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Originally posted by DeReK DaRkLy
reply to post by DarthPhobos
Iv always thought this was possible. Now excuse me, im off to concentrate on picking this weeks lotto numbers
I'm focusing on a world where money is obsolete, people give everything away for free, workers work to support their entire community, and blatant greed is a felony.
You are the first person I have seen bring up that idea other than myself. I often try to explain it to the people around me but very few of them are able to grasp the concept of this.
Originally posted by ATC_GOD
reply to post by BanMePlz
I like how your wiki link has a pic of one of them that has set himself on fire... Now thats real positive..
Sorry, couldnt help myself there.
But really, monks are humans yes, but they make some pretty big sacrifices for thier spiritual power. I would venture to say that most folks out there would not trade their x-boxes or cellphones to live on a mountain in Tibet and practice thier ummms and aaaahhhs.
Just saying..
There is really no other way to explain it, as I do not preach to them, or brag, or even show up to their houses in my brand new Cadillac CTS (as I feel that would be a bit like rubbing it in and would hurt them more then benefit them)...but instead my normal Nissan pickup truck.
Originally posted by DeReK DaRkLy
reply to post by DarthPhobos
Iv always thought this was possible. Now excuse me, im off to concentrate on picking this weeks lotto numbers
I'm focusing on a world where money is obsolete, people give everything away for free, workers work to support their entire community, and blatant greed is a felony.
Originally posted by Kharron
Originally posted by DeReK DaRkLy
reply to post by DarthPhobos
Iv always thought this was possible. Now excuse me, im off to concentrate on picking this weeks lotto numbers
I'm focusing on a world where money is obsolete, people give everything away for free, workers work to support their entire community, and blatant greed is a felony.
Not only that, but mass media must be abolished since they are the source of all negativity, doom and gloom. Sorry to say but ATS is nothing but doom and gloom as well and doesn't differ much from MSM in that aspect.
Stay away from ATS for two weeks and see how you feel.
Khar
Originally posted by ATC_GOD
reply to post by doubledutch
Your perception of reality yes...but actual reality? You think you and 10 friends could sit and focus on the ugly chick in the bar and wish she were Jessica Simpson (or whom ever you fancy) and poof!!!!! There she is?
Creating your own reality, literally, is borderline "God complexish". Not to say I trash the thought of us all being part of God...in fact I believe that very thing... But to be able to actually affect the tangible world with nothing more than positive thoughts and rainbow's and heart beams out of my chest is a stretch IMO.
Too many conditioned mental blocks in place for such a feat.
Originally posted by Wolf321
reply to post by 1000TonBlocks
This type of stuff has less to do with physics and reality and more to do with psychology.
I love the idea of "The Power of Positive Thinking" and "The Secret." However, this is all for lack of a better term, self-help mumbo jumbo.
From the aspect of creating your world and the things you want by positive thinking etc, this is merely mental conditioning to classify or recognize things that may typically go unnoticed as being positive. You can see the same thing between two people of opposite perspective. The positive person can recognize all the positive aspects of the negative persons life that they do not 'see' and the negative person can point out all the negative aspects of the positive persons life that they don't seem to acknowledge.
This mental conditioning can be see in many religious practitioners, such as monks. They can control there perceptions, themselves internally. They don't actually have the ability to control things outside of their bodies.
If this idea was true, that positive and negative thought produces the same reality, then the world would consist of majority extremes. The positive and negative realities would be exponential. Positive peoples lives and realities would grow increasingly positive in all aspects and negative peoples lives would grow increasingly negative.
It's all warm and fuzzy, but its all internal and psychological.