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originally posted by: AthlonSavage
If we are being farmed methodically then its by a controlling intelligence who farm us like we farm animals.
originally posted by: vethumanbeing
originally posted by: soficrow
a reply to: vethumanbeing
I don't think Buddhism is about "checking out" - more about maintaining a balanced perspective to avoid being manipulated and having one's life-force consumed. Other disciplines teach same, like Sufis.
Non manipulation; I like the Sufis "spinners".
Buddhist balanced perspective; they are monastic Monks that do not procreate. I get the non manipulation part here; but realistically how would they procreate the species (CATHOLIC DIOCSEE speaks to THIS as well NUNS/PRIESTS). I thought Buddhists just basically GAVE UP on REAL existence and called it instead EXISTENTIALISM (could be wrong).
soficrow: don't think Buddhism is about "checking out" - more about maintaining a balanced perspective to avoid being manipulated and having one's life-force consumed. Other disciplines teach same, like Sufis.
VHB: Non manipulation; I like the Sufis "spinners".
Sufis provide what's needed to free minds - individually and in a society. For example, Dervish dancing was developed to liberate people constrained by religious prohibitions against listening to music and dancing. An effective tool in that context, not so much elsewhere.
VHB: Buddhist balanced perspective; they are monastic Monks that do not procreate. I get the non manipulation part here; but realistically how would they procreate the species (CATHOLIC DIOCSEE speaks to THIS as well NUNS/PRIESTS). I thought Buddhists just basically GAVE UP on REAL existence and called it instead EXISTENTIALISM (could be wrong).
Soficrow: You're wrong. There's a lot more to Buddhism than that. But like Dervish dancing, celibacy can be a tool that frees a mind immersed in sensual pleasures - just as immersing oneself in sensual pleasure can be a useful tool to liberate a mind restrained by celibacy. That's one notion of balance. ....Have you read Siddhartha?