-A. suffering is a direct result of attachment. We allow ourselves to become emotionaly dependent on things that we can't control, thus we hurt. 1-B. Poverty is not a real thing. it exists only as a comparison to those who have more. Having things doesn't make people happy. but thats not really the point is it? a better question would be "why does scarsity exist" and that is simple math. 7 billion people devided by a finite amount of physical resources... some people will do without.
2. What is the relationship between science and religion?
both are tools that humans use to try and understand the world they live in. Religion relies mostly on gut instinct and doctrine, science is a system of trial and error. science is usually more effective.
3. Why are so many people depressed?
its a choice that they make.
4. What are we all so afraid of?
i'm affraid of failure and abandonment. i'm not arrogent enough to assume i know what "we all" are affraid of.
5. When is war justifiable?
when thats what it takes to survive.
6. How would God want us to respond to aggression and terrorism?
"god" if such a being were to exist, would be so far removed from our scale of logic that the question is meaningless. you might as well ask "How would god want us to respond to Agriculture and animal husbandry"
7. How does one obtain true peace?
non existance is the only sure fire rout to peace. (i'll take my chances with existance, thanks)
8. What does it mean to live in the present moment?
to know and understand that the past and the future are lies. the only thing that is real is what you are experiancing right now.
9. What is our greatest distraction?
religion
10. Is current religion serving its purpose?
religion is a tool. i can use a hammer to build a house or kill a man. regardless of the intent of its creator, it is now in my hands, its purpose
is the use i put it to.
11. What happens to you after you die?
you get... A BRAND NEW CAR!!!!!!!
12. Describe Heaven and how to get there.
"the mind is its own place and can make a heaven of hell, or a hell of heaven" -milton, paradise lost
13. What is the meaning of life?
live.
14. Describe God.
describe thought, or Tao, or everything, or nothing, or the colors on either side of red and violet.
15. What is the greatest quality humans possess?
our hunger to be better then we are.
16. What is it that prevents people from living to their full potential?
potential according to who?
17. Non-verbally, by motion or gesture only, act out what you believe to be the current condition of the world.
!!!
18. What is your one wish for the world?
teach me more please
19. What is wisdom, and how do we gain it?
wisdom is knowing what you don't know, and it's pretty easy to get. all you have to do is stop lying to yourself.<<not mine, but its better then anything i could have come up with 20. Are we all One? thats a matter of scale. a cell is one thing that is apart of a greater system. so are we.
1. Why is there poverty and suffering in the world?
Two seperate questions: 1-A. suffering is a direct result of attachment. We allow ourselves to become emotionaly dependent on things that we can't control, thus we hurt. 1-B. Poverty is not a real thing. it exists only as a comparison to those who have more. Having things doesn't make people happy. but thats not really the point is it? a better question would be "why does scarsity exist" and that is simple math. 7 billion people devided by a finite amount of physical resources... some people will do without.
2. What is the relationship between science and religion?
both are tools that humans use to try and understand the world they live in. Religion relies mostly on gut instinct and doctrine, science is a system of trial and error. science is usually more effective.
3. Why are so many people depressed?
its a choice that they make.
4. What are we all so afraid of?
i'm affraid of failure and abandonment. i'm not arrogent enough to assume i know what "we all" are affraid of.
5. When is war justifiable?
when thats what it takes to survive.
6. How would God want us to respond to aggression and terrorism?
"god" if such a being were to exist, would be so far removed from our scale of logic that the question is meaningless. you might as well ask "How would god want us to respond to Agriculture and animal husbandry"
7. How does one obtain true peace?
non existance is the only sure fire rout to peace. (i'll take my chances with existance, thanks)
8. What does it mean to live in the present moment?
to know and understand that the past and the future are lies. the only thing that is real is what you are experiancing right now.
9. What is our greatest distraction?
religion
10. Is current religion serving its purpose?
religion is a tool. i can use a hammer to build a house or kill a man. regardless of the intent of its creator, it is now in my hands, its purpose
is the use i put it to.
11. What happens to you after you die?
you get... A BRAND NEW CAR!!!!!!!
12. Describe Heaven and how to get there.
"the mind is its own place and can make a heaven of hell, or a hell of heaven" -milton, paradise lost
13. What is the meaning of life?
live.
14. Describe God.
describe thought, or Tao, or everything, or nothing, or the colors on either side of red and violet.
15. What is the greatest quality humans possess?
our hunger to be better then we are.
16. What is it that prevents people from living to their full potential?
potential according to who?
17. Non-verbally, by motion or gesture only, act out what you believe to be the current condition of the world.
!!!
18. What is your one wish for the world?
teach me more please
19. What is wisdom, and how do we gain it?
wisdom is knowing what you don't know, and it's pretty easy to get. all you have to do is stop lying to yourself.<<not mine, but its better then anything i could have come up with 20. Are we all One? thats a matter of scale. a cell is one thing that is apart of a greater system. so are we.
